Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-24
FUNERAL OF F. A. CHASE.

Attended by Comrades of the Grand !
 Army, Masons. Knights of Honor
 and Citizens-SoIemn Services at East
 Pearl Street Church and at the Grave.
 The last sad rites over the remains of Fred erick A. Chase took place from the East Pearl Street M. E. church yesterday after noon at o'clock. Admiral Foote post No. IF, G. A. R., assembled at post headquarters at p. m., and at 3 o'clock under couF@nd of Commander S. J. Fox, with General L. A. Dickinson of Hartford as marshal, and preceded by Landrigan's band, marched to Fair Haven to pay the last sad tribute of re- spect to their departed 1comrade. On reach
 ing the Woolsey school halt was made and
 the comrades in Fair Haven fell in line,
 swelling the number of veterans to about
 two hundred. Adelphi lodge, F. and A. M.,
 and Woolsey lodge, Knights of Honor, also
 joined the procession here and under escort
 of the post marched to the late residence of
 the deceased on Poplar street. Here shors
 service was held, Rev. MT. Cunningham of
 the East Pearl Street and Rev. Erastus Blakeslee of the Second Congregational church officiating. The remains were en- closed in beautiful casket covered with black broadcloth and elaborately trimmed with silver Grand Army and Ma sonic emblems On the casket were placed the rosewood crutches that he was com pelled to use since his discharge from the army, the inside space of the same being filled with magnolias and other beautiful flowers, the gift of agents of the various in surance companies that MT. Chase represent ed At the foot of the crutches was floral trefoil in imitation of 8 Second corps badge with Fourteenth O. V." in purple immor- telles in the three points of the badge, while the stem bore the name "Fred." This was the gift of the veterans of MT Chases old regiment. Another floral piece, the of fering of Woolsey lodge, was ir the form of Knight of Honor banner on 8 standard three feet eight inches high, the banner proper being twenty by twenty-five inches. The flowers were arranged in three diagonal stripes in colors blue, yellow and red, while crossing the stripes were the letters K. of L.. and underneath, 1856, the number of Wool sey lodge. Still another piece in the form of pillow made up of beautiful roses, calas
 and carnations was inscribed Husband Father" the offering of the family. The Grand Army cap of the deceased was also
 placed on the casket. Comrade John Mccarthy
 of the 14th c. ", and an intimate friend of
 the deceased, was master of ceremonies The
 remains were borne from the house to the
 hearse by the following pallbsarers: Com
 rades w. A. Lincoln and C.. J. Buckbee,
 representing Admiral Foote post; Comrades
 Pritchard and Howell, representing the 14th
 c. ": George w. Chadeayne and Henry A.
 Loveland, representing Adelphi lodge, and William w. Post and John $. Hubbell, rep
 resenting Woolsey lodge. In the solemn
 march to the church, Adelphi lodge had the
 right of the line, followed by Woolsey lodge,
 Admiral Foote post being on the extreme left. The services at the church were very
 solemn and impressive. The societies with
 for Al..
 underwriters occupied the body of the church,
 while every remaining seAt was occupied by
 neighbors and friends of the deceased. The services opened with an appropriate
 se ection by the choir followed by prayer by Rev. Comrade Erastus Blakeslee. Rev. MT. Cunningham then read appropriate selec tions of Scripture, after which the choir sang another selection.
 Rev. MT. Cunningham then made an ap- propriate address in which he referred to the early life of the deceased, to his enlistment in his country's service while 8 boy of SIX teen years, to the circumstances connected with his army life and the wound he receiv- ed the battle of the Wilderness, his re- turn home and honorable discharge His consistent church life passing through many years, his business capacity in which he gaiued the respect of all, were dwelt upon, and finally his love for his family and Christian resignation at the approach of | death were all feelingly referred to and ap- | propriately commented upon.
 On the conclusion of MT. Cunningham's address Rev. MT. Blakeslee gave brief his tory of the army career of the deceased from | his enlistment to his discharge. He said the | deceased was in some of the hardest fought battles of the war, among them being An I tietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chan \ cellorsville and the Wilderness. In closing the speaker said: God grant that our lives may be such that shall leave as honorable | record as he and when we come to be mus
 tered out may it be with joy and gladness, our work well done.
 The services were closed with prayer by
 Rev. MT. Cunningham, the singing of a
 hymn, "Nearer My God to Thee" and the I benediction.
 After all present who desired had viewed
 the remains, they were borne to the Fair
 Haven cemetery where the Grand Army
 and Masonic burial services were performed.
 The drums beat the final ''taps' the bugle
 sounded Flights out" and the last sad rites
 over theremains of Frederick A. Chase were l at an end.