New-York tribune., 1886-02-14
LAST TRIBUTEs'To HANCOCK.
THE SIMPLE FUNERAL CEREMONIES.
MILITARY HoNoRs, But NO ELABORATE DISPLAY
PROMINENT PEOPLE PRESENT.


eral of General Hancock yesterday. The man
who had received the nomination OF great
party for the highest honor in the Nations gift,
he who had turned the fortunes OF many BATTLE and
whose calm courage in the midst OF death had often
inspired the alterng regiments laid at rest quietly
without pomp or vain show. Yesterday wherever the
morning gun saluted the sunrise his and fame
were on the lips OF soldiers aud yesterday small escort
OF regular troops and few devoted friends gathered
before a tomb on wlnd-swep hillside at NorrstOwn
and. heard bluecoated bugler sound taps" the
soldiers last good night There the remains OF Winfield
Scott Incock placed beside those of his father
and his beloved daughter.
The body Of the dead General peceded by three batter
les OF the 9th Artillery and followed by mourning rela
tives and the Personal and general stan from
the house on Governors Island and convey ed to the
Barge Office There it met by the pail bearers
and delegations from military and civic bodies. In
the midst OF drilling rain the procession moved to old
Trinity All along the rOute q silent thrOng stood
closely packed. The form which amid the thunder OF
battle had often been greeted by the shouts OF
sands born in silence to the Gothic pile where the
beautiful service OF tue Protestant Episcopal Church
read over it, There was sOlnd except the steady
tramp the troops aud the booming OF the minute
from Castle William. Not even munlcd drum marked
the cadence OF the steps OF the Alter the funeral
there te and silent march back the Barge
Office. Thence out the mist-sbrouded bay a
steamer conveyed the body TO jersey City where sIe
cia train waiting to convey it to NorristOwn. Every
where along the route ot the procession flags at half
and sable decorations gave evidence OF the respect
in which the dead General was held. On Governors
Island a Sabbath stiffness reigned, broken only by the
boom OF minute guns which olew aside the fog that
wreathed the red walls OF Castle William The widow Of
the dead soldier too much prosraed by her grief to at
tend the funeral remained in the house from which her
husbands dead body had been borne.
TAKING LAST LOOK AT THEIR CHIEF.
At $50 a. M all the officers Governors Island as.
scmbed at the house and the final details of the funeral
perfected At 7:45 O'Clock the little military
munty was admitted to take last look at the features
of the man who had so long been chief there.
Privates from Fort Columbus, commlssloie ied
officers with their families and the families
OF the commissioned officers met together
in presence Of death. Mrs Hancock had previously
gone look for the last time the face OF her hua
band This last farewell much for her strength,
and all her poignant grief and consequent prostraton
returned When all the island had viewed tho body
the cofnlid was fastened down. On the coffin were the
Generals sword and hat resting on the National fag
At $50 the military escort OF seventy-fve OF
batteries 4, II and X. OF the 5th Artillery. came march
ing through the sayport of Fort Columbus and drew
up line In front Of the house little later the six
teen noncommsslOned officers OF the guard OF honor
marched down the brick walk and entered the house.
score or 80 OF people living on the island stood
reverenty about and waited for the appearance OF the
coffin. A drilling rain was falling at the time. Not
sound was heard until the order given to present
arms then through the heavy air the tread OF
the soldiers bearing the coffin across the veranda and
down the steps Following the cohn the relatives
and the Generals personal stan. The three personal
aides IN full uniform the others wore undress unL
form or citizens clothing. on the helmet Of one or the
the white plume Of the infantry on the other
the red plume OF the artillery, while the third wore the
chapeau and ostrich feathers OF the engineer
hoyv Nod nv he carried N
the steamer Chester A. Arthur, which was waiting
at the landing and placed on board The Navy Yard
tug Nina with Commodore Chandler aud other officers
OF Navy board waiting there also with flags
hamas As the procession started for the boat the
firing of the minute guns on Castle william was begun
continued until the procession reached the church
The Arthur and the Nina steamed To the Barge Office,
where the pallbearers had In the meantime assembled
The military and civic organizations and carriages for
the relatives waiting outside. The soldiers landed
and marched through the Barge Office to the street
The pabeareGs wearing white sashes over their left
shoulders, waited in the iron pavilion for tho
landing OF the body. General sherman and
Secretary Bayard first, their tall forms towering
above Generals sheridan and schOhed. who next
General oAerman's usually erect form was bent aud
there was an expression OF deep sorrow on his face
Never had those who him the Old General look
so broken Secretary Bayard stood erect as statue.
His face enacidted and rs white as marble. sher-
dan and Sohoed the very opposite to the two men
ahead OF them for both were refund ford and appa-
renty in perfect health. The coffin borne through
the Barge Once by the guard Of honor followed by the
pail l-bearers. and placed in plain hearse.
THE PROCESSION MOVES Up BROADWAY.
Then the procession tormedand took up its march
to the church large crowd had collected which COM
petey filed the sidewalks from tho Battery to
the church. The crowd was not made up
of the usual componens of city crowd but mostly
Il a l,t,.in nd lapE
where silence fell the thrOng aud hats were raised
as the hearse went by. Inspector Steers was In charge
OF the police arrangements and had the route OF the pro-
cessiou lined with policemen At the church superin-
tendent Murray himself presen. The police ar
ran gements were admirable AMI no crowding OK
spectators blocking of the procession occurred Tho
procession was arranged in the following order Police
military escort pail bearers hearse relatives Secretary
of War and Army officers 200 members OF the Loyal Le
giou 20 Naval officers 200 representatives, OF the Grand
Army aud the Society OF the Army OF the Potomac 10
delegates from the Produce Exchange an1 20 members
OF the Tammany Society. In the carriages preceding
the hearse were pallbearers. secretary OF State
Bayard General William I. sherman. LIeutenantGen-
era Philip II. Sheridan Maor-Generals j. NJ schohed.
W b. Franklin and W. f. smith, Brigadier-Generals
James b. Fry, A. ii. Terry, \. A. Miles, John Newton
and O. Il. Wilcox. General Francis Walker. j. " Iarts-
horne Colonel W. p Wilson, Major D. ". Miller, and tho
Rev. Mr.. Goodwin and DR.. Janeway
The carriages following the hearse contained Mr. and
Mrs Gwynne Mrs Hancock, widow OF Russell Han
cock; Lieutenant and Mrs. Griffin Hancock
Griffin Mr.. and Mrs. Merriam, Mrs. Bingham,
Lieutenant and Mrs. Lemy. Captain Wharton, Leuten-
ant Da Pray Lieutenant Barbour General Whp9le. Mr.
Hare Miss Bessie Hancock, Colonel and Mrs Ludiow'
Mrs Ward Mr. and Mrs. BOuvier Miss Morgan Lleuten-
ants Young Riley and Allen, Secretary Endlcot tho
Department and Divisional STAFF Colonels Baylor ana
Hodges Major McKee, Captain shaler, Captain Grey,
CAPTAIN whipple and Lieutenan. MendenhalL Commo-
dore Chandler was accompanied by MS personal stan
hv Coptain Cooke OF the receiving ship Vermont aud
other officers Of the yard and the receiving ship
Among the members Of the Loya Legion George Wash
ngton Post No. lO3 c. A. r.. and the Society Of the
Army of the Potomac who walked in the procession
were Generals Edward l. Molineux, Carleton, Lloyd A.
pinwal Tompkins. Ulrch and Nogdes, OF Boston; Colo
nels Gilmore l. Penn Smith, +. l. Querata, j. NCOyne
y " Leonard, Haght, Samuel Truesde; Majors Broad