The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-08-12


ia continuous line. On tho east side
cf Fifth avenue, and in the side streets
the second battery, Saptsn harles mounted pnt
On the west side OF the avenue continuous
line of Grand Army organizations extended down
citizen soldiers, one side in uniforms, ready do
battle for their country, and confidently looking
toward the future, the other, battle-scarred and
worn. its work done. and proudly looking back
ward over the heroic past passed the long proces-
reversed, in sadness.
The great silent throag watched il go by from
sreet and square, iro1n windows, housetops bal
air. so Gariugly had they been thrust forward
from the buildings by sightseers enN-
ious not to mis- the memorable show.
There WAS not foot OF space ground anywhere IN
sight, end how the police made way Tor the car
riares, the military and she marching thousands
they did. Captain Williams swung his club at the
pointof Fifth avenue and Twenty-third street.
where the pressure of the crowd was greatest, and
his presence alone acted like charm.
In tho crowd the utmost good nature prevailed
Everybody made room for everybody else 10 the
hearc.
The showy white helmets and cream-colored
jackets of the Twenty-secOnd Regiment of State
troops madea continuous double 1le Fronting
the hotel 10 the north OF it the First and second
batteries. Handsomely mounted, held the avenue
as lar as Twenty-eehth street Throughout the line
the crowd was dense that its power TO exercise
pressure had passed. When il stood il remained
an inert 1nass from sheer inability TO move foot
their occupation gone, stood still with the rest,
part and parcel OF the immovable tlIrong.
II 1910 precisely the Grant family came ont OF
the ladies entrance Oithe Fifth Avenue Hotel and
took their carriages. Colonel Fred Grant and his
Nellie Mrs. >atorisl l. $ Grant and his vile, and
>enor Romero occupying the next car
risge together Mr.. and Mrs. jesse Grant
the fourth carriage. As The carriages received
their occupants they rolled away toward the ave-
nue. and remained there, closely wedged in and
IN or lpi II a They lapu
waiting more than quarter OF an hour before
President Cleveland came ont and took his seat in
carriage that followed received Vice President
Hendricks and his Private Secretary, Hughes East.
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
General : old stat in four carriages, his ex-Cabi-
net officers, in four carriages; detachments from
Wheeler and L.; 5; Grant Posts G. A. r.. in four
carriages; Mr.. j. W. DrcXel and members OF the
Aztec Club, survivors of the Mexican war.
Next came the Presidents carriage, the Vice
President and the Cabinet in five carriages, the
members of the supreme Court United states SEN
atOrS, the House Congressional Committee in q
score OF carriages the committee OF the State Leg
islature in thirty, EX-Presidents Arthur and
Hayes and members OF their Cabinets Then the
foreign ministers and diplomatic and consular
officers under General Grants administration;
these filed ten carriages Then came the repre-
sentatives of the different departments of the Ma
tional Government. Next came the Gov
ernOrS OF States with their stalls, and
then the representatives OF various cities
Admirall Jouett, one carriage; Commodore Chand-
Ter, carriage; foreign ministers ten carriages
ex-fOreign ministers, ten carriages Cabinet OF
General Grant, four carriages retired army Off
GERS. ten carriages; General Grants staf two car
riages; family and relations. seven carriages
clergy. four carriages; attending physicians, two
carriages; pail bearers, SIX carriages; General
sheridan and staff, four carriages; Chiefs OF Bu-
reau of War Department, four carriages; General
SchOfeld and staff, one carriage; Judges Of the
Supreme Court, six carriages; Goxernor OF llli-
of Michigan and staff. three carriages;
Governor of Wisconsin and staff five
carriages; Governor of Massachusetts and staff.
