Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-15

three hours one company
succeeded another, infantry, cavalry
zouaves, sailors, drum corps, brass
D band, each division and battalion
headed by s"me CELEBRATED general fol
/. lowed by his aides but it would take
D too long 10 give names. AS far as the
r eye could reach from the edge of the
curb stone back to the houses and
! then TO every window aud doorway
top of every porch and even the rooi
the people were packed like sardine-
! in a box Up Fifth avenue as far as
, You could see marched the soldiers,
some in blue uniforms some IN white
pants, gray coats, and white helmets,
some in red, bayoncts cleaning,
plumes nodding, and away dewn
town as far as you could see, more
soldiers, more bands, more muffled
drums, more flies, until about 1:30
away down We could see heads uncOv-
cred to the hot sun pouring straight
down with intense heat, and then we
knew the catafalque was coming.
Preceded by military band playing
sad dirge, the physicians, clcrgymen
and pail bearers, came the magnificent
black funeral car, drawn by twenty
four black horses, covered with black
nets, at the head of each horse a color
ed groom, not vestige of color about
it except the plain purple velvet cask-
ct with its cleaning silver handles.
Nothing to remind you that he who
lay inside of il had once commanded
an army, had twice been called to fill
the highest office of our land, had
been honored and feteG by royalty,
except the silent homage of the multi
tude through which he was passing
more truly than ever before the ssh
lent man" and the wonderful proof of
mo norih-no SOUTH" as exhibited in
that vast cOrtege before and behind
him marching to mingle their tears in
common At his grave
History will perpetuate the solem-
nifty of Sherman, Sheridan, johnson
and Buckner standing in sorrow at
the grave of Grant.
Behind the catafalgue in carriages
were the entire Grant family, except
Mrs. Grant, ST., and the most of their
relatives; behind them came President
Cleveland and Secretary Bayard in an
open barouche drawn by six horses:
Nice-President Hendricks in another
with three other gentlemen: Ex-Presi-
dents HAYES and Arthur in another
and all the other distinguished men
consuls, diplomats, governors, &c.
Four hundred and fifty carriages
in all, three more bands, regular sol
diers, G. a. Rs, and civic societies.
The procession was exactly five hours
passing given point. but | left il
when the carriages had passed Every
precau;ion had been taken for III
safety of the men in line, amhulaucc>
following every division with sur
geons, stretcher-, etc., and co!ored
men We're with every company carry
ing buckets OF iced oatmeal water and
sandwiches, but many men eel in he
lines The men-and there were lit
tie BOYS in some of the drum corps,
and one company of Ill
tie boys, zouaves | believe,
dressed in red uniforms, called 'The
Red Devils,' will always tell with
pride that they marched in Gen.
Grants funeral procession, for it is
scarcely possible there can ever on this
continent be grander spectacle than
that of yesterday, when $4,000 men
were i'm line and marched almost ten
miles between two solid walls of hui
man beings, in their ranks not only
the dead ex-president, but two living
ex-presidents, the president, vice-pres-
dent and almost all the leading repre-
sentative men of the day. The
ba1ges worn by the ex-
Confederates were typical "a
blue and gray band of ribbon COW
cred with Grape and diagonally across
them the word Grant" respected in
life, honored in death, his name goes
down to posterity, crowned, as was
his burial, with all the honors Ameri-
can people can show him.
New York was his chosen home his
chosen burial place, and Riverside
Park selected by his son with whom
he left the decision. While we may
question the good taste of it, it was
their right to decide. 1t remains TO
be seen whether the people who loved
HIM will honor him with the monu-
ment he deserves.
From one end of the line to the 9th
er were cards announcing seats for
sale, and some Balconies brought as
high as five hundred dollors, many
persons paying as high As twenty-five
dollars for single chair Where |
stood we had motley crowd, black
and white. foreign and American, but
not a person would raise an umbrella
10 shade off the hot sun. TO obstruct
the view of another. noticed a fine
looking man in civilians clothes walk
ing beside one of the carriages allotted
TO the clergymen, and learned
ait rwara that il was Rabbi aud
their religion forbids the,n To ride on
their sunday So he did homage with
the other min >terS bu; respected his
religion also.
Gen John A Logan. with whose
f-ce have been familiar from child
hood. was a conspicuous figure; one
could rot help but wonder upon how
many of the celebrated men in that
line the presidential mantle would fall
in future wears.
Since my last letter. and on the day
made memorable by the death of
Grant. July 2S, my little Florence has
been through another ordeal that
would try the courage ola hero. On
that dav the doctors, yer: unexpect- I
". found il necessary 10 perform an