The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-08
AN IMPOSING FUNERAL
THE IMPRESSIVE oBSEOUIES or
 LIEUT.. RoDMoND Y. REACH.
All the Active Military Force of the City in Attendance to Pay the Last Sad Tribute to the Departed Officer.


 fin Attendance to Pay the Last Sad Tribute to the Departed Officer.
 All that was mortal of the late Lieu tenant Redmond V. Beach, First U. s. volunteer engineers, was consigned to mother earth in Grove street cemetery yesterday afternoon. The last sad rites over the young lieutenant were of a most impressive nature, and their memory will long remain fresh in the minds of the hundreds who witnessed them. The remains were removed from the undertaking establishment of Lew is & Maycock to the family residence at noon. They were in beautiful black casket. At 2:3O family prayers were said at the house by the Rev, MT. Bispham, of Trinity Episco- pal church. The remains were then taken to Trinity P. E. church, escorted by a detachment of forty men, under command of Lieutenant Damn of the New Haven Grays.
 In the meantime the several com panies of the Second regiment, the Sec ond company Governors Foot Guard and the Second company Governors S Horse Guard, and the Second regiment hospital corps and bugle and drum corps, formed in procession at the ar mory, from which, headed by the Sec ond Regiment band, they marched into the green. As the body of the dead soldier passed the soldiers drawn up in line all came to present arms, and so remained until the casket had been taken into the church.
 The honorary bearers appointed by the family were Colonel Lucien F. Bur pee. Second regiment c. N. G.; Captain Breese, First U. S. volnteers: Arthur H. Day, James E. Wheeler, Dr. Collins, Wadsworth Hotchkiss The active bearers were six sergeants from the first battalion, Second regiment, as follows: Sergeant Donahue, Go. c;
 
 Co. B; Sergeant Curtis, Co. F; Sergeant Mooney, Co. E; Sergeant Kashubey, Go. I, Meriden.
 A beautiful American flag was drap- ed about the casket and the sword and belt, gauntlet and military hat which the deceased wore during his service in the war rested thereon. The center of the church was reserved for members of the family, relatives and officers of the Second regiment.
 The remainder of the church was fill ed to it's capacity with the general pub- lic while hundreds were unable to gain admission and lined the sidewalks of the green. The beautiful solemn Eps- copal burial service was conducted by the Rev. MT. Scoville, also of Trinity church, assisted by the Rev. MT. Bisp- ham, The vested choir of the church rendered the beautiful music most inn pressively. Following was the musical programme:
 ocessionaI-"Hark, Hark, My Soul" Psalter-Sung by the choir.
 Anthem-"The Souls of the Righteous
 are in the Hand of God" ."-Wisdom
 of Solomon.
 Lesson l, Cor. l5.
 Hymn-"Sun of My Soul"
 Creed and prayers.
 ecessional-"Prayer is the Souls Sin
 cere Desire.''
 There were @ number of beautiful floral emblems on the chancel rail. Af- ter the service at the church the cor tege was formed and moved in the fol- lowing order through Temple, to Elm, to High, to Grove street cemetery:
 Mounted Police
 Platoon of Police, Sergeant Tighe.
 Second Regiment Band.
 Lieut.. Col. Callahan and Staff.
 Second Regiment, c. N. G. Second Co.,, Governors Foot Guard,
 Major. Brown.
 Second Co.,, Governors Horse Guard,
 Major Ludington.
 First Separate Co.,, c. N. G.
 Escort of Forty Men.
 Hearse.
 Carriages.
 The cortege was a very long one. The regiment formed a hollow square about the grave and the members of the immediate family. After the short cornrnittal service had been read the forty men who had acted as escort for the body fired three volleys and taps were sounded This was very inn pressive ceremony. The grave was lined throughout with cedar and ever green. intermingled with hundreds of carnations and roses. The floral trib utes were among the most beautiful ever seen in this city, and were at the hoo q If tho crave
 The particularly noticeable floral tributes were as follows: A handsome floral flag containing the stars and stripes made of immortelles and roses, sent by the officers of the Second regi- ment: a handsome representation of the "Gray's Pin'' shaped like a maltese cross, composed of yellow, blue and violet colors of roses and immortelles; a. handsome basket Of roses from Co., G,Second regiment. Conspicuous among the many contributions by friends were three clusters of roses, three clus- ters of bride and bridesmaid roses. a handsome cross of violets and roses, q. handsome wreath of roses, several baskets of beautiful roses. There was also a large basket of roses from the pavmasterS department of the Engin-