The Cecil Whig., 1885-08-01

York, and is instructed to establish in
that city an office, the place of which he
will announce, and is charged with the
preparation of the routes of march for
the funeral procession from City Hall to
the place OF interment, and as to the final
disposing as basis for orders for these
purposes.
No. 4. Brevet MajorGeneral Martin
Il. Mcmahon, United States Volunteers,
marshal for the Southern district of New
York, is announced as aide, and is charg
ed with the conduct of the march of the
civil organizations in the column as
body and for their due dispersion after
the ceremonies are concluded. He will
establish an Office in New York City and
announce the same. All such organiza-
tons desiring to take part will report di-
rectly to these headquarters, sending a
duplicate to General Mcmahon, and will
state the title of the same, name of chief
officer and number to parade.
W. S. HANCOCK, Major General
The following named Senators, who
were requested by the Vice President
to represent the Senate at Gen. Grants
funeral, have notified Colonel Canaday,
sergeant alarms, of their intention to
attend: Justice S. Morrell, John Sher-
man, John A. Logan, Matt. w. Ran
som, John ingalls,, ,Jr., Francis M. Cock.
rell, Wade Hampton, Joseph f. Brown
and Charles F. Manderson. The COM
mittee has been requested by the ser
geant- alarms to meet in New York at
8 O'Clock on the evening of the 9th of
August at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
where quarters have been engaged for
them. Vice-President Hendricks will
also be with them.
A MONUMENT FUND STARTED.
The Grant monument fund gen
cral committee met again on Thurs
day afternoon. The committee ap-
pointed on Wednesday reported a
plan for organization as follows: Ches-
ter A. Arthur chairman; Mayor
Grace and Hamilton Fish, vice
chairmen; Drexel, Morgan & Co.,
treasurcrs, and Richard T. Greiner,
secretary; that the committee ap-
pointed by Mayor Grace shall be
constituted the Grant Monument
Association tor the purpose ofcollect-
ing funds for the erection over the
remains of General Grant at their
final resting place in New York a
great national monument, which
shall appropriately testify to future
ages the appreciation by the civili-
zed world of the genius, valor and
deeds of the grandest character OF
this country; that an executive com
mittee of IS be appointed to COM
plete and direct the organization to
accomplish the contemplated pur-
pose, and to appoint subcommittee
in New York and other Localities to
aid in the proposed work; that an
appeal be made to the people of the
United States to contribute to the
proposed fund to the end that an
adequate sum may be speedily raised
with which memorial may be
erected which shall be considered a
fitting tribute to the grandest soldier
OF modern times, and that all news
papers, railroads, telegraph and ex-
press companies, postmasters, banks,
churches, municipal authorities, com
mercial bodies and exchanges, ,manu-
featuring and business establishments
be requested to cooperate in the
immediate collection of contributions
to be forwarded to this committee OF
to the mayor Of New York
President Greene, of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, notified
the committee that the directors OF
the company had voted $1,000 to
the fund, and had notified their L.
600 officers to receive subscriptions
and transmit messages that related
to the subscriptions free of cost
The lists were then declared open
tor subscriptions. 1t was stated that
s7,667 had been already subscribed