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PROCEEDINGS IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS,
ON THE OCCASION OK THE
FINERAL tKREMOMUS
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JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD,
LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
WHICH Took" PLACE ON MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 26th, 1881.
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Compiled and Published under the Authority of the General Committee of Arrangements —
Hon. Jos. A. Shakspcare, Mayor of the City of New Orleans, Chairman.
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1881.
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PREFAC E
This Volume is designed to preserve, in a connected and durable
form, not only a thoroughly comprehensive but a minutely accurate
account of the proceedings in the City of New Orleans: first, on the
receipt of the news, Saturday afternoon. July 2d, of the attempted
assassination of President Garfield, and, next, on and after the
announcement of his death at Long Branch, on Monday night, Sep-
tember 18th, 1881.
It was the duty of the Compiler, — when connected with the editorial
staff of the New Orleans Picayune in 1852, — to prepare for publication
for the City Authorities, a Volume of similar character to this,
describing the imposing funeral ceremonies held here, in December
of that year, in honor of the great Triumvirate, Calhoun, Clay and
Webster, — the latter then but recently departed.
The peculiar and vivid interest created by the many local and
personal details in that work, when last September, after a lapse of
twenty-nine years, it was resurrected from the city archives by the
Authorities for purposes of reference and precedents, — indicated the
plan to be pursued, with even greater attention to details of facts and
individuals, in preparing the present volume.
At alPevents, this work will have a large circulation both at home
and abroad ; and in hundreds of New Orleans households it will be
preserved as the only memento of a memorable event in the history
of our City.
A memorable event indeed, — for, with the exception of Cleveland,
New Orleans was the only city in the United States that tendered to
the dead President's memory so magnificent a public demonstration
of sincere regret and profound respect as that hereinafter chronicled.
These grand and solemn Obsequies expressed not only the deep
sorrow of our People for their President's untimely and cruel decease,
but their genuine admiration for his high character and eminent
abilities and their thorough appreciation of his patriotic services to the
country at large.
These Obsequies, in addition, were a heartfelt tribute from the
Men and Women of the Crescent City to the memory of one who had
ever shown himself so true and manly in his friendships, so tender
and devoted in his fondly circle. And, finally, these Obsequies were
a respectful testimonial of the deepest sympathy by the People of
New Orleans for the stricken survivors of the bereaved household.
The lesson to be derived from the remarkable career and the
remarkable death of the late President, is multiform, and cannot be
discussed here. One of its most serious teachings may be rightly set
forth, liowever,_in the following paragraphs that closed the Preface of
the "Calhoun, Clay and Webster Memorial Volume," to which refer-
ence has been made :
" In the contemplation of these unstinted honors to the memory
" of the departed statesmen, not only will many an obscure youth
" find stimulants to perseverance in the path of public duty, but living
" statesmen, yet in the heat of conflict, may find in them the consoling
" assurance of a just appreciation when they, too, shall have emerged
" into an atmosphere cleared of the partisan mists of the day. To
" that serene region, Death raises them at once. There the prejudices
" of the time vanish, and the instincts of justice, gratitude and rever-
" ence resume their sway.
"The Dead have no longer partisans or enemies among their
" countrymen. We all join to do honor to their memory— to claim an
" equal share in their renown— to mourn together over their loss— and
" to unite as kindred to plant laurels upon their tombs."
True and to the point in ls-32, these reflections are equally true and
applicable now ; and they will, therefore, appropriately close this
Preface. The People of New Orleans united, as they have not been
united in a quarter of a century, to do honor to the memory of James
A. Garfield : to mourn together over his loss : and to plant laurels
and immortelles on his tomb.
EDWARD C WHARTON, Journalist and Conyriler.
Ah. DOXXAUD, Journalist and Publisher.
New Orleans, December, 1881.
MORNING AND EVENING
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Saturday, July 2d, A. J). 1881, will ever be a memorable, a sadly
memorable day, in the annals of the great Republic.
The day opened with joyous auspices for its people and their new
Chief Executive — for the former in cheerful preparation for the national
holiday — for the Executive, in glad anticipation of his first genuine
respite from the onerous labors that, for four months, had almost trans-
formed him into a prisoner of State.
Tlieday closed with the Executive stricken down by the murderous
shots of a cold-blooded assassin ; and the people, horror-stricken, breath-
lessly awaiting the announcement of his death.
No more sudden and overwhelming catastrophe could have been
devised by the gloomy Fates of Greek Tragedy to illustrate the uncer-
tainty of human hopes, the instability of human joys.
Assuredly, the nation's indignation and sorrow would have been
thoroughly aroused, no matter who had been its Chief Executive and
the assassin's victim. But this new occupant of the Presidential man-
sion—even when but just emerged from the smoke and flame and din
of the tremendous electoral battle— had singularly won upon the deeper
sympathies of the people. And that by no arts of the shrewd and
practiced demagogue, out by the simple, genuine merits of the man,
standing fearlessly before his fellow-men, and willing to be judged by
his life-history.
It was, indeed, one that appealed to the best feelings of every
American citizen. They all, even to the poorest and humblest, now
knew that he was completely one of themselves. They all now knew
that he had risen from the humblest to the proudest position in the
Republic by his own indomitable energy, industry and perseverance.
They all knew that, even when a lad, struggling with poverty, his
brain was fired and his heart nerved by the noble determination to
rise to the highest plane of intellectual power and distinction. And
that grand work successfully achieved, they knew, too, that, at the
call of duty, he had abandoned the peaceful academic shades for the
perils of war and the no lesser perils of public life; and had in them,
too, reached the highesl positions by the same qualities of mind and
heart that had crowned his student life with triumph.
In his public career, also, the people saw clearly that lie was
inspired by thai sincere love of country, which in their eyes condones
for a host of mistakesand errors, and lacking which the most brilliant
public man lacks the chiefesl jewel of his crown.
So true and powerful was the hold this manly life-story had taken
upon the popular heart, that it speedily won for the new President
the genuine good-will of the numerous and stalwart legions who had
fought so valiantly to Live the victory to his honored opponent. For
they had served under too noble a chieftain not to recognize the lofty
traits of his successful rival. And. in paying him the tribute of sin-
cere regard, they felt they were in no wise derogating from the admi-
ration and respect still cheerfully rendered to their former leader, in
this they but followed that leader's own magnanimous example.
And. therefore it was that the People of the United States --aid as
with one voice : " This is truly a representative American and worthy
to be our President : let us honor and trust him !"
That they iiad not mistaken him, nor he them, was shown in his
Inaugural. En a brief passage, dignified and feeling,, he heralded for
his Administration what the whole country had long yearned for : the
definite closing of the Temple of Janus, and a speedy return once more
to the pleasant paths of Peace.
In that one utterance the true patriot as well as the wise states-
man was distinctly presented.
He had already gained his fellow-citizens' good-will. Now he
conquered their confidence. Ere many minutes, he won his way com-
pletely to their kindliest regard. When turning suddenly from the
crowd of dignitaries, eager to congratulate him — regardless of the
multitude and their applause — in utter defiance of ceremonial and
etiquette— he joyously kissed his proud old mother and happy wife,
a thrill ran through that vast assembly that did notecase vibrating
until it had touched the heart of the whole nation.
It was the first of those little scenes— so natural, so spontaneous —
which ere long were to reveal to the American people the inner life of
their President and his family : simple, and true, and loving— finding
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in its purity, its constancy, its moral elevation, the strength to quietly,
cheerfully, courageously endure the mosl painful of all ordeals to
which such devoted affection could be subjected.
The new President had been sorely tried, in the brief period since
his inauguration. In quick succession Death had snatched away near
and deal' relatives. He made no complaint, at leas! to the world ; but
doubtless he often asked himself, as did bis venerable mother " I
wonder who next will be taken !" He had no reason to fear for him-
self, for he was in vigorous health; but he might be in constant dread
for the invalid, his children's mother, for whose health and comfort,
he soon afterwards said, when himself stricken down, "he would
cheerfully give his own lif< ."
Then, too, in the midst of prcparat ion of measure- of public polu-y
nay, sonic of them actually in operation that cheered the people at
large with promise of wide and salutary reform, bis Administration
was suddenly and vehemently attacked from a quarter where the least
expected. Based, it cannot be doubted, on honest differences of opinion.
this assault was. nevertheless, the more embarrassing that if emanated
from a powerful section of the very party to which the President owed
his election.
Though the attack had been warded off with skill, tact and nerve,
l he hostile array still threatened : and the President could not but be
grieved, if not mortified, at so untoward a condition of affairs. Still,
on the other hand, he could not but be cheered by the many evidt uces
he received of the popular good will and confidence; and so, on that
bright morning of the 2d of July, he prepared !<> take ids first holiday.
Turning bis back upon the scene of such incessant and harassing
labor, he was to make a pleasure excursion of two weeks' duration
through the New England States. His invalid wife and bis young
daughter, then at Long Branch, weie to join him and bis two elder
sons at New York. He bad kindiy invited the members of his Cabinet
and their wives, and several other intimate friends to accompany him;
and a more joyous party could not be gathered together than assembled
that morning at the railroad depot in Washington, and cheerfully
awaited their chief's arrival.
THE OLD CONTINENTAL
The new Executive had several good reasons, it is to be presumed, for
selecting New England as the scene of ids first Presidential pleasure
excursion.
One of them might be that New England was the home of both
his lather's and his mother's ancestors.
The mother was the accomplished daughter of one of New England's
men of brain, will and cult ur< — himself descended from men of similar
calibre.
The first of the Garfields, Edward, an English immigrant, — had
settled in Massachusetts in 1 7.'i<>. One of his descendants, Abraham Gar-
field, was among the "militia" who, at Concord, opened, with
powder and ball, 1 he conflict that was to end at Yorktown.
And Abraham's brother, yclept Solomon, was also a valiant
soldier of i lie Revolution.
Under fire at Concord, with the militia-man, Abraham Garfield,
was another good soldier, John Hoar byname. It was the fortune of
Ins great-grandson, a United States Senator; to preside, over a hundred
years later on, at the National Convention that nominated lor Presi-
dent of the United States the great-grandson of that lighting "Old
Continental. " Solomon ( rarfield.
But, t he chief reason for the selection was doubtless the President's
desire to accept the invitation, — tendered him, by its officers and
students, -to be present at Williams College, in Williamstown, Mass.,
on " commencement day." The Alumni of the old College were to be
there il> renowned ex-President, the venerable Professor Hopkins,
was to lie there. And he, the Executive, was one of the Alumni ; and,
twenty-five years ago, he had graduated under the kindly auspices of
Ids life-long friend, President Hopkins.
There, alter twenty years' struggle with poverty and privation,
he had finally won the prize that in his boyhood he had determined
should begins : the prize that, when he was yet but a child, his mother
had determined he should win.
She had formed this resolution when left a widow, in a log-hut in
the wilderness, far from relatives and friends, with a family of little
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■ -hildreu utterly unprovided for. She had maintained T 1 1 i — resolution
tli heroic steadfastness, even when compelled to split rails to fence
in the few acres tiial gave I I to lier scanty board. Her sou had
inherited this noble in >ther's lofty inspiration and unyielding courage.
And now, as the result, he the wood-chopper, carpenter, canal-team
driver, l>ul zealous studenl ever lie, a General of Annies -he, a
Senator of Senators he, the President <>f the L'uited States, was
'■"ii;.; back "iicc more '" i ollcge, — .hut more to take his "Id President
by (be hand !
* 'a 1 1 we i ml see and s\ mpathize witli I he look ami smile of honest
pride thai musl ln«v< lil n i the maul \ face of t lie new President, as he
stood in his roojn in the White House that bright July morning, and
recalled and dwelt upon the strange scenes and marvelous contrasts of
las life-career.
Mayhap, unseen to mortal eye, the grim "Old Continental "
I near, -his pale ace also lil up with ;i smile of pride, albeit a
ghostly smile,- a- In contemplated his great-grandson: and saw in
him the cheerful spirit, the determined will, the unfaltering patriotism
that gave victor,- at lasl to the \m\\ of Valley Forge.
But the President's Secretary of State was waiting without, t<»
accompany his friend and chief to the railroad depot ; and s<> James
A. Garfield left the While House, -a strong, stalwart man. full of life
and vigor and hope rejoicing to be relieved of toil and care
As he was driven rapidly along the Avenue, he may possibly have
recalled its crowded, brilliant appearance on the day of his inaugura-
tion. But little cared he now- toe warm-hearted, genial man. — for
official honors and public triumphs. He had returned to private life
once more. He would soon be with wife and sons and daughter.
He was, like any other private citizen, " off' for a holiday."
He could see. to his right and left, only men who touched their hats
to him respectfully, and women who smiled pleasantly on so good a
son, husband and father. Hecouldnot see the grim " Old Continen-
tal," running by his side: ami. with ghastly look andghostly gesture,
warning him of a toe, — even then awaiting him, — more dangerous far
than English bullets and bayonets had been at Concord.
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Nor could lie hear bis old Mother, in her far away lioine,— mourn-
ing over her kin so recently carried to untimely graves,— and sadlv
asking : " I wonder who will be taken nexl !"
A1 thai very moment, her Hon, arm-in-arm, and chatting gaily
with his Secretary of State, was entering the railroad depot ; and the
Assassin, thougb women and children were all around him, gripped
hi- fatal weapon.
The old mother's question was soon answered.
THE WIFE'S MAGIC.
In the Crescent City, as elsewhere, the first announcement that
the " President had been shot down by an assassin," was received with
general incredulity. Some considered the dispatch as an audacious
stock-iobbing hoax. Others concluded that the shooting— if shooting
there was— could be only the result of an accident.
When the telegrams, that rapidly succeeded each other, only too well
confirmed the first startling announcement, the whole city was thrown
into a tumult of horror, indignation, sorrow— sorrow for the illustrious
victim; horror at the deed itself; fiercest indignation against the
wretch who had committed it. The excitement, indeed, was so intense
and .lien era I That business was virtually suspended.
The first dispatches held out no hope of the survival of the wounded
President beyond a few hours. He himself, the telegrapher reported,
had said to his physician : " Earn a dead man— but [ am not afraid to
die." Yet, even in that trying moment, he had sent his absent wife a
loving and reassuring message.
Hour after hour went by, and still the victim clung to life, though
slowly sinking ; and still the people of New Orleans waited, and hoped,
and feared— for with them the deep sympathy for the President and
his afflicted family predominated even over the bitter ire against the
cold-blooded, self-acknowledged murderer.
Finally, late at night, just after the receipt <>(' a dispatch that seemed
to close the tragedy — for it said : " The President is again sinking, and
there is little, if any, hope" came another, reporting thai "He had
rallied; that his symptoms were more favorable; thai he continued
brave and cheerful." And still another of like favorable tenor.
That lie should continue to be " brave and cheerful " did not surprise
the anxious groups that had waited and watched far into the night.
Indeed, it was bis courage and spirit, strikingly made manifest from
the first, that still gave the people hope against hope. But tins sudden
and continued change for the better was so unexpected that it was
doubted, until the explanation came— an explanation that sensibly
lightened the general gloom.
The explanation was, that Mrs. Garfield iiad arrived in Wash-
ington; and her presence by Iter stricken husband's side, her affection-
ate words and hopeful spirit, had acted like magic upon him.
" If he recovers," said the doctors, " it will be due greatly to the
presence of ids devoted wife."
'• Though still weak from her recent illness," said another dispatch,
" and shocked by the suddeness of the sorrow that has conic upon her,
•'she has behaved since her arrival with courage and self-control, equal
" to those of her husband. Site lias not given way to the terror and
"grief she naturally feels, but is constantly by the President's side,
" encouraging him with her sympathy, and giving efficient aid, as far
"as in her power, to the physicians."
Many a manly eye was moist when that dispatch was read.
Xow, — strengthened by his wife's presence and affection, — the
President, it was telegraphed, had asked his Doctor, " What were the
indications?" The physician answered: '-There is a chance of
recovery" The wounded man's brave reply, cheerfully spoken:
"Well, we will take that chance!" sent a thrill of hope and admira-
tion into every bosom.
Whilst tender-hearted women everywhere prayed that night for
the sufferer's recovery, brave-hearted men everywhere recognized in
him a man-of-men, — full worthy of the tribute of regret and respect the
world was then paying him.
No where was that tribute more sincerely paid than in New
Orleans.
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HFSTOKY ()I- THE
NEW ( )RLEANS SPEAKS.
There was but one feeling in our community, and il was exhibited
with a spontaneity and fervor thai were remarkable.
Th<> Press gave the most em])hatie and decided utterance to the
popular sentiment. Dailies and Weeklies, -Political, Religious, Agri-
cultural, and Commercial— alike denounced the awful crime, joined in
warm praise of the illustrious victim, and in tender sympathy for his
sufferings and the affliction of hi- family.
The State's young Governor— a man of quick and generous im-
pulses—would have been the first Official to give formal expressions
to the people's sentiments, lint Lor is A. VVn/rz was himscl! then
bravely battling with death.
The City Authorities were prompt to act ; and the,} were promptly
followed by the various leading commercial, benevolent, religious, and
other Associations.
MA VOR A >.■-. A. SUA KSl'R \ I::.
said to a newspaper representative, short 1,} after the news of the
attempted assassination was received:
"When I first heard of this matter, I experienced a thrill of horror,
because of the deed itself, and also the Mow which se< ms thus to have
been aimed at the fair name of our country. The man who committed
ibis <\ri>i\ was probably crazy. That is a charitable construction to put
upon it. At any rate, the tact is a startling one to be confronted, that
it has come to pass that the life of the President of the United States
may he threatened by assassi us, because some action of his tails to please.
This question must be met squarely, and at once, our great country
cannot allow such practices to grow.
"The people of the United Slates, and of the South particularly, will
condemn this ad in no uncertain terms. They abhor anything of the
kind. Why, even when Lincoln was killed, and the minds of the
people were excited, and their feelings aroused by the progress of a civil
war, his assassination was condemned and greatly regretted by the
entire people, li is devoutly to be hoped that the President will live;
but what 1 principally regard, is the blow which has been aimed at the
fundamental principles of American liberty."
ADM i NISTRATOU W.\ i.SII K
said he was filled with horror at the dastardly outrage that bad been
perpetrated. "If Mr. Garfield should die, it would prove a national
calamity. The South, in particular, would lose a good friend, in the
short time that Mr. Garfield has been in office, be has given promise of
being one of the best and most patriotic Presidents we have had lot-
years."
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ADMINISTRATOR I IT/. I' ATI! 1 1 K
said: "In many respects, the death of Garfield would be a national
calamity, but particularly in this, thai he has proved thus far a Presi-
dent of the whole country, and not only of one or two sectioi s. The
people should rejoice if ihi- shooting does not terminate fatally."
ADMIN is IK A TOR DEL.AMORK
expressed his sorrow- for what had happened to the President. " If the
i\vcd was done to serve any imagined great end. i; will prove a com-
plete failure, [f any other end was contemplated, the movers therein
will surely suffer."
A DM! NTSTRA rOR oil l.l.DTTi:
remarked that he could not say more than his colleagues had already
said concerning this, crime. ''Every right thinking man, every
Louisianian, every American, should rais< his voice in denunciation
of this horrible deed."
ADMINISTRATOR: I ■ IX, HUGER AND MEAL.EY
were out of towm, and, therefore, could not seen on the subject, but
they telegraphed to the Mayor their horror and regret, and classed the
attempted assassination as a national calamity.
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Three days aft* r, theoth of .Inly, — at the regular weekly session
of the Council, the following resolutions were adopted, and the Mayor
requested to forward them by telegraph:
Whereas, The life of the Chief Magistrate of the nation has been
assailed by an assassin's hand ; be it
Resolved by lli< < on C'oun< it uj tin City of New Orleans in
regular meeting assembled, That the People of the City, through us,
their Representatives, express their condemnation of the act, and
though it seems but the deed of personal malice, take this occasion to
declare their faith in the supremacy of the law and their confidence in
the permanency of our institutions.
Resolved, That the People of New Orleans acknowledge the
unspeakable horror and grief which the message of this t,\cr\\ has
j stricken into their hearts; that they have watched with eager anxiety
the life struggle which holds the people in suspense, and with each
assuring hope, send fervent prayers to the Throne of Grace that the
assassin's object may be thwarted, and lift ami health restored to him
who is President of a whole and reunited country.
Resolved, Thai his Honor, the Mayor of this City, communicate
these resolutions forthwith to the Hon, James G. Blaine, Secretary of
State, with expressions of condolence and sympathy at the suffering'
and distress which have so undeservedly invaded the peace and happi-
ness of President Garfield and his family.
The Mayor stated to the Council that he had already sent the
following telegram :
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\ K\v Orleans, .Inly 4, 1881.
Hon. .la hips. <i. Blaine, Secretary of State, Washington, It. < '. :
New Orleans sends sympathy and sincerely hopes the President
will soon recover. We watch with great interest for every bulletin,
and feel encouraged bv the latest we have.
JOS. 4. SHAKSPEARE,
Mayor.
(iRANP ARMY OK THE REPUBLIC.
The officers and members of Ibis national organization, — claiming
the President as one of them, — took appropriate action at all their
Posts throughout the I'nion. What they did in New Orleans is thus
set forth :
New Orleans, July 4, 1881.
Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, Secretary of War, Washington, I>. ( '. :
.Joseph A. Mower Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic,
Department of Louisiana, and Encampment of the Hoys in Blue,
Louisiana, send sincere regrets to Mrs. Garfield, hoping and praying
for the President's recovery.
WM. ROY,
Commander Grand Army and Hoys in Blue.
The same day the following reply to this telegram was received :
Washington, July 4, 1881.
Win. Roy, Commander Grand Army Republic, X. < ».:
On behalf of Mrs. Garfield, 1 thank you for your telegram. The
President's condition is very critical.
ROBERT T. LINCOLN,
Secretary of War.
THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
The members of this Society, of world-wide fame, held their annual
meeting on the 4th and elected the following officers : For president,
that veteran " Howard," James M. Vandegriff; vice-president, Gen.
Fred. X. Ogden ; secretary, F. II. Southmayd ; treasurer. S. B. New-
man. The following dispatch was sent to Washington, as expressive
of the sentiments of the " Howards :"
Hon. James <;. Blaine, Secretary of State :
The Howard Association of New Orleans, in annual meeting assem-
bled, desire to express their deep sympathy for the President in the
terrible calamity which has befallen him and, through him, our whole
country ; their fervent desire and prayer for his recovery ; their execra-
tion and condemnation of the crime; and further tender their heart-
felt sympathies with, and prayers for, his stricken family in their deep
affliction.
F. K. SOUTHMAYD,
Secretary.
THE CENTRAL HANCOCK CLUB,
which was organized in 1868, with branches throughout the State, had
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a largely attended meeting .1 Pinckney Smith, president, ami Win.
McVicar, secretary. The following resolutions were unanimously
adopted, and forwarded to Secretary Blaine:
Resolved, That the Club has heard with profound regret and deepest
indignation of the attempt on the life of the President. In common
with the people of the whole community we join in the universal con-
demnation, and also in the expression of warmest sympathy with the
President and Ins devoted family in this, the hour of their sad affliction.
Resolved, That the prayers of the Club will go up to the " God of
all " to spare and preserve the life of our President, to the end that the
honor and integrity of American institutions may he sustained, and
that the administration of the government under his conservative,
wise and just control, may forever unite the people of every section of
the country in one common destiny, and efface the last vestige of sec-
tionalism.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
the oldest chartered association of our merchants, took the following
action, through its acting President:
New ( >i; i.i.a \s, .1 uly t>, 1881.
To the Hun. Jas. >'•. Blaine, Secretary of State:
Sir— I have the honor on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce of
New Orleans, to address you the expressions of their sympathy and of
their condolence for the calamity winch has threatened the country in
the attempted assassination of the President.
The attempted assassination of the President of the United States
has tilled thecivilized world with horror, and the citizens of the United
States with indignation and shame, that a miscreant capable of imagin-
ing such a crime should he found within their limits.
The Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans return their sincere
gratitude to Almighty God that he has thus far vouchsafed the hope
that the Chief Magistrate of the Republic may he spared, and the
country relieved from the reproach which the consummation of an
act v,, dreadful might have brought upon it.
The Chamber hereby tender their sincere sympathy to President
Garfield and to his family for the suffering and anxiety through which
they have passed.
They trust that a public and impartial trial will exonerate any
from complicity in the knowledge of the act; and that a legal verdict
may visit upon the criminal himself a just retribution for having
attempted a crime foreign to the character of our institutions, and
abhorrent to the sentiment of our whole people, without regard to
race, party or section.
Very respectfully,
P. S. HOWARD,
Vice President
THE HANCOCK A.SSO* IATION,
organized in 1880, under the leadership of Ex-Gov. John McEnery, —
held a special meeting at their headquarters, on the 3d,— Hon. R. W.
Adams as Secretary. The President spoke of the sad news from Wash-
n;
\ OF THE
ington, and asked tin* members (o manifest their sympathy Cur (Ik
President in some appropriate form. Ex-Mayor I. W. Patton there-
upon offered (he following resolutions, which were unanimously
adopte<l, and ordered to be telegraphed to Secretary Blaine:
Be it rrxufrcrl, That the recent attempt to assassin al< President
(Airfield has been received and i< regarded by the members of tlii?
Association and b> their fellow countrymen as a great calamity to thi
nation, h arouses in tl • ssts- ol all patriotic citizens the pro-
foundest sorrow and syn i for the President and his family, and,
also, grave anxieties for the troubles and turmoils thai may result to
t he Republic froni so horrible a cri ine.
B< if rcw/nccl, That we cherish the most earnest and sincere hopes,
and unite with all good people in their fervent prayers, for the recovi
of tin President from his great affliction.
in I. t'O'J L'ois ;.\< i;,\ nge
sent the !'< blowing dispatch :
X i-w ()i;i,ka.\s, Jul; 5, ISS1.
- ■ ■■ ia Secretary ol state, VV<i liiuy ton, D. ('.:
in behalf of the Xew Orleans Cotton Exchange, I desire to expr< ss
'be ine n and horror experienced by its members a1 the dastardly
act of ibe assassin which threatens the iife of a great and good man'.
The President and his family have our sincerest sympathies, and we
earnestly join in the universal prayer that the Almighty may see lit
to spare him.
THUS. L, AIREY,
President X. o. Cotton Exchange.
1 II I CHOI) I l K EXCHANGE
thus expressi d itself :
Xew ( Ha.KAN's, July 5, 1881.
To Hun. .1. (.. Blaine, .Secretary, Washington:
The New Orleans Produce Exchange have heard with painful
sorrow and indignation of the dastardly attempt on the life of the
Presideid ot the United States, and they desire to express through you
to our worthy President and his family deep sympathy in their
distressing calamity, and to join their prayers with 'those of the whole
country for bis prompt and full recovery.
W. M. SMALLWOOD,
Secretary.
THE BOARD OF UNDERWRITERS,
om of our oldest business organizations, sent the following telegram :
Office Board of Underwriters, 1
New Orleans, July 6, 1881. /
.1. G. Blaine, Secretary, Washington:
The Board of Underwriters of the City of New Orleans extend
to the President and Ids family, and the Cabinet, its profound sorrow
for the great disaster which has fallen upon the country. It earnestly
prays that the life of the President may be spared, and that he may
be permitted to continue to guide the destinies of our united country.
FUNEKAL CEREMONIES.
THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION,
held their regular quarterly meeting, on the evening of the 5th of July,
vice-president, P>. T. VValshe, in the chair, and Win. \V. Crane, secre-
tary. Mr \V. ('. Raymond addressed the meeting, referring to the
attempted assassination <>f President Garfield, and moved the appoint-
ment of a committee to give expression t«> the sympathetic feeling of
tin Association. The motion was unanimously adopted, and theChair
appointed Messrs. W. C. Raymond, W. H. Drury, W. C. Sheperd. Van
R K. Hilliard, and M. M. Greenwood, as the committee. Th^y
reported as follows
Resolved, That in the fearful and dastardly crime perpetrated upon
the head of this Christian government, the whole country feels and
recognizes this as a fearful manifestation of the lawlessness to which
men are driven when asserting their individual passions a* superior to
the higher interests of the whole community.
Resolved, That as Christians we view the exhibition of personal
spite as the development of that vile spirit of agrarianism that would
dethrone God and all government, and erect the passions of men a«
the arbiters and rulers of life and enthrone them in power.
Resolved, That the perpetuity of our form of constitutional govern-
ment demands a bold and Christian expression of heartfelt detestation
of the tendencv of party politics to degrade and at last destroy the fair
heritage of a Christian and constitutional government, founded on and
protected by the principles of the word of God and his righteous sov-
ereignty over us as a people.
Resolved, That our feelings of tenderest sympathy are hereby
extended to the wife and family of our honored President, the chief
magistrate of our whole country ; and that we unite our prayers with
those of this entire nation for the restoration to health of its honored
head; and that this fearful blow at the rights and sovereignty of this
Republic may be so sanctified by God as to tend more indissolubly to
cement in love and exalted interest this whole people.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and were ordered to be
transmitted to Mrs. Garfield and the Secretary of State-
GERMAN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
At a prayer meeting of the congregation of the Immanuel German
Presbyterian^Church— Pastor, Rev. Owen Riedy— it was resolved :
That this congregation has heard with horror of the wicked and
atrocious attempt upon the life of President Garfield ; that we fervently
pray that the life of so good a man and President may be spared to the
country, and that our Pastor be requested to telegraph our heartfelt
sympathy to him and his family in their hour of trial.
Secretary Hunt telegraphed in reply : "In behalf of the President,
his family and the Cabinet, I sincerely thank you for your resolutions
of sympathy and respect."
18 HISTORY OF THE
IN THE SYNAGOGUE.
A special service was held in the Touro Synagogue, on Carondelet
street, on the evening of July 5th, to offer uj> prayer for the recovery of
the President. Rabbi I. L. Leucht conducted the services. His feeling
prayer, invoking the Almighty's aid for t lie wounded Executive, was
responded to by the whole congregation with a fervent " Amen." His
eloquent address, in which the universal sympathy for the President
and his family, and the universal indignation at the dastardly act that
brought him low were strongly expressed, was listened to by the
numerous assembly with profound attention.
The Rabbi of Temple Sinai, the Rev. Jas. K. Gutheim, was
absenl from the city, or similar service would certainly have been held
there.
OUK COLORED CITIZENS
were prompt and zealous in giving shape and form to their sorrowful
feelings, on receipt of the melancholy news.
Great preparation had been made for the dedication, on the 4th of
July, of the new Hall of the St. James (Methodist) Chapel Acad-
emy. The national holiday and the dedication were jointly to be cele-
brated by music, an oration and social festivities.
When the hour for the commencement of the ceremonies arrived,
the Pastor of the Chapel, Rev. A. M. Green, announced to the numer-
ous audience that the deplorable event, but just made public, had
caused the abandonment of the announced programme; and it was
determined, instead, by the Officers of the Chapel and the Academy,
to hold a meeting, through which theassembly could manifest its sym-
pathy for the stricken President.
This was acceded to, and Rev. Mr. Green was appointed chair-
man; Col. James Lewis, Dr. J. V. Newman, N. Jefferson, Hon. A. J.
Dumont, S. Wakefield, Edward Thompson, and Hon. Wm. M. Bur-
well, vice-presidents; W. G. Brown, H. C. C Astwood, P. Travigne,
T. S. Tucker, and C. J. Dowden, secretaries.
A committee on resolutions was appointed, Hon. J. H. Burch,
chairman. Addresses were delivered by Mr. Burch (who was to
have been the orator of the day), Hon. O. H. Brewster, Hon. A. J.
Dumont, Mr. H. C. C. Astwood, and Hon. Mr. Burwell.
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. I!)
The resolutions, — which were directed to be transmitted to the
President's family, through the Secretary of State,— expressed, in the
most earnest and feeling manner :
" The horror of the colored people of the ( !ity of New Orleans and
of the 'State of Louisiana, at the attempted assassination, and the
public calamity involved in it; their sorrow in common with the
people of the entire Union for the 'beloved President;' their prayers
for his deliverance, and their heart-felt sympathy tor lus family,
especially for his faithful wife." The closing resolution was: "That,
with humble mien and bowed hearts, we look beyond the sun and
clouds up to our Father, God, and say, ' Thy will be done.' "
On the Oth of July, the Ministers' Co-Operativje Association,
of the Third District of the city, held a meeting, and forwarded to
Secretary Blaine resolutions expressive of their "profound regret on
"learning of the attempted assassination, and their sympathy for the
"President and family." The closing resolution was an earnest
request to the fourteen churches and congregations represented—
Methodist, Baptist. Congregational— to "continue in prayer for the
President's recovery."
On the 4th July, the ( 'kntra l CONGREGATIONAL < !HUEOH, Last or.
Rev. W. S. Alexander, D. D. — who is also president of the Straight
University — adopted the following resolutions, which were forwarded
to the President and his family through Secretary Blaine:
Resolved, That we learn with profound regret and indignation of
the attempt to take the life of the President of the United States, and
desire to expressour heartfelt sympathy to ins family in this sad event.
Resolved, That we offer our fervent prayers to the Almighty for
the speedy recovery of this kind-hearted man, brave husband' and
father, patriot and statesman.
H. E. P. Albert and J. H. Hall, Pastors in charge.
CHAS. B. WILSON, Secretary.
And, on the 5th July, the Ex-U. S. Colored Soldiers' and
Sailors' Union adopted the following resolutions, which were for-
warded to Secretary Blaine :
Whereas, It is with sorrow and pain that we have heard of the
cowardly attempt upon the life of our honored and beloved President,
James A. Garfield ; therefore be it
Resolved, That we extend to President Garfield and family our
earnest sympathies. While we bow in bumble suhmission to the will
of Almighty God, we most fervently pray for the speedy recovery of
our President.
THOS. W. WICKHAM, President,
EDWARD JACKSON, Recording Secretary.
L'O
HISTORY <>F THE
RKSI'ONSK FROM WASIIIMITON.
On the hh July, Gen. McMillen, our Postmaster, a longtime
pergonal friend of President Garb" eld — telegraphed t<> Postmaster-
General James a statement of the profound sympathy of Xew Orleans
and the Htate for the President and his family, and their fervent hope
for the stricken ( 'hief Magistrate's recovery. The reply was as follows :
Executive Mansion, i
Washington, J). C, July I. i
Hon. \V. I,. McMillen, New Orleans, La.:
The touching expressions of sympathy on behalf of the people of
the city of New Orleans and the Htate at large, will be conveyed to the
1 'resident and Mis. Garfield.
THus. I,. JAME8, Postmaster-General.
THE END.
For eighty days— eighty long, hot, weary days and nights— the
whole civilized world, it may be truly said, watched by the bedside of
the wounded President.
Crowned heads, following the prompt ami generous leadership of
the Queen of England, were as solicitous to know his condition, daily,
as if he were of "the blood royal." Presidents of other Republics
exhibited the most brotherly interest in this most representative of
Presidents, so causelessly a victim to individual malice.
The subjects of these crowned heads,— the citizens of these other
Republics,— manifested in the most convincing manner their sincere
sympathy for the wounded leader of fifty millions of free citizens.
They could not but be astounded and dismayed at the catastrophe ; for,
if the Executive of the greatest of Republics was to be no safer from
assassination than the most rigid of despotic Sovereigns, how long-
would America remain what it had so long been, the land of promise,
the land of refuge for the oppressed of all nations !
In that land— his own country— there was but one thought, one
feeling. The first shock over, there was no longer, as there had been
for a moment, any apprehension of danger to the grand political fabric
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erected by the Fathers. The victim's own memorable words were still
true — "God reigned; and the Government still lived." -The people
felt that it would ever live. They felt, too, that there was no North now,
and no South — no East and no West. They were united as one people,
by one invisible but all powerful tie. In presence of that stricken man
and his stricken wife, all divisions of creed, of party : all distinctions of
race, of color: all differences of social, business, industrial or profes-
sional position, were forgotten.
From the St. Lawrence to the Gulf, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, old and young, rich and poor, native-born ami foreign-born
listened eagerly, hour after hour and day alter day, for the bulletins
from the sick room in the White House now gladdened by news ihat
the President was hetter, now saddened by news that he was worse
Yet, strange to say, the People clung to hope when even the phy-
sicians appeared to despond, and the last, fatal moment had seemingly
come. For, these myriads of sympathetic lookers-on hourly saw the
sufferer himself so cheerful, so kind, so patient, so brave, -despite the
severity and the prolongation of bis sufferings,— despite the repeated
deathly relapses -that they believed, with him and his beroic wife.
that he would yet win the light.
They believed that he would yet get well; that he would yet be
their President, — as strong in body and brain, as hopeful in spirit, as
patriotic in soul, as generous in heart, as when he took the inaugural
oath, and invited his fellow citizens forever to bury the strifes of the
past and be as friends and brethren once more ami forever.
When this grandly mournful drama drew to a close, and the whole
world knew the end was near, still the dying President, like the
knight of old, retained his cheerful courage, and still lie hoped to
survive the terrible struggle.
It was not to be. Science, friendship, love, had striven in vain—
a nation's prayers ascended in vain ; and the mortal pang was to come
to the heroic sufferer even through that big, warm heart that, through
privation, danger, success, had beat so warmly lor those it loved so
ardently, and who could do nothing for it now.
That pain of death sent a pang through the heart of the world. Ft
still lingers in every manly American heart.
On Monday night, September 19th— in the cottage by the seaside,
where he had gone to regain .strength and health from old ocean's life-
giving breezes — the President breathed his last.
Shortly before 10 o'clock— in reply to his physician's enquiry if he
felt in any way uncomfortable — he said, " Not at all." A minute or so
later, he fell asleep. At 10 o'clock, the Attorney General telegraphed
to Minister Lowell, at London, reassuring news.
Fifteen minutes later the President awoke. His old friend Swain,
who had watched by his bedside so many nights, was alone in the room
with him, still faithfully watching the thin form and emaciated face.
He awoke with the death-pang upon him. " Oh, Swain !" he said,
pressing his hand on his heart, " the pain ! the pain !"
Soon he was, happily, unconscious ; he felt the pain no longer.
A little later oil the silence was broken only by the sobs of the
patient, devoted wife. The physician solemnly said : " Itis ended!"—
and .lames A. Garfield had passed to his final rest.
He was born on the nineteenth day of the month ; he had long
represented in Congress the Nineteenth Ohio District; and he had
been promoted to a Major Generalship for gallantry at bloody Chicka-
mauga, on the 10th September, 1863. Pie had frequently told his inti-
mate friends that he would die on an anniversary of that memorable
conflict. And so, at 10:35 o'clock at night, on .Monday, September 19th
—nineteen years before the death of the Nineteenth Century— the
President's prediction of ins own death came true.
NKW ORLEANS IN MOURNING.
A few hours after, the melancholy event was made known to the
people of this city by the Daily Papers, whose editorials reflected
in the most eloquent terms and impressive manner the sentiments of
their tens of thousands of readers. It must sutfice for this record to
present only extracts from these articles.
THE PICAYUNE.
Throughout the broad confines of this great land there was naught
but sincere respect for his authority among the masses, and earnest
wishes in the hearts of nearly all her citizens that his administration
might prove a happy one for himself, as it promised a prosperous one
for the country. He was worthy of so proud a position.
He has truly died for his country, for hi- death will make his
countrymen better and exalt his people. On the deep grief which fills
every part of our land there will follow a broader patriotism and a
stronger purpose to make the Republic continue to deserve the loyalty
of its citizens and the respect of all mankind.
THE TIMES.
We have lost a man for whom not only his great seat of authority
but his catholic motives as disclosed in his public utterances, com-
manded respect. *
James Abram Garfield goes hack from the scorch and tumult of
public life to a shaded quiet like that in which he was born. Hence-
forth, he lives a memory — and though he was permitted to a< complish
but little during his Presidential service, by his death he lias given to
his countrymen a deeper scrutiny into themselves: amost precious
service.
The assassin has lifted his victim to a sad hut lofty eminence in
the affections of his countrymen — and possibly ha- brought the people
of all sections of the country nearer together in a common sorrow than
they have been brought within the previous halt century. — The blood
of the martyr may prove the seal of a more perfect union.
THE DEMOCRAT.
The President has died untimely, and the loss is the nation's rather
than his own.
He is dead, struck down at the post of duty, and dying with his
hand upon the helm. No brutal oppressor, sacrificed to a people's
righteous indignation; no feeble imbecile who had too Ion- put to
shame the age his existence cursed — but a strong, big-hearted man, full
of warm sympathies and lofty purposes ; fit representative of our free
institutions, and type of the earnest, virile, enlightened civilization
which was proud to make him its leader and exponent.
In that promised time when all mysteries are to he made clear, and
when the sad tangles of this blindfold, stumbling life of ours shall be
unraveled, we may discern the wisdom and the mercy of this affliction.
To-day we can only bewail its heaviness with tears which, if they be
unavailing in every other sense, at least do honor to those who shed
them.
the bee (French).
President Garfield lived long enough after his wound to enjoy, as
much as his cruel affliction permitted, the assurances of sympathy of the
entire American people, and of the people of foreign countries and their
governors. * * If the Emperor of Russia had sur-
vived the last attempt on his life, he certainly would not have excited
more regret for the attack and joy at his recovery than did President
Garfield ; he would, perhaps, have excited less.
So that, during his long suffering, the President was gladdened by
the knowledge that he possessed the esteem of the nation ; and that
even this spirit of partisanship had entirely given place to the horror
universally felt at the cowardly attempt upon his life. He did not long
enjoy this lofty consolation, but it must havesoothed his last moments.
THE GERMAN GAZETTE.
James A. Garfield had become dear to the American people, as one
of those of its Presidents who had elevated himself from the common
walks of life, by his own abilities and energy, through his own diligence
and intellect, to the loftiest position attainable by the free citizen of
America. * * * * *
Upon his administration, from the time of his entering upon his
official duties, up to July the 2d, no one will think of passing a judg-
ment. The President had hardly seized the helm of State, when the
bullet of the assasin reached him.
We know, however, that Gartied, as a man of multifarious knowl-
edge and of many years' experience in the public service, was not only
capable, but also full of endeavor, to give to this country a good and
conscientious administration. * * *
Could his life have been saved, he would have become the most
popular President this country has ever seen.
Not alone the heroism which Garfield displayed upon his couch of
pain, but also the self-sacrificing love with which his wife,— who, her-
self, had hardly recovered from severe sickness, nursed him— the family
picture of the late President, in its entirety— has made an ineffaceable
impression upon the entire American nation, and brought about a
most wholesome and elevating effect.
The American People will protect the mourning survivors of their
murdered President in the noblest manner, and keep forever in honor
the memory of James A. Garfield.
EVENING CITY ITEM.
The last official bulletin has been published. No need of doubt,
now, as to its truth and veracity. Death has issued the bulletin, and
with the rising sun this morning came the sad news to a sorrowing
public. :' * James Abram Garfield will live in
the memory of his people aw a brave and true man— suffering all the
tortures of a martyrdom without complaint, and preserving to the last
hour of his life the strong spirit of kindness that had always marked
his conduct to others. His sufferings, borne unmurmuringly, endeared
him to the nation.
EVENING STATES.
In his brief tenure of that office he had manifested the highest
qualities of a magnanimous and broad minded President. His admi-
rable temper, self-command, and dignified bearing had impressed
the whole people with a high sense of bis full appreciation of the
responsibilities of the chief magistrate of the greatest Republic in the
world.
His manly bearing under his sudden and terrible affliction, warmed
this sentiment into an affectionate regard and admiration for the man
and Christian. Around the cold and shrunken corpse of the, but a
few weeks ago, vigorous, brave and earnest citizen, statesman and chief
magistrate, will gather and kneel, in deepest grief and sorrow, fifty
millions of freemen from whom with one voice will uprise the fervent
prayer :
' '' Recjuiescat in Pace.'11
THE PUBLIC EDIFICES.
In the public edifices, the officers did not await official advices or
instructions; but, of their own accord and spontaneously, promptly
took steps to drape the various buildings in mourning.
At the U. S. Mint, on Esplanade street, by order of Superintend-
ent M. V. Davis, business was suspended at an early hour and the
massive edifice placed in sable garb.
The U. S. Quarter-Master and Pay-Master's Offices, un
Camp street,— U. S. Commissary's office and depot, on Magazine
street,— U. 8. Light House office, on Union street,— U. S. Engineer's
office, on Canal street,--and U. S. Shipping Commissioner's office,
on Decatur street, displayed the national flag, gathered with crape at
half mast, while crape hung in festoons and bands from windows and
galleries, and enframed the doorways.
In the great Custom House Builuim;, on Canal street, the army
of officials and sub-employees were prepared, by the tenor of the dis-
patches of the day previous, for the melancholy announcement ; but
nevertheless its effect upon them was that of deep and universal regret.
A number of them, likeGen. McMillen, the Postmaster, were personal
friends of the dead Executive or had served under him in the field, and
their sorrow was poignant and freely expressed.
Early in the day, Gen. Algernon S. Badger, Collector of the Port,
called a meeting of the Heads of Departments in his office, to deter-
mine what action should be had by them as a body.
The Departments represented were the U. S. Circuit and District
Courts, U. S. District Attorney, U. S. Marshal, the Post Office, the
Assistant Treasury and Treasury Special Agency, the Internal Reve-
nue, the Collector's, the Bonded Warehouses, Surveyor of the Port,
Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels, Construction, Marine Hospi-
tal, Surveyor General, Land Office, the Weigher's, Ganger's, Apprais-
er's, and the Naval Office.
After various propositions, a motion, proposed by Naval Officer, Hon.
A. J. Dumont, was unanimously adopted that: "The Custom House
Building be appropriately decorated in mourning and the expenses be
borne by all the Federal officials in the edifice."
2t> HISTORY OF THE
Hon. Morris Marks, Collector of Internal Revenue, then offered a
motion that: "The various Federal Offices be closed this day, as a mark
ofrespecl to the late President of the United States."
This was unanimously adopted, and the meeting adjourned.
All the offices were closed precisely at twelve o'clock ; and then,
under the supervision of the Heads of Departments, the work of decor-
ating began. It was zealously participated in by all the clerks and
other employees, who cheerfully contributed their time, labor and
money to carry out the plans of their chiefs. The result was, that ere
long the vast granite edifice was draped on all four of its lofty facades,
clear around the square, with broad bands and festoons of black and
white cloth, that buns;' also from the deep embrasures of the long tiers
of windows, and around the wide portals — producing a most striking
and singularly imposing effect.
Within tlie Building, each of the numerous halls, corridors and
offices was tastefully decorated. Under the superintendence of Mr.
J. M. Tomlinson, Gen. Badger's chief clerk, the draping of the mag-
niflcenl central marble hall was executed with great taste. The
entrance to it was festooned with black and white streamers, and
within, heavy black bands enwrapped the tall marble pillars from
ceiling to pedestal.
In the Post Office, Gen. McMillen set all his clerks to work, and
their skill and taste produced one of the most elegant and appropriate
combinations of mourning symbols exhibited anywhere in the whole
country, the work being done under the immediate supervision of
Major M. T. Fuller, Superintendent of Mails.
The main entrance to the Post-Office, on Decatur street, corner of
Canal, was draped with black and white cloth. In the interior of the
lobby, festoons of black and white entwined, hung from the walls,
meeting at each of the two chandeliers and forming a canopy of dra-
pery. In the centre or the lobby floor a massive base and pedestal
supported a broken column, of the finest Italian marble, typical of the
pure life and untimely death of the President. A life-size portrait of
him rested against the shaft. Sprigs of ivy and evergreen surrrounded
the base of the column and a simple wreath crowned its summit. Gray
moss was placed around the base and studded with flowers, making a
most beautiful floral display, which was renewed from day to day until
the funeral.
To the righl of the lobby was a tablet bearing the inscription,
I n M i; M OR I a m .
DIED,
September 19th, 1881,
JAMES A. GARFIFLD.
Immediately over this tablet hung a floral shield representing the
arms of the United States, draped, the whole being- surmounted by a
white dove.
At the State House, on St. Louis street, business was suspended
in all the offices— the Governor's, Secretary of State's, Auditor's, Treas-
urer's, Attorney General's, Adjutant General's, Land Register's, Engi-
neers', Commissioner of Agriculture, Superintendent of Education,
and Board of Health — and the great building placed in mourning ; the
lofty portals on St. Louis and Royal streets being hidden in dark dra-
pery, whilst broad black and white folds ran along the wide gallery on
the three fronts, on Chartres, St. Louis and Royal streets.
Similar emblems of mourning were likewise speedily displayed at
all the other public offices and halls; the Recorders' Courts, the City
Courts, the Criminal Courts, the Civil District Courts, the Court of
Appeals, the Supreme Court ; the Sheriffs' and Constables' offices ; the
State Library ; the offices of the Tax Collectors, the Harbor Masters,
the Assessors, the Registrar of Voters, the Produce Inspectors, the Re-
corder of Mortgages and the Recorder of Conveyances.
t
The Armories of the numerous Military Organizations likewise
displayed mourning insignia early in the day, — as did the various
Banks and Insurance Offices, the Railroad Depots, the Fire Company
Houses, the Halls of the numerous Benevolent Associations, the Hotels,
the Newspaper offices, the Gas Company's elegant office, that of the
Waterworks Company, the Mechanics' and Dealers' Exchange, the Hall
of the Chamber of Commerce, that of the Young Men's Christian As.
sociation, and other edifices and halls of like public character and use.
The Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic, at the
corner of Customhouse and Decatur streets, was among the first build-
ings to he placed in sable drapery on Tuesday morning. The national
colors were displayed at half-mast.— The deceased President had no
sincerer mourners than the members of this numerous organization of
battle-tried Federal veterans, of whom he was one.
The broad windows and portal of the Armory and Club Room
of that corps oVelite, the C »ntinental Guards,— under the Odd Fel-
lows' Hall, on Cam]! street— were tastefully draped, the Continentals'
flag, looped up with crape, being suspended over the doorway.
The Produce Exchange, on Magazine street; the .Stock Ex-
change, on Carondelet street ; and the Cotton Exchange, on Gra-
vier street, were heavily draped in mourning, by order of the officers
and members of those bodies, after the opening meeting hour.
The lofty and elegant facade of the Masonic Hall, on St. Charles
street, presented the most striking exterior mourning display of all
the edifice.-,. The sable drapery fell in broad and multitudinous folds
from the roof to the foundation ; whilst between the columns on the
second story piazza that fronts the main hall, was suspended a gigantic
shield bearing this motto in great black letters, visible from afar :
BROTHER
JAMES A. GARFIELD,
A TRUE MAN
and
MASON.
ReQuieseat in 1'acc.
FLAGS AND BELLS-
Early on Tuesday morning, Chief Engineer Thos. O'Connor, of
the First, Second, Third and Fourth Districts Fire Department, pub-
lished the following order :
•' In view of the sad death of our beloved and honored President,
the following order is issued:
•' The Foremen of the respective Fire Companies will cause the
engine-houses to be draped in mourning, and suspend the flag of their
company at half-mast until further orders, in honor of the illustrious
deceased. .
" The bells of the Fire Alarm Telegraph will be tolled at intervals
of half an hour throughout the day."
KUNEKAL CEREMONIES. 29
[n the Sixth. District Fire Department, by order of Chief Horace
P. Phillips, the fire bells were tolled, on the 20th, from 9 to h> o'clock
A. M.. from \~ to 1 P. M., and again at 6 P. M.. and the company flags
displayed at half-mast at the engine houses.
In Algiers — Fifth District — and Carrollton— Seventh District sim-
ilar orders were issued to and executed by flic Fire Companies.
The solemn sound of the bells, slowly rung at measured intervals
throughout the day, added to the general gloom. The melancholy
echoes seemed home on the sighing winds from the far-off cottage
whose pallid, rigid inmate could hear no more neither sounds of re-
joicing nor of woe.
On every thoroughfare, the hundreds of Hugs, national and for-
eign, that are wont to he seen only on holiday anniversaries and grand
festival occasions, when they Mutter gaily at every breath of air a< if
themselves alive with cheerful spirit — now drooped everywhere at
half-mast. Looped up in sombre crape, falling in listless, motionless
folds, they mutely, yet deeply expressed the people's sorrow.
Along the Levee, especially, was this effect produced For miles
the flags hung sadly from masts of steamships and sailing vessels
— from staffs of steamboats and other river craft. — It was a simple
but fatting tribute from the men who live upon the waters and
face sudden death in so many ways, all their lives, to the memory of
the hoy who had so longed to be a sailor ; and who, promoted to the
highest command, had died at his post, with his hand on the helm of
the ship of state.
(RAPE ox the noon.
Besides these mourning demonstrations of a public, or official, or
routine character, there was the still more significant exhibition of
individual feeling, spontaneous and nniversal, that more than aught
else gave convincing evidence of the people's sorrow.
Early on Tuesday morning these signs of mourning appeared on
all sides. There was no planning — no consultation. Each individual
quietly attached to his or her door, or window, or balcony, a bit of
crape, a black ribbon or rosette,— followed, later in the day, when more
time had been given for preparation, by more elaborate designs, as
wreaths of evergreen, portraits, garlands of immortelles, and mortuary
inscriptions.
30 HISTORY OF THE
These insignia, of one kind or another, were seen on every house,
on every thoroughfare — on the palatial residences that lined the broad
avenues of the wealthier and more fashionable sections of the city ; on
1 lie discolored and weather-beaten hovels, that in the mud streets and
alley-ways, in the rear, gave shelter to the poorest of the poor. The
railroad trains wore in profusion long bands of black drapery; the
streetcars, the tloats, the drays, the wagons, the hacks and carriages,
displayed each their tokens of mourning. Even the humble fruit and
peanut stands at the street corners, and the small push-carts, had their
bits of crape. The humblest and poorest grieved equally with the
magnates of the land over the sad fate of their President.
Along the wharves— in the foundries and machine shops — in the
mills, presses and warehouses, the thousands of sons of toil, white and
colored, were as prompt and earnest as their employers to express their
sorrow for him who had himself been a workingman — who had many
a time, like them, earned his bread by the strength and dexterity of
his arm. They felt, every man of them, that their President had
grandly illustrated the nobility of labor.
The business community, also, joined with alacrity in testifying to
their regret for the President's untimely decease, for they were familar
with the record of his brilliant services in the halls of legislation on
questions of the highest importance to commercial interests.
So that, in the business portion of the city, by 9 o'clock A. M., many
stores had their shutters up, and some establishments closed entirely
for the day. On all sides busy hands were at work putting up the
emblems of mourning. This continued for two days, until every block
of buildings in the commercial districts was arrayed in sable drapery.
From necessity, the mighty wheels of commerce moved, but they
moved in silence and gloom.
HIS PORTRAITS.
A prominent feature of the general display, especially in the
counting rooms, shops and stores, was the portrait of the murdered
President, always with some emblem of mourning attached to it, and
frequently also with mottoes and inscriptions, brief but touching, ex-
pressive of deep regret for bis sad fate and sincere respect for his
memory.
Beforeone Large show-window on Canal street, a crowd was gathered
all day. The entire window was a mass of black. In its centre, — the
only light spot in it— was a life-size picture of the dead President, as
he appeared when full of manly vigor. The crowd gazed in sad silence
upon the familiar features, which it was so difficult to realize were
now shrunken and cold in death.
A similar gathering was assembled on the same st reet before another
spacious show-window that contained a strikingly emblematic tableau.
In front was a Large triangle of crape. Back of this, was a vacant
chair that rested on a black velvet platform, on which appeared, sur_
rounded by immortelles, the name of the dead chieftain. The national
Hag, in mourning, hung behind the empty chair, from the top to the
bottom of the window, and formed an appropriate background to the
sadly impressive group.
THE BOUJ.KVAKK CANAL.
Canal street, indeed, could have been fairly selected that day as
emblematicof the whole city. The broad avenue,— usually so gay, and
lively, and crowded, — was none the less crowded now ; hut a gloom
pervaded the grand thoroughfare that was not easy to describe, but
which was nevertlieless deeply and widely felt. The sun slione brightly
on lofty edifices and wide sidewalks and green trees; and, Looking
from the river toward tlie distant swamp, there was life and color
and movement as far as eye could reach. Butasfaras eye could reach.
also, a strange spectacle was presented. Belts and bands and festoons
of black, gleaming here and there with white, ran along from post to
pillar, — leaped from doorway to window and gallery— (-limited boldly to
the highest roofs — swung across tlie widest facades, — and seemed liter-
ally to swathe in funeral garb every row of the massive buildings.
Their gloomy appearance that day was in startling, saddening
contrast to the brilliancy they usually exhibit— especially when, with
gorgeous decorations, they take part in the splendid pageants that so
often make this Boulevard of the Crescent City a picture for the most
gifted painter's brightest pencil. It would liave tasked a master in his
art to fittingly present the grandly gloomy and sombre tableau of
Canal street on " Memorial Monday."
32 HISTORY OF THE
PROCEEDINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES.
