Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-06-05
WITH MILITARY HONOR.
The Secretary's Remains Temper
arily Deposited in Oak
woods Vault

compartments which ran even foot with
his achievements as soldier, jurist
and statesman, the remains of Walter 9.
Gresham, general in the Union armies,
the judge of the federal courts and secre-
tary of state of the United States, were
temporarily laid to rest in Oakwoods Gem
etery this afternoon amid the Hover
strewn graves of his comrades in arms
graves decorated by the hands of men
who had fought them on many q bloody
field-and in the shadow of the monu-
ment just dedicated in honor of the valor
of those who had given their lives for
the Confederate cause.
1t was a most remarkable juxtaposi-
ton. In the early hours of the day Fed
erals and COufederateS had Joined in the
unwilling of a monument to the 5000
Confederates who had died in the mill
tary prison at Camp Douglas; the eX-
Confederate association had streWn on
the graves of the Union soldiers buried
there a mass of flowers brought from the
ground over which they had fought less
than a generation ago, and the Union
veterans had placed upon the graves OF
their fallen comrades in the other ceme-
teries about the city the flowers which
grow in our own latitude Almost the
echoes of the vOlley fired over the Con-
federate burying ground by the first regi-
ment of state militia and of the bugle
blare could be heard and taps" were
still sounding and the smoke from their
rifles was still floating over the field of
peace, as the cortege of the dead secre-
tary of state filed in through the gates
into the cemetery.
Fitting End to the Ceremonies.
Tt was a remarkably fitting climax to
the remarkable ceremonies which had
just closed that the remains of the man
who claimed the allegiance of both the
North and the South should be deposited
there, the keystone to the arch of re-
cemented friendship whose visible sign
had just been unveiled there For a sol
der he had won the respect of those who
fought him; as n jurist he had gained the
love of the common people, and as Secre-
tary of state in a Democratic admins
tration he had commanded the support
of the people of the South as well as OF
the North.
The brief time at command after the
decision as to time and place of burial
! left little time for elaborate preparations
for funeral honors to the dead secretary.
In fact, beyond their general outlines, the
| arrangements We're not completed till
| them into execution. In anticipation of
| the military feature of the escort, two
| troops of cavalry and a battery of light
| artillery was started from Fort Sheridan,
| twenty miles north of the city, yesterday
| afternoon. They camped last night just
marched to Sixty-third street and the
| Illinois Central tracks. This morning the
| Fifteenth Infantry, United States regu-
lars, went by train from Fort Sheridan to
| the same point, reaching there at O'Clock
this afternoon. In the meantime Maj,
| Gen. Wesley Merritt, Col II. c. Corbin,
Col Grafton, United States Marshal
Arnold and a committee of citizens met i'll
| consultation and completed the arrange,
ments. The following were appointed
| honorary pallbearers:
William A. Woods, James G.. Jenkins,
States circuit court; Romanzo Bum, viii,
lam j. Allen. William II. Seaman, judges OF
the United States district court; Henry W
| district court; w. G.. Ewing, Richard s.
| Tuthll. judges of the circuit court; Mar
shall Field j. Russell Jones, Thomas Dent
Edwin Walker, Charles H. Aldrich Gen.
! William B. Anderson, Capt. William ?.
| Black Gen. George w. Smith, James L.
High.
The following were selected to be the
active pallbearers:
Gen. W. Sooy Smith, Charles II. Slack,
| Capt. James Duguid. Capt. Myron II. Beach,
Capt. Herman +. Jackson, Col William l..
Barnum, Gen. John Macarthur, Maj George
H. Paddock Capt Nathan A. Read, Col.
Lemuel O. Gilman, Col. George NJ. Guion
and Capt. kashbel
The Funeral Train Arrives.
At Fordham, on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, the special funeral train was
switched to the Illinois Central railroad,
arriving at SiXty-third street at O'Clock
this afternoon There the procession was
formed, headed by the escort of honor,
consisting of the troops of all arms from
Fort Sheridan. These were followed by
the honorary palbearers, and next came
the funeral car with the active pallbear-
ers walking on either side. Next rode the
members of the late secretary's family
and the Presidential party, and in the
rear Of the cortepe brought UP the mem
bers of the Loyal Legion, g. A. +. vet
Grams, judges of the courts, state and
municipal officers, civic societies and citi-
Zens.
Vice-President Stevenson, ex-Postmas-
ter-G eneral Bissell and Gov Matthews of
Indiana met the funeral train upon its
arrival and were assigned places in the
carriages. Maj .-Gen. Wesley Merritt,
while not assuming command of the mill
tary, was in attendance in full uniform,
accompanied by his staff. Lieut.-Gen.
Schofed, Z. s. A, was accompanied by
Lieut-Col. Charles y. Schoield and
Lieut-Col. 7. H. Bliss of his personal
staff
The procession moved west on Sixty
third street to Oglesby avenue, south to
Sixty-sixth street, west to Evergreen ave
nue. and south to the cemetery. The en-
tire line of march was crowded with peo-
pie who respectfully pared their neadS as
the cortege passed.
Arriving at the cemetery chapel the cas-
ket was removed from the funeral car
and borne within by eight sergeants of
marines.
The Last Sad Rites.
The services conducted by the Rev. S.
J. Mcpherson of the Second Presbyterian
church were impressive but simple, con-
sisting merely of scriptural readings.
there was wa hymn py t tne cnoir r, ana I
posted in the receiving vault of the ceme-
terry. No salute was fired, the ceremonies
concluding with taps" The train had
been held at Sixty-third street and the
Presidential party returned to it and at
once started on the return trip to Wash
ington The day was fine, with light
clouds fecking the sky and a bracing
breeze tempering the rather torrid rays
of the sun.