The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-02
MANY THOUSANDS
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Broad Street Lined With Peo-
ple-Remarkable Demonstra-
ton Of Interest.
sac few minutes after CLOCK
,,,han mo special train from washington
,,oari,,r General Lees body and the lun-
er,1 Marty pulled in at Elba stn,ion, fan,
CINE II. which drew w ,ne a's Examination
W.. containing the body anp EuaL a.,, ~
SaT, Vas heavily draped IN mournin 2 g
nyen the bcll bearing me plaeA e''o''''i
" onr before the hour Of arrival pin1,p,e
In been congrcgating in the saS ,,H ~
until there were rn,d from ,ro,p ned IN tho streets
a,X ,rJ and adjacent to the station me
local military orgaI,zations. meaa 1 h Ts
Colonel George W. nc i n9ronession. which
sian. m mo romna ar. 4. b. G. II and II
Of the SEVENTEEN Virginia In ld Z re ut
Grace Street Tseeln Ths s Vas about
o'elock. A few moments Afterwards 1i!s III II
richmond Light Infantry l3l l.. , bn,,Id
~ zen Ma o. ior rWI t." GeReatwood and wearing
ths;r hnndsome dress uniforms. lnarnceu
~ Grace Street, headed by th nado oru IN
nc , ana Sgsas rested inthat thoroush,
fare "a III Just south Of Broad street Until Until
they received orders desi,snath,,s o unS,i
n Ion Of the dead ire gattery e Rich
rInond Howilzcrs followed on 1905 JILL, unu.i
command Of captain W VI ,, M I Iyond
; strnet M tha batiaen 81 the seyontisth
Regiment officers and men w sI hn NIL one
1 fursd ea and drspeG Gea wth embiems q
MIC Moa ',,sii the members Of Lee and
Pickett Camps Of Confederate Veterans
ana ladies representing the Daughter $50, OF
the Confcder;acy ana the n Va thc Station Station
and awaited the arrival 'ot Inc inc lu' i - =
train. a5
Formation OF Line.
The military were formed in lin, Linz f fac
the Richmond Light Infantry Blues. !, b "a :
talon and drum corps next 1, a,d q, :
them or the west, and the klc M Ni no
iineSof military. The members Of e. ~.
Ice and Pickett CAMPS Of G2nfss edo,
Veterans Wane IL staniomsd1 81 Laurel ,e
street while tho representatives Of the
State and city governments and lhe, la gu,
representinS re- ths fornn
position on the north side OF Bread Street,
facing southwark toward the railway "a sta sta
we're Colonel George WAYNE Anderson
and his mounted staff and lardella' $
All available space other than that oc;
cupied blythe military and veterans and
the civic participants. In the c9rteg t. Vas
never in every direction, along, both sides 81, Of
Broad Street and in the doors and VIM
adoning st9ses n FL ths n Merc
pressed backward tby military and po 4 G.:
Eastward along the railway track they
extended almost to grace street ana GO GOV
flowed into Pine Street and surged east
ward for a block or two along both
sides Of Broad Street. b. ..... :
P. M.twhen the funeral train Slowly pu1,,ef . q
into the station and came 70 y STOP, . .
crowd sarTsd ana Sy
sishi soon locatsd ths n, 1,ag ana a. 1 o0n
covered casket nthe front o. 'nn ihe coiill
squad OF infantrymen from FEederieks !,
burg in the blue service. uniform ana q
forage caps. were the guard OF t,oi'oi -
casket Moved to Caisson.
pa ni,er w sge debarking from the train
and preparations were making for the
he oS eai hs eane
mo view. 1t was caisson, heavils'
dr rii with sombre cloth and with. ,an
ssva caske paTGhi s balanced
tremor OF motion TO the minimum.
abreast and caparisoned and covered
with black. AT the head of each horse
attached TO the funeral car stood IN lne y,
gray, with huge black shake and with
Uniform faced with the rcd of the artil,
1ery service This team ana d car pass SG
back 10 the spot 10 which the body wa, was
10 be borne An aisle was 9p en- ~ lTon y,
a signal the nuN,ary: came to prsse, en-
arms, the band aWa% 20 the eastward pc pc.
paSng s9t benrers f,ed he
Gag-covered fower-crowned caskct from
the car and slowly, gently bore y TO
of the delegation Of active pall-bcarcrs
wore silk hats and frock coats, while
the military We're In their respective UNI,
crowd stood and watched with ,te..,hie-.s
Interest the body Of the soldier was borne
TO and tendcrly lifted upon the c r;lh ,', !,
we're: Mcssrs. ". r. Dabney, Barton II.
Grundy and Robert Whittet. from the
Board OF Aldc,men; Messrs. Gilbert Is.
Pollock. Robert lie Masuricr and John
j. Lynch from the Common Council;
Messrs. J. II. Poindnxtcr and c. S. Wray,
from the Richmond Iowitzcrs; Captain
A. Taylor Brock and Lewis Brander,
from the Richmond Light Infantry Blues:
Sergeant Norfolk of Company G, and
Sergeant Spence, of Company D, repre-
senting the SEVENTEEN Regiment of In
tantry.
Order Of Procession.
The boy placed upon the caisson, the
signal was given for the procession 10
move, and headed by Chief OF Police
Louis Werner and a squad OF pnlrolmcn,
the line began TO move eastward along
Broad Street at slow and measured
pace. Following the police came the
band the acting chief marshal. General
A. +. Phillips: Colonel George Wayne
Anderson, and staff mounted, embracing
Lieutenant Leland Rankin, Adjutant j.
c. Bosher and Lieutenant Thompson.
Major c. Cray Bossieux was in actual
command of tho Seventeen Regiment
battalion OF five companies, marching
afoot, The following commands We're in
the line:
Company A. Coptain William NJ. King;
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