Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-24
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the crowd with little friction.
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| or. the marshal and police handling
the crowd with little friction.
The order OF the procession was as
already printed.
The marshal and staff mounted Be
hind them came General Alonzu l..
Phillips and staff. including Lieutenant
Colonel 10 Lane Stern. Captain Wor-
than and Captain WingelI Griffin. OF
Company II, Second Virginia regiment.
immediately following the general AMI
STAFF. came Company and Company
NJ. Second regiment. the former COM
nanded by Captain Shackleford and
the latter by First Lieutenant Moore. of
Company u. Captain Bcssicux COM
inIndins the battalion and Lieutenant
Fair!:tmb tthe only other commissioned
officer i'll the company since the death
of Lieutenant Woon), being i'll in the
hospital in Florida. Company NJ. OF
Captain Masurer. completed Captain
i;"sSiruN's battalion. Behind the COM
ranics of the Second and Third reSi-
iucntS were companies d. l.. and q. of
he First and the Richmond Howit-
ZrrS, After the military the procession
Was formed in the following order:
L. L. Lee Camp No /. Confederate
Veterans. under command OF Comnan-
der l.angston. headed by the First reg
iincIti band. .."
George +. Pickett camp. under com
mand of Colonel X. l.. Maury. Visiting,
CAMPS: veterans from soldiers Home;
Sons "t Veterans: honorary pall boar
efS: hearsc: family; friends III car
rlhgrs: Hollywood Associations: Holly
W""i Junior Association: OnkwooI AS
snci;'tion; lakewood Junior Association:
Hebrew Association; Confederate. Mu-
scum Associations: Daughters of
~, ,ns I" or 1,,,I'. Lee ana Pick
sion started towards Hollywood
cemetery. marching between dense
lines of humanity the entire distance.
rhr procession was nearly II mile in
length though the carriages were.
driven twn abreast The streets wcr,,
lined with people the entire distance.
and along the drive in the cemetery
leading !" the grave. u distanc. of =,
mile. and all about the grave itself,
We're hundreds OF thousands Of people.
"i ali classes and conditions. Company
i, Second Virginia regiment, under
Captain Russell. was detailed as n
guard to the approaches To the Davis
square ana prevented the crowlinS of
tn" drives and kept the crowds from
entering the section. y rope waSStrrtch-
ed about 'S>c circle in which Mir Davis
IS inferred. ;lnd Il urtan OF police. as
sisted the military in preventing; tn
2r""d from entering. The sun was just
sinking behind the hills when the head
"i IN. procession came in Sight alun.
he road that winds in and out among
the trees by the rivers bank. The mil
'i:irN formed at the foot of the terrace.
overlooking the Davis circl. which in
turn overluuls the river and commands
4 vieW of the city
There was a scene lust as the veto
rams surn"d to take the left hand drive.
nat viii never be forgotten by those
VII" Witnessed it. The chief marshal
and aides had paused in the road fifty
yards from the grave and tie same. dis
lancr from the head Vt the procession.
l'hc long line OF veterans the hears.
ana he carriages along the woodland
:.-SN -" military drawn up in rigid
\ rs, picturesque group of mounted
\--oFG.s in gray. the crowds on the
Of the live1'd, as close up to the circle
,-~1l:d would allow them to come,
ne open grave, tn, nower-decl>ctl
mounds in the square, the broad Ever
moving restlessly. the green hills east :
ing the long shadows of evening their
tops Slistening with the gold of sunset,
all these entered into a picture of rare
beauty, and many Il man and woman
must have felt ii fitting that the fun
oral time of the fair Daughter of thu.
confcderacy should be in an hour So
peaceful and beautiful and that she
should lie down To sleep in Il spot SO
lovely The hcarse was halted at the
southern entrance of the circle. the
veterans being drawn UP on all sides
pie. bur deeply impressive. After thu,
chsket had been placed on the support
"rs. the face section was removed for.
:! moment and Mrs. Davis and her
daughter Mrs. Hayes. kissed the de-
ceased. Mrs. Davis sat in an armchair
near the grave during the services, ana
Mrs. Hayes knelt by her side The
'tntenhry Methodist church choir sang
Sleep Thy Last sleep" and the COM
initial prayers We're read by DR.. Car
michael. and then the vast and sor-
rowing crowd dispersed
The ARRANGEMENTS for the. f,1ner.,1
had been most carefully planned and
their wisdom was clearly demonstrated
IN their splendid execution. There was
not :. hitch throughout the siay and
the procession. which was tlS largest
:hat has been seen here snce'the Con-
Tolerate reunion, moved forward from
me church to the cemetery with scarce
~ II matt. 1t was a WondrOus pageant
The Davis circle tonight is a mass
Of flowers. the designs beings numbered
by hundreds. Prominent among those
on thr caSkct was the Pulitzer Offering
which was exquisite.
Mrs. Davis spent tonight at the JEFF
fcrs"n hotel and will leave tomorrow
morning for New York She will be ac-
rnmpanied by Mrs Hayes. her only
living child. who will reside with her
for some time. es
Already contributions afSSSS being re-
ceived from a distance for the pro-
posed Winnie Davis Monument. some
OF them coming from northern, people.