Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-27
COL. CHAMBERS BURIED
WITH MASONIC HoNoRs-THE
FUNERAL CoNcouRsE
Was One Of Tho Largest Ever Seen IN This Cib.
Action Of r. E, Loo Camp Of Ex-
conIoderales on The Death.


ASHES 70 ashes"
dust 10 dust"
These words were spoken yesterday
aud all thar was mortal of ColOuel AM
the bosom Of the Great Mother, the
earth, TO rest awaiting the touch OF the
awakening angel.
The funeral services were long aud i'm
tercsung and the Tabernacle &. Il. church
WIS filed 10 overlooking 10y the friends
Of the deceased, who had gathered TO
pay him this last honor
After the church ceremonies n process
sion was formed of the members OF
The Masonic fraternity aud under tue es-
corl Of the lire department., the hcarse
bearing the reinnins, aud followed by o
very long line of carriages moved out
Front 10 Rusk, and up Rusk to Bel
KNAPP, thence on out TO the old cemetery
where the remains were Inferred
The procession was one of the longest
that has ever followed the body of any
citizen Of Fort Worth 20 the grave
The pail bearers were all Past Wor-
shipiul Master Masons, viz: j. L. Hog
set, X. IA. King, Sam Furmnu Zane
Cetti, w. H. lfiold and A. q. McClune
SO mote Il be-
II. Il. LEE CAMP.
Met In special session Saturday nipbt
TO take action ON the death of their
deceased brother aud the formal an-
nouucement of the death of Colonel
Chambers WAS made 10y Judge Cummins
In these words:
Il becomes our solemn duty 70 re-
port 10 H. TO- Lee camp thnt our lato
comrade Andrew j. Chambers. has
crossed over the river nud now rests
under the shade OF the trees in the great
camp beyond with jackson, lcc, Stuart
and Hood, under whose eyes he battlod
~ the army of Northern Virginia He
had req ched the three score years nl-
lotted TO men, aud IN that time has done
his duty well, and Is entitled to an hon
9rble discharge, not only as soldier.
but as "a civilian
Many of Us were near him Ia front
Of Richmond. when be, with Hoods
Texans, led the f0rlorn hopes on the
Mechanicsville road on the 2lst OF June,
leb2, when, after repeated charges and
irghttul losses, his command started the
doubling up process by which McClel.
IAN was forced 10 change his base aud
retire behind bis gun boats la the James.
Here an army Of l2J,UuO men as
overcome 10y less than $4,000 of the
inner circle Let 10 no longer be- said
that We boosted in vain Ia the beginning
that we We're match for them on "A
scale of three 90 one. Our hero WAS
one Of that noble army Of martyrs that
did II then, and all through those cam.
paigns, til the last scene at App0mattOx.
when the disparity Ia numbers rose 20.
double these figures. The Federal peu-
sion roll h some proof OF this
lie Is a Misslssppiau by birth, the
central pivotal Southern state that nur.
tured Jefferson Davis, the central figure
IN this struggle over the man Ia black
for home rule aud local sef-goyern-
mcnt.
| have II from some Of his frontier
stories that some Of the best days Of our
dead brother We're devoted 10 settling
the man In red on the borders Of Texas
10 that reserve which the survival OF
the httest ever assigns 10 the less CONE
pick IN Intellect. Ia these strugges,
mind ~ asserting It's superiority over
muscle, such Is "A practical illustration
OF the Darwiuian theory.
Wherever his lot was cast IN lie he
was what the Romans call "a man OF
affairs" Law and order flowed ia pre-
else gnes when measured by this prac-
teal Intellect
As assessors Of taxes IN Tarrant coun.
~. the revised statutes OF the state Of
Texas show the diagrams that he drew
On which the large grants 20 the colOnisis
and early settlers are laid OF 20 irac-
lions under his plans framed into law.
As o representative Of his county in
the legislature the school laws 0n the
statute books show how he valued the
systematic requirement Of the first steps
Ia knowledge. The active part be- took
Ia the establishment Of the neat church
on the East side near his home. shows
what value De set upon Cody life as
The essential part Of a goodly life
An IN an his life has been an active
one. aud an uncommOnly useful one ~
lbs fellow man. II every child Do the
land would struggle 10 bring forward
Va the end as fair d balance sheet a.
has our dead brother their lives would
be the better for the living.
His end. while not unexpected, yet,
was sudden "GOl's finger touched him,
and be- slept
committee was appointed 10 draft
resolutions of regret and respect, which
was done in feeling words.