The Washington times., 1901-09-17

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In the meantime there was just a mo
mentary delay and then whisper raj
through the crowd which commanded ;
view of the doorway and the space be
meath the carriage shed roof eXtendin;
to the curb, where the hard whit'
gleam of an arc light beat down. Th'
President" was the word passed along
With a rather slow but characteristicali,
springy step the President came down tbs
slight decline leading to the sidewalk
When his face came under the rays of the
arc light it looked rather worn and anx-
ious. and the deep lines of determination
about the mouth and chin were empha-
sized by the shadows of the light.
With hat in hand he paused in the CEN
tire of the sidewalk and swung about face to
face with Secretary Hay. who had walk
ed pace behind. with free sweep of
| the glossy headgear to one side and with
| n muscular arm to the other. he indi-
| Gated his wish and instantly the Cabt-
net officers divided and ranged themselves
| in parallel lines toward the station inte-
rlor The alert eye OF the President fol-
lowed their movements and then he turn
| cd. replacing his hat. and conversed in
| n low tone with Secretary Hay.
The command Present sabres" and the
blare of the hugle rang out in the street
followed by the jangling Of accoutrements
| and the scrcSing of horses shoes on the
cobhlostoncs The caslSet, high above
the heads of most of the onlookers, was
| being brought from the building. Four
stalwart scamen from the Indiana SUP
ported one side while the other was up
| held by two infantrymen and like
| number of artiilerymen.
| Without u tremor the huge black pile,
n seemingly light burden FOR the brawny
warriors. moved down across the side
walk. while scarcely sound broke from
| the multitude. Accustomed as they have
been to the sou,bre sight for two days
| the President and the Cabinet officers,
with their heads reyerently uncovered.
were affected by this passing of all that
was mortal OF their friend and President
from the train into the city where for
more than four years he had ruled the
nation.
The bodybearers stepped easily frop.
the curbstone and slowly the casket was
lowered to a level with the floor of the
hearse. With hardly 4 sound it was
pushed into place. the wreaths resting on
the silken flag just under the roof of the
gloomy vehicle. And then the doors were
closed softly and the bluejackets and the
soldiers stepped forward to their positions
beside the hearse. The driver drew the
lines sharply and the grooms, clad all in
black, save for their white gloves. tight
eHed the leading reins at the bride of
each of the net-covered jet black horses
The hearse moved to the centre of the
street and then toward the Avenue the
escort swinging in step with it. Imme-
diately behind paced erect the escort of
honor. composed of members of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, and the Union
Vetera=zs' Union. Then came the military
escort Of non-commissioned officers of
Company &. United States Signal Corps,
commanded by Capt. William Nick. Saltz-
man.
At the moment just before the casket
was lowered there was fash and dull
report from the opposite side of the street.
The first idea of many was that some
fiend had fired ct President Roosevelt, but
it proved that the explosion was but the
result of z flashlight. set off by pho
tosrapher in an effort TO get a picture
of the fiag-draped casket and the Gistin-
guished party in the background.
One of the attendants called for the
carriage which was to convey the Presi-
dent to the White House and the driver
started to bring it into place. Without
waiting, however, the President stepped
quickly to the street and motioning to
Secretary Hay and Secretary Gage and
his brother-in-iaw, Commander cowIes,
he bade them enter the carriage, he him
self taking the back seat. Secretary Roots
carriage drew up next and Mr.. Root, Sec
retary Hitchcock, Attorney General Knox,
ard Postmaster General Smith entered
and were driven TO the position next the
Presidents carriage
Secretary Long was the only occupant |
of the next carriage. Senator Hanna, ac- |
companied by Mir. Milburn, then stepped |
to the street. Senator Hanna looked worn |
and his head was dropped forward a |
trife. Mr.. Milburn stood beside him, and |
they entered the carriage together with |
Governor odell, OF New York, and MIR. |
Scatcherd, of Buffalo. The other mem |
bers were assigned to their carriages as |
they emerged from the building. In the !
meantime the order right forward, fours I
right" was given and at the blast from /
the bugle the TWO troops clattered to the /
Avenue and took their position immedi-
ately behind the detail Of police and the !
procession began to move.
Capt. +. L. Cross, of the Metropolitan
Police Department, was at the head of !
the column proper. although ahead Of him
were four outriders. whose duty it was
to put back TO the curb any possible
straggiers. There were few, however, ow
ing to the stringent custom of debarring /
from the thoroughfare all who had not
police passes. Immediately behind Cap
tain Cross rode Sergeant Matthews at the /
head of dozen mounted policemen, while
on each side OF the street close to the
curb marched single files Of twenty police
men. Back of these. at intervals of forty
yards. were other policemen throughout
the length of the column.
At the head of the two troops of cav
airy rode Major Findlay, commanding.
Platoon front was the formation main
tanned throughout the entire line of |
march. Despite the fact that the Elev-
enth Cavalry is one of the new regiments
and is supposed to lack the finish of
great reputation, their appearance was
superb
Eloquent testimonials of the beauty of
the floral feature of the service at Buffalo
1n Sunday were the magnificent creations
which occupied the seats of four car
riages following the cavalry and preced-
ing the escort of veterans who marched
ahead OF the hearse.
1t is nearly forty years since the men,
oers of that veteran escort of honor were
shouldering their muskets, but they
marched with steady carriage and firm
step the full mile between the railroad
station and the White House. At their
lead in a line were Gen. r. G. Dyrenforth,
Chief OF the Union Vete- :
ans Union. with Capt l. w. Stone Com
nander OF the Department of the Poto- I