The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-05-09

IN recently saw another military
4 n parade as an escort to the body
of Major General Philip Kear
ny, who fell at Chantilly, Va, on Sept
/, 1862, while in command of the First
division, Third corps, Army of the Pc.
tomac. The state of New York, of
winch kearny was a native, failed to
honor him in 1861 with commission
as bfigadier general in the volunteer
army, and it was New Jersey which
recently appropriated $4,000 for remov-
Ing the body from Trinity churchyard,
New York, to Arlington and $4,000 for
a monument there
The religious services took place at
Trinity church. Then General Kear
nys body was conveyed from til
church to the city hall. where 1t lay in
state until the following morning. when
1t was taken to Jersey City and thence
to Washington. President Taft issued
an order that all civil war veterans In
the government departments in Wash.
tngtOn be excused from duty on the
day of reinterment, and the president
himself attended the ceremonies.
Kearny's Funeral In 1852.
The funeral of General Kearny fifty
years ago was a notable spectacle
Trinity church was crowded long be-
fore the time for the services. The
body was taken into Washington on
the morning Of Sept. 8, 1862, and then
carried to Bellegrove, Kearnys home
NaNV0rl- NH -I.,l
thrOnged the house from o'clock OH
the morning of Sept. 3 until noon of |
the day of the burial. The body was
dressed in the generals uniform. with |
the belt and sword presented to him ,
after the battle of Cherubusco. Mex |
fcO, IN 1917.
At = o'clock Dec. the procession
left Bellegrove, preceded by band
and military escort. both infantry and
cavalry, from Newark. The coffin was
borne in a plumed hearse. drawn by
six white horses caparisoned with
black velvet trimmed with silver The
procession proceeded to Newark. pass
ed through Broad and Market streets
and then by the Plank road to Jersey
City. All the stores on the route were
closed, flags We're at half mast, church
bells tolled and many houses were
draped in mourning.
Soon after O'Clock on that Satur-
day afternoon the procession arrived
in New York. The music of the organ
of Trinity blended with that of the
band and the tolling of the bells Then
a procession. consisting of the clergy
men, chOristers and officers in full uni
form. emerged from the vestry room
and proceeded down the middle aisle
to meet the body at the door. return s
ing with the coffin and pail bearers
The coffin. with the sword and trap 6
pings of the deceased. was placed In 6
the main aisle. The view of the
church as seen from the organ loft l.
during the chanting of the burial an L
them was impressive. The chancel r
was doubly lighted by large Candida l
bra of wax tapers and by the richly 4
,olored light which streamed in
through the western window. The
'amily tomb In Trinity churchyard was
opened. and the coffin was laid away. D
Is 1t was thought then. for its per- Z
,etual rest.
The Charge at Cherubusco. i
An American by birth and intensely e
American in his sympathies. General W
kearny was Irish on his fathers side, v
nd thence he derived his impulsive, W
owing, danger counting strain. Born N
u New York on June ?. 1915, he was b
raduated at Columbia in 1888. As
oy he was noted as a reckless rider. W
While he was still at college his grand X
ather, John Watts, the founder of the hi
cake and Watts Orphan asylum, hI
yanted him to study for the ministry, he
ut his inclinations did not run that be
'ay. He chose the law instead and hi
-udied in the Office of Peter Augustus ga
ay. In March, 1887. however. he OBJ fir
lined an appointment as second lieu of
,nant in the First United States dra- sh
oons, commanded by his uncle, Cen alb
al Stephen Watts Kearny. Two so
ears later he was chosen as one of no
e three army officers to go to the m;
oval School of Cavalry at Saumur, en-
rance, the most famous cavalry wi
0OOl III Europe. ne udu DeSu III ludI Cd
untry only a few months when he
It permission TO take part in the AL of
rian war. where he fought under the ed
uke Of Orleans and for his brilliant &c
ork received the cross of the Legion he
Honor, being the first American but
us honored for military service. ant
Returning to this country in the fall csc
1910 with his foreign military hon hin
5, he served as aid-de-camp to Gen ran
ii Winfield Scott, and then, in 1915, sta
tn his regiment. the First United A
ates dragons. made a march from SUP
rt Leavenworth TO South pass. at ant
! summit of the Rocky mountains. Du
is was the first military expedition era
itch struck out so far from the set wo'
ments into the Indian country. 10
army resigned his commission in the flag
ny on April 2, 1916. and few days he
err, when the clash of arms resound- Ger
from the Rio Grande. he sought to If
all his resignation. On April &c. so.
i two weeks later, he was rein bod
ted troo
n Mexico he commanded a troop In thei