The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-25
sailors who had accouEaGied the re-
MANS al! the way il II Buffalo emerged
from tie oar sno took ur me p aces.

yno soldiers t.aIi,d t&eiC arms a2c
the sai.c-s hei5 thelc dra-a eut:s: seE
at ehe,7 sides. O4.y tie boy be .reTE
asre bSre4eace3 ans unag2cd. Mean
tine, President Roosevelt With hl!
b2otAer,iG, .aT, Capt. Co5.cs o. IL:
na7y, l. 1ull u2ifsrm ST. lis s:ds, hac
descended Trom tie csr a2esd o. thai
oocup:aa by Alca. Ack'nis Tns
preslaent Ras mes By Judge Grant .!
tie reception ooQni:t9e scG the oth
oi&l psz;y ehen moved to tie usss o!
the station, Ehere they formed n Lac
via the president "a: the Read. Al
we're uncovered. The cSskct Tss tkeE
lifted Though tie H;Rdog AID E2ker
u2oa the braw2y shoulders OF TIA
ooGy bearers. Oaiy tie dsg was on II
ncw.> st sight OF i, tes15 csme un'
pidtensaDd flowed freely.
The SD procession Was then formed,
il was headed By Col. Bingham, II
full uniform, 5oW OF crepe a5 the
lit OF his sleat5ea sgord, Following
a2d immediately preceding the cssket
Vas the lccAi committee headed By
Judge Day. Then osme the soldiers
and sailors. Slowly they moved down
the platform 70 the turn st tho west
ern end Of tee station Wnere the presl-
dent aod cabinet stood. As they
resohed the head Of this line clear
drawn busle cail sounded a silver re-
auiem. Before the president and csbi-
Let an6 the Oaio oficisls the CONN
was then borne to the nesrse. When 1t
had been placed inside the president
and the cfc;al party entered carriages.
Meantine, Admiral Dewey, Lieut.. Gen.
Miles and the other high officers OF the
Amy and ravy Rho COMPOSE the guard
Of honor lad moved around the east
side of the station. They also entered
carriages and TOOK their place IN the
Larger procession that Wss nov form
Ing. All we're attlred in the full uni
form cf their ranks. They we're fair!y
ablszs with gold iace. The shrlllness
Of the busles had given tae first sign
TO the waiting multitude outside the
ststion that The ossket was approach-
ing, instantly tho long linss Of SOL
d.ers became rigid, standiDg at present
arms. The black horses Of the CleVe-
lard troupe immediately facing the
station, stood motionless, their riders
with ssbres lowered. Slowly through
the entrance csrne the stalwart soldiers
and sailors with solemn tread bearing
alcft the dsg- covered coffin Of the man
they loved SO well. AS it came into
view, a great sigh went up from the
dense thcong. After the first glance
many of the men and women turned
sway to hide their emotions, which they
could not restrain. When the csskes
had been consigned to the hea-se, three
mounted trrnpeters gave signal for the
melancholy procession to move. 4 mo-
mens later the sosad Of Nearer, My
Gcd, to Thee" iosted through the air
SIS the Grand Army veterans with their
bsnd swung Into ilce and TOOK up the
march toward the court house.
A nyjost.cally solemn spectacle was
presented as the procession nesreo the
pupiic square II sne oelsere Of the city.
Ai.er tie Grand Army uen came the
Cleveland Ir9cp, IN tier orlIl!aDs uni.
forms CT austrian Husssrs, with tai
bser skin snagos toppsd oy pompoms
OF white. At The nlls OF every sWold
was band OF cIepo and every hsg
Was tupped with q ic1s black sIreamsr.
Immeolsteiy Iol owing the mounted
troops csme the hearse bearing the
fag- co7erta burden. The sight senE
s. hush along the dense loag ilne Of
humanity stretching 1or mile away 10
tbs court house. SIS the easkat passed
every head Was bowed aud every faoo
ev:d-ncsd the great personal s11ef
Whlcn had cGme UyoG It's community.
Immediately following the hear5e
came TIE carnage OF President koose-
yc.c Who roGe NIlh his Eroth9r IN iaT,
G2pt. CoW.ss OF the navy. and SecTe,
Uary Gage. ,Ihe carriages OF she o:her
members Of tee ea0i1ea and tnose WAC
hao peeu nesr tu tie iaIe Lr6sicens IN
public LIE were i1ed oua toc halt s
mile. Back OF them marched the ns-
clopal guard OF Oalo, regiment after
regiment, ID platocn Irona formation
aGo fling the bIoad thoToughfare
from SIDE 10 SIDE. As tins head OF the
procession 1eschtd ;ho. gCea. gQusre OF
:be olEy, the military raEAs swung
s5ous, foTmIns solid fronts facing tbs
approaching Hes1so. As IL was cclVeD
to aae ouco, sGe DeSr5rs sGeQpsd icon
their places s.oagsiQe, a1c asa!n took
up their nulG3n. BeIcre The eyas Of the
vast oo2coGrse 6iiicg the square the
caskea wsS tendsI!y raised a2d porae
Up the vice stone steps laa0l1g to the
entrance 10 tns ccuco house. The
stral1a Of "Ne.reG, NJ Goa, 20 Thee "
were still soUn~Iag SIS TIE fag- -craped
oo6in disappeared wi-aIn the building.
Mo7lpg slowly VIII Shor0 steps Inc
ccGn Was borne to its support. The
De&rers sRugg slowly aZouLs SC Lot
tie head l&y 10 the ess5. Ihe SILK ban-
ner that Was f1ng ovsr the casket Was
o1aHn back, the wIeatls whica rested
ugon its head were removed snd the
G. I'm lid VAS taken If. Word was
quickly passed to President Roosevelt
and fo!loasd by TIE members Of the
cabinet he stepped pI,5slg into the hall
lie glanced DOWN as Re reached the
casket, hated Tor the space Of breath
aid wont o.. TIE members Of the CAB
met fo.lo8ed him one by one.
The members cf President MoKin'
iey's old ccnnarderg OF Knights Tenn
p!a.s, canton eommsldery NJ. 80, had
asked the privilege CT posting a sentry
over tie osskss while 1t lsy IN stase,
snd throughout the afternoon the
guard Was relieved every 30 minutes.
Four detsohnoats OF militia were
marched into the hall and drawn mp II
a li1e reaching FROM the entrance OF
the south side to the bier. Another