Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-12-20
THE pEADHERo,s oBsEaU1Es.

1
etery.
Seldom is there more impressive scene
than that which occupied the interior of
United church yesterday afternoon be-
tween and Q O'Clock. The edifice was
filed with an immense throng of people
who were awaiting the final ceremonies
of the obsequies of Major General Alfred
Fl. Terry. An hour before, at 10 o'clock, I
private funeral services had been held at
the residence Of the deceased, No. 80 Hill
house avenue, and at the close of these
the remains were taken in charge by the
military guard, under command of Lieu |
tenant Bowen, and escorted by the honor
airy ball-bearers, Ex-Governor Harrison,
x-Governor Ingersoll, N. D. Sperry, Hen |
ry T. Blake, Arthur D. Osborne, John @. |
Hollister, Lieutenant Governor 8. E. Mer- |
win and Hon. Francis Wayland, to the
church. The body reached here at l
o'clock and was placed in the vestibule of
the edifce, guarded on either side by a
military detail The coffin was covered
with black broadcloth, with simple silver
trimmings. In conformity with the Gus
tom of Admiral Foote post, the body had
| been decorated with silk United States
| flag. A ribbon across the breast upon
| which the letters G.. A. r. were stamped,
| together with the figures II, the number
| of the post. A pin of the Loyal Legion
| had also been placed on the breast. Al
most covering the foot of the casket was
| an immense wreath of flowers composed Of
callas, roses and the like, while fern leaf
| spread out underneath it, making the con-
| trast simply beautiful. At the head of the
coffin, resting on two chairs, were two
other immense wreaths
The entrances of the church were guard
ed by fourteen policemen in command OF
| Superintendent Bollman.
General E.. s. Greeley was in charge of
/ the interior arrangements. The space be-
| fore the pulpit was given to'the honorary
bearers and military guard. Directly be-
hind was seated the family of the deceased
and friends Further back Governor
| Buckley, accompanied by his staff, and
Colonel Dcherty and his staff, besides all
| the officers of the various companies of
| his command, were seated. On one side
of the aisle were seated members Of the
Loyal Legion, including General Sloat and
General Pierpont, President Clarke of the
Consolidated road and other prominent
gentlemen of New Haven. Direct
| " across were seated United States
| army officers, among whom were
| Major L. Catlin, Major T. K. Gibbs, Gen
eral G. H. Thompkins, General George
D. Ruggles, Lieutenant Totten and Charles
| G. Treat, who is an aide-de-camp to Cen
eral o. o. Howard. Behind them sat
members of the Seventh Connecticut reg
| iment with United States Senator Hawley.
There were forty gentlemen present rep
resenting this regiment, among whom
| were Rev. Fl. L. Wayland of Philadelphia,
| o. S. Sanford, Jerome Tourtellotte, S. S.
Atwater, E. S. Perrin, V. B. Chamberlain,
John J. Hutchinson, J. E. Hicks, E. E.
Stevens, Levi Andrews and Stephen
| Valley There was large number of
the Army and Navy club of Connecticut,
among whom were Postmaster Kinney of
Hartford, and Major Dwight of the same
city. Upon the outside allies were seated
the members of Admiral Foote post. Up
on the side at the right of the pulpit were
seated Mayor Peck and the aldermanic
body. Upon the left of the pulpit the
councilmen were stationed.
The remains of the dead hero were car
ried up the aisle amid an impressive
silence Rev. DR.. Munger, Rev. DR..
pulpit, and the exercises were opened by
singing hymn followed by reading of
scripture by Rev. DIR. Wayland. Rev. DIR.
Munger then delivered a mastery eulogy
upon the life of the dead general. It will
not be expected, said he, that should
speak at this time of the military career of
General Terry, save as it may illustrate
certain sides Of his character which it is
fitting should be mentioned on this occa-
sion. His history as soldier needs no re-
hearsal. There were other like careers in
the war, but mono in which merit more
fully had it's own way and of itself earned
| the accorded laurels. If I were to name
what seemed to me to be his largest quail
, ity-all through-in his early days, in his
life as soldier and as have found him
in these last months, it would be purity.
It was this purity that formed the
groundwork Of other qualities more
| noticeable perhaps but not more ideal.
General Terry's life in all its aspects was
, | one of deliberate self sacrifice. His en-
: | tering into the service at the cost of all
professional prospects is not to be
mentioned. But when the war was over
| General Terry returned homo and laid his
: | prestige of his fame, the disciplining and
Z enlarging influence of service, the enthusi
asm Of hosts of friends eager to make him
| the first citizen of the state, as he wal
. | its first soldier, definite promises of tn.
. highest political preferment in the stat
all these things conspired to make hi
return to civil life most attractive
1 | While making his preparations h
received a telegram from Secretary
Staunton summoning him to Wash
3 ington Some one was needed t.
, | secure order in Richmond and Throughout
| Virginia. The position was one of extrem,
difficulty and required administrative abil
ity of the first order. The secretary tolt
| General Terry he must go Richmond ant
l take command, and so in an hour the PLAN
| of lifetime, which had only been inter
| rupted by the war were given up and tn
heavy task of preserving order in q con
of pure sacrifice, greater even than that O.
: ! his first enlistment. General Terry neve
, came under accusation, but he did no
! ! wholly escape kind of subdued and quail
fled criticism in connection with the Gus
l ter affair in 1876. 1t was inevitable tina
| blame for that terrible but magnifcen
, l blunder should rest somewhere and natur
ally upon the officer in command, who's
subordinates are supposed to carry on
= his orders. That Custer should hav
fallen into such a trap woult
naturally reflect upon his superior
: By all ordinary principles of conduct b
| would have been justified in letting tn
s | plain truth be known, but instead b
!. | scrupulously withheld it, treating it like
r / sacred secret Those who knew our frien'
b best think of him most as good man
;. l The brilliant light that played about hin
! | in the days of his great achievements die
i out anu tu0 SOIG glow u SoouucSS ShtucI
: | about him. They will remember how gen
i | erous and charitable, how pure and true
n how humble, how penitent, how self-de
:. | nying he was; they will remember tina
Is | great wealth of affection, that tenderness
| of nature, that gentleness, all Intervene
| with strength, that reverence which NJ
held him throughout and crowned his end
The departure of the solemn funera
cortege from the church upon its way t
the Grove street cemetery took place ami
the tolling of the city hall bell and tn
= firing of funeral salute on the green. A
the cemetery the body was taken in charg
by Admiral Foote post and the simpl
Grand Army burial service, which wa
read by DIR. Smyth himself, veteran Q
! the war. A wreath was then dropped o
8 the grave by Senior Vice Commander MOI
! / gan of Admiral Foote post, then whit
rose by Senior Junior Vice Commando
! Pritchard, and then a sprig of laurel
s the post chaplain. There were severe
hundred people present at the scene c
| the burial The solemn ceremonies owe
the hundreds of mourners turned fro1
/ the cemetery and left forever the remain
/ of the departed hero.
All about town during tho funeral cere
I | monies flags were flying at half-mast
honor of the dead commander and believe
townsman. At the New Haven houe
most of the distinguished visitors in tow
| were assembled before the hour for th
z obsequies. The veterans of the Sevent
Z G. v. of the rank and file also assemble
= at the same hotel as their rendezvous b.
d fore starting for the church. The Messr
z Blair were the undertakers in charge {
y the funeral, Mr.. Atwater, veteran
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