New-York tribune., 1886-02-11
GEN. HANCOCK'S FUNERAL.
THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED

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m Mt you have suffered in death OF General Hincock
The country has o't an active so aor an accom- snd com
/ eyeIt as personal sJrrOw
Among the dispatches from Army officers were
| tn ;IOm General j. NJ. schoheld. General
! Nelson A. Miles, General 0. o. Howard.
Assistant Adutant-Generh w. V. Sheridan and
Colonel o. b. Wilcox. Genora schohclds telegram
as follows
70 General whpple.-Tne intel censc of General Han
cocks deata I'VE here VI II prot sorrow aqd with
%eep pat dthI i9 M anc hei,e convey IL hgT tle
own j. NJ schonELD.
Governor Foraker teegraphed follows to Mrs. Han
cock;
Permit behalf Of and the loyal people Of
ONO l3eXp es1 to yon in chs oir OF your aiclon our
~" ''' " '' j. B. FORAKER.
Governor Parrison. of Pennsylvania; Governor Ab-
bet OF New-Jersey; Governor McEnrry, Of LOUISIANA;
Governor Med ,uiel of Georgia Governor Acer,
OF Michigan; Mayor Rice. Of ST. Paul;
Mayor Francis, ST. Louis. and Albert Head. OF the
Iowa legislature, also SEM kilograms George, W;
Cnilds trleGraphed from Phiairl 'hia in behalf 0
himself and A. J. DrexeL Messages of confidence and
MaTsGh n' R SIS cSono Robd Ars sen G
erh Daniel +. sIckles, General Abncr
Secretary Bayard personal letter Mrs
Hancock, expressing touching his deep sym
pathy for her IN her afrtion. Grand Army posts. vet
societies and Democratic organizations from all
the country telegrapned their messages OF sym
pathy.
A large number OF vsitcrs called at the home OF the
home Of the dead General to Oct their condolences to
Mrs. Hancock, but she able to only few OF her
most intimate feminine friends Among these were the
widow OF Mcclellan. Mrs. Mcclellan remained
time with Mrs Hancock and when she left Mrs
Hancock showed the good effects OF the interview Mrs
Mcclellan herself had recently suffered similar be-
that she knew better than any one else how
to offer words OF TO Doth widows the affection
had come suddenly, and to both II had been a great
blow Mrs Hancock's physicians administered opia'es To
gla as1t
she woke much improved. After the visit of Mrs McCcl
Ian. Hancock more Ike her former self than she
had been before the Generals death. and made
requests in regard to the funeral arrangements
Among others VINO called were General w. f. Smith,
General Lloyd Aspnwall. General James b. Fry, Cen
era Charles p stone. Major G. W. Mclean. of the OH
Guard and Lcutenant-COl sawyer formerly one OF
General HancOck's aides 1t was IN General
Smiths division that General Hancock first com
manded a brigade and when General Smith went into
the where his Old comrade I'm arms lay dead yes
terday. tears cane to the veterans eyes.
Colonel j. d. Nicholson, Chief Recorder OF the Loyal
Legion, who arrived Governors Island from Phila
deIpha Tuesday night. was personal friend OF
General Iancocs aud II is said that some tine ago the
General commissioned him to look after his private
affairs when he should die. All day yesterday General
whpple busy arranging the details for the funeral
which Will take pace saturday. The following
orandum issued by hiu:
nrA'QgAErE' pyI,oE Or YEw gHE ATS YaaR r
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The connection with the funeral Of the ate
Major General Nlnned scott II tncOck y announ ed
Tue lunerI services WI take PIG" NJ iIimy ThnpISn
lOa u; The b}y WI b, e,core T. The clnch by o
Island and other tae har the trops Thc1 for
Inc have been stat oncd at aud near the Generals
After no & The '9ag arS % s SGay @ be rSaG team
the fun RAJ tran arriving al Norr's'wn "t
There mi be organized procession and arrnccmcut,
pled loonG to he pr ,cnce therein OF GAM ed
bodies such but all are invited TO attend IN Their in2 duA
capacity. WILLIAM D. Nhift, ,,.., ,.i
II was at first designed to have detachment Of
troops from Fort Hamilton present but Mrs Hancock
knowing that this would involve considerable trouble
and expense wrote General WhippIe asking that the
Fort Hamilton detachment be omitted. The batteries
from Fort schuyler from Governors Island wili
therefore form the regular military escort 10y MrS'
Hancock desire the Generals funeral viii he as simple
pos@pls. Tue Rev. Dr. Morgan DIX viii conduct the
convey body and the escort 10 N"rrsOwp will he IN
erals personal ads. II will arrive at Phidelphiaa a.
l45 p when the Phal"ipht division OF the Loyal
General WhIppe has lad many applications f:om
military aud ciV organization, Tor Place ~ the innrr4l
procession Only III rogn"r troop, already mentioned
however will. 1t Is probable. form th" escort Commo-
dore Chandler when he called yesterday offered an eN-
OF marines dni '0r- ne services OF tHe rNt am
were also offered by Generals smaller and MoueauX All
offers werc however declined.
All night the body of General Hancock. which Lay In
the where lac died. was watched 10y guard oi TOUR
sergeant, with an officer In ch'!gr The vHi W.,
DIVIDED into watches one oi winch was comnan!ed
Hancock's brother. Oliver Russell, Colonel Nichols
aud the Generals personal aid7. LirucnantS grimm
Lemly Da Pray, also took Turns IN watching lh th'
The conn was sent to the Island yesterday and the
Generals body will he placed IN II this morning II is
OF steel, covered with black cloth wIih silver trimmings
II bears a plate engraved with General llancOcHS name
aud the dae Of his birth and death.
Lieutenant and Mr-. Noslcs Yesterday sent TO
the honse funeral device OF white owrrs and ostrich
feathers Owing to the great number OF people VINO
ha'e on - -, ,n, t ,ssrc ,,lcis In The cburcb The
body VIII leave Governors Island about $50 a. N. on
the steamer Chester A. Arthur The military escort VIII
ha in atrend,uce As the procession moves from the
20 Trinity minute gus VIII he hrcd from 'h9lle
body reaches the New-Jerscy shore
William f. Sherman. T. H. sheridan, william H. FRANK
lin, A. H. Terry. U. a. Miles John Newton James i
Efy IancIs "a ,iy "aN ~ "a T,IIrr formery AIDS 10
General Hancock and II. NJ HaTshOrnc an old personal
friend General schOteld Will bo present General
sheridan is now IN command the Department OF the
East and the OF the Atlantic and VIII remain so
pending the assgnmentiofa maorseneal TO take com
special meeting of the Military Service Institution,
terday and approprate resolutions passed. he
New York COmmandery OF the Loyal Legion WIZ hold
afternoon to take action General HaucOcEs death.
ACTION BY VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
The Committee of Twcntyfour of the Tam
many General Committee last evening elected sherih
Hugh j. G. ant chairman and Thomas f. Glroy as secie
tary. W. Bourke Cochran. +. b. spnola' I. q. Dnh.-
Register John Reilly and T.. r. Fitzpatrick were hb
pointed draft suitable resolutions on the death oi
General Hancock and present them to the Hehera Con
Friday evening tor adoption Iho committee
Will also speakers for that evening.
Mayor Grace has suggested TO President Mooney the
advisaDy Of calling special meeting OF the BodId ana
Hancock The Mayor ADDS that ho VIII send message
the subject
ACTION OF THE LEGISLATURE.