The Washington times., 1901-09-18

! broneht Illumination to the Crown of
| Spain was the last of the veteran de-
| tachments to precede the hearse. -
| The sombre black hearse followed I'M
| nediately, short space separating IL
| from the portion of the procession wnlcn
| had preceded it Not head remained
| covered as it passed slowly down the
| Avenue. The scene was vastly differ
| ent one from that witnessed but a few
| months be fore when President Mchth-
| Ieys second triumphant inaugurau9h az az
| Chief Magistrate of the United states
| AS the iioarse appeared men of all sta
tions in life, high and low; STOOD 5aa pa,ea
| headed in the rain, and did not replace
| their hats until the body of the PRESIDENT
| had passed. ,.t
Six handsome black horses, hung with
| ornamented hearse. which contained the
remains of the dead President ihe cas-
ket was visible. 1t was dIaped IN the tne
| colors Mr. Mckinley had sworn to defend
as President Not funeral plume waved
| All was simplicity and sombrenesS;
on either side of the hearse walked the
body bearers. two petty officers from each
branch of the service, the Army, Navy
and Marine Corps. On the riSh; of the
hearse marched the officers of the Army
and on the left side the officers of the
| Navy, composing the especial guard of
honor, and enclosing the body bearers
The Dead Presidents Relatives.
In the carriage Immediately following
the remains of the President were seated
his brother Abner Mckinley. with Mayor
| Diehl and Mr. Scatcherd, of Buffalo. Sen
ator Marcus A Hanna. with others of the
mourners from Buffalo. occupied the sec
ond carriage. Senator Hanna was clad
| in black, his hands encased in gloves OF
the same. He spoke seldom to his COM
panions, and then briefly, and apparently
without animation. DR.. and Mrs. Willis
NJ. Baer. the latter the niece of the dead
| Presiden' and the daughter Of Abner
| Mckinley, occupied seats in the next car
| riage.
In another carriage sat ex-President
| Cleveland, the only living ex-President of
| the United States. Beside him was Rear
Admiral Robley D. Evans, and opposite
sat Gen. John NJ. Wilson, Chief of Engin--
eers of the Army. Mr.. Cleveland looked
| the picture of health. but his face wore
| an expression of reverence BETTING the
| occasion. He sat back in the seat of the
covered vehicle, and his face was seldom
| visible.
| In other carriages were members of the
| immediate family and other relatives of
| the dead President.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
| The seventh carriage. in which Pres-
dent Roosevelt rode, was drawn by four
horses. On the box seat, beside the driv-
| er, sat an officer of the army, an aide to
| General Miles. Behind the carriage walk
ed six detectives in civilian clothes, flank
ing the rear either side. Beside the
| President sat Mrs. Roosevelt. The
| Presidents brother-in-law, Commander
| w. S. Cowles, clad in the uniform
| of his rank, sat opposite. The Presidents
| hands were covered with black gloves
and occasionally one of these rested on
the frame of the carriage window.
As this carriage moved along the route
| of the procession few of the spectators
discovered the identity of the occupants
of the carriage, and such as did, gave no
| sign of demonstration.
| In a carriage just behind that contain
| ing the President, Mrs Cowles the sister
| of President Roosevelt, and the youthful
| SON of the President, Theodore Roosevelt,
| jr., occupied the rear seat, while opposite
| sat a young officer in foreign service in
| the prescribed uniform of his nationality.
Immediately following were members of
| the Cabinet In the first carriage behind
! that containing the sister and son of the
| President were Secretaries Gage and Hay.
! The Secretary of War and the Attor-
| ney General, respectively, Mr.. Root and
Mr.. Knox, followed in the next carriage
and Immediately behind them were the
! Postmaster General. Mr.. Smith, and the
Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Hitchcock
Mr.. Long, Secretary of the Navy, and
Mr.. Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, the
remaining officers of the Cabinet, occu-
pied the carriage following.
! Members cf the Diplomatic Corps came
next in line, occupying several carriages
I They took their places according to pre-
! cedence.
In the carriages following the Diplo-
matte Corps were Chief Justice Fuller and
| the Associate justices of the Supreme
Court. They were followed by the Sena-
| tors and Representatives. representatives
of the Department of Justice and official
representatives of insular governments.
Then came the civic societies. of which
| several hundred were in line. These were
| headed by the grand commandery of
! Knights Templar of the District of CO.
lumbia. in command of Grand Commander
George Gibson.
Following this were the local command
cries of the order: Washington No /, in
command of w. s. Parks; Columbia No. 2,
in command of j. II. Narrower; Potomac
| No. 3, in command of w. S. Waddey;
Orient No. 5, in command of Francis J.
| J. Wooden, and De Molay No. 4, mounted,
In command of Robert Cook, in all num-
( bering nearly 200.
First Regiment Uniform Rank Knights
! of Pythias of the District of Columbia in
| charge of Major b. w. Bebee and Major
! Z. WoltZ, commanding First Battalion.
| The Knights, numbering about 100. were
! headed by the ]. b. Henderson Drum
, Corps.
The Old Guard Line.
The Old Guard, numbering about fifty
in charge of Capt. James NJ. Edgar This
division was led by the Old Guard Drum
Corps, which along the line of march
played Nearer. My God. to Thee on flies
with drum accompaniment.
Department of the Potomac Grand
Army of the Republic, Commander Isaac
w. Stone, in charge. Commander Stone,
! however, was in command of the detail of
| fifty veterans composing part of the
guard of honor, and Commander George
Smith, of Lincoln Post, No. 3, was in
4 charge of the organization. The latter
/ was assisted by the following staff Off
GERS: Benjamin +. Bingham, senior vice
commander; Ivory G. kimball, junior vice
commander; DR.. Thomas Calver, medical
director; Edward c. Stevens. chaplain; b.
p Entrikin, assistant adjutant general;
| George L. Davis, assistant quartermaster
general; George =. Davis, judge advocate;
| Alfred Shaw, inspector, II. w. Burns,
chief mastering officer; o. II. Oldroyd.
chief of stan.
The following are the names of the
posts in line and their commanders:
John a Rawiins No. /, Samuel Cross,
senior vice commander; Kit Carson No.
9 Robert +. Grant, ommander; Lincoln
No 9. John Walker. junior vice comman-
der; George S. Meade No. 5. X. IL. Marcel
Daniels, commander: James A. Carried
| No T. A II. Frear, commander; Burnside
No. S, b. +. Brockett commander;
Charles Sumner No. 8, w. II. Grimshaw.
commander; Farragut No. 10. A. f. Dins-
more. commander; Potomac No. II. w II.
Hamrod commander; John A. Logan No.
l3. James II. Dony, commander; Phil
Sheridan No. IA. j. X. Mckelvey, com
liam ii. Honn. commander Henry Will
son. No. II. Charles NJ. Robinson, COM
mander: Lafayette No. 20, J. w. Abel,
commander, and Frederick Douglass No.
q, John w. Hunter. commander.
Gen. Edgar Allen, of Richmond. Va,
Past Junior Wee Commander-in-Chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic repre-
senting national headquarters, took part
in the parade.
The Rev. S. d. Paine, of Palm Beach,
Fla, and S. NJ. Mccullough. of Ohio, were