The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-20

Feb. Ex-Governor Francis: Will send
three infantry regiments and one battery
OF artillery, about fifteen hundred men and
my military staff [ cannot 60, much to
my regret. My adjutant M. L. Hawkins
is now in st. Louis. Please give him in
structionsn
Officers of the army of the Tennessee
will meet this evening to take action in re-
gard to the meeting of their comrades from
| distant points who will arrive Saturday
morning. This society will have the post
OF honor in the second division and will be
under the command of Major Morrill,
Along the line of march from the start to
to the finish was one grand crush and
walking in the streets travered almost
impossible 1t appeared as if every resi-
dent Of New York and surrounding cities
had turned out to gaze upon the casket
| That contained the remains of the great
general. Along the wall of Central park
| on Fifty ninth street crowds of people were
seated and at the circle where the column
was to assume definite shape, the sea of
bobbing heads was simply indescribable.
lined the sidewalks and steps and
windows and balconies on the thor
oughfsre were occupied until after
3 o'clock, when the last of the dirge
playing bands went by. The weather was
cold and disagreeable, but there was no ap-
parent diminition in the numbers in the
crowd until the very last. Grizzled old
Grand Army men formed a striking feature
OF the procession. Many of them walked
ON crutches. The caisson on which rested
the body was received everywhere with
uncovered heads, and where the crowd had
Deen noisy it was instantly hushed when
the object of all this military display ap-
preached In Fifth avenue, from Twenty
second to Fourteenth streets, the crush of
the people was so great that the mounted
police had great difficulty in clear
square, all except the regular military
escort were dismissed The caisson with
this escort then turned into Broadway and
down to Canal street, from which point the
ferry was soon made. The gates were
thrown open end the caisson driven aboard
the boat, escorted by the Lafayette post
under General Veazey A few minutes
later the funeral party was aboard. the
boat swung out into the stream, and the
great funeral, the last tribute which the
metropolis could pay, was over.
When the boat reached Jersey City, an
other throng of thousands of people was
met. A large force of police and the Fourth
regiment of the national guard of New Jer-
sey were drawn up between the ferry en-
trance and the north end OF the depot, be-
yond which stood the special trains. The
military presented arms, the colors were
lowered, the drum corps played dirge and
the church bells tolled as the caisson passed
from the boat to the train. A guard of
honor from the New Jersey national guard
was at hand to accompany the remains
through the state.
The funsral train was made up of seven
care. The remains were conveyed in a
combination car. The others were occupied
by the guard of honor, congressional com
mittees and families. The combination car
was festooned heavily with black draper
les. The other cars were less elaborately
draped. The train left Jersey ity at 6 As