At 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning the Board of Directors of the
Cotton Exchange— President Thos. L. Airey in the chair— deter-
mined, " whereas, we have heard with pain and regret of the death of
President Garfield," that, "in respect to his memory the Exchange
be draped in mourning, and that it lie also closed on the day of the
funeral."
At a subsequent meeting, the Directors resolved as a further mark
of respect "to the memory of James A. Garfield, late President of the
United States." that "the Exchange be closed, to-day, immediately,
and that the President appoint a Committee to draft resolutions ex-
pressive (if the sincere regret of the Exchange at the public calamity
involved in the death of President Garfield."
Mr. Airey appointed .-is the Committee, Messrs. Adolphe Schreiher,
T. L. Lyon and Ashton Phelps, who prepared the following resolu-
tions, which were adopted by the Directors and given to the represent-
ative of the Associated Press:
Resolved, That the New Orleans Cotton Exchange desires to ex-
press the profound Ki'h'f which its members feel in this solemn hour,
when the heavy hand of death has consummated the assassin's pur-
pose. During the few months of General Garfield's occupation of the
presidential chair his liberal, wise and conservative policy ; his broad
and all embracing national spirit, his instinctive grasp and full com-
prehension of our great political and financial problems had done much
to inaugurate that more perfect union which his death to-day cements.
The business of the nation will go onward and its prosperity remain
unchecked, although a great and good man has fallen at the post of
duty ; but it is to the patriotism and ability of men like our dead Pres-
ident that the stability of our institutions is due. Throughout his long
and painful illness President Garfield exhibited high courage and he-
roic patience, only equalled by the sleepless devotion and undying
faith of his heroic wife. To Mrs. Garfield and her children — by this
great tragedy rendered, in au especial sense, the wards of the nation —
we tender our profound sympathy and respect.
The Exchange closed at 11 o'clock A. M., and all business con-
nected with it was suspended for the day.
The members of the Produce Exchange met early on Tuesday
morning, President E. K. Converse in the chair, and adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Resolved, That this Exchange receives the news of the death of
President Garfield with sentiments of profound sorrow ; and that, in
consideration of so great a national calamity, it is ordered that this
Exchange be closed and draped in mourning.
Resolved, That in mrther expression of our sorrow, this Exchange
he closed on the day of the funeral of the President ; it is recommended
that on that day members of this body drape their business houses in
mourning, and that business generally be suspended.
A Committee was then appointed, consisting of Messrs. E. K. Con-
verse, L. H. Fairchild and A .1 Gomila, to confer with the Cotton
Exchange, Chamber of Commerce and other commercial organizations,
to draft suitable resolutions, expressing the sentiments of the business
community at the nation's calamity.
At the first call of the Stock Exchange, President Le.Sassier in
the chair, the members adopted the following Preamble and Resolu-
tions, and immediately adjourned :
Whereas, The not unexpected yet calamitous blow has fallen upon
the restored happiness and peaceful progress of the American people,
and President James A. Garfield has been cut off from a high career of
patriotic usefulness by a fell deed which shocks all the nations of the
earth with indignant horror; therefore be it
Resolvt d, That the members of this Exchange manifest by outward
symbols of mourning, as they share in their inmost hearts, the great
grief which is universal throughout our country, and that they espe-
cially offer to the noble wife and sorely stricken widow of the dead
President their tenderest sympathy in this her hour of crushing afflic-
tion.
Resolvt d, That recalling President Garfield's patriotic promise and
purpose as manifested in his inaugural message, we also remember that .
■• When our souls shall leave this dwelling,
The glory of one fair and virtuous action
Is above all the 'scutcheons on our tomb,
Or silken banners over us."
Resolved, further, That all business be suspended, the building
appropriately draped and the Exchange adjourn.
As has already been stated, the resolutions of the three Exchanges
were promptly and generally carried into execution.
At the regular meeting of the Auxiliary Sanitary Associa-
tion on Thursday evening, September 22d, Vice President Edward
Fenner in the chair, it was resolved, out of " respect to the memory of
the late President of the United States, James A. Garfield, and owing
to the gloom prevailing over our entire country," to postpone all
business and adjourn over to the next regular meeting, October 8th.
The Board of Health held its regular weekly meeting on Thurs-
day evening. No business was transacted. The President, Dr. J. Jones,
4
announced that the Board would adjourn out of respect to the memory
of the late President He said thai one of the last messages penned by
t lie (lead chief was one to the Board of Health, which was couched in
kind and courteous terms.
Mr. I. N. Marks then ottered the following, which was approved ;
The death of the head of a great nation, is at all times, and under
t he most ameliorating circumstances a calamity ; but when the disaster
comes in the terrible guise of assassination, the event assumes a shape
that deprives human utterance of adequate expression. The manner
of the death of .James A. Garfield, the honored President of the
United States, is as startling to the public mind as it is injurious to the
national reputation. On no portion of our country does tins blow fall
with such terrible force as it does upon the South. The Southern peo-
ple were united in the belief that had his life been spared, .lames A.
Garfield would have been the President of the nation, though a leader of
a party, and they were prepared to yive him their cordial support and
confidence. This mysterious dispensation of Providence, therefore,
baffles human wisdom and defies mortal scrutiny. We can but bow
with reverential submission to this irrevocable and stern decree.
The State Board of Health of Louisiana, uniting with t lit other
public institutions of the State, feel that it is their duty to give
expression to their heartfelt sorrow for the nation's loss. Be it therefore
Resolved, That the State Board of Health of Louisiana, in common
with the citizens of our entire land, sincerely deplore the great loss that
our united country has sustained.
Resolved, That we tender to the distressed widow and children of
the great dead the deep sympathies of this Board, and trust that the
manifested love and devotion of fifty millions of freemen will in part
console them for their irreparable loss.
Resolved, That this memorial be spread in full upon the minutes.
At a meeting of the New Orleans Clearing House, President
E. L. Carrier e in the chair, on Friday, September 23d, it was deter-
mined to suspend the business of the Bank, as far as possible, on Mon-
day, 26th of September, in order to give an opportunity to those con.
nected with the various banking institutions to participate in the
public funeral ceremonies, which, it had been determined by the
City Authorities, would be held on that day.
At the mouthy reception of the YOUNG Men's CHRISTIAN ASSO-
CIATION, on Tuesday evening, September 20th, Mr. William T. Hardie
in the chair, resolutions were adopted expressive of the profound
regret with which the sad news from El heron was received, and the
reception was postponed to the following week.
At the meeting of Federal Officials, held on the 20th of Septem-
ber in the office of the Collector of Customs, and at which General
Badger, Hon. Mr. Duniont, Marshal Wharton and others were present,
the following preamble and resolutions were adopted :
Whereas, The people of the United States have been called on to
lament the death of their chosen Chief Magistrate, and
Whereas, The eminent public services of the deceased Statesman
and Executive were such as to place him on the pinnacle of tame by the
side of the most illustrious of the nation's Presidents; therefore be it
Resolved, By the Republicans of the Stale of Louisiana, through
their Executive Committee, that we join with the people of our sister
States, and with humanity throughout the civilized world, in expres-
sions of profound sorrow at the calamity which deprived the Republic
of a beloved President.
Be it further resolved, That we deplore this loss not only in our
collective capacity but as individual citizens, and that we will forever
embalm in our hearts the name and memory of our departed States-
man and President.
Be it further resolved, That we extend our sympathy to the
bereaved wife of the illustrious deceased, Ids aged mother and sorrow-
ing children.
The Sub-Executive Committee of the Republican State
Central Committee met, Hon. W. M. Burwell, chairman, and
adopted the following resolutions :
Whereas, The fiendish act of an assassin has culminated in the
death of James A. Garfield, President of the United States; and
Whereas, The extraordinary civic virtues of the deceased Execu-
tive render his untimely taking off a loss to be ranked by the side of
the most illustrious dead of all ages ; therefore, be it
Resolved, That while we bow in humble resignation to the unseen
hand that directs human affairs, we mingle our poignant grief with
our fellow-citizens throughout the land.
That we perceive in the nefarious manner by which our Chief
Magistrate has been suddenly plunged from a career of remarkably
brilliant activity, into the unknown world, a cause to foster with
every rightful appliance the growth and perpetuity of our free institu-
tions.
That we will forever inscribe on the tablet of our memory the
name of the deceased statesman who, with the immortal Lincoln, has
furnished the world, in his life, the finest specimen of the outgrowth
of our form of government.
That we tender the stricken willow and dejected wife, the feeble
mother and bereaved children, our deep and inexpressible sympathy
in this the hour of their sorrow and of the nation's mourning.
The Republican Parish Executive Committee, Parish of
Orleans, Col. James Lewis, President, met at their Rooms, on the 22d of
September and adopted the following :
Whereas, The brutal hand of an assassin lias robbed us of our
beloved and honorable Chief Magistrate, James Abram Garfield ;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the members of the Parish Executive Com-
mittee, of the Parish of Orleans, and in behalf of the Republican
36 HISTORY OF THE
party of said parish, bow in obeisance to the will of the Divine
Providence, feeling and knowing as we do that " death loves a sinning
mark," and being cognizant of the many virtues of the lamented dead.
For in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, and in purity he
was a " shining mark." Further
Resolvi </, That we extend to his heroic and bereaved widow and
orphan children our untrameled sympathy, and commend them to
Him who "tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," and who is "a husband
to the widow and a father to the orphan."
What action was taken by numerous other representative organi-
zations, civic and military, on receipt of the news of the Presi-
dent'sdeath will appear in the Appendix, in connection with sketches
of those Associations.
AT THK CITY HAIJ.
At an early hour on the morning of Tuesday, September 20th,
Mayor Shakspeare directed that all business be suspended in the
various Departments of the City Hali, and that the building be placed
in mourning.
The order was promptly carried into execution the latter portion
of it being superintended in person by Administrator Guillotte, in
charge of Public Buildings, The national lla^ was lowered to half-
mast on the tall staff that rises sky-ward from the apex of the temple-
shaped edifice; and voluminous folds of sombre drapery hung down
from capital to base of the lofty columns, classic in design, that
front the Hall.
Shortly after noon on Tuesday, the City Council assembled for its
regular weekly session. Present:
Mayor Jos. A. Shakspeare, presiding;
Administrator B. T. Walsh k, of the Department of Finance,
Administrator W. E. Huger, of the Department of Accounts,
Administrator Wm. Fagan, of the Department of Commerce,
Administrator P. Mealey, of the Department of Police,
Administrator Delamore, of the Department of Assessments,
Administrator John Fitzpatrick, of the Department of Im-
provements,
Administrator J. V. Guillotte, of the Department of Public
Buildings and Water Works.
The Mayor, after the calling of the mil and reading of the minutes,
said :
" Gentlemen, we have this day been informed of the death of the
President of our country. I think this Council should take such action
as will show our respect for the departed and our great regret at the
sad event."
Whereupon Administrator Walshe presented a resolution, which
was adopted, that as a mark of respect for the dead President, the
Council, without transacting any business, would adjourn until the
following day.
Throughout the day, quiet reigned supreme in the usually busy
City Hall. Its numerous occupants, like those in the other public
offices, — Federal, State and Municipal, — shared in the feeling ot gloom
and sorrow that prevailed the entire community.
The Mayor said subsequently, in a conversation with a journalist,
that, though not unexpected, the announcement of the death of the
President had shocked him almost as much as had the first news of
the assassin's attempt. — " He could only express," he said in addition,
" his sincere regret at the unfortunate termination of what had prom-
ised to be a great career."
The Administrators joined in considering the President's death as
a great calamity, especially to the South, where the beneficial effects
of Jhis wise and liberal policy were already evident. — " He had proven
himself to be the President of the whole country and not of a section,"
was the unanimous sentiment.
CITY council's condolence.
On Wednesday, September 21st, the Council again met ; and the
following Resolutions, introduced by Administrator Walshe, were
unanimously adopted :
Whereas, The People of the City of New Orleans have received
with deep and intense sympathy and grief the tidings of the death of
James A. Garfield, late President of the United .States ; and
Whereas, It is deemed proper that due expression be made of our
sorrow, ami becoming honors rendered to the memory of the illustrious
dead ; therefore, be it
Jtesolced, By the Common Council of the City of New Orleans, in
regular meeting convened : That in the death of James A. Garfield,
late President of the United States, we mourn the demise of a man of
38 HISTORY OF THE
high and exalted attainments, of lofty purpose, of majestic strength ;
— of a chief magistrate whose serene self-respect, gentle dignity and
deep patriotism seem like a magician's wand to have spread a bond of
universal confidence and accord around a people divided by fears and
prejudices and dissensions; — of a statesman wli >se comprehensive
grasp of heart and mind, enlightened by experience and study,
responded as by intuition to the demands of his " high office," through
which he promised to raise our country to a height of dignity, peace
and happiness unparalleled in the history of nations.
Resolved, That personally his memory should be revered as an
example of that perfect manhood and individual development and
success which are at once the possibility and pride of American institu-
tions.
Resolved, That our grief is deepened and our sorrow intensified by
the untimely and unnatural manner of Ins death, which entitles the
bereaved family of the deceased to all the comfort and consolation that
the spontaneous sympathy of a nation can present.
Jiesolved, That the sincerity of our sympathy and respect be attested
by such demonstrations of mourning and honor as are suitable to the
event ; that all public buildings be appropriately draped in symbols of
mourning for a period of thirty days ; and that the people be invited
to observe the day which may be fixed for the consignment of the
remains of the lamented dead to their final resting place, as one of
humiliation and prayer, by the suspension of all business, and the per-
formance of appropriate religious rites ami ceremonies in their respec-
tive places of worship.
Resolved, That it is the sense of the City Council that on said day
public obsequies be rendered in some formal manner by the People of
the City under the auspices of the City Council, at which all public
associations, civil and military and religious, and the people at large,
should be invited to participate ; — that the City Council be constituted a
Special Committee, of which his Honor, the Mayor, shall be chair-
man, to ascertain at once by communication with representatives of
public organizations, in what manner and to what extent the intended
ceremonies can be carried out, — with full power, in conjunction with
such public organizations or societies, to make necessary arrangements,
if it should be concluded to make such formal demonstrations.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, duly attested, be trans-
mitted with repeated expressions of sympathy and respect, to the hon-
ored widow of the deceased, whose devotion and heroism at the bed of
suffering exalted the sanctity of domestic ties and gained the affection of
every household in the land.
Be it further resolved, That an attested copy of these resolutions
be transmitted to the Hon. James G. Blaine, Secretary of State.
MOKE DIRECT ACTION.
On Thursday morning, the Mayor took the initiative in carrying
these resolutions of the Council into practical effect.
Invitations were issued by him, in his own and the Council's
name, to the Officers of the various Civic, Religious, and Military Or-
ganizations to assemble that evening in the Mayor's Parlor, City Hall,
for the purpose of consulting on the best method of paying the pro-
posed tribute to the dead President.
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. oO
This preliminary meeting was held at 7 o'clock P. M. There
were present the following citizens:
Gen. A. S. Badger, Collector of the Port ;
Ma.i. Gen. W.J. Behan, commanding the First Division, State
National Guard ;
Brig'r Gen'l John Glynn, Jr., commanding the First Brigade
of the First Division, S. N. G.:
P>ki<;'r Gen'l Adolph Meyer, commanding the Second Brigade
of the First Division, S. X. G.;
Col. John H Richardson, commanding the Washington Artill-
ery Battalion, and President of the Louisiana Division, Benevolent
Association, Veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia;
Major Jon x Augustin, staff of the Crescent Regiment of Infan-
try, and President of the Louisiana Division, Benevolent Association,
Veterans of the Army of Tennessee ;
Captain William Pierce, commanding the Continental Guards;
Mr. R. S. Howard, Vice President, and Acting President of the
N. 0. Chamber of Commerce ;
Mr. T. L. Airey, President of the N. O Cotton Exchange;
Mr. E. K. Converse, President of the N. O. Produce Exchange ;
Mr. E. L. Carriere, President of the Citizen's Bank, and Presi-
dent of the N. O. Clearing House ;
Judge W. R. Whitaker, Grand Master of the Masonic Grand
Lodge of Louisiana ;
Col. Fred. Holyland, of the Masonic Grand Consistory ;
Mr. Thomas O'Connor, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department ;
Hon. C. F. Buck, Attorney of the City : and
Administrators Waeshe, Himjek, Fitzpatrick, Fagan, Guil-
lotte, Mealey and Delamore.
Mr. Theodore D. Wharton, of the N. O- Times stall', was ap-
pointed Secretary pro tern.
Mayor Shakspeare took the chair, and opened the proceedings with
these brief remarks :
" Gentlemen, I have called you together for the purpose of devising
some means of showing our respect for the dead chief of this great na-
tion. Beloved and respected by his people, he was stricken down in
the most dastardly manner, and we cannot do too much to show our
great grief at his death and the high regard we entertained for him."
Mr. Buck said :
" The time is very short in which to make the necessary prepara-
tions to commemorate the day of the burial of the President, and some
action should be promptly taken to determine in what manner the day
shall be observed. The question is: the method and practicability
of the Council's resolutions. Atall events, the day should be commem-
orated, and this is the first inception of the movement."
Gen. Behan was of the opinion that :
" Although hut little time was allowed, still he considered that
there were enough representative citizens present to inaugurate a pro-
per movement. The military, he could confidently say, were ready to
take pari in any public ceremony that might be agreed on. At all
•■vents, he had intended having salutes fired on the day of the Presi-
dent's funeral."
Gen. Badger suggested the advisability of having a funeral cortege.
" He remembered that, a! the funeral of President Taylor, many
cities throughout the country had demonstrations of the kind he suir-
gested, in which the different civil, military and religious organiza-
tions participated. He thought it would be a good idea to have some
similar ceremonial in New Orleans."
( 'hief O'Connor said :
" He was satisfied that any action that might be decided on at t his
meeting would be universally approved,— so thoroughly aroused was
the public mind on the subject and so concenl rated on the propriety of
tendering every evidence of respect possible to the memory of the dead
President. The Mayor could issue a proclamation, calling for a gen-
eral observance of the day. Tin* Fire Department were ready and
willing, at a moment's notice, to aid in any movement looking to the
proper commemoration of the day on which the burial of the President
takes place."
Col. Richardson offered the use of the Hall of the Washington
Artillery Arsenal, on St. Charles street, for any in-door ceremonial
that might he determined on. His timely offer was cordially accepted.
( Jen. Badger — after various suggestions had been made and rejected
—offered a resolution that :
" The Mayor issue a proclamation for a grand funeral procession on
Monday, 26th September, in which all civic, military and other organ-
izations should he invited to participate; and that the Mayor appoint
the proper Committees to take charge of the procession and all matters
connected with it."
The resolution was adopted unanimously.
The Mayor thereupon appointed the following
ttENEEAL COMMITTEE :
Gen. A. S. Badger, Gen. W. .1. Behau,
Judge W. R. Whitaker, Col. J. B. Richardson,
Col. Fred Holyland, Major John Augustin,
Chief Thos. O'Connor, Capt. Wm. Pierce,
R. S. Howard, Esq., E. K. Converse, Esq.,
T. L. Airey, Es^., E. L. Carriere, Esq.,
selected from the citizens present, and, in addition, the following:
Judge A. L. Tissot, of the Civil District Court ;
W. R. Lyman, President Crescent Insurance Company ;
W. T. Hardie, President Young Men's Christian Association ;
F. Rickert, President German Aid Society ;
I. N. Marks, President Firemen's Charitable Association ;
F. Tujague, President L'Union Francaise ;
B. Kelley, State Delegate, Ancient Order Hibernians ;
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John Delaney, President Workiugmen's Association ;
Captain Win. Roy, Grand Army of the Republic ;
Max Dinkenspiel, Esq., Attorney al Law;
(i. H. Fayerweather, ex-Director City Public Schools ;
Co!. .lames Lewis, President Republican Parish Committee ;
Hon. A. J. Dumont, U. S. Naval Officer of t lie Port.
On motion of Judge Whitaker, the City Administrators were
placed on the General Committee, of which Mayor Shakspeare was
then made Chairman, and Administrator Walshe, Treasurer.
The Mayor then appointed the following
SUB-COM MITTKKS :
On Arrangements — Gen. W. J. Behan, chairman; Gen. A. S.
Badger, Major John Augustin, Mr. W. R. Lyman, and Chief Thos.
O'Connor.
On Finance — Mr. Thos. L. Airey, chairman; Messrs. E. L. Car-
riere, I\. S. Howard, F. Rickert and E. K.Converse,
The Mayor, after tendering the use of his Parlor to the Committees
for (heir headquarters, authorized the Finance Committee to draw on
the City Treasury for the sum of $'_'uimi towards defraying the expenses
of the proposed ceremonies.
The meeting then adjourned to noon The next day, Friday.
A PROCLAMATION.
In the papers of Friday morning, September 23d, the Mayor made
the following official announcement ;
Whereas, Monday, the 26th instant, has been designated as the
day when the last sad rites of sepulture will be observed, and all that
is mortal of the deceased President consigned to the tomb ; and
Wtierras, By Proclamation of President Chester A. Arthur, the
said day has been set apart and all the people of the United States
" recommended to assemble on that day in their respective places of
Divine Worship, there to render alike their tribute of sorrowful sub-
mission to the will of Almighty God and reverence and love for the
memory and character of our late Chief Magistrate ;"
Therefore, I, Joseph A. Shakspeare, Mayor of the City of New
Orleans, do issue this my Proclamation, recommending to my fellow
citizens, as a testimonial of their high appreciation for the martyr
President, to abstain from their respective avocations on Monday, the
26th instant, and that appropriate memorial services be held in the
several churches of this city at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M.
I further recommend that the flags be displayed at half-mavSt from
the various public buildings and offices of foreign consuls and from
the entire shipping in port ; that minute guns be fired from sunrise to
sunset— the military officers in command being authorized to carry this
order into execution — and that the civil and military organizations of
the city, and all citizens not connected with any such organizations,
take part in such further solemn pageant as may be determined on by
the genera] "Committee of Arrangements" (to be made known by
official announcement), in honor of the distinguished dead.
JOS. A. SHAKSPEARE, Mayor.
THE SECOND DAY.
A t noon, on Friday, at the < lommittee meet ingin the Mayor's Parlor,
the attendance was large, the Officers of many Associations being
present in response t<> the Mayor's proclamation.
The Mayor called the meenng to order; and Mr. \V. J. McCall,
Assistant Secretary of l lie City Council, was appointed Secretary of the
Committee.
Gen'l Behan, Chairman of (he Committee of Arrangements, re-
ported that they had been in session all the morning, mapping out a
programme for Monday's procession, and considerable progress therein
had been made. A funeral car of elegant design had been ordered, and
il was now in process of construction, under the superintendence of
Mr. A. A. Maginnis, who had kindly volunteered his services. It was
now necessary for the different Societies proposing to take part in the
procession, to report, so (bat theCommittee might assign them to their
appropriate positions.
Thereupon the following Associations complied with this
request, through their Officers ;
Free and Accepted Masons, by Judge Whifaker, Grand Master;
Knights Templar, by Geo. Sonic, Grand Commander;
Louisiana Division, Benevolent Association, Army of Northern
Virginia, by Col. J. B. Richardson ;
Louisiana Division, Benevolent Association, Army of Tennessee,
by Major John Augustin ;
Grand Army of the Republic, by Captain Wm, Roy ;
German Union Veterans, by Captain A. G. Graal ;
Foreign and American Seamen, by Rev. Dr. A. J. Witherspoon,
Chaplain of the Upper Bethel ;
Hibernia Benevolent Association, by Thos. J. B. Flynn ;
Young Men's Benevolent Association, by J. W. Bryant ;
Sons of Louisiana Benevolent Asssoeiation, by James Campbell ;
Southern Benevolent Association, by Jno. H. Manuel ;
Voting Men's Gymnastic Club, by E J. Guf'ringer ;
Pelican Benevolent Association, by Judge A. L. Tissot and Dr.
Dumeing ;
Spanish Union Benevolent Association, by Thos. Jorda;
St. Mary's German Benevolent Association, by N. Yochum ;
Screwmen's Benevolent Association, by Jos. Lester ;
Cotton Yardmen's Association, by Administrator Mealey :
Claiborne Social Club, by T. J. Ford;
New Orleans Liedertafel, by E. J. Wenek ;
Mitchell Rifles, independent company, !>y Lieut H. F. Breunan ;
Ex-U. S. Colored Soldiers' and Sailors' Association, by Col. James
Lewis.
United Sons of Honor, colored, -by Win. Kenney ;
Colored Men's Protective Union, by Hon. A. J. Dumont and
J. Madison Vance.
Each Officer, as be rose and reported, also stated wind number of
men his Society would have in the procession. There were twenty-
three Associations thus reporting ; and the entire number of Societies
that bad so far promised to participate in the procession, including the
Firemen and the Slate National Guard, represented a total member-
ship of over 8000 men
It was evident that the whole city was aroused.
A motion, by Gen. Badger, was adopted that the Mayor give notice
through the newspapers to all Societies not yet reported, to inform him
before noon on Saturday —the following day -if they intended to
appear in the Procession, so that they might be assigned to their ap-
propriate Divisions.
A motion, by Chief O'Connor, was adopted, that the various organ-
izations be requested to leave to the Committee of Arrangements the
employing and distributing of the bands of music.
On motion of Administrator Walshe, a Committee of Three was
appointed to issue invitations to the Foreign Consuls, Federal, State
and City Officials, Legislators, Judges of Courts, the Clergy, and other
distinguished personages. — Administrators Walshe, Delamore and
Fagan were appointed on this committee.
The General Committee was, by resolution, increased by adding
to its^roll the names of the chief officers of the Associations just
reported.
The meeting then adjourned.
At the Friday evening meeting in the Mayor's Parlor, the attend-
ance was much larger than it was in the morning. P>esides those who
had already taken part in ] the^deliberations, a number of additional
Associations were represented, and many prominent citizens were
present, attracted by the general interest felt in the proceedings.
The composite nature of the assemblage and the earnest, amicable
manner of their intercourse, strikingly illustrated the political and
social changes the war had brought about in the South.
White men and colored men, Democrats and Republicans, ex-Union
and ex-Confederate veterans, native horn and foreign horn, the capi-
talist and the workingman, the dark-eyed descendants of the old
French and Spanish colonists and the blue-eyed son- of the Anglo-
Saxon race : all were represented in that one large room, and all
brought together in dignified, genial consultation by one common
feeling of genuine manhood.
When I he looker-on saw chatting together, with smiling and affa-
ble demeanor, (he ex-Confederate officer who had led the desperate
charge of the White Leaguers on the famous " Fourteenth September,"
and theex-Federal officer, who had immediate command of the embat-
tled Metropolitans, and met the charge until he fell desperately
wounded — there could he no longer any doubt thai the war was really
over: that Louisiana was at last really at peace.
Alter the meeting was called to order by Mayor Shakspeare, (Jen.
Behan reported what the Committee of Arrangements had accom-
plished so far; and said that, from the outlook, the Procession prom-
ised to lie the largest ever had in New Orleans.
The following additional Societies then reported, through their
officers, their intention to participate in the ceremonies on Monday:
Lafayette Young Men's Benevolent Association, by A. C.
Brackman ;
Lee Monumental Association, by Captain W. J, Hodgson ;
New Lusitanos Benevolent Association, by H. Pretus ;
Pike Benevolent Association, by F. H. Robinson ;
Longshoremen and Grain Trimmers' Association, by Jas. Malloy ;
Lusitania Portuguese Benevolent Association, by John Mercadal ;
Firemen's Charitable Association, Sixth District, by H. P. Phillips.
The officers so reporting were placed on the General Committee.
On motion of Chief O'Connor, — approved by the Mayor, Gen.
Badger, and others,— Mr. Al. Donnaud, journalist, was authorized to
compile and publish a hock, giving a full history of the memorial cere"
monies offered by the city to the memory of the dead President.
Gen. Behan announced that it was designed by the Committee of
Arrangements that the Procession in New Orleans should move on
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Monday, 26th, at 2 o'clock P. M.— that being "the hour designated for
the President's funeral at Cleveland.
The meeting then adjourned.
THE FIRE FOREMEN.
The Foremen of the Fire Engine Companies of the First, Second,
Third and Fourth Districts, under Chief O'Connor's superintendence,
then met in his office, in the City Hall, and endorsed his pledge that
their Companies would take part in the Procession. They determined
that the Department should turn out in a body, in full uniform, but
without their engines. The;, appointed the Hon. I. N. Marks as their
Marshal for the day. and authorized the Chief to invite the Fire De-
partments of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Districts to join with them
in the celebration.
THE Till RD DAY.
The last meeting of the General Committee, — Mayor Shakspeare
presiding,— took place on Saturday evening, 24th September.
(Jen. Behan reported for his Committee, that the preparations for
the ceremonials of Monday were nearly all completed ;— bands of
music had been secured and apportioned among the Divisions by Chief
O'Connor; the funeral car was progressing rapidly to completion, as
were the mourning decorations at the "Washington Artillery Hall; the
Hon. Mr. Buck bad been selected to deliver the oration at the Hall ;
and the services of several eminent clergymen promised for the deliv-
ery of prayers and reading of Scriptural selections.
The following additional Societies reported their intention to join
in the Procession :
French Mutual Benevolent Society, by Jos. LeBlanc ;
French Democratic Club, by N. Bouvier ;
Butchers' Benevolent Association, by P. Esteben ;
Tiro al Bersaglio, Italian independent military command, by
Capt. John Astredo ;
Longshoremen's Benevolent Association, by Thos. Flaherty;
Ancient Order of Hibernians, by B. Kelley ;
Firemen's Charitable Association, of Algiers, by B. Kelley ;
Ship Carpenters' and Joiners' Association, of Algiers, by Win.
Jones ;
Caulkers' Association, of Algiers, by John Smith ;
Central Hancock Club, by J. Pinckney Smith ;
Italian Mutual Benevolent Society, by John Rocchi ;
Young Men's Excelsior Benevolent Association, by E. Mestier ;
German Louisiana Draymen's Benevolent Association, by C. Kon-
zelmann ;
St. George's Young Men's Benevolent Association, by A. Schmidt ;
St. Bartholomew Italian Benevolent Society, by John Bertucci ;
United Selavonian Benevolent Association, by John Radovich ;
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows — colored' — by J. B. Gaudet;
St. James Benevolent Association — colored — by J. Baptiste ;
Colored Longshoremen's Protective Union, by N. Randell ;
Screwnien's Benevolent Association, Branch No. 2- colored — by
M. Sparks ;
Magnolia Longshoremen's Benevolent Association — colored- by
A. White;
Cotton Yardmen's Association— colored —by Major Brower;
Teamsters' and Loaders' Association — colored — by V. Champagne:
Longshoremen's Protective Union, .\o. 2 — colored— -by P. S.
Jackson ;
L'Avenir Mutual Aid Association — colored — by J. Amand;
Longshoremen's Protective Association -colored — by Thos. Smith ;
Rqual Justice Marine Benevolent Association — colored — by W.
Wilson ;
Young and True Friends' Benevolent Association — colored -by
J no. Lewis.
The officers reporting were placed on the General Committee.
Hon. Thos. Handy. ex-Sheriff, and Mr. R. H. Bartley informed
the < lommittee that :
'• As it was evident there would be such an outpouring of the people
on Monday as had rarely been witnessed here, and that it would be
impossible to accommodate in any one Hall, however large, all who
would desire to bear the oration— arrangements had been made for an
open-air meeting, to lie held after the procession ; a platform was being
erected on South street, opposite Lafayette Square, and several eloquent
speakers had promised to deliver addresses."
Messrs. Handy and Bartley expressed the wish that this arrange-
ment should meet with the concurrence of the General Committee;
and it was so determined.
Mr. Airey, Chairman of the Finance Committee, reported.
On motion of Administrator Walsbe, there was appointed the fol-
lowing
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
A. H. May, chairman; Judge W. W. Howe, Messrs. Wm. H. Re-
naud, John I." Noble, ('has. E. Black, Alex. T. Janin, Ashton Phelps,
AY. B. Schmidt, Thos. Handy, N. Dufour, Geo. Nicholson, M. F. Big-
nev, Edward C. Wharton, H. J. Hearsev, J. Hassinger, E. A. Burke,
Chas. Clinton, C. E. Whitney, W. M. Burwell, H. C. C Astwood, and
G. H. Fayerweather.
This was certainly a representative Committee. — Mr. May was on
the Confederate staff during the war, is a Democrat in politics, and is
now the leading cotton merchant of this city. Judge Howe, an able
jurist, much esteemed, was for a while on the State Supreme Bench,
under the Republican regime. Messrs. Renaud, Noble, Black, Jan in
and Phelps are leading cotton factors. Mr. Schmidt is one of our larg-
est wholesale grocery merchants. Mr. Handy is an extensive liquor
merchant. Judge Burwell is the Secretary of the Chamber of Com-
merce, Receiver in the V . S. Land office, and one of the ablest writers of
the day on commerce, railroads, etc. Mr. Fayerweather, late of the City
School Board, is one of the most intelligent and respected of our col-
ored citizens. Mr. Astwood, a well educated colored man, is the editor
of ex-Gov. Pinchback's paper, the " Louisianian." The other mem-
bers of the Committee are or have been connected with the Daily Press
of the city as proprietors or writers. Major Burke, an ex-Confederate
staff officer, besides being the managing editor of the N. <>. Democrat,
is also the State Treasurer.
After the appointment of this Special Committee, the General
Committee adjourned ; hut the members of the Committee of Arrange-
ments were busily engaged until a late hour, in drawing up an
extensive and elaborate Programme for Monday's ceremonial, for
publication in the Sunday morning papers.
THE FOURTH DA Y.
By appointment, the Committee of Arrangements met in the
Mayor's Parlor, at the hour of noon, the Marshals and their Aids
appointed for the Procession.
After issuing the final instructions, Gen. Behan said lie could uol
refrain from congratulating his listeners on the prospects for a funeral
pageant commensurate in its numbers and its cosmopolitan features
as well with the solemn character of the memorial celebration as with
the dignity and power of the metropolis that offered such splendid
tribute to the memory of the dead President.
The Committee then adjourned, having successfully accomplished
in a very brief period, at very short notice, a task that can he appreci-
ated only by those familiar with such onerous labors.
THE CITY'S COMMITTEE.
Mayor Shakspeare, Administrator Walshe and Administrator
Huger were occupied until a late hour of the night, in the Mayor's
Parlor, in perfecting the multitudinous details of the ceremonial of
Monday at the Washington Artillery Hall, which was their special
charge; preparing a list of Vice Presidents and Secretaries; appointing
a Committee of Reception ; arranging for vocal and instrumental
music; drawing up a programme of the order of exercises; preparing
and sending all this to the Press, etc.
In lliis Labor the three Officials were zealously assisted by Mr. A.
McConnell, the Mayor's private secretary ; Hon. E. L. Bower, chief
clerk of the Mayoralty Bureau ; Mr. Robert McLaughlin, his assistant ;
Mr. McCall, assistant secretary of the Council; and Messrs. T. Lee
Shute and F. S. Kendig, of Administrator Walshe's clerical corps.
rn e city's guests.
invitations to the ceremonies at the Washington Artillery Hall,
sent forth by the City Council's Special Committee, through Adminis-
trator Walshe, as Chairman— were addressed to the Foreign Consuls;
to the Clergy ; the C4overnor and his Stall'; the Lieutenant Governor ;
the other State Officials in the City; the members of the Judiciary,
both Parish and State ; the Parish members of the Legislature; the
Hoard of Police Commissioners; the Board of Underwriters; Board of
Health; Board of School Directors; Medical and other Scientific
Societies; the Parish and City Officers generally; the Veterans of
1812-15; the Mexican War Veterans; the Officers of the Chamber of
Commerce, Cotton Exchange, Stock Exchange, Produce Exchange,
and Clearing House; the members of the City Syndicate; all the
Federal Officials ; the Officers of the Army and Navy; the Officers of
the United States Lighthouse Department; the Hank Presidents; the
Insurance Presidents; the members of the Press; and, especially, the
members of the Mississippi River Commission, then on an inspect-
ing tour in the " Delta."
The invitation was neatly printed on light-green tinted note paper,
with mourning edge. It was enclosed in a plain envelope, also edged
in black, which contained, besides a printed programme of the Obse-
quies, a small white silk mourning badge, presenting the portrait of
the deceased President, with this brief inscription :
"Died, September 10th, 1881."
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The note, the badge, the programme, will doubtless be retained b;
the recipients) of the City's courtesy lor years to come, as simple bu
ever speaking mementoes of a day and events of deep interest an
peculiar importance, not only in the City's history, but in that of th
whole country.
FROM THE SCHOOLS.
This portion of the record is appropriately terminated by the
Resolutions prepared by Hon. YV. <). Rogers, the accomplished and
esteemed Superintendent of the City Public .Schools, and unanimously
adopted by the Board of Directors at i\ special meeting, held on Satur-
day morning, September 2-ith .
" The Hoard of Directors of the Public Schools of Hie City of New
Orleans, mindful of the great calamity which has overtaken the
country in tlie death, by assassination, of the Honored President of
a free, united and happy people, and recognizing in the character and
public services of the lamented deceased— an earnest friend of educa-
tion, a statesman of broad and liberal view.-, a scholar of cultivated
intellect, a patriot seeking the welfare of the whole community, a
chief magistrate justly entitled to the respect, confidence and affection
of all men — do hereby resolve
"First. That we, with the great body of citizens all over the
country, join in lamenting the death of James A. Garfield, and in
paying our tribute of respect to the memory of his virtues, his talent
and his lofty purposes for the general good ;
"Second, That we extend to the bereaved family our warmest
sympathy, and the affectionate interest and sympathy of the large
body of teachers and school children whom we herein represent;
'" Third, That the Public Schools of the City be closed on Monday,
the 26th hist., in furtherance of the proclamation of the Governor of
this State and the Mayor of the City; and that the teachers and
advanced pupils of the Schools, be and are hereby requested to join,
as far as practicable, in the public memorial services appointed for
that day.
"Fourth, That these Resolutions be spread upon the minutes of
this Board, and a copy of the same forwarded to the Family of the
Deceased and the Secretary of State"
No more fitting tribute could be paid to him, whose life-career was
the most fitting tribute to the inestimable advantages of education.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR M'ENERY
had, as Acting Governor, telegraphed Secretary Blaine, on Tuesday
morning, September 20th, asking when the funeral obsequies would
take place, in order that he might direct concurrent action in Louisiana.
The reply was the dignified and feeling Proclamation of the new
President, the Hon. Chester A. Arthur, desginating Monday, [September
26th, and in highly appropriate terms, calling upon the people of the
whole country to observe it as a day of humiliation and mom 'dug.
Thereupon. Lieut. Gov. McEnery issued the following Proclama-
tion :
Exkcutive Department, State of L a,)
New O .. v.ns, Septembej ..' ■ bSl. J
Whereas, The President of the I uited Statei of Amerii ted
ds life on the 19th day of September, 1881 ; and, whereas, the sad event
has stricken the people with universal sorrow and mourning; and
although in this manifestation of Divine Providence we should submit
with becoming meekness and reverence yet, as a people, we should
outwardly express our sorrow and grief at this public calamity :
Now, therefore, 1, Samuel J). McEnery, Lieutenanl Governor,
and acting Governor of the State of Louisiana, do appoint Monday,
the 26th day of September, being the day set apart for the funeral obse-
quies of our lamented President, as a day of faeting and pra;, er through-
out the State ; ami i invite all religious denominations to hold mem-
orial services in their respective places of public worship, and recom-
mend that all persons do assemble thereat, on said day, to participate
in said services. All places of public business will be closed and the
flags on all public buildings will be placed at half-mast throughout
the State.
While deeply mourning the .Republic's great calamity and devoutly
praying for the favoring providence of the Ruler of Nations, let the
bereaved widow and her orphaned children be lik it remembered.
S. D. McENERY,
Lieutenant < Sovernor and Acting Governor.
MEMORIAL MONDAY
This record opened with the words that " Saturday, July 2d, A. D.
1881, will ever be a memorable -a sadly memorable day, in the annals
of the great Republic."
A like record can justly be entered for Monday. September 26th,
A. D. 1881. The horrid tragedy that had begun two days before the
advent of the National Holiday, was now to terminate with a Nation —
nay, with the whole civilized world participating, in spirit if not in
bodily presence, in the last, solemn mortuary scene.
A funeral procession, so simple yet so grand, was never witnessed
before. It began at the sea-side, where the august victim had breathed
— -
his last. It paused awhile in the Federal City where, living, he had
won so many triumphs. It paused there long enough to permit the
widowed wife to keep a final vigil with her dead,— alone with him
beneath the majestic dome of the Capitol, — alone to recall the past, and
to imprint the farewell kiss on the pallid, pain-stricken face.— Then
again it moved on, by day and night, in sad silence,— looked for
and gravely greeted, for hundreds of miles, by multitudes of mute
mourners.
And now this unique procession had reached the end of its melan-
choly journey. The quiet cemetery of the beautiful city by the Lake
shore — trod for the first time many, many years before by the poor
boy, James A. Garfield, longing for a lifecareeron the restless waves —
now awaited only the last notes of the funeral dirge and the last words
ox the funeral prayer, ere receiving for everlasting rest the mutilated
remains of the man, James A. Garfield. President of the United
States of America.
The echoes of this slow, prolonged death-march from the Ocean to
the Lake, had daily penetrated into every household, and edifice, and
mart in the Crescent City. The feelings of sympathy and regret so
created, were so deep and true and all pervading that when the Mun-
icipal Authorities of New Orleans announced their determination to
tender to the illustrious dead a public memorial ceremony worthy of his
high station and his own great merit, the approving reply was instan-
taneous and unanimous from a quarter of a million of warm hearts.
How their reply was given form and action on Monday, Septem-
ber 26th, will now be set forth in detail.
The day was ushered in by frowning skies and a heavy rain, in
consonance with the gloom that oppressed the public mind. This did
not, however, delay in any way the arrangements, private and public,
to carry out the observances and ceremonies indicated in the proclama-
tion of President Arthur; that of the Acting Governor of the State,
the Hon. S. D. McEnery, and that of Mayor Jos. A. Shakspeare,— and
further specifically set forth in the programme of the Committee of
Arrangements.
There was a marked increase in the display of mourning insignia,
especially along the streets that were to witness the passage of the pro-
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cession. Business was everywhere suspended. Shops, stores, counting-
rooms, warehouses, factories and foundries were closed. The streets
were noiseless. The general quiet was broken only by the occasional
toll of a bell, now here, now there— from fire-alarm tower or church
steeple— or, at measured interval, by the deep-mouthed cannon's sullen
roar, — responding, bell and cannon, to the funeral chimes and salutes
of the other cities of the Union.
MORTUARY SALUTES.
In compliance with the Mayor's proclamation, the Committee of
Arrangements had mortuary salutes fired throughout the day, both
above and below Canal street, and at the head of that central avenue,
near the river.
Above Canal street, the salute was fired by a detechment of Capt.
Jno. Miller's Company B, Battalion of Washington Artillery. The
detachment was stationed at the corner of Baronne and Delord streets,
and was composed of Sergeant W. E. Hogue, Corporal H. J. Levy;
Privates W. Giffen, S. H. Dougall, Dan. Kelly, A. R. Barrett and J.
P. Gallaher. At the opening, Captain Miller commanded in person,
but was relieved later in the day by Lieut. O. F. Peck. The first gun
was fired at 6 o'clock in the morning, and a gun was fired every fifteen
minutes thereafter throughout the day, until 6 o'clock in the evening.
Below Canal street, the salute was fired in the Place d'Armes (in
the olden time, Congo Square) by a detachment of Battery C, Capt.
Fortier, Regiment of Louisiana Field Artillery. The detachment was
as follows: Corporal Fred. Kombeek, gunner; Privates S. Baudier,
E. Peralta, E. J. Soniat, E. Bercegeay, Geo. Item and C. Calongne.
The first gun was fired at 7 o'clock A. M.; then every half hour until 2
P. M.; and then every fifteen minutes until sundown.
At the head of Canal street, the salute was fired by a detachment
of the Orleans Artillery Battalion, Company E, Capt. A. Sambola.
The detachment was composed of First Sergeant P. Forget, Jr., com-
manding; Privates D.Andrew, D. Anatasse, W- Winnecherand Jno.
Faulstick. A gun was fired every hour from 6 A. M. to 12 M., and
then every fifteen minutes until twenty-seven minutes after 1 o'clock P.
M., when a special salute was fired in honor of the late President.
PRESIDENTIAL SALUTE.
At 27 minutes past 1 o'clock P. M., in New Orleans it was ^o'clock
P. M . in Cleveland — the hour at which the funeral cortege of the dead
President was to begin its march to the cemetery of the city by the
Lakeside.
By preconcerted arrangement, just before the hour specified, the
Officers and Members of Mower Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Re-
public, marched from their headquarters on Decatur street, and drew
up, in company front, under the command of Lieut. F. W. Gibson,
immediately in the rear of the artillerymen and iheir piece. Then, at
the precise moment the funeral cort< g< at Cleveland began its slow
march, Lieut. Gibson, a one-armed veteran, gave the order to com-
mence firing. The signal was promptly sounded by the boy bugler,
B. Peyrone — a lad of seven years— son of the Orleans Artillery bugler.
The artillerymen,— some of whom had worn the ••gray" and the
others the •'blue" — gave answer on the instant with the cannon's
flash and smoke and roar, until a funeral salute of twenty-one guns
was tired. Then the Post marched back to their head<piarters ; and
the artillery detachment resumed its hourly salute until sundown.
IN THE CHURCHES.
Despite the inclement weather the attendance at the churches was
large ; and in many of the sacred edifices the services were of a char-
acter to more than usually impress the congregation.
Episcopal.— At Trinity Church i founded by the late Bishop
Leonidas Polkj the Rev. 1. X. Marks, Jr., officiated in theabsence from
the city of the Rector, the Rev. Br. Hugh Miller Thompson. The
reading desk, stalls, and chancel railing were artistically draped in
black and white. The communion table was decorated with a hand-
some black mantle, embroidered in silver vines, and in the centre of
the mantle appeared, in bold relief, a cross and wreath of silver. The
ceremonies began at 11 o'clock. A large congregation was present.
Among them were Lieut, and Acting Governor S. D. McEnery ; Sec-
retary of State, W. H. Strong; State Auditor, Allen Jumel ; and, in
uniform, Col. T. Lee Shute, Col. E. A. Ducros; Col. C. A. Larendon,
and Maj. E. E. Wood, of the Governor's staff'. The sermon of Rev.
Mr. Marks was scholarly and impressive, and was listened to with
profound attention.
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55
Rev. Dr. Hedges first officiated at s o'clock, A. M-, at his own
church. Mount Olivet, in Algiers; and then at 10 A. M., in St Paul's
Church, on Camp street, in place of the Rector, Rev. Mr. Waters,
who was absent from the city.
Rev. Dr. J. F. Girault conducted tin services as Rector, at St.
Anna's Church, on Esplanade street.
At Trinity Chapel, on South Rampart street, the Rev. Mr. Wiggins
officiated.
Rev. Mr. Upton conducted the services at St. George's Church.
At the Free Church of the Annunciation, on Camp street, in the
absence from the city of the Rector, Hew Dr. J no. Percival, Mr.
Richard Rhodes, of the Vestry, acted as Lay Reader.
At St. Philip's Church, corner of Prytania ami Calliope streets,
for Colored Episcopalians, the Rev. Dr. C. Ii. Thompson officiated.
Catholic. — The general custom of tin- Catholic Church is that no
masses are said, or public services held, or mourning drapery displayed
in the sacred edifices, for those who die outside of the Catholic faith.
However, the venerable Archbishop Perch£, — who is as zealous a
patriot as he is a zeal6us churchman.— aul horized his Clergy to keep
their Churches open on '-Memorial Monday." and to notify their con-
gregations that all who desired it, could, — eith< r at the usual services
or at any other time during the day,—-' recite prayer- for the repose of
the soul of the dead President."
This was done in all the numerous Catholic Churches and Chapels,
— the notice being given out by the clergy on Sunday morning.
Furthermore, at the Archbishop's episcopal residence, on Chartres
street near Ursulines, by his order, the wide portal, giving entrance
from the street to the inner-court, was tastefully draped in mourning ;
and by his order also, the bell tolled from the belfry of St. Mary's
Church, adjacent to the residence, and known for many successive gen-
erations, ever since the colonial days, as the " Archbishop's Church,."
At the old Cathedral, on Chartres street, fronting the Place
d'Armes, the bells— which, twice within the century, had rung out joy-
ous peals when first, Jackson, and then Taylor, was received within
the sacred edifice with jubilates— now, throughout the day, tolled
mournfully, from hour to hour, a requiem for the murdered successor
of those warrior-occupants of the "White House.
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56 HISTORY OF THE
At the Church of the Immaculate Conception (Jesuits' Church),
on Baronne street corner of Common, the altar was draped in mourn-
ing, and at 10 o'clock A- M., mass was celebrated by Rev. Father D.
Hubert, — who, during the war, was Chaplain of the Louisiana regi-
ments in Gen. Lee's army, and is now the Chaplain of the few hun-
dreds left of those veterans, composing the Louisiana Division, Benevo-
lent Association. Army of Northern Virginia.
At St Patrick's Church, on Camp street near (lirod,— High
Mass was said at ] 1 :."><> A. M., for the repose of the soul of the dead Pres-
ident,—the Rector, Rev. Father P. Allen, being the celebrant: Rev.
Father P. M. L. Massardier, Rector of St. Theresa's Church, acting as
First Deacon, and his assistant Rector, Rev. Father J. PI Lambert, as
Sub-Deacon.
The three churches of the Redemptorist Fathers, up-town, — St.
Alphonsus i English), corner of Constance and St. Andrew streets; St.
Mary's Assumption (German), corner of Josephine and Constance
streets; and Notre-Dame de Bon Secours (French), on Jackson
street near Constance — did special honor to the memory of the de-
parted President. In each church a catafalque, supporting a coffin,
was placed in the centre aisle, near the altar; and a solemn High Mass
for the Dead was celebrated at l^ o'clock A. M. The celebrant at St.
Alphonsus was the Rector of the three churches, the Very Rev. B. A.
Neithart; at St. Mary's Assumption, the Rev. Father Kelaphake; and
at Notre Dame, the Rev. Father H. Giesen. Also at the 8 o'clock and
10 o'clock services on Sunday morning. Rev. Father Neithart, in his
addresses to the congregation, referred in feeling terms to the death of
President Garfield.
Presbyterian.— On Sunday morning, September 2-5th, the Rev.
Dr. B. M. Palmer, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church (on South
street, opposite Lafayette Square), delivered one of his most impres-
sive sermons, — combining in his peculiarly felicitous style, eloquence
with logic. The text was from Daniel, 4th chapter, 17th verse:
" This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by
the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know
that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to
whomsoever ho will, andsetteth up over it the basest of men."
The deceased President's lofty character and brilliant intellect, —
his unfaltering Christian faith, — his pure, tender domestic life, — his
i i np:ral gekemonies. 5*
just claim us the representative of the loftiest and best qualities of
American life,— his unaffected cheerfulness and heroic fortitude under
prolonged suffering, — his twep hold on the affections of his own people
and the admiration of the people of other lands,— were tersely but most
eloquently and strikingly presented.
On Monday morning, this church was draped in simple mourning
and a service of prayer, hymns and Scripture reading was held.
The Lafayette Church, on Magazine street near Philip,— Rev. Dr.
Thus. R. Markham, Pastor, — was tastefully dressed in mourning both
<>u i side and in,— the black drapery emblematic of sorrow,— the green,
of hope. The church was crowded. The memorial address of the
Pastor was eminently worthy of the occasion,-- furnishing from the
national calamity practical lessons, worthy of the nation's study.
A memorial service was held at 10 A. M., in the German Evangel-
ical Church, corner of Jackson and Chippewa streets, the Rev. Dr.
P. Heintz. Pastor. The bell was tolled all day.
Methodist.— The various congregations of the M. E. Church,
■South, held a union service at the McGehee Church, on Carondelet
street near Girod, Rev F. R. Hill, Pastor.
The interior of the spacious edifice was draped in mourning.
Every seat was occupied. The opening prayer was by Rev. Dr.
rker, Pastor of the Felicity street Church, and very feelingly
alluded to the loss the nation had sustained. Rev. Dr. Matthews, of
the St. Charles street Church, dwelt upon the dead President's history,
from his boyhood up, as an excellent example for the young genera-
tion to follow. The address of Rev. Dr. J. B. Walker, Presiding
Elder of the District, was of the same tenor; as was that of Rev. Dr.
Kranter, of the German M. E. Church. The love of General Garfield
for his mother was eloquently depicted by Rev Dr. Hill, as the keystone
of his success in life.
Memorial services were held at the Ames M. E. Church, corner of
St. Charles and Clio streets, under the leadership of the Pastor, Rjv.
Wm. C. Webb. The attendance was large. The church entrance was
hung with long, wide streamers of black, and the altar was similarly
decorated.
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58 HISTORY OF THE
The Synagogues. — 'At the Temple Sinai, there was a crowded
assembly to listen, to the fine choir and splendid organ, first in an
ancient Hebrew funeral chant and then in a hymn composed specially
for the occasion b#> Prof. O- Weber A eulogy on th< deceased Chief
Executive was delivered by the Rabbi, the Rev. Dr. Jas K. Gutheim,
that was eloquent with pathos and high-toned thought.
At the Touro Synagogue, the congregation was also large. The
Rev. Isaac H. Leucht, Rabbi, officiated. The iJ.>\ Psalm was read;
then President Arthur's proclamation, setting aside the day as one of
public mourning and worship. Selections were read from Jeremiah
and Samuel : and a prayer and the benediction closed the services.
Services were also held by tin- Lay-Readers al the Gates-of-Prayer
Synagogue, onjackson street near Annunciation, and the Right-Way
Synagogue, on Caroudelet street near Girod.
Mourning drapery was displayed in all four Synagogues.
Seamen's Bethel. — At theneat little chapel on St Thomas street
near Jackson, rounded and maintained by the unfaltering zeal of Rev.
Dr. A. J. Witherspoon, there was a large gathering of the officers and
crews of vessels in port, foreign and domestic. Several hymns were
sung: the 96th Psalm was read as the lesson of the day; and prayer
followed. Then, in his characteristically clear, simple style. Father
Witherspoon — an ex-Confederate Chaplain— delivered an address
practical, logical and feeling.
" The death of < iariield," he said, " was like the death of Samson :
it pulled down and destroyed the house of Dragon of sectional strife,
engendered by the late dreadful civil war. — Garfield's inaugural
breathed new life for the whole country.— He stepped boldly away
from the battle fields to the task of effectually reuniting North and
South, East and West. His death has accomplished that task, so
worthy of the statesman and the patriot. The whole country is in
sorrow around his tomb ; let it turn thence to dwell together in bonds
of peace for ever!"
A warm eulogy of the dead President followed, the preacher
specially praising him for " never going baek on his religious faith."
The address closed with the quaint remark :
" The two men who assassinated American Presidents were
neither of them from the South, and neither of them was a sailor."
The Colored Churches. — Besides St. Philip's Episcopal Church,
already mentioned, special services were held in many other churches
attended by our colored citizens.
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In Winan's Methodist Chapel, Rev. S. Priestly, Pastor, on Thurs-
day evening, September 22d, when memorial resolutions wereadopted.
On Sunday evening, September 25th, in the Union Methodist
Chapel, Rev. A. E. P. Green, Pastor. The proceedings were " commem-
orative of the life and services of President Garfield "
An address of similar tenor was delivered by Rev. Robert H.
Slaughter, at the First Free Mission Church.
Impressive ceremonies took place at the St. James M. E. Chapel,
Rev. Alfred M. Green, Pastor. The programme had been carefully
prepared on Wednesday evening, 21st of September, by a Committee
of the Literary Association connected with the Chapel. The interior
of the edifice was neatly and tastefully draped in mourning, extending
around the pulpit, altar and galleries. At the appointed hoar, 10:30
A. M., a large audience was assembled. Then, by appointment, the
Officers and Members of the -■ Ex-U. S- < !olored Soldiers' and Sailors'
Union Association" entered and occupied the centre rows of seats. —
Mr. W. R. Mason then called the meeting to order, and t lie following
Officers were appointed : President, Rev. A. M. Green; Vi^e-Presi-
dents, Mrs. E. Cooper, Col. James Lewis and Mr. E. Lyons; Secreta-
ries, Miss. E. M. Howard, Messrs. H. C. C. Astwood, C. -I. Dowden, W.
S- Wilson, Walter Thompson and Edward Thompson.
The presiding officer briefly explained the objects of the meeting;
alluding to the deaths of Presidents Harrison, Taylor and Lincoln ;
narrating the dramatic incidents of President Garfield's death: and
paying a warm tribute of regret and respect to his memory.
He was followed in eulogies by Mr. J. I>. Kennedy, Mr. Ernest
Lyons and Gen. R. B. Elliott,— the latter referring in feeling terms to
his personal acquaintance with the President during four years' ser-
vice with him in the U. S- House of Representatives.
