Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-06-06
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. WITH MILITARY. HONOR.
The Secretary's Remains Tempor-a
III @8 sarify Deposited in Oak
woods Vault. s.

Chicago, ILL, May 30.-Without osten-
tation, as beftted his life among his peo-
pie, but with the military and civic ac-
compartments which ran even foot with
his achievements as soldier, jurist
and, statesman, the remains of Walter. =.
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 cenl-
etery this afternoon amid the mower
strewn graves of his comrades in arms
graves decorated by the hands of men
who had fought them on many. 4, bloody
iield-and in the shadow of the monu-
ment just dedicated i'll honor OF the Vators
of those who had given their lives Tor
the Confederate cause.
It was a most remarkable JuXtaposi-
ton. In the early hours of the day. Fed
erals and Colfederates had joined IN the
unwilling of a mOnument9stO the oUOO
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 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 Gene,
teries about the city. the flowers WINCH
grow in our own latitude. Almost the
echoes of the Nyolley fired over the Con-
federate burying ground by the first rcgi-
ment of state militia and of the bugle
blare could be heard and taps We're
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 %t@st @%
Fitting End to the Ceremonies.
It 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 sol
dier he had won the respect of those who
fought him; as 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 or
the North. "a !. ss
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 were not completed till
within an hour of the time of carrying
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
north Of the city limits and this forenoon
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
Gen. Wesley Merritt, Col; II. G. Corbin,
Col. Grafton, United States Marshal
Arnold and committee of citizens met III
consultation and completed the arrange,
ments The following were appointed
honorary pallbearers: ,H ~
William A. Woods, James G.. Jenkins,
John w: showalter, judges of the United mites
lam s1'l j. Alien. William a. seaman, judges Of
the United States district court; Henry w.
Blodgett, retired judge Of the United States
district court; W. g. Ewing. Richard S.
Tuthill. judges of the circuit court; Mar
shall Field. J. Russell Jones, Thomas Dent,
Edwin Walker, Charles H Aldrich. Gen.
William 3. Anderson, Capt. William Z.
Black, Gen. George w. Smith, James L.
The following were selected to be. the
active pallbearers:f f{
Gen. W. Sooy Smith, Charles H. Slack,
Capt. James Duguid Capt. Myron a. Beach,
Capt. Herman s., JACKSON Col. William L.
IT, Paddock, Capt. Nathan a. Read, Col.
Lemuel O.. Gilman, Col. George NJ Guion
and Capt kaShDell. t 7tte' -' t&
.s...s 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 2 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 pallbearers, and next came
the funeral car with the active pallbear-s
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 cortere brought up the MEM
bers of the Loyal LEGION G. A. r. vet
Grams, judges Of the. courts, state and
municipal officers, civic societies and citi-
zens. W. Et
~ Vice President Stevenson, ex-Postmas-
ter-General Bissell and Gov. Matthews of
Indiana met the funeral train upon its
arrival and were signed places in the
carriages. Maj Gen. Wesley Merritt,
while not assuming command of the mill
tary, was in attendance in full uniform,
Sehofeld, u. s. A., was accompanied by
Lieut.-Col. Charles B. SchofeId and
Lieut-Col T. FL. 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 barred their heads 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. az
Tho Last Sad Rites. sf8S Isl
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 a hymn by the choir and
prayer. The remains were temporarily de-
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
in rtotl .Ihn day. WAS fine. ! with LIGHT