Daily Republican., 1885-08-17
Grant aud tho g. A, n.

! WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 General s
s. Burdett, commander.in.c chief OF the
Grand Army ofthe Republic, returned
yesterday from the G. A. Il. encamp
ments At Gettysburg, Pa, and Spring.
held, III. He said that at each Of those
places he spoke TO the veterans regard
ling the erection Of q monument to
General Grant, and they were unani
mously in favor of It's location I'm
Washington.
The Grand Army" he said, "pro
poses to subscribe ten cents from every
mem Der. and there are 800 600 OF them
throughout this country. They mean
TO erect monument to General GRAFT,
in Wash ington, and don't think that
the day is far distant when General
Grants remains will be placed tor final
rest in this city"
He said that very soon general order
would be iesued 10 all the departments
OF the organization officially making
known the project Of erecting nonu .
ment to the memory OF General Grant,
and its location in Washington. Gener al
Burdett could not state where the
monument would be erected in this
city, ss that wonld be decided later
on.
In reply TO Ex President Hayes letter
suggesting that the authorities OF the
Grand Army of the Republic encour.
age their comrades to contribute to the
bu Hiding OF a monument on the grave oi
General Grant, General Burdett says:
~ have been unable TO bring my mind
into accord with yours at that point
hold to the opinion that the Ora nd
Army will desire first of all TO erect its
1 own distinctive monument to our com.
rade, not at great cost, but for that pur.
pose raising only such sum as, com
posed of the equal contribution OF
each individual comrade, shall be with
| In the reach and the glad gift of the
poorest.
THE IT onal monument to be erected
to General Grant should be Of such
proportions and cost AZ to be beyond
the reach OF private benevolences, and
Of right and propriety ought to be order
ed by the Congress Of the United States
and paid for out OF the National
Treasury, and consequently the Grand
Army should not be called upon for the
effort you Indicate"
VISITORS AT THE TOMB.
NEW YORK, August 1G 1t is esti-
N ated that at Least 400 people filed
past the tomb of Grant to day. 1t was
the greatest crowd that has visited
Claremont since the funeral. Tho visi-
tors came by every road leading to
Riverside Park and began arriving
early in the morning. All the surface
roads running nywhere near the park
were crowded, and the elevated lines
ran extra trains. There was an extra
detail OF police "a we'll as a number Of
detectives in citizens clothing, but
there was not the slightest disorder, and
there WAS no occasion for their services
at any point In the neighborhood of the
tomb. By noon tho crowd had 20 In.
creased that 1t was necessary TO form
the people in line. The stream stretched
down the hill for quarter of q mile,
and the visitors filed slowly past the
entrance to the vault three and four
abreast.
That Claremont has a charm of It's
own aside from its being the resting
place of Grant was shown to-day by
the numbers who fingered there after
passing the tomb. Thousands walked
to the top Of the knoll beyond, and then
spread over tie lawn above the bluff,
which commands a magnificent view
of the Hudson. Some of the paths OF
entrance and exit about One hun dred
and. .thirtieth street are steep aud dan
gerous, and 1t became necessary to day
TO close them.
The people take q great interest in
the camp of the regular soldiers on
guard, and come as near to the tents
as the guards would allow. To-day a
double guard was on duty, and only
friends and families of tho soldiers
we're admitted. One of the visitors to
Captain Fessenden was Lieutenant
Brownell, who killed jackson, the
hotel keeper who killed Colonel Ellis
worth, a. Alexandria, in 1861.
POET WHITTIER ON GEN. GRANT.
Boston, August 10 The following
Is a copy OF John q. Whittier's letter,
read at the Grant memorial services in
Ameshury
" find it is not possible for me to
attend the meeting on the 9Th instant.
The nation owes deep and unpayable
debt to General Grant. A silent,
modest, unseltish man, he never
boasted of what he would do, nor OF
what he did do, but when duty called
upon him TO act he gave to his country
all he had TO give and it is largely due
to his patriotic devotion, skill and in.
domitable will that we are now o united
people. The patience and calm forti.
tude man ifested ia his long and painful
illness were in keeping with his life,
and they command the sympathy and
admiration of all. j. G. WHITTIER.