New-York tribune., 1891-02-20


Rev. Father Van Rensselaer,.
With the departure of the carriages, which
drove off quickly, at first, leaving clear space
for forming in column and marching, the whole
procession was set in motion.
THE MILITARY FORCES.
General lIoward's headquarters, at No. l,lSo
Fighth-ave, had been filled with uniformed staH
officers and aides before IL O'Clock had arrived.
Adjutant-G General Butterfield represented ucheFal
Howard, but General Howard himself feacheu
headquarters shortly after midday ana reHaihVu
there most of the time until he took his departure
for the Sherman home. The military men seen d,
hcadouarters in addition to the civilians detailed
as special aides on the stan o; The coihilaloi"s
officer weh General Horace Porter, General
NJ d. Leggett General Floyd Clark'on' Deher'"
Robert Nugent, General Henry f. Tremain' MAJOR
General Barnum. Captain Ii. T. kingsbury, 9th
Cavalry: Captain A. NJ. Wetherell 9th Infantry :
First Lieutenant r. H. Patterson, lat Artillery :
First Lieutenant l.. 4. Craig. 9th Cavalry; tIrs'
Lieutenant Guy Howard, 18th Infantry, alde-dc-
camp; First Lieutenant Henry {. Benson, Gun
Cavalry: First Lieutenant David Price, ISL
Artillery: First Lieutenant Charles u. treat
5tb Artillery, aide-de-camp First Lieutenant
w. w. FORSYTH, 9Th Cavalry; Second Lieutenant
Samuel Rodman, jr., 1st Artillery Aduluohai
Second Lieutenant Golden l.. ii. Ruggics, ISL
Artillery
The Regular Army contingent promptly leachcd
tbe places assigned 10 il. IL is no lh'lulo'e
comparson TO say that the regulars at''ac'eu
more attention than the members OF the Na'iohai
Guard. The public opportunity oil seeing rS'
ments or companies of the Regular Army OF p",">.e
is not frequent, while the officers ana men. .nci'
reonIaritv their precision their solidity and look
of reserved force impressed all the spectators.
Among the first of the Regular Army divisions
to arrive was Battery H. Of the lst Ariiiery' lIon'
IT,. Hamilton IT, numbered sixty men, and
brought four guns 1t was uIder the command
of Captain Dillenl,ack and Lieutcnants Van Ness
and Marsh Forming part OF the regular cs'oiV
with Battery was the lst Battery OF 'he
National Guard cighty-fve men ana lour guns
commanded by Captain Wendell. First Lieutehan'
John Griffith, and Second Licuienants Hchihi"
and Bocchcr Then came the unm0nn'ed re2"l'l
artillery battalion, marching as iniaitrS' al"
helpng to form the escort. Inc pa'Iiilo" was
composed of five companies OF the ISL AI,iI'''"
and one OF the I'd Artillery. There were III al
80 men, under the command o. Coiohei Aot'''
Companies 4. b. and c, of the Engineer corps
s,otioned at Willctt's Point, also formed part of
tho Reqular Army contingent. They numbered
o37 men, and were under tho COMMAND o. 'oi'"V'
King. -,
Troop A of the National Guard was commanded
bv Ceptain Roe, and as it formed n part OF the
.oo,,Ior escort under the command of Colonel
oomis /. Langdon. OF the lst Artillery. l. =. ~
!, ,vos th,rcht bv many who did not chance 70
500 the letters y. G. $. y. Y. on its guldons' TO
no = mar, of the Regular Army contingent.
Whilc The regular escorts massed in the street
in which General Sherman had lived was WAITING
for indoor ceremonies to Close the First Br9aHe o
tho National Guard, under command Of General
Jouis FITZGERALD, was gradually getting INTO line
oil tho way from SiXty-frSt down 10 tlltN-llfS'-Sl
While General Howard, who was one oi the pail
hearers and rode with them, was IN nominal COM
mond. the long column was led by General Daniel
rutterGeld lis senior aide and marshal WIN
him rode the staff officers whose names have oceh
printed above. ,.
,fter the first division, the regular military
escort under command OF Colonel Looms l..
Janrdon. lst Artillery, came the pallbeaIefS IN
carriages. the caisson with It's honorary escort
LAFAYETTE Post, General Sherman's horse, the fam
liz. Of tho dead General and the President and his
party. .
THE LOYAL LEGION.
Following came the military or'ler OF the Loyai
Ieoion of tho United States, with several officers
of y.
armorv of the 22d Regiment. In the absence Of
Naior.Gcneral Wager Swayne, the com
mander of the Commandery of New-iork'
who acted as pabcarer, Brcvet Brig
ader.Grncral Charles 4. Carleton took com
rond Reforc noon more than 275 officers
renorted ~ the commander in charge in the upper
room of the building facing the Boulevard. They
included among others Brigadiet-Gencial H. l..
Rurnett General Alexander Shalcr, Paymaster
Allen s Agar Paymaster a. Noel Brakeman,
Colonel Alfred Cooley Colonel X. T. IRWIN MAJOR
T e. WDell. Lieutcnant-F Fomm2nder James
Parker. Colonel Edward p. Nollhin MAJOR "eorge
DEF Barton Colonel &. l.. Gillespie MAJOR J'
Iongdon Ward. Medical Director Delavan Blood
good. Commander Phillip b. Low, Colonel IL. a.
Rrown. Major j. F. Land. Captain James Parker
Cantaln Fent0n. Captain Henry Erben, |. >. n
Medical Director Vaughn, /. $. n; Major W. IL.
Male Coptain w. G. Shackford, |. ). N: Com
wander Charles H. Rockwell, l.. :. n: Colonel \.
II. Clark. Captain John H. Harrl, Medical In
s,ructor Edward kershner. General }. j. Williams
Colonel J. K Slocum, Captain Thomas lylestoh'
Medical Director A. l.. Gihon, [. \. S.; Chaplain
Thomas Drum.
f, small number of the officers appeared in fell
uniform, while the majority were clad IN DARK
overcoats and trousers, with dark gloves anu
black hats. They wore III the ceh'rc VI o"o NV
breast their insignia and on the left arm U.f
usual badge of mourning. There was ho' manu-
somer boGy of men in the long procession
Soon after | o'clock General Carleton gave the
command 70 march After encircling the drll-
roouo of tho arnory the order marched down
C;>tv.cighth.st to West Central ParH-ave Ao
tho head Of the column were the active officers
of the Army and Navy; at its end were the sons
-, sovsraI members OF the order, known as menr
bers Of the second class. General carleton
hroucbt his men to a halt between SiNty-SiNth
and Sixty-seventh sts. They took pihcea Oh INC
west side of the street and there awaited the
arrival of the funeral procession They ieii IN
line after the passing of the carriages containing
the guests from Washington and other cities ana
marched TO Washington Square, where they with
drew from the procession