The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-09-18

be impruuent to tax her vitality more
than was absolutely necessary, and so
she concluded to remain In her room
under the Immediate care Of DR.. RiXeN
Mrs. Barber, her sister, and her niece,
Miss Barber.
The March TO the Capitol.
Slowly down the White House drive
way through fine, drizziing rain the
solemn cortege wound its way to tho
gate leading to the avenue and halted.
Then with grand, solemn swing the
artillery band began the Dead March
From Saul" n blast from bugle
sounded March" and the head of the
procession was moving on its way to
the capitol. The casket in a black
carved hearse and drawn by six coal
black horses, caparsoned in black net
with trailing tasscls, and a stalwart
groom at the head of each, mOveddown
through the gateway and came to
stand alongside Of the moving process
sion.
Major General John r. Brooke was
at the head of the line. mounted on Il
splendid charger. Behind him came his
aids, the red coated artillery band,
squadron of cavalry with red and white
guidons limp in the damp air. n battery
of field artillery, with men sitting
straight and stiff as statues; a company
of engineers. two bnttnllons of coast
artillery, and detachment of the hos
pital corps. Then came the naval con
tlngent of the first section, headed by
the Marine band which was followed
by n battalion of marines and one Of
sailors from the north Atlantic squad.
ron. very picturesque and strong. AS the
national guard of the District of Co
lumbia brought up the rear of the first
section of the parade, the civic section
of the procession marched into line 1t
was under Commander General Henry
V. Boynton as chief marshal and COM
prscd dctachmrnts from the military
order of the Loyal Legion. the regular
Army and Navy union, the Union Vet
eran Legion, the Spanish War Veterans
and the Grand Army of the Republic.
As these veterans Of the civil war pass
ed the waiting hearse wheeled slowly
into line, the guards of honor from tha
army and navy took up positions on
either side of the hcnrse and the funer.
al cortegc proper took Its appointed
place behind a delegation of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
Close behind the henrsc came car
riagc IN which were seated eX-presl-
dent Grover Cleveland, Rear Admiral
Rcbey ID. Evans and General John Nj.
Wilson. In a carriage drawn by four
flnc black horses coming next were
President Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt
and Commander W. 5. Cowles, the
presidents brothcrln-law. Then fol-
lowed a line of carriages bearing all
the members Of the cabinet, n number
of cx-mcmbcrs and behind them the
diplomatic corps. Curtains were drawn
so it was difficult to distinguish their
occupants. Solemnly the funeral party
wound down past the treasury building
and into the broad sweep Of Pennsyl-
vania avenue amid profound silence
that was awful to those who only six
months ago had witnessed the cnthusi-
astlc plaudits which greeted the dead
man as he made the same march to as
suIne for a second time the honors and
burdens of the presidential office.
The artillery band played solemn
dirge as it with slow steps led the sor.
rowful way down the avenue. All the
military organizations carried their
arms, but with colors draped and furl-
ed. The crowds were silent. All was
sad, mournful and oppressive. The
people stood with heads uncovered.
and many bowed IN apparently silent
| prayer as the learse passed along.
The Long Line Of Carriages.
After the carriages in which were the
diplomats followed long line of 9TH
I ers containing the justices of the su-
preme court, the senate and house COM
mittccs appointed TO attend the fu-
neral, the local judiciary, the assistant
secretaries of the several executive
departments, members Of the various
government commissions and official
representatives of the insulnr govern
ments. The remainder Of the process
sion was composed of large reprcscn-
tation of local bodies of Knights Tenn
plars. over thousand members OF
the Grand Army of the Republic, the
United Confederate Veterans of the
city Of Washington and Of Alexandria,
Va, various religious and patriotic
societies, including the Sons of the
American Revolution secret societies
and labor organizations of the city.
Scattered here and there were repre-
sentatives of out of town organizations,
including the Ohio Republican club,
| the Republican club of New York citv
the New York ltallan C11amper OF uon-
merce and of the New York Board Of
Trade and Transportation, the New
York Democratic Honest Money league,
and the Southern Manufacturers club
of Charlotte, N. G. The military order
of the Loyal Legion, Of which Presi-
dent Mckinley was an honored mem.
Der, with a representation from tn.
New York and Pennsylvania command
cries, formed a conspicuous part In
this portion Of the procession, as also
did the knights Templars Of this city
and Alexandria, Va, and battalion
Of the uniform rank knights OF
| Pythias. The full force Of letter car.
riers of Washington, each with band
Of black Grape on his arm, walked to
the solemn tread Of the dirge. The
! banners Of all organizations were
folded and drapsd with black and all
the marching civilians wore mourning
hsdges and white elovea Ftfs and