Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-24
A SOLDIERS FUNERAL.
~. I.ouls' Impressive Farewell to
General william Tecumseh
sherman.
VETERANS AND COMRADES wee.
INC NJ the TOM.
The Old IIcro's wish Complied With:
lie Receives q Military
Funeral.


~ i'leffaph 70 the NiNHsi
ruE LAST RESTING PLACE.
General sherm.. Hurled Win ant.
lazy uonors.
ST. i.outs, Feb. 2i.-St. Louis today
gave MA Impressive farewell to General
sherman. For the fir,t time In aeva.
raj days the sun shown out glOriousiy
but IL rays fell upon n city uraped la
mourning. The hearts ~ the people
were saddCntd, aud with one accord
all mannor Of mon abandoned thelr
earthly pursuits and assembled along
the llno OF The funpral procession 10 10
hUniagu IN the honOred dead. II was
soldiers funeral, the funeral of a
General, but not alone Of one whose
last Journey was attended with the
bOnOu due his rank, but Of au officer
beloved by the army and honorci by
the people. For niileh the streets were
llued with solid wall Of people, stand-
Ing ut least n dozen deep. phc city
was unpcd Ia mourning. Tho gIlefof
those In tho procession was not only
genuine, but apparent 10 every ont.
the DEAD GENERALS COMRADES
Of Ransom Post marched In hollow
square about the ciissOn, and every
face wore that solemn look which said
too plainly TOT words: ~ have lost a
friend" Following the callson was
the handful 81 survivors of the old
Fifteenth Infantry, shorman's hn.
command In tho war, small aud
grief stricken body OF men following
their old leader over tho road that
they too must travel ut no very distant
day. There were, besides thousands
~ veterans OF the war, members OF the
Grand Army, old aud grlzzled com.
rades In arms of the dead general.
Slowly they walked, and only too
plainly was II written that the rRVngr.
" tlme were fast depicting their ranks.
Yet none OF them were 10 old or
feeble that they would admit, even 10
themselves, that they were taxing
their strength la following sherman
10 Calvary, ovon M they had followed
him 10 Savannah.
The funeral train arrived at Just $3.50.
As II crossed tho bridge n salute from
the battery announced Its approach.
Emerging from the tunnel the train
was compelled 10 move slowly while
the police cleared the track OF people.
When tho train reached tl,s platform
GOVERNOR pHANCis,
who was there with his staff and menu
bcrs OF the reception committee, paid
his respects 10 Generals Sohofleld and
Howard and other military officers
accompanying the funeral party. After
an exchange Of greetings II wus an
nounccd that evcrything was In reail-
ness for the funeral procession. Mean
while the military werc moved into
position. The calssOn on which the
body was 10 10 borne was In readiness.
IL was drawn by six bay horses, the
riders OF which were men who worked
the H0tchkiss gun at the battle Of
Wounded Knee In tho recent Indian
war. The body bearers were eight
aergeants, four from the Seventh Cav.
alfy aud four from Battery L. First At
tillory.
In front OF tho caiSson was the
Twelfth Infantry from TT. Lcaven.
worth, drawn up In line facing the de-
pot. ON the opposite side OF the street
was Ransom Post, GA. r., which acted
a. a guard VI honor. The horse tina, was
led behind the calsson, equipped with
the dead generals saddle, bride. boots
aud spun, was n black oue belonging
10 troop ID, Seventh Cavalry. All the
floral pieces were placed IN an open
barouche, 10 be taken TO the cemetery.
At 1880 General Merritt, chief mar.
shall, and stan arrived. Tho casket
was then removed from the err aud NJ
II was placed ON the caisson the Twelfth
Infantry presented arms and the baud
played n dirge.
Many Of those assembled were
touched by the sight and the veterans
aud comrades oftho dead General could
bc seen
WEEPING ON ALL SIDES.
Generals Howard and Siocum were no
overcome that they could not speak for
several minutes.
The order 10 march was then given
and tho Twelfth Infantry companies
wheeled into line aud marched up
Eleventh Street, followed by the Gals.
son, on either side OF which tho 400
members Of Ransom Post had ranged
themselves. Next come the members
Of the Sherman family and the people
who had come with them from Nrw
York, IN carriages.
The procesaion IL divided into six
ulNlfluINs AZ WIS ihNllNNsu ~ wv rex
ular military escort ~ provided by the
regular army regulations, Grand Army
posts, Loyal Legion, sons VI Veterans,
civic societies, State militia of Missouri
mud OHIO, membem OF the legislatures
OF Missouri, Illinois and Kansas. gov.
ernors OF the States and their stalls aud
un0rganig,d bodies o. citizens In car.
rlag,s and on foot. The route OF tho
procession was from the depot To Cal.
vary Cemetery, distance OF nearly
eight miles, through sOme ~ tho prln.
clpal streets and avcnues Of ST. Louia.
TIE Windows ofneRrly Nil the buildings
were filled with spectators aud the
sidewalks were crowded with strug-
Cling mass Of humanity.
While there was no disorder I'm tho
full sense Of the world the Jam Of peo-
ple coming In front of the various
lntersecting streets where the process
sion started, was something terrible.
ON Pine Street alone 1t was estimated
there were gathered over 100000 peo.
plr. Marching through Pine Street
The mngnlilcencc Of tue military dis.
play was best seen. Truly II was Just
what the old hero wanted
A MILITARY FUNERAL.
The heavy rumble u artillery, the
clatter Of cavalry horses hoofs on the
pavement, mingled with the clang and
| Jingle Of sabre aud spur,and the steady
\ tramp, tramp Of Infantry AZ the coll