Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1893-05-31
AT REST IN RICHMOND
THEs DAVIS REM AIMS REACH
THERE TODAY.

An Immense COncOurse Of x'eO- |
PIE Meet the Funeral Train at |
she Dcpos-The north Carolina
Contingent Large.
RICHMOND, Va. May 31.-At 3:05 this
morning the funeral train bearing the
remains of ex-President Davis drew up
at the depot in this city. Thousands of
men, women and children, some of whom
had waited for hours, greeted its arrival.
besides the military escort composed of
members of Lee and Picket Camps Con
federate Veterans and the First Virginia
Infantry. The line of march was taken
up with the Richmond Light Infantry
Blues, who had gone to Danvillc with
| the governor to meet the train, at the
head of the procession, followed by the
| First regiment and Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Georgia and North Carolina vet
Grams as escort.
| The march from the station to the
! capitol was very impressive. The wall
ing notes of the dead march on the fife
| and drum and the slow, steady. regular
| tramp of the veterans marching in fours
| behind the bier in the grey dawn between
| the ranks of spectators on either side OF
the street, was exceedingly solemn Upon
reaching the capitol building, the mill
tarv opened the ranks at present arms,
while the veterans marched throrgh n
with heads uncovered, until the doors OF
the buildings were reached. when a halt
was made and the casket was borne to
the door of the senate chamber IN the
rotunda of the building, and placed IN
position under the guard of Lee camp.
From daylight until O'Clock hundreds
. of strangers and city people passed
through the capitol and viewed the cas-
, kct which was almost euvelOped in flora
: tributes of various designs from NORTH
| Ret
+ . and IL o'clock about 5000 pubil'
school children passed by the bier, eact
one dropping flowers as n tribute OF al
9 fiction until the huge mass had assumed
a proportions equal to several wago'
- loads.
The Louisiana escort of the remain
j consisted of General John Glynn. Jr
h staff, ]. Moore Wilson: Jno. 7; Block
n Charles Santana. J: X: Renaud, DR.; Gee
H. Typsuf sh+ II cM;,s WI SaStls%sn; ias W
r. D. S. Sullivan. G. T. Uttz, Thos. Glen
;s ents. Howell Garter. A. NJ. Haas. Homo
&c e. Dugas. T. ]. Royster. L. M:Collun
,e Will Miller, !; T. Brown. T. B. Finley.
y, Y. Gilmore, Thos. Higgins, I. G STAND
+ fer, E. ]. Kurshcdt. M. e. Shaddock, !
=, Aren't. The following constituted tt
- special detail of honor by Govcrne
r. Foster of Louisiana: Brigadier Gene1 S
~ Vinet, chief of ordinance; Brigadier Ge
~ eral McGurck, commissary geners
p Brigadier General Barksdale. judge a
~ vocate general; Col. F. A. O'Beir. al
~ Lieutenant Colonel Tremaux, of staff
az 1st military district; Brigadier Gener
=, Borland, 1st brigade Louisiana Sta
er National guard; Maj. John w. Watso
81 brigadier ordinance officer. Every M
oel was a picked veteran Confederate soldi
" selected out of the entire State of Lou
hit ,aha ny III :,to., .S;tL
~ portrait of Davis.
ed ne NUith U go s+aff :
Use aise' W,'n u no
= Col. Everett. Col. Wharton ]. Gre
III Col. A. d. Stark, Capt. VIM. Snni
tic Capt. S. A. Ashe, Col ]. S. Carr, Ca
.n,, N. A. Ramsey, Col. ]. f. Brown, Col
IL | NJ. Odell and DIR. Leath.