Anthems were sung by the Choir in the intervals between the
addresses. The resolutions of eulogy and regret, previously adopted
by the St. James Literary Association, were reaffirmed by the assembly,
which then rose and, led by the Choir, sang the doxology. The cere-
monies then closed with the benediction, pronounced by Rev. Mr.
Albert, of Union Chapel.
GATHERING OF THE CLANS-
By noon, the services in the churches and chapels were over ; the
rain had stopped; the dark clouds had disappeared; the sun shone
out ; the sky was blue and clear. Then, from all parts of thegreatcity,
came crowds of men, women and children, moving toward the central
streets which were to witness the passage of the procession. Taking up
position along the sidewalks, they waited patiently for hours for its ap-
pearance. They numbered, thus assembled, thousands upon thous-
ands. They came from points miles upon miles apart from each other :
from Algiers and Gretna and their adjacent suburbs, across the wide
river — from the distant Lake shore suburbs and the interme-
diate settlements.— from Carrollton, the upper extremity of the city,
six miles above ( 'anal street, and from the Slaughter-House, the old Con-
vent and the U. S. Barracks, six miles below it, — from every square
of the " ancient city," between Esplanade and ( 'anal streets, founded
by Bienville and his hardy French colonists, — from the ancient Third
Municipality, or District, below Esplanade,— and from the newer
Districts above Canal street, founded by the push and pluck, and made
prosperous and powerful by the energy and enterprise of the Anglo-
Saxon race.
It was such an outpouring of the people of New Orleans as is
rarely witnessed even for the brilliant spectacles that at certain seasons
of the year — especially in the Carnival time — crowd her thoroughfares
with a host of joyous and laughing spectators. The host was there
now ; but it was silent and serious. The solemn tolling of the bells, —
the occasional sound of the cannon,— the doors, windows, galleries
everywhere hung with sable drapery, — the long array of flags looped
up with crape, did not more impressively indicate the sadly solemn
character of the day than did the cpuiet and gravity of that vast
multitude.
Meantime, the numerous Societies and Associations that were to
take part in the funeral procession, were assembling at their respective
halls, lodge rooms, armories, and other headquarters. Soon they
began moving from all points to the several streets where they were to
take up position, in close proximity to each other, and there remain
until the hour fixed upon for the procession to move.
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FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 01
At noon, the spacious Parlor of the Mayor, in the City Hall, began
to fill rapidly with the City's guests, already mentioned. They were
cordially welcomed by Mayor Shakspeare, and by those of the Adminis-
trators not on duty elsewhere. Administrator Walshe, as Chairman
of the Municipal Committee, had special charge of the arrangements
at the City Hall for the reception of the City's guests, -his Staff being
the Hon. Mr. Brown, the Mayoralty chief clerk ; Mr. A. McConnell,
the Mayor's private secretary ; Mr. McNamarra, secretary of the City
Council, and Mr. McCall, assistant secretary.
When all the guests were assembled in the Mayor's Tailor, together
with many members of Associations that had been directed to rendez-
vous at the Hall and form the Third Division,— the scene presented was
one that will not be forgotten by any of those present. The sombre
coloring of the black vestments of the civilians was relieved by the
brighter tints of the uniforms of a few of the Foreign Consuls and
officers of the Governor's staff. Conversation, though general, was
carried on in a subdued tone. There was but little movement. The
assembly were evidently imbued with the dignity and solemnity of the
occasion that called them together.
In that assembly were many of the chiefs of New Orleans com-
merce and finance— among them white-haired men who were famous
in the olden time, when the Crescent City was famous for her wealth
and prosperity. Her successful manufacturers and mechanics were
represented by a worthy delegation. Her educators, her physicians,
her clergy, were present in the persons of men whose reputation had
long since become national.
The Federal Government was fully represented by well known
officers of the different departments on duty here,— others being in
prominent positions in the Societies then gathering on the streets.
The various departments of'the State, Parish and Municipal gov-
ernment wrere represented by numerous well-known citizens: promi-
nent among them, Associate Justice F. P. Poche, of the State Supreme
Court ; the Hon. R. H. Marr, Chief Justice of that Court during the
Nicholls' administration ; and the grave and dignified Lieutenant
Governor of the State, Samuel Douglas McEnery, soon to become
Governor.
62 HISTORY OF THE
Many of the men in that crowded assembly hore names closely
linked with the most important events in the history of the State and
the City — events that dated : some, years before the great civil war;
others, during that gigantic conflict ; many, especially those in which
the younger men took part, since the close of the struggle. Leaders
and followers of both opposing forces were there : gallant soldiers who
had met each other lace to face on many a battle-field. Civilians, too,
were there, equally brave and skilful, who had struggled in a more
bitter contest still, to adjust the revolutionary results of the war.
Now, they met in harmony, as true men,— the melancholy past for-
gotten ; the present and the future uniting them in the bonds of amity.
There were also other war veterans present, well worthy of respect-
ful notice and admiration. The chronicle of their achievements was
briefly set forth in two large canvases, life-size portraits, that hung
opposite them on the walls of the Parlor. One group of middle-aged
men, — some of them showing scars of honorable wounds: a few of
them verging into old age — pointed out to each other with smiling
faces and vivacious gestures, the portrait of their leader at Palo Alto,
Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and Buena Vista. Near these old war-
riors sat a still smaller group: old, old men, with bowed forms,
shrunken limbs, and scanty white locks. They gazed in silence on
the companion portrait to that of " Old Rough and Ready." It was
"Old Hickory" himself, who,— slender, erect, stern-visaged— bestrode
a fiery war-horse, and, halting before his old soldiers, saluted hat in
hand, the veterans of the glorious plains of Chalmette.
The Foreign Consuls were the centre of general observation. The
combined diplomacy and belles lettres of old Spain were well repre-
sented by Don Jose Sanchez Bazan. The Italian acting Consul, Signor
Del Orto, was known to be also a skilful physician. Louisiana's mother-
land was present in the persons of the talented and trained diplomat,
the Vicomte Paul D'Abzac, and the able Vice Consul, Monsieur F.
Navone. Close by stood Senor J. F. De Zamacona, who has done so
much to develope and unite Mexican and American commercial inter-
ests. With him conversed Mr. Wallace Ogden, Consul of the Argen-
tine Republic, and Mr. E. Martinez, Consul for Guatemala, Venezuela
and Colombia. In another group were the Czar's Consular representa-
tive, Mr. J. F. Schroeder; the Danish Consul, Mr. H. F. Klumpp ;
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63
Mr. G. Gerdes, Consul for Norway and Sweden ; and the Austria-
Hungarian Consul, tiie Baron Ernest Von Meysenburg, whose tall,
portly form and genial countenance were shown to advantage by
a brilliant uniform.
Near them, in earnest conversation, sat the Consul of the Nether-
lands, Mr. Adolphe Schreiber, — a native of New Orleans, and one of
her most accomplished gentlemen and influential merchants — and the
Consul of the German Empire, Mr. Jno. Kruttschnitt, — forover thirty
years an esteemed merchant of New Orleans; also for many years,
from his scientific acquirements, u leading member of the N. O. Acad-
emy of [Sciences. Mr. Kruttschnitt, than whom there is no more unaf-
fected, amiable gentleman, was the recipient of marked attention,
especially from many old-time citizens, who remembered his close
family connection with one of Louisiana's most brilliant lawyers and
orators: a I'. S. Senator, then a member of the Confederate Cabinet,
and now the peer of England's most noted advocates.
Chatting quietly with the Mayor, stood a dark-haired, Mack-eyed
gentleman, whose neat, close fitting uniform strikingly sel off his fine
person and dignified presence. Bearing a name of ancestral note in
the annals of British diplomacy and literature—himself mi author of
repute— Mr. De Fonblanque was now the object of more than usual
respectful courtesy and observation For he worthily represented a
Sovereign, who, by a few, kind, gentle words, had accomplished what
King George's bullets and bayonets had utterly failed in : she had con-
quered every American heart.
But now Chief Clerk Bower entered the Parlor, and announced
that the carriages were waiting to convey the assembly to their places
in the Division. Mayor Shakspeare lead the way oul of the Hall,
escorting Lieut. Gov. McEnery ; and soon, under the auspices of Ad-
ministrator Walshe, everybody was seated, and the long train of car-
riages moved away. But few of those who were in the building, left
it without giving a careful glance at the large and artistic portrait of
the dead President that had been placed that morning at the portal of
the City Hall. The picture was enframed in black, and was hung in the
centre of a great wreath of cedar, below which were in cedar sprays,
the letters, "J. A. G."
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64 HISTOE.Y OF THE
I'll!-; marshals' work.
The Committee of Arrangements bad, in their published pro-
gramme, designated the hour of i o'clock P. M., on that day for the
assemblage of the various Divisions in their preliminary positions.
Before the movement was commenced, the Grand Marshal, Major
General W. G. Behan, took post with his Staff on the lower side of
Canal street, half way between Royal and Chartres streets,— a central
point whence he could command the entire rendezvous.
Then tor near an hour, hi* numerous Aids, — comprising bankers,
merchants, manufacturers, architects lawyers, publishers, druggist^.
journalists, with a sprinkling of ex-Confederate and ex-Federal war
veterans— were kept busy delivering messages and orders, now here,
now there, whilst the Grand Marshal, in addition to directing these
zealous gentlemen, was every few minutes the recipient of reports,
inquiries, requests from the different Marshals of Divisions, or the
officers of the numerous Associations under their commands.
As there were ten Divisions, —containing one hundred and twenty-
eight distinct Societies and Companies, and numbering in all over
12,000 men, — to be placed in position ami then moved into column at a
given signal, the task assigned the Grand Marsha! required no ordi-
nary tact and energy.
But Gen. Behan, though a young man, had seen too much active
field service under Beauregard and Lee not to be a master of his busi-
ness. And, accordingly, the programme mapped out for the Procession
by the Committee of which he was chairman, was carried into execu-
tion without a flaw, and without any more delay than is inseparable
in such assemblies, tn \ bis successful performance of the duty assigned
him, the Grand Marshal was ably assisted by the Marshals of Divis-
ions and their Aids, all of whom had been often tried in similar oner-
ous labors.
The different Societies and Associations had been carefully classi-
fied by the Committee of Arrangements and placed in Divisions, as far
as possible in consonance with their objects and characteristics ; and
to each Division, apart from the Military, a fine band bad been appor-
tioned, with instructions to perform only dirge music.
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ell
The Divisions rere placed in preliminary pos is follows:
The First Division, the Military.— on the upper side of Canal
street, the righi resting on Tchoupitoulas street, where was pi
Brigadier < reneral John Glynn, Jr., commanding the two brigades oi
soldiery They were the only body thai formed on < 'anal si reet.
The other Divisions formed on the i bat, running [)arallel
with the river, traverse Canal street at right angles; the Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Divisions above Canal respectively,
i>m Carondelet, St. Charles, Can p. Magazine and Tchoupitoulas streets,
-the Seventh. Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Divisions below < 'anal, in suc-
cession on North Peters, Decatur, Dorsiere and Chartres streets.
The right of each Division, with its Marshal ul the head, rested
directly upon ( 'ana! street ; so that, as the general column moved, each
Division could, in its regular order, deboucher into < 'anal, and man
on in its appointed place in the Procession.
The Military were assigned the head the column, because as tin
State National Guard, they paraded under the published orders of tin
Commander-in-Chief of the Army ami Navy. President C. A. Arthur
The Masonic -bodies, forming the Second Division, acted as (he me
cial escort of their departed brother, the dead President. Plie only
non-Masonic organization in this Division was the Continental Guards,
selected as the military »uard of honor of the itafalque.
Presently, all was ready : and the Grand Marshal and ins Stall
rode slowly to the intersection of Canal and Tchoupitoulas streets,
where they hall ed.
As they came near, the loud word of command was heard, with
the sharp rattle of the drums ; and the long lines of the soldiery, that
had been standing at ease, resumed their precise array and stood at
shoulder-arms, waiting the order to march.
Then, over that multitude — the thousands who were in the col-
umns, and the thousands who were lookers-on— came asti ange silence :
as if every one held their breaths and listened to catch the echoes of the
funeral dirges wailing through the air from Cleveland
Suddenly, the cannon at the head of Canal street thundered
forth; the fire-alarm bells rang out in unison; and, turning to Gen.
Glynn, Grand Marshal Behan gave the order to march.
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The Military Commander repeated the order in sharp, clear tones;
and instantly the First Division moved : the hands playing a funera
dirge: the battalion tlags looped up with black crape; the officers and
men, with swords and muskets reversed, marching with slow step.
Crossing from the upper to the lower street that together with the
central passage-way for cars and foot-passengers, form the wide Boule-
vard Canal, the First Division, at the corner of North Peters street,
turned its hack on the river and levee and moved out towards Ram-
part street.
The Second Division, under Marshal J. S. Rainey, as soon as the
rear company of the Military had passed, debouched from Carondelet
into Canal street, turned to the right towards the river; moved along
the upper side of ('anal to Tchoupitoulas ; there crossed over as the
Military column had done, and followed it along the lower side of
Canal to Rampart.
The Third Division,— the Municipal and State Authorities at the
head — under Marshal A. S. Badger, wheeled into Canal from St.
Charles street, following close behind the funeral car in the Second
Division.
The Fourth Division, — the Firemen, — under Marshal I. N. Marks,
were in column on Camp street, and dfibouched into Canal as the
Italian Benevolent Society, that closed the Third Division, passed
them.
As the last Company of the Fire Department moved by Magazine
street, Marshal Tissot there wheeled the Fifth Division out upon the
upper side of Canal street ; and presently, as his column also gained
space, room was given to—
The Sixth Division, under Marshal P. Mealey, to move in solid
column of fours from Tchoupitoulas street straight across Canal, and
so follow on out to Rampart.
Canal street, — when its upper and lower avenues were thus rilled
with marching men, in close order, with the heads of other columns
seen on the side streets, waiting to wheel into line, — presented a most
imposing spectacle. The central space mentioned and the sidewalks
were crowded with a mass of spectators ; and the doorways, windows,
balconies and galleries to the third and fourth stories, and even in
many places, the roof copings were similarly occupied. Add to this
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. <>7
host of people, the mass of mourning drapery, the hundreds of flags
and banners looped in crape, the mournful strains of music, the slow
tolling of bells, the occasional booming of a minute gun, and the grave,
saddened look of the multitude ; and some idea may be formed of tbe
appearance and effect of this magnificent Procession.
As the six Divisions named gradually followed each other from
Canal street into Rampart, and then moved slowly down town, they
at length permitted the remaining four Divisions, in position below
Canal, in their turn to come into line.
The Seventh Division, under Marshal J. 15. Vinet, was the first of
the four to appear in the moving column. It turned into Canal from
Peters street; ami was followed in slow succession: first, by the
Eighth Division, under Marshal James Lewis, in position on Decatur
street; then by the Ninth Division, under Marshal A. J. Dumont, in
position on Dorsiere street ; and, lastly, by the Tenth Division, which
under Marshal P. B. S. Pinchbaek, had long patiently awaited on
Chartres street tiie signal for the march.
Rampart street is as broad as Canal ; and, like it, is divided by a
wide central-way, into two stone-paved thoroughfares. The Proces-
sion took the outer one. The multitude of spectators filled every
available foot of space left.
On arriving at St. Ann street, the column turned to tbe tight, to-
wards the river agaiti, until, reaching Chartres street, if vrheeled at
right angles and started back for Canal street.
Crossing there with some delay — for the Tenth Division was just
starting out for Rampart street, — the long column moved up Camp
street to Julia, where after three hours' march, it halted to give the
Divisions in the rear time to close up. Then the First Division fell
into line; and the Funeral Catafalque, with its Masonic and Military
escort, passed by the soldiery, who saluted. Then it moved out Julia to
St. Charles street, down which il turned, and halted in front of tbe
Washington Artillery Arsenal.
The Divisions then again took up tbe line of march, from Camp
via Julia into St. Charles street, saluting the Funeral Car as they passed
the Arsenal. Ere long they once more reappeared on Canal street. The
Grand Marshal took post at the intersection of Canal and Carondelet
streets; the Divisions marched by him in review; and then the Pro-
cession was dismissed.
It is now in order to present more' detailed description of tbe
numerous Associations, as they appeared in the march.
THE PROCESSION.
The veteran Chief of Police, Captain Thos. X. Boylan, mounted
and in full uniform, commanded:) picked detach in cut of his co/'ps, that
headed the Procession and cleared the way for it through (lie crowded
thoroughfares.
Then came tin' GUANI) M ARK HA L OF Til 10 I>AV,
AI A.I. (.IN. W. .1 I'.KH AN,
and his Aids, as follows :
T. L. Airey, 11. S. Howard,
< J. K. Apps, .hones Hagan,
Theo. Berkson, M. Hacked,
b\ D. Becker, B. Klotz,
A. W. Bosworth, J. .). Langles,
K. W. ( 'onverse, J. B. Levert,
K. L. ( 'arrieie, A. A. Maginni?,
E. P. Cottraux, Geo. McCloskey,
('has. Dillingham, J. (). Nixon, Jr.,
.!. ( '. Denis, J . K. < >verton,
P. (». Fazende, J .i. Schmidt,
A lex. Finlay, < (eo. Smith,
Leeds Green leaf, W. T. Vaudry, and
A. W. Hyatt, C, L. Walker.
Several gentlemen who had been appointed on Gen. Behan's
Stall— as, Maj. .J no. Augustm, Gen. \V. L. McMillen, Chief Tlios.
O'Connor, Ijouis Prados, Col. Jack Wharton - could not report to him
as they were on duty in other parts of the Procession.
The Grand .Marshal and his Aids were attired in black cloth dress
suits, with white vests and gloves and black silk hats. As insignia of
their official positions, the Grand Marshal wore a broad black and
white sash, from shoulder to waist, and the Aids each had on the left
arm a black and white armlet with streamers. With the exception of
the Military Division, this was also tin' accoutrement of the Marshals
of Divisions and their Aids.
THE FIEST DIVISION
was composed of the Regiments and Battalions on the rolls of the
Louisiana State National Guard, and of several independent Compa-
nies,- the whole formed into two Brigades.
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•r
rhe Division was commanded by :
BRIGADIEK GENERAL JOHN GLYNN, .IK ,
of the First Brigade, who was accompanied by the Staff of that Brig-
ade as follows :
Lt. Col. .In... I). Scott Ass't Adj't General,
Major Henry Denegre Quartermaster,
Major E. ('. Fenner Inspector General,
Major L. J. Fremaux Ordnance Officer,
Lieutenant F. Larue .A. D. C, detached.
The march of the Military column was opened by the
SECOND BRIGADE
1 1 nder the command of
BRIGADIER GENERAL ADOLJ'H MEYER,
His Brigade Staff was represented by :
Lt. Col. Edwin J. Kursheedt Ass't Adj't General,
Major E. A. Behan Ordnance Officer,
Major Max. Herrmann Commissary,
Col. \V. II. Roberts, A. I). C. to ( (over nor Acting I nspector General,
Captain J. 1'. Richardson, A. I). C
Preceded l>_\ their splendid brass band, came that martial looking
eorps, t he
( i ERMAN BATTA LION-
In the front rode the tall and stately Major Benjamin Armbnister,
commanding in the absence from the city of Lieutenant Colonel Geo.
H. Braughn.
The other officers of the Battalion Stall' were: Lieut. Charles L.
Sieber, Adjutant; Lieut. Rudolph H. Benners, Quartermaster; Lieut.
W. H. Littman, Commissary; Surgeon, Fred. Schumacher.
The Companies were officered as follows :
Company J..— Captain O. M. Tennison ; First Lieutenant J. E.
Albert; Second Lieutenant Conrad Geissler.
Company C- — Captain John Schlumbrecht.
Company 1).— Captain Joseph Voegtle ; First Lieutenant John
Man der.
Company />'. — First Lieutenant John H. Landwehr commanding,
— Captain Chas. F. Buck being on duty as Orator of the day.
With the Battalion marched, as its guests, a detachment of the
Italia)) independent command,
TIRO A I, BERSAGLIO,
officered by Captain John Astredo, First Lieutenant P. Quarnero, and
Second Lieutenant A. Patorno.
Their dark olive-green uniforms and broad-brimmed, low-crown,
black felt hats, liberally garnished with black cock's feathers, con-
trasted strikingly with the blue and grey uniforms, with red trim-
mings, and glittering helmets with white horse-hair pinnies, of their
German hosts.
The close fitting grey uniforms trimmed with red, the red shoulder-
knots, black belts, and red-plumed black shakos of that famous war
command, the Battalion of
WASHINGTON ARTILLERY,
next attracted the admiring attention of the spectators.
The Artillery band, — a very fine one, neatly accoutered — led the
way. Behind them rode that veteran soldier, Lieutenant ( olonel John
B. Richardson, commanding.
The Battalion Field and Staff were as follows : Major Eugene May ;
Lieut. A. J. Mitchel, Adjutant; Lieut. Andrew Hero, Jr., Quarter-
master ; Lieut. John Holmes, Commissary ; Lieut. T. H. Fuqua, Ord-
nance Officer; Surgeon, W. R. Mandeville.
The Non-Commissioned Staff were: Sergeant-Major, Wallace Bos-
tick ; Quartermaster Sergeant, H. L. Zebal ; Chief Bugler, F. de P.
Villasana.
The Line Officers parading were :
Battery A. — Captain Frank McElroy; First Lieutenant Gus.
Leefe ; Second Lieutenant James Harvey.
Battery C. — Captain Harry M.Isaacson; First Lieutenant Doug-
las M. Kilpatrick ; Junior First Lieutenant Dudley Selph ; Second
Lieutenant Frank L. Place.
Veteran Company. — Captain C. L. C. Dupuy ; First Lieutenants
Emile J. O'Brien and L. A. Adam.
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Battery B. — Captain John Miller; First Lieutenant J. S. Richards ;
Second Lieutenant R. Villarubia, — Junior First Lieutenant O. F.
Peck was on duty with the gun detachment, tiring the salute.
The Second Brigade was closed by that numerous and thoroughly
drilled infantry corps, the
CRESCENT REGIMENT,
whose grey uniforms with black trimmings, blue and black shoulder
knots, black belts and black shakos with tall white and blue plumes,
give them so striking an appearance.
The Crescent's large and excellent band, led l>y its tall Drum-
Major, was followed by the stalwart commanding officer of the Regi-
ment, bestriding a showy charger, — Colonel />*. B. Pleasants.
His Field and Staff Officers were: Lieut. Colonel Atwood Violett
and First Lieutenant W. C. H. Robinson, Adjutant. — Major Henry H.
Baker was absent from sickness; Captain E. A. Burke, Quartermaster,
appeared in another part of the Procession in his official capacity as
State Treasurer; and the Regimental Chaplain, the Rev. Hugh Miller
Thompson, was absent from the State.
The Non-Commissioned Staff were : Sergeant-Major S. A. Tru-
fant ; Quartermaster and Ordnance Sergeant Paul Holloway.
The Crescent Companies paraded and were officered in the follow-
ing order :
Company C — *' League Guards." — Captain William F. Pinckard ;
First Lieutenant Geo. B. Penrose.
Company E. — "Crescent Rifles."— Captain Harry Allen; First
Lieutenant O. L. Putnam ; Second Lieutenant W. R. Brashear ;
Junior Second Lieutenant F. S. Palfrey.
Company H. — " Stonewall Grenadiers." — First Lieutenant Robert
G. Hadden, commanding, — the Captain having been but recently
elected Major of the Regiment.
Company D. — " Hester Rifles."— Captain Charles Donnaud ; First
Lieutenant Jas. H. Hanrahan ; Second Lieutenant Chas. W. Adams.
Company A. — " Vaudry Rifles." — Captain John G. Woods; First
Lieutenant A. T. Terry ; Second Lieutenant W. G. Turner.
Company O, — " Jumel Guards." — Captain J. North Abbott ; First
Lieutenant L. B. Hollingsworth.
HISTORY OF THE
Company F.—" Burke Rifles."— Captain Lewis Bartlett ; Second
Lieutenant Richard Hinckley.
Company R.~ " Nicholls Rifles."— First Lieutenant E. M. Under-
bill commanding: Captain C. M. Whitney being absent from the city.
THK I'M LSI' BRIGADE
was commanded by its senior officer after its Brigadier, namely
COLONEL A. .1. BACHEMIN,
of the Regiment of Orleans Artillery.
The Brigade Staff* was as follows :
Captain A. Bailly-Blanchard, < >rdnance < )llicer < >rleans Artillery,
Acting Ass'i Adj't General,
Captain Leon Palas, Commissary < ). A Acting Commissary,
Lieut. Raoul Tertrou, Adjutant < ). A Acting Aid-de-Camp.
Preceded by its excellent hand, slowly marched, with funeral
step and reversed arms, that solid regiment, the
KIK-I INFANTRY,
whose elegant uniform of dark grey with black trimmings for the rank
and file, and dark blue and gold for the officers, showed the close
marching companies to great advantage.
The First Regiment was commanded by thai tall, dashing-looking
officer, Colour/ Gcorgi If- Lord, riding a handsome steed
The other Field and Stall' Officers were: Lieutenant-Colonel
Thomas Melntyre ; Major M. < '• Royes ; Lieutenant Win. Commer-
ford, Adjutant; Captain R. G. Musgrove, Commissary; Captain D.
P. Mahoney, Quartermaster; Captain Adolph Schwaner. Ordnance
Officer.
The Companies paraded in the following order :
Company A.—11 Meyer Rifles "—Captain C. H. Hourbricht; First
Lieutenant P. Lobell ; Second Lieutenant A. Peeves.
Company C. — "Howard Light Guards" — Captain B. .1. Goodman ;
First Lieutenant H. .1. Bruns : Second lieutenant H. Todswer.
Company E. — Captain L. F. Bouchereau ; First Lieutenant L.
B. Guinle.
Company .F.—" Sumner Rifles "—Captain Thos J. Bath; First
Lieutenant M. E. Dullanty ; Second Lieutenant Thos. Bell.
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Company G. — " Remy ('lurk Cadets" — First Lieutenant Charles
1 slier commanding; Second Lieutenant W. .1. Lawler. — Captain
Cain was absent from the city.
Company H. — " Behan Grays " —First Lieutenant E. Tujoyne com-
manding, in the absence of Cap t. Aaron ; Junior First Lieutenant M.
Bregone ; Second Lieutenant M. M. Borges.
Two soldiery-looking Companies, in whose handsome uniforms the
'' emerald hue" predominate**, nextattraeted attention. They were the
Iri<ii independent companies: the
ikisii hulks.
commanded by Lieutenant Garvey in the absence of Captain John
Fitzpatrick, ami tin
MITCHELL RIFLES,
commanded by Lieutenant H. F. Brennau.
The two Companies paraded as a Battalion, under the command of
( 'aptain M. < Jriffen, of the Mitchell Lilies, as acting Major.
Then followed, headed by a large ami well-trained brass hand,
the serried ranks of the Regiment of
LOUISIANA t'lELU ARTILLERY,
showing very handsomely in their uniforms of dark blue, with white
hells, red trimmings, red epaulettes and red plumed black hats.
In from of a numerous and brilliant Stall' rode that veteran officer,
commanding the Regiment, ('<>h>i\<i Gustavt LcGardcur, Jr.
The Field and Staff officers with him were : Lieutenant-Colonel
James I). Edwards ; Major . I. N unia .August in : First Lieutenant A Du-
rel, Adjutant ; Captain Gustave Pitot, (Quartermaster; First Lieuten-
ant W. W. Renshaw, Assistant Quartermaster; Captain James Rey-
nolds, Commissary ; Captain Jas. A. Renshaw, Ordnance Officer.
The Non-Commissioned Staff were: Color-Sergeant, John P.
Beanham; Quartermaster Sergeant, J. H. Leary ; Ordnance Ser-
geant, John P. Nobles.
The rank and file, in batteries, were officered and marched as fol-
lows:
Battery A. — Captain George A. Chiapella ; First Lieuteuant ft.
M. Armant ; Junior First Lieutenant Louis Cassard ; Second Lieu-
tenant E. LeGardeur.
MUilWIU dlimWtc WjI- M'tf^JJWWHWgWIg^
HISTORY OF THE
Battery />' — Captain William H. Beanham ; Firs) Lieutenant H.
B. Thompson ; Junior Firsl Lieutenant, F. M. Kerr; Second Lieuten-
ant < reorge Lynd.
Batter;) C. — Captain M.J. Fortier ; First Lieutenant P. O. Gue-
rin ; Junior First Lieutenanl K. L. Ranlett. — Second Lieutenanl
F. Larue \va> acting as A. I >. C to (Jen. Glynn.
Battery I). — First Lieutenant J. L.Turner, in comniand ; Junior
First Lieutenant F. \ Moon. *
The blue uniforms, with red trimmings, while belts and black
shakos with straighl red plumes of another tine artillery corps— one
long connected with the military history of the Creole part ol tin city
- next fixed the attention of the spectators. A numerous band led I In •
way for the Regiment of
OK I.I-. A NS ART] I. I.I.I; N ,
under the command of their stalwart and martial looking fjcufenaiit
Co/one/ P. (> Peyroiw.
The regular regimental staff being on duty in that capacity for the
Brigade, with Colonel Bachemin, Lt. Col. Peyroux was assisted by
Captain Emile Pachoud, of Battery F, as his Adjutant, and Ordnance
Sergeanl A. Calogne as his Sei'geant Major.
In the immediate front of the Regiment man lied, as its guests,
four independent Companies, each of which elicited general praise
by their steady bearing and handsome uniforms.
The first of these Companies was the
<.t;KM.\ N GUARDS;
officered by Captain George Miiller ; First Lieutenant O. A. P. Stoll ;
Second Lieutenant A. Wermes ; and Feldwebel, W. A Suhren. The
uniform of the Guards differs but little from that of the German
Battalion.
The second independent Company in line was the
FRANC TIKEURS L)'ORI KANS,
commanded by Captain Alexis Dumestre; First Lieutenanl Bernard
Maylie ; Second Lieutenant Jame Faure; and Second Junior Lieuten-
ant Jean Pujol. Their scarlet caps, blue coats and scarlet pants, with
gold and scarlet trimmings, contrasted vividly with that of the Ger-
man Guards, and with the dark green and gold uniforms and plumed
peaked leather hats of the Company that followed, the
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(A/A l«>i;i - OK ORI.KA N'S.
The officers of this line Spanish command were: Captain Jo.se"
Llado ; First Lieutenant James Pons; Second Lieutenanl James
Anglada; Third Lieutenant J. M. Laben.
The fourth independent Company was the French
GAKDKS I.AKA \ Kill:,
uniformed neatly in red caps, blue coats ami grey pants, and com-
manded by Captain G. Bone; First Lieutenanl J. Peyregne; and Sec-
ond Lieutenant S. Jacquet.
The compact ranks of the Orleans- Artillery batteries, marching
like line man. followed. They were officered by :
Battery A. — Captain Leon N'unes ; First Lieutenanl John T. Pitt-
man; First Junior Lieutenant Louis Caron ; Second Lieutenant !'. B.
Salatich.
Battery 11. — Captain Charles Lejeune; First Lieutenant Thos. J.
Camp; Second Lieutenant Albert Muller-
Battery D. — Captain George Sehaffer ; Second Lieutenant Jacques
Levy.
Battery E- — Captain Anthony Sambola ; First Junior Lieutenant
Emile Boehler; Second Lieutenant Nicholas Theodore.
Jiatti ■ /■// /•'. -First Lieutenant Loins Donafort in command, Cap-
tain Pachoud being detached on the Staff; First Junior Lieutenant
Eugene Huppenbauer ; Second Lieutenant ( 'lias. H. Richardson.
There were some twelve hundred men in the First Division,
including the start', field and line officers.
THE SECOND DIVISION.
As already stated,— with the exception of the military guard of
honor and a few officers of the Governor's military staff.— this Division
was composed entirely of the different Masonic bodies, who acted as
special escort to the catafalque of their deceased Brother Mason :
parading for that purpose in compliance with the published request of
the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State.
This invitation included not only those Masons owing allegiance
to the Grand Lodge, but also the Knights Templar, the Grand Coun-
cil of Royal and Select Masters, the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch
Masons, the Grand Consistory of Louisiana 32°, and all sojourning
Masons in good standing.
■ =»«*"— — — —*■■-—»»■
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The MARSHAL of tlie Division, John S. Rainey, and his Aids,
E. B. Musgrove, George Stroud, John ('. Bacb and George J. Piiiekard,
rode behind a full hand that played a solemn funeral march; and
iin mediately after I he Marshal and his Staff came I liree handsome open
carriages, occupied In the Hon. ('has. K. Buck, the Orator of the day,
and the officiating Clergy: ih<- Rev. Dr. B. M . Palmer, of the First
Presbyterian Church; the Rev. Dr. J. F. ( Jiraull , of St. Anna's Epis-
copal Church ; the Rev. Dr. John Matthews, of the St. Charles Street
Methodist Church, and the I lev James K. Gutheim, Rabbi of Temple
Sinai.
The various .Masonic Doilies then appeared, ill strict accordance
with an elaborate published programme prepared by the higher < Jfflcers.
In front, moved on foot, the Knights Tbmplar, who were acting
more especially as the funeral escort,- the deceased President, besides
being a member of other Masonic Bodies, having been a member of a
Knights Templar Commandery of ihe District of Columbia.
The Knights, arrayed in their neat and elegant uniform, and
having their drawn swords bound with black crape, marched evenly
and steadily like veteran soldiers, under the skilful leadership of
Sir George Soule, the Right Eminent Grand Commander.
He was accompanied by the following officers of
THE GRAND ( (MMANDERY :
Sir Win. 11. Chciff'e, Eminent Grand Generalissimo;
Sir A. X. Cummings, Eminent Grand Captain General ;
Sir .J. L. Abbott, Eminent Grand Prelate:
Sir A. II. I)' Pass, Eminent Grand Junior Warden ;
Sir./. A. Pickert, Eminent Grand Sword Hearer:
Sir ./. C. Ayer, Eminent Grand Warden ;
Sir J. IP Maguire, Eminent Grand Captain of the Guards.
They were followed by the subordinate Knights Templar Bodies
in their order :
INDIVISIBLE FRIENDS COMMANDERY No. 1.
The Officers were represented by Sir Fred. Eyle, Sir W. C. Stanton,
Sir H. Dudley Coleman, and Sir P. J. Churchill ;
Commanding: Sir Knights, Wm. B. Booth, E. Brand, D. Barry,
A. C. Brims, Samuel Brooks, Bichard H. Browne, J. H. Carter, F. M.
Carraber, D. A. DePass, James Furneaux, Win. Gregg, J. Olle, Alfred
H. Isaacson, and G. M. Wadsworth.
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. ,7
JACQUES 1>K AMU. AY OOMMANDERY No. li.
Officers parading : Sir F. I). Ruth, Sir George Bonning, Sir O. L
Geer, Sir A. S. Cutler, Sir J. B- Dunn, Sir K. B. O'Sullivan, and Sir
J. II. Turek.
An. I Sir Kights: K. < '. Adams, R. S. Austin, R. II. Burke, R. H.
Benners, J. P, Douglas, G. VV. Collins, John R. Jaeger, C. M. Schenck,
L. Soraparu, John Hawkins, h. VV. Peck, Rohert Strong, Owen Ger-
non, M. VV. Francis, ami David Hughes.
ORLEANS COMMANDERY No. •"..
Officers parading : Sir C. Mudge, Sir VV. Parsons, Sir < '. VV. David-
son, ami Sir .1. Potter ;
Ami Sir Knights : A.('. Bahcock, Frederick Good, Louis power,
Eugene Tisdale, H. V. Baringer, and T. VV. Eaton.
In each of the subordinate Commanderies a number of the Sir
Knights, — officers and those under their command,- were absent,
either from being on duty in the Grand Commandery, or in other
Masonic Orders, or in other Divisions, whilst quite a number, from
the Grand Commandery down, were absent from the city.
The Knights Templar as a body made a beautiful display, as they
always do when they appear in public, — their excellent drill and pic-
turesque uniform combining irresistibly to attract and please every eye.
Tlie Knights were followed, as set forth in the programme, by a
large delegation from the various Masonic Lodges, including : Deacons,
Tylers, Master Masons, Junior Deacons, Senior Deacons, Masters of
Ceremonies, Secretaries, Treasurers, Junior Wardens, Senior Wardens,
Worshipful Masters, and Past Masters, who inarched on foot A
number of Master Masons, — veterans, who occupied carriages— closed
this part of the Division.
The Lodges thus represented were as follows :
Perfect Union Lodge No. 1— M. Levy, \V. M. ; A. Walz, S. \V. ;
T. Guyol, J. W. ; (). Robin, T. ; R. Barbier, S. ; X. Kuntz, S. D. ; E.
Antoine, J. D. ; Chas. Raymond, Tyler.
Polar Star Lodge No. 1,— S. Chanfrau, VV. M. ; F. Renaudin, S.
W. ; J. M. Verges, J, W. ; J. Libarros, T. ; J. H. Neguelona, S. ; L
Soule, S. D. ; P. Donnis, J. D. ; B. Cazferes, Tyler.
7.S HISTORY OF Till.
Perseverance Lodge No. 4, -M. A. Calongne, W. M. ; H. Si. <ie/,
S. VV. ; M. \'« TLiii-.l.-, .J . W.: ( '. Bois, T. ; J. Magendie, S. ; K. Morere,
S. I).; <i. Andrieux, .1 . !>.: .1. L. Dusat, Tyler.
St. Andre Lodge No. o,- R Lafontaine, \N'. M. ; .1. !'. Carrere, S.
VV. ; A. Mail lies, J. VV. ; G. Tnjagne, T. ; P. S. Bossomey, S. ; J. 1',.
Pi roll e, S. 1). : T. Dueos, .i . D. ; F.Gilbert, Tyler.
Los Amigos del Orden No. 5, -F. Rendueles, W. M. ; V. Lopez,
S. VV. : .). Fernandez, J. VV. ; J. Mereadal, T. ; J. Chabao, S. ; F. Bell,
S. I).; A. Felizado, J. I).; J. L. Daussat, Tyler.
Silencio Lodge No. 9, .1. A. y Prats, \V. M. ; V. Suarez, S. VV. ;
J. Barzana, J. \V.; A. Snare/, T. ; G. S. y Gahona, S. ; -J.Barba.S. I).;
j. Menendez, .i . D.
Germania Lodge No. 46, — Chas. F. Buck, VV. M. (Orator of the
Day); G. Steenken, S. VV. ; H.German, J. VV. ; E. Schmidt, T. ; Ed.
Ehrhard, S. ; .). F. Borehard, S. 1).; i. Stich, .ID. : .1. Fulda, Tyler.
Friends of Harmony Lodge No. 58,— A. A. Minis, VV. M. ; i\ i'.
Paul. S. VV. ; Jno. Kerry, J. VV. ; L. Schwartz, T-; VV. II. Holland,
S. : T. <;. Fielding, S. D. ; < '. VV. Kullander, J. D. ; Win. Tell, Tyler.
Mount Moriah Lodge No. 59,— Richard Lambert, VV. M., (appear-
ing with the Grand Chapter of R. A. M. as Grand Scribe] ; L. Schnei-
der, S. \V. ; .las. Cousley, .J. VV. ; H. E. Shropshire, T. ; Jas. Fnr-
neanx, S., (with Knights Templar); J. 1). Patton, S. D. ; M. Cra-
niond, .1. 1). ; 1'. C Nessin, Tyler.
George Washington Lodge No. »;.">, Wm. M. Rush, VV. M. ; Geo.
VV. Collins, S. W., (appearing in Jacques de Molay Commandery) ;
Wm. H. Rooney, .). W. ; Jos. R. Turck, T., (with Knights Templar) ;
S Sandak, S. ; H. Gilmore, S. I). ; A. 1*. Blum, .J. D. ; G. G. Pomet,
Tyler.
Dudley Lodge No. 66, — Geo. Stroud, W. M., (appearing as Aid to
Marshal Rainey); Jaeoli Meyers, S. W- ; ••• .J. Bender, J. W. ; E.
Lilienthal, T. ; Chas. Brill. S. ; S. Satterly, S. D. ; W. E. Weeks, J.
D. ; E. B. O'Sullivan, Tyler, (with Knights Templar.)
Marion Lodge No. 68,— J. S. Swan, VV. M. ; J. M. Weymouth, S.
W. ; J. A. Pickert, J. W., (appearing in the Grand Commandery) ;
H. P. Buckley, T. ; Thos. Cripps, S. ; J. P. Hopkins, S. I). ; L. Rey-
nolds, J. I).
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Hiram Lodge No. 70, E Heidingsfelder, W, M. ; A. Helmke, S.
W. ; H. Bruns, J. W. ; P. S- Anderson, T. ; Win. I). Taylor, S. ; T
Cramp ton, S. D. ; G. Sitzman, J. I>. ; .1. Ludlow, Tyler.
Alpha Home Lodge No. 7l', -Geo. J. Pinekard, W. M. (appear-
ing a^ Aid to the Marshal) ; Thos. Kearns, S. W.; Jacob Both, J. W.;
H.<; 1' Hubener, !' : Win. Starr, S-; A Queant, S. I), (appearing
willi the Grand Lodge ; R. Plant, J. 1).; W. W. Hutchin.s, Tyler.
Quitman Lodge No. 76, — Erich Brand, W. M., appearing with
the Grand Lodge); Mayer Levy, S. W-: C- Strobel, J. W.; A. Martin,
T.; Fred. Eyle, S.. with Knights Templar); Win. Abbott, S. I) : F.
W. Thiele, J. I).: R. Wilson, Tyler.
Orleans Lodge No. 7S,— Louis Kaiser, W. M.; Wm. H. Vildibil,
S. W.: Thus..). Moulin, J. W : Ed. Prophet, T.; .1 R. Flood, S.; W.
Cunningham, S. D.; A. Adler, J. I).: 1'.. F. Burns, Tyler.
Hermitage Lodge No. its,— John H. 11. Taylor, W. M.; Jolin
Willi-, S. W.: Frank Gerstner, J. W.; C H. Miller, T.; Ceo. S. Pet-
tit, 8.; Jos. I>. Taylor. S. I).; V. Shan neville, J. I).: F. Osborne, Tyler.
Louisiana Lodge No. 102, -John S. Rainey, W. M. (appearing as
Marsha] of tin1 Division : E. B. Musgrove, S. W.. (appearing a.- Aid);
H. N . Soria, J. W.; E. A. Palfrey, T.; J. B. Wasson, S.; C. C. Getting,
s. J) : p. J. Churchill, J. !>.: J. W. Maguire, Tyler.
Ocean Lodge No. 144, — Jas. Parker, W. M.; S. Frothiugham, S.
W.: A. S. Herbert, J. W.; M.J. Schwann, 'I1.; J. A. Let ten, S.: \\
V'oungblood, S. !>.: T. Dumas, J. !>.: P. Donnelly, Tyler.
I, inn Wood Lodge No. 167,— Wm. B. Hall, W. M., (appearing in
the Grand Lodge); John Booth, S. \\ .; ( '. W. Keating, J. W.: ( '. W.
Davison, T.; I-:. K. Adams, S.; E. K. Buss, S. D.; J. B. Ballard, J. D.;
M. Had, Tyler.
Kosmos Lodge No 171, I.. A. Lehman, W. M.; R. G. Hol/,er, S.
W.: (;. Bitter, J. W.; J. F. Falkenheiner, T.; ( '. Lorch, S.. A.
Loeper, S. I).; <'. Walch, J. I).; W. Dress,. I, Tyler.
Union Lodge No. 172, — M. L. Costley, W. M.; John T. Shearer,
S. W.; Clias. Assenheimer, J. W.; D. Hughes, T., (with K. T.); P. M.
Schneidau, 8.; J. H. Taboney, S. D.; W. H. Wheeler, J. D.; J.
Charles. Tyler.
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Orient Lodge No. 173,— Alfred Shaw, VV. M.; Win. H. Hire, 8.
W-; Carson Mudge, J. VV. (appearing in Orleans Coinniandery); Ed.
Baker, T.; \r. Mielly, S.; Z. T. Black, S. D.; T. H. Begg, J. D.
Dante Lodge No. 174, —A. ('anion, W. M.; G B. Sharboro, S. W.;
L. Majoli, J. W.; (J. Triseoni, T.; A. Licalzi, S.; A. Cattenaro, S. D.;
< J. Deniartini, J. 1 >
Perfect Harmony Lodge No. 176,— Geo. Robb, VV. M.; .Jos. A.
Burke, S. \Y.; Peter Mackray, J. VV.; E. Traub, T.; H. P. McDonnell,
S-; J. O'Rourke, S. D-; .J. Esehezabel, .1. D.; B. S- Burke, Tyler.
Corinthian Lodge No. 190,— W. J. Bovard, W. M.; A. Gold-
thwaite, S. W.; ('has. Palfrey, J. VV.; Van !>'. K. Hilliard, T.; J. B.
Ellis, S.; C T. Smith, S. D.; A. Van Smith, .1 1).
Jefferson Lodge No. 1!)1, -VV. G Murtagh, \V. M.; Jos. Kant/., S.
VV.; John < '. Bach, .1. VV.,— (appearing as Aid to the Marshal); ( '.
Schopp, T\; II. Breen, S., iwi'li Grand Lodge); .1. Lane, S. I>.; G.
Weiss, .). !).; H. <'. Brown, Tyler.
Among the Masons in carriages was the venerable Charles liay-
ni ond. of Polar Star Lodge- He is one of the vet emus of the Battle of
New Orleans; and, though eighty-eight years old, still lakes a lively
interest in daily events. He is considered the oldest Mason in Louisiana.
A iter i he rep rest ntal ives of the Lodges, rode in carriages represent-
atives of the higher Masonic Orders, of whom may lie mentioned the
< Mlieers, as follows, of I he
(JKAN1) KOYAh ARCH CHAPTKK :
A. Hero, Jr., Grand High Priest,— John W. Madden, as Deputy
Grand High Priest, John Henderson, as Grand King, — Richard
Lambert, Grand Scribe,— Hilel Marks. Grand Captain of Host,— W.
H. Hutchings, Grand Sentinel, -Jos. H. DeGrauge, Past Grand Higli
Priest.
Then appeared in carriages the Officers of the
(IRANI) LODGE OF LOUISIANA:
11'///. R. Whitakcr, Most Worshipful Grand Master;
./as. L. Lobdell, Right Worthy Deputy Grand Master;
E. Morel, District Deputy Grand Master:
H. Breen, District Deputy Grand Master;
G. H. Prthst, District Deputy Grand Master;
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John Clarlu as Grand Senior Warden ;
Geo. Johns/oii, as Grand Junior Warden ;
./. /;. Sorajxiru, as Grand Treasurer;
./. ('. Batchelor, M. I)., Grand Secretary;
/.;. /!/■//,!(/, as Grand Senior Deacon ;
( '//us. Newton, as ( J rand Junior Deacon ;
Win. II. Hall as Grand Standard Bearer;
//. Hamburger, Grand Pursuivant;
.1. Qucant, as Grand Tyler.
In the carriages in which rode the M. VV. Grand Master, VV. \l
Whitaker, and the R. VV. Deput.v Grand Master, Jas. L. Lobdell, were
also the M.W. Pas! (Wand Masters: Edwin Marks and J. Q.. A. Fellows.
This carriage was the last in the Division, and immediately pro-
ceded the ( iatafahme.
In obedience to their Marshal's published orders, all the Officers
of the various Masonic Bodies appeared in black coat and pants, black
iiai and while gloves: wore their full regalia and displayed their
respective jewels of office. All the badges were bound with black
crape.
Now, rode forward Aid George J. Pinckard, whose Masonic rank
is Most Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council; R. and S- M.
He was specially entrusted by Marshal Rainey with the care and
direction of
THE CATAFALQUE.
This Funeral Car was one of the most impressive features of the
entire out-door ceremonial. Indeed, it attracted more attention than
any other portion of the Procession. It was of large dimensions, and
so tall that it could be seen from afar, above all the flags and banners
and mounted officers. It was, besides, of strikingly artistic design,
—elegant in shape and of rich materials ; and emblematic, in its com-
ponent parts, in the most felicitous manner, of the purpose for which it
was prepared.
The base or body of the (Jar was twenty feet long and twenty feet
wide. This platform had rounded ends and sloping sides, and it was
covered with black velvet that hung almost to the ground. Along its
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82 HISTORY OF THE
upper edge ran many festoons of black velvet, in the middle of which,
j on either side of the car, was a funeral escutcheon or hatchment, in
which, wrought in silver, were the letters "J. A. G."
Four columns rose from the platform, — one at each corner, — and
at a height of nine feet, supported an Oriental cupola, crowned by
a small dome, on which, twenty-Two feet above the ground, rested a
golden eagle, shrouded in crape.
Beneath the cupola, in the centre of the platform, was a bier
eight feet long, six feet wide and two feet high. Upon this rested a cof-
fin that was completely hidden beneath amass of white Mowers and
evergreens, freshly gathered. Upon the coffin were also placed a large
cross, an anchor, and a shield made of Mowers, symbolic of Faith,
Hope and ( 'harity.
The coat-of-arms of the State of Louisana decorated the rear of the
platform; and that of the United Slates, carved and gilt, the front --
both being draped in crape.
Sable velvet enwrapped the slender columns, the elegant dome ami
cupola, and the bier,— this dark background being relieved here and
there by the bright gleaming of silver borders and bindings. Around
the base of the cupola, from column to column, were Masonic em-
blems.
The Catafalque was drawn by six white horses, that were compa-
rison ed in large black velvet housings studded with silver stars. The
horses, stepping slowly and quietly along, as if conscious of the solem-
nity of the occasion, were led each by a groom dressed in mourning
attire.
The Funeral Car, it is proper to state, was designed by Mr. A. A.
Maginnis ; was constructed by Mr. W. Muir, and decorated by .Mr. H.
X. Siebrecht. The housings of the horses were the handiwork of Mr.
Harry Dressel, scenic artist ; the floral decorations and insignia, of Mr.
Et. Ma it re.
The Pall Bearers consisted of eight Officers of the Governor's Mil-
itary Stall', and ten representatives of the higher bodies of the Masonic
Order.
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. S3
The Staff Officers were: Col. T. LeeShute'; Col. Chas. A. Laren-
don ; Col. T. Generelly ; Col. E. A. Ducros ; Col. Geo. VV. Dupre ;
Col. E. < '. Payne; Major E E. Wood ; .Major \V. H. Byrnes.
The Masonic Pall Bearers were:
Grand, JjOdyt : Sylvain Chan trail and C. If. Kagoi ;
Grand Chapter : Louis Sincer and Louis 1'. Eulda ;
Grand, Council: Edward Heath and J. L. Swan ;
Grand Conn bit or,i/ : Erederick Holyland and E. de I'. Villasana ;
Grand Conimandrrjj: C. A. Scott and ('. H. Sehenek.
The M ilitary Guard of Honor was composed of t lie
( '< ) XT I X KXT A L GUARDS,
who marched by platoons in front of and behind the Catafalque. They
were under the command of < 'a/stain William l'i< rc.i , an ex-( Confederate
veteran.
The First Platoon, in front of the Car, was commanded by Lieu-
tenant ('. A. Thiel
Then came the colors, borne by Color-Sergeant J. ('. Hood, and
escorted by the color-guard.
Captain Pierce rode behind the colors and immediately in front of
the hearse.
The Second Platoon followed the car, under command <»t' Lieuten-
ant < '. VV. Drown.
The full roll of the ( 'ontim ntal Guards parading w^s as follows :
Captain William Pierce; Lieut. C- A. Thiel; Lieut. C. W. Drown ;
Surgeon W. E. Schuppert ; Color-Sergeant J. C. Hood ;
Sergeants: J. R. Walton, G. H. Voungnell, E. B. Reynolds, Geo.
S. Petitt;
Corporals: T. O'Connor, P. \i. Gilmore, T. Hassam, Jr., Hen
Lewis ;
Privates: J. W. Adams, Volney Brown, John Bozant, A. Bow-
man, Volney Brown, Jr., J. M Coos, G. W. Cooper, W. H. Deeves, G.
W. England, A. D. Finley, W. S. Ferry, K. H. Hackney, L. P. Julie,
W. Lacour, W. J. Maltby, M. J. McAdam, E. L. Marmion, Geo. D.
Moffat, Thos. O'Connor, Jr., W. E. Pendleton, M. R. Pittman, E. M.
Skinner, J. B. Sullivan, T. J. Swift, S. Steinler, H. C. Thomas, W. H.
Wrigley, B. H. Watkin* and C. H. Warren.
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Shoulder to shoulder, side by side, marched in the ranks of this fine
command, not only ex-Confederate but ex-Federal veterans: soldiers
who had served from the beginning to the end of the terrible civil war
with the steady valor and constancy of men fighting from the highest
sense of duly for what they deemed the right. The conflict over, they
had shaken hands like true soldiers ; and ever since, by their own ex-
ample, sought to obliterate the bitter memories of the war, cherish
only such as were worthy of a proud remembrance; and in u <|tiiel,
manly way, bring about a general reunion of estranged brethren.
To those of the lookers-on, eognfzant of the dead President's an-
cestral history, it was a strikingly appropriate coincident that this mil-
itary Guard of Honor around his funeral car should wear the pictur-
esque garb that the ''Old Continentals" had made famous. But it was
a still more striking and sadly pleasing coincidence that this Guard
of Honor should, in the most Southern of Southern cities, so markedly
symbolize in its own membership and pout-bell am history the nobly
conciliatory ami patriotic principle thai inspired the finesl passage in
the dead President's inaugural.
THE THIRD DIVISION.
Had for its Marshal, Brigadier-General Alokrnon S. Badger,
the well-known ( lollector of t he Port.
His Aids were: Col.' William Hoy, T. V. Coupland, George Drury,
R. <). Hebert, E. V. Hitch, .Joseph II. Lawlor, H. (). Maher, W. B.
Merchant, L. .). Souer, ('has. ('. Tracy, York A. Woodward and Alex.
C. Wells.
The representatives of the various branches of the State and City
Government, the Federal Officials, the Veterans of 1812-15, the Mexi-
can War Veterans, the Confederate and Federal Veteran Benevolent
Associations, the Foreign Consuls, and Delegations from several polit-
ical, scientific, artistic, educational and benevolent Associations,
formed the Third Division. Included among them were the City's in-
vited guests, already mentioned.
Al! were in handsome carriages, which appeared in the proces-
sion and were occupied as hereinafter set forth :
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FUNKRAI, CEREMONIES. No
Iii the 1'ronl carriage were the Hon. Samuel Douglas McEnery,
Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor of the State, and the Hon.
Joseph A. Shakspeare, Mayor of the City.
[n the second carriage were : Hon. William A. Strong, Secretary
of State,— Hon. Allen Jumel, State Auditor, -Hon. Ed. A. Burke,
State Treasurer, Hon. Robert N. Ogden, Speaker, House of Represen-
tatives.
1 n the third carriage were: Hon. Edwin Harris, State Senator,
5th Senatorial District,-- Hon. Win. H Harris, State Commissioner
of Agriculture and immigration^— Brigadier-General \V. M Owen,
I n sped or ( ienera!, and Brigadier-( ieiieral Geo. VV. Dupre, < Jommissary
General, on the Governor's staff'.
In the fourth carriage: Hon. Felix l\ Poche, Associate .Justice
State Supreme Court, Hon. Robert H. Marr, ex-Chief Justice Su-
preme Court, -Judge H. L. Lazarus, of the Civil Districl Court for the
Parish of Orleans.
Hon. \V. E. Huger, City Administrator of Accounts,- Hon. A.
Eagan, Administrator of (1oinmerce, — Hon. George Delamore, Admin-
istrator of Assessments, Hon. J. \T. (Juillotte, Administrator of Public
Buildings and Water Works.
Hon. Win. Voorhies, Judge of the Second City Court, Hon. W.
II. Holmes, Judge, Third City Court,— Hon. Charles Lyme, of the
City Board of Police ( "ommissioners.
Dr. Felix Formento, Dr. Jos. C. Beard, and Ed. Hernandez, Esq.,
of the State Board of Health.
Hon. L. Franz and Hon. P. W. Aitken, of the Third Representa-
tive District, State Legislature.
Dr. J. P. Davidson, President, and Dr. D. C. Holliday, of the New
Orleans Medical and Surgical Association.
Surgeon H. W. Austin, local representative of the fj. S. Marine
Hospital Service.
Chief Deputy Win. Walsh, representing Civil Sheriff Thos. Duffy,
and Messrs. E. Ricker, Paul T. Abadie, A. Moss, J. Koepfer, Win.
Duffy, Jas. A. Haley, and Dan. Ilees, assistant clerks and deputies-
occupying five carriages.
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lion. Mollis Marks, Collector, and .1. .). Pearson, Esq., of (lie C
S 1 nternal Revenue < >ffice.
(Jen. Win. I.. MeMillen, postmaster, Col. Jack Wharton, IT. S.
Marshal,— Hon. A. II. Leonard, U. S. District Attorney, -Hon. Geo.
L. Norton, IT. S. Supervising [nspector.
Hon William M. Burwell, Receiver in, and representing the U. S.
