Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-21

artillery, and the cadets from the militar,
school mt Portsmouth, all Of Ohio and to O totl
| of 500 more. About 1000 state troops and q
regulars riade up the first half Of the division
The second half was led by Chief Jus
| tice Thomas H. Sherwood and his associate
OF the state supreme court, the Judiciary of tn
United States and minor courts all in carriages
Lieut.. Gov. Clayton, heading the state senate
Speaker Tuttle, heading the house Of repre-
sontatives. and the state officials closed tn
division.
FIFTH DIVISION.
The fifth division was strong In numbers ant
representative in character. It was com
manded by Maj. Chas- C. Rainwater and con
sisted of civic societies. mercantile, historical
and quasi military organizations. Two hun
dred members of the ex-confederate as
ISOLATION of Missouri wearing mourn
ing badges and Grape armlet, marched
behind the chief of staff. silent tribute to thu
memory OF the warrior whose superior geniui
had compelled them to lay down their armi
and sue for peace and mute testimony
to the fact that vanquished as wei
as victor mourned the fact that sold
Tecumseh" had gone from sight. Thoy wore
their old ex-confederate uniforms and attracted
general attention Also in line were society
OF German war veterans. several turner SO.
cieties, lodges of the knights of Honor and
the members of the Historical Society.
SIXTH DIVISION.
In the sixth and last division were the city
officials, headed by Mayor Noonan and City Con.
troller Gen. John d. Stephenson, who was
corps commander under Sherman; the city
council and house of delegates, all other city
departments and boards. the mer-
chants and mechanics exchanges. all
In carriages. From beginning to end
so the cortege slowly wendell its way to
Calvary. With. perhaps, the possible excep-
ton of the demonstration that accompanied
the intcrment of the remains of Ulysses s.
Grant. IL was the most notable tribute to the
memory Of an American that the country has
ever witnessed. The route-wcst on Pine to
Grand avenue, thence north to Florissant
avenue. thence west to the cemstery-was fully
five and a half miles in length, but at no point
was there pcrceptible diulinution in the un-
broken line of spectators.
THE WHOLE CITY on THE STREETS.
1t seemed as though the entire population of
the city were on tho streets. yet at no point
was there either disorder Or unseemly con-
duct. Everything was in keeping with the
solenanity of the occasion. The guns were fired
by the battery; church bells were tolled as the
caisson passed by, and the bands played the
dead march in dirges and the old familiar
Marching Through Georgia" to slow time At
OFnllan Park the twenty-five veterans of Ran
som Post, who by this time were worn and
weary. were relieved by similar number that
had awaited their arrival. There was halt
when the Intersections of Grand and Easton
avenues were reached and here the Grand
Army and other military societies not under
arms dispersed and the members joined the
shrons of pedestrians that led 70 the cemetery
ARRIVAL AT Calvary CEMETERY.
1t was nearly o'clock when the head of the
column reached Calvary. An immense crowd
had already passed through, but a large force
of police had kept open the route to the grave
and prevented intrusion upon the space re-
CURED by the family. Outside the gates
the cavalry and artillery deployed to
the right and left Gently the veterans
OF the thirteenth lifted the casket from the
caisson. and tenderly, with slow and measured
tread. they bore it up the way OF the first dolor
through the Way of the Bethany and to its
crossing with the Holy Rosary. Here they laid
it down upon'a bier, Father. mother, son and
babe were united in death.
The bier had been placed directly in front of
the grave of the little Willie, who died at the
age of nine years in 1863. and many of those in
the immediate vicinity were profoundly
affected when they read the inscription
that the father himself had caused to
be engraved: '.Our Little Sergeant Willie.
From first battalion. thirteenth United States
infantry. In his spirit there was no guile" To
the right was the grave Of Mrs. Sherman, sur
mounted by a handsome monument; to the
left that of Baby Charlie, who died in South
Bend. Ind, in 1854, before his first year Of life
had passed.
THE BURIAL SERVICE.
The wind whistled through thelife1ess branches
OF the trees, but every head was barred and bowed
as Father Sherman stepped to the head of the
casket. The fortitude of his sisters deserted
them in this trying juncture and they gave
way freely to their grief in sobs and means.