The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-03-05
Last Honor To Chamberlain.

Last Honor To Chamberlain.
Names Hero Laid at Rest in Brunswick.
BRUNSWICK, Me, Feb. q. More than
1000 people this afternoon attended the
funeral services of Maj Gen Joshua
Lawrence Chamberlain, the hero of Lit
tie Round Top, whose body was brought
to Brunswick from Portland on the aft
ernoon express.
| Among the more prominent people
present were Ex-Gov William 7. Cobb,
Ex-G Gov Frederick w. Plaisted, Hon John
B. Heating Of Portland, the British vice
CONSUL: Edward Sherwood of Brookline,
Mass, and Hon Franklin &. Payson of
Portland, trustees of Bowdoin College;
Col Franklin M. Drew of Lewiston, past
commander of the Maine G. A. R.; Mel
van Tibbetts of Bangor, senior vice COM
mander; Thomas Benson of Sidney,
junior vice commander; Patrick Hayes
of Chelsea, chief inspector of the Maine
G. A. R.; Hon Weston Lewis of Gardiner
and r. w. Coffin Of Bangor, member
of the Governors staff.
The body was escorted from the sta
ton to the First Parish Congregations
Church by the 10th Company C. A. c. !;
the student body of Bowdoin College.
SERVICE AT PORTLAND.
Previous to the service here large
gathering had paid tribute to Gen Cham
Eerla,n in Portland, where the body was
escorted from the residence on Ocean av
to City Hall by guard of honor consist
ing of members of each of the four COM
parties of the National Guards of Port
land
At ..Tukeys Bridge the procession was
met by the LIST, I'd, 9Th and 18th Com
panies of the LIST Regiment under the
command of Maj Frank E. Cummings,
and of the Ship Company of the Naval
Reserves under command of Lieut. Com
mander r. K. Dyer. The line of march
was headed by band and a platoon of
police.
There were 1000 in the hall, while more
than 5000 lined the sidewalks. The fol-
lowing were honorary pallbearers: Gen
Selden Conner, Hon William P. White
house, formerly chief justice of the Su
preme Court of Maine; Judge Clarence
Hale, Col F. M. Drew, Hon Edwin U.
curtis of Boston, Hon Lewis Pierce, DR..
Abner O. Shaw, Capt H. M. Merriam,
U.S.A.; Hon Willis T, Emmons and Hon
Edward b. W1nSlOW.
Gov William 7. Haines, who repre-
scented the State, was accompanied by
the following members of his staff:
Adit Gen Albert Greenlaw, Col James
L. Moriarty, Col Blaine Owen, Maj
Theodore Hawley, Maj Gilbert M. Elliott
and Lieut. Commander Charles G. Keene,
Naval aid. Col William O. Peterson of
the 1st Regiment and staff were with
Gov Haines and party.
Mayor Oakley C. Curtis represented
the city of Portland; Philip J. Turner,
the Sons of the American Revolution;
Archie Lee Talbot, the Society of Amer
lean Wars; Collector Willis T. Emmons,
the late associates of Gen. Chamberlain
in the Custom House, and Commander
George D. Disbee, the Military Order of
the Loyal Legion.
Ex-Gov. Bert M. Fernald and Ex-Gov.
Selden Conner were seated with Gov.
Haines and party, and Ex-Gov. John l..
Bates, Maj Henry L. Higginson and
Gen. Morris Schaff represented Gov.
Walsh of Massachusetts.
Rev. DR.. Jesse Hill, the pastor of the
WilGston Congregational church, offered
an invocation, read selections from the
Scripture and delivered the eulogy. At
the CLOSE buSICl Voodoioo oouiuCd
"taps."
The order of the procession to the City
Hall was followed from there to the
Union Station.
PRESIDENT HYDE'S EuLOGY.
At the church in Brunswick the ser
vices were conducted by Rev. Chauncey
w. Goodrich.
The eulogy was delivered by Presi-
dent William Dewitt Hyde, and was
worthy of the subject and the occasion.
HUNDREDS VIEW BODY.
At the conclusion of the service the
body was viewed by hundreds of Gen.
Chamberlain former townspeople, stu
dents of Bowdoin College and others.
During this time Miss Sue Wlnchell play
ed Handel's Largo" as a cello solo.
AS the body was carried from the church
Chopin's funeral march was played by
the organist, Prof. Edward H. Wass.
The honorary bearers were DIR. Alfred
Mitchell. Prof. Henry johnson, Hon.
Barrett Potter. Col. George L. Thomp-
son, Mai. Ray P. Eaton, Samuel Knight,
Jr., DR.. Joseph S. Stetson, Russell W.
Eaton, Franklin C. Webb. Harvey j.
Given, Hon. Edward w. Wheeler and
DR.. Frederick H. Wilson.
The active bearers were undergradu-
ate members of the Bowdoin Chapter Of
the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity.
The procession reformed and proceeded
to Pine Grove Cemetery, where Gen.
Chamberlain was buried beside his wife.
THE GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION.