The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-07-03
Civic and Military Parade at
Funeral.
FLORAL DECORATIONS SUPERB.
General warfield in Procession.
salutes Fired at Fort Point-very
Large Crowd Attend the Services.

The funeral of the late Major-G 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
pomp 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 chancel was hidden from view
by floral tributes. The generals staff
sent pillar of sweet peas over two feet
in height The Third Brigade, N.G.C.,
sent an immense shield of vari-colored
pinks. George H. Thomas Post, G. A.
R., sent 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
were Rev DR.. Mckenzie and Rev. E. H.
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,
jor-General Walter Turnbull, retired
officers of n. G. c.; Brigadier-General
M W. Muller, commanding division !;
Colonel F. S. Chadbourne, Governors
staff; Colonel A. E. Castle, division
staff; Lieutenant-Colonel B. H. Poppy,
division staff; Major Hansen, Second
Brigade staff; T. H. Goodman, G. A. R. ;
C. Wilson, Colonel w. Edwards, Gold
en- Gate Commandery, knights Tenn
plar;. A Cheeseborough, United States
Judge Morrow, H G. Platt, W. F. Good;
Acting Major c. 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. NJ, and ]. Nield, A. 0.
U. w.
The immediate mourners, Mrs. JAR
Doe and Mrs ]. Tobin, both daughters
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 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
nv their silence and sorrow eulogize
the dead more than they could II
words"
At the conclusion of the church ser
vices the funeral cortege left the churef
and was preceded down Van Ness ave
nue to the cemetery by the Third Brl
gade Band playing Chopin's Malch'
Funebre The entire brigade followeu
Then came Colonel Burns at the nea'
of the Veteran Guards, G. A. X. corps
Of muffled drums slowly rolled theil
eorrowful music at the head OF the Ma
val battalion. Captain Douglass head
cd the Veteran Firemen.
The easket, draped with the Amer
lean flag. rested on the truck OF gun
carriage hauled by six horses.
General Dimond's unmounteo steeu
DRAINED in black. followed the remain
Of his late master Further back cam
nrivate carriages reaching far IN IN
rear. co,,oro
A. the end of Bush street Genera
warfeld ordered the military to torn
in line. Captain j. Cunningham's Com
many K. the special escort, fired tnre
yoilevs as the casket was lowered mt
the grave.
During the obsequies the soldiers a
Fort Point fired a salute OF thirteei
,,,s intervals of ten seconds.