The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-30
placed in line according to the date OF
organization.

the u. A. r., suggested yesterday tnaS
if agreeable, the use OF the u. A. h
ritual will crafty members of the or,
ganization. General Hancock replied
that Pastor Newman had already been
designated for the services.
General Hancock says: Owing to the
length of march, and consequent ia
tigue, the advisability of having school
children participate in the procession Is
not evident.
John Schuyler, Secretary of the
"Society of the Cincinnati" says in a
communication to General Hancock:
| represent the feelings of our members,
when l say that our society will be
ready at all times to pay whatever
marks of respect we can to our fellow
tOwnsman.
The following orders were issued by
Major-General Hancock:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF
ATLANTIC
GOVERNORS ISLAND, n. Y, July 30.
Having been placed by the President
in charge of the ceremonies connected
with the funeral of the ex-President of
| the United States, General o. s. Grant,
and In command of the escort for the
obSequies, military and civic organiza-
tons intending to participate will, upon
promptly reporting such intention, be
assigned a position in the procession,
which will take place in the city of New
York, on Saturday, August 8th, prox.
Order No. 2 appoints General John G..
Farnsworth chief marshal in charge of
the ceremonies at Albany.
Order No. 3 appoints General Lloyd
Aspinwall to the duty of laying out the
Il af fnr 70 in
York City.
Order appoints General Martin T.
MacMahon to conduct the march OF
civic organizations in the procession. He
is instructed to establish headquarters
in New York City, and to announce the
same when selected. All such organi-
cations desiring to take part will report
directly to those headquarters, sending
duplicate to General Mcmahon, and
will state the title of the same, name of
chief officer and number of parade.
General Hancock to-day received a
communication from Ex-Governor Cor
nell saying:
Sir-If the funeral cortage from
Albany comes by the river it will enable
each town ON the Hudson, Long Island
sound and New Jersey, to furnish a
boat ladden with local representatives
TO join in the progress towards New
York, thus making an impressive fea-
ture of the ceremonies, which
is not practicable if the rail-
way be adopted. Permit me to
earnestly recommend the river route.
General Hancock said in reply that
all ARRANGEMENTS for transportation by
rah had been. completed.
BrigadieGss General Aspinwall. in
speaking Of arrangements Yesterday,
stated that all armedsbodies will be as
gned to theaposieion in the column
which is to precedes the hearse, and all
civic organizations viii be placed in.
line following the hearse. All erganfZa-
position in the line accord3h4s-to the
date OF the admission of the State each
represents, into the Union.
! Aides will escort governors of differ
ent States visiting the city on the day of
obsequies. Remains will arrive in this
city on the evening of the 18th of
August.
WAsH1NGroN, July 90. = Secretary
Whitney has sent the following letter to
Col Grant at Mt. McGregor:
have the honor to express the uni
versal desire on the part of the officers
and TfsIf of the Navy, that the naval
service fsy be represented in the ser
vices attending the interment of the re-
mainHof your illustrous father.
In Ampliance with instructions from
the IRsident, the colors of the naval
statioE4 and ON vessels in the navy COM
mission will be holsted at half mast and
guns will beRfired at half hour
intervals from sunrise to sunset on the
day of the funeral, or in case of vessels
on foreign stations, upon the day fol
lowing the receipt of the general SFder
announcing the death. In consequence
of a general desire, before expressed, l
have asked the Secretary of War that
necessary instructions may be issued to
Major General Hancock, United States
Army, who, it is understood, is charged
with the ceremonies, to permit
representatives of the naval serv ,es to
take a part in the national honors to be
paid to the remains of one who was for
eight years Commander in Chief of the
navy. During the time set for the
obsequies, Rear Admiral Jouett, with a
portion of his entire force under his
command, will represent the navy In
New York and will cause appropriate
naval honors to be rendered afioat on
the day of the funeral in this city.
take this opportunity OF expressing the
feeling of deep sympathy, which has
been felt in the navy department. and
throughout the naval service, during
the long and painful illness which
eliminated in the death of your Illus
trious father, and request there NAV be
made known to his family this universal
feeling of the navy, many officers and
men of which served under and with
him during the late civil war.
New YORK, July 29.-The Grant
Monument fund general committee met
this afternoon. The subcommittee APP
pointed yesterday, reported the plan of
organization. The plan set forth that
the organization of the original COM
mittee should be as follows: Hon. Ches-
ter A. Arthur, chairman; Major Grace
and Hamilton Fish, vice-chairmen;
D1exel, Morgan & Co., treasurers, and
Richard T. Greener, secretary;
that the committee appointed
by Mayor Grace shall be consti-
tuted the Grant Monument Association,
for the purpose of collecting funds for
the erection over the remains OF Cen
erai Grant, at their final resting place
in New York, a grand national monu-
ment, which shall appropriately TESTIFY
to future ages the appreciation by the
civilized world of genius, valor and
deeds of the grandest character OF this