The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-09-24
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passage iOr inc funeral procession when IL
should arrive.
drove up to the depot with friend and
entered the building. The streets were
blocked In the neighborhood Of the depot
and the police strictly prohibited the pas.
sage Of vehicles. II was the greatest
wonder in the world that some of the people
were not severely injured, as small children
were mixed up with the crowd and pressed
against the guard-ropcs until they seemed
TO DO almost cut In two. There was
especially efficient police supervision to-day
the regular patrol men being supplemented
by portion of the mounted force.
Two or three ladies in the dense crowd
about the depot tainted and were borne out
with difficulty to the outside. Mr.. J. N.
Whclpley, commanding the train which
conveyed the President to Cleveland, Ohio,
was early in his arrangements, and had
everything ready before $3.50 o'clock, and the
train consisted of the very best cars belong
ing to the Pennsylvania Company.
At 4:10 Mrs. Garfield, her daughter, Mrs.
Rockwell and other companions were driven
to the Pullman car which was on the track
some 600 yards from the depot, and they
thus escaped the gaze of the multitude as
scmblcd. At twcnty-tbreo minutes past
four Gen. Ayres and staff, followed by Col
Webster, rode up to the depot. The Fort
McHenry band preceded the Washington
Light Infantry.
Next came the National Rifles, with Pts
torio's band; Capital Light Guards, col
orcd; Butler Iouaves, colored, and the Capt.
tai City Guards, and then the Marine Band
heading the marines and the Second Artil-
lery, all with arms reversed. When the
| centre of the column Of infantry was oppo-
site the depot II was halted and the artil-
lery passed on in front to the end Of the
line. In the meantime the troops stood
with shouldered arms at attention.
Gems Sherman, and Hancock, and Sheri-
dan, with other officers of tae army and
navy, stood at this time just within the ell
trance to the depot into which the remains
were to be carried engaged in conversation.
The soldiers of the Second Artillery, eleven
men and q sergeant, detailed to bear the
coffin from the hcarse to the car, were also
drawn up in line before tho entrance to the
depot
At quarter to 8 the hearse containing
the remains, escorted by the army and navy
officers, and drawn by six white horses, ap-
peared around the corner of Sixth street,
and an audible sigh went up from the
crowd assembled. The coffin had on it q
beautiful wreath of white and yellow flow
ers in addition TO a palm leaf. When the
hcarse had arrived opposite the entrance of
the depot the Marine Band played dirgc,
and the soldiers of the Second Artillery,
who had been detailed rs pall-bcarers, took
the coffin from the hearse and bore it past
the officials Of tho army and navy, who
were standing in line on either side of the
entrance to the depot, and into the car that
had been prepared for IL to convey it to its
The procession PrODer.
AT about 2:3O o'clock the District militia
began to take their places at the rast front
OF the Hapitoi, ana the Grand Army OF the
hePublic ana the knights Iemplar assem-
Dled IN other portions OF the city, ana sub
seqnentiy joined the militia at little after
d. Inc assembling OF troops was conuuctea
| swiftly ana noiseiessiy, ana al was IN readi-
ness wneh, ut quarter 10 o, tne shrill NOTES
OF the ouglc call summoned the companies
into position.
Inc long line was SIS, soon IN motion and
moved down Capitol Hill and along Penn
sylvania avenue without difficulty or mo,
ment's delay. Just previous to the start
every Dand IN inc cntirc line played Sweet
encct both touching and beautiful. Ihen
came Gcn. Ayres, Col. webster and the fol-
lowing stan, on norses: Col; ficm'
ing, chief oil stan; IL; l., Crawford,
Major Zimmerman, captain Willett, Lieut..
Duvall and Lieut. Wheeler.
| The District Militia.
Inc Light Infantry, with lay men IN line;
tne Union veteran corps, with ao men
pistorios band; Inc National Rlhes, with
o2 men; the washington Light Guard "a
men; washington Cadets. 40 men; Capital
city Guards, ~ men; Butter zouaves, 4o
men; Lincoln Eight Infantry, AZ men, Inc
MARINE bahu ioiioweu, separating INC local
militia from the regular United States
winch were the Marine Corps IN null force
inc second Artillery, represented by iuil
companies Is, II ana ID ana detachments Of
ana M, and the rear OF the regulars was
brought up by Light battery A,with "a men
ana iour lannon's
The Civic Procession.
Inc civic societies participating were tho
knights Iemplar and the u. a. Il. Posts
The Templars were led by Col. Robert BOYD
with the following stan Frank Hume
Thomas l.. Hume, william Dickson, Ih0ma:
kaiDius, y. Y. Duncanson ana Colone
n. w. Fitzgerald. Inc societies were
the De M0lay Mounted Commandery
90 men, Haveriys Dand washington Com
mandery, NUMBER l, oo men Firth keg
iment band OF baltimore, Beauseant Com
mandery NUMBER ., from Baltimore, io'
men; Dahd, Coiumpla Sonrnahaery NumDcl
IL, 100 men. Inc Grand Army OF the
Republic was represented by the following
posts, marching in the following order
Post No. l, John A. Rawlins, so men; No
4,