The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-06-20

a monument there.
The religious services took place at
Trinity church. Then General Kear-
ny's body was conveyed from the
church to the city hall, where it lay in
! state until the following morning, when
it 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
ington be excused from duty on the
day Of refinement, and the president
himself attended the ceremonies.
Kearny's Funeral In 1862.
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. 3, 1862, and then
carried to Bellegrove, Kearny's home
near Newark, N. j., where crowds
| thronged the house from 8 o'clock on
the morning of Sept. 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
leo, in 1S47.
At 2 o'clock Dec. the procession
left Bellegrove, preceded by a band
and military escort, both infantry and
cavalry, from Newark. The coffin was
borne in 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 were 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
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
ing with the coffin and pail bearers.
The coffin, with the sword and trap
pings of the deceased. was placed in
the main aisle. The view of the
church as seen from the organ loft
during the chanting of the burial an
them was impressive. The chancel
was doubly lighted by large Candida
bra Of wax tapers and by the richly
colored light which streamed in
through the western window. The
family tomb in Trinity churchyard was
opened. and the coffin was laid away,
as it was thought then. for it's per-
petual rest.
The Charge at Cherubusco.
An American by birth and intensely
American in bis sympathies, General
kearny was Irish on his fathers side,
and thence be derived his impulsive,
rowing. danger counting strain. Born
in New York on June 2, 1915, he was
graduated at Columbia in 1888. As IL
boy he was noted as a reckless rider.
While he was still at college his grand.
father. John Watts, the founder of the
Leake and Watts Orphan asylum,
wanted him to study for the ministry.
but his inclinations did not run that
way. He chose the law instead and
studied in the Office of Peter Augustus
Jay. In March, 1887, however, he OBJ
tanned an appointment as second lieu
tenant in the First United States dra-
goons, commanded by his uncle, Cen
eral Stephen Watts Kearny. Tive
years later he was chosen as one of
the three army officers to go to the
Royal School of Cavalry at Saumur,
France, the most famous cavalry
school IN Europe. He had been in that
country only few months when he
got permission to take part in the Al
gerian war, where he fought under the
Duke of Orleans and for his brilliant
work received the cross of the Legion
OF Honor, being the first American
thus honored for military service.
Returning to this country in the fall
of 1910 with his foreign military hon
ors, he served as aid-de-camp to Cen
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with bis regiment, the First United
States dragons. made a march from:
Fort Leavenworth to South pass, at
the summit of the Rocky mountains.
This was the first military expedition
which struck out so far from the set
Elements into the Indian country.
Kearny resigned his commission in the
army on April 2. 1916. and a few days
later, when the clash Of arms resound-
ed from the Rio Grande. he sought to
recall his resignation. On April 16.
just two weeks later. he was rein
stated
! In Mexico he commanded troop in