Land office. Captain Win. Wright, l'. S. Shipping Commissioner.
Gen. George Baldy, Major M. M. Puller, and Messrs. (). H. Brews-
ter, K. H. Barlow, J. M. Bing, A. .1. Collyer, W. B. Dickey, C. B. Fish,
Van R. K. Hiiliard, W. G.James, J. B. Ludwick, and K. K. Ruse-
delegated to represent the Grand Arm// <>/ the Republic, under Major
Puller as •■ Officer of the Day."
Hon. M. V. Davis, Superintendent, Chief Clerk W. A. Steele, and
Mr. B. F. Butler, representing the U- S. Branch Mint,— J. H. H.
Taylor, representing the I'. S. Sub-Treasury.
Hon. Wm. O. Rogers, Superintendent of City Public Schools; — Col.
Jos. Collins ami F. Stringer, Esq., of the Board of Directors City-
Public Schools, — John J. O'Brien, Secretary of the Board.
The Foreign Con aula then appeared, in four carriages, in the fol-
lowing order :
[n the first carriage : A- de G. De Fonblanque, Esq., Consul for
Great Britain; Vicomte Paul D'Abzae, for France ; Don Jose Sanchez
Ba/.an, for Spain ; Senor J. F. De Zamacona, for Mexico.
In the second carriage: Mr. John Kruttschnitt, Consul for Ger-
many; Dr. John Del Orto, Acting Consul for Italy: Mr. H. P.
Khimpp, for Denmark; Mr. E. Martinez, for Venezuela.
In the third carriage: Baron Ernest Von Meysenberg, Consul for
Austria- Hungary : Adolphe Schreiber for the Netherlands; J. F.
Schroeder, for Russia ; Wallace Ogden, for the Argentine Republic.
In the fourth carriage: Mr. G. Gerdes, Consul for Norway and
Sweden ; Monsieur F. Navone, French Vice Consul, and J. F. Broster,
Esq.. British Shipping Commissioner.
The British, French, Spanish and Austria-Hungarian Consuls
were in uniform, with the hat-ornamentsj and sword-knots covered
with crape, and crape bound around the left arm.
FUNERAL CEREMONIES.
S,
Four of the Veterans of 181:2-15, who served under Gen. Andrew
Jackson in the battles of New Orleans, occupied the next carriage after
ihe Consuls. They were : Jacques Rouzan, L Bouguille, James Smith,
and P. (). Labatut,
These venerable soldiers were the recipients of many marks of
profound interest and respect from the spectators. Year by year their
numbers steadily decrease, and only a very few of them are now able
to take part in public ceremonials.
In six carriages then appeared a delegation from Tht Louisiana
Association of tht Mexican War Veterans.
In the first carriage were: George Swarb rick, James F. Bissell, L.
Leonard, and < i. S. Pintrello.
In tlie second carriage: John McClelland, Win. McLouglin, and
Jordan B. Noble. — "Old Jordan," a colored man, heal the drum for
one of Jackson's regiments at the battle of New Orleans ; then be fol-
lowed the drum in the Florida War: then in the Mexican War; and
lastly, in the " last war."
In the third carriage; <-• Lyman, \V. McLean, II. I;. MeVey,
and S. Johnson.
In Ihe fourth : J. W. Slack, F. 1'. Lally, F. Thaller, and Nicholas
Schwa l>.
In the fifth: Francis B. Gillan, F. S. Austin, A. II. Parker and
Joseph P.ranners.
And in the six tli carriage : Captain John Purcell, N C. Gunnogle,
Harris Parsons, and J. A. Letten.
These veterans, — with few exceptions still hale and hearty men
represented some two hundred old soldiers, all who are left of the
Louisiana regiments that took an active part in Taylor's ami Scott's
campaigns and victories in Mexico.
The next body was a numerous one; being the Louisiana Divi-
sion of tin Benevolent Association, Army of Northern-Virginia. Their
President, Col. John P. Richardson, was with his command, tin Wash
ington Artillery. He was represented by Major E. D. Willed, one of
the founders of the Association and now its Honorary President. The
other officers with him were: Wm. R. Lyman First Vice President;
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Louis Prados, Sen. ml Vice President ; .!. Moore Wilson, Third Vice
President; N.J. Hoey, Fourth Vice President; John V. Wax, Fifth
Vice President ; J no. H. Murray, Treasurer; Jno. J. Fitzpatriek, Lie-
cording Secretary; Fred A. Ober, Corresponding Secretary; Dr.
Frank L. Taney, Surgeon ; and [lev. Father Hubert, Chaplain.
The badges of the officers and Members of the Association were
fii nged with black crape.
Next came the Officers and Members of the Louisiana Dirision,
/;, ,, , ,, , ,,< \ ,, ht.'iou, Anni/ of Tennessee. Ln tlie absence from the
Ci|., .,f the Pi-i idenl, J. A. Chalaron, Major Jolin Augustin, First
Vice President, bail cliarge of the Association. He was assisted by H.
N. Jenkins, Second Vice President; A.. I. Lewis, Third Vice Presi-
dent ; Jos. D.Taylor, Recording Secretary ; A. Boisblanc, Financial
Secretary; S. D. Stockman, Treasurer, and Dr. V. R. Le Monnier,
Surgeon. The Corres] ling Secretary, Eugene May, was on duty
elsewhere as Major of the Washington Artillery. The Officers and
Members wore black crape badges.
These various organizations of soldiers of many hard-fought fields
extending through more than fifty years of American history, were
closed by the (ierman Union Veterans, who were represented by Cap- J
tain Alex. G. Graal, Henry L adage, John L. Kauel, John L. White,
F. vV. Seaplitz, and August Siebrandt.
The Central. Hancock Club of Louisiana followed, under t heir Pres-
ident, Captain .1. Pinckney Smith, and occupying five carriages. The
other Officers present were: Ex-Governor John McEnery and Ex-
Mayor 1. W. Patton, Vice Presidents, and W. Mc Vicar, Secretary and
Treasurer. The beautiful banners, flags and guidons af the Club were
tastefully draped in mourning.
Then Washington Lodge No. 3, I. <>■ 0. /<'., had a delegation, com-
posed of Jacob Schmitt, N. G-; George Wollrich, V. G. pro tern.;
Joseph Forster, i'. G-, and James Nowell, P. G.
In over a dozen carriages next came over half a hundred of the
Members of that well known Club, benevolent, social and musical, the
New Orleans Liedertafel. Their Officers were: Ernest J. Wenck,
President; Chas. J. A. Doerr, First Vice President; H. Engelhardt,
Second Vice President; Solomon Marx, Secretary; Philip Helm,
Treasurer ; V. Stubenrauch, Financial Secretary ; W. J. Becker,
Librarian; Carl Weiss. Musical Director; and Albert J. Miehaelis,
Ernest Pragst, Sr,, and L Moses, of the Board "('Managers.
The carriages that followed bore a number of the Officers and
Directors of the Let Monumental Association, as : M. Musson, Second
Vice President: S. H. Kennedy, Treasurer; Captain W. I. Hodgson,
Recording Secretary ; and W. B. Schmidt, Lloyd II. Coleman, Archi-
bald Mitchell, .1. J. Mellon. Alfred Moulton, W. T. Vaudry. E. A.
Palfrey. H. Renshaw. Jas. McConnell, Jas. Jackson, Sam'1 Boyd, J. C.
Morris, and Jos. L. Harris. Directors.
In the next carriages were the Officers of L'Union Francaise: F.
Tujague, President; J. L. Revol, First Vice President; Leon Quey-
rouze, Second Vice President; H. Billard, Secretary; and A. Doussan,
Treasurer.— Ex-Mayor E. P. Pilsbury rode with the President as the
guest of the Society.
The last carriage in the Division had the Officers of the Italian
Mutual Benevolent Society as follows: John Rocchi, President; B.
Blordone, Vice President; E Trois, Recording Secretary ; and A. M.
Solari, Treasurer.
There was also a number of carriages in the Division not enumer-
ated above. They bore citizens not connected with any Association or
any Public Office ; but who desired to take part in the Processiou as a
mark of respect to the memory of the dead President.
FOURTH DIVISION.
This Division was composed of the Officers and Members of the
Steam Fire Engine Companies and the Hook and Ladder Companies
of the City and its Suburbs.
They represented, first, the old Fire Department, comprising the
twenty-live Companies located in the First. Second, Third and Fourth
Municipal Districts, of which Thos. O'Connor is the Chief Engineer ;
next, the four Companies located in the Fifth District, formerly
Algiers, of which the Chief Engineer is Timothy Daly, Jr.; then, the
four Companies, in the Sixth District, formerly Jefferson City, of which
H. P. Phillips is Chief Engineer ; and the five Companies in the Sev-
enth District, better known as Carrollton, of which George Geier is
Chief Engineer.
9!) HISTokY OF THE
Tin- Companies paraded without their engines and trucks; but the
men were all in full uniform, and the numerous Company flags and
banners were draped in mourning.
The tine band at the head of the Divisions, selected by Chief
O'Connor, was followed by the Marshal and his Aids, on foot.
The Marshal was thai well known Ami highly esteemed citizen,
President of the Fin; ui!-' Insurance Company, the Hon. Isaac N.
Marks, who has been connected with the Fire Department every year
since 1847 and President of the Firemen's Charitable Association con-
secut i i7ely since I So i.
His \>i>- were Chief Engineer Thomas O'Connor; First Assistant
Engineer, Mike Ray; Second Assistant, A. Muller; Third Assistant,
.Tame-. Boyce ; and Fourth Assistant, Archie Boyd.
The Companies of the First, Second, "Third .n\<l Fourth Districts'
FJ RE DEPARTMENT
then : ame on, marching in the following order, and officered as now
set forth :
Volunteer No. 1 Steam Fire Engine Company. — President, F
Scheurman: Secretary, A. F. Ewald ; Treasurer, H. B. Whelage ,'
Foreman, John Gurtmen : First Assistant, .Jos. Forster ; Second
Assistant, Sam. J. Pean.
Uniform : Red shirts, black pant?, and black glazed leather fire
caps or helmets.
Milneburg No. 1 — Steam Fire Engine Company.— Foreman, Felix
Brune; First Assistant, George Herzad ; Second Assistant, Joseph
Hoffman.
Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, black glazed leather Are caps.
Lafayette No. 1 — Hook and Ladder Company. — President, W.J.
Whiteside; Vice President, P. Slessinger; Secretary, W. Davison;
Treasurer, A. F. Assenheimer; Foreman, F. C. Carroll; First Assist-
ant, H. C. Leitz ; Second Assistant, F. Kuhn.
Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, black fire hats.
Mississippi No. 2 — Steam Fire Engine Company. — President, Fred-
erick Camerden ; Vice President, A. Frellsan ; Secretary, T. J. Letten ;
Financial Secretary, G. A. Chiapella ; Treasurer, Toby Hart; Foreman,
Dave C. Hennessey ; First Assistant, J. Ludlow ; Second Assistant.
W, Feeney.
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FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 91
Uniform: White shirts, black pants, black glazed fire hat.-.
American No. 2 — Hook and Ladder Company -President, E. Dur-
rive; Vice President, O. P. Miller; Secretary, J. E. Cones; Foreman.
W. F. Bulger; hirst Assistant. Thomas Stone; Second Assistant, P.
Cavanaugh.
Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, and black glazed leather Ore caps.
Vigilant No. •'.;, Steam Fire Engine Company,- President, H^
Forschler; Vice President, Arthur Riley ; Secretary, William \. Gar-
lepied ; Treasurer, [gnatz Kiefer ; Foreman, Henry Liisse; First Assist- \
ant, Arthur Courrege ; Second Assistant, John Dubuc.
Uniform: Red shirts, black pants, glazed black leather fire caps.
Hu/jt No. 3, Hook and Ladder Company. President, J Faget;
Secretary, L. Richards; Treasurer, J. Barms: Foreman, Win. Swan;
First Assistant, P. Mai-rath; Second Assistant, !\. Brown.
Uniform: Red shirts, black pants, black glazed Leather tire hats.
Pelican No. 4, — Hook and Ladder Company.— President, Leon
Bertoli ; Vice President, F. Guennger; Secretary, C. Meric; Treas-
urer, N. Deudoussat ; Foreman, Henry Andry; First Assistant, Jules
A. Bonnafon ; Second Assistant, Henry Foucher.
Uniform : White shirts, black pants, and glazed black leather hel-
mets.
Columbia No. 5, — Steam Fire Engine Company. President, Wil-
liam McDermott; Secretary, Thomas Riley; Treasurer, M. Bulger;
Foreman, Thos. Vizard: First Assistant, P. J. Stuberfield ; Second
Assistant, Jas. Finnerty.
Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, black glazed leather hats.
Louisiana Hose, — Steam Fire Engine Company.— President, Rich-
ard Charles ; Vice President, E. Borton ; Secretary, Sol. Lion; Treas-
urer, F. Wittum ; Foreman, E. Scully; First Assistant, M. J. Fitz-
morris ; Second Assistant, Geo. Earhardt.
Fniform : Riue shirts, black pants white glazed lent lie caps.
Mechanics No. 6,— Steam Fire Engine Company.— President, W.
J. McCall; Vice President, E. J. Shearman; Secretary, W.Nelson;
Financial Secretary, J. E. Nayes ; Treasurer, .}. J. Clarke; Foreman,
John T. Shaw: First Assistant, Chas. McChesney ; Second Assistant,
Daniel Hobbs.
Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, black glazed leather fire caps.
92 HTSTORY OF THE
Eagle No. 7— Steam Fire Engine Company.— President, James
Kennedy: Vice President, C Methe ; Secretary, <b Gast; Treasurer,
W. Delaney ; Foreman, August Scheffer; First Assistant. August
Thomas; Second Assistant, C. Vuillot.
Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, black glazed tire hats.
PhcBniz No. 8 — Steam Fire Engine Company.— President, G.
Warters; Vice President, R Mascaro ; Secretary, J. Anderson ; Treas-
urer, J. Jacobs : Foreman, Tim. O'Neil; First Assistant, Jos. Hewitt;
Second Assistant. J. J Cronan.
Uniform: Red shirts, black pants, black glazed leather hat?.
Creole No. 9— Steam Fire Engine Company.— Vice President, H.
Sass ; Secretary, J. Vol rath ; Treasurer, J. Harris. — The President of
this Company, Governor Louis Alfred Wiltz, was absent from sickness
that was soon to terminate fatally.— Foreman, Robert Brewster; First
Assistant, Frank Kattman : Second Assistant, L. Sandier.
Uniform: Red shirts, black pants, black glazed leather fire caps.
Louisiana No, 10— Steam Fire Engine Company.— President, John
Buhler, Jr.; Vice President, Peter Davis ; Secretary, J. H. Witte ; Treas-
urer, H. L. Frantz; Financial Secretary, Henry Paul; Foreman, John
Journee ; First Assistant. H G. Federow; Second Assistant, Henry
Volgringer.
Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, and black glazed leather fire hats.
Irad Ferry No. 12— Steam Fire Engine Company.— Vice President,
T. Trouer; Secretary, R. H. A. Mooney; Treasurer, J. Oand. (The
President, P. Mealey, was on duty elsewhere.) Foreman, J. D. Dun-
navan ; First Assistant,.]. Reilly; Second Assistant, J. Maginnis.
Uniform: Red shirts, blaek pants, white glazed leather fire caps.
Perseverance ^\o. 13— Steam Fire Engine Company, — President,
John Fitzpatrick ; Vice President, \V. Tamser ; Secretary, G. Macias ;
Treasurer, J. Leipman ; Foreman, J. J. Kuhner; First Assistant, T.
Norman ; Second Assistant, John Dempsey.
Uniform; Red shirts, black pants, and black glazed fire hats.
Philadelphia No. 14— Steam Fire F^ngine Company. — President, T.
Moore; Vice President. J. Killilea: Secretary, C. Lalment; Foreman,
C. G. Miltimore; First Assistant, Lewis Martin, Second Assistant,
John Lacey.
Uniform ; Red shirts, black pants, black glazed leather fir© caps.
Jackson No. 18 — Steam Fire Engine Company— President, W.
Comptou ; Vice President, M. Duncan ; Secretary, H. Singer; Becord-
ing Secretary, P. Macmane ; Treasurer. W. Dastillian ; Foreman, Geo.
Cumfort; First Assistant, Geo. Wilson ; Second Assistant, H. Dun lap.
Uniform: Red shirts, black pants, black glazed leather fiiv caps.
Washington Xo. 20 — Steam Fire Engine Company. — James Weir,
Foreman, did not turn out, one of its officers, Mr. E. Duffy, having
died, and his funeral taking place on that day.
Orleans No. 21 — Steam Fire Engine Company. — President, V.
Mauberret ; Vice President, Wm. Higgens ; Secretary, Thomas J.
Ford; Financial Secretary, V. B. Gonzales; Treasurer, S. B. Gill;
Foreman, Wm. M. Evans; First Assistant, Ed. Klotz ; Second Assist-
ant, Jos. E. Thomas.
Cniform : Red shirts, black pants, and black glazed leather fire
caps.
Jefferson No. 22— Steam Fire Engine Company— President, L.
Henning; Vice President, A. Leisch; Secretary, A. Kenney ; Treas-
urer, C. Kussman ; Foreman, F. Kranz; First Assistant, A. Leitz ;
Second Assistant, W. Mahne.
Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, and black glazed leather lire
caps.
Chalmette No. 23— Steam Fire Engine Company.— President, F.
Happech ; Vice President, H. Viegler ; Treasurer. Otto Thoman ; Fore-
man, J. Campbell; First Assistant, W. Goldsmith ; Second Assistant,
C. Scherer.
Uniform: Red shirts, black pants, white glazed leather Are caps.
Crescent No. 24 — Steam Fire Engine Company. — President, J.
Chevillon; Secretary, J. J. Foster; Treasurer, H. Burhorst; Foreman,
Herman Miester; First Assistant, John Fay; Second Assistant, J.
Brandt.
Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, and black glazed leather fire
caps.
St. Bernard No. 1— Steam Fire Engine Company,— First Assist-
ant, Henry Hoffman ; Second Assistant, Henry Fleischer.
Uniform : White shirts, black pante, and black glazed leather fir©
hats.
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FIFTH DISTRICT DEPARTMENT.
Mow appeared the different Companies from Algiers and Brook-
lyn, Leaded by their Chief Engineer, T. Daly, Jr.
The first < 'ompany was :
Pelican X<>. 1 Sieani Fire Engine Company. — President, B.
Kelly; Vice President. Wm. [vlien ; Secretary, W. Henry Martin;
Treasurer, E. Bauman ; Steward, J. M. Fernandez; Foreman, A. T.
Fox; Firsi Assistant, \V. B. Mead: Second Assistant, Louis Klien.
Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, and black glazed lire caps.
Brooklyn Aro. _ Steam Fire Engine Company.— Foreman, Jos.
War. I; Firsi Assistant, William Burke; Second Assistant, Charles
Buhler.
Uniform: Red shirts, black pants, and black tire caps.
Morgan \<< '■'• Steam Fire Engine Company. Foreman, John
E. Herbert; Firs! Assistant, E. W. Evans; Second Assistant, W. E.
Shields.
Uniform : Red shirts, black pants and black glazed tire caps.
A delegation from Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, of this Dis-
trict , was also in line.
SIXTH DISTRICT DEPARTMENT.
Tlic inarch of the five Companies of the Sixth District— formerly
Jefferson City— was preceded by the elegant United States flag of
Young America No. 8, draped in mourning.
The column was led by Chief Engineer H. P. Phillips.
The firsi Company following him was:
Pioneer X<>. 1, Steam Fire Engine Company.
[ts Officers parading were:
President I. eon Englander ; Vice President, Louis Newald ; Secre-
tary, Dominique Attenhofer: Assistant Secretary, Wm. Miller ; Treas-
urer, Chas. Schopp.
Foreman, Phil. Draube; First Assistant, Aug.Wetzka; Second As-
sistant, Wm. Hufendiek ; Steward, yiidt. Schipper.
i niform: Red shirts, black plants, and black glazed leather fire
caps.
Home No- 1, a Hook and Ladder Company
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Officers parading: Foreman. (.!. C Pip-r; Firs Assistant Juo.
Hoffman; Second Assistant, Thus. Dc Lant-y ; Secretary, J. P. Oa!
her; If. Esparbe, Treasurer ; M. O'Connor, Housekeeper. Tin- Presi-
dent, Eugene May. and Vice President Hugh wcr on duty in
other Divisions
( ' inform : Blue shirts, black pants, while glazed leathei lire caps.
Prof- 'for Vo. 3, a Stea m Fire Engim Company,
Officers parading: Foreman, Dave Wicker: First Assistant, T.
Michel; Second Assistant, William !.<>•
Uniform : White shirts, black pan is. and blaek tire hats,
Young Imerico .»o. 3, a Fire Engine Company.
The < officers |)aradi ng « en :
President, Jno. Pertsdori"; Vice President..!. R Maillfs; ^cr-re
tary, Chas. J. Trouard; Treasurer, Jacob Stentz.
Foreman, Jos. Batt ; First Assistant, .1 E. LeBianc: Second As-
tan t II. Hess . Steward, S. Seither
Uniform: Red shirts, black pants, Ma » I 'either fire hats.
Phillips, No. I. a Steam Fire Engine ( nmpany.
The < ifficers on parade were :
President. W .B. Gill; Vice President. C- L ^ch-tpp: -■■ i tary. !).
Colin ; Treasurer, C. 1- Voltz.
Foreman, A. C. Winn; First Assistant P.J. Kammei ; Second As-
sistant, A. W. Jackson,— marching, the President and Vice Presitb nt
in the centre, the First Assistant on their right, the Second Assistant
on their left, and behind them the Secretary and Treasurer, followed
by the Members, by twos.
Uniform: White shirts, black pants, and red glazed leather lire
hats.
All the Officers of the sixth Districl ' ■ ij tnies had crap< either
on the arm or on the trumpets.
SEVENTH DISTRICT DEPARTMENT.
The three Companies of this District,— otherwise Carroll ton —did
not parade as a Department. The Companies are: Carrollton Fire
Company No. 1 ; Star Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 : and inde-
pendent Fire Engine Company No. 2.
A delegation from Star Hook and Ladder No. 1 appeared with
Home Hook aud Ladder Company, of the Sixth District Department,
as their guests ; and another delegation from Independent Fire Engine
Company No 2 was with the Young America No. 3, of the Sixth Dis
trict.
The Firemen looked exceedingly well in their simple yet very
handsome and appropriate uniforms. There were fifteen hundred
men marching in the Division ; and, as with very few exceptions, they
were in the prime of life, they presented a living picture of manly
strength and good looks thai was Ihemore pleasing to behold from the
knowledg< of the admiring thousands that every man was ready at a
moment's notice to risk !ii" and limb for his fellow man.
FIFTH DIVISION.
The veteran Col. J. H. Walton, — for over thirty years so intimately
connected with the business, political, and military history of New
Orleans, ami renowned as the commander of the famed Washington
Artillery in Lee's army — was the appointed Marshal of the Fifth Divis-
ion. It was a civic duty he had often and ably filled in the years gone
by. Kut he was unable, from ill health, to attend to them now; and.
at his request, he was relieved by Grand Marshal Behan, who
appointed to lake his place, Judge A. L. TlSSOT.
Marshal Tissot's Aids were selected from among the Officers of the
Associations under his command.
An excellent band opened the march of the twelve large Mutual
Benevolent Societies comprising this Division.
The first of them, led by their own Marshal, A. Prados, Jr., were
the
VOUNG MEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
The Officers parading were:
John W. Bryant, President; J. A. Strasser, Vice President; N. P.
Henley, Recording Secretary ; L. Schneider, Financial Secretary ; S.
Sutter, Treasurer ; L. F. Sivori, Conductor; E. Keehn, Jr., Warden ;
B Spahrer, Inside Guardian; S. Johnson, Outside Guardian ; Drs. W.
E. Sehuppert and H. Bezou, Physicians.
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FUNERAL CEREMONIES. ' Vll
There were two hundred of the aigh that doesnot
include the full membership. M! were dressed alike, in black suits,
mid wore mourning badges. In front were carried, draped in mourn-
ing, the Association's white silk flag, the \ nion Jack the Stars and
Stripes, and the Association's ."id banner, of silk, bearing t! i une
and a device of clasped hands, . ire United."
Xext appeared under th own Marshal, Charles
Morel, the
BENKVdl.KXl ASSOCIATION, SONS OF LOUISIANA,
whose Officers parading were : Julio- < ampbell, President; Ernest
Morel, First Vice President; L. J C< irtin Second Vice President ;
A. J. Malone, Recording Secretary; <• i Dolan, Secretary ; Dr.
F Formento, Physician; \. Roger, Collector, and John R. Legeir,
■usurer.
Four hundred of the six hundred Mem ared. They wore
black coat, vest, and pants, and black hat; and on each eoat lappel, in
addition to the Association's regular badge was a mourning badge of
black velvet trimmed with white.
Their ensign-bearers carried, first: th< Association's own special
| silk banner, showing, embr< idered on a red ground, a pelican feeding
\ its young ; then three United Sta the Union .lack, and the
F flag of Louisiana— all of silk, and furled, and edged with black crape.
The third organization in the Division was the
r I ;;'Ni; M EN' - GYMNAS
whose Officers, at their head were: Ed. J. Gueringer, President: J. A.
Connors, Vice President ; H. Garrot, Corresponding Secretary ; M. D.
Gardner, Recording Secretary ; V. Le Beau Rouelle, Financial Secre-
tary: E. Mi ■ treasurer ; A. P. Blum, Chief Instructor; Robt. Ger-
non, Assistant Enstructor, and A. O. Hebrard, Collector.
Some two hundred and fifty Members of the Club were in line.
They were attired all in black cloth suits, and wore the Club badge
and a mourning badge.
The Club banner, of silk, was flanked on either side by a United
States flair, of silk, all looped up with crape. Embroidered on one
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OS HISTORY OF THE
side of the banner, on a white ground, was the Chili badge, and on the
other side the coat-of-arms of Louisiana.
Under their Marshal, Adalhert Vedrenne, next came the
SOUTHERN MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
The Officers were : John H. Manuel, President; John Slemmer,
Sr., Vice President; Otta Noha, Recording Secretary ; Francis I). Pey-
ronnin, Financial Secretary, and Henry Werhan, Jr., Treasurer.
Although but recently organized, the Association mustered on
parade, nearly a hundred of its Members, leaving not two dozen of
them absent. They were dressed in black suits, and each wore a
mourning badge pinned to the badge of the Association.
At the head of the Society were carried the United States flag and
the Union Jack, both of silk, furled and draped in mourning.
That popular organization, the
PEEK." A N B K N K VOL KN T A SS< >< I A TIOK ,
appeared, under their Marshal, Charles T. Soniat.
The Officers parading were ;
Dr. E. Doumeing, Vice President; Louis Hardel, Recording Sec-
retary ; E. Lambert, Financial Secretary, and Louis Cucullu, Treas-
urer.
The President, Judge Tissot, acted, as already stated, as Marshal
of the Division.
There were nearly three hundred Members in line, all dressed in
black cloth suits, and displaying appropriate badges of mourning.
The elegant silken banner of the Association had a life-size figure
of a pelican embroidered on a red mound, and was fringed with gold
and golden tassels.
The banner bore this significant motto: Non Sibi Sed Suis — "Not
for Ourselves but for Others."
Next appeared, all in carriages, led by their Marshal, W. H.
Smith, the
CLAIBORNE SOCIAL CLUB.
Officered as follows: Thomas J. Ford, President; John J. Cronan,
First Vice President ; H. ('. Fincke, Second Vice President; E. J. Sul-
livan, Recording Secretary ; John A. Brennan, Financial Secretary ;
and E. Jungel, Treasurer.
There were marly one hundred of the Members in the procession,
all attired in Mac
oth suits, with white vests, white gloves, and
black silk hats, and wearing each besides the badge of the < Hub, a spe-
cial mourning badge.
The Claiborne Club was followed by the
VOUNG MK.N's EXCELSIOR BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION,
under the guidance of their Marshal, Paul St. Philip.
Their Officers were: Eugene Mestier, President ; Joseph Silentos,
Vice President ; George J. Viosca, Recording Secretary: E. H. Watt,
Financial Secretary; Louis L. Mestier, Treasurer; Edward Dunn,
Collector, and James Doran, Warden.
There were nearly two hundred Members in line, preceded by three
ensign bearers, one carrying a United states flag; the second, t lie
Union Jack ; and the third the handsome white silk flag of the Asso-
ciation, with the insignia of clasped hands and the motto, " Our Aim,
to Excel." The flags were all three looped up with black crape. The
Officers and Members wore mourning.
Under their Marshal, P. Bernard, came next in order the
PIKE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
The Officers parading were: F. H. Robinson, President; Chas.
Henrichs, Vice President; B. Ring, Recording Secretary; John M.
Hamkel, Financial Secretary ; H. L. Wetzel, Treasurer ; E. A. Morel,
Conductor; W. H. Rugen, Warden ; R. B. Maher, Inside Guardian ;
S. Decker, Outside Guardian ; J. A. Scheffel, Collector; and Dr. J. A.
Folwell, Physician.
One hundred Members appeared, dressed in black cloth suits, and
wearing mourning badges.
The Ensigns carried the United States flag, the white silk flag of
the Association, and their new and elegant banner, received by them
on the day of the procession. It is of silk, tastefully embroidered. On
the front appears on a white ground, a life-size portrait of the late
Wm. S. Pike, one of New Orleans' most public spirited citizens. On
the reverse of the banner is the monogram of the Association and the
date of its organization.
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Marshal George Sieger, with Assistant Marshal Fritz Witekamer,
led the way for the
ttERMA.N LOUISIANA DRAYMEN1!: ASSOCIATION.
The Officers were: < onrad Konzlemann, President ; Anton Walle,
Vice President: Edward T. Hansen, Recording Secretary; Edward
Ehard, Financial Secretary ; Friedrich Schmidt, Treasurer.
Some two hundred, stalwart men, all dressed in black, and wear-
ing neat mourning badges, aiarched behind the Officers. The United
States flag, the German flag, and that of the Association, all of silk,
were draped in nu i ling. The Association's flag has their name
tastefully embroidered on it, on a blue ground,
blowing • came the
v RY'S (iKK>l ,.N A 1 [ATION.
The Officers parading were: Nicholas Yochum, President ; J. B.
Schmidt, Vice President; J. Prigge, Recording and Financial Secre-
tary ; (i. Sievers, Assistant Secretary, and M. Huher, Treasurer.
Sixty-five Members were in line, dressed in black suits, with
mourning badge, and with the American flag looped up with crape.
ruder the leadership of their Marshal, George Rerame, appeared
next tiie
LAFAYETTE YOUNG MEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATIONS
Their Officers were: A. C Brackman, President; A. Graf, Jr.,
First Vice President; P. Hoelzel, Jr., Second Vic< 1 resident; A. J.
Remme, Recording S( G. M. Mondage, Financial Secretary;
W. A.H.Cross, Assistant Secretary Joseph Wegman, Treasurer, and
S. Western ( lollec
Nearly two hundred you ti were in line, dressed all in black
suits, and wearing crape on their badges. Before them were carried,
draped with black crape, a hand i silk United States flag and the
Association'
Next marched the
ST. GEORGE YOUNG MEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION,
led by their Marshal, A. Briermann.
The Officers were : Frank Von der Haar, Acting President, in the
absence of the President ; A. Schmidt, Vice President ; John Werner,
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 101
Recording Secretary ; Jacob Bocs, Financial Secretary ; ('has. Pauly,
Assistant Secretary; F. Bruseau, Treasurer; E. Schiune, Librarian,
and A. Gilliard, Warden.
The Association turned out its full roll of Members, sixty in num-
ber, neatly dressed in black cloth suits, and wearing mourning
The splendid silk banner of the Association attracted _
admiration. It was made to order in Munich, Bavaria, and
sidered to be one of the finest works of art, of its kind, in the I
States.
The Fifth Division turned out over twenty-two hundred men.
SIXTH DIVISION.
The tall, manly figure of Administrator P. Mealey, bestriding
a spirited charger, beaded the long column of the Sixth Division,—
composed chiefly of the stalwart men who do the hardest pari
work in handling the vast amount of imports and exports at
Marshal Mealey had for his Aids two portly citizens, .
known and as well mounted as himself. They were Jo
of the Cotton Yardmen's Association, and John Ellwood, ol b
men's Association.
The Division moved at slow pace to the dirge-like strains of a :
brass band. The march was opened by
H1BKRXIA BENEVOLENT AND MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION.
Their Officers were: Thomas J. B. Flynn, President; John T.
Gibbons, Vice President ; H. H. Ward, Secretary, and Hugh Breen,
Treasurer.
There were nearly three hundred men in line, neatly attired in black
cloth suits, with mourning emblems on the green badges, scarfs, and
other insignia they wore. The United States flag, the elegant banner
of the Association, and the silken green flag of old Ireland, bearing
the harp embroidered in gold, were draped in mourning.
Then came forward in solid ranks, Branch No. 1, of the
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COTTON YARDMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
The Officers parading were: Dan Mahoney, First Vice President,
acting in the absence of President I*. Mealey, on other duty; Michael
Woods, Second Vict- President; James Roche, Recording Secretary;
John Nolan, Assistant Recording Secretary ; James L. Morris, Finan-
cial Secretary ; Jacob Boes, Assistant Financial Secretary ; and Harry
B. Wheelage, Treasurer.
( )ver seven hundred strong-, stoutly built men. — nearly all young, —
appeared in the ranks, dressed alike in well-fitting black cloth suits,
white vests, white gloves and black silk hats. On each coat lappel
appeared the badge of the Association, with a mourning rosette
attached. A large silken United States flag, draped in mourning, was
borne at the front.
Followingthe Cotton Yardmen now appeared one of the largest and
oldest organizations in the city — namely, the
SCREWMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
Their Officers were : Joseph J. Lester, President; Philip Quaile,
Jr., First Vice President; Henry Gilmore, Second Vice President;
Joseph Coady, Recording Secretary ; John Herveau, Jr., Financial
Secretary ; Archibald Keir, Assistant Secretary ; and John Houlgrave,
Treasurer.
Nearly nine hundred of the thousand Members of the Association
followed their Officers. They marched four abreast, stepping together,
heads up, almost with military precision ; and being with very few
exceptions, in the prime of life, — square-shouldered, large framed and
strong limbed, — they commanded universal admiration.
The Members were dressed alike in black cloth suits, white vests
and gloves and black silk hats. Officers and members wore their usual
regalia — elegant broad blue silk baldrics and aprons with gold and sil-
ver trimmings, and also the badge of mourning.
The United States flag and the Association's beautiful banner were
draped in mourning. The banner is of blue silk, embroidered in gold
braid. The staff' is surmounted by an eagle holding in its beak a silken
streamer, tri-colored. On the front of the banner is depicted a ship
under full sail ; on the reverse, a group representing a widow and her
children, homeless and destitute, being cared for by Screwmen. Above,
is the motto of the Association, " Upward and Onward."
The Screwmen were followed byan organization nearly their equal
in numbers, though not of so many years. This was — led by their
Marshal, John E. Duffy— the
LONGSHOREMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
The Officers who paraded were :
Thomas Flaherty, President; Peter Hetherman, First Vice President;
John Kelley, Second Vice President; Win. Swayne, Recording Secre-
tary; John Dillon, Financial Secretary; Chas. Hassinger, Jr., Treas-
urer; and Gregory Fitzgerald, Sergeant-at-arms.
Near seven hundred Longshoremen— (and that was not all of them)
—stalwart, hearty looking men — marched close together: their dress
being black coat and pants, white gloves, and black felt hat, ami each
man had the Association's badge of mourning, with crape attached.
The American flag, draped in mourning, was carried in front.
Marshal Albert Dennett rode at the head of the
LONGSHOREMEN AND GRAIN TRIMMERS' ASSOCIATION,
whoseOfflcers were: James Cunningham, President; Joseph Brown and I
E. Delesdernier, Vice Presidents ; James Malloy, Secretary ; Charles
Timpi, Financial Secretary ; Daniel Broderick, Treasurer; and John
; 'lements, Sergeant-at-arms.
Three hundred of the Members of this hard working organization
paraded. Their physical appearance was equally as manly as that of
their co-workers along the Levee. Their dress was plain black; and
each man wore a simple mourning emblem, whilst their stout banner-
bearer held high above their heads the broad folds of the American
flag, looped up in erape.
The well known form of that popular citizen, Mr. Peter Kiernan,
in full regalia, was next recognized, as he rode in front of the
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS.
M r. Kiernan is the National Delegate of the Order. He was assisted
by Mr. Ben. Kelly, State Delegate and Mr. M. J. Barrett, County Dele-
gate.
104 HISTORY OF THE
Tin Li dges of the A. O. H. appeared as follows:
-John McCloskey, President; Daniel Murphy, Vice
Presideni , and Daniel J. Murphy, Secretary.
One hundred and fifty Members in line.
Lndr/e No. 2. — Robert C- Davey, President; i>. Horigan, Vice
President; Thomas Kavanagh, Secretary.
One hundred and ten Members in line.
, i), Presi lent; Wm. McCarthy, .Secretary.
eir handsome uniform and regalia,
recall i i of the Knighjts Templar, though more
I riking features of the procession. All
> ti blems, and the flags of each Lodge were draped in
sabl< uia.
ss the Mississippi, — as representing the industrious and
intelligent handicraftsmen of Algiers, where for years so much ship
and steamboat work ii ti carried on — came first, the
SHIP C'AHI'iONTERS' AND JOINERS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
Their Officers wire: William Jones, President; R. Kammerer,
Vice President • H. J. Kepper, Recording Secretary; H- Thompson,
Finam ial Secretary ; A Lennox, Treasurer, and N. Chesnut, Warden.
There were sixty Members in line. The Association was organized
only in July, 1881, but made an excellent appearance, despite its brief
period of existence.
The Ship Carpenters and Joiners were closely followed by their
co-workers in the Algiers docks and ship-ways, namely
THK CAULKERS' ASSOCIATION,
whose Officers were: John Smith, President; G. Chaperon, Vice
President; E. Brunet, Secretary; G. Haltere, Treasurer, and William
Durkis, Guardian.
There were over one hundred men in the ranks. The two Associ-
ations appeared in black suits, black hats, white gloves, and plain
mourning badges, and their flags and banners were draped in black
crape.
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This Division had three thousand four hundred men in line, —
splendidly representing the bone and sinew of the great Southern
commercial metropolis.
SEVENTH DIVISION.
This Division, composed almost entirely of Societies whose mem-
bers were natievs of France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and other Conti-
nental European countries, had for its Marshal one of the chief officers
of the Governor's Staff, Brigadier General, J. B. Viket.
His Aids were selected by him from the leading officers of the
Societies under bis direction.
A fine band of music led the way for that old established and influ-
ential Association, the
FRENCH MUTUAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
Their President, J. LeBlane, after placing them in position, had
reported to Marshal Vinet as one of his Aids.
The other Officers of the Society in line were: A. Castel, Treas-
urer; S. Simon, Secretary; and Directors, P. P. Chabert, A. Lafuma,
J. M. Lafferanderie, A. Mailhes, G. Perez, J. L. Revo], G. Senac, and
G. Tujague.
The Society has nearly fifteen hundred members enrolled, but a
great many of them paraded with other organizations, military and
otherwise, to which they belonged. As it was, there were five hundred
men in the ranks. They wore, besides crape on the arm, the Society's
regular badge : the American shield, made of silver, the French flag in
the centre, and the inscription, "Societe Francaise. The color bearers,
J. HonnafC1 and L. Duclos, carried the American and French flags,
looped up with black crape.
Under their regular Marshal, Jos. Cavellero, with his Aids, C
Kreis, J. Padrino, M. Sealliceia, and A. Monteleone, then appeared
the
NEW LUSITANOS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
Their President, H. Pretus, was with Marshal Vinet. His duties
were performed by C. Camille, First Vice President, who was ac-
companied by E. Duvoisin, Second Vice President; Emile J. Sander,
Secretary ; M. Truch, Treasurer ; and Jno. Suarez, Collector.
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Over two hundred members were in line, with handsome badges
and white rosettes, —the insignia of mourning floating from the Amer-
ican flag and the elegant banner of the Association.
Next marched, under their Marshal, M. Quentin, the —
FRENCH DEMOCRATIC CLUB,
which Society paraded with two hundred men, who wore tri-eolor
badges, with crape on the arm, and had the French and American
flags looped up in crape.
Their President, N. Bouvier, acting as Aid to the Division Mar-
shal, the First Vice President, V. Marty, assumed his duties. The
other Officers were: H. Museau, Second Vice ("resident; R. Lafon-
taine, Third Vice President ; Charles Guerre, Secretary ; and E Cham-
pon, Treasurer.
That veteran organization, the
LUSITANl IX PORTUGUESE BEKTEVOLEN D ASSOCIATION,
appeared next in the column, under the leadership of their Marshal,
(i. f jafauci, and his A;ds, Win Mercadal, F. Rendu: hs, V. Caro, A.
Lambert and L. Frantz.
The First Vice President, Peter Barbarich, replaced the President,
John Mercadal, on (inly with Gen. Vinet. The other Officers were,
the Second Vice President, .f. P. Naudon ; the Recording Secretary,
Jos. Barangue, Jr ; the Financial Secretary, Chas. Spitzfaden ; the
Treasurer, Aug. Marchal ; and P. P. Flores, Guardian.
They were followed by two hundred of the Members, who wore
black bi on the arm ; ami the splendid banner of the Association
was tasl ' with mourning drapery,
['hen
BEN UVOI.ENT ASSOCI ATIo\ ,
in fronl ial Gaspar Slabowsky, aim in.- Aid,
A ntonio ich.
svere fifty M n line, officered to, Vice President
Antonio J Matth ■ idi ich, Recording Secretary; and
Chr. Syvel, Financia tent John Radovich was act-
ing as Aid to the Mar
The American flag and the Association's beautiful silk banner
were festooned with crape; the Officers and Members wore, besides the
badge of the Association, badges of blue, red, and white, which are the
Sclavonian colors.
Next appea'red that old and influential organization, the
SPANISH UNION BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION,
which date their origin back to the year 1829. They were led by their
Marshal, Jose Ferrer.
The President, Thomas Jorda, appointed on the staff of Marshal
Vinet, was represented by the First Vice President, Carlos Menendez,
who was accompanied by the .Second Vice President, Manuel Fernan-
dez; the Secretary, A. Alvarez Galan ; and the Treasurer, Benito
Vega.
Attired all alike, in line black broadcloth suits, black silk hats and
white vests and gloves, two hundred and fifty Members marched in
close ranks, wearing mourning insignia and the Association's neat
metal badge, on which appears the Spanish coat of arms. The Ameri-
can flag, the Spanish flag, and several handsome silk banners were
displayed, all profusely festooned in black. One of the banners was
peculiarly appropriate. It had in the centre a portrait of the deceased
President, enframed in a mourning wreath, the whole covered by a
thin black veil, decorated with black streamers.
Marshal Pierre Setze rode at the head of the
butchers' benevolent association,
who turned out two hundred solid, hearty looking men in line. Offi-
cers and members were dressed in black, with white gloves, and crape
on the arm, and wore the badge of the Association, which is a hand-
some silver pin for the Members and one of gold for the Officers. The
banner of the Society was appropriately draped in black.
The President, Paul Esteben, rode at the head of the Division, as
one of the Marshal's Aids, and his position in front of the Association
was taken by Vice President Antoine Luigi, who was accompanied by
the Secretary, Guillaume Peres, and the Treasurer, Bernard Maylie.
The last corps in the Seventh Division was that fine one, the
ST. BARTHOLOMEW ITALIAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,
which paraded in large numbers, under the leadership of their Mar-
shal, Ignatzio Catanzaro, and his Aids, Joseph Taranto and John
Basile. Vice President Joseph Picone had charge of the Society, his
superior officer, President John Bertucci, being on duty with the
Division Marshal.
The American and Italian Hags, furled, and wrapped in mourn-
ing, were borne at the head of the Society, and the officers and mem-
bers, dressed in black, wore handsome mourning badges of black and
gold.
The Seventh Division paraded, officers and members, eighteen
hundred men.
THE COLORED SOCIETIES.
The three Divisions that closed the Procession— the 8th, 9th and
10th— were composed entirely of Associations of our Colored Citizens.
The deep interest they took in this memorable ceremonial was amply
evidenced in the large number of these Associations in the parade;
their full ranks; and the pains they took, even to tbe poorest, humblest
man, to appear neatly dressed. The great majority of them were hard
working men, entirely dependent on their day's labor for support;
but they promptly gave up the day, in compliance with the request of
the Authorities, to the solemn observance of the obsequies ; and their
quiet, serious bearing showed that they well understood the meaning
and importance of the occasion.
EIGHTH DIVISION.
The Marshal of this Division, Col. James Lewis,— Ex-City and
ex-Federal Official, and widely known,— had for his Aids : G. A.
Fayerweather, recently of the City School Directors; Edward Jackson,
Recording Secretary of the Ex-U. S. Colored Soldiers' and Sailors'
Union ; and Charles B. Wilson, Win. James, Henderson McCray, and
Peter Brown, Officers of the G. U. Order of Odd Fellows.
The Pickwick brass band opened the march of the Division, and
of the
ex-u. s. soldiers' and sailors' union,
who were led by their own Marshal, Richard Shepperd, and Deputy
Marshal, J. C. Miller.
The Officers who paraded were : Thos. W. Wiekham, President ;
J. B. Hunliin, First Vice President; S. S. Decker, Second Vice Presi-
dent; A. \V. Thompson, Financial Secretary; C. F. Brown, Treas-
urer; R. H. Taylor, Quartermaster; and Rev. Wesley Bell, Chaplain.
The Members, formed into two companies, marched in column of
fours and turned out one hundred and sixty-live men, rank and file.
Each man wore a special badge of mourning, and the United States
flag, borne at the head of the command, was furled in black crape.
Next appeared, making a very handsome display, the different
representative Bodies of the
GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS,
whose charter derives from the English Odd Fellows, and whose
Lodge Officers bear the same titles as those of the English, namely :
Past Noble Father, Noble Father, Past Noble Grand, Noble Grand,
Vice Grand, Permanent Secretary, Elec. Secretary, Worthy Treas-
urer, Worthy Chaplain, Right Supporter, Left Supporter, Warden,
Inside and Outside Guardians, and Conductor.
The first of the Order to appear, was, — preceded by Marshal Frank
Bridget, — the
Louisiana District Lodge No. 21, represented by the Most Vener-
able Patriarch A. A. Gaines, Deputy District Master, — Past Worthy
Grand Master, J. B. Gaudet, now District and Corresponding Secre-
tary ; and by Past Noble Father, H. C C. Astwood, of the District
Executive Committee. — They were in carriages, with, as guests of the
Lodge, A. Dejoie, P. G. M., of P. G. M. Council No. 30, and E. Parker,
P. N. F.
Then marched on foot, in soldierly order, under command of J. P.
Brown, Most Venerable Patriarch,
Orleans Patriarchie Lodge No. 7, which is a semi-military body,
carrying bare swords, and wearing a very handsome uniform, with
cocked hat and plumes.
Their Officers parading, were: J. C. Graves, M. V. P.; — Isidro
Reirras, R. V. P.;— F. R. Burns, P. P.;— L. I). Thompson, P. S.;— J.
G. Taylor, P. 8.; and C P. Spotts, P. K.
The Patriarch ie had twenty-two of its Members in line, besides the
Officers.
Next came on foot the Officers and Members of
Past Grand Masters Council No. 30, with twenty-four of the Mem-
bers in line, and their banner in mourning.
The Officers were: Wm. Justice, G. G.; Levy Morris, G. W-;
Allen A. Goins, G. S. A.; Frank Conners, G. T.; James Smith, G. S.;
MacC. Campfield, D. G. M.; James Brook, G. M.— Chas. B. Wilson,
W. C, was on duty as Aid to Marshal Lewis.
This Council was followed by the Past Noble I-'<iti<> rs of various
Lodges, marching two abreast, and numbering twenty-eight in all.
The Subordinate Lodges followed, as now noted :
Crescent Lodge No. 1<;4(>, whose Officers on parade, were; D. B.
Sanders, I*. X. P.; Ed. A. Halsey, P. N. F.; H. Green, N. F.; Robert
Simmons, 1'. N . G.; Joseph Cheri, N. G.; P. F. Stephens, V. G.; E. P.
Rose, E. S.; A. P. Boyer, W. T.; Henry Parker. W. C; C. Harris, I.
G. The Permanent Secretary, ('has. B. Wilson, was on duty else-
where.
There were ninety-live of the Members in the ranks; and the
Lodge banner, the American and English flags were in mourning.
Pride of Louisiana Lodge No. 1529, came next in order, their
Marshal being John Jones.
The Officers parading were : Benjamin Anderson, P. N. F.; J. P.
Collins, P.N. F.; Peter Joseph, N. F.; Augustus Turner, P. N- G.;
John H. Taper, N. G.; Prince King, V. G.; Joseph B. Smith, P. S.;
Louis Erwin, E. S.; J. Little, W. ('.; Henry Fields, W.; Isaac Gray,
1. G.; James Johnson, R. S. to N. G.; T. Ewell, L. S. to N. G.; W. W-
Cottles, R. S. to V. G.| J. McKeever, L. S. to V. G.
There were seventy-seven Members in line, with the American
and English flags and the Lodge banner in mourning.
Emblem of Progress Lodge No. 15(17. Marshal John H. Thompson
was at the head of this Lodge, whose Officers appeared in the follow-
ing order :
Harry C. Webster, P. N. F.; G. L. Lawrence, P. N. F.; John
Richards, N. F ; Frank P. Lomez, P. N. G.; Robert Hamilton, N. G.;
C. F. Brown, V. G-; John H. Brandon, E. S.; Graham Bell, W. T.;
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N.H. Salico.W. C; V. Jones, R. S.toN.G.; A. Conway, L. S-to N. G.;
Armstrong Smith, R. S. to V. G-; J. Burch, L. S- to V- G.; John Chris-
topher, W.; and Louis Bordas, I. G.— The Permanent Secretary, F.
R. Burns, was on duty with the Patriarchie Lodge.
Eighty Members were in line, of whom five as color-bearers carried
the Lodge banner and the American and the English hags, in mourn-
ing.
Marshal Thomas J. Hill led on
Amos Lodge No. 14S7, with its Officers as follows:
S. Chapman, P. N. F.; J. L. Davis, P. N. F-; J. McKinsey, N. F.;
W. Freeman, P. N. G.; Olivier Thompson, N. G-; Geo. Washington,
V. G.; F. A. Wilson, !'. S.; Samuel Kinney, E S.; Geo. Thomas, W.
T.; John Norriugton, W. C ; and A. Deverges, I. G.
In line were eighty of the Members, and this Lodge like the others
had its banner and the American and English Flags looped up in crape.
Butler Lodye No. 1336 closed this column of the Division. Its
Marshal was Robert Harris, and its Officers were
A. E. Train, P. N. F.; J. P. Roddy, P. X. F.; H. Mclntyer, X. F.;
Taylor Sharkey, P. X. G.; L. D. Parker, X. G-; John II. While, V.
G.; .las. A. Sanders, P. S.; J. R. Davis, E. S.; .1 . W. Burns, W. T.; P.
Bergeron, W. C-; and G. Radleaux, r. G.
There were seventy-five Members of this Lodge in the ranks, with
the American and English flags and the Lodge banner draped in
mourning.
The Officers and Members of the different degrees of the G. U- O.
of O. F., as aboveset forth, all appeared in their regalia, of varied form
and color, some of them very richly embroidered, and each man wore
a mourning badge. — The English flag was borne. by the Lodges because,
as before stated, the Order derives its authority from ths English Odd
Fellow-.
The Order paraded five hundred and sixty Officers and Members.
Following this Mystic Society appeared the benevolent Associa-
tion, the
UNITED SONS OF HONOR,
of whom there were one hundred and fifty Members in line. They
were led by their Marshal, Nathan Fowler, whose Aids were, Wm.
Taylor, Richard Davis, Geo. Smith, and Malone Johns >n.
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The Officers parading were: William Kinney, President; Philip
Packer, Vice President; G. W. Doakes, Secretary; Napoleon Wil-
liams, Treasurer, and Win. Johnson, Trustee.
Officers and Members wore black coat and pants, white vests,
white gloves, and black hats, and each bad a mourning badge. The
American flag was in the front, draped in mourning.
The Eighth Division was closed by the
ST. JAMES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION,
with one hundred and twenty-five men in the ranks, a new silk ban-
ner in mourning, and each of the members with a mourning badge.
The President, John Baptiste, had a mourning scarf. The Associa-
tion wore black suits, black hats, white vests and white gloves.
The Eighth Division had one thousand men in the ranks.
NINTH DIVISION.
The Marshal of this Division was the Hon. A. J. Dumont, ex-
State Senator, and since then, U. S. Naval Officer at this Port.
He bad for bis Aids: C. C. Antoine, M. J. Kenner, R. F. Guichard,
J. Madison Vance, Charles Davis, Isaac N. Parker, James Johnson,
Win. H. Green, and Joseph Valentine.
An excellent brass band opened the march of the Division, which
was headed by the
Magnolia Longshoremen's Association. — It turned out ninety-five
strong. The Officers and Members were in black suits, with white
vests, white gloves, black bats, and white rosettes on blue badges.
They were led by Marshal F. Geaton, whose Aids were M. Brown,
Charles White, John Willis and Wm. King.
The other Officers of the Association were; Arthur White, Presi-
dent; Abraham Wilkerson, First Vice President; Isaac Myers, Second
Vice President; Wm. L. Ford, Financial Secretary; G. A. McCullum,
Recording Secretary; G. W. Washington, Grand Councillor, and H.
Sinims, First Councillor.
That numerous organization, Branch No. 2 of the
Screwmcn,s Benevolent Association was next in column. Their
regular Marshal, Isaac P. Parker, being on duty as Aid to Marshal
Dumont, his position was held by his Assistant, Edward Thomas.
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Seven hundred Members were in the ranks, wearing black suits,
white vests, white gloves and black silk hats: and also blue sashes
with blue rosettes and a star in the centre, fringed with black crape.
The Association's handsome banner, of dove colored silk, presented
on one side a picture of a ship under full sail, and. on the other, of a
group of screwmen at work. Mourning insignia decorated the top of
the banner.
The Officers were : .Milton Sparks, President; Theodule Griffin,
Firsl Vice President; John Brooks, Second Vice President; T. A.
Williams, Recording Secretary ; P. Wilson, Financial Secretary; and
Joseph Kelly, Treasurer.
Marshal Anthony ( lark then appeared, at the head of the
Teamsters' mid Loaders'1 Benevolent Association, of whose Mem-
bers some six hundred men were in rank. They wore black suits,
black hats, white vests, and white gloves, with blue sashes, and each a
mourning badge.
Their elegant blue silk banner was draped in black, as was the
United States flag.
Their Officers were: Thomas Redmond, President; V. Cham-
pagne, Vice President; Horace Moseby, Treasurer; Robert Daunoy,
Secretary ; and W. C. Flowers, Recording Secretary.
The Colored Men's Protective Union.— This representative political
body turned out in very large numbers, every Ward in the city having
a strong delegation in line, and presenting at least one thousand men,
marching by fours. They wore plain mourning badges, and all were
neatly dressed. Each Ward delegation had its own flag or banner,
each of which was looped up with sable crape or otherwise placed in
mourning.
The President, J- Madison Vance, and the Marshal, James John-
son, did not appear with the Union, being on duty as Aids to Marshal
Dumont.
The Officers parading were: J. A. Rockter, Vice President, act-
ing as President; O. P. Fernandez, Secretary; L. D. Herbert, Assist-
ant Secretary ; Oscar Allen, Treasurer; ¥. C. Antoine, Manager; and
Rev. Pierre Landry, Chaplain.
Of the five hundred members of Branch Xo. 2 of that strong body :
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The Cotton Yard Men's Bern volent Association, only about three hun-
dred were in the Association's ranks, the others being with other
organizations — such as the "Odd Fellows," — to which they belonged.
The Officers and Members appeared in black suits, white vests and
gloves, and black hats, and each wore the Association's badge, edged
with crape.
The Association's banner and the American tlag were enwrapped
in mourning, and were carried, the former, by John Malone ; the ban-
ner, by John H. Thompson.
The Officers on duty with the Association were: Major Emsley
Brower, President ; Whitfield Madison, Vice President; ('lias. Dixon
Bowers, Recording Secretary; T. G. Jefferson, Financial Secretary;
Wm. .James, Treasurer, and Rev. John Richard, Chaplain.
The Marshal, R. C. Johnson, had for bis Aids, Major Polite and
Joseph Richard.
Marshal Daniel McKinzie and bis Aid, L. Brown, then led on the
Longshoremen's Protective Union No. '2, of whose Members, four
hundred marched behind their banner and the American Hag, which
were in mourning.
