Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-14
THE DEAD SOLDIER.
CEN. BAEcocHs FUNERAL

>tfs'e's or the Church
IBy telegraph to the Dispateh.I
New YORK. February I3.--Bstween
! and 8 o'clock this morning guard Of
honor detailed by Major Richard II.
jackson, consisting Of four sergeants
and seven corporals, drew up in front
of the Generals mansion on Governors
Island. Then came detachment Of
200 soldiers from the several forts and
drew up behind them. In the mean
time the widow Of General Hancock.
accompanied by Mrs. Lieutenant Crit
fin and Mrs. Bowler, entered the room
in which the hero lay and took part
ing look at his face. Mrs. Hancock's
grief was pitiful.
The coffin-lid was then put in its
place and laurel wreath. brought to
this city by Colonel John II. Weeks
from the Philadelphia division of the
Military Order Of the Loyal Legion. laid
upon it. Six soldiers bearing black
cloth.covered bier came into the room,
and placing the coffin upon it bore the
body out of the house. A detachment
Of troops drawn up outside then moved
down the path to the " Chester A. Ar
thur" which, contrary to expectation,
was to receive the party instead OF the
"0sseo."
The army officers who followed the
body were Lieutenants Eugene Griffin,
Henry Lumley. and John Dupray
Aide-de. Camp. Colonel W. o. Is.
Beck, Adjutant-General w. b. Whipple,
Lieutenant w. b. NJ. Cullum, General
Richard II. Jackson, Colonel j. p.
Nicholson. Colonel John Hamilton,
Lieutenant. Colonel Wallace, Captain
Charles Shaler, Judge Advocate A. b.
Gardner, Colonel John II. Weeks,
Lieutenant. Colonel Robert Avery, Com
mander T.. c. Watson, Chief Engineer
f. ID. Robbie, and General Swartelle.
The mourners were Lieutenant and
Mrs. Griffin, Mr.. and Mrs. Merriam,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowler, Colonel Russell
and wife, Mrs. W. F. Ludlow. Mrs.
Hancock, on the advice Of her friends.
did not leave home. Mrs. Bowler re.
NAMED with her. 1t was precisely Q
O'Clock when the first gun was fired at
Castle William and doomed out over
the bay, announcing that the boat was
ready to leave her dock. The body
had been placed in the cabin; near it
sat the mourners and few of the
officers. On deck were gathered officers
and soldiers. A moment later the
Chester A. Arthur swung out into the
stream and steered for the New York
shore.
The funeral passed through the lower
part Of Whitehall street, through State
street, passing to the west Of Bowling
Green; thence up Broadway, and reached
Trinity Church at exactly 10 o'clock.
As early as 8 o'clock large crowds
had gathered in the DeighbOrhood of
Trinity church. and at A. NJ. almost
every seat in the church except those
which had been especially reserved was
occupied. The edifice bore no traces
Of mourning save a white cross on a
black border which rested upon the
pulpit. Various floral gifts were taste
fully arranged on the altar-rail, aud the
interstices Of the readingdesk were
filed with small floral designs. Among
the hower-pieces were massive star
made of roses, the gift of the Loyal Le-
gion, of Brooklyn handsome pillow OF
colored roses from the Old Guard; an
elegant cross from Camp No. |, W. ;.
Hancock Legion, and small star, made
of violet and roses, the gift of the dead
Generals three aides-de- camp. \
number Of eminent civilians began to
thropg into the church shortly after 9
o'clock. Shortly before 10 O'Clock the
yestry door was opened, and Sexton
Brown emerged at the head of pro-
cession of white-robed choristers, who
marched solemnly to their seats within
the chancel. Following them came
Reys. Arthur, Hill, and Anketell, OF
Trinity parish
The booming Of cannon and solemn
pealing of the church-bells announced
the arrival Of the cortege at 10 o'clock,
and Sexton Brown preceded Rev. DR..
Morgan Dix and Rev. f. d. Goodwin
down the main aisle to the front door,
where the casket and pall-bearers were.
The procession moved along slowly up
the aisle to the altar, the clergymen in
front of the casket, and Immediately
behind them came General Sherman
and Secretary-of-State Bayard. AS
they assembled their way to the
chancel the words II am the
resuIr; elton and the life," which came
from the minister's lips, were distinctly
heard throughout the structure. After
the four gentlemen above mentioned
came eight stalwart soldiers bearing
the magnificent casket, and on either
side of the Boys in Blue" marched
the other pall.bearers in the following
order: General P. IL. Sheridan, Gen.
eral W. b. Franklin, General A. IL.
Terry, General Nelson A. Miles, Gen.
eral w. F. Badly Smith, General
John Newton, General James b. Fry,
General j. NJ. Schofeld, General 0. b.
Wilcox, General Francis Walker, Mr.
| j. NJ. Hartshorne. Colonel W. P. Will
son, and Major W. d. W. Miller.
On the casket was the American flag,
and on the top Of this was General Han.
cocks sword in its gold Scabbard aud
his major-general's chapeau. Following
the pall-bearers came Lieutenant Crit
fin and his wife, who were dressed 10
deep mourning, and who led her four
year-old daughter by the hand. With
them was little Russell Hancock, grand
son Of the dead hero. The casket wa:
deposited on the catafalque in front
of the altar, and the pall-bear'
ers were allotted the first two
pews on either side of the
main aisle. The choir then chanted
lord, Let Ne Know My End" after
which Rev. f. II. C. Goodwin, of Gov.
ernor's Island. read the lesson, which