Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-05-31


with a reverence and an awe that the
school children waved their Hags in salute
along the sidewalk and with heart pang
that their elders noted the ebbing Of the
veterans strength.
start of tho Parade.
At 2:2O the parade started south from the
corner of Sixteenth street and Capitol av-
enue, led by L. N. Gonden, marshal, and ].
B. Driesbach and John G. Willis, assistant
marshals. Behind them came, twenty po-
licemen under Sergeants weisenburg and
Hudson; Abbotts band of sixteen pieces;
members OF Custer, Grant and Crook posts
of Omaha, with recruits from Dahlgren post
of Papillion and Phil Kearney post Of South
Omaha, to the total number of 1877; Battery
of the Omaha Guards; a drum corps with
seven musicians: fifty OF the Omaha I, ards.
under Captain Eli Hodgins twenty-five of
the ex-eoldiers Of the Spanish and Philip
pine wars, under Captain William Nave;
thirty-eight of the Thurston Rifles. under
Captain Charles w. Richards; thirty-ive of
the Millard Rifles, under Captain T. A.
Baughman; carriages containing the mayor.
councilmen. city clerk, members OF the
school board and others, making the total
a'wheel twenty. Behind these and consti-
tuting the civic division were the Woodmen
OF the World band OF twenty musicians; a
squad Of seventeen of the Woodmen of the
World drill team, under Captain c. L. Ma
ther; an equal number OF the members OF
the Seymour Guards, under Captain r. L.
Forgan, and thirty OF the Modern Woodmen
OF America, Uniform rank. Trailing these
were carriages for the representatives of
the Fraternal Union of America and the
Royal Achates, nineteen persons in all. The
dozen carriages Of as many different citi-
brought
Line Of March.
From the postofice corner the line of
march led to Douglas, east to Thirteenth.
south to Farnam, west to Sixteenth, where
about fifty took the cars; then on west to
Twenty-eighth. south on Twenty-eighth to
Pacinc and then into the park, those who
had taken the cars having rejoined the
procession at Twenty-eighth and Leaven-
worth. At the park entrance, where the
count was male. the line was heightened
also by 1Go members Of the woman.s Re-
lief corps and Ladies OF the Grand Army
OF the Republic falling in behind the vet
erans. The park was entered by the main
driveway near the northeast corner.
1t was after o'clock when the parade
reached Hanscom park The crowd of
nearly 5000 people mainly women and chill
dren, who had been waiting for nearly an
hour had become impatient, and swarmed
over the improvised grave in the plaza so
that the marchers found it difficult to OBJ
tain sufficient unoccupied ground on which
to form. To the strains of a march by Alb
bott's union band the veterans of the civil
war. from the three posts OF Omaha, from
Dahlgren post of PapilIion and from Phil
kearney post Of South Omaha, with mem
bers from Farragut post of Lincoln.
marched into the center Of the space and
formed an irregular circle aroung the grave.
The veterans OF the civil war were followed
by the veterans Of the Spanish war and the
companies of militia, with two degree
teams OF local lodges OF Woodmen. The
militia acted as guard to restrain the
crowd until the program at the grave was
completed.
Exercises at. the Park.
This program opened with the rendering
OF "In Peace Eternal" dirge by scoutin,
by the Woodmen of the World band s.
E. Wall of George Crook post, president
of the burial corps. then read the roll of
the years dead as follows:
Members Of Custer Post-Ernest H. Hoff-
man, late assistant surgeon Eleventh Mis-
souri, infantry, died October Z, 1901, age SO
years; James r. Crandall. late private
Company d. Second Nebraska cavalry, died
April 10, 1902, aged 73 years; Joseph r.
Stafford, late private Sixteenth Indiana bat
terry, died April, 1902. aged 81 years
Members OF Grant Post-J s. CaulAeld.
late Seventh Illinois infantry, commits
stoned lieutenant in One Hundred and For
ty-fourth Illinois infantry, died January.
1902; John R. Cox. late sergeant CompanyD,
Sixth Indiana infantry, commissioned lieu
tenant Thirty-fourth Indiana infantry and
lieutenant One Hundred and Fifty-third In
diana infantry; c. e. satterfeld. late priv
ate Company F, First West Virginia light
artillery, died March II 1902. aged SO years
Members Of Crook Post-Thomas Comp
ton, late private Company X, One Hundred
and Thirty-fourth Illinois infantry, also OF
Company H, Fourth Pennsylvania cavalry
died November 13,1901.
other Comrades Who Have Dled-Robert
W. Anderson, late private Company f.
Eighty-eighth Ohio, died March g. 1902
age 5S years; John w. Roe, late corporal
First battalion Minnesota infantry died
April 23, 1902, age 6S years Henry WAN
denmark, late One Hundred and Ninth New
York infantry, died April "a, 1902, age 70
years; Emsly Clinkenbeard, late private
Company E, Eighteenth Iowa infantry, died
September 2s. 1901. age 60 years; Elijah
T. Thornton. late sergeant Company c.
Fourth Ohio cavalry, died June 5. 1901, age
go years; John Hensman, late OF Company
X. First Nebraska cavalry, died April 20
1909, aged 20 years.
WOmeh's RituaIistic Services
After the reading OF the roll Of the dead
NJ. J. Feenan read the address Of Lincoln
at Gettysburg, following which. to the music
Of Chopins Funeral March," by the Wood
mems band. the Women's Relief Corps held
ritualistic services for the dead. In this
service Mrs. Maria C. Pike filled the ONCE
Of president Mrs. Annie N. sayre, senior
vice; Mrs. e. A. Hull. junior vice; Mrs.
Sarah e. Potter, secretary, and Mrs. ]. s.
Driesbaeh, chaplain. One feature OF this
service was the presence Of thirty school
children Of tender age who at the appointed
moment marched around the grave strewing
It with flowers.
The Young Mems Christian association
quartet then sang Consolation" and the
ritualistic memorial services OF the Grand
Army OF the Republic were carried out
with George r. Rathbun as commander,