The dress of Officers and Members was black suits, white vests
and gloves, and the Union's badge, in crape.
The Officers parading were : P. S. Jackson, President; J. T. Novel,
First Vice President; Rale Robertson, Second Vice President; A.
Butler, Recording Secretary ; J. A. Henderson, Financial Secretary;
Geo. Washington, Treasurer, and Rev. H. A. Ruffing, Chaplain.
Next in order appeared, under the supervision of their Marshal,
Jordan < ireen, the
Coat Rollers' Benevolent Association, some two hundred strong,
with banner and Hag furled and draped, and each man with a black
edged badge on his coat lappel.
Their officers were: Warren County, President; James Johnson,
Vice President ; Joseph Matthias, Secretary, and Jefferson Harrison,
Treasurer.
The Division was closed by the
Sons of Zion Benevolent Association, under their Marshal, Samuel
Davis.
They were seventy-five in number, dressed in black suits and
black bals, with a plain mourning badge on the coat lappel, and their
banner draped in sable streamers.
The Officers were: Oscar Ceyney, President; Alfred Randall,
Vice President; Jas. D. Matthews, Secretary, and Henderson Hughes,
Treasurer.
The Ninth. Division, it will be seen, turned out over three thou-
sand three hundred men.
TENTH DIVISION.
The Marshal of the closing Division of the procession was the
Hon. P. B. S. Pinchback, Ex-Lieutenant-Governor of the State,
under Gov. Warmoth's administration.
His Aids were Hon. T. B. Stamps, Ex-State Senator; Geo. 1).
Geddes, and G. G. Canonge.
The first Society to take up the march-step under their leadership,
preceded by a fine band of music — were the
Young and True Friend's Benevolent Association, under their own
Marshal, John Reynolds, assisted by Lewis Smith.
The Members, one hundred in number, wore black suits, white
gloves, and black bats, with the Association badge and a mourning
badge.
There were three handsome flags, also in mourning.
The Officers parading were: John Lewis, President; Jerry B.
Brown, Vice President; Joseph Fabacher, Jr., Secretary; George
Kinzey, Assistant Secretary ; and Geo. M. Cavell, Financial Secretary. |
The Treasurer, George D. Geddes, was on duty with Marshal Pinch-
back.
Next came, led by their Marshal. Frank A. Reeves, and his Aid,
Wm. Gains, the
Equal Justice Marine Benevolent Association, with one hundred
and fifty Members present. They wore black suits, black silk bats,
white vests and gloves, and the badge of the Association trimmed
with black crape.
Their handsome banner was of orange-colored silk, with the device
of a pelican feeding her young. Black streamers were attached to the
top.
The Officers were : W. I). .Morris, President; (J. J. Simon, Vice
President; Win. II. Penn, Secretary ; Jos. Humphries, Assistant Sec-
retary; and H. A Stackhouse, Treasurer.
Under the guidance of their Marshal, Willis Lampkins, the
Longshoremen's lrnion Benevolent Association, with N. I!. Ran-
dall as their President, followed next in line.
There hundred and fifty Members marched after him and the other
Officers; who were, Thomas Brown, First Vice President; N.Jordan,
Second Vice President ; Daniel Davis. Treasurer; and James E. Porter,
Secretary.
Their dress was Mack coat and pants, white vest, white "loves,
and black hats. The badges were of blue silk with while rosettes, and
a knot of black ribbon.
The Association's fine blue silk banner, with mourning streamers,
had on one side a ship under full sail, and on the other, the dates of
organization and incorporation.
This Society was followed by the
Longshoremen'1, s Protective Association, with Marshal D. \Y.
Daniels to the fore.
The President, Thomas Smith, was accompanied by Wm. Whar-
ton, Vice President ; Harrison Taylor, Treasurer ; and John l>. Brown,
Secretary.
There were nearly two hundred men in line, dressed, like their fel-
low-workingmen's societies, in black cloth suits, white vests and
gloves, and black hats, and the Association badge, trimmed with black.
Their silk banner was also draped with the insignia of mourning.
The next body in order was the
Avenir Mutual Aid Association, under their Marshal Ernest
Johnson.
Nearly two hundred of the Members were in the ranks. They
wore black cloth coats and pants, white vests, black cravats and
gloves, and black round hats. The badges were of black silk, suitably
inscribed, with gold trimmings for Officers, and silver for Members.
The beautiful and costly silk banner of the Association, and sev-
eral silk flags were profusely draped in mourning. — The Officers were :
FCM'.i: \ 1. CEREMONIES.
Jules Armand, President; Vincent L'Herrisse, First Vice Presi-
dent ; Louis J. Decoudreaux, Second V7ice President; Mertil R Croc-
ker, Secretary; Jules Serre, Assistant Secretary; Jos. Marcos Tio,
Treasurer ; Placide Decou and Aristide Adams, First and Second ( !om-
missary.
The Division was closed by the
United Sons of Light, a benevolent Association, headed by their
Marshal, Win. Hall, and his Aids, John Dennis, Henry Curtis, John
Jackson, and Edward ( !obb.
They paraded with onehundred and twenty-five Members, dressed
in black, with black silk hats, white vests and gloves, and wearing
purple scarfs and badges. These and their purple silk banner were
neat ly draped in mourning.
The Officers were : David Douglas, President; [saah S. Johnson,
Vice President; Alexander Jackson, Secretary; and Matthew Greene,
Treasurer.
The Tenth and last Division mustered over eleven hundred men.
NOTES.
The Procession was more than three miles long; and as neces-
sarily, it moved slowly, it was nearly three hours on the march. In the
Procession there were sixteen thousand men; and there were at Least
eighty thousand spectators to see it go by. The doorways, windows
and galleries of all the houses were occupied, and the sidewalk- and
streets were packed as closely as could he with the patient lookers-on.
There was not the slightest disturbance anywhere among that great
multitude. Every one appeared absorbed in the solemn reflections that
the day and the pageant naturally suggested. The only sounds heard
were the slow tolling of bells, the occasional boom of a cannon, and
the dirge music played by the hands.
The Third Division was to have numbered in its ranks a delega-
tion, headed by the Rev. Dr. VVitherspoon, and representing the Offi-
cers and Sailors of the foreign and domestic shipping in port. Nearly
a hundred of them assembled at the Upper Bethel in the morning and
took part in the services there, to which allusion has already been
made. An unavoidable delay then occurred, which did not prevent
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them from marching down to Canal street, with the Pastor conducting
them, but they arrived ;ir the rendezvous too late to join in the Proces-
sion. They waited, however, and listened to the orations subsequently
delivered.
A prominent object of attention on St. ( 'harles street, was the tall
unfinished shaft of the Lee Monument . in t lie middle of Tivoli Circle,
a short distance above the Washington Artillery Armory. It rears its
white marble column from the centre of a high mound ; and, standing
boldly out against the sky, is seen from a long distance oft*. It was
now made more conspicuous by the hands of sable drapery that
enwrapped it from cap to base, and by the national ensign that, attached
to a light wooden frame-work rising still higher in the air, hung in
folds, tied up in crape. It was a graceful tribute to the memory of the
dead President, — a distinguished Republican leader and Federal (tcii-
eral — from a body of prominent citi/ens, every man of whom had
zealously served the Lost Cause.
AT THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY ARMORY.
This massive three-story edifice,— located on St. Charles street,
between Girod and .Julia, — was widely known in previous years as the
Exposition Building. In purchasing it for an arsenal, the Washing-
ton Artillery Battalion had made no change in its main Hall,
on the second floor, which was originally constructed for ball and con-
cert purposes. It is one of the largest halls of the kind in the country, —
capable of easily accommodating three thousand persons on the floor.
It is so skillfully planned and its proportions are so harmonious that
its great length, width and height do not oppress the eye, which be-
sides, is gratified by the abundance of soft light through the numerous
windows in double rows, by the delicacy of the blended coloring, and
the chaste designs of the ornamentation. Its spacious dimensions
and airy elegance are familiar to tens of thousands of visitors from all
parts of the country, who have participated in the numerous brilliant
entertainments given within its hospitable portals.
On " Memorial Monday," however, its aspect was entirely
changed. The City Council Committee, of which Administrator
Walshe was the Chairman, had planned funeral decorations that were
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rapidly carried into effect by skillful and willing hands : and the result
was a grand tableau of a singularly sombre character, that nevertheli --
did not overload or hide entirely from view tin simple beauty and
grand proportions of the Hall itself.
The wide double .stairway.-, thai wound up from the enl ranee vesti-
bule on St. Charles street to that on the second Moor, were decorated
along the sides and walls with broad Wands of black crape. Similar
hands, in strips, hung down the walls of this upper vestibule, the
many windows and balconies of which were tilled with uuests, watch-
ing the Procession as it moved by, on its way to ('anal street, to be
dismissed. The wide doors giving entrance from the vestibule into
the Hall were faced with black.
Within the Hall, the tall, square pillars, — ranging on either side
from the doors to the distant rear, — were wrapped in sable cloth. At
about eight feet from the floor, on each pillar, was fastened a group
composed of a shield in the centre, crossed flags pointing out on its
right and left, and wreaths of cedar above and below.
The lower cornice, just above the pillars, was covered with a wide
black band, all around the Hail; and from tins cornice tell, from a
central point between each r wo pillars, heavy folds of black cloth,
swaying across the pillars, and looped up to the cornice with large
black and white rosettes.
Bands of black cloth were also stretched across the Hall, from the
corners and sides : starting from the cornice and meeting in the centre,
under the sun-light, where they supported an outstretched United
States flag.
in the rear, a wide and deep platform hml hern erected, for the use
of the Officers of the meeting, the Clergy, Speakers, and some of the
invited guests. A railing ran around it, and the whole was shrouded
in black, with wreaths of evergreen and black and white rosettes hen.
and thereon the cloth. Back of the platform, the wall was covered
with black: and upon this dark background appeared a large portrait
of the dead President, beneath which was a shield containing thecoat-
of-arms of the United States. Both portrait and shield were festooned
in crape.
The iron-balustraded gallery high above the platform, designed for
musicians, was also covered with black ; and from the centre was sus-
peiided an escutcheon, containing the coafc-of-arms of the State of
Louisiana. <>i! either side of this shield projected aflag, looped up half
way with Mack crape.
Long before the hour at which the Catafalque arrived in front of
the Armory, the rows upon rows of chairs that filled the floor began to
be occupied, chiefly by ladies. Many old, well-known citizens also
came in quietly at this time, of whom were several who had appeared
as officers in the grand funeral pageant of December, 1852, to which
allusion has been made in the Preface.
As, for example, Gen. John L. Lewi--, Ex-Mayor and Ex-Sheriff,
and for a long series of years in the pasl otherwise prominent in the
State and city's public affairs, and always esteemed and respected. His
form is erect, his step firm , his voice clear, his eye bright and his
mind active; and it was difficult to realize that tit's vigorous and intel-
«
ligent old gentleman was verging on to eighty years. There was also
the veteran merchant, Moses Greenwood, over fifty years ago the
pioneer of the commercial intercourse between New Orleans ami the
Territory of Arkansas, and still, with dignified mein and erect form,
an active member of the ( !hamber of < !ommerce. — Also, influential and
widely known business men -as. Messrs. E.J. Hart, James 1. Day,
Jl. A. LeSassier, A. .) . Gomilla, Carl Kohn, E. L. Carriere, Jules
Cassard, 1*. Marinoni, H. Peychaud, J. Tuyes, Jno. T. Hardie, Paul
Fourchy, and Albert Baldwin— who had not opportunity to appear in
the procession, hut were prompt to respond to the City's invitation to
join in the ceremonies in the Hall.
Administrator Walshe, as Chairman of the Council Committee, was
early at the Hall, and in his usual quiet manner, diligently superintend-
ing the details of the reception and the subsequent ceremonies, in which
he was energetically assisted, as soon as they arrived, by his colleagues
on tiie Committee, Administrators Fagan and Delamore.
The following gentlemen, selected by Mayor Shakspeare and the
City Council Committee, acted as the
COMMITTEE OF RECEPTION.
Chairman : Alex. E. McConnell, thejMayor's Private'Secretary.
Messrs. Al. Donnaud, Theodore D. Wharton, and Oraer H. Bart-
lette, of the New Orleans Times' staff";— C.BH. Parker, H. B. Matthews.
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and J. A. Quintero, of the New Orleans Picayune; — Richard C. Weight-
man and John F. Baringer, <>!' the New Orleans Democrat ; — A. Cap-
deville and F. E. Smith, of the New Orleans Bee;— John Weichart, of
the German Gazette; — E. Craighead anil Henry Armstrong, of the
Evening States ; — Henry Michel, of the City Item; — Rev. Mr. Cuma-
ceiro, of the Jewish South ; — L.J. Bright, of the New Orleans Price
( 'urrent.
Also: Messrs. E. L. Bower, Chief Clerk of the Mayoralty: M.
McNamara, Secretary of the City Council ; I). M Brosnan, the City
Surveyor; Major John \V. Fairfax; \V. G. Boylan, E. Bouligny,
R. FI. Bart ley, G. Bernoudy, Remy Clarke, 1'. S. Campbell. E. A.
Ducros, John J. Fitzpatrick, E. M. Fox, Ceo. \V. Flynn, \V. M. Gur-
ley, H. Guillotte, A. 1'. Harrison, F. J. Hyatt, Theodore James, A.
Jardet, H. Johnson, John A. Kuhner, F. s. Kendig, 1'. J. Krammer,
W. H. Michel, I). E. McCarthy, X. I', Phelps, Thos. Reynolds, M.
Redon, C. A. Shields, C. Stein, B. C* Shields, C. D. Stewart, T. G.
I'lhorn, J). F. Walsh, P. S. Wiit/., and J. A. Villarubia.
The gentlemen whose names appear after that of Major Fairfax,
are all clerks connected with the different Departments in the City
Hall.
As soon as the Procession began its march down St. Charles street,
for dismissal at (anal, the Reception Committee had their hands
full in ushering to their seats the hundreds upon hundreds of persons
who now appeared in the Hall. Despite the crowd and movement,
there was no nmre noise than usually attends the seating of a church
congregation.
Presently, Mayor Shakspeare and Lieutenant Governor McEnery
entered t he Hall, followed l>y the Clergy, t lie ( )rator, the Consuls, and
the citizens who had been selected by the City Council Committee to
act as Vice Presidents. Then appeared the various delegations of War
Veterans, the other State, Parish and City Officials, and the other
Invited Guests generally. They moved slowly up the central aisle to
their positions on and near the platform while the general public
rapidly filled the multiple rows of chairs.
When all were seated, the front of the platform was seen to be
occupied by the Mayor, in the centre, with the Lieutenant Governor
on bis left, and the Orator on his right.
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On the left of the Lieutenant Governor sat Secretary of State,
Strong, Auditor Jumel, Treasurer Burke, and .Indues Poche and
Lazarus.
On the right of the Orator were the Clergy, and next to them the
Consuls. In the rows of chairs further back sal the Vice Presidents.
The chairs on the righl of the platform, fronting it, were occupied
by the Veterans of 1812-15, the Mexican War Veterans, the Veterans
of the Army of Virginia, those of the Army of Tennessee, the
German Union Veterans, and the Grand Army of the Republic.
[n the chairs on the left of the platform, and fronting it, sat the
Speaker of I he House, the Hon. R. N. Ogden ; Senator Edwin Harris;
General Owen and General Dupro ; State [mmigration Commissioner
\Y. H. Man-is; Ex-Chief Justice Marr ; Judges Voorhiesand Holmes;
Representatives Aitken and Frantz; Doctors Davidson and Holliday ;
Police Commissioner Byrne; Doctors Formento and Jos. C Beard and
E. Hernandez; city School Directors Collins and Stringer and Secretary
O'Brien; Civil Sheriff Duffy's Deputies and Clerks ; and the Federal
Officials.
Immediately in front of the platform was a TaWle for the Reporters
of the Press; and near them, occupying several rows of chairs specially
reserved forthem, were the officers of the New Orleans Lieder-
takei, (already named in the report of the Third Division), with the
additional Members of that Society, who were to execute the selections
of vocal music.
On the right ol the Singers, conspicuous by their uniforms, sat
several Officers of the Fire Department, — prominent among them the
tall and portly Chic!', Thos. O'Connor.
When all were seated, Administrator Walsho, at the entrance
doors, gave notice to a group who were waiting in the vestibule. Then,
whilst solemn silence reigned in I he assembly, there slowly entered the
Hall and moved up the central aisle, the Masonic Pall-Bearers, carry-
ing between them the Coffin, covered with fresh gathered flowers and
evergreen wreaths, and decorated with the floral cross, shield and
anchor. They were escorted by the Governor's Military Staff Officers,
already mentioned.
The Coffin was placed in front of the rostrum that was in the
centre of the platform; the Pall-Bearers and the Staff Officers took
seats near by; and the ceremonies began by a line Orchestra, placed in
the gallery over the platform, performing in excellent style, under
Prof. Sporer's leadership, Rossini's grand " Stabai M<</> /."
Mayor Joseph A. Shakspeare then rose; and, standing al the
rostrum, spoke as follows, in clear, distinct voice, and in a very earnest
manner, — showing bow deep an interest be fell in the solemn cere-
monial and the event that gave rise to it.
" Ladies and Gentlemen : We bave assembled this evening to
" express our sorrow lor the calamity that lias befallen our country in
" the melancholy death of our President, and our sympathy tor the
" bereaved widow and children. The City Administration felt that it
" was dueto their fellow-citizens, representing the third largest commer-
" cial city in tin- country, to let the world know that, whatever
" and hower intense our party differences, they had been wisely for-
" gotten, and that all were united in respect for, and confidence in our
" President. We are united, too, in our grief for his loss. The public
" demonstration of to-day, however remarkable, has more than a local
" significance. The whole land is in grief. It is an outpouring of the
" nation's heart. Everywhere to-day the people are paying a sincere
:' tribute tothe memory of the Presicb nt. It is a just tribute. During
" the brief period in which he rilled his high office, he had secured
" the people's confidence; he had endeared himself to their hearts. It
" is tit and meet that we should join with our countrymen throughout
" the length and breadth of the land, in thus publicly giving expres-
" sion to our sorrow-"
The Ma voi: then introduced the Lieutenant Governor of the State
as the President of the Meeting.
1,1 KIT. GOVERNOR M'ENERV
arose; slowly advanced to the rostrum and said, in a quiet, dignified
manner, and low, clear voice,— every word spoken deliberately and
impressively :
"Ladiks and Gentlemen : I return thanks for the honor of
" the compliment extended me. it is unnecessary for me to explain
" at length the object of this meeting, any more than it would be
" for me to go down into the popular heart and account tor the
" great length and breadth of the popular outpouring of to-day We
•' have paid to-day the last tribute of respect to the President of the
" United States. We have properly honored his high official posi-
" tion. But he is now stripped of all his power. He has no more
" patronage to bestow. He is placed beyond the reach of adulation.
" And now, after having rendered this honor to the great office he
" held, and which was vacated in so sad a manner, it is tit we should
" be here this evenine to hear something of his private virtues from
" eloquent lips."
The Lieutenant-Governor resumed his seat ; and VV. J. McCall,
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Secretary of the " ( ieneral < iommittee of Arrangements " and also of the
" ( !ity < 'ouncii's ( 'oniniitfee, " came forward and read the following list
of
Vice Presidents;
Hon. Joseph A. Shakspeare,
Hon.B. T. Walslie, Hon. W. E. Huger,
Hon. John Fitzpatrick, Hon. P. Mealey,
Hon. Geo. Delamore, Hon. J. V. Guillotte.
And, as Representatives of States and Territories :
Hon. Robert Mo-Millen, Alabama; Hon. Moses Greenwood, Arkan-
sas; Col. James Lingan, California; H. H. Seward, Colorado; W. E.
Seymour, Connecticut ; J.J. Mellon, Delaware; Page M. Baker, Flori-
da; Joseph H. Ogelsby, Illinois; Joseph A Hinckle, Indiana; Gen.
Cyrus Bussey, Iowa; Wright Schaumburg, Kansas; Gen. John L.
Lewis, Kentucky; (Jen. Fred X.Ogden, Louisiana; Ex-Mayor Ed. Pills-
bury. Maine; .1. C Clark, Maryland; S. I). Moody, Massachusetts;
K. C. Vilfere, Michigan; E. Howard McCaleb, Mississippi; Eugene
Krost, Minnesota; .1. Ad. Rozier, Missouri; A. E. McConnell, Ne-
braska; Louis Schwartz, Nevada: C.C.Tracy, New Hampshire ; W.
G. Wheeler, New Jersey; Jas. I. Day, New York; Rev. A. M.Green,
Ohio; Steven I). Pool, North Carolina; P. Maspero, Oregon ; B. D.
Wood, Pennsylvania; Geo. H. Fayerweather, Rhode Island; Jno. B-
Laritte, South Carolina ; Harry Allen, Tennessee ; Col. Jack Wharton,
Texas; J. Q,. A. Fellows, Vermont; Col. R. B.Pleasants, Virginia;
Henry Peychaud, West Virginia ; S. Oteri, Wisconsin ; John Dorhmer,
Arizona Territory ; H. C. Castellanos, Dakota Territory ; Jien Onorato,
Idaho Territory ; E. C. Wharton, I ndian Territory ; Dan Owens, Mon-
tana Territory ; Jos. H. De Grange, New Mexico Territory ; John C.
Bach, Utah Territory; F. Fisher, Washington Territory; R. Frots-
cher, Wyoming Territory ; Horace F. Phillips, District of Columbia.
The President then announced a Prayer by the Rev. Dr. B. M.
Palmer, of the Presbyterian Ministry. All heads were bowed whilst
that eloquent Divine delivered the following
PRAYER ;
"Almighty God! We adore Thee as the King eternal, immortal,
" invisible, the only wise Clod, — the Father of lights, from whom
" cometh down every good and perfect gift ; with whom is no varia-
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bleness, neither shadow of turning,— the King of Kings and Lord of
Lords, who is over all, God, blessed forever! Thou dwellest in light
which no man can approach unto. Before the glory of Thy majesty
the angels veil themselves, while they cry ' Holy ! holy! holy ! is
the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory! '
" rt hath pleased Thee to lay thy chastening hand upon this our
nation; and from thy throne Thou lookest down upon ;i whole
people bending before Thee under the burden of a public sorrow.
We dare not ask the reason of this great bereavement, lor Thou
doest according to Thy will in the army of Heaven and among the
inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay Thy hand, or say unto
Thee: ' What doest Thou?' But, though clouds and darkness are
round about Thee, we rejoice that Justice and Judgment are the hab-
itations of Thy throne, 'while Mercy and Truth go before Thy face.
Sanctify this discipline of Thy Providence to us, as, over all this
land, we bend in humility and prayer before Thee this day. Give
us grace to discover Thy hand in the sorrow which clothes a nation
in mourning; for 'Shall the trumpet he blown in the city, and the
people not be afraid ? Shall there he evil in the city and the Lord
hath not done it ?'
"Help us in the sincerity of true penitence to bewail and confess
before Thee our privateand our public sins, which have drawn upon
us this severe chastisement; and when Thy judgments are in the
earth, may the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
"Take under Thy care the interests of this great people; and as
they gather around the grave which to-day is common to them all.
may the pathos of a common grief cause all their hearts to flow
together in the union of a stronger and a broader affection ! Give
peace and prosperity throughout all our borders : crown our land
with plenty; and teach us by the largeness of Thy mercies, "how
happy is that people whose God is the Lord.'
" We invoke Thy special blessing upon that house which Thou
hast shattered with a single blow! Bring the consolations of Thy
grace to her whom Thou hast called to sit in the loneliness of unex-
pected widowhood ! With Thine own hand wipe the tears from her
eyes, and give her beauty for ashes: the oil of joy for mourning, and
the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Reveal to her faith
the depths of that promise: ' Leave thy fatherless children ! 1 will
preserve them alive, and let thy widows trust in me !'— Spare the
little ones of the flock, that they may grow up at her side and he the
support and stay of her declining years ! — Uphold and comfort the
venerable mother whose strong staff is broken beneath her at the
very edge of her own life; and may the joys of a brighter world
burst upon her sight as the light of Earth goes out to her in the dark-
ness of this bereavement !
"Hear this our prayer, 'O Thou that dwellest in the Heavens,
and in Thy faithfulness answer us, and in Thy righteousness.' Ami
to Thy great name we ascribe honor and praise, and glory, and maj-
esty, and dominion and power, now and forever : Amen !"
A fervent "Amen !" responded from the multitudinous assembly
to the fervent appeal of the Preacher; and no eye was ashamed to
show the moisture elicited by the pathetic allusions to the bereaved
ones.
The Members of l he Ltedertafel then gathered on the platform,
and under t he leadership of Prof. ( !arl. Weiss, with organ accompani-
ment by Prof. J. II. Eekert, saiii;- in their own delicate and artistic
style Mendelsshon's tender and beautiful Partincj Hymn, beginning :
" It is ordained l>y God above
" That we must part from those we love."
The Ringers, fifty in number, included the Officers previously
named in the Third Division, and Messrs. F. 1). Becker, H. Bruenn,
P. W. Bremer, F. Bunch, L. Calm, R. Christ, C. \V. Doll, H. Deiler,
Win. Debus, R. Einstein, J. Firmenieh. Alfred Goldstein, Gust. Gold-
man, A. J. Helmke, A. .1. Hoffman, S. Honigmann, Jul. Heintz, Th.
L. Helm, P. Jahnke, G. Vongnell, .Jos. Joachim, Quit, Ivohnke, J.
Krebs, K. Lorenzen, Dr. O. Ludwig, Edward .J. Ludwig, ('has. Lud-
wig. Dr. Langenberker, II. Marx, .). C. May, Dr. Mainegra, A. Nolte,
E. Pragst, Jr.; Albert RrOsenmeyer, C. Schaible, M. W. Salomon, A.
Stein, M. Vonderbanck, G. Vieth, A. Vosswinkel, P. Wunder, H.
Wolter, C Winkelmann, Chr. Wachenfeld, Oust. Walde, and E. P.
Wienhusen.
The Rev. DR. J. F. GirAIILT was then announced to read a Selec-
tion from Holy Scriptures. He read from I: Joel," Second Chapter,
beginning at Verse 1 1 :
'"And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army ; tor his camp
" is very great ; for he is strong that executeth his word; tor the day
'■ of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? "
It is not out of place here to mention that Rev. Dr. Girault, of the
Episcopal Ministry, is also a veteran of the Mexican War and of the
< 'on federate Staff.
The Orchestra, under Prof. Sporer, then executed a funeral dirge.
After which President McEnery introduced the Chairman of the Com-
mittee on Resolutions, Mr. A. H. May, who. in deliberate, impressive
manner, read the following
RESOLUTIONS :
The Citizens of New Orleans, assembled this day without regard to
creed, party or race, and desiring to give some expression, however
inadequate, to their feelings, iu view oi the bereavement which has
been visited upon the American people, do hereby resolve:
1. That in concert with our fellow-citizens throughout our com-
mon country, who have met to mourn upon this day of national grief,
we feel again the horror which thrilled us when we were first sur-
prised and shocked by the attempt upon the life of President Garfield.
We hoped and prayed then that his life might be spared. Thai hope
lias been disappointed. We bow in renewed and deepened sorrow
before the calamity of his death, and we cannot but feel humiliated at
the thought that our country could have produced i he assassin.
2. That our sense of grief is the more profound when we consider
the history and character of the President we have lost. His biography
illustrates' some of the best and most hopeful features of life in the New
World- Born in obscurity and well nigh in want, he came, through
self-denial, through cheerful toil, through manly courage, to lie scholar,
leader of men, first citizen of the Republic. Strong in body, strong in
mind, his force was tempered by a noble amiability.
We can truly say of him as he said of a predecessor :
" He was one of the few great rulers whose wisdom increased with
his power, and whose spirit grew gentler and tenderer as his triumphs
were multiplied."
He loved the whole land ; lie took an enlightened view of all its
sections and all its needs; and we lament his death as that of a patriot,
a statesman and a friend.
:>. That we respectfully offer to the afflicted family of the deceas< d
President our profoundest sympathy with their exceptional sorrow.
We recognize the utter weakness of any words to fitly express such
condolence, and the utter inability of any human condolence to alle-
viate such grief. Put, poor as it must be, we offer it with all sincerity ;
and we doubt not that this stricken family of mourners, nurtured as
they have been in all that is most noble and virtuous, in their typical
American home, will not fail to find a higher consolation in Him who
is the Father of the fatherless and the widow's God.
4. That among the special and obvious lesions of this cruel calam-
ity is one which has already been pointed out by publicists and the
press throughout the entire country anil in other parts of the world;
and this lesson is: that the President of the United States should neither
be worn out by the importunities nor exposed to the reckless resent-
ment of disappointed office-seekers; but that the duty rests upon the
Representatives of the people, as matter of urgency, to see to it thai
the civil service of t he United States lie placed on a sounder, a more
rational and a more business-like basis. We hold that, in the words of
James A. Garfield, "to reform this service is one of the highest and
most imperative duties of statesmanship."
5. That, while we thus sorrow, we do not sorrow without hope for
our country. The late President, on a former day of darkness, declared
in memorable words that " God still reigns and the Government still
lives."
We recall this truth with an increased sense of its significance to-
day.
We believe in the perpetuity and progress of this Government of
the people ; with a faith which, we trust, no misfortune can shake, and
which surely no act of crime, such as we now deplore, can in anywise
impair.
f>. That we recognize, with feelings of heartfelt gratitude, the
expressions of sympathy, in this national affliction, which have come
from other nations, both of the Old World and the New; and especi-
ally from Her Majesty, the Queen o. England ;— and we find in such
expressions nol merely a proof of an amicable interest in our present
and future, but also tlie harbinger of a surer friendship and federation
among the nations of the earth.
7. Thai a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Secretary of State
of the United Slates for sucli disposition as lie may deem appropriate.
As a matter of form. President McEnery put the Resolutions to
the vote: and of course they were adopted unanimously.
Another excellent performance by the Orchestra was followed l>y
the Reading of Holy Scripture by the Rev. Dr. .John Matthews, of
the Methodist Ministry. He chose the Ninetieth Psalm:
" Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations;
" Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadsl
" formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting,
•' thou art < Jod."
The delivery of Rev. Dr. Matthews is always markedly deliber-
ate and emphatic. It was now more t ban usually earnest and solemn ;
and his listeners were made to feel with him the everlasting truth of
the Psalmist's melancholy words :
" For all our days are passed away in thy wrath : we spend our
"years as a tale that is told."
THE HON. CHARLES I. BUCK.
was then introduced to the audience by the Presiding Officer as the
Orator of the Day.
Mr. Buck, in clear, flexible, and pleasing voice, and emphatic, im-
pressive manner, then delivered the following
ADDRESS :
Announcing his subject to lie:
on THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD, PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, ASSASSINATED JULY 2, 1881.
It was one of nature's holidays. Calm and peaceful, resplend-
ently brilliant rose the the bright "monarch of day" on the 2d of
July, 1881, over a happy and peaceful country. There had been no
" ominous tidings of mishap," no " lamentings heard in the air," nor
prophesying with accents terrible
" ( if dire combustion and confused events."
Fifty millions of people went, rejoicing, to pursue their usual avoca-
tion's. They compose the greatest nation known in the history of
human development. They are a nation of rulers — of sovereign
equals, governed only by the laws of their own making. From time
time they choose a worthy citizen of their number, who must put the
laws in operation and see them executed. He represents the executive
sovereignty of the people. The man exalted to that station is honored
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above all mortals. The sceptre swayed by the chance of inheritance
is a tinseled nothing — not worth the birth-right of the humblest
American citizen. Then, how much greater than all is he, the cho-
sen sovereign of a nation of sovereigns!
In the course of the appointed time such an one had just been
singled out. There had been a fierce contest of opposing claimants,
embittered by memories of the past, differences of the present, tears
and misgivings for the future. But the will of the majority is the
choice of all, and the successful candidate of a party becomes President
of the people. James Abrani Garfield, — who now lies still in death, — of
the State of Ohio, candidate of the Republican party, received a major-
ity of all the voles casl for President of the United" States in the Elec-
toral College, and on the 4th of March. 1881, was installed in the duties
of his high office.
The grim asperities of conflict had already smoothed their
"wrinkled front." The new President himself had said : " If there
ever was a people on this earth who had reason to be tired and weary
to the bone and heart of political contention, the bitterness of party
malice, and all the evils that can be suffered from partisanship, it is
this afflicted American people." And the people were tired of it all,
" to the bone and heart." The repose and quiet which followed the
contest were the verdict of universal acquiescence. The chasm which
divided the people was rapidly closing, making a smooth and com-
mon level for all to stand on.
The soul of the chief elect was full of the grandeur of this consum-
mation. In Ids inaugural address he predicts that it will surely come.
He appeals to the people with the eloquence of tender entreaty:
" Why should it not be now?" Let me recall what he says in this
connection, right here:
' As countrymen, we do not differ in our judgment concerning
the controversies of past generations, and fifty years hence our children
will not be divided in their opinions concerning our controversies.
They will surely bless their fathers and their fathers' God that the
Union was preserved, that slavery was overthrown, and that both races
were made equal before the law. * We may hasten or we may retard,
but we cannot prevent final reconciliation. Is it not possible for us
now to make a truce with time by anticipating and accepting its inevi-
table verdict? Enterprises of highest importance to our moral and
material well-being invite us and offer ample scope for the employment
of our best powers. Let all our people, leaving behind them the bat-
tlefields of dead issues, move forward, and in the strength of liberty
and restored union, win the grander victories of peace."
Noble words! inspiration of the spirit of peace which hovers
over the mounds where molder the bones of slain freemen! — They
went straight to the heart of the people, because the people were ready
for the day " of honorable reconciliation and peace." And the people
throughout the land were happy and contented. They accepted the
inauguration of Mr. Garfield as the completion of the civil revolution
which followed upon the revolution of arms, and as the commencement
of the era of perfect pacification. The President had proclaimed himself
the apostle of this new Union, and all honored him for it, and all
trusted him.
No, not all. — History is tragedy ; the characters, peoples ;— the
motive power of the action, the spirits of good and evil, out of the con-
flict of which the fate of the actors evolves itself. An infatuation born
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of tlif spirits of evil which destroy hut buil i i p, possesses the
brain ami faculty of a being ol Mesh and blood irselves, with feet
to walk uj)oii erect in tin image ■?' ' blasphemy I"
and arms and hands to do his wicked will: an infatuation to
1 the Presidenl of the United States in times of perfect peace He
follows the doomed man, like his destiny. He is diabolical, colli and re-
lentless as fate. He sees ins victim his home where he is
happy, making others hap] oi h for the niomenl turns him
from his |>ui'pose. Sophistry of the fiend! He is toying with lus
prey. He relax 'S nol hi;- ferr sign; heouly defers its i sedition.
He sees the doomed ins i.;- devotions in the house of God, and
thinks I [ do il then. Bui no, the hour has not yet come. The
dark shadow of destiny lurked bin ti k not ; but it never wavered in
I I day came I i reed in Heaven. The mortal
pari of James A. ( iarfield was doomed to martyrdom and death.
Two acts mi the triology of the nation's trials have been cefncluded.
The first, tin conflict of blood, ended with the death of Abraham
Lincoln. The second, the strife of the passions, closed on the nume-
ration of ( Iarfield. The t bird, the < xpiation, b< gins wit h the sacri-
fice of (he aj tost ie of peace, whose soul had 1 ome the incarnation of
t lie spirit of a better future. " The stars bail -aid it." Twice the angels
of mercy palsied the murderous hand; twice the consci »us power
of innocent and noble ma il awed the ••< ward from his aim. But
i i was nol to be. .\ third time t lie spirits ol evil move their wretched
instrument to his dark design. The victim is wholly unconscious of
theshadoM at his side. His soul is elated with the joy of supreme
happiness. Hi lias rendered well the first duties of bis high call. The
ds of a harvest of peace and plenty had n sown. Garfield fell
himself tin '■ hief Magistrate of a happy and united people. He sur-
veys his work and sees that it is good, and he rejoices in it. He seeks
respite from his labors the father and the husband claim their natural
due- He is on his way from the halls of power to enjoy his peace in
the shrine of domestic lovi . At that fatal i station, the cares of
government behind him, the consciousness of duty well done with
him, the prospect of naught bill what is good and beautiful before him.
the Presidenl of the United Mali's had reached the height of human
happiness and glorv.
Alas!
" i in ■ -• ..is <ii i unulge what the\ havi
iiini.xed with grief has heaven
I is joys on morta
in l In' n ion irnt of this supreme consummation of t he toils of a li f'e,
t iic dark shadow of evil al his side became the avenging Nemesis of
Fate, jealous of the happiness of man. The "unexpected" happened.
Out of the i lear sky of that bright and peaceful second of July fell the
thunderbolt. The assassin-instrumenl fulfilled his awful mission.
By noon of that ever memorable day the lightning messenger had
spread the sad news over the civilized world: "The President of the
United States has been shot.
Consternation filled the hearts of men and pallor blanched their
cheeks. Was it treason ? Was it conspiracy? Was it domestic broil ?
Thank God, no! [t was the act of a madman; and by its fruits we shall
know it : the decree of a Providence working out after its own inscrut-
able manner the destiny of nations. " The blood of the martyr is the
ITXKLWl. CEKEMOiMES.
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• i -i I of .in- church." • mi the drenched grave- of battlefields bloom In
attributes of a great and free people.
Deatli was nut instantaneous. Tl tint lingered between hfeand
deatli fo ■ nt, i: I i an<l painful days. Let u- draw ;i veil over
that weary struggle, it almost made one " waver in his faith" that
the prayers of a nation availed naught; that fortitude and patience
and resignation availed uaughl ; that love and devotion availed naught,
Agon.} and sutfering wen- not even spared ; yea, they seen led to over-
till the fullest i i of woe thai human tlesh ran bear. Ii shrunk
and wasted, and > day ; but the spirit kepi its throne
in all the era mi. ur of divine descent . cannot understand how I am
so weak, when I look so w continued to waste and wear away,
under the very bands of ministering love, tii! nothing remained hut
tin' (•(•arse outer frame of " m rial coil" through which flowed no
longer blood enough le heart within: then the pirh too
ii - flight , and the sacrifice was omplete.
Tho President w; tl i id b; the assassin's bullet ! and
nation is in tears ! Sorrow (or tl dead i hallow > lympathy with
the living ; a loving husband, a nobli Ll er. a faith fid son, lies in death,
lost to his dear ones because he was President oflhe i nitcd Stai
That is the crime for which he died .; of Destiny, pardon us in
our ignorance if we understand not tin fitness oj th\ decree!
And the people feel that he died for them, and so they mourn and
ixnioi- him, and make amends to his b< n
James A brain Garfield was an extraordinary man, oi extraordin-
ary career ; and fate, t hunt: h cruel, ined true to him to the last,
exl raordinary in Ins cleat h.
Heroes have lived and died in all ages; ureal and good men have
gone before, whose work still abides and bears fruit; excellin 'liius
and intellect have reared pre-eminent and lasting monuments ere
this; bul the annals of recorded time furnish no parallel, so compre-
hensive, so rounded and complete as the life and death of President
( iarfield.
Poets will exalt, and statesmen, historians and philosophers pause
to moralize on this singular life, and still more singular end, Ion-
after the generation which witnesses his de if h shall have passed away.
Garfield's life is the epitome of the struggle of mankind.
Pie came into the world with nothing but the privileges and
attributes which he brought from his Creator. He leu it at the top-
most round ol human -lory --a character moulded to perfection in the
school of adversity through which he attained bis eminence.
It becomes a part of my task, even at the risk of wearying you,
not, 1 hope by the subject, by ! fear by my inability lode it justice,
to review as briefly as I can the main incidents in the life and services
of the honored dead to whose mortal remains we are now offering the
last sail tribute of recognition and respect.
.lames Abram Garfield was horn on the P'th o December, 1881, in
the township of Orange, Cuyahoga county, Northeastern Ohio.
father, Abram Garfield, bought eighty acres of uncleared land in the
midst of a forest, miles away from the habitations of men. On this
he erected a log hut, about twenty by thirty feet, of most primitive
simplicity. Such was the birth-place of the President whose death the
people mourn to-day, whose memory is honored by the world.
The family consisted of six: the parents and four children. When
James was two years old the father died and left the mother with four
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orphaned children, the oldesl of which, Thomas, was about nine years
old. The eighty acres of land had not been paid for in full. The
mother sold fifty to get out of debt This was the beginning. It is
as memorable for the sacrifice which turned it onward and upward as
for its lowliness. The widow knew privation and poverty were her
lot and the lot of her elder children. Eliza Ballou, still living,
mother of Garfield, is of the family of a heroic and gifted Huguenot
who Med from France after' the revocation <>\' the- edict of Nantes.
Her love and her hopes centered in her youngest son. He at least
shall he a man among civilized men. He must be lifted out of the
stagnation of isolated life to a sphere of action where prizes are gained
and victories achieved. The elder brother gave himself up to this
sweet fancy and offered himself that James might go forward. This
was the sacrifice. (1heerfully be followed Ids humble lot. He was
coi dent to be a toiler, "a hewer of wood and drawer of water," if only
his younger brother could befitted for a better destiny.
That is the most instructive period of the deceased's career which
commenced when his brother led him by the hand to the country
school-house, and ended when, at the age of twenty-five years, he grad-
uated at Williams College. He worked bis way through poverty and
privation, hut the end was ever clear to his mind. The struggle of to-
day gave momentum to the effort of to-morrow. ' ( 'haracter is a per-
fect ly educated will," some one has said. I p to the age of sixteen or
seventeen years, Garfield showed nothing extraordinary in his being
except that independence and individuality of will without which no
one ever became great. But his application had been desultory and his
pursuits unsteady. A strange fancy possessed him to adopt a seafaring
life. It must have been the outgrowth of that indefinite yearning
which impels great souls in that transition struggle from the vagaries
of youth to the concentration of their faculties on some settled purpose.
It ended by his becoming a canal-boat driver, of which he was cured
by an accident, which so nearly cost him his life, that bis escape seemed
a miracle to him. He returned to his mother, whom he found, in the
silence of night, offering prayers by the fire-light for her wandering
son. Prom that moment his character was formed; his "will was
perfectly educated ;" he knew exactly what he wanted, and to resolve
was to succeed. He set his heart on graduating in some Eastern
college. He believed in thorough education as the great eivilizer of
nations and t he maker of men. He had heard or read that Wellington
said, the battleof Waterloo was planned in the shades of Eton College.
The reasons he gave for selecting an Eastern college are characteristic:
" Having always lived in the West. I think it will make me more lib-
eral, both in my religious and general views and sentiments, to go into
a new circle where I shall he under new influences."
How he paid bis way is known to all ; partly by aid of kind friends,
partly by the earnings of his labor at odd hours, and serving as a jani-
tor at the college.
In 1856, after his graduation, he became teacher of Latin and
Greek at Hiram Institute. He soon became Principal, and while so
occupied, in 1858, married the noble woman who is to-day the nation's
widow: all her greatness and glory and happiness shrunk into the
cold and withered form of a murdered husband.
At Hiram Institute, Garfield laid the foundation for that tratory
which gave him such readiness and command on all occasions. Pie
lectured to the school extemporaneously several times every week on
historic, literary, or scientific subjects. Sonic time before this he had
written to a brother teacher:
" Tell me, Burke, do you not feel a spirit stirring within you that
longs to know, to do, and to dare? t<» hold converse with the great
world of thought, and hold before you some high and noble object to
which the vigor of your mind and the strength of your arm may be
given? Do you not have longings such as these which you breathe to
no one, and which you feel must be heeded, or you will pass through
life unsatisfied and regretful? I am sure you have these, and they
will forever cling around your heart until you obey their mandate.
They are the voices of that nature which God has given you, and
which when obeyed, will bless you and your fellow-men."
A man so gifted by nature ami so perfected by stud \ and reflec-
tion, could not content himself with the professor's chair. The open-
ing ambition of his life was accomplished ; he was armed and equipped
for the real struggle in which honor and distinction are won. The
second period of his life lie entered with an even chance ami soon dis-
tanced competition.
In 1859 he was elected a member of tin- State Senate of Ohio.
When Lincoln's call for seventy-five thousand men was read, in (lie
midst of clamor and confusion, he jumped to his feet and moved that
twenty thousand troops and three million dollars he voted as the quota
of Ohio. I refer to this to show a characteristic of his mind : the fac-
ulty lo see and do the right thing at the right time, which is genius.
He rose with every occasion and mastered the situation at every turn.
While preparing for his departure with his regimen! he writes:
" I have had a curious interest in watching the process in my own
mind, by which the fabric of my life is being demolished and con-
structed to meet the new condition of affairs."
His military career was brief hut brilliant. He rose rapidly to the
rank of Major General. He had hut few opportunities ot action, but
whatever he did was done with the clearness, precision ami self-reliance
of the horn leader. There was inspiration in everything he touched The
mind's perception was clear and penetrating; the action that followed I
overwhelming and complete.
In 1863, while on duty with the armies of the North, he was elected
to Congress by the Nineteenth District of Ohio, lie did not leave the
army until satisfied, by the assurances of superior officers and the re-
quest of President Lincoln, that he could do so with honor.
On the 4th of December, 1863, betook his seat in the House of Repre-
sentatives, thirty-two years old — the youngest member of the House, as
he had been the youngest General in the army .and the youngest member
of the Ohio Legislature, after struggling twenty-live years of his life to
gain an even start with his fellow-men.
The history of his congressional life is beyond the scope of this
occasion; nor would I attempt to describe his oratory. In this, his
own generation, when, perhaps, hundreds of thousands are living who
have felt the power of his mind as it flowed a living current from his
lips, it would be folly or presumption on my part to repeat at second
hand the traditions of eye-witnesses. This I know, that clearness and
precision, and firmness never forsook him; that he acquired a confi-
dence in his own judgment which he always followed ; not because he
could not believe himself to be wrong, hut because he made it a canon
of his life's faith to please his own conscience above all other things or
persons.
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During all his timi in < iougress, lie was an advocate and leader of
that policy of reconstruction >f the Republican party, the scop< and
effect of which arc well known.
In the lieat of discussion and the passion of repartee sharp and sting-
ing wonts might sometimes cross his lips, but at the bottom of all lie
said or did was a stratum of justice and the image of liberty and equal
rights. I'ncompromising in his fealty t<> Republican ideas, he never
lost an opportunity to draw ids hearers to the beauty of peace and the
promises of reconciliation.
In lST.l, during a bitter discussion on a motion to restore Jeffer-
son Davis to the rights of cil izenship, he said :
" Mr. Speaker, I close as 1 began. Toward those men who gal-
lantly fought uson the lieid I cherish thekindest feeling. I feelasincere
reverence for the soldierly qualities they displayed on many a well-
fought battlefield ! hope the day will "come when their swords and
ours will be crossed over many a doorway of our children, who will
remember the glory of our ancestors with pride. The high qualities
displayed in thai conflict now belong to the whole nation Let them
be consecrated to the Union, and its future peace and glory. I shall
hail that consecration as a pledge and symbol of our perpetuity."
One word more on Garfield's relation to the great questions of legisla-
I t ion which engaged I he attention of < longress- ! would not be just to the
im niory of the dead if i did not recall his position on the great linan
cia! problems, from the moment he entered Congress he foresaw the
difficulties which were likely to come, and he set himself to work to master
the subject in advance. He led need it to the simplicity of maxims : "Pay
your honest debts with ' honest money ; ' paper moiiej son may issue,
but let your paper dollar be a certificate of actual value, convertible at the
pleasure of the holder into a fixed amount of 'royal coin'; 'fiat'
paper money is a delusion and a snare : the more you issue the more
you need, because the more there is of it the more worthless i(
becomes. "
Let one utterance suffice to il lust rate the strength of his convictions
on this subject, tie had been absent in Europe. The Republican
party of Ohio had been swept into " the Greenback current," and had
adopted a platform looking to the payment of bonds in greenbacks. He
was told that there was no stemming the torrent. An indiscreet word
might cost him the nomination. He returned to Ohio, attended a re-
ception and was called to make a speech. And he said :
"Much as 1 value your opinions, 1 here denounce this theory that
has worked its way into this State as dishonest, unwise and unpatri-
otic-; and if I were offered a nomination and election for my natural
i lite, from this district, on tins platform,! should spurn it. If you
should ever raise the question of renominating me, let it be under-
stood, you can have my services only on the ground of the honest
payment of this debt and these bonds, in coin, according to the letter
! and spirit of the contract."
In person the deceased is described as a model of perfect manhood,
of commanding stature and majestic mien, strong in repose, vehe-
ment in action. I lis moral nature was lofty as his intellect was grand.
The grasp of his hand was strong and his heart was warm. His
domestic life was pure and holy. He revered his mother with the
devotion of a faith ; he loved her not as the child loves the parent, but
; the parent the child; for in the course of years he had become the
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stronger, aud she was his care as lie liad been tier's. Hi- household
was simplicity and faith and confidence and love.
Im<> small as into great things, li«' carried ihe magnetism of
genius and the presence of in-pi rat ion. !i is that which has electrified
the people of his country. This universal outpouring of sympathy and
mourning : this grief so deep, so real, thai men feel il bul speak it not :
this spontaneous consecration in fifty million human hearts to ;i fame
and a love and a glory, hallowed and undying is it a false sentiment,
a fancy of the moment? No: it is real as it will he everlasting. It
conn-- not from us alone: it springs from our hearts in response to (he
divinity that radiates from the manifestations of a soul grand in all
the attributes which make man God-like.
1 lis st range, eventful life, with it - s( niggles, its purities, its devotion ,
its success, and it- sacrifice, is a national possession and a national
heritage. May its teachings lie also a national blessing.
It remains for us to make it so.
The President died because his mission wa- Peace. Let the object
of the a --a -si u be thwarted. By the memory of your sacred dead, con-
secrate yourselves to that Peace which he promised : Ihe new [~nion
which ho foresaw: the new destiny of a reunited people.
And when it is attained, let the Xation rear her monument to
II irmony and Concord; and on it inscribe in letter? of everlasting gold :
"Sprung from the blood of the predestined James Abrani Garfield,
martyr President. Accursed be the generation that forgets the sacri-
fice! This is the sentence pronounced by the justice of bis count ry I"
The closing sentence was spoken with a power ami energy that
elicited the spontaneous applause of the en t ire audience.
The President then announced a Pkwki; by the Rev. James K.
Gutheim, the well-known and learned Rabbi of Temple Sinai.
The Prayer, uttered in his deep tones and in his usual grave, dig-
nified manner,- was characterized by the choice diction, earnest feel-
ing and clear thought that al way-, enchain the closest attention of his
hearers.
The Liedkrtafkl Singers again assembled around the organ
on the platform and sang Silcher's fine choral, the " Tribute to the
Dead,'' beginning :
•• 1 11 silence sleeps i li ■ Hero.
The sweetness and perfect harmony of t he voices, and the admira-
ble manner in which the most delicate passages of the scon' were
rendered — so toned down as to make the combined notes sound as
one long-drawn, gentle sigh — were worthy of the highest com-
mendation.
In the absence from the city of the Right Rev. Bishop F. H.
Leray, of the Catholic Church, who had been announced to pronounce
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the Benediction, the Rev. Dr. Palmer officiated. And then the assem-
bly slowly dispersed.
Long ere the ceremonies terminated, the shades of night had gath-
ered, and the Hall was illuminated by the brilliant sunlights in the
centre of the lofty ceiling. They had often -hone upon bright scenes of
gaiety and amusement, and such gorgeous pageants as no city but
New Orleans, in the carnival season, places before hosts of visitors.
They never shone, however, upon a more grandly impressive scene, or
one better exhibiting the people of the Crescent City in their nobler
phase- of genuine manly feeling, — simple and unaffected— true and
earnest- and the more worthy of admiration and respect from this
very simplicity of earnestness and truth.
ON THE R1YKK
One of the most original and impressive displays of the feeling
thai ruled New Orleans on "Memorial Monday" was
I hi. river's homage to iiik dead president.
This aquatic funeral pageant was an impromptu affair entirely,
emanating from the fertile brain of Captain B. D. Wood, and in
which he was earnestly assisted hv Captain vVm. McKay, of the Tug-
boat W. M. W I.
The idea, although suggested only at half past 10 o'clock A. M. ,
was carried through with a rapidity and precision which will ever
reflect honor upon all concerned in it. The W. M. Wood lay at the
foot of Julia street, and immediately commenced signalling with the
long and short whistles usually resorted to for the calling of any tug
boat when needed.
In less than thirty minutes after the signalling, the tug boat8
N- M. Jones, Maud Wilmot, Charlie Wood, Fern, Wasp, and Mag"
nolia lay in front of the commodore of the line — the W. M. Wood — in
response to the several calls.
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Committees were in readiness to bedeck the Tugs appropriately for
the occasion. All seemed imbued with the solemnity of the event,
and never a word of levity nor a jesting glance was heard or seen
during the time the men were assisting in draping their boats.
Although under no discipline nor orders whatever, each Captain
and crew vied with the others in originality of adornment, while all
displayed a willingness truly remarkable.
At half past 1 o'clock a loud whistle from the W. M. Wood pro-
claimed that all was in readiness.
Each boat at once backed out from her moorings, and a general
rush ensued as each Tug steamed out and headed for Morgan's Ferry,
the point agreed upon for the procession to start from.
It was a sight long to be remembered by all who witnessed this
start. The river was roused into myriads of waves by these powerful
motors, as they plowed along its surface, giving it an appearance of a
" boor," such as is occasionally seen on the Hoogly or Ganges, or of a
sea when ruffled by a sharp breeze, rather than the customary placid
waters of the Mississippi.
In a few seconds the Tugs steamed into line, each boat passing a
rope from her stern to the one behind. Then, away they started up
stream, a distance of fifty feet apart from each other, in the following-
order :
The W. M. Wood, Cant. Win. McKay ;
The N. M. Jones, Cap't. H. McNealy :
TheMaiid Wilmot, Capt. Robert Piant ;
The Charlie Wood, Capt. Wni. Spence ;
The Fern, Capt. John Davis ;
The Wasp, ('apt. M. Mclves ;
The Magnolia, Capt. L. McNealy.
Upon the top of the pilot house of the Commodore, W. M. Wood,
was a bier formed of cross-piece-; in the shape of a huge wood-horse,
supporting a coffin appropriately draped and fe-<tooued. Between the
huge giided horns in front, was a black cross, while around the
usually bright polished brass rails was a prolific display of black and
white drapery.
The Fern had her pilot house tastefully festooned, and her smoke-
stacks and stays were adorned with bows and streamers.
Around the edges of the Charlie Wood's pilot house was seen black
and white drapery in front and on the side-.
The red horns of the Magnolia were hung with black and white,
as were also her smoke stacks and pilot house.
The Wasp displayed a flag with black stripes and stars on a white
ground, and the usual drapery around pilot house and knee brace.
The X. M Jones and the Wilmot were neatly hung with festoons,
bows and streamers.
As the boats neared Canal street, the W. M. Wood sounded her
whistle, which was taken up by all the other Tugs simultaneously,
creating a weird and moaning sound, that made one's flesh crawl to
hear. At times the chorus of whistles was low and mournful ; then it
would swell to a degree almost deafening; and again subdued to a
wailing tone that reminded one of the sighing of the winds in the lull
of a great tempeet-
So startling was this strange concert of sounds, that the echoes
brought crowds of people to the river front, all eager to learn the
cause.
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Immediately after passing Canal street,, a signal was run through
the entire line of shipping lying at the wharves ; and as the weird pro-
cession plowed its way up the river, every vessel, whether foreign or
otherwise, dipped their pennants and tolled their bells.
After reaching the Elevator the Tugs swung around in a semi-
circle and returned t<> Canal street, where they disbanded.
All who witnessed this remarkable pageant on the water were
impressed with its novelty and grace, and its perfect adaptation to the
desired purpose.
AT LAFAYETTE SQUARE.
Despite the lateness of the hour at which the Procession terminated
its march, and the unfavorable aspect of the weather as the day drew
to a close, several thousands of spectators gathered around the platform
erected at Lafayette Square, on South street, opposite the First Pres-
byterian Church, under the auspices of ex-Sheriff Thos. H. Handy
and Mr. R. H. Bartley.
The platform was tastefully draped in mourning, and there was an
abundance of chairs for the accommodation of the numerous ladies
and gentlemen who assembled to listen to the speeches. A fine band
was also present.
Ere long, the torch-lights around the stand were aflame, and Mr.
Handy, as President of the meeting, introduced the Rev. Dr. Thos.
R. Markham to open the proceedings with prayer.
In fervent terms, Dr. Markham implored that the spirit of religious
submission might descend upon the bereaved mother, wife and
children of the dead President to console them in their desolation ; and
that the lessons with which the national calamity was fraught, might be
taken to heart by the people of New Orleans.
