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toward the City Hall and rested arms.
Immediately after marched provisional
company Of naval reserves. bright faced
youngsters In white uniforms. and these,
too. were swung into line facing the
hall, In contact with the infantry.
Four minutes later sombre and
mournful touch was given 20 this brill
liant Npectacle by the arrival OF the
black swathed gun calsson. which was
10 carry the coffin. The caisson had
been obtained from the United states
Military Academy at West Point after a
good deal of seeking here and there, for
gun caissons are difficult to obtain these
days. II had been covered completely
with black cloth. even to the wheels.
Eight horses, black or dark brown. with
new, yellow harness, drew the caisson
and halted II before the City Hall steps.
And then came the most pathetic sight
OF all. Major Mitchel's horse. apparelled
in crepe from head to tail. The dead Of
ficer's boots. reversed. we're secured IN
the stirrups. An artilleryman led the
charger a little way beyond the funeral
caisson. and stood by with the reins
dropping to the pavement.
As II u City siGhed.
II was Imagination. OF course. but
some onlookers at the City Hall fancied
at that moment that the whole city had
taken long breath, had swallowed q
lump In It's throat and wherever the
glance travelled to the streets and to the
windows Of the mountainous buildings 1t
seemed as II every pair OF gazing eyes
was directed upon this dismal symbol.
Within the hall there was now a stir
OF movement, The iron gate was opened.
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ors came TO attention. then to salute
with presented arms. and the coffin. al
ways concealed by the flag. was carried
down the steps of the hall and placed
upon the caisson. In moment 1t was
fastened.
From a little way across the plaza the
Glee Club of the. Police Department.
gathered around the big white Liberty
Bell, sang HE Who Is Upright" Far
overhead, perhaps 1000 feet up" m the
sunshine, an airplane ioated In silver
| radiance. Then came word OF COM
mand from an officer near the Park
sailors swung into column of fours.
marked time for a bare Instant then
| struck of at the head Of the procession.
| The band Of the Twenty second Infantry
began the Funeral March from Saul"
| Noted Men Appear.
BY this time the honorary pallbearers
had come down the steps and were
waiting at the side Of the funeral car.
Col Roosevelt stood with Cleveland II.
| Dodge, very tall man. who lowered
noticeably over the Colonel's heavy set
figure; Col. Edward NJ. House. DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler. George w.
| wickersham, George w. Perkins, Frank
Nathaniel r. Usher. Major-Gen. William
A. Mann. John @. Agar. Lieut.. Col.
Arthur Woods, Capt. George Won L.
Meyer and William NJ. Chadbourne.
| Behind these, likewise awaiting their
place In line after the military should
have passed the front Of the City Hall.
were Mayor Hylan, his secretary. Grover
whalen; William l.. Craig. the Comp
troller; Alfred Z. Smith. President of
the Board Of Aldermen: the five Bor-
ough Presidents. Bowling Of Manhattan.
Riegelmann Of Brooklyn. Connolly OF
Queens. Van Name of Richmond and
Bruckner Of The Bronx. and all the
members OF the Board Of Aldermen.
In a parallel line were the members
of deleg atoms sent by the great civic
and commercial associations and patr!-
otto societies and by the clubs. Oscar
s. Straus headed the Public Service
Commission delegation. Col. Charles E.
Lydecker led the representation from
the National Security League. Elhu
Root, ]. p. Morgan, L. II. Outerbridge
r. Fulton Cutting, A. Barton Hepburn,
Irving T. Bush and George T. Wilson
led the delegation from the Chamber OF
Commerce. George w. Loft marshalled
| a long line of representatives Of the
Mayors Committee on National Defence
This column reached backward and
through the corridors Of the hall in the
interval Of waiting for the military de-
tachments to pass through and out OF
the plaza.
Former Associates AHse mt led.
Included In one or the other Of the
columns were the former commissioners
and deputies OF the Mitchell administra-
ton, among whom were observed Robert
Adamson. George II. Bell. Burdette @
Lewis, Milo r. Matbie, Henry Bruere
Henry Moskowitz, F. J. II. Kracke
Frank Lord, Katharine b. Davis. Lamar
Hardy. Justice George V. Mullan, r. A
C.. Smith. Guy Scull. Lawson Purdy
Stanley ]. Quinn, Lewis II. Pounds ant
George McAneny.
In the immediate neighborhood were
representatives from the Jewish Welfare
Board. knights OF Columbus. League Of
Foreign Born Citizens. United Irisf
League. womens Municipal League
Citizens Union. Columbia Univers!t,
Club. Southern Society, Aero Club Son!
} Of Italy, Hungarian League. Merchants
Associa alton, trustees OF the American
Museum Of Natural History, trustees o.
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals Fifth
Avenue Association. Naval Scouts, Fed
, Grafton Of Women's Clubs and City Hal
Reporters Association.
As the procession passed the Cit.
Hall while these delegations waited
Brig. Gen. George T. Dyer. n. G. n. Y
and staff, led the State troops, the new
/ Seventh Regiment. the Ninth Coast Ar
, tIllery Corps, the new Twenty
, Engineers and the new Squadron A
Their bands played d!rges. the Seventh
giving "Flee AS a Bird TO the Noun
T., tain" Then came a regiment of polio
preceded by the Police Band of 10
, pieces and followed by a troop O
mounted traffic men. Finally way wa
i opened for the waiting delegations. whe
! the flremen's regiment and band fol
: lowed the other uniformed detachment
0 out of the plaza and northward in Par
Row. .,
No Carriages or Motors.
Then the eight black caparisone
horses moved the caisson and its bun
. den into place and took UP the marcel
while Col Roosevelt, Mr. Dodge and tn
: other honorary pallbearers stepped fol
ward. There were no carriages or auto
= mobiles In the procession to I'll
= cathedral. Everybody walked Co
Whitman and his staff followed Mayo
Z Hylan and the city officials, and the