New-York tribune., 1885-08-09
ORGA NIZING THE PROCESSION.
HOW THE DIFFERENT BODIES FELL INTO
IINE-STARTING OFF on TIME.

The early morning interest In the procession
cantred Mt the foot of Broadway. The fact that
General Hancock and his aides. and the various
battalions of the Army and Navy would land at the
Battery from the forts. the Navy Yard and war
vessels before taking their position at the right OF
the line attracted great cO1course of peore there
They were massed or rather densely packed, in the
Battery Park. on the sea-wall. around Bowling
Green and up Broadway as far as the Post Once as
early as o'clock and after the officers. the soldiers.
the marines and the sailors had passed up Broad
way the crowds followed to pack in with the fast
assembling spectators In Broadway above the City
Hall. who knowing that anything the Army or
Navy had to do with is done with the greatest
promptness took their positions along the curb.
on housetops and IN windows and doorways.
General Hancock landed at the Battery before
o'clock and with him were the following aides:
Ma,or-General j. G. Farnsuorth. Rear Admiral c. r.
b. Fry. Eaward Ferrero. Henry A. Barnum' Bng.der-
Generals Egbert L. vlee, Lloyd AspinSall her.tio
Ssnsrais john C. Tidbal. c. B. Csnstock Theodore
Rodenboush Hsrace Porter. ii. A. Bingham. Joseph
ppsrssn ssrre. S!1a'' e. asal barney " FsaTcs,
General Lopez de 9asrsi's snd John ~ Srao" an" So
s%s. 4S:l. Sss.s e K Essisa sssr
Phillips. RoberS LenoI Bslsnep =. N. L Ehers G
rnn sTh hoIr. SsSos
,;aoneIs W n H.rris c. l. Gillespie. william Ludlow.
James Farney. Frederick SAWYER, Finley Anderson
and Edward Haighti Majors Jacob Hess. W. L. skid
more. J. O. Paine. William II. oorsa. R. hvinss!one
Luckey W. r. Maitson. Augustus Nicholson and Ivan
Tsilon; Ensign Aaron Vanderbilt. Captains John II
WcsKs, James II. Mcrryman. James W. Brinck. X. II.
Mclean, Dewitt Ward and +. j. Spencer; Lsutenants
Raihbone. K. H. Patterson aud Charles @. Treat
When General Hancock was recognized, in the
fu-dress unifofm Of bis rank the senior Major
General of the Army. and riding black and spirited
steed, he received quiet welcome with applause.
The frst military organization TO march to the
City Hall was the Guard of Honor Of eighty officers
d and soldiers, of equal detail from Battery
A Of the 9th Artillery. and Company +
of tho 18th Infantry, which guarded
the body Of General Grant at Mt. McGregor. and
! accompanied il to New-York. When the word was
carried along the line of spectators q Hero comes
1 the Guard of Honor" great interest was mani
- tested. They were preceded By twenty pieces of
the David's Island band, and were under the CON-
mand of Colonel w. B. Beck. Major IA. G. Brswn OF
the 18th Infantry. and Lieutenants w. b. Mccall
lum and E. G. Brown Of the 9th Artillery. Among
them was Bugar krause. who had been de-
tailed to sound the "tsps" at the vault. Ne
lad intended to use his old battered and ago worn
copper bugle. which he picked up on tho battlefield
Of Chickamauga. but il had gone astray on its way
from Nj McGregor and he had 10 use trumpet
instead. Tho guard arrived on the plaza In trent
Of the City Hall at $50 o n.
Twenty minutes later General Hancock and his