The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-07-29

though it is not unlikely that the re-
mains may repOse here some days.
This, however is entirely at the disposal
of Colonel Fred Grant, to whom is left the
entire control of all arrangements relative
TO his fathers remains. 1t is not unlikely
that a proposition from the city of New
York to accord burial plot for the General
and his wife, when she, too, shall have
passed away, might be considered by the
Colonel. The impression that Washington
may be chosen as the burial spot is believed
20 be founded on the present inclination OF
Colonel Grant. The only condition made
by the General, and that as long ago as June
n, was that his remains should be inferred
where those of Mrs. Grant might in time lie
beside his own. An embalmer is now on the
way from New York.
HOW THE NEWS REACHED GENERAL SHERIDAN.
FoRT RENO, /. T., July 23.-The news of the
death of General Grant reached General
Sheridan this morning by means of a dis
patch sent from the office of the Associated
Press in Chicago. In response to inquiries
concerning the arrangements for the funeral,
General sheridan said: 81 am so far away
from Washington that will have to depend
on those in charge there to carry out any or
ders the President may give the army rel
ative to General Grants funeral. During his
critical illness last March, and on an
intimation from personal friends of
the family that IL would be agree
able to the Commissioners of the
Soldiers Home, requested the privilege of
having the Generals remains inferred at the
Home" 1T is hoped the family will con-
sent" continued the General, so that his
remains may lie near the Capitol of the Ma
ton, guarded by the veterans of the war in
which his greatest honOrs were won"
General Sheridan sent the following tele-
grams upon receipt OF the sad information:
FORT Reno. July p
To Colonel Fred Grant, Mount McGregoT, n. Y.
Will YOU please express to Mrs. Grant my grief
a1 the loss OF my dearest friend and comrade and
my sincere sympathy and coincidence with her in
this LOnr OF her great distress.
p. ii. SHERIDAN Lieutenant General.
FORT Reno, 1. r, July -.
To General r. C. Drum, Washington, d. c..
Ny duties here will not permit my return in
time for the funeral of my dearest friend and com
rade, General l. :. Grant. Lieutenant colonel c.
W. Davis, OF my stan, KNOWS my views III reference
10 the obsequies. Have them carried out as far as
they do not conflict with the directions of the
President. want to be named as one of the pail
bearers. 7. ii. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General.
MILITARY ORDER ISSUED.
Adiutant General Drum by command of
Lieutenant General Sheridan, issued the fol-
lowing order: In compliance with the in
structiOns of the President, on the day OF the
funeral. at each military post, the troops and
cadets will be paraded, and the order read to
them, after which all labors for the day will
cease. The National flag will be displayed
at half staff. At the dawn of day thirteen
guns will te fired and afterward at intervals
of thirty minutes between the rising and
setting of the sun single gun, and at the
close of the day National salute of thirty
eight guns. The officers of the army will
wear Grape on their left arm and on their
swords, and the colOrs of the battalion of
engineers of the several regiments. and of
the United States corps of cadets will be put
in mourning for the period of six months.
The date and hour of the funeral will be
communicated to department commanders
by telegraph, and by them TO their subor-
dinate commanders.
PROCLAMATION AND OTHER OFFICIAL ORDERS.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-Shortly after s
o'clock this morning the President was in
formed of the death of General Grant. He
Immediately directed that the flag on the
White House should be placed at half-mast.
The lowering of the flag was the first init
nation that the citizens of Washington
had of the death of the distinguished man,
although they had been anticipating il
throughout the night few minutes
after the White House flag was placed at
half-mast, the flags on all public buildings,
and on many private ones, were placed in
like position. The bells of the city were
tOlled and citizens who heard them readily
recognized their meaning. Business men
with mourning, and residences in a similar
manner showed esteem for the deceased.
While the bells tolled President Cleveland
sent the following dispatch to Mrs. Grant at
Nc. McGregor:
"Accept this expression of my heartfelt
sympathy in this hour of your great atfiic-
tion. The people of the nation mourn with
you and would reach, if they could, with
kindly cOmfort, the depths of the sorrow
which Is yours alone, and which only the
pity of God can heal"
The following proclamation was afterward
issued by the President:
The President of the United States has Just re-
ceived the sad tidings of the death of that illus
trOus citizen and exPresident of the United States
General Clyssus :. Grant, at Mount McGregor,
lately been removed in the endeayOr to prOlOng
his life In making this announcement TO the
pressed with the magnitude of the public loss of
great military leader, who was in the hour of vic
tory magnanimOus, amid disaster serene and self
sustained; who in every station whether as a sol
dier n chief magistrate, twice called to power
/ by his fellow cOuntrymen, trOd unswervingly the
| pathway of duty unmOved by doubts, single
minded and straightforward. The entire country
/ has witnessed with deep emotion his prolonged
and patient struggle with painful disease, and has
| watched by his couch of suffering with fearful
/ sympathy. The destined end has come at last,
| and the spirit has returned to the Creator who
sent ii forth. The great heart of the Nation that
| followed him when living with love and pride
| bows now in sorrow above him dead, tenderly
mindful OF his virtues, hBgreat patriotic services
and of the loss Occasoned by his death, in testi-
mOny of respect to the memory of General Grant
| ii is ordered that the Executive Mansion and the
| several departments at Washington be draped in
mourning for period of thirty days, and that all
public business shall the day of the funeral be
suspended, and the secretaries of War and the
| Navy will cause orders TO be issued for apprO-
pirate military and naval honors to be rendered
| on that day.
In witness whereof, / have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States TO
be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this
23d day Of July, a. ID. 1sS5 and the independ-
ence of the United States, the one hundred and
| tenth.
Py the President GROVER CLEVELAND.
| t. +. BAYARD. Secretary of State.
The President has also issued an order
directing that all the executive departments
of the Government he closed at o'clock this
| afternoon, as a mark of respect to the mem
| ory of General Grant.
REGARDING THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
PHILADELPHIA, July 23.-Regarding the
funeral arrangements and final burial place,
il is learned tonight that Mr.. George w.
| Childs will have sole charge of all matters
| connected Herewith. and he will probably
be called upon to settle upon the spot for the
last resting place of the dead hero. Mr..
! Childs intended TO have left for Mount Nc
Gregor, but fearing he could not reach there