The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-03
GENERAL DIM0ND
LAID At REST.
Civic and Military Parade at
Funeral.
FLORAL DECORATIONS SUPERB.
Honors to the Distinguished Citizen.
General WarieId In Procession.
Statutes Fired at Fort Point-Very
Large Crowd Attend the Services.

The funeral of the late Major General
William H. Dimond took place in San
francisco on June oath from the First
Presbyterian Church, the remains be-
ing escorted and laid at rest with the
Romp due his rank in Laurel Hill Gem
etery.
AS early as noon Van Ness avenue
from California to Clay streets was
crowded with people, and it was almost
a physical impossibility for any more
people to gain admission to the church
after the body arrived.
The chanceI was hidden from view
by floral tributes. The generals staff
sent pillar of sweet peas over two feet
in height. The Third Brigade, NG.C.,
sent an immense shield of vari-colored
pinks. George H. Thomas Post, G.. A.
r., sent a broken wheel of lilies and
roses. The private offerings required
three wagons to convey them to the
grave.
The weighty metallic casket, draped
with the American flag, was carried
into church by six stalwart sergeants
of the Third Brigade. Preceding it
jerks, assistant pastor of the church.
The honorary pall-bearers represent
ing military, social, civic and other or
CARNATIONS in which deceased was
most prominent, were as follows: Ma
yDI% hill .nfi
officers of N. G.. c.; Brigadier-G
M. w. Muller, commanding division;
Colonel F. S. Chadbourne, Governors
staff; Colonel A. E. Castle, division
staff: Lieutenant-C Colonel B. H. Poppy,
division staff; Major Hansen, Second
Brigade staff; t. H. Goodman, G.. A. r. !
c. Wilson, Colonel w. Edwards, Cold
en- Gate Commandery, Knights Tenn
pIar; A. Cheeseborough, United States
Judge Morrow, II. G. Plat, w. F.. Good;
Acting Major G. L. Taylor, H. T. Scott,
Chamber of Commerce; e. w. Hopkins,
F. w. Zeile, C. R. Bishop, Ignatz Stein
hart. w. w Montague, Board of Trade;
Colonel A. D. Cutter, George H. Thomas
Post, G. A. R.; e. F. Deiger, Occidental
Lodge, F. and A. M, and j. Nield, A. o.
u. w.
The Immediate mourners, Mrs. Jar
poe ana MIS-. y. IOUlu, DOIh CouShICAO
of the deceased, his two sonos, Harry
and Edward, and his son-in-law, Joseph
Tobin, followed the casket.
After prayers by Rev. DR.. Mckenzie,
who officiated, and the regular ser
vices that reverend gentleman said:
Words of eulogy can be fittingly
spoken on an occasion like this, but
request is made that they be not pro-
longed, but rather that they be short
and few While we all know that on
an occasion like this there is certain
right of the public community to invade
the privacy of the domestic home, will
accede to the request in so much as a
brief eulogy is concerned.
1T is not always words that express
the most. There is more than words
can express as a eulogy over the re-
mains of our departed friend in the
presence here today of the business
men and leaders in every honorable
path of life The body of citizens, leav-
ing their places of business at midday
to nav their respects to the deceased,
by their silence and sorrow eulogize
the dead more than they could IN
Words
At the conclusion of the church SER
vices the funeral cortege left the church
and was preceded down Van Ness ave-
nue. to the cemetery by the Third Br1-
gade Band playing Chopin's Marche
Funebre The entire brigade followed
Then came Colonel Burns at the head
of the Veteran Guards. G. A. r. Corps
of muffied drums slowly rolled their
sorrowful music at the head OF the Ma
val Battalion. Captain Douglass head
ed the Veteran Firemen.
The casket, draped with the Amer
lean flag, rested on the truck OF gum
carriage hauled by six horses
General Dimonds unmounted steed,
draped in black, followed the remains
of his late master. Further back came
private carriages reaching far in the
rear.
At the end of Bush street General
WarfieId ordered the military to form
in line. Captain ]. Cunningham Com
pany K. the special escort, fired three
volleys IS the casket was lowered into
the grave.
Durins, the obsequies the soldiers at
Fort Point fired a salute of thirteen
guns intervals of ten seconds.