Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-10

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line on the east side of Fifth avenue and
inside streets. The Second Battery, Captain
| Earle, mounted, but without guns, were
! occupying the extreme right on the west
SIDE of the avenue, and continuous lines of
Grand Army veterans extended down as far
as the eye couldrea
At 1910 o'clock precisely the Grant fam
lily came out of the ladies' entrance of the
| Fifth Avenue Hotel and took their car
rlages. Colonel Grant and wife rode with
Mrs. Sartoris |. s. Grant, Jr., and his wife |
and Senor Romero occupied the next car
| rage together, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Grant
the third and the Cramer family the fourth |
carriage. As the carriages received their |
occupants they rolled away toward the !
avenue, and remained there closely wedged |
IN and waiting for their turn in the line |
| Ihey had been waiting more than a quarter |
| OF an hour before President Cleveland came !
! and took his seat in the carriage with Sec /
retary Bayard, and the four-horse carriage |
| that followed received Nice-President Hen |
! drlcks and his private secretary. Ahead of !
! them had gone number of carriages fol-
| lowing the Grant family, in the following |
| order: Mrs. Rawlins Holman, daughter of |
| General Grants friend and first Secretary |
! Of War; the Generals old staff in four |
! carriages; his eX-Cabinct officers in four |
| carriages detachment from the Wheeler |
and L. S. Grant Posts, &. A. R., in four |
| J..
/ OF the Aztec Club, and survivors of the |
! Mexican war. Next came the Presidents |
| carriage, the NicaPresideHt and the Cab |
/ met, in five carriages members of the !
| supreme Court, United States Senators and |
! the House Congressional Committee. in a |
/ score OF carriages committee of the State |
| Legislature in thirty carriages; eX-Presi- |
! dents Arthur and Hayes and members of |
I their Cabinets. Then came the foreign |
Ministers and diplomatic and Consular off |
I GERS under General Grants administration !
/ These liied ten carriages Then the rep |
( resentatiyes Of the different departments of |
the national Government. Next came the |
! Governors Of States and their stats, ana !
then the representatives of cities.
or FIFTH AVENUE.
The crowd on Fifth avenue remained on !
! the sidewalk with remarkable perSistencv |
until the long parade had passed. There |
We're a few eases of heat prostratiOn in the !
! ranks, but as far as known none were fatal |
Begimcntal ambulanccs were called into |
/ relHiSltlon ior slight eases perhaps half |
! dozen times. At the corner Of Fiftv-seventh |
street where the line turned 10 the west. |
the crowd swelleG from the sides to the |
open way and blocked the thoroughfare on |
twenty occasions. There was some trouble |
! when the catafalque reached that point !
Everybody was more interested in the ap |
proach of this than in any other part of the |
procession. 1t was watched for blocks |
| away, its conspicuous height making it |
plainly visible as far as about Fiftieth |
| street. As it neared the corner. the crowd (
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 |
or ten feet deep, and some of those |
in front had raised their umbrellas to |
| keep Off the suns rays. Some women !
stood with babes in their arms, and fathers !
had hoisted their little ones to their shoul- |
| ders. The Instructions were numerous |
and those at the rear were becoming indig- |
| nant, but as the catafalque came up the |
| annoyance was forgotten and only respect |
was felt. As it was, the leaders of the |
| horses were ordered to make the sweeping |
turn, rs that was the only way in which |
the interested gathering could be driven |
back The people fell back from the hearse |
as though specter had appeared and Or
dered their retreat. With a spontaniety
that told their reverence every man raised !
his hat as the first horse came abreast of
him, and remained uncovered until the
body had passed. After the President |
Nice-President, Cabinet, Judges of the Su- |
preme Court, Senators and members of the |
House Of Representatives, Governors and |
their stalls, eX-PresidentS, foreign Minis |
terS. diplomatic officers and representatives
|
cesSion began to break up. The veterans
and civic organizations left Fifth avenue
between Fifty-thiri and Fifty-ninth streets
and gradually fell out Of line.
