The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-29
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH: WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1885,

cock announced this evening that these
arrangements had been decided upon :
The Fourth Artillery, of Fort Adams,
under command of Major Adams. will
nre salute at McGregor, and Major
randolph, commanding the Fifth Ar
tlllery, at Fort Hamilton, will fire a
nnal salute on the day of the
funeral. General Hancock and staff,
accompanied by General Sherman, wi l
proceed to Mount McGregor on the
night of August Sd. The remains will
Tor family, one for remains, two for
escorts, which will number not more
! than sixty men, one for clergy and
pail bearers, one for General Hancock
and staff, and one for the press.
The first stop will be made at
Saratoga, and the second at Albany.
At the latter place, Adjutant- General
Farnsworth will assume the charge of
removing the remains to the Capitol,
where Governor Hill assumes control.
From Albany to this city, the remains
Will be in the care OF General Hancock.
Having arrived here, the first division
OF the National Guard League of New
York will escort the body to the
City Hall. Here the guard will
be placed until the day of the funeral.
WASHINGTON. July ga meeting of
citizens was held tonight against the
proposed burial of General Grant in
Riverside Park, New York City. Among
those present were ex-Congressman De-
zendorf, of Virginia, who presided;
General Whitaker, Hon A. NJ Clapp
and DR.. Bliss. A committee of five on
resolutions, consisting of A. NJ.
Clapp, r. G. Bell. DIR. Purcell,
HI. J. Mohan, and A. B. Cunningham,
was appointed. 1t presented long
preamble and resolution, which were
unanimously adopted protesting against
the interment of General Grant in Cen
trail or Riverside Park, New York, on
the grounds that the selection of the
place of amusement and recreation
for this purpose will violate the
eternal fitness of things and
such interment will ''localize his
ashes to a single State and city. instead
of entombing them at the national cap
ital, the Mecca of American people
that his ashes should sleep on soil
over which the United States have ex-
elusive jurisdiction and control" and
the erection of monument to his
memory by Congress Will be
greatly enhanced if not de-
feated by his interm-nt in locally
owned ground. The resolutions also
were that, "While it is not surprising
that the great commercial city, New
York, should court the remains of
General Grant as an additional adorn-
ment to its pleasure-seeking resorts,
where luxury, poverty and vice make
the constant display, and has secured
this advantage by precipitated action,
it is matter OF deep modification to
the more elevated and patriotic senti-
ment of the nation that this important
question should have been determined
without wider or more deliberate con-
sultation than sentiment"
They, therefore, earnestly appeal to
those in whom the determination of this
important question is reposed, to con-
slider whatever action may be taken in
this behalf, and suggest the Soldiers
Home IN this district as the most fitting
place for the tomb"
General Beale, General J. A. J. Cres-
well, General Burdette, Commander in
Chief, g. A. R., were appointed COM
mittee to go to Mount McGregor and
present the resolutions to the family of
General Grant The meeting then adj
journed.
1t is not yet known whether any of
the gentlemen appointed to be mem
bers of this committee will serve.
New York, July 28.-General Han
cock was busy all day In arranging
plans for the funeral Generals Sher-
man, Shaler, and Aspinwall, and many
others, came to him to offer suggestions.
Applications for places in the line con-
tinued to pour in from all parts
of the country. Among those who
have expressed desire TO be
represented in some capacity are:
National Association of Mexican War
Veterans and the Nineteenth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry. General Hancock
has ordered battery A Fifth United
States artillery, to proceed to Mt. Nc
Gregor for the special service in guard
ing the remains.
WASHINGTON, July 28.-The following
kilograms were passed between General
Hancock and General Burdette:
GOVERNORS ISLAND.
Burdette, COmmander-in-chief G. a. r.,
Washington.
Your letter of July 18th received; if
you, as commander-in-chief of G.. A. R.,
will be present at the funeral ceremon-
les OF General Grant in New YORK, the
relative places of the different bodies of
your orga nization in column can
be arranged by you. The
place of the organization in the
column will be announced in due time
by me. 1t will be a place among the
mourners. All armed bodies and troops
will be embraced in the escort. and
organized bodies from your organiza-
ton may be placed with it.
(Signed,) W. S. HANCOCK,
Major General.
WAsHINGroN, July %. 1885.
Major General Hancock, Governors Is
land.