New-York tribune., 1891-02-20
FOLLOWING SHERMAN'S BODY
MARITAL HONORS TO THE DEAD.
PARADE OF SOLDIERS, WAR VETERANS AND
CIVILIANS.
AN ESCORT FOR THE BODY OF THE GREAT
wARRIoR-MET AT THE TRAIN DY OTHER
TROoPs-sERvICES AT THE HoUsE-THE
CITY'S TOKENS OF MOURNING.

| ourrev to its yrayc in the old Calvary Cemetery
at St. Louis The army that followed 1t with
| mufiied tread and arms reversed from the house
! where he died the Desbrosses-st ferry was
reithcr as large Eor magnificent as his own De-
| loved Army of the West, which passed him IN re-
| view tor the last time on May "A. 1863, but 1t
was representative of the Union that that army
helped to perpetuate. The Nation that honorcd
him living, honored him dead. The caisson that
bore his coffin bore with it the respect, the admlra-
ton the love and the gratitude of 6o,OOoOoO OF
! his fe0w-countrymen.
4 dirge, Donzetti's funeral march, from Ii"
| Martyrs, by Conteno's Band announced tho
starting of the funeral procession from No. 20
| Wost Seventv-Grst-st a few minutes after
| o'clock simultaneously the bells of the city BE-
| can tolIing. Nearly $4,000 men followed the
! collin The column was made up Of soldiers OF
the Regular Army, the Grand Army OF the Rcpup
| lie, the National Guard the Loyal Legion, ths
| West Point Cadets and numerous other military
| and civic societies. In it the President of
the United States the Vce-Prcsident the heads
| of the various Departments OF the National "oV-
ernment, two cXPresidents, representatives OF inc
| United States Senate and House of Representa-
tivcs the Lirutenant-Governor Of the State ana
the Mayor of the city, besides many distinguished
men not in official life.
IL was a military funeral 1t was the crcum'
stance of war. without any Of its pomp II was
impressive in its simplicity, and in its solcmnlty
almost dramatic. If the pageant was less iulpoS-
ing than that which attended Grant to the grave
il WAS due to the desire of the Generals FAMILY I'd
restrain the demonstration within certain llml's'
How difficult this was the public may Judge from
thc statement that as originally intended the col
nmn was to contain only 1900 men. Inc Aihy
of the Wcs:. Shcrman's army, numbered o''ooo'
and he described it as the most maGnihceho -N''S
in the world, but one of vaStcr proportions "ouin
have attended him Yesterday il only the wishes
of the people had been consulted. III would ho'
have been necessary TO call for troops
In the funeral train were many heroic rellcS
Of the victorious Army that Sherman hurled
,br,rcb Gcorgia on the ever memorable march
10 the sea. and in it also was relic of the othcr
side Of the great conflict The Rebel leader against
whose forces Sherman threw the Army OF the
West and whose surrender at Greensboro was
the diving gasp of the COnfcderacy, was one OF
the fourteen pall-bcarers. Joe Johnston mas
never forgotten the magnanlmity Of the man VINO
spared the shattered remnant Of his Army when
BIZ pushing it 10 eXtrcmitieS he could nave
annihilatcd it. and whose generous terms ol
surrender brought him in collision with the Secre-
tary Of War 70 join Shcrman's Generals in their
last march under his command was gracciul
as well as n grateful act In paying THIS tribute
| TO his victor, General Johnston found himself
| in tho company of Major-Gencral Schoheld, the
| present active head OF the Army. who, as COM
! morder Of the Army Of the Ohio was with Sher-
man in the South. and made with Johnston 'he
snnnemcntal terms of surrender; MajorGeneral
O. q. Howard. commander of the Fourth Army
Corps under Thomas and afterward successor 10
NTcDbarsnn tlp command Ol Inc
Army of the Tennessee; Major-Gencral IL. W.
Slocum. Uooker's successor. and commander of the
Army of Georgia: Major-Gencral Dodge, commander
r the lcft wing of the Sixteenth Army Corps, ana
Noior,rneral Corse who received the thanks OF
,bc Army for his defence OF Altoona. MI
these fought under sherman. and therefore
loved him The other pallbearers were kear'
Admira 5 Braine and Greer, MaIorIicneralS ScNes,
Wright. Swaync and Woodford, Brigader-Gencrai
Moore and Professor II. h. kcndrck.
THE column was commanded by MaJor-GcncraI
Howard L. y. a, whose empty rlght slV"Nc'
folded at the elbow, was pinned TO MS sue
uoior-(;cncral Daniel Buttcriicld, who acted as
seuior aide TO the General commanding ana us
Marshall. was also with Sherman in the SOUTH
having commanded the Third Division OF the
! Twentieth Army Corps under Hooker
The head of the column was three hours IN
rcnchinc the ferry From Scventy-iirst-st II moved
between avenues of hags and Grape, under whlch
were gathered tens OF thousands or Spectators
who for the most part observed the P'r""e III
rc,pcctful silence Heads were barred AMI po"eu
os tbe c,issn, on which the coffin lay was driven
mast Following the body was the charger on
whose back were strapped the Generals
military trappings his boots, spurs ana PiS'oS'
The horse covered with Il pIacN N'INc' io'0
and was led by a soldier.
The inclination to cheer the President ana 'he
DISTINGUISHED rlcn with him was at times almost
| oycrpowering but the popuacc restrained them
| solve, after each incipicnt outbreak. All the
r,llbcarcrs. with the exception of Generals Scho-
G,ltl Uovard and Slocum, and Rcad-Admlral
l,rainc. who were together in an open barouche'
rode in closed carriages and could not DC us
tinouishcd by the people. President iiarrisoh'
Vice President Morton, the Secretary oi STATE ule
Secretary of War. the Secretary OF the Navy inc
.oor,.rv or the Interior the Secretary OF AGrl-
culture the Attorney General the Postmast'r-ueh-
craI and the Acting Secretary OF the treasury en-
President lIaycs and cX-prcs;dcn Cleveland, "l'l
their special aides, rode in open carriages ana
were easily recognized. The family, their near
rclotivcs and friends were in closed carriages
Al room n brief funeral service of the Catholic
Church was conducted ut the house by the Generai
con thc Roy. r. t. Sherman. Fifty choir boys
from ST Francis Xavicr's Church sang. Members
or tho Cabinet called in time to look upon the
face Of the General, but President HARRISON de-
clncd to see it, 1t his wish to remember
the soldier as hc had last seen him.
Tho column grew SO long that IL was dark
before the rear reached Washington Square. ana
there numerous regiments of the National Guari
disbandcd
The fcrryboat Baltimore carried the body ana
its escort across the river TO the PonnsylN&hla
Railroad Station where, amid the tolling OF Dells'
they were received by regiment of the New
Icrscy National Guard which is TO accompany
,bom tbroueh the State The special train. coli
sistinc Of eight vcstibuled cars. left the station
at & AZ O'Clock.
During the afternoon there was throughout