New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-27

Artillery composed of grandsons and great
grandsons Of the members Of the original
corps who served in the War Of the Rev
olution and the War of 1872 The Grant
Post acted as guard of honor when Cen
eral L. S. Grant was buried.
Bishop Fellows and Chaplain Smith
marched in front of the caisson. Members
of the family followed in carriages, and be-
| hind them carriages containing delegations
from numerous patriotic societies, including
Spanish-American War Veterans, Army or
the Tennessee, Army of the Potomac Aztec
club Of 1S47 Robert Fulton Memorial AS
ISOLATION. Empire State Society, Medal or
Honor Association. Military Service lnsu-
tuition, eth Regiment. Union League CLUBS
of New York and Philadelphia, Sons OF
the Revolution. Society of the Colonial
Wars, Society of the Cincinnati. the Pa
triots' and Founders Association and the
Old Guard Camp.
The honorary pallbearers were General
r II Barry Colonel o. J.. Helm, General
II. q. Sharpe. General William Crozier.
Senator Root. William A. Purrington'
Hamilton Fish. Or Robert Able. colonel
II. +. Robinson, General +. Y. Greene,
Colonel Robert NJ Thompson. Henry W.
Taft General Horace Porter II. II. Kohl
saat, of Chicago; Andrew Carnegie and
General Bliss.
Great crowds lined Fifth avenue all the
way from Washington Square TO 42d street.
Pedestrians hurried to the curb and stood
silently as the procession passed. Some
saluted the colors: almost all lifted their
hats. Through 42d street it was the same.
10 CN
Times Square the business Of that Whirl-
pool ceased.
Just before the police escort reached the
West Shore Ferry the bands ruff'ed again.
and the troops lined up in salute as the
guard of honor preceded the caisson TO
the slip The body left New York about
2:D D. m. the procession having been
about two and a half hours marching up
from South Ferry
West Point. n V. April 2s.-The body OF
Major General Frederick Dent Grant, l. :
A. lies tonight in it's final resting place IN
the military cemetery here. The last rltes
of burial could hardly have been more lni-
pressive As the coffin was lowered mo
the cement crypt the battalion of cadets
OF the United States Military Academy, as
semhled in full force for the ceremony,
fred three volleys over the grave. "hi'e
the military band gave forth the solemn
strains OF Nearer. My God, 10 Thee An
artillery salute OF thirteen guns ended the
ceremony.
As tho special train bearing the body and
the funeral cortese reached here, at $40
p. M, the cadet battalion and the detach-
ment Of soldiers OF the regular army al
the post were drawn up al the station 70
meet It, The line Of march for the reserNa'
ton was made up and the procession moved
on up the long hill TO the strains of Chopin
Funeral March by tho Military Academy
band As the cortege reached the library
building the minute guns began TO boom
out and continued their firing until the
mourners had passed through the cemetery
gate.
The prayers IT tie gate were said By
Post Chaplain Edward S. Trarers. assisted
by BishCp Samuel Falows. Of Chicago. and
Chaplain Edmund Smith, Of Governor 3
Island. General Grants body was buried
in what is known as Plot x. near the Gene
terry gates. IN n picturesque spot overlook
ing the Hudson.