The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-24

ulessSd IN the gray that means so much
to him, wept freely as he witnessed the
grief of the aged lady.
Inc crowd about the church when the
casket was taken out and placed in the
hearse was of immense proportions.
AS tar as the eye could reach up Frank
lin street that thoroughfare was crowded,
and Ninth street was jammed for block
above and below the church. Perfect or
DER was maintained, however the marshal
and the police handling the crowd with
little friction.
The order of the procession was as al
ready printed.
The marshal aud staff were mounted.
Behind them came Gen. Alonzo Philips
and staff, including Lieut.. Col. Joe Lane
Stern, Capt. Wortham and Capt.
WihSheld Griffin of Company H,
Second Virginia Regiment. Imme-
diately following the general and
staff came Company 1 and Company
M, Second Regiment, the former command
ed by Capt Shackelford, and the latter by
First Lieutenant Moore of Company d,
Capt. Boisseux commanding the battal-
ion. Lieut.. Fairlamb, the only other com
missoned officer in the company since the
death of Lieut.. Woon, being i'll in the nos
pital in Florida. Company Nj of the Third
Regiment, under Capt. Masurierer COM
pleted Capt. Boisseuxs s battalion. Behind
the companies of the Second and Third
regiments were Companies d, E and G of
the First and the Richmond Howitzers.
After the military, the procession was
formed in the following order: r. E. Lee
Camp, No l, Confederate Veterans, under
command of Commander T4anghton, headed
by the First Regiment Band. George
h. Pickett Camp, under command
of Col. r. L. Maury, visiting camps. Vet
Grams from soldiers home. Sons of Veter-
ans Honorary pali-bearers. Active pail
bearers. Hearse. Family. Friends in car
nj A 4nllVW0O6
Junior Association. Oakwood Association
Oakwood Junior Associat tion. Hebrew AS
sociation. Confederate Museum Associa-
ton. Daughters of the Confederacy. Lee
and Pickett Camp, Ladies Anxiliaries
Private carriages with the band play
ing the Dead March in SAUL
and the toling of bells of many churches,
| the procession started towards Hollywood
cemetery, marching between dense lines of
humanity the entire distance. The process
sion was nearly a mile in length, though
| the carriages were driven two abreast. The
streets were lined with people the entire
distance, and agong the drive in the cenne-
| terry leading to the grave, a distance of
half mile and all about the grave itself
were hundreds and thousands of people of
all classes and conditions.
Company b, Second Regiment, under
Capt. Russell was detailed as a guard to
the approaches TO the Davis square and
prevented the crowding of the drives and
kept the crowd from entering the section.
| A rope was stretched about the enclosure
| in which Mr.. Davis is inferred, and a de-
| tail of police assisted the military in pre-
venting the crowd from entering. The sun
was just sinking behind the hills when the
head of the procession came in sight along
the road that winds in and out among the
| trees by the rivers bank. The military
formed al the foot of the terrace overlook
| ing the Davis circle, which in turn over
- ~ n DC .af
| the city.
There was a scene just as the veterans
turned to take the left-hand drive that
win never be forgotten by those who wit
| messed it. The chief marshal and aides
had paused in the road fifty yards from
| the grave and the same distance from the
| head of the professions. The long line of
| veterans, the hearse and the carriages
moving along the Woodland road, the mill
| itary drawn up in rigid line, the pictur-
esque group Of mounted marshals in gray
| the crowds on the hillsides and as close
| up to the circle as the guard would allow
them to come, the open grave, the flower
| decked mounds in the square, the broad
river moving restessly, the green hills
casting the long shadows of evening their
| tops g!stening with the gold of sunset,
| all these entered into a picture of rare
beauty, and many a man and woman
must have felt 1t fitting that the funeral
| federacy" should be in an hour so peace
full and beautiful, and that she should lie
| down to sleep in spot so lovely. The
hearse was halted at the southeastern en-
trance to the circle. the veterans being
| drawn up close on all sides.
The services at the grave were simple,
out deeply impressive. After the casket
had been placed on the supporters, the
face section was removed for moment
and Mrs. Davis and her daughter, Mrs.
Hayes kissed the deceased. Mrs. Davis
sat in an armchair near the grave dur
ing the service and Mrs. Hayes knelt by
her side. Tho Centenary Methodist Church
choir sang "Sleep Thy Last Sleep" the
committal prayers were read by DIR. Car
michael, and then the vast and sorrowing
crowd dispersed.
The arrangements for the funeral had
been most carefully planned. and their
wisdom was most clearly demonstrated in
their splendid execution. There was not a
hitch throughout the day, and the process
sion, which was the largest that has been
seen here since the Confederate reunion,
moved forward from the church to the
cemetery with scarcely a halt. 1t was a
wondrous pageant.
The Davis circle tonight Is a mass OF
flowers, the designs being numbered by
hundreds Prominent among those on the
casket was the Pulitzer offering, which
was exquisite
MRS. Davis spent tO-nlgnt at the JeffSr-
son Hotel and will leave tomorrow morn
ing al $50 O'Clock for New York She will
be accompanied by Mrs. Hayes, her only
living child who will reside with her for
some time.
Already contributions are being received
from a distance for the proposed Winnie
Davis monument some OF them coming
from Northern people.
BELLS TOIIed at Americus.
Americus, Ca. Sept. 2S.-All bells in the
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