Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-18
GEORGIA HONORS
MEMORY Of
SENATOR
Notable Escort Meets Funeral
Train From Washington and
Takes Body to Capitol,
Continued From Page I.

placed in the hearse. about which the
guard of grizzled Confederate
veterans. some Of whom had been
comrades in arms Of the dead Sena-
| tor in the war--were grouped as the
troops of the Seventeenth Regiment
procession
Despite the enormou scrowd, the
formation was effected with absolute
smoothness and dignity. First, the
mounted police, with chief Beavers
at their head Then the Seventeenth
Regiment in dress uniform, with
mounted officers and colors uncased.
Then the Fifth Regiment Of the Ma
tiOnal Guard; then the Marist cadets.
and after them the white shoulder
straps and the tall pompoms Of the
Georgia Military Academy.
There was a brief, solemn pause.
Then the head of the procession
stepped slowly forward, moving in
time TO the tremendous chords of
Chopin's mighty dirge, the "Marche
FunebIe."
Procession Mile Long.
After the military came the hearse
with its guard of honor; the slow
march well suited to the veterans OF
the bronze cross Then came the
members of the Bar Association, and
last of all the carriages bearing the
Washington escort.
More than a mile long, the process
sion moved slowly toward the Capt.
toll, on Mitchell street to Whitehall,
up Whitehall to Hunter, thence on to
the Capitol front on Washington
street. slowly II ma rched: half an
hour for the short distance from the
station plaza; and along the route
there were the denCe crowds and the
barred heads, and always the deep,
brooding quiet of peoples grief
At the Capitol, the Seventeenth
Regiment deploSed along Washing
ton street. facing the Capitol front,
the mounted officers before the close
files
The Fifth Regiment opened files
from the street up the Capitol steps,
and on into the rotunda. The gal
leries of the building were black with
people; there was evein a group on
the top of the dome, and the lawn
was a solid mass.
Governor Receives Body.
AS the hearse and its escort drew
level with the walk to the Capitol
steps. the Washington escort left it's
carriages and formed behind IT, the
veterans ranging on each side.
There was a sharp order: Pre-
sent-arms!" Then the cas<et de-
scended gentyl to the pallbearers, and
the guard of honor fell in behind it,
And then, his head barred, and al!
alone, Georgia's Governor walked
slowly down from the Capitol to meet
Georgia's returning son.
Slowly the little group moved for
ward. Slowly il climbed the steps
and passed within the portals of the
Statehouse Slowly the escort fol-
lowed. And AT last the body of Sem
ator Bacon rested on its modest bier.
with the palms around it, and the
guard on every side.
Reception for NotabIes.
The Governor retired to his rooms,
where a very quiet little reception Of
welcome was given the distinguished
visitors. Later. the party took lunch
con at the Piedmont Hotel.
Senator Bacons body is to lie in
state until it is taken to the railway
station, to the train that is to bear
1t to Macon, where the final services
are to be held Thursday
For the first hour in the Capitol the
guard was chosen from the Cover
nor's staff. The second hour il was
from the cadets of the Georgia Mill
tary Academy The remaining two
hours were divided between the Mar
list cadets and the Fifth Regiment.
At $50 o'clock the body will be
taken from the Capitol to the railway
station, where ii will be put aboard
special train and taken to Macon.
where the last funeral services will
be held Thursday. No services of
any kind will be held ~ Atlanta.
The following committee from the
Atlanta Bar Association represented
that organization in the funeral pro-
cession;
Bar Representatives.
A. G. King, A. G. Powell, Morris
Brandon, Reuben r. Arnold. H. G.
Peoples. Burton Smith, Hooper Alex
ander, e w. Born. j. w Bachman.
NanAstor Bachelor. T'rampton Il.
Ellis, Harrison Jones. Hollins y. Ran
dolph, Shepard Bryan. Harold Hirsch,
Walter T. Colquitt, &. b. Shelton, Sam