ten carriages; Governor of New Hampshire and
staff, three carriages; Governor OF Connecticut
and staff, four carriapeS: Governor az Maine and
staff, two carriages; Governor of Vermont and
staff. four carriages; Governor of Pennsylvania
and star, twelve carriages Governor of New
Jersey and staff, fifteen carriages; Governor of
Rhode Island and staff ;1ur carriages: Governor
OF Iowa and staff, two carriages; Governor OF
Dakota ana stan, six carriages; Governor OF Nir-
glnia ana siai three carriages; representatives OF
Governor OF Indiana, two carriages; Legis-
leture of New York, thirty carriages
Home. one carriage: Messrs. Drexel aud
Childs, one carriage; Board of Indian Commits
sioners, two carriages; Mayor and representatives
of the city of Brooklyn, fifteen carriages; Mayor
ard Common Council of New York City. thirty
five carriages; Mayor and Common Council OF
ell of -. Louis ten carriages: Mayor and Com
mon Council of Hartford, three carriages: Mayor
and Common Council of New Haven, two car
riages; Mayor and Common Council OF Jersey
City. twelve carriages; Mayor and Common COuu-
ell of Elizabeth, y. j.. three carriages; Order of
the Cincinnati, five carriages; Wheeler and Grant
Post, O. \. r., four carriages.
The catafalque passed Twenty-third street at
O'Clock sharp. The hum of expectation that had
preceded IL was settled as IL passed by and all
heads were uncovered Many heads were bowed,
and an old negro woman. who somehow had been
Rwered n 70 raG SuTo ane so9d tneTe
streaming down her wrinkled face. She was held
fast by the crowd and could not stir. ON a single
telegraph pole on the corner of broadway and
Twenty-third street were perched not less than
twenty-eight spectators. rs soon the cata-
ialaue mad passed the carriages containing
fell in. and the mourners' coaches fell
quickly in line without confusion. Both Mr.
Cleveland and Mr. Hendricks had tired of the
long wait. and after sitting i'm their carriages
stared at by the curious crowd till 1880 o'clock
retired TO their rooms in the hotel They observed
the parade from their windows, and did not again
come out until the catafalque had passed the
hotel. Their carriages had remained at the door
riages followed the Vice Presidents, remained in
their seats and the other Cabinet members, who
Almost the last carriage had wheeled into line
at Iwenty-third street, when there fell in
behind one containing an officer with a
crutches stood up in the carriage
scarf had announced his rank. He Major
General Daniel Sckles. Following behind the
crippled veterans carriage there trod n seemingly
endless army with banners" without sham or
gold or glitter, but with the armless sleeves the
hmpine gait and the Scared faces. that stirred
men MINUS ts Nhcy passed. Win deep ana StrO1g
emotion. These were the dead her0's comrades,
who shared his danger ON the field of battle, had
marched behind his victorious ban
ners over many a read, and
walked with him to his last resting place,
many of them soon TO follow. Sadly, vet
proudly, they walked once more together. They
were all old men, most OF them but they walked
bravely and kept up with the youngest. Some
carried canes. more walked without support OF
any kind, all lad their badges veiled with Grape,
and wore bows OF Grape on the left arm. Their
battered banners were vciled in black. and many
posts carried distinctive badges sprigs of myrtle
or evergreen their breasts. The procession
seemed uDending. Stretching southwark far
as the eye could reach the streets all the way TO
the tomb were packed with people. aud, as the
right OF the column approached the tomb the dull
reverberations of the guns from the men-of-war
could be heard, and the troops broke column
from the LETT marching 10 the right or east side OF
the road After forming in line arms were pre-
sented and the catafalque slowly passed.
The crowd on Fifth avenue remained ON tac
sidewalks with remarkable persistency until the
long parade had passed. There were few eases
Of heat prostration in the ranks, but so far as
known none fatal
~ the corner of Fiftyseventh street. where the
line turned 10 the west. the crowd swelled from
the sides TO the open wny. aud blocked the
thoroughfare on twenty occasions. There
some trouble when the catatalque reached
that point. Everybody WAS more interested In the