The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-14

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No attempt at pomp or ceremony
marred this part of the column
These men in plain clothes typifed the true
genius of the republic and its saving
| strength in the Stalwart courage, which in
| the hour of the country's need could calmly
| lay down the implements of industry, sub
| stitute the muSket, fight four years for a
sentiment, and at the conclusion quietly
drop back into the peacefulranks of society,"
| With admiration was mingled feeling of
sadness as the eye marked gray hairs and
| bent forms when memory recalled the fresh
| faces and vigorous figures of twenty years
ago.
There were three blocks before the boule-
| ward could be reached. The tired marcherS
who bravely kept their places in line wiped
the Precipitation from their browS and curled
| their lips in slight contempt at those who
had withdrawn. If there was a feeling in
the breasts of any soldier that there would
be fewer eyes to gaze upon their glittering
| trappings, it must have been quickly dissi-
pated-the great sea of faces was still I'M
broken.
| On the private houses, on the towering
| apartment buildings which mark this part
of the city, the mourning emblems were
frequent. They were noticeable for the
taste with which they were hung.
At Fifty-ninth Street the escort was
allowed the route step. The grasp of the
guns was loosened and the head of the long
column halted and there was chance for
rest. Forward march, came the order
again. The ripple of movement followed
| down the long line. Now the column had
| left the thickly built portion of the city. A
solitary block of buildings stood here and
there. Along the road, in the midst of hand
| some residences, were tucked numerous lit
| tie huts Rude in construction, patched
with rough timbers seemingly thrown to-
| gether they looked very plain and humble
and when some of the worn veterans had
reached this point in the line of march and
saw fastened to these simple houses anar-
row, bedraggled, faded piece of black n
token of the dead hero, a deep sense of sor-
row went through those solid ranks. Il.
The fOOt-sore troop now found relief on
the broad macadamiZed boulevard and
Riverside drive. To many of them the
route was unfamiliar and it was a pleasant
change to be beyond the rows of closely
built dwellings which INSTRUCTED the passage
of the air, and to see wide spaces of land
not long to remain unoccupied costly resi-
denceS here and there built with full APP
probation of the possibilities of the western
part of the city; shanties Of the sovereign
squatters; the broad Hudson glistening in
the sun and rejecting its outrageous banks.
and the well-laid walks, smooth lawns and
noble trees of Riverside Park.
No less manifest was the popular DISPOSE
ton to pay tribute to the honored dead at
this stage of the route than when the lines
were formed at the City Hall. 1t was here
that chiefly the humber classes of society
formed the human barrier on either side of
the cortege. Their reverence in the presence
of the dead was apparent. The farther
from brick walks the procession moved, the
more strongly did nature impress the hearts
of those who marched.
AT RIVERSIDE PARK.
At a quarter past one o'clock squad of
mounted police came up the drive, herald
ing the entrance of the funeral cortege into
the park, and sailors bearing curiOusly
marked little flags, ran to the edge of the
bluff and began to wave dispatches to the
officers on the deck of Rear Admiral JouetBs
| flagship in the river below. Two minutes
later the procession came in view and the
heavy guns Of the war ship,
/ which for few minutes had been
SILENT doomed forth again, laundering
| d UlUuIuIuI SIOeJi1S W Gu6 6dIblly I6ludluS
of the greatest chieftain of his age AS the
flames belched from the mouths of the heavy
pieces of cannon the reports went rolling
ating again and again, like the sound of
rumbling thunder in the distance.
First came General Hancock in an open
carriage. His horse had taken sick at One
Hundred and Fifth Street and the stately
| old warrior TUac aoODnIIad tO non q oarrio Ca
provided for just such an emergency. Just
behind him rode his staff.
Conspicuous among them could be seen
Z. the soldery forms of ex-Confederate Gen
erals Fitz Hugh Lee and j. B. Gordon.
! The former rode between two Union Off
] GERS and wore Derby hat of Confederate
gray, while across his breast stretched a
a broad sash of material of the same color
| Other eX-COnfederateS were there and they
talked in subdued tones of the days when
they met ON the battlefields of the South.
When the head of the column reached the
circle within which is the tomb of the hero,
the soldiers marched down the east drive
The artillery, marines and blue jackets were
maSsed in petty form on the knoll just to
the north. Then came the Twenty-secOnd
and Seventh regiments, who were drawn up
in long line on the westernly drive. Below
them was a battery of eight companies of
artillery whose pieces were trained and
pointed towards the New Jersey shore.
The heavily laden funeral car was so
heavy that its progress was slow, so that it
was more than three hours after the head of
the column reached the tomb before the car
came in sight. During the interval, the
companies of the Seventh Regiment
marched over from their position, and rev.
erently uncovering their heads, passed
| through the narrow temporary home of the
| loved dead. While they and others in
spected the sepulture, the privileged few
who held passes gathered within the en-
chained enclosure back of the vault, and in
| low tones talked of the heroic dead. From
Claremont, over the intervening trees came
| the tolling of great bell, its sonorous notes
falling heavily on the ear.
| At precisely twenty-five minutes to four
o'clock the sad strains of music gave notice
of the approach of the catafalque and the
waiting soldiers came to order.
| In a few minutes a string of carriages
came in view and shortly drew up in front
of the tomb. From them alighted first Rev.
j. II. Newman and Bishop Harris. Following
| them were Generals Sheridan and BuckneT,
| Sherman and Joe Johnston, General Logan,
George w. Boutwell,. Then came the fu-
| neral car preceded by the band and sur
| rounded by the members of George G.
Meade Post, Of Philadelphia, of which the
dead hero was member. Behind them
and coming slowly down between the ranks
of soldiers at a present arms were the fami-
ly and mourners, among whom were Presi-
dent Cleveland, Vice President Hendricks,
ex-Presidents Arthur and Hayes. Senator
John Sherman and other notables.
When the car had reached its place be-
fore the door of the tomb the Governor s
Island band, stationed on the knoll to the
north, started to play and all down the
ranks muff1ed drums beat sad tattoo.
When the steps prepared for the purpose
were placed at the back of the car the vet
Grams of Meade Post, who were chosen as
pall-bearers, mounted to it, and under COM
mand of an officer below bore the casket TO
the cedar box on the ground before the door.
Behind them came Colonel Grant, his
wife, his brothers wife and little Nellie.
They took their places to the south of the
casket President Cleveland and General
Hancock directly behind, while DIR. New
man, Bishop Harris and the soldiers and
prominent officials ranged themselves at the
north and west sides. When the casket had
been placed in the cedar lead-lined box, the