Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-09

thrsoGh the sark 90 the touh. Dr..
I Sezuz1 and Bsaop Harris occzpiei
I TIE 6rst, and the clergy, and then eans
/ Drs Ds1cEiss, s1rz5y and Sands TIE
( pal bearer cane after these. Gsnersl
/ Jos Johnson rode bsxsds General Sne.-
/ mzo, and B1ekaet znd S3etidAn wers
ptsrad, xbils General Logan aud ex-
( Secretary Boutwell, followed The pali
I bearers and those invited Alignted and
/ tpok their pl4c@s near the tomb. TIE
/ Davis Islaz3 band. playing Caopln's
| funeral march cane into view
while behind. tie black planes
( Of the fansral ear cooid b seen tn
ear stopped abreast OF the tono.
Toe guard 81 honor assen3ed 60 bear
/ d0En tie easket. Coloaei Beck formed
/ hrs tSo companies of Escort IN nsliow
/ squire oetzsen the tomb and the
/ beArss. Tie family carriages had
/ drawn near. Th-ir oeeapants Alightsd
/ and took positions near ;hs foot OF the
s;eEs Of tue ear, SO that Their stood
! While the essket Vas being removed
4 II IN the ear, and when it was bDrns
/ into toe hollow square toward tbs vaait,
/ tie relatives foilswed N this order:
! Col. Fred Grant and wife, Mrs. Ssrtorls
/ and tas Col 5neIs childreo, Jalis aud {.
/ 5; [ ) Grant, Ir.. and xifs, Leading
/ liitle Nellie, daughter Of Jessie Grant;
( Jesse Grant and vIte; {. ) Grant, sec
/ ond soH of Orviiie Grant, wIta Fred
Dent, Mrs. Dent, DR.. tramp and wife.
Potter Palmer and wife aud Hon John
A Cresweil and wife.
| The cedar case rested on the supports
/ at the door OF tue sspulchre. The cas-
ket was deposited tAerein.
MADE POST,
No. l. of Philadelphia, represented by
| fifteen men, citcIed the cAsket. The
Commander took a post at the head.
With tbs Ulcers and Post Commanders.
Ihe chaplain stood At the foot and toe
colors we're placed in front. The ritual
service vas then performed as follows:
Post Commander Alex 4nder Reed,
we are assembled to pay the last sad
tribute of respect TO our late command
er and comrade, Q. 5. Grant. Let as
unite IN PRAYER. Tue chaplain will in
woke the dlviae blessing"
Post Chaplain, O. Irvine Wright
God of Battles, Father of all, amidst
this m0urnful assem- laQe We seek Thee
With whom there Is no death. Open
very eye to behold him who changed
NaC AAAGN VI ACntd IN
the depths Of our hearts We would hsar
the Celestial word, am the resurr O
ton and life. He that believe,h in Ne
though he were dead yet shall he live.
As comrads after comrade departs and
We march on with ranks broken help US
10 be faithful unto Thee and 10 each
other. We baseech Thee to look in
mercy on the widow and the children
of our deceased eonrade and with
Thine own tenderness console and
comfort those Dereavsd by this
event which calls Us here. GIVE
them the oil of joy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness. Heavenly father bless and
ave oar country with tue freed Jm and
peace of righteousness and through Thy
great mercy, SAvlour's grace and Thy
holy spirits favor, may We all meet at
last in joy before Thy throne in heaven,
aud to Thy great name shall be the
praise for ever and for ever. Amen"
The amen Was joined ia by all the |
Post. A dirge was toen played, after |
which the services continued.
Post Commander Alexander Reed |
said: Zone by one as the wears roll |
on We are called together to fultlI tue |
last sad rites of respect TO our com |
rades Of the war. The present full of |
the cares and pleasures of civil life |
fades away, and We look back to the |
time when shoulder to shoulder on |
many battlefelds We fought for our
dear old flag. May indulge in a hope |
that the spirit with whIoh on land and |
on sea hardship, privAtion and danger
we're encountered By our dead hero g.
may nsver be blotted oat from the |
history or the memory of the |
generations 30 come-a spirit uueom- |
planning, obedIent to the behest of /
duty. whereby today our National |
honor is.secured; our loved ones rest ia
psaoe under tue protection of the dear
old hig. May the iliuslrious life of /
him whom We lay in the tomb TODAY |
provo glorious incentive to the youth |
who IN ages to come NAV be called on
TO uphol! the destiny of our country.
As years roll on We too shall have
fought our battles through and shall b. /
laid at rest, our souls following the /
long ool0mn to the realms ahove as
grim death hour by hour shall m ark its
victims. LIST us resolve that when she /
tim shell come those We leave behind
may say above our graves. Here lies
the body of Z true hearted, brave and |
Senior Vice Comma der L1uts w.
Moore( LAYING wreath Of evergreen upsu
the coffinl "In behalf of the Post give
this tribate, a symbol of our aadying
leve for oar comrades of the war"
Vice Commander Jno. A. Weidsrsham
QayinR sunoh of flowers upon the oof
tin) "As a symbol Of parity We offer at
this sepulchfe rose. Nay future gen
erations emulate the unssliiSh devotion
of even the loWliest of our heroes"
Post Commander A. j. Sellers (laying
laurel wreath upon she eolfia) The
last token of affection from his Dom
rades In arms. We crown these remains
with symbol"
Rev. q. w. Ssyers, Chaplin in Chief |
OF the Department of Pennsylvania q.
A. R., delivered an address, after which |
Rev. II. Clay frumbull of red PRAYER.
The sugle call Rest" was then
sounded. DIR. Newman and Bishop
Harris then read
THE Ritual SERVICE
For burial service of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Directly behind the
burial party stood General Hancock /
At his elbsw was President Cleveland,
Vice President Hendricks and members
Va TUG OhDilCAs ANCTN Jus 1ChA vi tIt Il
casket on the right Sherman and Shsri |
idan, in full uniform, we're uncovered /
through the entire service. Az their /
sides were ex- Presidents Arthur and
Hayes and SeRator Sherman. Ga the |
other side of the c4skat we're Admiral |
Porter, Fitzhugh Lee, General Gordon |
and General Buckner.
When the religious services had |
ended the trumpeter OF Company A, |
Fifth Artillery, stepped close TO the |
easket and soanded tattoo. Little |
Julia then laid on the cotfia wreath Ia |
'Grandps." The guard OF honor then |
BoRE THE REMAINS WITHIN THR TOMB,
And At SOS o'clock placed them within |
the steel case, the sealing of both lead |
lining and steel case being performed |
as indicated above. The family eutsred |
the tomb, remaining only few minufts. |
fbey thea sought their carriages, and |
a. they were entering them, the Seventh |
and Twenty Second Regiments ia line on |