The Band played Wallace's beautiful composition, "Sweet Spirit
hear my Prayer."
saLOBamamr-
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Mr. Handy then read the following list of
vice presidents:
Gov. L. A. Wiltz,
Gen. F. N. Ogden,
Gen. W. L. McMillen,
Hon. John Fitzpatrick,
Hon. G. Delamore,
Hon. J. V. Guillotte,
Hon. B. T. Walshe,
Hon. P Mealey,
Hon. W. E. Huger,
Hon. Wm. Fagan,
Col. Jos. Collins,
Dr. Thos. Campbell,
Capt. Frank McElroy,
M. A. Dauphin,
Jas. D. Coleman,
Rev. J. K. Gutheim,
Rev. J. Moynihan,
1. N. Marks
Jno. D. Gaines,
Tim. O'-Neil,
Wm. Salomon,
Thos. C. W. Ellis,
Jos. A. Walker,
Geo. Nicholson,
Jno. Janney,
P. B. Pabst,
Thos. O'Neil,
\V. G. Boy land,
Wm. Walshe,
M. J. Sheehan,
B. C. Woods,
H. P. Phillips,
Prieur Roach,
J Feiteg,
D. M. Brosnan,
Win. H. Bell,
G. A. Schneidau,
Richard Sinnott,
Chas. Bush,
John Hawkins,
T. C. Sporl,
Alexander Smith,
Paul Haller,
Lieut. Gov. S. D. McEnery,
Ex-Gov. F. T. Nicholls,
Col. Louis Bush,
Hon. Allen Jumel,
Hon. Will. A. Strong,
Hon. A. L. Tissot,
Hon. W. H. Rogers.
Col. Jack Wharton,
Col. C. H. Allen,
Col- J. (). Landry,
Col. R. Richardson,
Wm. McQuoid,
Ex-Mayor I. W. .Tatton,
Hon. Jno. McEnery,
Hon. Edwin Harris,
Rev. T. B. Markham,
Dr. D. C. Holliday,
Dr. J. F. Salomon,
Wm.fB. Schmidt,
F. M. Zeigler,
Jno J. O'Brien,
O. N. Ogden,
Jno. Coleman,
Jos. A. Aiken,
Robert H. Bartlev,
G. Folger,
A. Luria,
B. C. Elliott,
John Carey,
Wm. Henry,
Eugene May,
E. L. Bower,
John Schellang,
Edgar Leche,
Louis H. Pilie,
Thos. Reynolds,
John O. McLean,
John C- Donovan,
Wm. Bosworth,
Joseph Zeigler,
Paul Gelpi,
Joseph P. Cunes,
Wm. Gabler.
And Secretaries: W. G. Boyland and D. Rosenburg.
The following Committee on Resolutions was then appointed :
Hon. Wm. O. Rogers, Superintendent City Schools, Chairman ;
Dr. D. C. Holliday, Jas. D. Coleman, Jno. J. O'Brien, Wm. McQuoid,
B. C. Elliott, and Thos. C. W. Ellis.
Pending the report of the Committee, Mr. Handy introduced Col.
Jack Wharton, the popular U. S. Marshal, who was cordially
received.
Col. Wharton said :
' He was by no means prepared to deliver an address suitable to
the occasion, but was there only as one of the fifty millions of American
people to express his die], grief at the death of the great man whom
he revered, and who had but so lately gone to rest, During the seventy
long days of his illness the American people trod lightly and the
wheels of Government ran as smoothly as if they had been covered
with velvet, lest they should disturb' the strong but gentle sufferer
who lay in the White House wounded by the bullet of an assassin."
The Speaker referred to the sympathy which all felt for the family
of the President, and said " that even the great Queen of England had
not failed, in a beautiful manner that will gain her much love, to
express the regret she felt at the misfortune which had befallen
them."
"The late President had been put in the Executive chair bv the
people, but he was the representative of Cod, by whom he" was
endowed and blessed. Garfield was great in peace, ureat in war, but
he was to-day greater still in the hearts of the American people."
"There is a movement on loot to erect a monument to President
Garfield. While the speaker favored the purpose, he thought that
while the present generation lives Garfield needs no monument, as he
will live in the hearts of the people, and his name will never be
forgotten."
' The procession was far grander than he had dreamed of, and its
unexpected length had caused the time fixed for the opening of the
meeting to be postponed several hours. He therefore asked to be allowed
to close with the assurance that his heart was with the audience in
any expression of grief which they might make. He would suggest,
however, that all should bow quietly in submission to the will of Him
who held the waters and the earth in His hand to do with them what
he would."
Hearty applause greeted this impromptu address, and the Band
played Pleyel's hymn.
Hon. Mr. Rogers, Chairman of Committee, then read the following
RESOLUTIONS .*
The Citizens of New Orleans, assembled on this occasion in obedi-
ence to the proclamations of the President of the United States, the
Governor of this Commonwealth, and the Mayor of the City, " to
render alike the tribute of sorrowful submission to the will of Almighty
Cod, and reverence and love for the memory and character of our late
Chief Magistrate," do solemnly resolve:
That we humbly and reverently acknowledge the hand of God in
the affliction which has overtaken our land, in a time of public oeace
and prosperity, in the enjoyment of personal rights common to all
citizens ol the Republic, in the discharge of that high office to which he
had been elected by the voice of the people, James A. Garfield was shot
by an assassin, and, after weeks of patient and heroic suffering, in
which he became still more endeared to the country, surrendered his
spirit to God who gave it. In the general sorrow which this death,
under circumstances so appalling, has occasioned, it becomes a people
whose God is the Lord to acknowledge His power and bow in submis-
sion to His chastening hand.
Resolved, That standing in the shadow of this great national
bereavement, surrounded by the tokens of general grief, our buildings
draped with the emblems of mourning and the sounds of labor hushed
in our streets — we, who are assembled here as in the presence of the
dead, disregarding all past differences and political distinctions, unite
in a tribute of respect to the memory of our deceased President. In his
personal history he illustrated the spirit and the possibilities of our free
institutions. In his private life and public service he adorned the
highest rank of American citizenship. In the consecration of his
talents, his statesmanship, and tiie influences of bis exalted position —
to promote the happiness and prosperity of the whole country— ne was
justly honored as Hie worthy and illustrious leader ol a great people.
In his brief but eventlul career as Chief Magistrate iie so discharged
the duties of that high office as to command the respect and affection
of his countrymen and the admiration of all enlightened nations.
Resolved, That our sympathies are tendered to the family of our
deceased President. The sorrow and suffering to which the members
of that family have been subjected, during the last ten weeks of alter-
nate hopes and fears, have been viewed by us with the warmest sensi-
bility; and must ever make their future lives and condition a matter
of affectionate interest to the whole country.
Resolved, That we regard with abhorence the crime which strikes
down, in the midst of his usefulness, the man innocent of wrong, the
husband and father of a loving household, the honored President of a
happy and prosperous people; and we deplore the danger to the peace
of society and to the prosperity of our Iree institutions in the possible
spread or a spirit which makes recourse to the assassination of a public
officer the remedy for personal wrongs, real or imaginary. And in
view of the present calamity to our country and the history of the
past, we invoke for our rulers in authority the increased diffusion of
patriotism among all classes of society, the firm moral support of all
good citizens, and, above all, the protection of Divine Providence.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the
family of the deceased and to the Secretary of State of the National
Government.
The Resolutions were approved by the audience with the most
thorough unanimity.
Mr. Clark W. Besancon delivered a brief and feeling address.
He said :
" Although glittering uniforms could everywhere be seen, and
" although strains of music were heaid in all portions of the city, it
" was no gala day which had called lorth the multitude. On the coii-
•' trary, when he looked around and saw the mourning draperies on
" every house, he knew that it bespoke that there was in that house a
" portion of that grief which permeated the whole American couti-
" nent. There was no distinction of politics or race in mourning tor
'■ the dead President. The Procession to-day was not one or joy ltd
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" hearts, but one in which all races and colors joined to show how
" deeply they felt the national loss The whole community carry in
" their hearts the sorrow which is inexpressible. The loss which the
" people have been called upon to meet is indeed unbearable, but it
" was the duty of all to bow their heads in humility and say: 'May
'• the Lord's will be done!' "
President Handy next introduced that very eloquent and graceful
speaker, the Hon. E. John Elms, M. C He addressed the audience
as follows :
My Countrymen— Jt is meet and right that your added presence
should swell the column of that mourning host that, with crape-clad
garments and bowed heads, lias this day borne the mortality ot James
Abrani Garfield to its final home, by the dash and throb of the inland
sea. This immense concourse, the "solemn stillness" that -all the
air" seems to "hold," these trappings of woe and the impressive
funeral pageant that this day made its mournful march through the
sable-clad streets of our great city, are eloquent and impressive voices of
that profound sympathy and sorrow that hold sway in the hearts of
fifty millions of Americans.
This day is indeed a " Sabbath of sorrow " in all the length and
breadth of our common country, because he, who but six short months
ago, amid acclamations of rejoicing, and bearing upon his brow the
anointing impress of the American hand, through triumphal arches and
over roadways of garlands, and amid music and pomp and circum-
stances such as never united to Kiace the glory of Olympian victor or
Roman conqueror, was borne to the Chiel Magistracy ot the Republic,
— is to-day no more on earth.
Cold is the splendid brain, silent the witchery of the magnetic
tongue, still is the good, warm, generous heart, and the magniticent
manhood, which in port and stature was fitting temple for the indwell-
ing of the lolty mind and heroic soul, is a darkened and shattered ruin,
and swiftly mouldering to the kindred dust.
The morning sun which uprose above his newly-born administra-
tion and seemed to flood the continent with golden promise of peace
and union and prosperity, has been quenched as swiftly and suddenly
as the gleam of the fugitive meteor. At his post of duty, with firm hand
upon the wheel and guiding with voice ana arm and power the desti-
nies of our Republic,— in a moment of perfect calm,— when sky and
sun and sea seemed but one great angel smile of peace, and held
nowhere a token of danger,— lie is stricken down by the hand of an
assassin.
A startled nation feels the shock to its heart's core. Every Amer-
ican worthy to be a citizen of the Republic realizes that a blow has
been struck, not alone at a life that should have been held sacred, but
at the very life of our institutions; and fifty millions of people gather-
ing around his couch with loving sympathy and earnest prayers, and
all that mortal aid could avail, watched his brave struggle for life with
fluctuations of hope and fear. In the first hours of the tragedy he said
to the surgeon, "Well, Doctor, what of my case?" " ¥ou have a
chance," said the surgeon. " Well, we will take that chance," cheerily
responded the stricken President. And by his heroic bearing, his
patience in suffering, the calm brave way in which he faced the gath-
ering darkness, he drew to himself the affection and tender sympathy
of the whole world.
To-day a civilized world mourns his loss. Sectional animosities are
buried in his grave. Political differences are forgotten. Among the
sincerest mourners above Garfield's grave are those who fronted him in
the dread array of battle. I see those grand heroes of the South here
before me ; I saw them to-day moving with measured tread in the
solemn funeral march ; I have heard them plead from the pulpit in
prayers white-winged with faith for the stricken President; I have
heard them teach their little ones to add to their nightly prayers a new
petition for the life of the heroic sufferer. — And the great party that
disagreed with his political views and cast its mighty vote against
him, in all of its deliverances and utterances and through all its or-
gans, has uttered but the voice of tender sympathy ami affectionate
respect above his suffering couch, and now, above his tear moistened
grave.
The men of America mourn him because they could but admire
the cultivated mind, the enlightened soul, the great acquirements, the
manly courage, the eloquent tongue, the kindly heart of the martyred
President. The women of the land weep for him who was the devoted
son, the tender, faithful, confiding husband and father. The business
interests of the Union mourn him because they felt safe and secure in
his hands. Commerce mourns him with furled sails and pennants
trailing at half-mast, while the voice of winds and waves seem sobbing
and sighing their wordless woe. Labor mourns him and stands idle
to-day in all her factories and furnaces, and with "hard, rough hands"
wipes away the grief drops that flow for him who was the friend of
American labor. Agriculture hears voices of weeping amid the reapers
and turns tear-blinded away from the golden fields of promise to add
the burden of her sorrow to the general woe. And away across the seas
from every land come the testimonials of sorrow and sympathy from
nations and peoples in which sovereign and peasant alike unite. Upon
his lifeless breast is placed in commingled love the immortelle of the
laborer and the garlanded wreath of the sovereign.
In the limited time at my disposal, I cannot enter into the details
of the life of the dead Chief Magistrate. But there are some lessons
which it teaches, and briefly I propose that we gather of these for our
guidance and instruction.
Garfield was sprung from the people. At his birth on the frontier
of the Republic, poverty presided, and toil welcomed him to life.
Without advantages of wealth, without other aid than the guidance
and counsel of a true, good mother, he began the battle with the world.
Step by step, from the meagre learning of the frontier school-house to
the boy upon the canal boat, — from the academy whither he worked
his own way to the college that proudly claims to be his alma mater, —
from the professorship of the college where once he was a pupil to the
seat in the Senate of his native State, — from thence to the rank of
Major General in the volunteer armies of the Union, — from thence to
a seat in the lower House of Congress, where he gave to his State
eighteen years of service; — from thence to the Senate of the United
States, and from thence to the Chief Magistracy of the Republic,
Garfield fought his way patiently and courageously.
If he possessed genius it was simply the capacity for labor ami the
gift of perseverance. Perhaps it was in review of his own strange
career, from the tow-path boy at $10 per month to the Presidency, that
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in a speech lie once said, " I feel a profounder reverence for a boy than
for a man. I never met a ragged boy on the street without feeling that
I owe him a salute for the possiblities that may be buttoned up under
his jacket."
Here, then, is one valuable lesson from the life that is just closed.
It is : that labor and perseverance are the true touchstones of success ;
and that with these the poorest and humblest boy of the Republic may
arise to honorable and useful places, and win fame and name that will
give him honor while he lives and a people's sorrow when he dies.
Sprung from the paople, Gin. G-iriiald never forgot the people.
The source and secret of his long and unbroken successes was his close
sympathy with his people. He appealed directly to the popular heart
and carried that heart with him. He never courted politicians, nor
leaned for aid upon them. Nor was his the unreal, shadowy fame that
in this day is so often made by newspaper correspondents. He looked
for support directly to the true source of power, the hearts and the con-
fidence of the people, and he was true to his people and they were true
to him. Successes and accumulated honors did not change him.
Full of humanity, of quick and generous sympathies, preserving
fresh and unalloyed in his heart the home love and the domestic vir-
tues, it was not wonderful that he drew the hearts of the people after
him. In the hour of his supreme triumph, just when the sonorous
tones of his voice had rung his inaugural address in the ears and hearts
of assembled thousands, and his lips had just pressed the seal of his soul
upon the oath of his high office, he turned away from the plaudits of
the tens of thousands, from the outstretched hands of Chief Justices
and Senators, and diplomatists and ex-Presidents, to kiss the noble old
mother that bore him, and the Spartan woman who was the crown and
glory of his life and the mother of his children. The intense humanity
of the man was always above the office.
»So in the very hour of his assassination, and when, as he supposed,
life was fast ebbing away, he forgot himself in his thoughts of
home, and wife, and children, and directed how the fateful telegram
should be worded that was to inform and yet not rudely shock the
woman whom he loved. And when she came, nerving herself to meet
him, it was his voice, weakened by suffering, but still tender and
cheerful, that said : " Don't cry, sweetheart, we will pull through this
trouble all right."
Words like these, uttered at such a time, smote upon'the very heart-
chords of his countrymen and thrilled them to tender, tearful sym-
pathy with the loving and great-hearted sufferer.
President Garfield, in these traits of his character, has taught us
two valuable lessons. He has impressed the value and virtues of the
domestic affections, and taught us that these should be kept pure and
undented; and also that the man who would have the people true to
him, must always be true to the people, and look directly to them as
the only legitimate source of power.
Although a strong partisan in his feelings he was capable of lofty
magnanimity. Elected to the United States Senate in place of the
venerable and gifted Imurman, he paid to his distinguished predecessor
and opponent a tribute of the loftiest praise. His friendships in the
iiouse of Representatives were not governed by party, creed orsectional
lines. His person il relations were close and intimate with men who
had fought him in war ami disagreed with him in peace. His heart
was quick to do a kindly act.
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From my own personal association with him during six years of
public service, I recur with melancholy pleasure to an instance of the
generous and courtly way in which he could do a kindness. There
was in the Post Office Department at Washington a clerk, a kindly,
chivalrous man, who unfortunately became intoxicated one day, and
in consequence was dismissed from Ins post. I felt a strong interest in
the young man, both for his own merits and because of a sweet girl
whom he had just married, whose family were among the earliest of
my friends in Washington. He was, besides, theson of a noble Confed-
erate soldier wdio met his fate beneath the battle flag of the South as he
led his gallant Carolina regiment in the fiercest of the fray at Manas-
sas. And so my young friend and his devoted young wife came and
asked me to intercede with the Postmaster General that he might be
reinstated. More than willing to make the effort, I yet knew that I
could accomplish but little without strong- Republican influence to aid
me. And so I drew up the requisite petition and signed it, and cross-
ing the hall to where Gen. Garfield sat, I related all the circumstances
to him, and invoked his aid. Without a question he took the petition
from my hand and wrote:
"Apollo should not always bend his bow. If he had, what would
long since have become of me, and of you, Mr. Postmaster f Jeneral?"
'• James A. Garfield."
When I presented the petition, the Postmaster (Jeneral (it was the
kindly, genial Key, of Tennessee), read the indorsement of Gen. Gar-
field and laughingly ordered the reinstatement of my friend.
Another time,I remember to have gone to Garfield with the
request that he would make a speech on the Mississippi River Com-
mission bill. The debate was drawing to a close, and the time was lim-
ited. •' (Jeneral," said I, " I would lie glad if you would make a speech
in favor of this measure.'' "I had not thought of doing so," he replied,
" but if you can secure some time for me 1 will speak." I had secured
some fifteen minutes for some remarks 1 wished to make, but I knew
Garfield's power, and I gladly gave him my time; and so 1 told him ;
" You will be recognized next, and will have fifteen minutes." — Then
kindly taking my hand, he said, earnestly, " I am glad that there are
occasionally great questions upon which we can meet and harmonize.
Thank God, the mists are clearing away between the sections. And
when they are gone, and we see clearly, how vast will be our wonder
that we permitted prejudice and passion to blind and befog us so long."
And soon he arose and spoke with such tremendous power that he
carried largely more than half the House with him.
The thought that he then expressed to me in life seems to have
been realized in his death. Thank God, the mists are clearing. In his
grave, sectionalism seems this day to be buried. And for this great
boon, for which the patriot heart has so long prayed, perhaps this sac-
rifice, stupendous though it be, was needed. — There was a time of danger
once in Pome, so runs the old Latin legend, when a great, yawning
gulf, opening in the Forum, threatened to engulf and destroy the Eter-
nal ( !ity ; and the frightened priests were told by the vengeful gods that
it would never close until Rome's most precious treasure was thrown
into it. And so Curtius— type of patriotic devotion for all the ages-
divining that a State could hold no treasure so priceless as the life of
her bravest and most patriotic son, armed and panoplied himself in
glittering steel, and mounting the charger that was used to bear him to
the battle's front, leaped into the dark abyss; and, as if saved by this
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most glorious sacrifice, the black chasm slowly closed its hideous jaws
and Rome was saved.
More than sixty years ago, the dread gulf of sectionalism yawned by
the very altar of our country No matter, now, whose was the fault. It
appeared, it grew, it widened It brought hatreds, and strifes, and
threats, ami bitterness, and drew away the hearts of Americans from
the love and the trust of the fathers. In vain did heroes bleed, in vain
did sages warn. Finally there came war ; and over, and into this gulf,
Americans fought,and the blood of American--, shed by American hands,
was poured. A million of noble lives were offered up. Women wept their
husbands, and children mourned (heir fathers, and yet the gulf would
not close. And since the strife and the bloodshed, the gulf has re-
mained until now.— To-da\ . thank God, ti i- closed!
The warm outbur r< - pathy and love that broke from the great
heart of the .South for the stricken President, who was their enemy in
war, and whose political and theories in peace were with those
who seemed against the prejudices and sympathies of the South, has
touched the generous heart of the mighty North as it has not been
touched before. In the gloom of this common grief, the sections see
each other as they have nol seen before: and over the suffering couch
and around the tear-moistened grave of the martyred President, they
have met and realized, with the old love of our fathers warm in their
sad hearts, that thej are one: one in love, in hope, in sympathy and
destiny forever. And so i ionalism closes upon the sacred
form of the dead i resident. God grant that the sacrifice may prove
enough! God of our fatb ran t that the Union, thus reeemented,
may grow stronger and strong" . as the years roll on, and live a quick-
ening and animating pr in the heart of every American. And
if this shall be so, then will James A. Garfield's death have accom-
plished what his life to achb ve, though he wielded the
soldier's sword and wrote the statesman's law.
In his loniz" and eventful career, it would be more than strange
had Gen. Garfield made no mistakes, and been led into no errors. —
" It is human to err.1' —But let us forget, in this solemn hour, whatever
of mistakes or errors he may have committed. Let the mantle of
charity fall upon anything that may be unpleasant to remember. As
we would have our own faults forgotten, let us forget As we would
be forgiven, let us forgive. E1 is nobler to remember men's virtues and
to bury their mistakes, when they have passed away. He would have
been more or less than mortal, bad he made no mistakes. Life, with
him, was one long continued battle, is it. then, matter of wonder that
he should have worn scars ?
Gen. Garfield was not a genius in the ordinary acceptation of that
term ; but he had, what he himself pronounced the very best substi-
tute for it— the capacity to do hard work. His mind was clear and
strong. Xordid he let the keen blade of lus intellect grow dim or dull
with rust. All through the exacti rid requirements of twenty
years of public life, he was a hard student. He was accustomed to
read the classics ; and hardly a day passed in which he failed to read
from the best Greek and Latin authors. He wrote Latin verses in his
moments of leisure, and the choicest passages of Horace and Homer
and Juvenal were on his tongue. He found time, too, to devote to sci-
entific research- : arc! deli in the worship of those priests of truth
and nature who wooed from their divinity her weird secrets.
As an orator he was bold, strong, aggressive. His voice was deep
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and sonorous. It whs powerful rather than musical, and had in it
rather the ring of Vulcan's ponderous hammer than the clarion music
of Hermes. At times he was intensely emotional ; and then his voice
would deepen, and roll, and peal, like the notes of some wondrous
organ when it dashes its storm of melody along pillared aisle, and
fretted vault, and up against sculptured dome.
One scene in the House oi Representatives i.^ forever fixed upon my
memory. It impressed me then ; but since the weary weeks of his
struggle and suffering, and since Ms spirit has broken from its mutil-
ated prison house ami in forever at rest, that seem comes to me with
vivid sadness.
Garfield was doing what I am trying t<> do. He was paying a trib-
ute to a dead Senator. His heart was sorrowful, and all the tenderness
and all the pathos of his nature were aroused.
The noisy House was still i' ibers gathered about the
impassioned orator and listened with rapt interest. Then, with a far
away look in his tearful, uplifted eyes— the look of a spirit that was
brave, but yet weary of the vain strife and stormy cares of this life—
and saw by inspiration a better, purer, higher life, where peace forever
reigns and smiles — he repeated with power and pathos these lines of
Bonar ; and as he recited them a flood oi' tender emotion swept over the
House and strong men wept. The lines were these:
Beyond the smiling and the weeping,
I shall be soon ;
Beyond the waking ami the .-ioepiim.
Beyond the sowing and tiie reaping,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home !
.--weet home !
Lord, tarry not, but cunt' !
Beyond the blooming and the fadi
I shall be soon ;
Beyond the shining and the shading.
Beyond the hoping and the dreading,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest, and home !
Sweet home !
Lord, tarry not, but come !
Beyond the rising and the setting,
i shall be soon ;
Beyond the calming and the fretting,
Beyond remembering and forgetting,
I shall be soon. *
Love, rest and home !
Sweet home !
Lord, tarry not, but come !
Beyond the parting and the meeting
I shall be soon ;
Beyond the farewell and the greeting,
Beyond ihe pulse's fever beating,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest and home I
Sweet home !
Lord, tarry not, but come !
Beyond the frost-chain and the fever
1 shall be soon ;
Beyond the rock-waste and the river,
Beyond the ever and the never,
I shall be soon.
Love, rest and homel
Sweet home !
Lord, tarry not, but come !
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God grant that he has found the "love, the rest and the home "
for which his weary spirit must have sighed and longed and prayed
during those weeks when the "frost-chains" of the chill and the
parching of the fever held his mutilated body in their torturing thrall.
In his boyhood dreams he was enamored of the sea. He longed to
be a sailor. There was in its freshness and freedom, in its limitless ex-
panse, its awful solitude and in its stormy voice a something for which
his aspiring spirit longed. The counsels of Ins mother prevailed and
turned his life in another channel But his love for the sea he never
forgot; and he longed for it with unutterable desire as he lay battling
with the grim destroyer. And so they bore him with tender hands to
die by the sea — with the sighing of his early love in his ear, and its
thunderous surge and boisterous voice speaking to his struggling soul
ofth.it ocean of eternity upon whose bosom he would soon be launched,
and where storms never beat and the waves are always at peace.
And now, my countrymen, what of the future? — The inquiry will
force itself upon" each ami every one of us as to the probabilities and
possibilities of the incoming Administration. It must be a source of
infinite comfort that our institutions have passed this terrible ordeal
without ajar. In a moment of terror and darkness, sixteen years ago,
when Abraham Lincoln was stricken down by the assassin's hand, it
was the voice of him whom we this day lament, that said : "God reigns,
and the Government at Washington still lives." tSo, in the very
thought of Garfield, and in his memorable words, 1 say to you, "God
reigns, and our government will still live on." — Let us not harbor the
thought that the lives ami liberties and well being of fifty millions of
Americans are dependent upon the life or acts of any one man. Dur-
ing the ten weary weeks of Garfield's illness we governed ourselves.
Our Chief Magistrate has no power of himself. The power he wields
is not his, it is ours. He is the mere shadow and representative of the
sovereignty of Lie whole people.
It is told us by the public journals that on last Friday evening, as
the sable-clad train which bore the dead President, slowly moved away
from Washington, a gentle rain was falling, when suddenly the sun
burst through the clouds and a beautiful double rainbow formed above
and around the dome of the Capitol. — Let us accept the omen. Let us
resolve to give to the new President a cordial and warm support in all
his etlbrts to promote the public good. Let us show him that we
regard him as our President, and that we trust his patriotism and his
qualifications. Let us cultivate a broad catholic spirit of devotion to
the Union in all its unbroken and undivided majesty. Let us set our
faces sternly to a reform of those abuses, and a correction of that spoils
system which has made the existence of the assassin a possibility.
Then will we realize the omen that God wrote on the clouds when
he transformed their tears to smiles as the dead President was borne
from the scene of his labors, and the beautiful bow of hope and promise
bended its glowing and glorious arch above the dome of the National
Capitol.
This very eloquent address was frequently and warmly applauded.
The Band played the " Sweet By-and-Bye;" and Chairman
Handy came forward to state that the well known Poet Priest,
FATHER RYAN,
who had been invited, was not able to leave Ids home in Mobile, but
had sent the Committee in charge of the meeting the following tele-
graph dispatch:
Mobile, Ala , Monday, September L't'.lh.
To Messrs. Thos. Handy and Robert Bartley, Committee of Garfield Obsequies :
I regret my inability to be present at President Garfield's obsequies.
My heart is with you. Wherever in the North or South, after this day
consecrated by the grief of a continent and the world, whoever will
dare to lift a voice of sectionalism in the country will insult the beauti-
ful memory of the victim President. He will be worse than the maniac
who shot the President ; and will strike a blow at the hearts of fifty mil-
lions of people fused into one great, vast, sympathetic heart by (lie bul-
let that deprives the people of a great and good man.
Father Ryan.
"The Star Spangled Banner" was played by the band, followed by
"Hail Columbia." Then Rev. Dr. Markham pronounced a Benedic-
tion, and the assemblage was dismissed. -
And so ended the Funeral Obsequies held by the People ok
New Orleans, on Monday, September 26th, 1881, to honor the
Memory of the Marty r-PRESiDENT, James Abram Garfield.
APPENDIX.
Giving Sketches of most of the Associations, military and
civic, that appeared in the Procession on " Memorial Monday," or
that otherwise took part in the public proceedings had in New Orleans,
first in July, and then in September, 1881.
The Data for these Sketches were obtained from authentic sources.
There has been no occasion like this since the War,]when the City
of New Orleans was so admirably and so fully represented, through
her Associations of all kinds. These Sketches will therefore, it is
hoped, be of an interest appertaining to the historical, and on that
account, will be read by our children and our grandchildren.
APPENDIX.
151
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
JOSEPH A. MOWER POST, No. ].— Department of Louisiana.
Organized, April 10th, 1872. Charter granted by General Ambrosi
E. Burnside, Commander in Chief. U. S.— Roswell Miller,
Assistant Adjutant General.
The following were the
charter members of the post:
Mark Joseph, James H. Wright, W. G. James, York A. Wood-
ward, Isadore McCormaek, Charles Barnard, Fred. H. Whitaker,
John S. Nisson, H. S. Burrows, Joseph H. Lawlor, J. W. Harrison,
A. D. Woodworth, Frank Gee, and Van R. K. Hilliard.
The present officers of the post, are:
William Roy Post Commander;
Wm. S. Hamlet, Si i" ' unmander;
F. W. Gibson, Junior Vice Commander ;
J. M. Bing, Post Adjutant;
J. H. Wright, Post Quarter Master;
J. B. Ludwick Post Su
Patrick Flood, Post Chaplain ;
M. M. Fuller, Officer of tht Day;
G. W. Miller, Ojfia • Guard;
S. Dalrymple Major;
J. H. Lawlor, Quarter Master Sergei
PAST COMMANDERS :
Mark Joseph, York A. Woodward,
W. G. James, Wm. Roy, Wm. Weight.
152 APPENDIX.
Headquarters, Grand Army of the Republic, ")
No. 15 Pemberton .Square, [■
Boston, Mass., September 20, 1881. )
[General Orders No. 10.]
I >ead at Elberon ! — The mournful message, the solemn toll of bells,
the half-raised flag, the saddened countenances, speak the Nation's
sorrow for its illustrious dead. — The weeks of weary, patient suffering
are ended, and President James A. Garfield, our ( lomrade and old
companion-in-arms — the pure patriot, brave warrior, wise statesman,
noble ruler, Christian hero, — has been mustered outof our Grand Army,
to join the ranks of the invisible host above. In every home in our
broad land to-day there is one dead.
But there is no death to one whose life has been brave, and gener-
ous, and true. Though the sleeping form may moulder into dust, his
memory lives in immortal youth ; and in this hour of universal gloom
we temper our sorrow and dry our tears in the sunshine of his great
worth and bright example.
Spared from the peril of hotly contested fields, General Garfield
has fallen by the assassin's bullet; but uot till he had given to the
Republic, in the fullness of a well-rounded manhood, a life of purity,
sweetness and nobility which will stand as an example to American
youth, through unnumbered years to come.
Our tenderest sympathy and warmest love go out to the brave,
devoted wife, the aged mother, and the weeping children, in the
bereavement which we can only faintly feel and share.
It will be fitting, during the passage of the funeral cortege to the
place of final rest, that the Grand Army of the Republic, wherever
opportunity presents, should otter to act as escort or guard of honor to
the body of their late comrade.
All Officers of the < irand Army, when on duty on public occasions,
will wear crape upon the left arm during the next thirty days; colors
will be appropriately draped during the same period ami flags should
be displayed at half-mast on the day of the funeral.
By command of
GEO. S. MERRILL,
WILLIAM M. OLIN, Commander in Chief.
Adjutant General.
IN NEW ORLEANS.
On receipt of the above order in New Orleans, a meeting of Joseph
A. MOWER Post was held at their Headquarters for the purpose of
testifying their profound respect for their late Comrade, James A.
Garfield.
Col. Wm. Roy, Post Commander, presided, and appointed the fol-
lowing a Committee on Resolutions:
A- S. Badger, Chairman; Wm. Wright, J. B. Ludwick, M. M.
Fuller, O. H. Brewster, York A. Woodward, and Geo Drury, who
acted as Secretary.
They soon after presented the following report, which was unani-
mously adopted :
resolutions.
" Whereas,— The sad intelligence has reached this Post that our
Chief Magistrate has passed from earth, stricken down while in the
zenith of his fame, by the bullet of an assassin, and
MMMMiiiMy'firi»ani <iiiMiiM>dMi.iHiiiiiiiiM»iiRwii iiniin i hum r-™^ — — — rTnniMiMiiMi«w^ww«rMMni
" Whereas, — While the nation is mourning her illustrious dead, it
is meet that we should assemble and offer our humble condolence and
sympathy, and express our deep regrets for a comrade killed in the dis-
eharge of his duty; therefore be it
"Resolved, — That in the death of Gen. Jas. A.Garfield, thecountry
loses its brightest ornament and the nation one of its wisest statesmen
and noblest soldiers — As ex-soldiers, we hailed with delight his ascend-
ency to the head of the Republic, as a representative of our organiza-
tion; and it is with sincere sorrow that we behold his descent from
that exalted station to the grave ; — Be it further
"Resolved, — That, in common with the whole people of our country,
we condole with his bereaved family in the loss of one who, while
possessing all the grand attributes of a ruler, statesman and soldier,
was imbued with those finer feelings which make the husband and
father dear to his wife and children.
" And the Committee recommend that the Commander of the Post
be directed to cause to be forwarded, through the Secretary of War, to
Mrs. Garfield and family, a copy of the foregoing Resolutions, and that
the Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Press
be furnished with copies."
On the day of the Funeral Obsequies in New Orleans, a Commit-
tee of* this Post, under M. M. Fuller, Officer of the Day, formed a part
of the Third Division under Comrade, Marshal Gen. A, 8. Badger.
The Post, in charge of P. W. Gibson, Junior Vice Commander, at the
head of ('anal street, at 1 o'clock, 27 minutes and 14 seconds, (being
2 o'clock, Cleveland time, at which hour the funeral cortege there
moved), fired the first gun of a mortuary salute of twenty-one guns,
at intervals of three minutes.
THE ORGANIZATION.
It may not be inappropriate, at this time and in this place, to pre-
sent a brief sketch of an Organization, of which our martyred Pres-
ident was an honored member, he having filled the high position of
Commander-in-chief of his native State, Ohio. He was also an active
member of the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R.
The Grand Army of the Republic resembles the old Order of
Cincinnatus, with this difference: the Order of Cincinnatus was
originally composed of only the Officers of the Revolutionary Army,
while the Grand Army of the Republic is composed of ex-Union
Officers, Soldiers and Sailors, who served during the late war. The
organization comprises over one thousand Posts, with a member-
ship of over one hundred thousand, and is rapidly increasing in mem-
bers, it not only assumes to be, but is absolutely unsectarian in reli-
gion and unpartisan in politics, making only loyalty and an honorable
discharge the condition of membership. It is now well demonstrated
that the Grand Army of the Republic has never obtruded itself where
polities seemed to predominate.
The object of the Grand Army of the Republic is mainly chari-
table,— looking to the Widows and Orphans of dead comrades of the late
war. and to perpetuate the memory and history of the Nation's dead.
It also inculcates fidelity to our Government, and respect for the
Constitution and Laws, and the spread of the divine principle of
Liberty among all men.
The members of the Grand Army of the Republic have sought to
promote a fraternal feeling, as between ex-Soldiers of both Armies ; and
154 APPENDIX.
to this end, have joined heart and hand in an interchange of cour-
tesies at those beautiful services, held every year, of mutually strewing
flowers upon the graves of the American Soldiers.
HELPING HANDS.
During the dreadful yellow fever epidemic of 1878, the Joseph A.
Mower Post was untiring in its efforts to relieve the sick and desti-
tute, and its records show that upwards of 800 families were assisted by
the Organization, which disbursed $5000 for the purpose.
at rest.
Under the auspices, and through the efforts of this Post of the
G. A. R., a magnificent monument has Ween erected in the National
Cemetery at Chalmette, where so many thousands of Union Soldiers
are buried. The monument is of elegant design, and is an ornament
to the Cemetery.
The following report of the number of interments at the Cemetery, —
showing the States, number of regiments from each, and Dumber of
the dead by States or branch of service, -will be of interest :
Connecticut, 223 men, representing thirteen regiments; Indiana,
265 men, forty-three regiments; Illinois, 293 men, fifty regiments;
Iowa, 149 men, twenty-two regiments; Kentucky, twenty-two men,
eight regiments ; Kansas, three men, two regiments; Louisiana, 330
men, twenty-two regiments; Maine, 631 men, eighteen regiments;
Massachusetts, 44'i men, thirty-one regiments; Maryland, twenty-four
men, one regiment; Michigan, 226 men, six regiments; Minnesota,
fourteen men, five regiments; Missouri, 151 men, twenty-three regi-
ments; Xew Hampshire, 120 men. seven regiments; New York,
620 men, forty-four regiment.-; New Jersey, eighl men. two regiments;
Ohio, 108 men, twenty-three regiments ; Pennsylvania, forty-one men,
eight regiments; Rhode Island, sixty-nine men, four regiments;
Tennessee, fourteen men, tour regiments; Texas, nineteen men, two
regiments; Vermont, 294 men, six regiments; Wisconsin, 240 men,
twenty regiments. — Also, U. S. Army, 396 men, representing twenty-
three regiments; I". S. Colored Troops. 1670 men. eighty-three regi-
ments; U. S. Navy, 2:;:; men; Quarter .Master Department, sixty-four;
Commissioned Officers, sixty-seven; Miscellaneous, fii7. — Total of
Graves known ami marked, 6913; unknown and marked. 527'J. —
Total, 12,192.
Since these data were gathered, many additions have !>een made to
the sleepers in Chalmette Cemetery, and the total number of ex-Union
Officers, Soldiers and Sailors who are " At Rest " there, may safely he
recorded as 15,000.
lettek from secretary lincoln.
War Department, i
Washington, September 28, 1881. J
Wm. Roy. Esq., Commander Jos. A. Mower Post No. 1, G. A. R., New Orleans :
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your com-
munication of September 23d, in which you request me to transmit to
Mrs. Garfield the resolutions passed by the members of your Post upon
the death of her husband, our late President Garfield.
It will give me pleasure to be the means of informing her of this
action of your Post, and of sending to her the resolutions as requested.
I have the honor to be, very respectfullv, your obedient servant,
ROBERT T. LINCOLN.
APPENDIX. 155
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.— LOUISIANA DIVISION.
In the autumn of 1874, a number of the Louisiana survivors of the
" Army of Northeru Virginia " conceived the idea of organizing an
Association similar to one then in existence in the State of Virginia.
In consequence, a meeting was called to effect an organization, at which
were present : Major E. D. VVillett, J. H. Murray, John J. Fitzpatrick,
R. C. Black, R. McLaughlin, Jas Taylor, David Richards, John Shan-
non, and a number of others, all old soldiers who had served through-
out the struggle of tour years, under Lee and Jackson.
To show the intent and purposes of this Organization, the following
document was drawn up and numerously signed :
" We, whose names are hereunto annexed, having served in the
Army of Northern Virginia, and being desirous of preserving a
record of all from Louisiana who participated as officers and soldiers
of that organization, in the late war between the United States and
the Confederate States ; and of collecting and preserving the mater-
ials from which a truthful history of Louisiana's share in that strug-
gle may hereafter be prepared ; and wishing also to cherish the ties
of friendship, and fulfill the duties of charity to the survivors of that
army, do herebv adopt, for our government, the following constitu-
tion."
Many of those who originally took an active part in organizing
the Association have, in the words of the immortal Stonewall Jackson:
" Passed over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."
FIRST OFFICERS.
The first Board of Officers regularly elected consisted of:
E. D. Willett, President; A. Brady, First Vice President; W. M.
Owen, Second Vice President ; W. H. Manning, Third Vice President ;
H. Kapman, Treasurer; John H. Murray, Recording Secretary; John
J. Fitzpatrick, Corresponding Secretary.
Subsequently, the Association obtained from the State of Louisiana
a charter, under which it now operates.
It would be well here to state that there are two subjects that can
not come up for discussion at the meetings of the Association, namely :
Politics and Religion.
The Association comprises among its members survivors of the fol-
lowing commands that served in Virginia from 1801 to 1865, to-wit:
First Louisiana Regiment, Volunteers; Second Louisiana Regi-
ment, Volunteers ; Fifth Louisiana Regiment, Volunteers ; Sixth Louis-
iana Regiment, Volunteers ; Seventh Louisiana Regiment, Volun-
teers; Eighth Louisiana Regiment, Volunteers; Ninth Louisiana
Regiment, Volunteers; Tenth Louisiana Regiment, Volunteers; Four-
teenth Louisiana Regiment, Volunteers ; Fifteenth Louisiana Regi-
ment, Volunteers ; Wheat's Battalion ; the Louisiana Zouave Battalion ;
the Louisiana Guard Battery, the Donaldsonville Cannoneers, the
Madison Tips Artillery, and the Washington Battalion of Artillery.
There are also a number of those who served with honor and credit,
from Virginia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Arkansas and Texas, and
who are now permanent residents of the State of Louisiana.
THE GOOD WORK DOM:.
The Association can show as tangible proofs of its usefulness
during its existence : The burial of over forty of its deceased members,
and the expenditure of nearly $8000 for relief for its members and
their families.— Also, the erection of a tomb in the Metairie Cemetery,
surmounted by an heroic-size statue of tbe illustrious Stonewall Jackson,
and capable of covering tbe remains of hundreds, if need be. Tbe cost
of the tomb, monument, and statue was over §12,000.
HOW GOVERNED.
Tbe Officers and Committees, in September, 1881, at the date of
President Garfield's funeral, were as follows :
Officers.— John B. Richardson, President; Win. R. Lyman, First
Vice President; Louis Prados, Second Vice President; J. Moore
Wilson, Third Vice President; N. J. Hoey, Fourth Vice President;
Jno. F. Wax, Fifth Vice President; Jno. H. Murray, Treasurer; Jim.
J. Fitzpatrick, Recording Secretary; Fred. A. Ober, Financial and
Corresponding Secretary; Dr. Frank L. Taney, Surgeon; Rev. Father
Darius Hubert, Chaplain; E. D. Willett, Honorary President.
Executive Committee.— H. Dudley Coleman, Pat. Hays, Thos. D.
Davieson, J. S. Bradley, Jno. S. Mioton.
Finance Committee.— J. Moore Wilson, Jno. W. Emmett, F. F.
Case.
Relief Committee. — David R. ("alder, Hy. C. Mackie, Jno. T.
Black, J. T. Purvis, Jno. P. Barnard.
Tomb and Monumental Committee (special and permanent). —
Wm. R. Lyman, Chairman; .las. Buckner, Jno. H. Murray, J. B.
Sinnott, I. L. Lyons, L. A. Adam.
FLORAL OFFERINGS.
The Association has, for some years,— as with tbe other' ex-Con-
federate organizations in tbe city— placed floral and other elegant
offerings upon tbe graves of the Federal dead at Chalmette Cemetery,
at tbe annual ceremonies tbere under the auspices of the Grand Army
of the Republic.
STONEWALL JACKSON.
One of tbe most notable events in the history of the Association
was the dedication in the spring of 1881, of its tomb and monument in
Metairie Cemetery, and the unveiling of the statue of Stonewall Jack-
son, that crowns the lofty column. Mrs. Jackson and her Daughter were
present, by special invitation, and to Miss Julia Jackson was assigned
the duty of pulling the cord that removed the veil from the statue.
Thousands of spectators witnessed the deeply interesting scene.
Among them were the members of the Benevolent Association of the
Army of Tennessee, many ex-Federal veterans, as invited guests;
and, as a guard of honor, at the foot of the column, a dozen or more
of Louisiana soldiers, who had been tbrough the war, in Virginia, and
every man of them wounded.
Mr. Lyman made the presentation speech for his Committee;
Col. John B. Richardson delivered the reply ; Mr. Edwin Marks read
a beautiful poem, written for the occasion by "Xariffa" (Mrs. Town-
send); Father Hubert, the Chaplain of the Louisiana regiments in
Virginia, prayed; Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, of Virginia (a nephew of
Robert E. Lee), one of Stuart's chief officers, delivered an admirable
oration ; and, in response to a general call, the Hon. Jefferson Davis
made a short address, in which he paid a most feeling and glowing
tribute to Stonewall Jackson, not only as the warrior, hut the man and
the patriot.
CONDOLENCE.
When the news of President Garfield's death was received, the
ASSOCIATION met, and the following- message was sent to Washington :
Headquarters, Veterans Army of NukthernI
Virginia, Louisiana Division. >•
New Orleans, September 21, 1881. J
Hon. James G. Blaine, Secretary of State, Washington:
"With feelings of earnest sympathy, unalloyed and pure, the
" material composing the remnant of Louisiana's quota to the Virginia
" army of the late Confederate States, with bowed heads and loyal,
" weeping hearts, stand around the bier ol the President, and tender
" to his God fearing, stricken Widow all human consolation."
Jno. B. Richardson, President.
Jno. J. Fitzpatrick, Recording Secretary.
the reply.
The Secretary promptly responded:
Washington, D. C. September 22, 1881.
Jno. B. Richardson, President Veterans Army of Virginia, New Orleans:
" 111 the name of the Widow and family of our late President, and
" in behalf of the Government, I return grateful thanks tor your
" eloquent message of sympathy in this hour of universal grief."
James G. Blaine, Secretary of State.
ARMY OF TENNESSEE.
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION— LOUISIANA DIVISION.
This Association was organized in New Orleans, under the fol-
lowing auspices :
On the 8th of May, 1X77, at the instance of Capt. Jas. Lingan, a
meeting of the Survivors of the " Army of Tennessee " was held at
Hawkins' Club Rooms. The meeting was called to order by Capt.
Lingan ; Hon. B. F. Jonas was elected Chairman pro tern., and Capt.
Frank L. Richardson, Secretary.
On motion of Capt. E. John Ellis that all present sign the roll,
forty-five names were subscribed.
A Committee on Membership and Credentials was then appointed,
as follows : Capt. Jas. Lingan, of Austin's Battalion ; Col. Wm. Huger,
First Louisiana Regulars; Col. David Urquhart, Staff; Wm, H.
Holmes of First Louisiana Cavalry ; John Augustin, of Fenner's Bat-
ter v • V. Boisblanc, of Bridges' Battery : Eugene May, of Fifth Com-
pany Washington Artillery : (lias. Vautier, of Pointe Coupee Battery ;
H. C. Brown, of Dreux' Louisiana Cavalry; Dr. S. R. Chambers, Sur-
geon- J. R A. Gauthreaux, of Fourth Louisiana Infantry; V. Alli-
son of Thirteenth Louisiana [nfantry ; Philip Munch, of Twenty-Sec-
ond'Louisiana Infantrv; J. A. Luminals, of Thirty-First Louisiana
Infantry ;— Dan. Curran, of Third Mississippi, and D. O. Harkms,
of Seventh Missouri regiments. .
A Committee on Constitution and By-Laws was appointed : Major
John E.Austin, Chairman; .las. Lingan, E. John Ellis, Leon Ber-
t"li. John ('. < folding.
FIRST OFFICERS.
On Tuesday, May 14th, 1877, the Credentials Committee reported
favorably on one hundred and live names of applicants for membership.
The Committee appointed for the purpose reported a Constitution
and By-Laws, which were adopted.
A permanent organization was then effected by the election ot
Gen. G. T. Beauregard as President; Captain James Lingan, First
Vice President ; Major J. E. Austin, Second Vice President; Captain
Chas. E. Fenner, Third Viet- President.
The organization was completed by the election, on the 25th of
May, of John C. Golding as Recording Secretary; Major X. T. X.
Robinson, Corresponding Secretary ; andS. D. Stockman, Treasurer.
At a meeting held January 11th, 1878, the Hon. Jefferson Davis
was elected an Honorary Member of the Association ; a special cer-
tificate of membership and a gold badge were voted him ; and Captain
John Augustin, Dr. Warren Stone and Victor Olivier, Jr., were
appointed the Committee to make the presentation to Mr. Davis.
A similar certificate of membership and badge, were also voted to
Gen. G- T. Beauregard.
SECOND YEAR.
At the annual meeting, held May 14th, 1878, the following Officers
e elected to serve for one year : Captain James Lingan, President ;
ponding Secretary, and S. D. Stockman, Treasurer.
The terrible yellow fever epidemic of 1878, which carried so many
thousands to untimely graves and produced so much suffering, not
only from sickness but privation, found the Officers and Members of
the Association as prompt, courageous and persevering in meeting the
trials and dangers of peace as they had been those of war.
Early in September, a special meeting was called to adopt a plan
of charitable work, and the following Relief t !ommittee was appointed,
on behalf of the Association : Messrs. G. A. Williams, J. A. Chalaron,
Frank L. Richardson, Victor Olivier, Jr., H. X. Jenkins, Isaac
Scherck, and Frank Herron. The Chairman was Col. Augustus
Reichard, Acting President. . -na-
The Committee did noble service, not only in helping the Mem-
bers of the Association who required assistance, but many others
whom they found in sickness and distress.
LEGALLY OTCORPORATKD.
On the 31st of March, 1879 the Association secured a charter,
under the general law of the State, and then elected the following
Officers, under the charter: Col. Augustus Reichard, President;
Frank L. Richardson, First Vice President ; John Augustin, Second
Vice President; William Pierce, Third Vice President ; R. H. Brunet,
Jr., Recording Secretary; Joseph Collins, Corresponding Secretary:
A. Boisblanc, Financial Secretary; S. D. Stockman, Treasurer; ami
Dr. A. R. Gourrier, Physician.
In tlie Summer of 1879, during a renewed visitation of yellow
fever, the Association lost by that disease one of it- most distinguished
members, the gallant (General John B. Hood.
FIFTH YEAR.
Tlie election of Officers, to serve for the year L8S1 , took place
January 11th. and resulted as follows: J. A. Chalaron, President;
John Augustin, First Vice President; H. ST. .Jenkins, Second Vice
President ; A. J. Lewis, Third Vice President ; Jos. i>. Taylor, Record-
ing Secretary ; Eugene May, Corresponding Secretary; A. Boisblanc,
Financial Secretary: S. 1). Stockman. Treasurer; Dr. Y. \l. LeMon-
nier, Physician.
It will lie seen that Mr. Stockman has been Treasurer of the Asso-
ciation ever since its organization.
In the Spring of 1881, the Association saw with sincere regret the
departure for Europe, to reside there permanently, of Col. A. Reichard,
one of our most esteemed citizens and merchants, and on.- of the most
accomplished staff-officers, during the war. of the Army of Tennessee.
His old comrades did not fail to appropriately testify their regard
and affection for him.
MILITARY RECORD.
The origin of the Army of Tennessee dates, it may he correctly
stated, from the 3d and 4th of September, 1861, when Gen. Leonidas
Polk occupied Hickman and Columbus, Ky.
On the 7th of November following, the Army of Tennessee, under
Gen. Polk, had its baptism of lire and won its first laurels, in the Bat-
tle of Belmont.
On the 10th of September, 1861, the whole of the Confederate forces
in the Held, not only in Tennessee, hut in Missouri, Arkansas and the
Indian Nation, were concentra I td into the " Department of the West,"
and placed under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston.
Ere long, Gen. Beauregard was sent out from Virginia and had a
special district assigned him, of Mississippi, Western Tennessee, the
hanks of the Mississippi, etc.; but, substantially, the Army of Tennes-
see was, until the close of the war, the pivot of the leading military
operations of the Confederacy outside of Virginia.
The burdens of the war fell heavily upon the officers and men. who
were ill provided, throughout, with ordnance, commissary and quar-
termaster supplies. But they were never lacking in the highest quali-
ties of the patriotic soldier ; and the record of that Army is om that
cannot be contemplated without admiration and sympathy. Their
achievements in a long list of bloody battles will ever he held in
honored remembrance. Their stout, brave and thoroughly equipped
foes did not withhold from them the meed of praise that gallant ami
chivalric warriors ever render to equally gallant and ehivalric
opponents.
And it is in this fine spirit that the Survivors of both armies have
met in New Orleans since the war, — especially on those anniversaries
when the dead soldiers of both sides are remembered and honored.
Tn these exchanges of soldierly and manly courtesy and good
feeling, the Benevolent Association of the Army of Tennessee, —
Louisiana Division— have been in the front line, along with their ex-
Confederate brethren, and, on the other side, with the Veterans of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
THE SURVIVORS
Of the four years' war. who compose the Louisiana Division of the
Benevolent Association, Army of Tennessee, are over three
hundred in number, and represent the following commands :
Austin's Battalion; First Louisiana Infantry; Third Louisiana
Regiment ; Fourth Louisiana ; Seventh Louisiana; Eighth Louisiana. ;
Eleventh Louisiana ; Twelfth Louisiana : Thirteenth Louisiana ^Six-
teenth Louisiana; Eighteenth Louisiana: Twentieth Louisiana;
Twenty-First Louisiana; Twenty-Second Louisiana; Twenty-Fifth
Louisiana: Twenty Eighth Louisiana; Thirtieth Louisiana ; Thirty-
First Louisiana; the Crescent Regiment; the Chalmette Regiment;
Miles' Louisiana Legion.
Dreux' Louisiana Cavalry ; Scott's Louisiana Cavalry ; First Lou-
isiana Cavalry; Second Louisiana Cavalry: Fourth Louisiana Cav-
alry; Leeds' Light Horse; Orleans Light Horse.
The Fifth (Slocomb's < lompany, Washington Artillery ; First Lou-
isiana Artillery, regulars; Crescent Artillery; Louisiana Guards Artil-
lery ; Bridges' Louisiana Battery; Pointe Coupee Battery; Orleans
Guards Battery; Fenner's Battery: Gibson's Battery; Blanchard's
Artillery; Semmes' Battery; Holmes' Battery; Ferguson's Battery;
Dent's Battery ; Ralston 's Battery; Watson's Battery; Wither's Light
Artillery; Ketchum's Alabama Battery ; Hannibal Flying Artillery. —
The Engineer Corps.
The Quitman Rifles, Texas. — The Virginia Military Cadets.—
The First and Seventh Missouri Infantry Regiments. — The Twenty-
Third Regiment Arkansas Infantry. — The One Hundred and Fifty-
Fourth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers. — The First Alabama Cav-
alry ; Twenty-First Regiment Alabama Infantry; The Third, Tenth,
Twentieth and Twenty-Seventh Regiments Mississippi Infantry. —
The Fourth Regiment Mississippi Cavalry. — Govan's Brigade ;
Featherstone's Brigade.
RESOLUTIONS of condolence.
On the evening of Wednesday, September 21st, the Association
held a special meeting, ('apt. John Augustin, Acting President, in the
chair.
The Executive < 'ommittee were requested to draw up a set of reso-
lutions expressive of the regret of the Association at the death of Presi-
dent Garfield.
The Committee soon after presented the following:
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Headquarters Association, ]
Army of Tennessee— Louisiana Division,
New Orleans, September 21, 1881. )
" There are epochs in the lives of nations whose special features
are of such an elevated character— strongly exemplifying the true,
pure and good among the people— that ii becomes the duty of all think-
ing citizens to raise a voice in attestation and point out to the world
the lesson and the example.
"The peculiar circumstances which have surrounded the assassina-
tion, prolonged sufferings and death of the late President of the United
States, resplend amid the gloom of the surroundings with brilliant
manifestations of dauntless and patient courage on one side : devotion
to law and order and abiding faith in the wisdom of our institutions
on the other hand.
" For nearly three months the Head of the ( !ommonwealth, stricken
by the bullet of a fanatic assassin, has remained helpless and undirect-
ing, yet not a hand has been raised to seize the Government, not an
ambitious whisper has disturbed the serene solemnity of the death
room. This is a sublime example !
" In view of this admirable conduct of a great people stricken in a
vital part, — of the heroic fortitude of the martyr whose sufferings and
death have served to bring out in dazzling relief all that is grand and
noble in American hearts, — We, the Members of the Association of the
Army of Tennessee, of the late Confederate States, Louisiana Division,
specially assembled, do hereby express our regrets upon the death of
the late President James A. Garfield, our admiration for his valorous
record as a Soldier of the Union, and for his patient endurance during
such long and painful sufferings. Our hearts go out in condolence
with his brave, Christian widow and bereaved family, whose grief we
would alleviate by these expressions of our tender sympathy."
Johx AUGUSTIN,
First Vice President and Chairman.
H. N. Jenkixs. Second Vice President.
A.J. Lewis. Third Vice President.
Eugene May, Corresponding Secretary.
J. D. Taylor, Recording Secretary.
A. Boisbeanc, Financial Secretary.
S. 1). Stockman, Treasurer.
I X ACK X< >WLEDGM E XT.
The reply to the above was from Mrs. Garfield, through her dead
husband's old and devoted friend, Col. Rockwell :
Mentor, Ohio, November 5, 1881.
John Augustin, Esq.. First Vice President Army of Tennessee, New Orleans, La.:
11 Dear Sir : — Mrs. Garfield directs me to acknowledge the receipt,
through Mr Secretary Hunt, of the resolutions of the Association of
the Army of Tennessee. You will please to accept her sincere thanks
and convey the same to the Association of which you are the Chair-
man" Very truly vour's,
C C ROCKWELL.
