The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-12

mony. with more show and more pomp
and pageantry, but it is unlikely that
any of them aroused more genuine
feelings of sorrow.
Military Organizations Present.
The military and the returned volun-
teers were there; the G. a. R., with old
men hobbling on canes, were present,
relics of the civil war honoring the
dead of the last one, but there were
hundreds more who had nothing to do
with the ceremonial part of the burial,
but who came out of respect for the
memory of one who died far away over
the Pacific.
The ceremonies were held yesterday
morning at the undertaking parlors OF
S. D. Evans on State street. Long be-
fore the hour of beginning the thor
oughfare in front was filled with
crowds that had come to listen to and
participate in the last rites. The par
lor was crowded to suffocation. To-
ward the back and in the middle of
the room the coffin was placed, covered
with flowers About it sat the mem
berS of the family, the father and
mother and four children, with the
seven cousins of the deceased, the chill
dren of Francis Armstrong. Among
all these none except the mother
showed as much grief as the fiancee of
the dead hero, Miss Grace Freeze. She
seemed to be almost overcome by her
sad surroundings.
DR.. lifts Address.
After very plain services. Rev. 7. c.
Iliff delivered a short address he
spoke of the death of young Hassard
in the Cavite hospital as that of a
hero to whom just as much honor was
due as if he had died upon the field
of battle. He told how the young man,
hardly 20 years of age, had gone forth
at the call of his country, and in the
name of liberty. Then he drew a strik-
ing lesson from the event for those who
had not gone to the war. saying that
they should profit by the heroic and
self sacrificing death of the young SOL
der
At the conclusion of the ceremony
the pail bearers, soldiers who had been
in Manila, came through the narrow
passageway forced among the people
who had crowded in the room, and
carried the coffin to the hearse waiting
at the front door. These pail bearers,
in charge of Lieutenant Orrin X. Grow,
were William D. Ritter, Leo D. Foster,
WILDER Rowland. Joseph Grant, Theo-
dore Newman, Pat Cunnington, j. w.
Clovis and James w. Connell. Behind
them the relatives and friends formed
in line and, marched out to take car
riages, under the direction of Under
taker Evans.
The procession formed in front of
the Knutsford and about the corner of
Third South street. Held's band led
the march, followed by the signal
corps and the firing squad from COM
pany A of the n. G. L. Rev. Mr.. Tiff
loo fol
hearse. around which were the eight
pail bearers. Then came the officers
in line, followed by the enlisted men
of A, B and d companies and members
of Torrey's rough riders, Maxwell and
Mexican posts of the G. A. r., under
Commander Stanton, were next in
line. The carriage containing the par
ents and brothers and sisters of the
deceased followed, leading twelve other
carriages containing friends of the
family and the dead soldier. Many
members of the Social Wheel club fol-
lowed on their bicycles.
Services at the Grave.
The procession moved around on
Third South and Main street, going out
Second South and Tenth East and
on to the cemetery. There the signal
corps lined up on the east side of the
newly-dug grave, near the members of
the family, and the other volunteers
and the two posts of the G. A. r. filed
the pathway. After the pail bearers
had removed the body from the hearse
to the grave, Mr.. Tiff said the impress
sive ritual of the Methodist church. He
made short address, in which he said
that the superintendent of the ceme-
terry had asked him TO announce that
the part of the cemetery in which the
grave was dug would be set apart for
the burial of volunteers of the Spanish
American war. 1t is near the G. A. X.
monument so that the dead of two
wars Will sleep together.
Three volleys were fired and taps
was blown on the bugle as the last
mark of military respect to the dead.
During the firing of the salute, Miss
Freeze, who was greatly wrought up,
was overcome, and she almost swooned
away.
There were many elegant floral pieces
placed on the grave. The wheel club
had sent a bicycle design in flowers
and there was a pillow design in the
name of company II of Evanston, Of
which Hassard was member
Lieutenant G. F. Fast of Ogden, who
was an officer of Hassard's company,
had come down to attend the funeral
There were also present Leo d. Foster
and ]. A Heis, who had attended the
burial ceremony over the body ut
Manila.
II want to thank the militia, the
volunteers. the G.. A. r. and the many
persons who have shown so much re-
spect to the memory of my son. said
the elder Mr.. Hassard last evening,
land those who contributed to the band
expenses, as well as the band itself in
partly contributing its services"