Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-09
THE WARRIOR At PEACE.
con,i"srd rrom first rage.


form reany 10 do battle for their country
md confidently looking towards the fu-
anrc, the other bnttlc-scarrcd and iis
work done looking backwards over the
heroic past passed the long procession
with yelled flags and mufiled drums, arms
re,crscd, IN sadness The great silent
ahrong watched II 90 by from the street
and square. from the windows, house
tops, balconies and porchcs that
seemed 90 be hanging Ia the air, so
'tiaringly had they been thrust forward
from the building Ivy slgIit-seers anxious
MOI 10 miss the memorable show. There
was not n foot Of ground
ANYWHERE N SIGHT,
and how the police made way for the car
riages, the military and the marching
thousands in citizens dress seemed In
comprehensive, but they did. Capt.
Williams swung his club by the point
AT Fifth Avenue and Tweniy-thlrd street,
where the pressure OF the crowd was
greatest, and his presence alone acted like
a charm. In the crowd The utmost good
nature prevailed. Everybody made room
Tor everybody else TO the extent Of his abil-
ity, and no harsh words were heard.
The snowy white helmet aud cream
colorcd jackets Of the Twenty
regiment of the state troops made u
continuous double tle fronting the hotel
10 thcnorih OF Il. The First and Second
batteries, handsomely mounted, held the
avenuc MS far rs Twcnty-elghth street,
Throughout the entire line the crowd was
30 dense That It's power 10 exercise pres
sure had passed Where ~ stood u re-
manned an inert mass, from sheer
Inability 10 move n foot Even the police
men were walled IN, aud, finding their
t.k.. ugtn xtfitI Tho
rest, part aud parcel Of the imm0vablc
lhrong.
1ItE PROCESSION.
At ll,i0 precisely, the Grant family
came out of the ladies' entrance IN Fifth.
avenue hotel aud took their carriages
Col. Fred Grant aud his wife rode with
sien. Grants favortc daughter, tNellic)
Mrs. Snrloris. L. 5. Grant aud his wife
nnd Senior Romero occupied the next car
ringc together Mi. and Mrs, Jesse
Grant the third aud the Crnmcr family
fhe fourth carriage. As tic carriages
received their occupants they rolled
away toward the avenue aud remained
there closely wedped In aud waiting for
their turn IN the line. They had been
waiting more than quarter OF IN hour
before President Cleveland came out and
look his seat In his carriage, with Secrc-
larry Bayard with him. \ iour-horso
carriage that followed received Vice
President Hendricks aud his private
secretary, Hugh East. Attend tol them
hed gone number ofcurrlagcs, following
the Grant family la the following order;
Mrs. Rnwlhs llclmnn, the daughter of
Gen. Grants friend and first secretary OF
war; the generals staff in four carriages;
'his cX.cabinct officers IN four carriages;
attachments from the Wheeler aud 4. :.
Grant posts of the g, A. X. In four car.
riDgcs, Mr. j. w, DrcNel and the menu
beers OF tile Aztec club, survivors OF the
Mexican war Next came the presidents
~s'arriagc, the icc-prcsidcnt and the Cnbi-
net In five carriages, the members of the
supreme court, the United States soma
tors, the house congressional committee
In Il score OF carriages, the committee OF
The state Legislature In thirty carriages.
and oN-lreSident Arthur and Hayes and
The members OF their cabinets. Then
came the foreign ministers and diplomats
and the consular officers under Gen
Grants administration and these illlcd
len carriages. Then came the represent
nivcs Of the different departments of the
national government. Next came the
governors of the states aud then the rep.
rcsentltivcs oi the various cities.
rms CATAFAIQuE
passed Twonty-third street AZ o'clock
sharp. The hum OF the eNpcctanl
multitude that had preceded Il
WAS settled us II passed by, aud all heads
were uncovered. Many heads were
bowed, and nm old negro woman. who
somehow had hcen pushed forward 10 the
curb and stood there wcdgcd la osSaycd
Nainly To knecl while the tears ran down
her wrinklod face. She was held fast by
the crowd aud could not stir. ON n single
telegraph pole on the corner of broadway
and Twenty-third street were, perhaps,
not less than twenty spectators,
and MS soon as the cataialquc had passed
thr carriage containing Col Fred Grant,
hs wife and sister fell In aud the mourn-
crs' coaches fell quickly in line without
coafusion 10th Mr.. Cleveland aud Mr..
Hendricks had tired of the long wait and
INTER sitting In their carriages stared at
by the crowd TIL hNlf-pnst ! O'Clock, re-.
turned TO their rooms In the hotel They
observed the parade from their windows
and did rot again come out until the cata-
fatigue had passed the hotel, Thor car
ringcs had remained nc the door, Score
tnries Endlcott and Manning, whose car
rage followed the ylcc-prcsidont re-
manned IN their seats, and tho other cahi-
net ministers, who rode IN pairs, did the
same.
IiiE o. :. ". FALb IN,
Almost the last carriage had wheeled In
line at Twcnty-thlrd street when there
fell ia behind one containing an officer
4 with u broad gold band across his breast.
Two crntches stood up IN the carriage be-
side Inn and proclaimed his name, as the
gold scarf had announced his rank. lie
WIS Mai ,-Gcn. Daniel Slckles. Following
behind the crippled veterans carriage
there trod Ia seemingly cndltRs army of
banners, without show OF golH Dor glitter,
-but the armlcss sleeves, the limping gait
and the SCARED faces that stirred mems
minds With deep and strong emotion.
They were the dead hero's comrades
who shared his danger ON the field OF
baitle, had mardchcd behind his yctori-
aus banners over many u road, and now
waikcd With him
no HIS LAST NESTING riACn
whittier so many of them are soon TO
follow. Sadly, yet proudly, thcy walked
once moro together. They were old men
most OF them, but walked bravcly and
kept up With the throng. Some carried
canes, more walked without support OF
ans kind All had their badges
vailed with crane and wore bows of