The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-07-29
ARRIVAL OF REGULARS.

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ARRIVAL OF REGULARS.
Upon the same train that brought Col.
Grant up the mountain came the com.
pany OF regular troops, that had been ex.
pected since yesterday morning. They
brousht their tents and all accou1ements,
and wore the uniform Of the regular
army. There were thirty.eight men in all,
and they were fine, manly fellows, every
one. The commandant Is Major Blown,
with Lieutsnauts Wood and Barr. The
detail is made up from Company E, OF the
Twelfth Infantry, located at Fort Porter
on the Niagara river. The men were
formed in line under arms at the little
mountain depot, and marched mp the
path General Grant attempted to climb TO
the cotkage Just six weeks ago to-day,
through the grove In front Of the cottage,
and at the slope to ridge, covered with
pine trees and heeches, where General
Grants little grandchildren have been
wont to p ny in swings and at croguet
since their coming to the mountain. The
spot where o halt was made Is about
forty rods south Of the cottage, and here
the white tents have been pitched, and
about the cottage where the dead Com
maDder lies 10 now a scene OF bivouac and
camp lie, with veterans and regulars sid.
byside.
Colonel Roger Jones, to whom all the
military here are ordered TO report, came
with the regulars and has assumed control
aud direction, under orders from General
Hancock. He understands that the com.
pany OF regulars rtf.rred to are toact as q
body quad md guard Of hoaos to the re-
mains, but il this is true, the .. s Grant
Post detail that has been serving in that
capacity since Sunday night will be dis
placed and selegated to q minor post Of
duty. This matter, however, Is within
the direction OF Col. Fred. Grant, who
will determine whether or not the post OF
honor shall remain with the Post that
bears the name OF the dead whom the
men are watching.
TO MEET THE REMAINS.
1t islearnsd this morntng=shat coo or
700 men will be, or have been ordered to
Saratoga, to meet the remains Of General
Grant On theis arrival there from the
mountain, on Tuesday next TWAS the
original intention OF Gen. Hancock to have
sent these men to the mountain, but when
he learned OF the limited facilities for NOV.
ing troops on the mountain he changed
his purpose, and will send them as sisted
to Saratoga, to receive the remains there
and to do duty during the t:ansisr. Isis
not unlikely that the Seventh regiment OF
New York, will be chosen and detailed to
do this duty. Instead, too,s Of ordering
the battery Of artillery TO the mountain,
the ordnance will be stationed at Saratoga,
where proper salutes will be fired during
the transfer OF the body from the moun-
tain train to the funeral train on the tracks
OF the Delaware and Hudson Canal Com
pany's road.
The intantion Of carving the remains in
the private car Of Mr.. Vanderbilt has been
changed, and the funeral car wv oodlaWn''
has been substituted for Mr.. Yanderbilts
car. This car, besides carrying the re-
mains, will furnish accommodation for
forty persons. Otherwise, tho train will
be made up as previously stated. The
Government has ordered General PLssen-
ger Agent Kendrick, Of the New York
Central, to drape the cars OF the funeral
train, and it Is proposed todrape them en-
tiTely in black, relying toE an imposing
effect on the massine of color. No white
will be used, and the ecmpany promise q
spectacle that shall be more imposing
than has ever before been known on such
an occasion.
General Hancock and stat now purpose
10 Be present here on Monday bfi5rs the
tunerd services. On the day Of ther
moyaI Of the body to Albany, the Della.
ware and Hudson Canal Company will
send ahead Of the funeral train. at short
intervals, four passenger trains Of fourteen
ears each 10 take up the G. A. r. men and
Others who nSy. .tnat day be desirous oi
eoinginto Albany TO view the remains As
they lie in state.