THE ESCORT COLUMN.
The escort column was formed as fol-
lows, with the exception of the United
| States troops:
FIssT Division.
Y. G. s. \. Y, Ma.or-General Alexander Shuier.
SECOND DIVISION.
Old Guard OF New York City, Major G. ". Ne
Lean.
Governors Foot Guard, Major J. c. Kinney.
Veteran Association
| One Hundred and Sixty-iiith New York Volun-
teers. Colonel Harmon d. Hull.
! Veteran Zouave Association, Captain I. T. Shce-
han.
Tenth Regiment New York Volunteers Veterans,
! Captain 4 Chamberlain.
| Fifth Regiment New York Volunteers. ZoUGyes |
! Captain B. L. Finley.
! Second Company Washington Continental
| Guard, Captain j. q. Norman
| Colombo Guards, Captain J. CavagnGrO.
Italian Rifle Guard, Captain r. Souyabedo.
! Garibaldi Legion, Captain L. Spazarq.
! Columbia Guards, Captain William F. Kelly.
/ Three Companies Veteran Guards tcolored), all
under command of Colonel David T. Austin.
THIRD DIVISION
| Second Division \. G. S. y. Y, Major-Gencral
! L. !. MOlineuX.
FOURTH DIVISION
| First Regiment National Guard of PENNSYLVANIA
| Colonel T. L. NiedeTsham.
Gray lnylneibies Captain John F. kennard.
! Gate City Guards of Atlanta, Ga, Lieutenant
William NJ. Camp.
FIFTH DIVISION.
! Second Regiment National Guard of Connecti-
cut, Colonel ". j. LeavcnwOrth.
| First Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, Colonel
\. c. Wellington.
| Four companies Virginia State troops, Lieu
tenHnt-Colonel NJ. S SpOttswood.
First Company Union Veteran Corps, District of
| Columbia, Captain IL. T. WE'LL.
Union Veteran Corps, District of Columbia, Cap
tain D. L. Thompson.
Capital City Guards District of Columbia, Cap
! d. :. Kelly.
| Company D, Minnesota Guards, Captain Bean.
SIXTH DIVISION.
Division of the National Guard of New Jersey,
Major-Gcneral w. Prime
THE cORTEGE N RIVERSIDE.
From MONDAY on for hours into the
afternoon the vicinity Of the tomb in
| Riverside Park was the scene of discomfort
for waiting thousands. Excessive heat had
followed the cool of the morning, and each
succeeding hour added to the heat. There
were hundreds and thousands of people !
! who suffered much in their cramped posi- |
tons waiting in the blazing sunshine. One |
! o'clock came and went but the funeral car |
| was yet long way Off and moving very |
! slowly. Beneath fir tree at the crown of |
| the knoll rested a small charcoal furnace |
ana near 1t the tools and materials with !
which to seal the leaden lining of the cedar |!
case into which the casket and remains of /
General Grant should be placed. Down |
| the slope, nearer the vault, was portable |
/ furnace, such as is used by workmen for |
heating bolts, and in a group near by were !
| five men, the mechanics, who should rivet !
fast the steel casket. within which the cof- |
fin and cedar box should finally be pre- /
served. The steel case rested upon two |
marble blocks two and one-half feet high, |
three feet wide and eighteen inches thick. |
| Similar marble blocks had been sunk in |
the floor flush with the surface, and upon |
those the remains of Mrs. Grant /
are expected TO repose. Many per-
sons were permitted to peer into the |
! tomb where the steel receptacle was wait !
Aing the body then being bone up town. |
Soon after l o'clock drum beats and blast |
of trumpets were heard from the lower |
end of the park, and carriage came into |
view. In il was General Hancock. He |
was the only occupant, and stood erect. !
| Trooping behind him on horseback were |