The morning call., 1891-02-20
New YOTk'S Tribute to the Mem
OTy Of General Sherman.
Business Generally Suspended and The City
Draped in Mourning.
Brief Funeral Services - Imposing Parade.
Departure Of the Funeral Train for St.
LOuis-IneTment Arrangements.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

NEW YORK, Feb. 19-New York to-day
paid every possible tribute of respect to the
memory of General Sherman The dawn
of his funeral day opened bright and clear
The courts remained closed. The exchanges
closed at noon aud general business was
brought almost to a standstill, and all who
could do so ceased their daily occupations
TO honor the dead soldier. At an early hour
the people began to assemble in the street
opposite the residence of General Sherman,
and from almost every house along the
street the American flag fioated at half
mast. a notable feature of the local decora-
tiOns was the lavish display in Wall street
and vicinity. 1t has not been cqualed in that
section since the Grant funeral. Wall street
@ and Broadway were literally a mass of half
masted flags and black hangings. Not only
The public buildings, but many offices had
their fronts heavily draped in black.
A few minutes before 10 o'clock large
floral shield was received at the house from
the West Point cadets. The shield was
feet in height and feet broad, and was
made of white and blue immortelles and
Gala lilies.
DISTINGUISHED ARRIVALS.
Rev. Thomas Sherman, the son who had
been so anxiously awaited, arrived at
tie house at 80 o'clock this morning Just
after taking an early breakfast with his
family, he took the last lOOk al the remains
Of his father.
At II o'clock Secretaries Blaine. Proctor
and Rusk, Generals OBierne, R0mer and
Ewing arrived at the house. Shortly before
the hour for the funeral procession
to start carriages containing prominent ofii-
cials both military ami civil, arrived
Among the visitors were George W. Childs,
=. J. Drexel, Hiram Hitch cock, Chauncey
NJ. Depew, ex-PresIdents Cleveland and
Hayes, Joseph ChJate, Rear-Admiral Brane,
General Scho6eld and Governors PattIson
and Bulkley, with their stats. The Senate
committee came in a body, wearing the
usual signs Of mourning, and after them
came large committee from the House. II
was close on , O'clock when President Har-
rison, with Lieutenant Ernst, his aid-de-
camp, reached the house. The President
declined to lock upon the remains of the :
General. The family sent an invitation TO
him. but. the President kindly replied that
he preferred IL keep with him remembrances
OF the General while alive. He did not wish
TO see him in death, when their associations
had been so warm and genial
SERVICES AT THE HOUSE.
The services of prayer began at noon, and
were over at 1880 o'clock. The prayers
were lead by Rev. Father Sherman. Close
to the casket stood the other son, 2. L.
Sherman. In the front parlOr were all the
other members of the family, Secretary
Bla.ue and wife and Mrs. DamrOsch.
Father Sherman was assisted by Rev. Father
Taylor and two other priests. Father oher-
man, in conducting the simple services, read
from the Scriptures the passage beginning
- l am the resurrection and life" After
this two selections were sung from the ora
torio of "Eljah," Father Sherman again
read the Scripture, and the "MiSerere" from
MendelSSOhn was given. Prayer was then
offered by the son, and the services con-
GUIDED with music. There were about $50
persons present at the services. The greater
number were relatives. But among the
friends were Mayor Grant and Senator CAM
eron.
REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS.
About y 20 o'clock caisson, draped In
black and drawn by four horses, was drawn
up in front of the house. The horses were
mounted by regulars and an army officer
was in charge. Behind the caisson was an
orderly leading black charger, which bore
the military trappings Of the General. The
black velvet covering almost hid the horse
from view, but the boots and saddle were
plainly conspicuous.
Just about , o'clock troop of the Sixth
Cavalry formed to the left of the house in
the middle of the street Six Lieutenants
then appeared in the doorway, bearing on
their shoulders the casket Of the General,
which they placed upon the waiting caisson.
The members Of the family, friends, invited
officials and pail-bearers then took their
places in carriages and the members Of
Lafayette Post, G. a. R., formed on either
side Of the caisson.
ORDER OF PROCESSION.
The procession then commenced to move,
but very slowly, as both sides of the streets
were crowded with hundreds of carriages
waiting to take their places in line. Fol
lowing came the military, consisting Of the
military order Of the Loyal Legion, the
Grand Army, the Cadets and National
Guard, consisting Of the Sixty-ninth, the
Eighth, the Ihlrty-second, the Seventh and
the. Twelfth regiments aud the First and
Second batteries Of artillery. Behind these
were the Sons of Veterans and civic Or
CARNATIONS, which brought up the rear Of
tue parade.
SEA OF MOVING HEADS.
Along the line of march from start to
finish it vas one grand crush and walking
in the streets trayersed was almost an i'm
possibility: 1t appeared as if every resi-
dent OF New York aud the surrounding
cities had turned 10 gaze upon the casket
that contained the remains of the great
General. Along the wall of Central Park
-on Eifty-ninth street crowds Of people were
seated, and at the circle where the column
began to assume definite shape the sea of
81. bObbing heads was simply indescrbable.
All along Fifth avenue a mass of people
lined the sidewalks and steps, and the win
dOws and balconies on the thoroughfare
were occupied until after o'clock, when
the last Of the drge-playing bands went by
The weather was cold and disagreeable,
but there was no apparent diminution in
the numbers Of the crowd until the very
last.
A STRIKING FEATURE.
The grizzled old Grand Army men formed
striking feature OF tho procession. Many
oil them walked on clutches. The caisson
on which rested the body was received
everywhere with uncovered heads, and
where the crowd had been noisy it was in
stantly hushed when the object of all this
military display approached. In Fifth ay-
enue, from Twenty-second to Fourteenth
streets, the crush OF people was so great
that the mounted police had great difficulty
in clearing passage AT Washington
square all except the regular military escort
were dismissed. The caisson, with this es-
cOrt, then turned into Broadway and down
to Canal street. from which point the ferry
was soon made.
AT THE FERRY.
The gates were thrown open and the
caisson driven aboard the boat escorted by
Lafayette Post, G. A. R., under General
Vele. 4 few minutes later the funeral
party was aboard the boat and it swung out
into the stream, and tile great funeral, the
last tribute which the metropolis could pay.
was over When the boat reached Jersey
City another throng of thousands of people
was met A large force Of police and the
Fourth Regiment National Guard of New
Jersey were drawn up between the ferry
entrance and the north end of the depot
beyond which stood special train. The
military presented arms, coors were
lowered, the drum corps played dirge
as the eGisson passed from the boat TO the
train. A guard of honor from the New
jersey National Guards was on hand to ac-
company the remains through the State.
TEE FUNERAL TRAIN.
The funeral train was made I'D of seven
cars. The remains were conveyed in COM