The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-28
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y. % arcbltects were requested TO
s,,h,n,, designs for a monumental to"o'
80, because OF the general desire 10 oo'
80, /, design which should at once De
work of art, picturesque 10 the popuia'
eye and durable enough TO iast through
tho ages. great caution was TAKEN anu
sdeas and plans were criticised from
every standpoint. 1t was not uh,ii sep
tamher 1880 that the plans OF j. III. Dun
- % Now York. were accepted by the
ossocIation. and on the anniversary OF
General Grants birthday in 1871 ground
was broken. with appropriate ceremonies.
Cor the construction OF tomb 10 cost
between $4,000 and 100000.
nv January. 1892. with the work Of con-
str,lction under way, the fund had Ian
euished. Despite all effort the fund had
for several months remained stationary
at sl55O00. From other States, where
there had been strong opposition TO the
burial of General Grant in New YORK.
protests came that the city had not fui-
filled its promises TO erect n suitable
tomb A growing sentiment that the re-
mains should have been deposited In the
National Cemetery resulted finally In the
Introduction of n bill In Congress by
which the removal was to have been made
from New York to Washington.
Prominent citizens became alive TO the
situation and an organized movement
resulted in the election of General horace
Porter. who had been Grants chiet-of-
staff as President OF the Grant Monu-
ment Association. Frederick d. Tappen.
President OF the Galatin National Bank.
was made treasurer This was i'm Febru-
airy 1892 and at the same time the Legs
lature amended the charter of the asso-
citation so that one hundred citizens TOOK
the place OF the former committee OF
thirtv-three. All officers of the newly
organized association served without COM
pensation, ID. O. Mills provided oihces
free and the expenses Of collecting the
fund became nominal although the work
because Of the immense amount OF de-
tail and the smallness of individual dona-
tons was oncrous.
GRANT MONUMENT DEDICATION.
Then began the memorable campaign
of sixty days, in which time It was pro
posed TO raise the remaining S5JO'vo. Inc
actual work began in the early days Oh
April, 1882, and In a week such had oeeh
the effort that the city fairly rang with
the name and deeds of the dead General:
school children were writing prize essays
meetings were being held and announce
ments made in churches as well as CLUBS
and schools In order that all classes OF
people should be interested. the associa-
ton brought its cause before the TWO
hundred odd trades and professions rep
resented in the city. and was successful in
inducing them 10 hold meetings ana 10
appoint committees for the receiving OF
subscriptions Two hundred and ten
committees numbering ?, 4S1 people. were
formed: subscription boxes were placed
on elevated railroad stations, in stores
and banks: and subscription books open
ed in business Offices. As a result Of this
stirring up of public feeling, when half
the allotted sixty days had expired on
April 9th, the day the cornerstone or
the monument ~as laid. the Grant Monu-
ment Association announced that wv
$3.50 has been raised during the month.
When the campaign closed on May 81
1892, the amount had reached the neces-
sary $4,000. Before that year was our
siO4 900 had been subscribed. which added
to the earlier subscriptions or sl1oOOO
made a total OF s559.O00. The balances
left I'm the trust companies have brought
the fund up TO 5000 900.
INTERMENT AUGUST s, 1885.
Sixteen days after his death. the body
OF General Grant was laid on August s.
1855. in the temporary vault in Riverside
Park. The event was a solemn and I'M
posing ceremony. From all points people
locked into the city by tens of thou
sands. At least half a million spectators
gathered in the streets to watch the long
procession esCorting the body TO the tomb.
The republic had never seen so great
funeral cortege as that which assembled
to do honor TO the remains Of the dead
Commander and President.
From peaceful Mt. McGregor the body
had been taken TO Albany. where it had
lain In state at the Capitol for a day and
10 y
where multitudes looked upon the body
Of the departed hero. On the day of the
funeral march. representatives of the
clergy of all denominations were present
when the pall-bearers emerged from the
City Hall and the casket was placed in
the funeral car. a magnificent catafalque.
drawn by twenty-four black horses. with
black trappings and each lead by a col
ored groom. The pall-bearers were:
General William T. Sherman. General J.
f.. Johnston. the Southern soldier; Cen
eral Phil. Sheridan, General Simon b.
Buckner OF the former Confederate
j. Drexel. Admrals Porter and Wordcn.
Oliver Hoyt and George Jones. Generals
John a. Logan and George s. Boutwell,.
With measured tread and dirge playing.
the funeral army started. Fully fifty
thousand men were in line There were
celebrated Generals, who had fought with
Grant Grand Army men who had served
under him; Mexican war veterans, United
States cavalry and infantry, State troops
from many States and civic bodies. II
was the grandest memorial pageant the
world had seen since that of 1852 when
the Duke OF Wellington was buried.
AT the Fifth Avenue Hotel, President
Cleveland. former Presidents Hayes and
Arthur; Vice President Hendricks. Sec
retayes Thomas +. Bayard, William G.
Whitney. Lamar. and Manning. and eth
or national or State digntaries joined
the procession.
The Grand marshal of the day was Cen.
Winfield Scott Hancock. IL was truly
a reunion of sections and appropriately
signalized In the action General Grants
wish. Let us have peace
In the almost endless line were many
Southern troops, the City Guard, OF At
lanta. the Virginia State troop and 9TH
ers. . -..r
When the catafalque passed the nassed
crowds that occupied almost every avail
able inch of space from the City Hall
TO the tomb, all heads were barred rever-
entity under the blazing sun of that sat
urday morning.
Reside the car was n guard of-honor
which consisted OF Battery A, Fifth u.
s. Artillery: Company f. Twelfth Infant
~. and some OF the rall-bearers in car
riages.
Then came another long line Of soldiers,
veterans and civic bodies
Late in the afternoon the catafalque
reached the small plain brick vault, sur
mounted by a gided cross that shone in
l,A sfra