St. Paul daily globe., 1885-08-09

| n. Z. BaNcy ana men OF the SeTenty-iirSt
regiment went on duty rs the last military
body guard before removal. Inspector
Steers with three hours sleep in as many
| DAYS, was in charge. Il am awaiting the
coming OF the military and shall have $40
men at O'clock" said the inspector.
Seven o'clock and the strains of solemn
music fioated in at the grated iron door
from many directions. Ii was o'clock,
and nature was putting forth signals of an
! intensely warm daY. The crowds grew
denser and denser around the plaza. Corps
with muffied drums and dirgeful trJmpetS
marched in at one side and took position at
the east end. The players constituted the
David's Island Military band. At $50
Gen. Hancock and staff troOped slowly into
the plaza from Broadway and presented
front to the city hall, then moved to the
end of the plaza on Broadway, where they
rested. At this time 100 members of the
Liederkranz society filed up 10 the steps of
the city hall, and led by four instruments,
sang
WITH IMPRESSIVE EFFECT,
! ''Chorus of the Spirits from Over the
| Water and Chorus OF the Pilgrims,
| from TannenhauSer. The honor guard of
the regulars filed into the open space at
o'clock. Company a" Fifth artillery.
under Col w. b. Beck. and Company e.
| Twelfth infantry, under Major Bean. The
companies and the guard of regulars We're
under command of Col. Beck. The regu-
/ lars took position beneath the trees
opposite the city hall and stood at
rest. Then came the original guard of
honor that was on duty AT Mt. McGregOr.
and which alone should lift the remains to-
day. Filing into the corridors of the city
hall, they took their places beside the re-
mains. They were under command of
John II. Johnston. senior vice commander
of Grant post. q. ~ r.. OF Brooklyn The
men as they stood were as follows: Left of
the casket, Comrades Corwin. Howatt Nc
Donald. Squires, Knight and Gulliam: right
of casket, Comrades Tibbetts. Mack, Erey,
Mchelyey, BrOdie, Collins and Barkly. At
9:S5 the imposing funeral car was drawn by
| twenty-four jet-black horses in black trap
ings. It halted 0l. shs piss, dircs tly in
front of the city hail steps. Commander
Johnson was waiting.
Columns in position right and left, was
his command. The veteran guard of honor
was erect.
Lift the remains, was the next COM
mand. in clear but low tones. The twelve
men stopped TO the silver rails with gloyed
hands.
March" was the word. The body
moved. Out upon the portic0 were borne
the remains, Commander johnson immedi-
ately ut the head. Down the steps with
measured tread. across the open to the steps
of the black and waiting car. Commander
johnson stepped aside. The silver
mountmgS glistened as the burial
case and its honOred burden were carried
up and placed upon the diaS Of the mounted
catafalque. The veterans retired down the
he xtraS afn oil 70, ,-fa
but deeply guarded. The honor guard,
next TO the hearSe on either side took the
same relative positions they had MAIN
tanned to the remains while being borne TO
the ear. The steps weTe drawn away
from the hearSe. Commander John
stOn took his place in the center
and Immediately behind ire funeral car
At his LEFT and right in either rear corner of
tine ear were Comrades Duwing and Orms-
bee of Wheeler post. Saratoga, respectively.
Next. and directly behind these. were rep
reSent2tiyeS of the Loyal Legion abreast
as follows: Gen. John A. Milton. Gen
c. A. Curleton. Paymaster George ID. Bar
ton. Lieut.. Col. Floyd CiarlsOn. Lieut.
Col. y. VI. Clark and Capt Z. Blunt. The
CLERGY AND PHYSICIANS
h7f Fad respect to the remains by alightinr
Ifom their carriages and accompanying
~.
They then entered carriages on either side
of the plaza, near Broadway. as follows:
Rev. DIR. Newman, Bishop Haines. Bishop
Peter, Rev. DIR. Chambers, Rev. Dr. Field.
Rev. DIR. Bridgeman, Rev. DR.. West, Rev.
Father DeShOn, Rev. Robert Colyer.
Rabbi Browne, and Doctors Douglas,
Shrady and Sands. Col. Beck. i'm charge
of the regulars. commanded his companies
as indicated above TO positions; Company
\ on the right and Company Z on the LEFT
of the hearSe. COlOred men were at the
brides of the twenty-fOur horses. Sixteen
men of Meade post. Philadelphia, of which
Gen. Grant was member were almost di-
rectly in front of the team of black
leaders. and the David's Island band
preceded them. \ signal was given and
the line of coaches with elergymen moved
of the plaza into the roadway. The band
stood waiting at the head of the funeral
cortege. Col. Beck advanced to the head
of the line of black horses before the coach.
Move on" were his words of command,
with uDlifted sword. The leader stepped for
ward. led by cOlored man, and in an in
slant the black line of horses had straight
ened their traces, and the wheels beneath
the remains were moving The hour was
9:4T. The band played 4 dirge. Tine
TRAMP OF THE REGULARS
ana n0nor guard Deat upon the pavement.
Thousands beneath the trees ana crowding
the sides of the square looked silently on
the black funeral car, rolling over the curb
into Broadway. The black corridors of the
city hall were silent. Gen. Grants last
journey was begun. Then at 9:52 Mayor
Grace, Comptroller Leen and Aid. Sander
and Jacheue emerged from the city building
and entered carriage that had been driven
up in front. The members of the common
council followed and entered carriages. as
did also the police commissioners They
followed out OF the plaza and entered car
riageS. When il was 10 o'clock the police
lines were withdrawn and the people
streamed across the plaza without hindrance.
All night long carpenters were busy on
Broadway, and when this morning
the sun climbed up out of the
sea and shed its brilliant light
upon the dark corners and alleys of the city
it revealed the presence of hundreds of
hastily erected viewing stands from which
the great procession could De seen at prices
ranging all the way from 81 TO SO a head.
The decorators, too, had not been idle On
the fronts of many great warehouse were
displayed emblems of mourning, which
were not there the night before
REVIEWING STANDS
were located in all sorts of places. Nearly
every empty stand along the route had been
gobbled up by the spectators. Some OF
these were rented outright while others