The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-07-29
The Proposed National Monument in
His Honor.
Route of the Funeral Procession in
New York.
Congressman Requested to Attend
the Funeral.

the Funeral.
Mt McGREeoR, N. Y, July 2S.-Colonel
Fred Grant arrived at 10 o'clock this fore
| noon. He proceeded at once and alone to
the cottage, his brother Jesse having remain
ed behind. Colonel Grant repaired to his
| mothers apartment, where the family gath
cred to hear the result of the colonePS trip
| to and conference in New York city. He
| gave a detailed account of his movements,
and explained that there seemed to be rea-
sons for the choice of burial spot in some
| other than central park. Riverside park had
| at the time of Gen. Grants death been Sug-
| gested as the spot of intement, and it SEEM
| ed best to Col. Grant, on seeing and hearing
| all, to change the place of the Sepulchre to
| Riverside Park. The matter having been
thus presented to the family a conclusion
/ was reached in accordance with the colonePs
| suggestion, and he at once dictated the fol-
! lowing despatch
MT. McGREGoR, N. Y, July 2s.
| Mother takes Riverside. Temporary tomb
had better be at the same place.
Thirty-eight men of the United States reg
! ular army have arrived This detail is made
up from Co E of the 18th Infantry, stationed
| at Fort Niagara.
| 1t was learned this forenoon that six or
seven hundred troops will be, or have been
| ordered to Saratoga to meet the remains of
| Gen. Grant on their arrival there from the
mountain ON Tuesday next 1t was the or
| iginal intention of Gen. Hancock to have
| sent the men to the cottage, but when he
| learned of the limited facilities for moving
troops on the mountain he changed his pur-
| pose and will send them as stated to Sarato-
| ga to receive the remains there and do duty
| during the transfer. # is NOT nnlikely thai
| the Seventh Regiment of New York will be
| chosen and detailed to do this duty Instead.
too, OF ordering battery Of artillery to the
Saratoga. where proper salutes will be fred
| during the transfer Of the body from itI tba
| mountain train to the funeral train on the
| tracks of the Delaware & Hudson Canal
Company's road. The intention of carving
the remains in the Drivate car Of MI Van
deerbijt has hepn changed and tbe fnnaral
car ssWoodlawn'' has been substituted This
car. besides carving the remains, will fnrn9
ish accommodation for 40 persons. The ears
of the funeral train will he draned enfira1v
i'm black No white will he used
General Hancock and staff now nronose to
he present al NTt Mc(Ireoor on Nnnday No
fore the funeral services.
In ordar tbad +Io oattaoo ,,,;oI+ ,,,o,,o -.
serve its SI. ee fpe more pre-
ed their camn grolind and this afternon,, ,ss,, =
ro,E of ,ybita tentS i; nitobad haSat a.,
trees near the eastern lookout '0'''n 'ii0
DR.. Newman is Sill bnsied with bis dc
conrse and at o;cloclr todav he anea,,.n,1 uia
for the rst time from his room at Tho In7ei
where from < a n, he was engaged J,,;ti ~,
mannscrint '' n Waan MN NJ las
restion thaf above or ahout Generai S'G Gra,S7t
Shall be erected a temnIe sfructnre on which
shall he nIaced for the ewes Of tbn U atioii riio
and world ali the mpmentoee anS ToiioS nf
the old hero. The cleroyman rrges tbat 1t9 anI "
commemoretve ercbifactnra ,,, af fba tn"t ailE
shall he Of utiIitv for as be enogeefo sa1 s1,iap
not Gen Grant ~ ali Other me5 ,,+iT;as, Maa
man >" The doctor feels that RivarsiSoa arliiio
PARK is lovely snot for tbe hnriai Inf 't.so at
nressas that feeIin@ onIv ipcidantaiI,, ''' ~
Tre Grant toiaI7 1850 ~
in the MINER rooms Of the cottaoa " ''Trri nr
nonolas saws tha yyido,v ;s 81 o6S,r u -
pressed in spirit, but is physically as Wen as
usual and not by any means a subject for
physicians professional care.
1t is understood here TODAY that 200 Coo
members of the Grand Army OF the Republic
have placed themselves at the disposal of
General Hancock with anurgent request that
they may appear in body on the occasion of
the final obsequies in New York.
This afternoon came the first elaborate fo
raj piece. 1t was in the form of pillow of
immortelles and was five feet long and three
feet WIDE
This evening the clear tone of a bugle
sounding the Assembly was heard over the
mountain. 1t was the signal for guard
mounting of the regulars down the Slope
Many people attracted by the bugle call
started down in the vicinity of the eastern
lookout, where the tents cleaned white
among the trees of the men camping The
guard was drawn up in line and afterwards
put through their drill, and later the regulars
were'assigned to duty in guarding the cot
tage where the Grand Army men of Wheeler
Post have been patrolling. Thirteen men
were detailed for duty two hours on and four
hours off, the balance of the company being
relief with part of Wheeler Post.
Mr. Jesse Grant and wife, who had been
strolllng in the grove at the rear of the cot
Iage THIS evening, were challenged by the
regular there on duty, ana ne not Knowing
the GeneralS son, detained him till some
person from tne cottage came out to the line
anu Fouched lor MN.
NEW YORK, July 2S.-In the letter that
Mayor Grace sent to Colonel Grant. suggest
ing Riverside Park as the best place for the
Generals tomb, the writer made the fol-
lowing points in favor of that site: Because
of its peculiar beauty of place in its location
on the river and the fact that a monument in
it would be visible far and wide it would
give distinct Characteristic to the quiet
and beautiful park and such a monument as
would probably be erected there would vie
In beauty and fitness OF location with the
famous statue of Germania on the Rhine.
The entire park would become peculiarly in
the sense that Central Park can never be-
come sacred and devoted to the memory of
your father; the. park is so young that the
character of its development would be
dominated by the fact; the monument would
be Visible from two States and for miles
both up and down the Hudson river and
would not only borrow from but lend beauty
to the noble stream and at no time could
your fathers remains be regarded as lying
remote from nature; in the heart of a great
busy city, IN the rush and hurry of life of
which death and its sacredness may be
forgotten, the remains. of even the great
dead may be passed in thoughtlessness
NEW YORK. July 28.-While the hoard of
aldermen were in Session TODAY Mavor Grace
Police Commissioner Voorhees,. General
Perry. representing General Hancock and
Supt McAyoy of the department of n,nbIic
works. held a consultation as to the most ad-
vantageous place in the CITY Hall TO have
General Grants body lie in state and If
was finally decided. in order to save time and
prevent any possible accident. to have the
casket placed in the rotunda. immediatev at
the foot of the main Staircase Peonle will
be admitted at the east and west ends of the
main entrance of the CITY Hall thus allow-
ing two lines to pass around the casket at
the same time. At night the ground floor af
the City Hall will be lighted by electricitv
A plan of police arrangemenfs has been
agreed upon. which will be effectuaI in keen
ing any crowd, NO matter how great.in check
and preserving continuous lines from either
sue Sue Oh III GjIty HAL PARK. Inc entire, police
ioIce ~ , VII oe on duIy tlhtll the denerafs Dody
Is 1alu aL rest.
ue1eral Hancock was bgsy an day arrang-
HlS pldnS lor lne Iuneral. GeneralS Sner-