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THE MEXICAN WAR VETERANS.
WHAT LOUISIANA DID EN 1846-47.
The State of Louisiana furnished fully 10,000 men for the war with
Mexico. There were, first, the six infantry regiments and the bat-
talion of artillery that volunteered in response to the call of the vet-
eran Maj. Genl. Gaines, U. S. A.,— commanding in this Department —
for men to go to the immediate help of the beleaguered Genl. Taylor,
on the Rio Grande. This fine brigade was placed under the command
of that well-known New Orleanian,— an accomplished and public
spirited citizen and excellent v r officer, who had seen service
in Florida, — Genl. Persifor F. Smith.
These six infantry regiments were: the First or Washington Reg-
iment, tinder Col. J. B. Walton and Lieut. Col. Henry Forno ; the
Second, Col. James H. Dakin and Lieut. Col. Emerson; the Third,
or Jackson Regiment, Col. Samuel F. Marks and Lieut. Col. Theodore
G. Hunt: the Fourth, or Montezuma Regiment, Col. Horatio Davis:
the Fifth Regiment, Col. Peyton; the Sixth Regiment, Col. (J.
Featherstonaugh.
The Orleans Artillery Battalion, under the veteran Major Gaily
(an ex-French army officer), was mustered in on the Plact </'.',,,,
with full ranks; and was at once sent to ;'< :\ Jackson and Fort St.
Phillip to relieve the Regulars, there on duty.
The first three infantry regiments were raised in New Orleans in
a few days after the receipt of the news, by Genl. Gaines,— it was on
the 3d of May, 1846— that Genl. Taylor, who had marched, by Presi-
dent Polk's orders, from Corpus Christi to the Lower Rio Grande, and
encamped where Brownsville now is. was surrounded and threatened
with destruction by an overwhelming Mexican force. — Col. J. B.
Walton landed his regiment at Point [sabel.on the morningof the 10th
of May'; and Col. S- F. Marks, with his regiment, on the 17th of May.
Quick work and gallant work !
No one who witnessed it, can ever forget the intense excitement
the news from Taylor, and the rapid organization and departure of
the force for his succor, created in tins city. The popular feeling was
at fever heat, ft was even more intensely excite:! when the news
came soon afterwards, that "Old Rough and Heady" had fought two
desperate battles with the strong and well appointed Mexican Army,
and was the victor in both.
Louisiana's six regiments were not permitted, however, to remain
in Mexico their full six months, as Genl. Gaines had mistaken the
lawT, which, required them to enlist for either three months or the war.
But, whilst in consequence, many of the officers and men came back,
enough remained on the Rio Grande to form two full regiments of
infantry, under Col. DeRussey and Col. W. Biscoe, and three battalions
under Major Fiasco, Major Girault, and Major Besancon, who re-
mained in the service. Col. Marks, Maj. Duperu, Capt. Copeland S.
Hunt, and many other Officers of the First Louisiana Brigade also
entered the service for the war. Col. Walton was tendered a position
on headquarters staff, and was with (Jen. Scott to the triumphant
peace.
( 'apt. A. G. Blanchard, of this city, had raised the " Phoenix ' om-
pany" on the Rio Grande, when the Brigade was ordered home. His
Hgwawa
Lieutenant was Win. Tenbrink. < apt. Blanchard was afterwards
assigned to the Twelfth U. S. infantry as its Major. 'Die "Phcenix"
men did good service at the famous battles of Monterey and Buena
Vista, and afterwards with Scott's Army.
When the President, soon after the v ar began, called for Louisiana's
quota of troops to form the new ten regular infantry regiments
authorized by Congress, the State and City promptly responded. One
of the officers she sen; to the field in one of these regiments, was Lieut.
Col. Paul O. Hebert, a West Point graduate; then State engineer;
after the war Governor of Louisiana, and then a Brigadier General in
the Confederate Army. He died last year. He distinguished himself
in Scott's battles. — Another very distinguished Louisiana officer, just
from West Point,was Lieut. G. T. Beauregard.
The Louisiana men were considered as proof against yellow fever,
and were consequently nearly al! used for detatched service at Vera
Cruz, Tampico, and other exposed points. Fortius reason chiefly, the
State and her Soldiery have never had justice done them in the his-
tories of the Mexican War.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Col. Walton is still hale and hearty, after going through the
great civil war as commander of the Washington Artillery, — Col. Jas.
H. Dakin, who was the architect of the old Verandah Hotel, the
Custom House, the State House at Baton Rouge, and other hue edifi-
ces, died in 1852, — Col. H. Forno, well known in the olden time as
Chief of Police of the Second Municipality, served with distinction
with the Louisiana troops under Jackson and Lee, and died after the
war from the results of a railroad accident, — Col. Emerson was Judge
of one of our District < lourts up to within a few years ago, since when,
he, too, has passed away,— Col. S. F. Marks was Postmaster in New
Orleans, and then commanded the 11th Louisiana in the battles of
Belmont and Shiloh, — Col. T. G. Hunt was Judge of the Criminal
Court in this city for many years; distinguished himself during the
late war, rtrst at the head of the Fifth Louisiana Infantry ; and rose
to be a Brigadier General. He is still practicing law here.
The subsequent history of the other officers mentioned cannot be
given, except that Major Gaily died many years ago; that Capt. Ten-
brink died here a few years ago ; that Major A. G. Blanchard rose to
be a Confederate Brigadier General during the late war, and is now
practicing here his profession of civil engineering; and that Major
Girault, after serving on the Confederate Staff, has been for many
years the esteemed Rector of St. Anna's Episcopal Church in this city.
Gen. Persifor F. Smith, who won a brilliant reputation during
the Mexican War, remained in the regular army, and died many years
ago at San Antonio, whilst in command in Texas. His son, Dr. How-
ard Smith, still one of our leading physicians, was one of the chief
Confederate medical purveyors.
THE VETERANS' ASSOCIATION.
The Louisiana Association of the " Mexican War Veterans"
was organized August 18th, 1873, witii about one hundred and fifty
veterans present. Gen. Harry T. Hays, — who, when quite young, had
served in his brother Jack Hays' Texas Rangers, in Mexico, and
then commanded a Louisiana brigade under Jackson and Lee, — was
elected President, and J. Benjamin Chandler, of this city, Secretary.
164 APPENDIX.
Capt. Win. Tenbrink was elected President in 1870. In 1878,
Capt. Join) Purcell, who still looks as ii' he could go through a hard
campaign, was elected President, and Richard Lambert, — one of our
leading Masonic officers— was chosen Secretary. He was re-elected in
1879, when Col. J. B.Walton was elected President. At the last annual
election, Col. Walton was re-elected; It. Lambert was elected First
Vice President; James issell, Second Vice President; George
Swarbrick, a well known merchant, Secretary; J. M. Vandegriff
(so long one of the officers of the Howard Association), 'Treasurer;
and G. Lyman, Marshal. The Delegates to t he National Convention
are Mr. Richard Lambert and Capt. John Purcell.
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND THE VETERANS.
In February, 1876, Hon. Jefferson Davis— himself a distinguished
Officer of the Mexican War, — was invited by the Association to deliver
an address "On the Mexican War and its Results." Mr. Davis at
once accepted, the object being to assist the Association's relief fund.
The Address was delivered Wednesday evening, March 5th, in the
Exposition Hall.
The Decoration Committee were: Harris Parsons, Chairman: J.
E. Bissell, N. G. Gunnegle, Henry Roberts, E. PI. Burton, Henry
McVey, i !. H. Forno, and Geo. Kiernan. The Ladies' Reception Com-
mittee were: J. W. Demarest, Chairman ; S. H. Levy, A. B. Mitchell,
J. E. Boehler, W. H. Toler, J. A. Letten, and John Bielick. The
Speaker's Reception Committee were : Gen. A. G. Blauchard, Chair-
man ; W. W. Carre, David C Labatt, F. H. Burton, W. Hyllested, and
J. M. Vandegriff.
When the Speaker, escorted by his Committee, entered the spaci-
ous Hall, it was crowded with an audience representing the elite of
New Orleans, not only in fashion but in intellect anil culture. Presi-
dent Tenbrink received the Speaker and led him to the platform, fol-
lowed by the officers and members of the Association, under Capt.
John Purcell, First Vice President.
The platform was covered with a vast tent, formed of American flags.
By Capt. Purcell's command the front flags fell and disclosed to view a
striking tableau ; the Speaker seated in the cent re- front, the Officers and
Reception Committee on either side, the Veterans massed behind
them, a stack of muskets and a cannon on the corners. On the canopy
hung the Association's motto : " Our Country ! Right or Wrong, Our
Country." —And beneath, the names of the thirteen battles and sieges,
in Mexico, that had given lame to Taylor and Scott.
The speaker was recognized by fourteen of the Veterans as Col.
Jeff Davis, commander of their Regiment, the famous First Missis-
sippi Rifles, at Buena Vista.
Mr. Davis' address was brief; but those who have heard him
speak, know how felicitously he handles a subject, in a style remark-
able for its simplicity, lucidity and point. His remarks to the Veter-
ans around him were very touching.
MEMBERS.
The following is a list of the Officers and Members of the Associa-
tion in the only printed list at our disposal, published in March,
1876 :
Officers — Capt. Wm. Tenbrink, President ; Capt. John Purcell,
First Vice President ; Capt. J. E. Boehler, Second Vice President ;
Private J. Benj. Chandler, Secretary; Capt. J. M. Vandegriff, Treas-
urer; Sergeant .) . W. Demarest, Marshal.
Members — J. G. Aubry, Ed. Allingham, James E. Bissell,
E. H. Burton, John M. Braun, Fred. ('. Bley, Geo. Baldy, John
Bielick, George Boydel, J M. Clarke, J.S.Camden, .lames Clark,
W. W. Carre\ C. M. Emerson, C. H Forno, W.J. Freeman, Justin
Fremaux, Win. Greeb, Hubert Gerard, Frank B. Gillen, N. G. Gun-
neu'le, John B. Greseneur, G. Mason Graham, John Hobsen, P. O.
Hubert, !>. M. Heard, !;. A. Harris, B. F. Hughes, \Y. Hyllested,
Joseph Hadley, John C. Hood. R, O. Jones, Peter Jones, Geo. Kier-
nan, F. A. Keszel, John A. Letten, David C. Labatt. S. H. Levy,
Patrick Lally, Adam Loose, Richard Lambert, H. R. McVey, John
McManus, \V. H. McLorinan, J. H. Mehaffey, Adolph Meynuer,
Sam'l McLellan, Wm. F. McLean, M. B. McGary, John McKay, A.
B. Mitchell, P. W. Ott, Anthony Pecora, Steven F. Power, Henry
Post, Eugene Paysant, Jacob Rice, J. E. Reiter, Henry Roberts,
Henry Simon, Robert Simmons, J. E. Stafford, M. StitFt, Nicholas
Schwab. James Skelly, H. \V. Swan, A. C. Thorn, F. Thaller. Henry
Tauger, W. H- Toler, Daniel Thorn, Nicholas Turner, John Woodburn,
Ceo. Weightman, Mrs. Widow M. F. Wolf, and Geo. O. Wilkinson.
The Honorary Members were: Gen. \V. H. Emory, U. S. A.;
I Jen. ('. ('. Augur, I ". S. A. : Gen. A. Beckwith, U. S. A. ; Hon. Jeffer-
son Davis, Gen. H. T. Hays, Gen. A. G. Blanchard, Col. J. B. Deason,
and Col. W. H. Torrence.
Since this list was printed, Judge C. M. Emerson, Henry Roberts,
A. B. Mitchell, W. W. Carre. A. C. Thorn. S. H. Levy, G. H. Mehaf-
fey, John McManus, Capt. Boehler, Capt. Wm. Tenbrink, Gen. P. ().
Hebert and Gen. H. T. Havs have died.
THE CONTINENTAL GUARDS.
THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE.
The writer remembers as if it were yesterday, the first appearance
of this famous command on the streets of New Orleans. The organiza-
tion of the Guards had been going on for some months, commencing
in November, 1854 ; and their first parade was very appropriately, on
the anniversary of Washington's birthday, the 22d of February, 1855.
The anniversary was then always celebrated in New Orleans by a
general display of our numerous military organizations — infantry,
artillery and cavalry— and there was much rivalry among them as to
which should turn out the most men, and present the most martial
appearance. The streets were filled with admiring crowds on the date
mentioned; and when in the forenoon the Continentals marched
from their Armory down Camp street to Canal, the excitement they
created was instantaneous and wide-spread. They marched well ; and
their picturescme uniform,— recalling so vividly the days that tried
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men's souls — eli cited universal admiration. Hearty cheers, waving of
hats and handkerchiefs, and repeated clapping of hands greeted them
from all sides. Their march was a triumph. Capt. < 'has. A. Labuzan
was in command, with Samuel M. Todd, (a Mobile veteran), as his
First, and Jas. A. Hopkins as his Second Lieutenant. The band was
an excellent one, and the stars and stripes were borne aloft by Ensign
('has. G. Chesley. The Guards marched up St. Charles street into
Lafayette Square— the si ene <>r so many brilliant military gatherings —
and were received bj Gen. E. L. Tracy's Brigade, consisting of that fine
infantry regiment, the National Guards; the Washington Artillery,
Capt. .f. B. Walton; and the Horse Guards. The Continentals were
received into the Brigade with due military honors, and then the col-
umn marched through the city to Bouligny, where a grand dress parade
was held.
OLD FRIENDS.
The roster of the Guards at that date was as follows:
Officers: Captain, Charles A. Labuzan; First Lieutenant, Sam-
uel M. Todd; Second Lieutenant, James A. Hopkins; Orderly Ser-
geant, John Connell ; Second Sergeant, Wm. Inslee ; Third Sergeant,
Robert Little ; Fourth Sergeant, Thos. M. Burney ; First Corporal, W.
F. Hodgkins ; Second Corporal, Thos. YV. Dick ; Third Corporal, Jas.
Davis; Fourth Corporal, Sam'l F. Rice; Ensign, (has. G. Chesley;
Secretary, ( has. Callahan ; Treasurer, Samuel G. Risk.
Privates: Thos. Askew, G. W. Andrew.-, J. G. Bate.s, B. T. K.
Bennett, Henry Bidwell, A. 1'. Bennett, X. B, Baker, Henry Bier,
J. W. Brigham. A. W. Bosworth, George Clarke, E. Cox, John
Cottle, Jos. S.Clark, M. Carvin, W. W. Carre. John* I. Daniels, A.
Donnaud, < '. V. Diamond, David H. Fowler, Peter Forshee, J. M.
Forgay, H. Fassman, George Graham, J. L. Gubernator, Louis Gag-
net, Chas. \V. Gould, T. Greenfield, H. S. Hill, L. B. Home, Chas. E.
Hall, Pvobert Howes, H. D. Hewitt, B. \V- Hebrard, P. A. Hebrard,
Thos. F. Hedges, Chas. V. Jonte, L. A. Kirk, T. R. Longheld, W. T.
Logan, F. A. Lumsden, John Leslie, Jr., C. W. Lytle, John B. Leefe,
Jas. .Martin, Francis Martin, Thos. McLellan, J. E. McClure, Wm.
Mish, John McDonnell, R. M. Montgomery, A. W. Merriam, Thos.
(i Mackie, B. Miller, Thomas Murray, E. L. ('. McKean, J. S. Mcln-
tire, Jas. Mc< loskey, Jos. Moorehouse, E. McFarland, John McLean,
Anderson Marsh, J. H. Nicholson, Walter Nicol, Jas. Nimick, Thos.
( '. Poole, George Purves, Jas. Phillips, G. W. Phillips, Wm. Relf, John
Stroud, Jr., H. H. Stanley, Thos. A. Snow, J. H. Sherman, R. A.
Slater, Gardner Smith, Wm. Tenbrink, John B. Weir, Richard J.
Wade, J. S. Washington, J. L. Warner, A. J. Whitmore.
Markers : Ed.H. Caldwell, W. F. Hodgkins, Jr., Frank S. Lums-
den, W. T. Leefe, H. F. Warner.
Band-master : Henry Eberling. — Armorer, Jordan B. Noble, the
veteran drummer of 1812-15.
The Honorary Members were: Governor Robert C. Wickliffe;
Ex-Governor Paul O. H6bert ; Mayor John L. Lewis; Major General
David E. Twiggs, U. S. A.; Brigadier General E. L. Tracy, Louisiana
Militia; Gen'l. M. Grivot, Adjutant and Inspector General, L. M.;
Col. Wm. Christy, veteran of 1812-15 ; Hon. Gerard Stith, Capt. Henry
St. Paul, and Messrs Thos. R, Brady, Glendy Burke, W. A. Bartlett,
George Y. Bright, John M. Chilton, Ben De Bar, Uvide DeBuys, P.
Deverges, Jas. G. Drummond, Richard Esterbrook, A. Foster Elliott,
P. A. Fayssoux, Samuel L. Forgay, Jas. A. Ferguson, John Gale, Wm.
H. Garland, E. A. Hiern, Dan. S. Hickok, J. Morgan Hall, I). M.
Hildreth, Thos. Hasam, George W. Hynson, Wm. H. Harrison, E.
Jacobs, A. Levison, F. L. K. Ludwigsen, J. McLanathan, Chas. W.
Newton, John E.Owens, Louis H. Pilie, Wm. M. Perkins, George
Price, E. T. Parker, L. Reinhardt, Geo. Rareshide, D. T. Ricardo, II.
R. Swasey, If. M. Summers, A. B. Seger, E. W. Sewell, Sidney Story,
Mark Smith, James Stockton, Henry G. Stetson, Peter Thisted, Theo-
philus Thayer, Isaac Thayer, ( '. M. Waterman, I'. C. Wright, and
Theo. Von La Hache.
Of the Officers and Men, Charles Callahan, Chas. E. Hall, Thos.
F. Hedges, F. A. Lumsden, and J. S. Washington were on the " Pic-
ayune."—Col. Lumsden, its founder, was lost, with Ids wife and only
child, Frank S., when the steamer Lady Elgin went down in Lake
Erie in 1860. Genial Charlie Callahan was killed in Nicaragua with
Walker. The veteran John S. Washington, marine reporter, died
since the war. C E. Hall and T. F. Hedges good men and true, are
still setting type on the " Pic." J. E. McClure, who had helped to
found several papers here, was better known as mine host of "Sam's
Saloon;" Ed. McKean was long connected with, the Press; Gerard
Stith was foreman of the " Pic," Recorder of the Second Municipality,
and then Mayor; ('. M. Waterman became Mayor; and who does not
know who were Ben De Bar, John E. Owens and Mark Smith? And
Merriam, one of the chief spirits, since the war, of Comus' Mystick
Krewe !
To one familiar with the New Orleans of twenty-five years ago,
this old muster roll recalls a host of incidents and forms and faces,—
the incidents, long since forgotten : the forms and faces, most of them,
passed away. The theme is replete with sad reflections to the survi-
vors; but the drum heats, and ""Away with melancholy, hoys !"
SOME CHANG!
In January, 1S57, Captain Labuzan resigned, and Lieut. Todd
commanded until his election as Captain, in the following March.
His officers were : First Lieutenant, John Council; Second Lieuten-
ant, ;•'. A. Lumsden ; Brevet Lieutenant. Gardner Smith.
In March, 1859, Ca.pt. Todd was succeeded by George (lark, who,
meanwhile, had been elected First Lieutenant in place of John Cou-
ncil, deceased, ('apt. Clark's officers were: First Lieutenant. C. P.
Hobday ; Second Lieutenant, A. W. Merriam.
VOLUNTEERING FOB SERVICE.
In 1861, when the great civil war began, the Continentals,
under Capt. Clark, in March, formed, with nine other companies, a
full regiment, under Col. J. B. Gladden, — a veteran of the celebrated
Palmetto Regiment in the Mexican War, and killed at the head of his
brigadeat Shiloh. TheSurgeon of the regiment was Dr. A. Donnaud.
The services of the regiment were tendered to the Confederate States
Government, then at Montgomery, Ala . hut they were not accepted ;
the rule being to receive volunteers only by companies. The Conti-
nentals' regimental organization was, in consecmence, dissolved.
Soon after, a call was made on Gov. Moore for Louisiana's quota of
volunteers. The Continentals, Company A, promptly tendered their
services for the war, with one hundred am! nine non-commissioned
officers and privates, and the following officers: Captain. George
168 APPENDIX.
Clark; First Lieutenant, A. \Y. Merriarn ; Second Lieutenant, E.
McFarland ; Junior Second Lieutenant, Aaron Davis.
OFF TO VIRGINIA.
Company A was mustered into service May 22d, 1861; went to
Camp Moore, June 1st, to prepare for active service; was mustered
into the Confederate States service June 7th : was assigned as " A, Com-
pany " to the Seventh, or "Pelican'' Regiment of Louisiana, under
Col.- Harry T. Hays (brother of the famous Texas Ranger, .Jack Hays ;
soon after' left for Virginia; arrived at Manassas Junction, June 21st,
1861, and remained in the Army of Northern Virginia until the sur-
render at Appomatox.
The Seventh Regiment distinguished itself, especially when in
Stonewall Jackson's corps. The Continentals, Company A., under-
went many changes, — the usual result of war's trials. Second Lieut.
McFarland became Captain, and was killed at Sharpsburg ; Lieut. A.
Davis was killed at Port Royal ; Lieut. Dearie was killed at Mayrie's
Heights; W. P. Thompson became Lieutenant, then Captain, and was
killed at Gettysburg. Beside these four officers, the Company had
twenty-four non-commissioned officers and privates killed in battle.
HOME PROTECTION.
Immediately after the departure of Company A. for Virginia, those
of its members who remained in New Orleans formed Company B.,
with one hundred men on the rolls, officered by Wm. F. Hodgkins as
Captain; John F. Jones as First Lieutenant; A. Donnaud, Second
Lieutenant, and A. B. Beals, Third Lieutenant. The Company per-
formed military duty as ' Home Guards' until the Federal forces occu-
pied the city, iii April, 1862, when the command was disbanded. Just
previous to" that date Lieut A. Donnaud died from the results of ex-
posure in camp, and Ids was the last military funeral had in the city
under ( !onfederate rule.
OFF TO KENTUCKY .
In July, 1861, Company ( '.. < !ontinental Guards, was organized,
with 106 non-commissioned officers and privates, officered by John G.
Fleming as Captain ; Thomas W. Peyton as First Lieutenant; Frank
Babin as Second Lieutenant, and Lot! M. Zones as third Lieutenant.
Company C. was sent to Camp Moore, and assigned as " Company
F." of the Eleventh Louisiana Regiment, commanded by Col. Sam. F.
Marks, a veteran of the Mexican war. Ten days after, the Regiment
was ordered to Columbus, Ky. In November, 1861, it took part in the
battle of Belmont, and obtained from Gen. Leonidas Polk the credit of
having turned the tide of battle The Guards had in this conflict one
man killed and eight wounded.
Three days before the battle of Shiloh, Capt. Fleming was ordered
on special duty to Island No. 10 by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston
First Lieutenant Peyton being on recruiting service in New Orleans,
Capt. F. telegraphed him to return and take command. Lieut. Peyton
arrived on the field during the second day's battle, and Capt. Fleming
the following day, resuming the command. In the battle of Shiloh,
the GU.A R i >S lost eight men killed and twenty-seven wounded. Among
the killed was Lieut. Thomas S. Pierce, (brother of Capt. William
Pierce) who was appointed by Gov. Moore to succeed Lieut. Babin,
resigned at Columbus in November, 1861.
APPENDIX. 169
A NEW COMMAND.
After the retreat from Corinth to Tupelo, Miss., a reorganizing
process commenced as to several regiments; and at ('amp Moccasin,
on the Tennessee river, opposite Chattanooga, the gallant Eleventh
Louisiana disappeared. From its fragments sprang that corps oVelite,
Austin's Sharpshooters, commanded by the late Major Ed. Austin, of
New Orleans, who had distinguished himself at Belmont and Shiloh.
This Battalion was composed of two Companies, and its Company A.
was the Continental Guards, Company ('. intact, who selected this
service from choice, (apt. Fleming having resigned, First Lieut. Pey-
ton was promoted Captain and Win. Pierce, Second Lieutenant.
The Sharpshooters were ever in the front throughout the campaigns
of the Army of Tennessee, until at the terrible battle of Nashville the
Battalion was literally torn to pieces in a tempest of fire. — At the open-
ing of the battle of Chikamauga, the Battalion was deployed as a
skirmishing line, though the two companies were not together. The
Continentals, under Major Austin, charged and captured a battery,
and held it for half an hour in front of the Federal army until the Con-
federate main line came up and secured the guns. In this charge, the
Guards lost one killed and three wounded. Among the latter was
Lieut. Wm. Pierce, who lost a leg. — It is still, however, a "game leg."
— Lieut. Pierce had been wounded once before, at the battleof Farming-
ton, May, 1862.
This Company of the Continentals lost, — besides Lieut. Thos. S.
Pierce, killed at Shiloh, — Lieut. Lott M. Zones, killed at Franklin ;
Capt. Peyton, killed at MurfreesWoro; and forty-seven non-commis-
sioned officers and privates killed in battle or died from wounds.
AFTER THE WAR.
After the termination of the war, in I860 — military organizations
not being permitted here — the survivors of Companies A., B., and C,
formed themselves into a society entitled the " Continental Benevolent
Association," with Capt. George Clark as President; Lieut. A. AV.
Merriam as Vice President; Capt. Jno. G- Fleming, Secretary, and
Emanuel Blessey, Treasurer.
In October, 1875, through the exertions of R. M. Montgomery,
Wm. Pierce, John G. Fleming, and other members of the Association,
the present Company A. of the Guards was organized; and on the
8th of January, 1876, the Continentals once more appeared on the
streets of New Orleans. — They mustered thirty-six non-commissioned
officers and privates, and were officered as follows: Captain, Richard
M. Montgomery; First Lieutenant, William Pierce; Second Lieu-
tenant, B. H. Watkins; Junior Second Lieutenant, E. F. Perilloux ;
Surgeon, J. M. Cullen.
Fifteen years had passed away — years replete with history — since
the picturesque old uniform of the days of '7<> had last greeted the
admiring spectator's gaze. It seemed almost as if those years were but a
dream, or that Time had stood still.
kind deeds.
In 1877, the Guards' widely known and highly esteemed com-
mander, Captain Dick Montgomery, died.-^His successor, Captain
William Pierce, a thorough tactician and a strict disciplinarian, has,
it may justly be said, brought the Continentals up to the highest
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standard of military merit. — In addition, under his enterprising- and
kindly auspices, they have distinguished themselves by promptly and
effectively aiding, as a body, in all entertainments or other projects,
the objects of which were for benevolent or patriotic purposes. Their
rule in these matters is well set forth in the following quotation from
their Commander's last annual address to them : "Whenever there is
" a chance to do anything to benefit others, — no matter how appar-
" ently insignificant it may be— gladly embrace the opportunity."
SHAKING HANDS.
The Continentals have won for themselves, in addition, a
national reputation, of which they art' justly proud, by their active
demonstrations, soon after their reorganization, in allaying as far as in
their power the bitterness and rancor created by the war and by the
subsequent political processes of ' reconstruction.' In this spirit, when
they reorganized in 1876, they cordially admitted Federal veterans to
membership with them. A few mouths alter, when the Grand Army
of the Republic celebrated Decoration Da\ at Chalmette Cemetery, the
Continentals sent a handsome flora] offering to place on the graves
of the Federal dead. — And one of their commissioned officers served
in the Federal Army, and is a member of the G. A. H
In this same spirit, was undertaken in June, 1880, their excursion
to Boston, to take part in the one hundred and fourth anniversary
of the battle of Bunker Hill. They were heartily encouraged ami
assisted in this by the State and City authorities, by their brother
military organizations — by the Lee Monumental Association, and by the
Veterans of the Mexican War, of the Army of Northern Virginia, ami
of the Army of Tennessee, by the Southern Dramatic Club, and, as
well, by a large number of our most influential citizens.
AT BUNKEE HILL.
They started on this trip— the first of the kind since the war— on
the 12th of June, taking with them a beautiful silk flag to be presented
by the City of New Orleans to the City of Boston, and entrusted to
Secretary of State, Will. A. Strong, with Administrator W. Marks to
represent our City Authorities. Among the privates were several vol-
unteers, and among them was Capt. Wm. H. Beanham, of the Louisiana
Field Artillery. There were also two colored men, as servants, in grey
uniform, Thomas Chatham and John Henry, each of whom had lost a
leg in the Confederate service : the former at the battleof Chiekamauga,
with Austin's Sharpshooters, and Henry, at the battle of Grenada,
with the Fifteenth Mississippi.
The reception of this representative New Orleans military com-
mand in Boston was an ovation. Their hosts were the people of Boston,
men, women and children. And the participation by the Continen-
tals, on the 17th of June, 1880, in the celebration, right in the shadow
of Bunker Hill Monument, of the one hundred and fourth anniversary
of the battle, was one of the most memorable events since the close of
the civil war.
The roll of the Guards which took part in the excursion, was as
follows :
Officers,— Capt. Wm. Pierce; First Lieutenant George D. Moffaft;
Second Lieutenant John M. Cullen.
Non-Commissioned Officers,— Orderly Sergeant, W. H. Latham ;
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Color Sergeant, J. ( ', Hood (a veteran of the Mexican war); Corporal
J. M Coos; Qartermaster A. Borrnan ; Commissary W.J. Maltby.
Privates— T. M. Baker, Win. H. Beanham, Geo. F. Brown, W. J.
Beirne, Alex. Belcher, E. I). Dean, J. V. Ellis, T. Jobin, Wm. Lacour,
E. L. Marmion, R. J. McNeil, Samuel McNeil, Thos. O'Connor, J. T.
Pigot, M. R. Pittman, Wm. E. Pendleton, Walter B. Parker, S. Stem-
ler, Geo E. Shepard, Will. A. Strong, J. M. Sherrouse, Thos. Swift, H.
H. True, .J. R. Walton, and 1). H. Watkins.
Drummer, — Geo. W- O'Connor; — Markers. Walter Grivot, Lewis
Baker, E. A. Shields. Jr., Win. Reynolds.
The hearty, generous greeting extended to them at the North at
other points than Boston — especially in Buffalo, Toledo, and Chicago,
—came home to every true-hearted citizen of New Orleans. He felt it
as a personal expression of good will to himself.
AS HOSTS.
In the same patriotic spirit that prompted this excursion to the
North, the Continentals asked in February, 1881, for. a return visit
from the Boston Lancers and the Charlestowjn Cadets, who, with
other line commands, up that way, had treated them so hospitably.
All New Orleans remembers what a whole-souled reception was given
to these two splendid companies named — not to omit those crack corps
the Spaulding Guards and the Seventy-First, (New York) Reg-
iment, who visited our city for the '' Mardi-Gras " of 1881, by invita-
tion of the Officers of the First Division, Louisiana State National
Guard.
It is not too much to say, that the beneficial results of this cordial
interchange of visits by representative soldiers have been felt from
Maine to Texas, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Assuredly, our
Northern military visitors carried back with them the conviction that
the men who had " worn the gray," were rejoiced to call them friends:
friends in need and friends in deed.
AT HEADQUARTERS.
The Armory of the Continental Guards, occupying the ground
floor of Odd Fellows' Hall, on Camp street, opposite Lafayette Square,
is acknowledged to be one of the handsomest and most complete in the
country. It contains many relics of by-gone days, that are exceedingly
interesting. The " Continental Club," composed of the active and
honorary members of the command is an additional gratifying feature
of the organization ; and, with its commodious and elegantly furnished
rooms, a very acceptable one, tending largely to unite in closer links
the officers, the men, the honorary members, and their host of friends-
The following is the Roster of the Command as it is now registered :
UNIFORMED ROLL.
Officers: — Captain, Wm. Pierce; First Lieutenant, C. A. Thiel ;
Second Lieutenant, C- W. Drown; Third Lieutenant, H. N. Beach;
Surgeon, W. E. Schuppert.
Non- Commissioned Officers: — First Sergeant, J. R. Walton ; Second
Sergeant, G. Jongnell; Third Sergeant, K. B. Reynolds; Fourth Ser-
geant, Geo. S. Petitt; Color Sergeant, J. C. Hood; First Corporal,
Thos. O'Connor, Sr.; Second Corporal, P. B. Gilmore; Third Corporal,
Thos. Hasam, Jr.; Fourth Corporal, Ben. Lewis.
Privates: — J. W. Adams, J. F. Aiken, Sam. P. Allen, A. Borman,
Jno. Bozant, Volney Brown, Sr., Vol. Brown, Jr., T. M. Baker, W-
J. Beirne, A. Belcher, F. X. Barbot, J. Cathalongne, J. M. Coos, G. W.
Cooper, Win. H- Deeves, E 1). Dean, Gayden Davis, Geo. F. Drown,
G. W. England, J. B. Ellis, H. Fontaine, A. 1). Finley, J. Frank Far-
rell, Win. Gillen, L. A. Gerties, Geo. Howe, Win. H. Harvey, Dave
Hughes, Wm. F. Hodgkins, R. H. Hackney, Theo. Jobin, L. P. Julie,
Bernard Klotz, C. L. Kouns, L. A. Kearnes, E. W. Kirk, Win.
Lacour, Pies. Lindsay, T. J. Markey, E. T. Manning, J. J. Maginnis,
M. Macheca, Sand. McNeil, T. C McQuithy, Win. McKay, M. W.
McAdani, P. S. Moran, Jno. McGraw, E. L. Marmion, Geo. b. Mofatt,
S. MeNamara, J. L. Mueller, W. J. Maltby, Thos. O'Connor, Jr., Ben.
Onorato, J. Oteri, E. F. Perilloux, Jno. T. Pigott, W. B. Parker, Jno.
T. Purves, W. E. Pendleton, M. R. Pittman, J. K Renaud, T.J. Swift,
K. K. Skinner, J. Stemler, W. T. Scovell, E. A. Shields, H. H. True,
H. C Thomas, T. H. Watson, B. H. Watkins, Jno. Slemmer, F. E.
Scovell, J. B. Sullivan, W. S. Terry, J. B. Trapolin, W. H. Wrigley,
C W. Warren.
Markers:— Walter Grivot, Chas. Thiel, Ben. Watkins, W. W.
O'Connor.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
J. T. Aycock, P. R. Angelovich, J. C. Andrews, V. Berot, F. P.
Brugere, Sam'l Brook, H. A. Bonnabel, J. G. Bates. T. W. Bothick,
H. C. Brown, Chs. Brill, O. Blanchin, J. Barnard, J. H. Behan, E.
Belknap, G. H. Braughn, H. J. Brinker, D. S. Byrnes, E. A. Born,
W. H. Beanham, W. H. Boffinger, Fred. Busch, E. A. Burke, D. R.
Calder, Jno. Calder, J. W. Coleman, W. S. Campbell, W. T. Cluve-
rius, B. W. Casey, A. Craft, J. A. Dolan, Joe Donaldson, J. C. Egan,
C. G. Fisher, J. D. Fletcher, F. E. Foucher, J. C. Finney, Wm. Fagan,
F. Farrell, R. Frances, G. R- Finlay, Chs. Fish, .). G. Fleming, Frank
Gordon, A Grivot, L- Harris, Jno. Henderson, A. Hein, Jas. Hughes,
Wm. Henry, John Hennessey, G. M Harrison, R. Henley, Geo. C
Hamilton, G. L. Hall, E. M. Ivens, Allen Jumel, John Janney, M.
W. Joyce, J. Kittridge, Duncan F. Kenner, L. Kerr, M. D. Lagan,
Theo,'BLilienthal, W. E. Moore, M. B. Muncy, A. K. Miller, H. Mux-
ent, A. Martin, John Mathers, Jr., Adolph Meyer, Victor Meyer, Wm.
Mehle, Chris. Mehle, T. McDermott, L. T. Murdock, P. J. Montross,
A. W. Moffett, Wash. Marks, Geo. McCloskey, M. J. Muloihil, F. T.
Nicholls, J. C. Norton, H. B. O'Donnell, D. Potter, E. Pragst, L. Pra-
dos, M. Payro, Jr., M. A. Peck, E. Quartrevoux, M. Quayle, I). S.
Ramelli, Paul Roussett, P. B. Rice, Geo. Rea, J. H. Rareshide, W. B.
Ringrose, W. A. Robertson, H. M. N. Robinson, J. W. Sherman, C
B. Slack, Moses Schwartz, W. H. Stout, J. G. Schriever, A. Samuels,
G. E. Shepherd, J. T. Shearer, J. M. Sherrouse, C. H. Schenck, J. K
Scott, J. F. Simpson, Joe. Starling, John B. Sargent, J. J. Schmidt,
Will. A. Strong (Secretary of State), L. Torrey, Chs. Thorn, Vic. Tan-
ner, C. P. Truslow, Fred! N. Thayer, S. M. Todd, J. B. Vanhorn, W.
R. Whitaker, C. M. Whitney, 'Robt. Wilson, J. J. Winn, C. L.
Walker, B. D. Wood, Y. Francisco de Zamacona, Mexican Consul.
TESTIMONIAL OF SYMPATHY.
The Guards sent the following dispatch to Washington, as the
result of a special meeting, held September, 21st:
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New Orleans, September 21, 1881.
To the Hon. J. G. Blaine, Secretary of State, U.S. A., Washington, I>. C.:
"Honorable Sir: — The members of t lie Continental Guards, a
•' military organization of this city, earnestly and sincerely tender their
" sympathy to the widow and family of our lamented President, and
" sadly regret, with every true American citizen, his untimely death.
" By order of the command :
" E. K. Skinner, Secretary."
:
ON MKS. GARFIELD'S BEHALF.
The Secretary of State's reply was as follows:
Department of State,
Washington, October 6th, 1881
E. K. Skinner, Esq., Secretary of the Continental Guards, Odd Fellows' Hall, New
Orleans :
"Sir: — I have the sad pleasure to acknowledge, on behalf of Mrs.
" Garfield, the receipt of your letter of the :21st ultimo, conveying
" simple and touching expressions of the sorrow of yourself and your
" comrades, at the death of our beloved President.
" In this hour of supreme trial, not only the heart-broken widow,
" but the whole American people with her, have been solaced by the
" eloquent proofs of affection and kinship in presence of this fatal
" ending of eighty days of hope and dread, which came from every
" part of our common land.
" I am, sir, your obedient servant,
'' James G. Blaine."
THE MASONIC BODIES.
THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
was organized in 181:!, and has now one hundred and thirty -six Lodges
in the State — fvventy-seven of which are in the City of New Orleans —
and has a total membership of four thousand eight hundred and fifty-
two members.
The present Grand Master, Judge William R. Whitaker, was made
a Mason in Linn Wood Lodge No. 167 in 1864, and first entered the
Grand Lodge in 1867 as Senior Warden of Lodge 167. He was for
several years on the Committee of Audit and Accounts ; was elected
Junior Grand Warden in 1873 ; re-elected in lsy4 ; elected ( J rand Senior
Warden in 1875; re-elected in ls7t> and 1877, and Grand Master in
1881. He was for several years, also, Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Correspondence. He is a member of all the Masonic Bodies
in the State, and a Knight Commander of the Court of Honor 32°,
Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction of the United States.
John CL A. Fellows was Grand Master from i860 to 1866. He was
174 APPENDIX.
made a Mason in Rising Sun Lodge No. 7, Royalton, Vermont, in Octo-
ber, 1849. He has been presiding officer of every Masonic Body in
Louisiana to which he belonged : Lodge, Grand Lodge, Grand Chap-
ter, Grand Council, Grand Commandery, President of the Order of
High Priesthood and Grand Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Con-
sistory. He is also Past Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of
Knights Templar of the United State-, for the term of 1871 to 1874;
and the degree of Knight of Grand Cross of Templars was conferred
on him by the Prince of Wales in 1873.
Edwin Marks, Past Grand Master, was made a Mason in Dudley
Lodge in 1858, and became a member of the Grand Lodge in 1867 as
Master of Dudley Lodge 66. [n 1867 he was a member of the Commit-
tee on Audit and Accounts, and then for several years. In L873-74was
Senior Grand Warden ; in 1877-78, Deputy Grand Master,and in 1879-
1880, Grand Master.
The present Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, James C. Batch-
elor, M. D., was made a Mason in Alabama in 1846. He has been a
member of the Grand Lodge since 1850 ; was elected Grand Secretary
in February. 1867 ; and lias been re-elected every year since. He is
Lieutenant' Grand Commander of the Supreme Council 33c of the
Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, and is a member of every
Masonic Body in Louisiana.— Doctor Batchelor i- universally recog-
nized as one of the profoundest and most accurate of Masonic Scholars.
His services are recognized in all parts of the world where Masons
meet.
THE GRAND CHAPTER.
The present Grand Chapter of Louisiana was reorganized in 1848.
There are twenty-one Chapters in the State, three of which are in New
Orleans. The total number of members is 931. The Grand Chapter
lias had twenty-one G. H. Priests and rive Gram I Secretaries.
The present Grand High Priest is Andrew Hero, Jr., who entered
the Grand Chapter in 1«72, as H. P. of Delta Chapter No. 15. He has
rilled several important offices in the Grand Chapter, and for many
years was chairman of the Committee on Finance. In February,
1881, he was elected as Grand High Priest.
The Grand Secretary is Dr. James C. Batchelor. who became a
member of the Grand Chapter in 1857, and served in several important
offices. In 1861 he was elected Deputy Grand High Priest; and in
1867 was elected Grand Secretary, which office he has been unanimously
re-elected to till, every year since.
THE GRAND COUNCIL.
The Grand Council of Royal ami Select Masters of the State of
Louisiana was organized in 1856. It has eight Councils in the State.
one of which is in New Orleans, and has a total membership of 289
members.
The Grand Council has had twelve M. I. Grand Masters and rive
Grand Recorders.
The Most Illustrious Grand Master, George J. Pinckard, has been
an officer of the Grand Council since 1K7-5. In ls77 he was elected
Most Illustrious Grand Master, and has been re-elected annually since.
He is also the M. P. Grand Principal Conductor of the work of the
General Grand Council of the United States.
The Grand Recorder is Richard Lambert, who has been an officer
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of the ( rrand Council since 1 870. He was for six years Grand Treasurer,
and in 1ST") was elected Grand Recorder, and re-elected annually since.
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
The Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of
Louisiana was organized in 1864. It has four Commanderies in the
State, three of which are in New < >rleans, and lias a total membership
of 352 Sir Knights.
The Commandery has had thirteen Grand Commanders and six
Grand Recorders.
The present 1!. E. Grand Commander is George SoulG. He lias
been a member of the Grand Commandery for a number of years, and
has served in all the offices of the Body. He was elected Grand Com-
mander in 1881, and was Assistant Grand Marshal of the Fifteenth
Division of the (rrand Encampment Parade in Chicago, 111., in 18S0
The Grand Recorder is Richard Lambert, who has been a member
of the Grand Commandery since 1869. He was Grand Commander in
1872, and was elected Grand Recorder in 1*77, and re-elected annually
since.
THE GRAND CONSISTORY.
Of MM. of the R. S. :;_': in Louisiana, was organized in 1851.
The Subordinate Bodies— Councils of Kadosh 30°, — are: Eagle
Council of Kadosh No. i»: Los Amigos del Orden No. 7; Foyer
Maconnique No. 8; and Silencio Chapter No. 9.
Chapter Rose Croix 18C is composed as follows: Los Amigos del
Orden No. 4; Foyer Maconnique No. t> ; Silencio No. 9; Pelican
Chapter No. 11.
The Lodges of Perfection 14° are: Albert Pike No. 1 ; Foyer
Maconnique No. 3; Silencio No. 4 ; and Los Amigos del Orden No. 5.
Joseph P. Horner, Hi'0 Kt. Com. of C. H. , Veil. Grand Master of
Kadosh of the (rrand Consistory MM. of the R. S. 32°, was born in
New York, in March. 1837.
He became a member of Marion Lodge N"o. 68, in June, 1860; organ-
ized Orient Lodge No. 173 in 1865, and was its Worshipful Master for
five years. He was Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Lou-
isiana in 1872. [n November. 1860, he becameaR. A. M-; and wasM. E.
H. Priest of Delta R. A. Chapter No. 15 for 1867, and G H. Priest of
the Grand Chapter of Louisiana for 1873 and ls74. — He became a R. S.
M. in Orleans Council No. 4, in January, 1862; and M. P. C- Master of
( rrand Council of R. S- M. for 1871. In 1863 he became a Knight Tem-
plar in Orleans Commandery No. .'J ; was its Em. Commander in 1865,
1867 and 1868; and Grand Commander in 1871 and 1S74.
In 1804, he joined the A. and A. Scottish Rite as a member of Pel-
ican Chap. R Croix 18°; also of Eagle Council of Kadosh 30°, and of
the Grand Consistory 32°; and became Presiding Officer in all of those
Bodies. In December, 1881, he was re elected for a third term, of
three years, in the Grand Consistory.
Thos. Cripps,— 33° G. C. C. of H. and G. Registrar G. Consistory
:\2° La. — was born in London, in July, 1817. He was initiated a Mason
in Marion Lodge No. 68, in May, 1849; was its Secretary in 1853; its
W. M. in 1S64 ; and again its Secretary from 1869 to date, a period of
twelve years. He has been the organist of the Sup. Council 33° La.
since 1872, and to the Grand Lodge of Louisiana since 1873. He has
taken all the degrees in the York and Scottish Rites.
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THE LODGES.
The Subordinate Masonic Lodges in New Orleans that were repre-
sented at the Obsequies here, were organized and chartered as follows:
Perfect Union No 1, organized in 1798; chartered in August, 1812.
—Polar Star No. 1, organized in 1794 ; chartered in August, 1812. — Per-
severance No. 4, organized in 1810; chartered in August, LS12. — St.
Andre No. 5, chartered in June 1839, as " Disciples du Senat Macon-
nique," name changed in February, 1855. — Los Amigosdel Orden No.
5, chartered in September, 1842. — Silencio No. 9, chartered in Febru-
ary, 1861.
Germania No. 40, chartered in April, LS44. — Friends of Harmony
No. 58, chartered June, 1848. — Mount Moriah No. 51), chartered March,
1849. — George Washington No. 65, organized in 1S47 ; chartered March,
1850.— Dudley No. * i' > , organized in 1N47 ; chartered March, 1850.
Marion No. 68, organized in 1S47; chartered March, 1850. — Hiram
Lodge No. 70, organized in 1847; chartered March, 1850. — Alpha Home
No. 72: Alpha organized in isfs; Home in 1855; chartered as Alpha
Home, February, 1860. — Quitman No. 70, chartered March, 1850.—
Orleans No. 78, organized 1S47 ; chartered March, 1850. — Hermitage
No. 98, chartered January, 1851.
Louisiana No. 1<)2, chartered in January, 1851. — Ocean No. 144,
chartered February, 1857. — Linn Wood No. 167, chartered February,
1861.— Kosmos No. 171, chartered February, 1864. — Union No. 172,
chartered February, 1865.— Orient No. 17.;, chartered February, 1865.—
Dante, No. 174, chartered February, 1866.— Perfect Harmony No. 170,
chartered February, 1807. — Corinthian No. 190, chartered February,
1869 —Jefferson No. 191, chartered February, 1869.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD AS A MASON.
The following is President Garfield's Masonic history, as detailed
by those in position to give it:
"James A. Garfield was made a Mason in Magnolia Lodge No. 20,
at Columbus, ()., Nov. 22, 1861, while commandant at Camp Chase.
His affiliations at the timeof his death were with Pental, Pennsylvania,
Lodge No. 2.'!, and Columbia Commandery No. 2, Knights Templar, of
Washington, D. C-
" He was the eighth Mason, but the first Knight Templar honored
with the Presidency. He was one of the charter members and an
earnest supporter of Pental, Pa., Lodge.
" After his election to the Presidency, his Commandery sought to
express their esteem for him, by attending the inaugural ceremonies;
and although Masonic law forbids any interference witli or partici-
pation in political or national affairs, the occasion was regarded by the
R, E. Grand Commander as sufficiently important and devoid of
partisan coloring to grant the desired permission for five platoons, of
sixteen Knights each, to attend.
"On July 10, 1881, Hauselman Commandery No. hi, at Cincinnati,
elected him an honorary member; and the handsomely engrossed reso-
lutions of sympathy, accompanying the notification, was one of the
few matters brought to the President's personal notice during his last
sickness.
"His reply, through his Private Secretary, J. Stanley Brown,
evinced his full appreciation and acceptance of this distinguished mark
of honor and respect."
His funeral at Cleveland was attended by the Knights Templar of
Ohio, under Grand Commander Tateni.
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THE ORLEANS ARTILLERY REGIMENT.
This fine corps, -the majority of whose Officers and Men is com-
posed of the substantia] Creole element of our population— was organ-
ized in 1824. ll then numbered two Companies, commanded respect-
ively by Captain Benjamin Buisson and Captain Donatien Augustin.
Capt. Buisson was a soldier of Xapoleon the Great, and was pro-
moted on the famous battlefield of Montereau, in France, for conspicu-
ous gallantry, by lie Emperor in person. During the war between the
States, Captain Buisson was one of the first appointed Brigadier Gener-
als of the Confederate Army. Cap!. Donatien Augustin — (whose sons
served with distinction in the Louisiana regiments during the civil
war. and who arc slid actively connected with the civic and military
duties)— became < Jeneral of that splendid ante-bellum corps, the Louisi-
ana Legion. He also commanded a Brigade of Volunteers, raised in
New Orleans, that tendered their services to Gen. Zachary Taylor dur-
ing the war with Mexico. ( h>n. Augustin and his Brigade were at once
accepted ; all the arrangements were rapidly completed for their
departure for the field; but, on the very eve of embarking on the
transports, counter order- were received from the War Department,
and the Brigade disbanded. Gen. Augustin, however, continued to
serve in the Legion, with unabated zeal and intelligence.
In the Fall of 1845, when (Jen. Taylor was gathering his forces at
Corpus Christi, to march on the Rio Grande, the Orleans Artillery
Battalion, under the veteran Major Louis Gaily, was mustered into the
Q. S. Army, and remained with Gen. Taylor, doing efficient service
during their term.
Again, in ls4'i, when a call for more troops was made, three com-
panies of the Battalion, under Captains Maurice Grivot, F. Mauberret,
and J. Penna, — commanded by Major Gaily, — volunteered; and were
stationed at Fort St. Philip and Fort Jackson, relieving the Regulars
on duty there.
From the close of the Mexican War to 1860, the Battalion ranked
always among the largest, best equipped and best drilled volunteer
organizations in ! he country ; and it was prompt to respond to all calls
for service in repressing riots, or other serious disturbances of the
public peace.
After the death of Major Louis Gaily, Captains M. Grivot, F.
.Mauberret and Alexander Derbes successively commanded the Bat-
talion as Senior Captains. In 1859, Captain Paul E. Theard was elected
Major, and reorganized the Battalion into six Companies.
When the war between the States commenced, the Battalion was
assigned to duty at Fort Jackson until relieved by Major Bradford
with the First Regular Infantry of Louisiana. Fpon their return to
Camp Lewis, near Carrollton, in June, 1861, the State having no equip-
ments, no harness, no horses, nor tield pieces to supply the Battalion,
Major Theard resigned.
Four Companies, under the command respectively of Captains
Francisco Gomez, John P. Morlot, Geo. Tromeyer and James C- Theard,
eager to serve the Southern cause, agreed to do service as Infantry, and
were mustered as such into the Provisional Army of the Confederate
States. They were immediately detatched as Heavy Artillery, and
were assigned to duty at Fort Livingston, La. They were 'finally
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merged in the Twenty-second Louisiana Infantry, commanded by
Colonel Isaac W. Patton, under whom they did good service, especially
at Vicksburg and at Spanish Fort, near Mobile.
After the war, the Veteran Members of the Orleans Battalion, in
order to preserve their right to the Tomb Monument in the old St.
Louis Cemetery, formed an Association for the purpose of taking care
of the Monument. The following members were elected the Board
of Directors, and so remain to this da> :
Officers:— Col. Paul E- Theard, President; Capt. Paulin Durel,Vice
President; Lieut. H. Gaily, Treasurer; Lieut M. A. Calongne, Secre-
tary. Directors :— Captains B. W. Hebrard, C. R. Fagot, Lieutenants
P. A. Gomez, Victor Morano, M. B. Dubuisson, and Corporals J. T.
Degrais, L. A. Beney and C. A. Rouyer.
On the 6th of May, 1876, the former Members of the Battalion
serving in the Militia, reorganized the Orleans Artillery. Four Com-
panies, commanded respectively by Captains Jno. B. Vinet, Geo. H.
Tardy, A. J. Bachemin, and P. O. Peyroux, were promptly organized;
ami on the 1.3th of September, 1876, 1'. Malochee was elected Major.
He having resigned, Capt. J. B. Vinet was elected Major on the 9th of
January, 1877.
In the meantime, three more Companies had been organized ; and
the Command now numbered seven full companies, officered, in
addition to the above named, by Captains Anatole A. Ker, 1'. S Wiltz,
Jr., and A. Sambola, two of whom had replaced Captains J. Schweitzer
and L. F. Bouchereau.
It was then decided to organize the Battalion into a Regiment, and
on the 12tb of January, 1x77, Major J. B- Vinet was unanimously
elected Colonel ; and on the 3d of May, 1877, Captain Geo. H. Tardy
was elected Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain \. .1. Bachemin, Major.
Lieutenant Colonel Geo. H- Tardy resigning, Jno. H. Pike was
elected Lieutenant Colonel, on the 15th of May, 1877.
On the 9th of January, 1878, the Field Officers of the Regiment
having resigned, the following successors were elected: A. J.
Bachemin, Colonel ; P. O. Peyroux, Lieutenant Colonel; O. DeBouchel,
Major.
'On the death of Major DeBouchel, Captain P. S. Wiltz, Jr., of
Battery "F," was elected Major, February 21st, L880.
The above officers are still in command of the Regiment.
Since its reorganization, the Regiment, under its different Com-
manders, has prospered continually, and has responded promptly for
duty on all occasions when its services were required. The Regiment
is at present quartered in its old ante-bellum Headquarters, die Slate
Arsenal on St. Peter Street. It can justly be said of this Veteran
Organization, that whenever called upon by the State, it has been
found true to its motto: " Always Ready ! "
The Regiment of Orleans Artillery is at present composed of six
Companies, aggregating 460 members, and is officered as follows :
Field. — Colonel, A. J. Bachemin; Lieut. Colonel, P. O. Peyroux;
Major, P. S. Wiltz, Jr.
Staff. — Adjutant, Lieut. Raoul Tertrou; Quartermaster, Capt.
Raphael Abramovich ; Ordnance Officer, Capt. A. Bailly-Blanchard ;
Commissary, Capt. Leon Palas; Surgeon, Major Edw. Ader; Assistant
Surgeon, Capt. J. G. Hava ; Assistant Quartermaster, Lieut. F. K.
Renaudin ; Chaplain, Archbishop Perch6.
Line. — Battery "A." — Captain, Leon Nunes ; First Lieutenant,
APPENDIX. 179
Jno. T. Pittman ; First Lieutenant, Jr., Louis Caron; Second Lieu-
tenant, !\ B. Salatich.
Battery "B. " — Captain, (lias. Lejeune; First Lieutenant, Thos. J.
Camp; Second Lieutenant, Alb. Muller.
Battery "C." — At Donaldsonville. — Captain, D'Everaux Jones;
First Lieutenant, Pierre Kloppman ; Firsi Lieutenant, .Jr., J. J.
Lafargue ; Second Lieutenant, Fred. Earhardt.
1 lattery " 1).'' — Captain, Geo. ScLuefFer; Second Lieutenant, Jacques
Levy.
Battery " E." — Captain, Anthony Sambola; First Lieutenant, Jr.,
Emile Boehler; Second Lieutenant, Nicholas Theodore.
Battery "F."- Captain, Emile Pachoud ; First Lieutenant, Louis
Donafort; First Lieutenant, Jr., Eug. Huppenbauer ; Second Lieu-
tenant, ('has. H. Richardson.
Non-Commissioned Staff. — Sergeant Major, Peter J. Coiron ; Quar-
termaster Sergeant, Paul Forget; Ordnance Sergeant, A. Calongne;
Commissary Sergeant, Joseph Roth; Color Sergeant, J. Gerhardt.
THE FRANCS TIREURS.
This volunteer military Company was organized June 30th, 1877,
by Captain A. Selle, — now Honorary Captain— and by Sergeant Major
Gregoire.
The Company's first parade took place on the 12th of August, the
same year, in honor of the "blessing of their flags," by the Catholic
Church. The Company numbered, on the occasion, four Officers,
eight non-commissioned Officers, and sixty-five Privates.
The "Francs Tireurs d' Orleans" is an independent organization,
not belonging to the State Militia, and receiving no appropriation from
the State for its maintenance. In its ranks are to be found many
soldiers who took an active part in the French ranks in the campaigns
of the celebrated Franco-German War of 1870-71.
