Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-04
THE GRANT FUNERAL TRAIN.
How Those In Charge Have Detcrm
lined to Garry Out the Details

From the New York World to-day.
The remains OF Gen. Grant will be placed on
board the funeral car at Mount McGregor this
morning At IL o'clock. The car in is an
observation car" thirty-ive feet long, with a
post at each corner, which support the roof.
Seats run lengthwise inside the car, which
is inclosed to the height of three feet.
The seats have been removed. The rear of the
car is entirely open, and every part OF II Is
draped in mourning. The remains will be placed
upon the funeral car from the rear, and viii rest
upon heavy pedestals in the middle. There
will be twenty-siX men ate nding the remains.
Thirteen OF them will comprise the guard OF
honor nom U. :. Grant post, and the other
thirteen will be selected from the regulars.
The train will consume one hour i'm running
down to Saratoga from the mountain top, being
twenty minutes more than the usual schedule
time. The transfer of the remains will be made
at the Saratoga terminus of the mountain road,
this being necessary because the mountain fu-
neral car Is mounted on narrow-gauge trucks.
while the connecting roads are OF the usual
The iunerercar "Woodlawn," heavily draped.
will carry the remains from Saratoga TO Albany
where they will lie in state until Wednesday
been draped in black, and there is not a bit of
color visible, the decorators relying for effect
upon the massing OF color. The family, Gen.
sentatives OF the Grand Army and other organi-
cations will make up the guests ON the train.
Mount aSa MeegoGG wi h Se LETT H - IL oeSek sara
2 pm There will be a great procession of the
third division of the national guard through
Albany, under command OF Gen. Joseph b.
Carr. Other organizations will take part and
the whole will be directed by Adjutant General
Farnsworth.
Wednesday the funeral train, with the mill.
tary escort that has charge or the remains, will
leave Albany at 1890 and reach New York at
PM passing Hudson +, e l2 ronshReepsie
All. At the Grand Central depot "Wednesday
afternoon the first and second divisions OF the
National Guard will meet the remains and,
Joining the regular military escort accDmnany
the coffin to the city hall, where the body will
lie in state. No visitors will be permitted in
Thursday and Friday the general public will
be admitted to view the remains, and arrange
ments have been made SO that the continuous
line of visitors shall be kept moving without
interfering with one another.
Saturday morning, the day Of the funeral,
small howitzer will fire preparatory signal at
$50 There will be an interinission of half an
hour to enable the various organizations to pre-
pare. The military will form on Broadway,
the veteran organizations of military charac-
ter on or near Broadway, further north, and the
civic organizations and bodies still further TO
the north. This arrangement was suggested in
order that the civic division should have the
shortest distance to travel President Cleve-
land and his cabinet are to go TO the sub-treas-
ury building in Wall street and be ready at a
signal to go in carriages and take their appoint
ed place in the line.
Will be the signal for the march. The column
will move as follows Police escort; Major Gen.
w. >. hancock and stan; United States troops;
United States marines and blue jackets; divi-
siOns of national guards under Gen. Shaler;
guard of honor, consisting Of United States
troops and members of the q. A. r.; the funeral
car containing the body; members of Gen.
Grants family; President Cleveland and his
cabinet; public officers, the governors of the
states, In the order of their admission to the
Union, and municipal authorities; the Grand
Army posts and all veteran organizations
under command OF Major Gen. Sickles, COM
manded by Gen. NJ. T. Mcmahon; civic bodies;
police.
The line OF march will be Broadway to 14th
street, to 9Th avenue, to 57th street, to Grand
Boulevard, to I'D street, to Riverside drive, to
123d street. 1t is expected that the militia and
civic bodies will be dismissed at 59th street.
and only the regulars and the escort of honor
and such other bodies desire attend the re-
mains to the grave.