New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-23
4 RESTING PLICE TOR A MIRO
BODY OF GENERAL FREMONT. WHICH
HAS LONG BEEN IN \ VAULT BURIED.
INTERESTING CEREMONIES At R"'NDNN"
CEMETERY srAEKIl.L-AN ADDRESS

INTERESTING CEREMONIES At RocKLNND
CEMETERY srAEKIlI-AN ADDRESS
nY ADMIRAL MEADE.
The body OF General John G. Fremont when has
been in the receiving tomb o. RocklahH ''"e
terry Sparkill. for jwo years. was yesterday a''''
noon placed in a grave Oh the third plateau o.
that burial Mace \ cood-sized delegation from
tho Associated Pioneers OF the Terri; Oral Days OF
california with headquarters in ms ci'N' Win
others went up afternoon tram 10 ''' prs
ent at the burial Among them We're i''d'--i"-
mirsl Richard W. Meade, L. ; y, president oi '"'
sssociation: Francis D. Clark. secretary ana treas
ur.r. Iohn & Fremont son Of the General. ara
his wife: Nr ana Mrs John H. Townsend zap
tain Samuel Clapp G. 4. Roys. &. ". "hu'''i""'
J. NJ Prang George F. Bendcl. z j. PdniiS or
nolus Lvdecker H. r. Pond. Joseph Evans JOE"
Gault Colonel &. /. Murphy. N.Iiam 'o'I7""' '','
only surviving member Of Genera! Fremont iFi'-
TALON in California. and General Nelson \ MICS
head OF the Army Department OF IN" r.a"''
4 large crowd gathered at the crave. Inc iHr'aI
eorvice was read bv the Rev. =. Ward Den"s i'c-
for OF Christ Episcopal church. Spark'l As Inc
coffin was lowered into the graz" MIS-. loNhS""'
de,osited with il large cluster OF heani'El I'SS
re,r admiral Meade was then introduced ana
made n brief address. saving among other fhlhEs'
do not know what he said over 'fencral
ffemonts remains more mar, ~" n man1' lrart
said I'm the service General IIrihoiIt ' "a, =
thrilled with the love % his country aili lo we
ba
orv We revere He pioneer in more Sen'"s
,han ono To his work is largely Que IN" Fl"t
Marty that brought about the freedom 81 hou''ua
of fellow -cOuntrVmen In the niiru H'd''. Nv
ni,lsation of his heart beat for his connEE 'niia
hearts go out to-day 70 'ho"e WIN REMAIN " w
kindred and fflehdH-
Tho Rev F. Crowell a retired Baptist clergyman
NJ Nvack who spent long time IN 'aIhoiha'
s,ola NJ his trips through that state and OF MS
,,ci,s IN the most noted scenes o. General IRE
n,ont's victories II voted for the General In lNf'
soid no land with thousands Of others. shed tears
- ra~ret because he not elected. but never
moi him until 1857. when rode Win nm 10 an
Jose where a large reception aWalteh MN 81,
him Il hearty handShak" anu IL ""9 INV ""Pi'"N
time OF my life. . -, ,au,
The location OF the Fremont plot is the hanu,
soroest I'm Rockland Cemetery. 1t Is on bcautlIu
nlatesu 800 feet above the HUDSON River anu
and villages When General fremont lived AT
Tarrvtown on the opposite side OF the river ne
visited at the home % W II. Whiton, Piermoht
and many times expressed wish mat Wh"n ne
took some time to decide upon the location OF a
suitable plot hence the delay in burElilg the DolN
The foundation for the monument Is finished, ana
mans are being prepared for the monument Itself
ton Fremont" and have a cross above H.. a
short distance away from the Fremont pot ~ me
monument erected 10 tho memory or Lieutenant =
Commander Gorringe, who brought the obeIisK
10 this country. while on the plateau DeioW - ,ic
Mo, owned by the order OF Lafayette OF Newly ork.
As n part OF the cemetery was used as camping
ground by General I.afaycttes army turing me
Revolutionary War. Nearby is also the grave OF
General Bleuker, who was buried there several
years .., g..
an hour. the visitors returned TO the city on the
6:l5 train.