The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17

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THE SECOND REGIMENT.
Next came the Second Regiment, with
Col. Harry b. Smith in command. His
lieutenant colonel is Edwin +. Thayer. jr.,
of Greenfield. The Second Regiment also
brought a band. Bloomington musical
organization. In Colonel Smiths regiment
were 623 men.
The First Regiment was next in line, Col.
w. Mccoy. Of Vincennes riding at the
head with his staff The First Regiment
was also accompanied by a band. The mill
tiamen carried their rifles and KNAPP
sacks and wore leggings. The most Of the
men wore the heavy blue overcoats that
were issued to them by the quarJermas-
ter's department as fast as they arrived.
The artillery battalion brought up the
rear OF the military escort. 1t was under
command of Major Alfred B. Schanz, of
Attica. The battalion consists of Battery
A, of Indianapolis. Battery b. of Fort
Wayne. and Battery c. of Attica. The COM
manding officers of Battery A are Harry
A. Gallon. captain; Walter w. Heiskell.
and Frederic A. Swan, first lieutenants, and
Charles III. Dunlop. second lieutenant. Will
liam f. Ranke is captain of Battery b,
William c. Cleary and Fred J. Meyers are
first Heutenants, and Oliver 5. Jones is
second lieutenant. OF Battery c, Fred v.
Martin is captain. Nathaniel ID. Hull and
William B. Stearns are first lieutenants and
Robert K. Ray is second lieutenant.
Silent thousands watched the procession
as ii passed from the Harrison home to
the Capitol Delaware street from Thir-
teenth to Washington street, was crowded
with double line of people. Washington
street, from Delaware to Senate avenue,
was packed with people. Many of the
streets crossing Delaware street were filled
with people in carriages. There were deco
rations along the entire route. On Della
ware street many of the residences dis
played some kind of mourning decoration
and many of the business houses on Wash
ington and Delaware streets were decorated
AS the soldiers passed along the people
watched them silently for the most part
1t was unlike the departure of an army
for the front or the return of a victorious
body of troops, when cheers and hurrahs
were welcome to the men in blue 1t was
an occasion when the whole city mourned
and stood silent and awed as the military
escort passed
II was nearly L CLOCK Wnen the HrSl Ol
the troops reached the Statehouse. Thous-
ands of people stood waiting General Nc
Kee and staff took up their position on the
south side of Washington street facing the
Capitol building. The National Guard as
fast as it arrived formed in double rank
on the south side of Washington street.
the line extending from Senate avenue
eastward. The civic organizations formed
in double rank on the north side of the
street and between these two lines the
funeral car passed, preceded by the G.. A.
r. and followed by the Seventieth Indiana
veterans. The hearse stopped Immediately
opposite the south entrance of the building
and the coffin was then taken from the car
and borne into the building by the military
pallbearers. The veteran soldiers-General
Harrison's old regiment and G. A. r. or
ganization-were the first to pass into the
building TO view the face of the dead.