Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-09

endless army with banners. without
show or gold or glitter. but with arm
less sleeves. limping gait, and Scared
faces, that stirred mems minds as they
passed with deep and strong emotion.
These were the dead hero's comrades
who shared his danger on the field Of
battle had marched his victorious ban
ntrs over many road. and nov walk
ed with him TO his last resting-place--
50 many Of them soon to follow,
Sadly yet proudly they walked once
more together. They were old men,
most Of them, but they walked brsveiy
and kept up with the youngest. Some
carried canes (; more walked without
support Of any kind all had their
badges yelled with Grape and wore
bands Of Grape on the left arm. Their
tattered banners were yelled in black,
and many posts carried, as distinctive
badges, sprigs Of myrtle or evergreen
on their breasts.
The procession seemed amending,
stretching southwark as far as the eye
could reach. The same dense crowds
lined The streets all the way to the
tomb, and as the head OF the column
approached the tomb dull reyerbera-
ton of guns from the men-of-war could
be heard, and the troops broke column
from the left, marching to the right or
east side OF the road. After forming
in line arms were presented and the
catafalque slowly passed. The crowd
on Fifth avenue remained on the side
walk with remarkable persistency until
the long parade had passed. Every
man. woman, and child seemed raled
by the idea that each should see the
great procession in its entirety,
and they stayed on like true patriots.
Each body marched with the dignity
that became the occasion, and never
man tagged. There were q few cases
Of heat prostration, but, as far as known,
none dangerous. The regimental am
balances were called into requisitiOn for
slight cases perhaps half dozen times
between Twenty-seventh and Fifty
seventh streets.
While the police had a very hard
time in connection with the parade,
they had little to do elsewhere. At
the corner Of Fifty-seventh street,
where the line generally turned to the
west in the course Of the march 20
Riverside Park. the crowd swelled from
the sides TO the open way and blocked
the thoroughfare on twenty occasions.
THE STREETS BLoCKADED.
When the catafalque neared the cor
ner the crowd naturally bulged into
the highway, and the officers had to
threaten with their clubs to make the
spectators recede, and it was a difficult
process. The people were standing
eight and ten deep, and some Of those
in front had raised their umbrellas to
keep off the suns rays. Some women
stood with babies in their arms, and
fathers had hOisted their little ones
TO their shoulders. The Instructions
were numerous, and those at the rear
were becoming indignant, but as the
coffin came up the annoyance was
forgotten and only respect was felt. As
il was, the leaders OF the horses were
ordered by the police-sergeant to make
a sweeping turn, and that was the only
way in which the interested gathering
could be driven back. The people fell
back from the horses as though a spirit
had appeared and ordered their retreat
with a spontanuity that told Of great
reverence. Every man raised his hat
as the first horse came abreast to him
snd remained uncovered until the body
had passed.
THE PROCESSION BREAKING Up.
After the President, Cabinet, Images
of the Supreme Court, senator's and
members Of the House Of Representa-
tiyes. Governors and their stats. ex-
Presidents. foreign ministers, diplomatic
OG-ccrs, and representatives OF the army
and navy had passed the procession be-
gal TO break up. Veteran and civic
organizations left Fifth avenue BY the
streets between Fifty-thIrd and Fifty
ninth streets, and gradually fell out Of
line.
When information reached Riverside
Park that the procession had begun to
move the naval vessels in the river on
line with the park were signalled,
and salutes were fired by the dispatch
boats Powhatan, Omaha. Swatara,
and Alliance-the guns Of one vessel
booming out as the reyerberatiOns Of
the preceding one ceased.
After the undertaken had tried the
keys-one for the casket and one for
The outer door Of the tomb-he handed
them in a bag Of black velvet to Park
Commissioner Cummins. to be in turn
handed 10 General Hancock. and by
him to Mayor Grace. who will again
confde them to the care and custody Of
the Park Commissioners. The strains
Of the approaching procession were
family audible before the final touches
were put to the casket Of steel and the
temporary tomb.