The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-14
RAMPTON'S FUNERAL
LARGEST EVER KNOWN IN
aHD SOUTH CAROLINA.
MANY AFFECTING SCENES
so,nIERs AND OLD SERVANTS
OD WEPT TOGETHER.

announcement That 1t Was a Priv
runernI Did Not Keep the PeO-
trnv-ThOusan Poured Into
4 -. City From Every Quarter.
mr. Hours the Body Lay in State.
,save Taking of the Generals Old
coI, and Coachman Was Pathetic.
only Four Carriages Permitted,
Inf Thousands Walked.
4 colnmbia. S. c., April 13.-While the
.rrial of John c. Calhoun was state
funeral for which preparations were
4 ..ode days before, that of Wade Hamp-
4 ION this afternoon far surpassed in the
4 .oo,ritude of the demonstration any
B .ncb occasion in the history of the
.iote This was a private funeral and
& No outpouring of the people was spon-
& ..reons The family did all that was
.ossible 10 prevent a display and while
\ ~. notice that it was desired to have
an transformations ceremony probably
bon. thousands away, nothing could
nrevent other thousands from cming
from all quarters to pay their tribute.
o,er1owing regular and special trains
IN nine roads brought their thousands
20 the city this morning. Veterans
came from every town in the state,
many from North Carolin and Geor-
gis There were hundreds of Daugh-
tors of the Confederacy and Sons of
\ Veterans in line. Military schools sent
attachments. One girls institute in
Sumter sent twelve young women in
Confederate grey uniforms. There
were many military companies.
For four hours to-day the doors or
the Hampton residence were opened
and the public allowed to pass through.
4 Militia we're on guard without, and
veterans in uniform within. 1t is esti-
mated 5000 people passed by the cof-
fin, many Of them negroes. The leave
4 taking at the coffin by Gen. Hamptons
old cook and coachman was the most
pathetic scene of the day.
Only Four Carriages.
At 4 o'clock the procession
moved from the house. There
were only four carriages per-
mitted, these being occupied by the
family Hundreds of@women who made
shirts for Confederate soldiers, and
were lettering with age, walked three
quarters of a mile behind the coffin.
Some men and women who followed
had to be supported on each side by
i friends One veteran from Kershaw
has been bed ridden three years. He
had himself placed on the train,
brought to Hampton's house and taken
bodily to the coffin.
This was the order of the procession:
Veterans Camp Hampton, hearse, pail
bearers, members OF Gen. Hamptons
family; survivors original Hampton
Legion; Daughters of the Confedracy
and other organizations of ladies; sons
I OF veterans faculty and students of
South Carolina College; Governor and
staff state officials and congressman;
band; military organizations and other
uniformed bodies; Columbia city po-
ice City Council of Columbia and
olher municipal and civic organiza-
lions including fire companies.
Inc pallbearers were: Senior-Gen.
bradley T. Johnson, Baltimore; DR.. B.
w. Taylor Rawlins Lowndes, Col
Ihomas Taylor, Judge c. II. Simonton,
So- l. j. Lipscomb, Judge A. G. Has
NJ - -
CoL Col. &. r. McIver, ex-Gov. Hugh
thompson, Gen. L. F. Youmans, Hon.
Joseph Daniel Pope, Maj. Benjamin
sloan' Col William Elliott, John Tay-
ior and Capt. Joseph c. Haskell.
Junior-W. H. Gibbes, Jr., Walter
61reen Thomas Taylor, Jr., Ben Abney,
BBnght Williamson, Wilmot Davis
~ ucAer Fisher, Julius H. Walker, c.
Eltzsimons, N. $. Gonzales, M. c.
robertson and Preston Darby.
each of the 100 Daughters of the
11Ohieederacy carried a floral offering.
besides, there were wagonloads of
aalagnihcent flowers, several handsome
0vsshs coming from other states.
me procession marching closely, was
e"o miles in length and passed through
wall of humanity to Trinity Church.
aengre there was a mass of humanity,
sllhg the hundred foot wide street
igr blocks, overlooking on the State
niouSe grounds. Twelve hundred peo-
bb We're given seats in the Church,
tln. mat was but a fraction of the
nVHs' estimated between and twenty
'Hu twenty-five thousand.
Driven by His Old Playmate.
Line Inc funeral car was driven by John
ouuson, So years old, a full blooded
a. hampton were playmates as chill
eIeh' Later he was the Generals body
ant Bishop Ellison Capers of the
IN t Carolina diocese, a brigadier
tbo ue Confederate army, conducted
lao SgrVlces, assisted by Revs. Satter-
~. Wltsell Thomas and Joyner, the
pisLI Delng a Confederate veteran.
TLop Caners was deeply affected.
lin n staVe was under a huge live oak
In 4, lhlty churchyard Veterans cast
foraie SOD. Then literally hundreds of
n1a5 uloutes, many from abroad, were
upon and about the grave.
Northern Men Sent Tribute.
:. several men who fought on the
in ',QH side four years and now living
hi le North, telegraphed instructions
Nee Wreaths on Hampton's coffin.
c.isiSs quad of twenty survivors of the
frs, ''t9l Hampton Legion, bearing the,
H. lag OF that famous command and
Vbiot 'eVolutionary War Eutaw flag.
had =. they also used in the Civil War.
the az e position of honor. They held
cerer-SsS over the grave during the
forroao ny y Gen. Bradley T. johnson,
and 81 Governor Hugh S. Thomson
tbe lohgressman Elliott were among
''oHorary pail bearers.