The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-05-11

It came from baud that led Troop A. Of
The National Guard Of the State Of New
York, who had been selected to escort Pres
5Sent Harrison and his Cabinet with few
especially invited guests, to the grave of
President Harrison's predecessor.
The escorting cavalry was commanded by
Captain e. F. Roe and were $50 strong.
Ibey were drawn up in double files around
the carriage to be occupied by the Nations
Gnief Executive.
The Presidents carriage vas an open
Aarouche, drawn by four horses, black
wbeelers and bay and gray leaders. Mr..
Cornelius Vanderbilt's coachman handled
she reins, and two Of his footmen stood at
he horses heads.
When President Harrison came out Of the
Twenty.third street entrance to the hotel,
sscorted BY General Horace Porter, as
sspresentative Of the Grant Monument
FUND. he was greeted with cheers from a
crowd that was massed in solid battalion
hat reached from Fourth to Sixth avenue
AS soon as President Harrison wus seated
lifted his hat In recognition Of the friendly
applause given him, and Troop A, in files on
Zach side Of the carriage, slowly started fer
Riverside Park.
In a'second carriage, drawn by two noble
hay horses, sat Vice-President Levi P. Nor
spa and Mr.. F. D. Tappen. Next came
Secretary Of War Elkins and Lieutenant
Parker. In following carriage was Post
master-General Wanamaker and John 81.
Starin. Secretary of the Interior Noble and
Il. W. Cannon came next, and in still
3ure Rusk and Cornelius N. Bliss, General
Schofeld and General Granville Dodge, Dr.
Cnauncey NJ. Depsw and Mr.. F. E. Tlford,
the Rev. DR.. John Hall and Mr.. e. F. Cra-
gip, J. H. V Arnold, representing Mayor
Grant, and President Gallup, of the Depart
nent Of Public works.
When the procession reached Madison
Euuare Troop A saluted the President and
then formed into four platoons in front of
his carriage and three in the rear, with a file
Of outriders on either side.
Then the line of march was begun. Fifth
avenue was simply packed by people.
The cavalcade proceeded briskly up Fifth
avenue to Fifty-seventh street, thence to
second street, to Riverside Drive, and thence
In 116th street the Grand Army had
gathered from two to three thousand strong,
and was forming in line, ready to march up
the hillside. Soon after o'clock the order
to march was given, and the column swung
into Eighth avenue, twelve abreast.
The route was up the avenue to One
Hundred and Twenty y-third street
and across to the tomb. where ranks were
broken, the men dispensing themselves about
the grounds as they chose. Nearly all the
veterans were in full uniform, and the officers
wore side arms. Quite a number, however,
came in civilian dress, with nothing to indi-
cate who they were except the Grand Army
badges on their breasts. These marched in
n separate body behind the uniformed hosts
The invited guests arrived at the tomb
slowly, but by 9 o'clock every seat on the
platform was occupied. Commodore Erben,
the commandant of the Navy Yard, was
present with his staff, and General o. o.
Howard with his. 1t was just O'Clock
when the widow of General Grant, dressed
IN deep black, appeared on the platform
She was accompanied BY her two sons, Jesse
and ULYSSES S. Grant, and their wives, Mrs.
C.H. r. Coils, and her sister-in.law, Mrs
Frederick Dent. Many OF the guests gathered
around Mrs. Grant to pay their respects Just
before the Presidents arrival. Among those
presented to Mrs Grant at this informal re-
ception was Tsui Kwo Yam, the Chinese
Minister to the United States, and his inter
pve-er, Shun Yu Ting, woo had come from
Wa,lins ton to witness the ceremonies.
There were about 5000 seats reserved on
the platform. or these. $500 were occupied
by the members of the different trades and
prot essions who have been and are still act
Ing as committeeman an1 chairmen OF CON-