The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-28

tight metal CaSkeL ana turtleF lnClOScQ IN
cloth covered burial case. This will be
/ removed and substituted for a handsome
polished casket furnished by the Confcd-
crate veterans of Louisiana before the
start is made This organization TO
which was committed the remains OF
Mr. Davis have guarded them night and
DAY for more than two years and
when 10 was decided by Mrs. Davis that
his body should nave a final resting place
in beautiful Hollywood they claimed the
privilege of paying this last rite, and all
the arrangements and ceremonies in con
! nectiOn with this transfer to Virginia
were intrusted TO their care For this
honor the Louisiana veterans made an
eloquent plea and the committee recog-
uizing their faithful services in the past
was glad to have them give shape and
direction to the ceremonies in the Ores
! cnt city.
Gov. Foster. as chief executive of the
state, will make a brief address at the
time of the removal of the remains
from the tomb of the Army of Northern
J Virginia in which they have lain since
! Dec. II, 1889. They will then be
escorted by military and civic organiza-
tions TO the train which will bear the
! ashes of the great confederate TO Rich
mond
The route TO Richmond is principally
over the Richmond and Danville system
! of railways, and the elegant funeral train
! which will bear the remains of Mr. Davis
and the distinguished escort is furnished
| by that road. 1t will be composed of
| Pullman vestibuled sleeping, drawing
room and dining cars baggage car and
| funeral car. The latter which is being
| specially prepared in the cOmpany's shops
| at Richmond, is well adapted to the pur-
pose.
1t is a large observation car of unusual
V8riH FErith rrIac ciH
seats are being removed except a few for
the immediate escort to the remains, and
substantial bier will be erected in the
center of the car.
The funeral train will be appropriately
decorated and the funeral car heavily
draped in mourning, leaving the glass
sides of the car unobstructed so that those
who will gather at every station along the
line to see il pass will be rewarded by a
momentary sight of the raised bier bear
ing all that is mortal of the confederate
president
The arrangements will be such that the
ladies and others of the party will be
able, if necessary, to live en- route indie
pendent of hotels and eating houses, max
ing it possible to guard against incon-
venient delays.
The funeral train will leave New Or
leans this evening, May 2S, and will
make no stops except those arranged for
by the committee. The first halt win be
made at BeauvOir, the old plantation
home of the Davis family, where a few
minutes will be allowed for the friends
and old servants of the family to deposit
their floral offerings upon the bier of him
whom they esteemed and loved. At
Montgomery where the train will arrive
Monday morning, preparations for i'm
pressive ceremonies are being made.
Here the interest will be enhanced by the
historical setting surrounding the pict-
ure.
1t was here that the southern confed-
eracy was first organized, and in the state
house where Mr.. Davis remains will lie
in state for two hours he was inaugurated
president of the provisional government
The great pillars of the first confederate
capitol, it is said, will be twined in flow
ers and the decorations generally will
partake of this beautiful character rather
than the somber hue usual on
such occasions. Gov. Jones and
staff, the state officials, military and civic
organizations will escort the remains from
the train to the capitol, where appropri-
ate ceremonies will be observed, and back
to the train again
The school children will join the parade
and take part in the ceremonies The
same afternoon the funeral train will
reach Atlanta; equally impressive cere-
monies will be observed. A public demon
stration will be participated in by the
military and civic organizations, and
Gov NOrthen and the state officers will
take appropriate part.
The only stop in South Carolina will be
made at Greenville in the night. A brief
halt will also be made at Greensboro on
the morning of the Both, and Raleigh will
be reached at noon. Here again elaborate
preparations have been made to receive
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| capitol where impressive ceremonies
| will he the order of the
| day. The gathering at Raleigh will
| come from the state at large and the
occasion will be utilized as a reunion of
confederate veterans perhaps for the last
| time. The escort of honor will comprise
| Gov. Carr and staff and many of the dis
| tinguished men of the state. One of the
members of the escort will be James ii.
| Jones, Mr.. Davis body servant and coach
man. He is highly respected COlOrcd
| citizen of Raleigh and for several years
was elected to the-board of aldermen of
| that city. He was greatly attached to
| his master and always refers to him in
| terms of the greatest esteem. He has
| offered to take any part assigned to him
| in the parade in Richmond and he will no
| doubt be invited to resume his old place
| on the coaChman's box to drive Mrs
| Davis to Hollywood
| The esteem in which Mr.. Davis was
| held by his old servants is shown also in
a letter to the committee on invitations:
Robert Brown (colored) at st. Elmo Ala:
| Your invitation received. l regret very
| much that | will not be able to attend our
| great commander and former masters
| funeral, for want of means. If YOU
! will kindly furnish me with ticket I would
/ he thankful to you to the end OF my days
There is nothing in this world that would
| please me better than to assist at the funeral
of my beloved master. Hoping that you will
| kindly furnish me with the necessary means.
| / am your obediant servant.
| The committee will arrange for his
coming and assign him part in the cere-
monies.
It is also probable that Hon. George
| Davis, who was a member of the confed-
crate cabinet, and who resides in Will
mineton, n c., may be present and de-
liver an address while the remains of Mr.
Davis are lying in state. He is, however,
an old maG in feeble health and may not
be able TO stand the strain.
The funeral train, which will have
added largely to it's escort at the cities
named, will be met at the Virginia state
line by Mai. Gen. Thomas A. Brander.
commanding the Virginia division of the
confederate veterans, and the committee
from Lee camp, who have charge of the
arrangements of the parade in Rich
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