Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-08-06
THE FINAL nEsTiNG-PLAcE.

THE FINAL RESTfNG-PlACEs
Watch Hill, In Riverside Park, Overlook.
ing the Hudson. Settled Upon rs the FL
nal Resting Place of General Grants Re-
housekeeping For the Fun<ral Pa.
geant-The G. A. Il. To be Largely &eprs-
sented-A Loving Floral Tribute.
Mt. MCGREGoR, N. Y, July 29.-Iti S
learned that before Colonel Grant went
to New York to select q site for the
Generals sepulchre, Mrs. Grant request
ed him to learn the wishes and opinions
of those with whom he consulted on the
subject, and if there seemed to be
unanimity in favor of any spot which the
family had not considered, to give such
inclination due weight. 1t is also known
that the visit to Watch Hill was not &C
cidenral. The spot was known to Mrs.
Grant, and had been spoken OF favoraoly
by her, though the favored
| locality with all the family
was the mall In Central Park. When,
therefore, the Colonel reporteda general
impression among the city authorities in
favor of the Riverside Park, and added
his own satisfaction with that site, the
decision was quickly land easily arrived
at. DIR. Newman iS quite in earnest in
! his belief that the memorial to De erected
over General Grants body should not be
| conventional and meanin, gless, like the
gigantic shaft of the Washington monu-
ment. He would place in the temple
proposed by him all of the slits
of the foreign nations to tine
late President and General; lana all
other treasures which have an addltional
interest in connection with the gleat
hero. There should also be room in TIE
structure for any statues that may be
erected symbolical of the events OF the
Generals life.
The guard of the regular troops are on
duty in the grounds around the cottage,
replacing the guard from Wheeler Post
G. A. II. of Saratoga. The wheeler
Guard will be on duty on the cottage
porch, beginning when the body Is placed
in the casket to-day. The detail from
y. S. Grant Post, of Brooklyn, will then
take a position inside the cottage as the
immediate guard of honor.
PREPARING THE TOMB-THE PROCESSION.
| NEW YORK, July 29.-The dispatch
| from Colonel Fred Grant announcing
that Mrs. Grant had decided upon River
| side1Park as the site for the late Gen.
| erals tomb and monument was received
by Mayor Grace few minutes after
eleven o'clock yesterday. Immediately
thereafter steps were taken to definitely
settle the final arrangements for the
funeral. Word was telephoned to the
| Park Commissioners by the Mayor to
begin at once on the work of construct
ing the temporary tomb at the fark.
Shortly after the Mayor received Mrs.
Grants decision, the Board of Aldermen
met and formally presented the site to
the family of General Grant for the pur-
pose of a burial spot.
Superintendent of Police Murray was
summoned to the Mayors office, and
consultation was held between the May
or, the Superintendent and General Per-
nv, who represented General Hanc ock,
regarding the arrangements for the fun
eral in this city. 1t was the Mayors
opinion that the procession would start
from the City Hall, the different organ.
izations falling into line at the side
streets above. The line OF march will
probably be up Broadway to the Boule-
ward, and along the latter to One Hun
dred and Tenth street; thence to the
temporary vault in Riverside Park. 1t is
believed that not until the procession
reaches Fifty-ninth street will all the vari-
Gus organiza lious be in line. Applications
for ~, int
pour in. 1t will be impossible to grant
one-.enth of them. Retired army officers
will have position together in the pro-
cesson. They have been requested to
consult General Sickles, who is under
stood to be the senior retired officer In
this city.
General Hancock yesterday notified
Commander in Chief Burdette OF the
G. A. r. that the different posts OF the
G. A. R.. who take part in the parade,
will be assigned a place among the
mourners. Tho General has not yet de-
cided upon their exact location in the
line All armed bodies OF troops, in.
Guiding armed G. A. r. Posts, will be
embraced in the escort.
1t is understood that $4,000 members
of the Grand Army of the Republic have
placed themselves at General Hancock's
disposal, with the urgent request that
they NAV appear in a body on the occa-
sion of the final Obseques in New York.
detail of light artillery has been or
dered here by General Hancock from
Fort Adams, to be used in firing salutes
on the morning of August Sd and 4th.
Yesterday afternoon the most elabor-
ate floral piece yet received came. 1t is
large pillow of white immortelles, Oh
which is a sword of colored flowers,
crossed by floral fac simile of tho
epaulettes of the General. 1t is inscrib-
ed "Comrade U. S. Grant-From Meade
Post No. /, G. A. r., Philadelphia"
The route agreed upon for the transfer
of the body from the Grand Central De-
pot on the 9Th, is as follows: Forty
third street, Fifth avenue, Washington
Square, Waverly Place, and Broadway To
City Hall.
THE TEMPORARY TOMB.
NEW YORK, July 29.-At twelve O'Clock
yesterday Architect Mold, of the Depart
ment of Public Parks, had completed the
plan for the temporary vault which is to
contain the body of General Grant until
the erection OF a permanent tomb. 1t
is to be made entirely of brick.
Within it will measure twelve
by seven feet. 1t will be
four feet under ground and will be sur
mounted by barrel arch, with rims OF
brick In front rises a cross. A large
iron door will give access to the plain
cemented interior. On each side will be
four cross-shapcd openings for ventila-
ton. The front will face the river. The
vault can De seen from Haverstraw.
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