Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-23

Of The Indian troubles, attracted the
! greatest attention. immediately in
/ their rear came Batteries f, of the
Seaond artillery. and a, of the Fourth,
under command of Maj Edward III.
Winston; and of the companies of in
fantry from the Seventh, Tenth, Twelfth,
Thirteenth and Fourteenth infantry,
commanded by Col. Edward F. Town
send
Behind the infantry came the cais-
son; the stately coal black steeds mov-
Ing slow and inpressiyely, as though
approaching the greatness Of him for
whom they were performing the last
Office On either side of the cassion, as
we'll as before and behind forming a
complete square, marched twenty-four
memtes Of the Ransom Grand Army
post, the organization of which some
time before his death the general had
requested that it perform this duty,
Only the solemn nature Of the oc-
casion served to restrain the spectators
from venting its enthuiasm on the select
contingent, nearly all of them white
haired, some feeble and weak, for they
were nearly all of the remnant of that
gallant band that followed "Uncle
Billy" as they familiarly called him,
through Chickasaw bayous, Arkansas
Pass. Champion Hills, Vicksburg, Jack
SON Collinsville, and Mission Ridge,
when the gallant old Thirteenth did
service
Then came coal black steed with
with flashing eyes and fiery nostrils, led
by an orderly and bearing the generals
sword and accoutrements across the
saddle
The caisson was followed by num-
Der of local clergy of all denominations
in carriages and after them came the
pallbeaIers that had accompanied the
remains from New York and the honor
arv nallbearers Sc ected in this city.
Close behind were the surviving
members of the per onal staff of the dead
general, as wei as the survivors of the
western sanitary commission. Then in
carriages followed the family and the
New York party while the army COM
mittee, Gems. SchOheld, Miles, Slocum
Andrews, Howard. Randolph, Lieut.
kiusbu1y. Capt Andrews and Capt Bar
rett, brought up the rear. There We're
1909 troops in this division, with the
bands and @20 cavalry horses and 240
artillery horses,
There wa3 o slight break between this
and tie second Givis.on, which was COM
posed OF communicates of the Society of
lhe Amy Of the Tennessee and the
Loyal legion. It was headed by ex-
President rutherford B. Hayes, as com
mander-in-chief, and staff, and com
pli cd in order delegations of the Mis-
souri, lllil-Jis, Kansas, Indiana, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vlnia and Minnesota Communicates. A
delegation 0 100 members of the Army
Of the Tennessee from Chicago brought
up the rear division. The Illinois divi-
sion of The Grand Army headed by De-
partment Commander W. L. Distin and
stan had the right of line in the third
division, and was followed by depart
ment delegations from Kansas, Michi-
gan. Nebraska, and some forty Missouri
posts. The Sons of Veterans of the state
were represented by large delegations
from over twenty camps Col. j. Ras-
& eur was marshal of the division which
had over {, 900 in line
Nor was the following, or Fourth, di-
vision le S imposing than its predeces-
sols 1t was commanded by Governor
d. 4. Francis, and was headed by the
National Guard troops from this city,
Carthage, Kansas City, and the cadets
of the state University of Columbia to
a grand total of over 1000, and acting
rs escort to the First, Fourteenth and
Nineteenth infantry Company B, Ninth
battalion, Battery b. First Light artil-
iery and the cadets from the military
school at Portsmouth of Ohio, and
to total of / 800 more. About 1000
state troops and 800 regulars made up
the first half of the division The sec
cnd half was led by Chief Justice
Thomas II. Sherwood and his associates
of the state supreme court, the judiciary
of the United States and minor courts,
all in carriages, Lieutenant Governor
Clayton, heading the state senate,
Speaker Tutte, heading the house of
rCpresentyti, ,es and the state officials.
They we're followed by Governor
Fifer and staff, of Illinois, and twenty
four senators and sixty members of the
hoa2c Of representatives of Illinois.
Thee were followed by delegation of
the general nssembly of Ohio.
The Fifth division was strong in num-
bees ami representative in character.
II was commanded by Maj. Charles G.
Rainwater and consisted Of civic soci-
eties. mercantile, historical and quasi
military organizations, Two hundred
membars Of the ex-Confederate associa-
ton Of Missouri, wearing mourning
badge and Grape armlets, marched be-
hind The chief of staff, a silent tribute to
the memory of the warrior whose sup
uiar genius had compelled them TO lay
down their arms and sue for peace, and
mute testimony to the fact that van
nished as well as victor mourned the fact
that "Old Tecumseh' had gone from
sight. They wore their old Confederate
uniform and attracted general attention.
Also in line were a society of German
war veterans. Several Turner society
lodges. l{ni hts of Honor and the mem
bers of the hi torical society.
in the sixth and last division were
city officials headed by Mayor Noonan,
City c mptroller Gen. John d. Stephen
son who was a corps commander under
Sherman; the city council and house Of
delecates; all other city departments and
boards, the merchants and mechanics,
exchanges and citizens afoot and in car
rjages From beginning to end the pro
ceesion was over four miles in length.
And so the cortege slowly wended its
way to Calvary With perhaps the
possible exception of the demonstration
tina accompanied the interment of the
remains of Ulysses s. Grant, it was the
most notable tribute to the memory of
mn American that the country has ever
Witnessed. The route was fully five
and half miles in length but at no
poiut was there a perceptible dimuni-
tiun in the uubloken line of spectators
Everything was in keeping with the
solemnity Of the occasion. Minute
guns were fred by the batteries and
church bells were tolled as the caisson
passed by, and the bands alternated the
Jno1 t,1sg.sb in SauI with other dirgas