Although composed exclusively of Frenchmen, the " Francs
Tireurs d' Orleans" have always attended all ceremonies and parades
of our Military, in honor of memorable events in the history of the
country. The " Francs Tireurs " usually parade as the guests of the
Orleans Artillery Regiment. They showed by their presence in the
obsequies of the 26th of September, 1881, that the gieat loss which
America has sustained, was shared in by all the dwellers within her
confines.
The Company is at present officered as follows: Captain, A.
Dumestre; First Lieutenant, B. May lie- ; Second Lieutenant, James
Faure; Second Lieutenant, Jr., J. Pujol; Adjutant, P. Setze; audit
numbers forty-four non-commissioned Officers and Privates.
The uniform, which is that of the French Army, always attracts
great attention, and is composed of: Bed kepi, marine blue cloth coat,
red pants with light blue band, and red epaulettes for non-com-
missioned officers and privates, and gold for the officers.
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L80 APPENDIX.
THE FIRST REGIMENT.
This excellent infantry command was organized in the Fall of
1877, as follows :
Company A. the " Meyer Rifles," Captain M C. Royes and First
Lieutenant H. Hourbeigt. — Company B, Captain A. M. Aucoin. —
Company C, the "Howard Light Guards," Captain B. J*. Goodman,
First Lieutenant C. I >. Bullock, and Second Lieutenant, W. B. Stans-
bury. — Company f), Captain Gabriel Fernandez, Lieutenant \.
Lanata. — Company E, the "Zouaves," Captain (ten. H. Lord, First
Lieutenant D. P. Mahoney, and Second Lieutenant Thomas Brennan,
—and Company F, the "Sumner Rifles," Captain Chas. G. Ogden.
The first Colonel of the Regiment v. a-' Adolph Meyer, Esq., one of
our leading cotton factors.
The other Staff Officers were: Lieutenant Colonel Richard Wilde,
Major Thomas Melntyre, and Adjutant Guy Carleton. All three were
connected with the city Press.
The Regiment's first uniform was blue cloth tunics and pants,
white cross belts, brass epaulettes, and blue caps. Company E, how-
ever, wore the well-known Zouave costume.
Tiie armory was the spacious second story of the old Armory
Hall, on Camp Street, below Poydras,— where the Regiment, before
being mustered into the State service as "The First Regiment, Louis-
iana State National ( kiard," drilled assiduously for some months.
Its first public parade took place on the anniversary of the Battle
of New Orleans, January 8th, 1878, -dress parade being held in Lafay-
ette Square, — and tlie verdict, notonlyof the general public, but of the
military critics, was, that the new command was most emphatically a
.success in every way : in the individuality of (be officers and men, in
the neat and serviceable appearanceof the uniform, and in the evidence*
of excellent drill.
In February, 1879, the uniform of the regiment was changed: the
officers retaining- the blue cloth coat and pants, witb gold trimmings,
and the men being furnished with dark grey cloth suits, white cross
belts, and plumed shakos.
The headquarters and drill rooms were removed from the Armory
Hall to the Turners' Hall, on Lafayette street.
In February, L880, the regimental armory was removed from Tur-
ners' Hall to the upper story of the Washington Artillery Arsenal, on
Carondelet street, where the command has ample facilities.
Meantime, as usual with all volunteer commands, many chain. vs
had taken place in the Stall' and in the Line. Lieut. Col. Wilde and
Major Melntyre resigned, and were succeeded by Captain Geo. H.
Lord, who was elected Lieutenant Colonel, and C. ('. Cain, who was
elected Major. Lieut. Carleton, Adjutant, also resigned. In 1880,
Major Cain resigned, and that office was vacant for a year.
In 1880, the roll of the Regiment was as follows :
Field and Stall Officers: — Colonel, Adolph Meyer; Lieutenant
Colonel, Geo. H. Lore! ; Lieutenant T. H. Underwood, Adjutant;
Lieutenant Theo. Hellman, Quartermaster; ('apt. A. M. Aucoin,
Commissary; Capt. Otto Schwaner, Ordnance Officer; Major W. H.
Watkins, Surgeon; Capt. W- M. Schuppert, Assistant Surgeon.
Company A.: Captain, M. C. Royes; First Lieutenant, H. Hour-
beigt; Second Lieutenant, P. Lobell.— Company C: Captain, B. J.
Goodman; First Lieutenant, J. L. McClure ; Second Lieutenant, Ed.
Bauduc. — Company !>.: Captain, G. Fernandez; Second Lieutenant,
Lanata. — Company E.: Captain, D. P. Mahoney ; First Lieutenant,
R. it. A. Mooney. — Company !•".: Captain, T. J. Bath; First Lieu-
tenant Dulanty. — Company G.: Captain, Peter Butz; First Lieu-
tenant, Chas I sher. — Company H.: Captain, ('has. Aron ; First
I deutenant Tujaque.
it will ln'si't'ii that, since L877, Company 1* had disbanded, whilst
Companies G and H had been added to the Regiment.
Tin' Regiment was now part and parcel of the First Brigade,
Louisiana state National Guard, Brigadier General John Glynn, Jr.,
commanding.
! n the Spring of 1881 . < reueral Augustus Reichard. commanding tin'
Second Brigade, resigned, and Colonel Meyerwass* lected by Governor
Wiltz to succeed him. Lieutenant Colonel Lord was thereupon elected
Colonel of the First Regiment and Captain M. C Roves, its Major;
he being succeeded, as Captain of Company A, by his First Lieutenant,
C. H. Hourbeigt. In August, 1S81, the vacant Lieutenant Colonelcy
was rilled by the election of the veteran Tim-. Mclntyre, and J. Mas-
sich was elected Sergeant Major.
The present organization of the Regiment is given on pages 7:! and
73 of this book, with this addition, that Company i> is being reorgan-
ized.
The First Regiment owed much of its pristine vitality to Colonel
Meyer'.- care. Under Colonel Lord's energetic and skillful control it
lias become a strong, well disciplined command, — a credit to its officers
and men and to the State. It lias several times promptly answered
calls upon it for service, in keeping the peace.
THE GERMAN BATTALION.
This numerous, martial-looking and well drilled corps was organ-
ized in the year 1878, by German residents, and the citizens speaking
their language. Among other well known residents who took a warm
and active interest in the undertaking, were Messrs. ('. F. Buck, Hen.
Armbruster, M. Herrman, G- MuTler, Judge G. PI. Braughn, and
Augustus Reichard, — the latter, ex-Colonel of the Twentieth Louisiana,
in the civil war. After several preliminary meetings, it was deter-
mined to commence the forming of Companies. This was rapidly
effected, with the following result: Company A. — Captain Geo. H.
Braughn. Company B. — Captain Ben Armbruster. Company C. —
Captain Maximillian Herrman. Company !). — Captain George Mid-
ler,—and Company E., Captain Ferdinand Schumacher.
In December, 1878, the five Companies wei rganized into a Bat-
talion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Reichard anil
Major Geo. H. Braughn. The Stall' consisted of Lieutenant Charles
Lochbrunner, Adjutant; Captain Ed. Lilienthal, Quartermaster, and
Dr. F. Loeber, Surgeon.
The Battalion was organized as an independent military corps,
and so remained until the beginning of 1880, when it concluded to
enter the State National Guard. That is, all the Companies, except
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A IM'KN'M X.
Iln- Company commanded by < ':i f • I ; ■ i n Muller, '.vhicli preferred to
»'« ■ t : i i i i ii i ndep< nd< ni po ition. Thereupon, Companies A, I'., 0,
and I , were ttni end info the State oi ice and Company K became
Com pan I) of the new Battalion. Tin-, in h'ebruary, l i) : the mus-
i« ■) hi" officer I Min" Col. C. I ,. \\ nl I. it. ol Hen. Boh u taff"
'Iln- Wit 1 1 1 m • l < » r i \ 1 1 i 1 1 * - 1 \ ,-nnl Mi'- Oresoonl Ci-v irnen I having
al o entered l.li i.ti er ice il was determined l.o form u new Bi i-
ride, the Second with the Herman Battalion :i n mentparf;
and, upon the unanimou reeommendafion ol all tin; o ill corn of the
three Battalion , the Cover nor appointed ( 'nloncl I lei chard :i Bri
'li'T < Ii-iiit.i I to • '.i,i mand i In- now Brigade. Kmphatioally, the rigid
in. i n in iln- it- Ii i plai
Col lleiehard promotion illowed l»y the election of Major
Braughn to the Lieu ml ' olonoley of the Battalion, and Captain
I '.'ii A rmbru dor l<> I Ik- Majority.
rice II i e lii i organization, the changes anions ofTicei and men,
iucidi ntal i" all volunteer command taken plaei in the Batfal
ion In I il In ngfh ajid di ciplim lm ve in rio v\ ays heen affected. The
Kield and taff and the Lino Officers are now as pre en ted on pages <i!t
and 70 ol Mn hook .
The arm of flic Battalion whicli in fully armed and equipped
are Springfield rifh , breech-loading, and hayoncl , furnished hy the
State The uniform i pr< rl b,\ the Battalion, and i ubsfanfially
that of 1 1 1'- I' ni in ii Imperial Cuards : dark hi uc coal with red cufl
and eollai ei darl rjra; panfo with red stripes; helmets with
;' hoi ■ hail plume. The oftlci i ear in addition white silver
ami ' - j > .- 1 ii I < ■ t it- a vei and al the same time, martial
uniform, letting off the officer and men to : ■ i < ■ .- 1 1 advantn
III*- A n i Mir;, of the Battalion is on I >ryades d.reet, just ahove Canal.
The Band numhei i velve pieces, with Krank I'ortune as leader, and
i - uniformed like the command.
The Battalion alwa; appeal with full ranks, and never fails to
elicit admiration hy il rl; di ciplinc and soldierly appearance. Il
i i-ry fortunate in il v. < •< 1 1 < 1 1 f corps of officei . Tins Lieutenant
Colonel commanding and his off leers are justly proud of their com-
mand.
'I III'. CRKS( I. I I 1:1. < ,lAll. FT.
This popular infantr; regimen I i the iioeessor of iln- Orescent
I i Battalion, which vm organized in October, 1877, with the folio
in com pan h
•it i ■■ -ni lull- , Captain It. B. Pleasant) League Guards, Captain
. II. Buck Vaudr; llifle , Captain A. h). Morpliy, Loui iana (In
< 'aptain l.'l .'.in I »elk nap.
The Battalion wu commanded hy Lieutenant Colonel Ohas. K.
I ' iiii< t, with llichard C Bond as Major, hoth elected unanimously,
i hoth ol them officers who had seen much active service in the
1 r>n federate Annj Many of the other officers, and ol the rank
••iii'l file, had al o heen under fl r<
Shortl; thereafter, the Nieholls' Itiflos, an independent company,
Captain ivl . h'lood commanding ■. i -i e received into tlie Battalion.
The following Stall' Officers were then appointed: Adjutant,
Lieutenant \V ( '. II. Ilobinson ; ( lonunissary, Captain John Augustin ;
Surgeon, Dr. Cornelius Beard; and, on the Non-Commissioned Staff,
II. ( '. Mire as Sergeant Major. All of llicm had seen active service.
Pre long, Captain Buck resinned the command <>l' (lie League
Guards, and was placed on i lie Stall" as Ordnance I) Ulcer. Lieutenant
William P. Pinckard succeeded Captain Buck in Hie League Guards,
and soon won and kept for them an enviable reputation for thorough
drill and tine soldiery appea ranee.
During the month of May, I NTS, the Battalion decided to enter the
"State .National Guards," and were mustered in early in June. The
ceremony took place in Lafayette Square, and was witnessed by a boss of
spectators, among whom were many ladies, as also officers of other
commands, in uniform, with several U S. Army Officers, invited
its. The Companies were out in full numbers ; and, in l heir band-
some grey uniforms, with white epaulettes, while cross-belts, and
shako-, wiili pinnies, and ample proofs of thorough drill, at once
established themselves in the popular favor a Haltering position they
have held ever since. Dress-parade followed the muster ; and then,
preceded by their large and excellent hand, the Battalion inarched to
St. Patrick's Hall.
The main hall of thai grand edifice easily accommodated several
thousand spectators, <j;al he red to wit ness the very interesting ceremony
of the presentation to the Battalion, by Major Bomb of n beautiful
stand of colors. The Companies drew up on three I -, a hollow
square, the fourth being formed by the platform on which sal Governor
.Nieholls and a large number of State and City officials and other
invited guests
Major Bond, ina brief, well-worded address, presented the colors
to Lieutenant Colonel Penner, who received them in a spirit-stirring
speech. Governor Nieholls, one of the tnosl distinguished Colonels
and Brigadiers of Lee's Army then delivered an address, most ap-
propriately and happily conceived and delivered.
Pre the assembly was dismissed, Lieutenant Colonel Kenner
announced thai he bad inaugurated a competitive company drill, to
lake place annually, the prizes to be twenty four handsome silver
medals, that be had already provided, and to be worn for a year by the
( 'oni I'.iny winning them
The excellent elt'ecl of this stimulus |o the soldierly a in hit ion of
officers and men to excel, has been witnessed since by thousands of
spectators at the annual public drills of the Battalion.
The lirst of these competitive drills took place in June, I NTS, in
St. Patrick's Hall; and, after a close contest, in which the League
Guards, under Capt. Pinkard, and (he Orescent Katies, under Capt.
Pleasants, were the chief rivals,- the odds imong the ipeetators hoi
rather in favor of the latter the" Leagues " carried ott" the prizes.
Their defeat stimulated the " Crescents " to renewed efforts ; and,
at the second annual competition, in May, INTO, they won the victory
This was the first of these interesting exhibitions that look place
at the Pair Grounds, and in the open air ; and, as the attendance of
spectators was by thousands the ladies being out in lull numbers
and each Company had its hundreds of admirers and backers, the
result was a most gratifying success, especially as after the delivery of
the medals by Lieutenant Colonel Penner to the rejoicing winners,
JS4 APPENDIX.
the spacious ball room was brilliantly illuminated and a grand mili-
tary ball filled out the evening delightfully.
All the live Companies took part in this second competitive drill,
and their improvement was marked. The Louisiana Greys were now-
known as the Burke Rifles, under Captain Atwood Violett. They
were named after Major E. A. Burke, who had been, during the war.
an officer on General E. Kirby Smith's stall', in the Trans-Mississippi
Department, and was now appointed Captain and Quartermaster of
the ( 'rcsceiit ( !ity Battalion.
Up to tins time the Companies had had their individual armories,
scattered here and there; but they now secured the upper part of the
Mechanics' Institute, on Dryades street, giving them ample accom-
modations
In 1880 the Battalion lost its highly esteemed and able command-
ing officer, Lieutenant Colonel Fenner, who, being appointed by Gov-
ernor Wiltz an Associate Justice on the State Supreme Bench, did not
think it within the line of duty in that position to hold any other
office. His farewell to the Battalion was the occasion of an inter-
change of kindly feeling not likely to be forgotten by any of the
parties present.
About this time the Battalion united with the German Battalion
and the Washington Artillery to form the Second Brigade, First
Division, Louisiana State National Guard. The officers of these three
fine commands united in selecting as their Brigadier, Lieutenant
Colonel Augustus Reiehard, of the German Battalion— a type of the
perfect soldier and gentleman. He appointed that zealous and intelli-
gent officer, Lieutenant Robinson, Adjutant of the Crescent Battalion
from its inception, lobe his Chief-of-StafF, with the raid; of Lieutenant
Colonel. This created a vacancy in the Adjutancy of the Crescent
Battalion, which was tilled by the appointment of that thorough tacti-
cian and energetic officer, Lieutenant John G. Woods, of the Crescent
Ritles.
Major R. C. Bond was elected Lieutenant Colonel, to succeed Lieu-
tenant Colonel Fenner; and, shortly after, two Companies of the
Second Infantry Battalion, L. S. N. G., — which corps had dissolved —
joined the Crescent Battalion. They were the Hester Rifles, Captain
Chas. Donnaud, and the Jumel Guards, Captain Henry Pickles, both
of them excellent company commanders.
This made a Regiment of the Crescent Battalion. Accordingly,
Lieutenant Colonel Bond was promoted to Colonel ; Mr. Ed. Ivy was
elected Lieutenant Colonel, and J. D. Hill (Lieut. Colonel of the late
Second Regiment), was made Major.
In the third annual competitive drill, at the Fair Grounds, in
May, 1880, the League Guards, Captain Pinckard ; Crescent Rities,
Captain Pleasants; Vaudry Rifles, Captain Morphy; Nicholls Rifles,
Captain Flood, and Burke Rifles, Captain Violett, participated
The Companies drilled assiduously for several weeks under the
direction of U. S. Sergeants, and the judges were U. S. Army officers.
The attendance was very large, and the contest a, most exoiting one.
It ended by the judges awarding the medals to the League Guards.
A competitive inter-state drill being announced at Nashville, the
Regiment sent a delegation there, composed of men from each Com-
pany, all under the command of Captain Pleasants. Quartermaster
Burke, with characteristic energy and liberality, was largely instru-
mental in the success of this improvised expedition.
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Shortly after, the Vaudry Rifles regretted to lose their com-
mander, Cap t. A. E. Morphy, Who had been with them three years.
He had won both their confidence and their affection. Ere they were
aware of his intent to resign, they had presented him with a hand-
some sword. Captain Morphy's successor was Lieutenant John G.
Woods, who resigned the Regimental Adjutancy to take this position.
Then came the news of the death of Colonel Bond, who, in failing
health, had sought renewed strength in a trip to the West. His re-
mains were brought to the city ; and thence taken by steamboat, up
the river, to Donaldsonville, the place of his birth. The Regiment
and a large concourse of friends accompanied the body to the steamer.
The military escort to Donaldsonville and tiring party there, was com-
posed of the Vaudry Rifles, under Captain Woods and First Lieuten-
ant P. R. Angelovi'ch, with Theodore I). Wharton as Orderly Ser-
geant, and Geo. F. Wharton as Marker. Col- Bond's death, in the
prime of manhood, was deeply regretted.
Lieutenant Colonel Ivy, an excellent officer, became Colonel of
the Regiment ; Major J. D. Hill, its Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain
At wood Violett, of the Burke Rifles, was promoted to Major.
The Crescent Rilies, shortly after Col. Bond's death, were grieved
to be compelled to receive the resignation of Captain Pleasants. His
proficiency as an officer, his strict sense of duty, and genial, quiet
ways as a friend and comrade, had had much to do in giving the
Crescents their enviable reputation. He was succeeded by First Lieu-
tenant Leslie Bobb.
Lieutenant Henry H. Baker, of the Crescent Rifles, — one of the
war veterans of the Washington Artillery, — now organized a new
Company, composed of young men, none of whom were under six
feet in height, and they were appropriately named the "Stonewall
Grenadiers." Their admission to the Regiment gave it a strength of
eight tine Companies.
Sergeant-Major B. C. Mire, well versed in his duties, was elected
Adjutant of the Regiment, to succeed Lieutenant Woods ; and the
Field and Staff then stood, at the close of 1880: Colonel, E. Ivy; Lieu-
tenant Colonel, J. D. Hill; Major, Atwood Violett; Adjutant, Lieu-
tenant, B. C. Mire; Quartermaster, Captain E. A- Burke; Commis-
sary, Captain John Augustin ; Ordnance Officer, Captain J. D. C.
Stevenson ; Surgeon, A. B. Miles.
The fourth annual competitive drill of the Regiment, in May,
1881, attracted general attention, not only here, but in other Southern
cities, for it was announced several weeks in advance that there would
be two days' competition : on the first, among the Crescent Companies,
for the Fenner medals ; and on the second, for monied prizes, for which
any and all military companies could compete. In response to the
latter, it was published that Memphis, Mobile and Houston would
enter the arena.
The attendance of the public at the Fair Grounds for this very
interesting exhibition of soldierly skill ami bearing, was larger than
at any previous gathering. Visitors came from far and near to witness
it. On the first day, four companies of the Crescent Regiment
competed, and surprised the spectators by their proficiency. The test
was much more elaborate and trying than ever before.
The gallant League Guards, under Captain Pinckard, came fully
up to their usual standard ; but the Crescent Rifies, under their new
commander, Captain H. Allen, — Captain Pleasants, volunteering as a
186 APPENDIX.
Lieutenant for the occasion — carried oft' the prizes. Captain Whitney
won many plaudits for the Nicholls Rifles; but, to the general astonish-
ment, the Validly Rifles, under < !aptain Woods, came out second in the
score, thus beating the formidable " Leagues," and coming within a
few points of the victorious " Crescents."
The new commander of the " Crescents," Captain Allen, had been
a Lieutenant in the celebrated Chickasaw Guards, of Memphis, (hi
this, his first appearance at the bead of the "Crescents," his quiet,
determined bearing, thorough knowledge of tactics, and rapid, sure,
easy handling of his men, at once placed him in the front rank among
our military men.
The second day's, or inter-State drill, will long be remembered by
the thousands who witnessed it. The Judges, as on the first day, were
L. S. Army Officers ; and it was evident they were exacting and rigid
to the last degree. The programme laid down in advance, was such as
to thoroughly test every officer ami every private ; and it may well be
conceived how closely and eagerly every movement was watched by
the legions of friends and admirers of each competing Company, and
how warmly and enthusiastically every delicate or brilliant display
was applauded, — especially by the ladies, who were in bewildering
array, from Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama and Texas.
After a long and most exciting contest, the Judges awarded the first
prize to the Chickasaw Guards, and the second to the Crescent Rifles.
The Guards' splendid appearance and magnificent drill produced a
profound impression. The Companies ranked, in the net number of
points won by each, as follows: 1, Chickasaw Guards. — 2, Crescent
Rifles.— 3, League Guards. — 4, Houston Light Guards. — 5, Vaudrv
Rifles.— 6, Mobile Rifles.— 7, Nicholls Rifles.
It should be said for Captain Whitney, of the Nicholls Rifles, that
he entered the race, fully appreciating the immense odds against him —
for he was comparatively an untried commander; but he nevertheless
showed the resolute confidence and pluck of a good soldier, who,
though defeated, is not dismayed.
During the two days, the grounds were kept in regular military
style, by the commands of Captains Baker, Donnaud, Pickles and
Wilson.'
Soon after this exhibition, the second annual inter-State drill took
place at Nashville, and the Crescent Rifles, under Captain Allen, took
part in it. Their competitors were the Porter Rides, the Bluff City
Guards, and other noted commands.
As the Crescents lost the prize for which they fought by only 2-100
of a point, — according to the decision of the U- 8. Army Officers, who
acted as .) udges, — they were not at all downcast by their defeat. Their
splendid reception when they got back home, amply consoled them.
Later on, Colonel Ivy, to the regret of the Regiment, resigned, as
did Lieutenant Colonel Hill. The veteran Pleasants was elected
Colonel ; Major Violett became Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain
Baker was elected Major. Adjutant Mire, who had filled his duties to
general satisfaction, resigned; and Lieutenant Robinson resumed the
Adjutancy at the request of Colonel Pleasants, who knew how well
fitted he was to the position, Colonel Pleasants then announced the
following as the Regimental Commissioned and Non-Commissioned
Staff: (Quartermaster, Captain E. A.Burke; Surgeon, W. G. Mitchell;
Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Hugh Miller Thompson; Sergeant-Major, S. A.
Trufant ; Commissary and Ordnance Sergeant, Paul Holloway.—
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Colonel Pleasants found that the State law did inn entitle him to a
commissioned officer, as a Commissary; and much to his and the Regi-
ment's regret, the Staff lost the services of that valuable officer, Captain
John Augustin.
' Colonel Pleasants, who is no holiday soldier, at once set to work to
bring the Regiment up to the highest standard of drill and soldierly
appearance, commencing by instituting, at the Regiment's new armory
on Canal street, Officers' Schools of Instruction. The results have
already been beneficial, as has been shown in recent parades, musters, and
inspections — more especially when the different commands passed in
review on the 18th of December, before Governor McEnery and the
French Staff Officers, visitors to the Yorktown Centennial.
THE MITCHEL RIFLES.
This independent military company, composed of citizens of Irish
birth, is named after the late John Mitchel, whose name became first
familiar to the reading public everywhere as one of the leaders of the
zealous and talented men who in 1847-48, made the "Young Ireland
Party" famous. Among John Mitchel's colleagues in this celebrated
political movement were those distinguished Irishmen, Smith O'Brien
and Thomas Francis Meagher, besides a number of other eminent
" sons of the green Isle."
One of the most brilliant speakers and writers of this band of
patriots was the gifted young Joseph Brennan, who came to New
Orleans, "an exile from Erin," in 18-49, and soon made his mark as a
speaker, a poet and a writer for the press. The terrible yellow fever
of 1853 broke his health, and ere long poor Brennan found rest in one
of our cemeteries. The compiler, his confn re on the press, with pleas-
ure still remembers the young patriot's tine face, melodious voice and
gentle manner, — types of a generous spirit and a warm heart, allied to
unflagging industry and unfaltering devotion, at all hazards, to what
he deemed the right.
John Mitchel was a member of Parliament, and was also one of
the "Exiles of 1848." With Meagher, he finally settled down in this
country. In the civil war, Mitchel espoused the Southern cause, and
distinguished himself as a journalist in Richmond, Va.
The Mitchel Rifles, after many vicissitudes of fortune, have suc-
ceeded in placing their command on an enduring foundation, not
only as to finances, but as to equipments and numerical strength.
They have now a roll of over forty active, and thirty honorary mem-
bers. Their armory is at No. lo;fst. Charles street. The uniform is
of grey cloth, with green and gold facings and trimmings.
The officers on ''Memorial Monday" were: Captain, Michael
Griffin; First Lieutenant, H. F. Brennan; Second Lieutenant, B.
Moran ; Orderly Sergeant, James O'Connell.
Since September, an election has been held that resulted as fol-
lows : Captain, Jos. H. Lawler ; First Lieutenant, Thos. McDonnough ;
Second Lieutenant, L. Pluntener ; Junior Second Lieutenant, John
H. Green; Sergeants, B. Moran, G. F. Tollan, Wm. McGuirc, and
P. Coyne.
Several of the above named officers have seen military service in
the field in both hemispheres, us Captain Lawler, Lieutenant MeDon-
nough and Captain Griffin.
GERMAN GUARDS.
This Company was formed in March, 1878, and joined the German
Battalion, then in course of organization as an independent corps. The
Guards remained with the Battalion as Company C up to February,
1880. Then, the Battalion having entered the State National Guards,
Company C withdrew, and kept up its independent organization,
under the name of the German Guards.
The Company's uniform differs but little from that of the German
Battalion. Their equipment is complete, and whenever they appear
on the streets, they invariably attract admiring attention by their
fine marching and accurate manoeuvring. Their headquarters are at
No. 48 Bienville street.
Their muster roll shows fifty active, thirty-five passive, and
twenty-five honorary mem hers. The Secretary of the Company is
Henry Opitz ; the Treasurer, G. T. Schilling. The Officers in com-
mand are : Captain, George M tiller ; First Lieutenant, O. A. P. Stoll ;
Second Lieutenant, A. Wermes ; Feldwebel, W. A. Suhren. The com-
mands are given in German and English.
The Guards were to have participated, by invitation, in the cere-
monies at President Garfield's inauguration, but were prevented by
circumstances beyond their control. When the news of President
Garfield's death was received, a prize drill ami complimentary ball,
that the Guards had prepared, were postponed. A meeting of the
Company was held, at which resolutions of regret for the death of the
President, and sympathy for his family, were adopted. It wTas further
determined that the Armory should be draped in mourning and that
the members wear mourning1 badges for one month.
THE IRISH RIFLES.
The Irish Rifles, Company A, was organized in the year 1874, as
an independent command. It has done its share of active duty,
promptly and well, whenever called on since; and has maintained its
organization despite many troublous events, such as epidemics. The
Rifles are handsomely uniformed, well equipped and well drilled.
Their rank and file number forty-eight men, officered by Captain
John Fitzpatrick; First Lieutenant, Matt. Henry Kane; Second Lieu-
tenant, Michael Ryan, and First Sergeant, P. M. Garry. The latter
officer acted as commanding officer on the day of the < hirfield Funeral
Ceremonies.
CAZADORES DE ORLEANS.
This Company, composed of Spanish residents, was organized in
May, 1877, as an independent command. In October, 1879, it was re-
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organized, so as to embrace the double qualities of a military coiii,,..,^
and a civic society. Its uniform is very elegant — unlike any other
in this country, yet strikingly soldierlike. The Company, which
is fully equipped and marches well, musters sixty active members,
rank and rile, with fifty honorary members. The Officers are : Captain,
Jose Llado; First Lieutenant, Jaime Pons; Second Lieutenant, Jaime
Anglada; Third Lieutenant, J. M. Laben.
LOUISIANA FIELD ARTILLERY.
The Louisiana Field Artillery was first organized in 1870, when
there appeared to have come a calm over the stormy sea of our local
and State politics. The Regiment formed with the " First Regiment
of Infantry" (not the present one, of course) the revived Louisiana
Legion, so popular in the olden times. The first Field Officers of the
Artillery were: Colonel, C. W. Squires; Lieutenant Colonel, W. J.
Behan ; and Major, G. LeGardeur, Jr., — all three ex-Confederate vet-
erans.
These and other strong battalions, well armed and equipped, were
of the Division of State Troops, then organized in this city by the
Republican State Government, and were commanded by Major Gen-
eral Hugh Campbell, who had been prominently active in Republican
local and State polities. — It looked, for awhile, as if there were to be
no more tierce party troubles in Louisiana.
These hopes were dissipated by the famous " Warmoth-Carter "
imbroglio of 1871, in which persons and parties were so commingled,
that it was difficult at times to clearly understand the causes, details
and results.
The Artillery was on duty during that trying period, under orders
from superior authority, when peace and order were threatened, to pre-
serve them.
In 1872, Col. Squires resigned ; Lieut. Col. Behan was promoted
Colonel of the Regiment; and the late M. Buck Miller was elected
Lieutenant Colonel, Major LeGardeur waiving promotion in his favor.
In 1873, when the Kellogg regime was first established, under the
authority of the United States District Court, supported by the military
authority of the United States, the Regiment recognized only Hon.
John McEnery as the legally elected Governor. It refused to obey
orders from Gov. Kellogg : and prepared, in its armory in Davidson's
Court, on Carondelet street, to resist an attack threatened, after a de-
mand for surrender, by the admirably drilled and well-armed Metro-
politan Police, under General A. S. Badger. The Federal authorities
at Washington interfered, and the Regiment surrendered its arms to
General Smith, U. S. A. who acted under special orders.
The Regiment ceased, ex-necessitate, to exist as an active uniformed
corps; but, nevertheless, to a certain degree retained its organization.
When the decisive contest arose with Governor Kellogg in the fall
of 1874, the officers and men of the regiment, as members of the cele-
brated "Crescent City White League," took an active part in the
armed conflict that is now historical. The loss of life on both sides
was a sad comment on the deplorable condition of our affairs ; but the
serious attention of the whole country was thereby aroused and con-
centrated upon them ; and thus made the subsequent establishment of
the Nicholls' government over that of Governor Packard, a question
of national policy that fortunately was settled without bloodshed.
These topics, facts and matters of personal mention would not be
recalled in this book, but that the history of the Louisiana Field Artil-
lery, as one united corps, was so closely and constantly bound up in
them.
The former foes have since shaken hands; and the brave men on
both sides who met each other in battle array in those dark days, have
often met since in amicable intercourse.
When the Regiment was finally reorganized under its present title,
after these troubles of 1874-7 were 'over, Colonel John Glynn, Jr., who
had commanded it during that period and for some years after, be-
came Brigadier General of the First Brigade, L. S. N. G. ; and in Feb-
ruary, 1880, the present accomplished commander, Lieutenant Colonel
Gustave LeGardeur, Jr., became the Colonel. Captain James D. Ed-
wards, of Battery B, was elected Lieutenant Colonel. In 1874, Captain
Bouny, of Battery A, became Major. He resigned in 1880; and Cap-
tain j. Numa Augustin became Major.— The Regiment has had the
good fortune to retain most of its original officers.
The uniform, showy yet appropriate and soldierlike, has been
brieliy described on page 73 of this work, where appears also a full roll
of the Field and Staff, the N on-Commissioned Staff, and the Line Offi-
cers, as they appeared on the 26th September last in the Procession.
The Regimental Armory was long in the Mechanics' institute edi-
fice— formerly the State House— on Lryades street; but it is now in
the rear halls of the Washington Artillery Arsenal, Carondelet street
front.
Whenever called on for service the Command has shown itself
prompt to respond. For example, when it was reported here in 1880,
t hat a serious riot was under way in one of the river Parishes, the Regi-
ment received orders at 10 P. M. to assemble at the armory, and by 4
o'clock the next morning it was on its way to the scene of trouble.
Among the notable events in which the Regiment has participated
of late years, was the public reception of General Grant, in which full
military honors were paid him; the public reception of the Northern
Soldiery who visited our city in February, 1871 ; the Garfield Obsequies
last September, and the review tendered in December, 1881, by the
Governor as a compliment to the visiting French officers, headed by
( Heneral Boulanger.
In the disastrous overflow of a large part of the city, in April, 1881,
this Regiment, with the other commands of General Glynn's Brigade,
did good service, under his orders, in protecting the provision depots,
and in distributing the supplies, far and wide, among the thousands
who wrere " under water."
The Regiment is thoroughly drilled as infantry and artillery, and
its equipment in both services is excellent. The guns are four 12 lb.
Napoleons and two 1-inch Catlings. There are five full Companies
or Batteries in the command, of which A, B, C and 1), in the city,
and E Battery, at Donaldsonville, officered by Captain E. Prosper
Landry ; First Lieutenant, J. T. Nolan ; First Lieutenant, Jr., E. N.
Pugh, and Second Lieutenant, L. A. Landry.
Battery A. — This Company, as at present organized, represents the
" Roman Rifles," formed in the Fifth Ward during the summer of 1874,
and officered by Captain Chas. Roman ; First Lieutenant, P. L. Bouny;
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Second Lieutenant, P. E. Durand, and Second Lieutenant, Jr., B.
Surrat, — all representatives, with the non-commissioned officers and
privates, of our old Creole families. The Rifles took a very active part
in the memorable events of that year, and of a later period. When
the Louisiana Field Artillery was reorganized as part of the State
Militia under its present title, the Rifles, with P. L Bouny as Captain,
J. Numa Augustin as First Lieutenant, Andre Roman as Second Lieu-
tenant, and A. C. Landry as Second Junior Lieutenant, became " Lat-
tery A." Captain Bouny's promotion to the Majority in 1879 made
Lieutenant Augustin, Captain. He being promoted in 1880, Lieutenant
A. C. Landry became Captain; and he resigning in 1881, was succeeded
by Captain Geo. Chiapella. the present efficient commander of the
Battery.
Battery C. — Under Captain John Glynn, Jr., this Company had
several men killed and wounded in the "14th September " fight, hi
1878, during the terrible epidemic, the Company reported in a body
to the Howard Association, and were assigned to duty as nurses. — The
first Captain of 'the Company after the reorganized Regiment entered
the militia, was E. A. Guibert. He died after a short service; and was
succeeded by Captain Michel J. Fortier, who is still in command.—
Captain Fortier is recognized as one of the most proficient artillery
officers in the country, and his battery ranks with the best. — At the
sharply contested drill of the inter-State competition, at Nashville, he
won the second prize, and in May, 1881, at the inter-State drill at our
Fair Grounds, he won the first prize over well trained competitors
from Mobile and St. Louis, as well as detachments from Batteries B
and D of his own Regiment. In both competitions, the Judges were
U. S. Army officers. The men who won these prizes, under his orders,
were: Fred Kornbeek, gunner; S. Baudier, No. 1; E. Peralta, No. 2;
E. J. Soniat, No. 3; E. Bercegeay, No. 4; Geo. Schomberg, No. 5;
Geo. Stern, No. 6; C. Calongne, No. 7. Captain Fortier had charge
of the guns that fired the salute when the French military guests
reviewed the First Division, in December. Pieces, horses, officers,
men, and equipments were in tip-top order, and did honor to Captain
Fortier's care and skill.
Battery B. — This Company was organized in October, 1870, with
W. J. Behan as Captain. He becoming Colonel of the Regiment, was
succeeded by Captain Ed. Montgomery; but that fine officer's health
had been injured during war service with the Army of Tennessee, and
he resigned and died soon after.
His successor was Captain James D. Edwards, who held the posi-
tion for eight years. When he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of
the Regiment, Wm. H. Beanham, who had entered the Company as a
private in 1870, was elected Captain, and still holds the position, for
which he is eminently fitted.
First Lieutenant H. B. Thompson also entered the Company in
1870 as a private, and has risen, step by step. Lieutenants Kerr and
Lynd have been with the Company a number of years. First Ser-
geant Hamilton has been the Orderly Sergeant from the first, prefer-
ring that position, and waiving all rights to promotion ; and of the
seventy-two active members now on the rolls, over one-fourth have
been there since 1S70,— a rare and most complimentary record for any
volunteer command.
Genial Captain Beanham went with the Continental Guards as a
volunteer in the ranks, in their famous excursion to Boston, and par-
ticipated in the celebration of the battle of Bunker Hill, in June, 1880.
When the Boston Lancers and Charlestown Cadets returned the Con-
tinentals' visit, in February, 1881. Battery B, under Captain Bean-
ham, fired the welcoming and parting salutes, and exertecl themselves
in every way to assist the Continentals in making their guests notonly
comfortable, hut " happy."
The following is the roll of Battery B on the day of the Garfield
memorial ceremonies :
Officers: Captain, Win. F. Beanham; First Lieutenant, H. B.
Thompson ; Junior First Lieutenant, F. M. Kerr; Second Lieutenant,
Ceo. Lynd.
Non-Commissioned Officers: Orderly Sergeant Hamilton; Color
Sergeant John P. Beanham; Sergeants, F. C. Sallean, J. H. Ham-
niett, H. A. Despomier, S J. Bowles, F. McKeough, J. H. Leary : —
Color Corporal, ( '. J. Spear; Corporals, J. N. McConnell, John Bar-
rett, W. R Verlander, R, B. Beecher, T. G. Chandler, Geo. B. McCon-
nell, C. II. Nobles, H. B. Bowles.
Privates: Gus. Aarons. E. W. Benton, W. Brindle, V. G. Claim,
J. Claverie, Jr., L. Dejan, W. Eicholz, Geo. Grundeman, John Hoff-
man, 1). S. Hamilton, G. T. Hebert, H. J. Knight, Thos. Keating, J.
W. McDuff, J. McMahon, J. D. McClelland, E. Moses, G. A. Mallory,
R. Pruyne, J. W. Riley, J. Rosch, H. H. Seymour, T. S. Shuher, B.
R. Shakelford, C. A. Thomas, J. A. Vaughan.
"OLD JORDAN,
In the person of this veteran colored drummer, — Jordan B. Noble
by name, — some seventy years of the military history of the United
States were represented in the procession of September 26th. In ante-
bellum days, everybody in New Orleans knew "Old Jordan." At
every parade of civic or military organizations, his excellent rife and
drum band were certain to be heard ; and, assuredly, for marching pur-
poses, no other music and no other baud could compete with them.
They had been so long together that they played in perfect unison, and
the spirit and life they threw into their strains, set even the most
sluggish souls all agog with animation. — Even at this late day, memory
recalls those cheerful sounds ; and the fifes and drums once more make
the air melodious with "Oh! Susannah! don't you cry for me!" or,
" Take your time, Miss Lucy! Take your time, Miss Lucy Long! "
Whatever may have become of " Susannah," or whatever may have
been the destiny of " Miss Lucy Long," since those bright, cheery days
when we went gypsying, — "Old Jordan," strong and portly, is still
about; and, despite his eighty-one years, walks the streets as a sedate
looker-on, reads the papers, writes letters, chats with old acquaintances,
watches the military parades with interest, and stoutly maintains his
ability still to rub-a-dub-dub all its music out of a drum.
From his own manuscript, we learn that he was born in Georgia,
October 14th, 1800, and came to New Orleans in LS12. Better now let
the old man tell his own story : " I was enlisted a drummer," he writes,
" in the Seventh Regiment, U- S. Infantry, in 1813, Major Minis com-
" manding ; and served under him until December 23, 1814, when Major
" Penn, of the Forty-fourth Regiment, took command, and led us
" against the British, in the battle of the 23d of December, 1814. He
" commanded our regiment at Camp Jackson, until the British retired
" from before New Orleans, January 12th, 1815. I was in all the
" battles, under General Jackson, in that campaign."
"Lively times, Jordan," said the Compiler. "Yes, sir," he replied ;
" and fine times for us; but " — and the old soldier's eves twinkled, —
" the British didn't like 'em."
In the Florida War, in 1836, Jordan volunteered in the First Lou-
isiana Brigade, c immanded by General Persifor F. Smith. In 1846,
when the war with Mexico began, and General Taylor was in danger
on the Rio Grande, Jordan again volunteered, joining Company H.,
Captain J. M. Yandegrifr. in Colonel J. B. "Walton's Louisiana Regi-
ment.
In the civil war, Jordan served in the Federal Army, holding a
Captain's commission in the Seventh Louisiana Colored Volunteers,
in 186.'>, under ( General Emory. He holds honorable discharges from all
his commanders; and still keeps, intact, the shell of the drum that he
beat in 1812-15, in 1836, ami 1846. It and its owner have been in four
wars, and are therefore well deserving this special notice.
THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY.
ITS EARLY DAYS AND FIRST COMMANDERS.
The First Company, Xative American, was the name of an artillery
company that, from 1838 or 1839 on, was well known in New Orleans,
especially in what was then known as the American part of the city —
that above Canal street, including the Second Municipality and the
City of Lafayette; and with Samuel J. Peters, James A. Caldwell,
Wagner, Recorder Baldwin, Leeds, Freret, Story, Heartt, Robb, < 'hrist v.
Slark, Mudge, Hewlett, Avery, Rushton. Hodge. Peyton, Shaw, Bul-
litt. Winston, Freret, etc., among its leading spirits.
The ( aptain of this Artillery ( 'ompany was Henry Forno, a natural
born soldier, gifted with the genius of command, — as he showed in after
years in Virginia, under Lee and Jackson. The Company was the
forerunner of the Washington Artillery, which had~ Captain
Stockton as its first commander. He was succeeded by Captains Allen
Hill, Ealer and R. O. Smith. Then General E. L. Tracy was for
awhile acting Captain — the Company being in his Brigade; — then
Captain Soria commanded, until he was accidentally killed. Lieuten-
ant H. I. Hunting succeeded him ; and then Captain J. B. Walton
was unanimously elected, and has been with the Washington Artillery
ever since. Its name and his are indissohibly connected, in Southern
military history.
In 1861.
When the great civil war began, the Washington Artillery'
prepared energetically and promptly to take the field. Four full Com-
panies were organized, and a Battalion thoroughly drilled and thor-
oughly equipped. A Committee was sent to Montgomery to tender the
services of the Corps to the Confederate Authorities, for the war. The
offer was at once accepted ; and on Sunday morning, May 26th, 1861,
the Battalion, drawn up in Lafayette Square, was mustered into the
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Confederate military service, by Lieutenant Phifer, mustering officer.
The Battalion then marched to Christ Church, on Canal street, where
their new flag was formally consecrated. The officers and men occu-
pied the central pews, and were addressed by the Rector, Rev. Dr.
Leacock, in a sermon still remembered as one of profound feeling and
eloquence.
The flag alluded to,— a beautiful one, -had been presented to the
Battalion the previous day, Saturday, May 25th, at the residence of
Mr. T. C. Twichell, on St. Charles street, next door to where the Bat-
talion's Arsenal now is. Mr. Twichell made the presentation for his
wife and other ladies, and Colonel Walton received the flag in one of
his brief but effective speeches.
THE MUSTER KOI.],.
The following is the roll of the Battalion, as published in the
city papers of Sunday, May 27th, 1861.
Field and Staff. — Major J. B. Walton ; Adjutant, Lieutenant
W.Miller Owen; Quartermaster, Lieutenant Cuthbert H. Slocomb ;
'Surgeon, Dr. E. S. Drew.
Non-Commissioned Staff.— Sergeant-Major, C. L. C. Dupuy ;
Color Sergeant, Louis M. Montgomery; Quartermaster Sergeant,
Stringer Kennedy.
Color Guard. — Corporal George W. Wood; Corporal E. J.
Jewell; Corporal A. H. Peale ; Corporal J. H. Dearie
First Company. — Captain, Harry M. Isaacson ; First Lieutenant,
G. W. Squires ; First Lieutenant, Junior, J. B. Richardson; Second
Lieutenant, H. G. Geiger.
First Detachment: First Sergeant, Edward Owen ; First Corporal,
F. D Ruggles. Privates: W. Chambers, G. M. Judd, Edwin J. Kur-
sheedt, J. W. Kearney, W. F. Perry, C. Rossiter, J. E. Rodd, T. S.
Turner. — Second Detachment: Second Sergeant, J. M. Galbraith ;
Second Corporal, E. 0. Payne. Privates : A. F. Coste, E. A. Cowen,
H. Crammin, W. T. Hardie, J. M. Payne, J. R- McGaughy, F. A. St-
Amant, R. M. K. Spearing— Third Detachment: Third Sergeant,
C. H. C. Brown; Third Coporal, W. Fellows, Sr. Privates : T. Y.
Aby, C. Chambers, J. E Jarreaud, L. Labarre. G. W. Morse, P. A. J.
Michel, M. Mount, J. A. Tarleton.— Fourth Detachment: Fourth Cor-
poral, F. F. Case. Privates : G. 1?. DeRussey, G A. Everett, W. R. Fal-
coner, F. Lobrano, J. P. Manico, G. V. Wiltz, L. E. Zebal, H. L. Zebal.
— Artificers: \V. D. Holmes, S. G. Stewart, Israel Scott. — Drivers:
Sergeant, Geo- Bernard ; John Anderson, Matthew Burns, Jno.
Charlesworth, W. R. Dirke, Jno. Escheman, Wm. Forest, Michael
Hoch, Jno. L. Hoch, Jas. Hofligh, Jno. Jacobs, Thos. Kerwin, Fred
Lester, Pat Mooney, H. Meyer, David Nolan, R. Nicholas, Jno.
O'Neil, Chas. Rush,' John Wi'lson.
Second Company.- First Lieutenant, C. C Lewis, commanding;
First Lieutenant, Junior, Samuel McPherson ; Second Lieutenant, C.
H. Slocomb.
First Detachment : First Sergeant, Jos. H. DeGrange : First Cor-
poral, J. D. Edwards. Privates : Sam Hawes, H. M- Payne, J. S.
Meyers, Tracy Twichell, J. J. Land, J. W. Emmett, J. A.' Hall, G-
Humphrey.— Second Detachment : Second Sergeant, Gustave Aime ;
Second Corporal, C. E. Leverich. Privates : J. D. Britton, Ran-
dolph, W. E. Florance, J. W. Parsons, J. Howard Goodin, Thos. H.
Suter, F. Allenal, E. O. Buckner.— Third Detachment: Third Ser-
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geant, H. C. Wood; Third Corporal, Julius Freret Privates: VV.
C. Gifien, L. C. Woodville, A. A. Brinsnnule, E. L. Hall, R. Axson,
Wm. Roth, 10. D. Patton, A. C. Knight. — Fourth Detachment : Fourth
Sergeant, C. Huchez; Fourth Corporal, B V. L. Hutton. Privates:
G. Fj. Strawbridge, A. 11. Blakeley, R. Bannister, Jr., R. C Lewis, H.
B. Berthelot, W.J. Hare, J. II. Randolph, VV. H. Wilkins. -Artiji-
cers: John Montgomery, Leonard Craig. Drivers; John Weber,
Toney Hulby, John Fagaut, Geo. Barr, \\ in. Carey, B. B. F. McKes-
son, Wm, Little, Jas. Crilly, John Qannon, Jas. Ley den, Ed. Loffus,
Edwin Lake, Jas. Brown, M. F. Lynch, Louis Rouch, Win. Oliver,
Cor'l Mc Gregor, Alexander Bucher.
Third Company. — Captain, M. Buck Miller; First Lieutenant,
J. B. Whittington ; Second Lieutenant, L. A. Adam. — First Sergeant,
Frank McElroy ; Second Sergeant, A. V. Hero ; Third Sergeant, L.
Prados ; Fourth Sergeant, J. T. Handy. — First Corporal, E. J. Jewell;
Second Corporal, A. H. Peale ; Third Corporal, W. H.Ellis; Fourth
Corporal, Collins. — Privates: Napier Bartlett, PI. D. Summers, J.
PL Moore, W. Mills, Robert Bruce, J.J. Holmes, T. H. Fuqua, O. N.
DeBlanc, A. W. Morgan, P. W. Pettis, E. Riviere, F. Kremelburg,
Chas. Hart, Samuel C. Boush, Geo. McNeil, J. H. Collis, Frank Shaw,
W. S- Toledano, E. Toledano, P. O Fazende, Fred Hubbard, Jos. De
Meza, L. E. Guyot, J. F. Randolph, S- Dehalaron, J. T. Breuford, C
W. Deacon, Stringer Kennedy, Howard Tully, Wm. Leefe, J. W.
Brown, C. H. Stocker, J. R. Porter, S. G. Sanders, B. L. Braseiman,—
Plutigne, C. F. Fortier, R.Maxwell, Finile Anvil, Ernest Charpuian, T.
M. McFall, M. VV. Cloney, Ed. Duncan, C. A. Falconer, PI. J. Phelps,
T. Balentine, Samuel W. Noyes, M. W. Chapman, VV. R. Noble, W-
C. Coyle, F. A. Coyle, L. P. Forshe, J. C. Bloomfield.— Artificers :
Jos. Blanchard, Jas. Keating.
Fourth Company. — Captain, B. F. Esehleman ; First Lieutenant,
Joe. Noreom; Second Lieutenant, Harry A. Battles. — Second Sergeant,
W. J. Behan ; Third Sergeant, Geo. E. Apps ; Fourth Sergeant, J. D.
Reynolds. — First Corporal, George Wood ; Second Corporal, J. H.
Dearie.— Privates : A. D. Augustus, B. F. Wridler, J. R. McGowan,
J. M. Rohbock, H. F. Wilson, C. C. Bier, J. C. Wood, Jno. S. Finch,
F. A. Brodie, Bernard Hulre, G. L. Cratcher, J. F. Lilly, T. G. Stewart,
Samuel A. Knox, Wm. Palfrey, L. C- Lewis, J. H. Smith, G. Mont-
gomery, Isaac Jessup, A. F. Vass, W. VV. Jones, P. C. Lane, T. Carey,
VV. P. S. Creary, W. C Morrell, W. T. O'Neil, A. Banksmith, Frank
Williams, E. Lauer, G. Beck, R. F. F. Moore, Henry H. Baker, J. W.
Burke, Jno. Meux, J. V. Valentine, Phil. Vancolm, T. B. White, H.
H. White, Jno. B. Chastant, W. J. Sneed, H. D. Seaman, Jr., E.
H. Bee, C. W. Marston, C. A. DevaL E. A. Mellard, J. W. Wilcox, V.
D. Terrebonne, E. T. Reichart, Thos. H. Cuniniings, R. H. Gray, J. T.
Hale, W. J. Lecesne, E. Toubert, Chas. Harden burg, J. C. Purely. —
Artificers: Levy Callahan, Jno. McDonnell.
Battalion Band: J. V. Gessner, leader; T. Glitzier, Ch. W. Struve,
J. Arnold, John Deutsche. Jno. Geches, Peter Truni, Jno. Lorbs, Thos.
Kostmel, J. H. Sporer, Chas. Meier.
Buglers: F. P. Villasana, William Fletcher.
DEPARTURE FOR VIRGINIA.
It was announced in the papers of Monday morning, May 27th,
that the Battalion would take their departure for Richmond, Va., that
afternoon, by the Jackson Railroad, and the whole city was aroused by
196 APPENDIX.
the news. Lieutenant W. Irving Hodgson, commanding the active
members— reserves— who remained in the city, published an order to
them and the honorary members to meet at the Arsenal, on Girod street
in the afternoon, to act as an escort to the Battalion.
The four Companies of the Battalion formed in Lafayette Square
the Drivers composing- a fifth Company. The escort was composed
of the Company under Lieutenant Hodgson, the Louisiana Cadets, the
Orleans Guards, some four hundred strong, and the Orleans Light
Horse, Captain Leeds. Then the- Battalion drew up in front of the
City Hall, and were addressed by Rev. Dr. Palmer, in most impressive
style. The five ( !ompanies responded by three cheers for the "Southern
Confederacy," and three more for the "Old Dominion," to which the
multitude of enthusiastic spectators replied by cheer upon cheer for the
Artillery. The column marched down St.' Charles to Canal street,
down Canal to Camp; up Camp to Calliope, and thence out to the
Jackson Railroad Depot. Thousands accompanied them— the ladies
numbering hundreds upon hundreds— and even after the long train
started, the excited multitude followed as far out as the swamp.— It was
a memorable event even in those memorable days.
The Battalion took with them their own uniforms, equipments
and amid complete, including their field pieces and the harness. The
horses were obtained in Virginia.— Their journey to Richmond was a
series of ovations.
They went under fire, for the first time, at Bull Run, followed by
the First Manassas, and at once established their reputation, beyond
controversy, as unsurpassable artillerists. From that date to the sur-
render at Appomattox, the record of the Battalion is historical.
ANOTHER COMPANY.
Not satisfied with the quota furnished to the Army of Virginia, the
active members at home— the reserves alluded to— determined that the
Battalion should be also represented in the Army of Tennessee. Ac-
cordingly, a full Company— known as the Fifth— well armed, drilled
and equipped, was organized, and, under the command of Captain W.
Irving Hodgson, proceeded to join Beauregard and Albert Sidney
Johnston. They were put under fire at Shiloh, by Beauregard himself-
distinguished themselves there ; and— Captain C. H. Slocomb succeed-
ing Captain Hodgson later on— earned a brilliant reputation, remaining
underarms until General Dick Taylor surrendered.
HOME AGAIN.
On their return to New Orleans, the surviving members organized
an Association for benevolent purposes. The ranks of the rive Com-
panies had been sadly depleted during four years of active service, but
the old comrades were true to each other, despite all adversities. Mr.
Thos. L. Bayne was chosen president of the Association. The amount
disbursed by it for the wounded, sick, and necessitous has been very
large.
A NEW BIRTH.
In July, 1875, with a view, first, to reorganizing the old Battalion
on a military basis, and then, in a body, to visit the great Centennial
Exhibition at Philadelphia, in 187H, a number of the Veterans assembled
in preliminary meeting at Hawkins' Club Rooms. Colonel J. B. Wal-
ton presided, and seventy-nine names were signed to the roll.
At the second meeting, fifty-four more names, all of veterans, were
signed. It was determined to organize three Companies, and that
none should be received in them who had not served in the army.
Colonel J. B. Walton was then, amidst great enthusiasm, unani-
mously elected to command the Battalion. His reply was brief, but to
the point ; and, referring to the proposed visit to the Centennial, he
said : " They were to go among men against whom they had fought in
" battle, and great good, he thought, would result from the visit. He
" had never known a move that seemed to give more general satisfac-
" tion in the community."
\V. J. Behan was then elected Major; and M. Buck Miller, J. A.
Chalaron and John B. Richardson Captains »f Companies A, B and
C respectively.
THE THREE COMPANIES.
The drawing for membership of the three companies was next in
order, and resulted as follows :
Company A:— Geo. E. Apps, O. S. Babcock, T. L. Bayne, Ben
Bridges, S. A. Bryan, M. J. Bebee, C H. C Brown, J. P.* Benton,
J. 8. Bradley, John Bradley, Napier Bartlett, Wm. A. Collins, E. A.
Clark, A. S. Cowan, Chas. Cotting, Mike Cloney, T. Carter, H. Dud-
ley Coleman, Henry Carey, S. W. Dempsey, Geo. W. Dupre, J. D.
Edwards, P. O. Fazende, H. Guillotte, Andrew Hero, Jr., Charles A.
Harris, W. D. Henderson, Minor Kenner, Dan Kelley, Pat Lehay,
Chas. Leverich, A. Luria, A. G. Lobdell, R. McMillan, Peter Michel,
J. J. Madden, E. Peychaud, W. T. O'Neal, J. Rousseau, C. McC. Selph.
C. Stocker, W. Tynan, Frank Ulrich, L. E. Zebal, and H. L. Zebal.
Company B : E. D. Augustus, Charles M. Byrne, Robert Bruce,
James Bloomrield, W. W. Charleton, E. O. Cook, Frank Case, W. H.
Cantzan, E. A. Conan, Geo. W. Charleton, J. D. Carpenter, C. T. Cow-
and, C. C. Dupuy, Joseph DeGrange, Pat Eagan, B. F. Eschleman, J.
Farrell, G. J. Freret, W. C. Giffen, John Garrity, L. M. Girard, E. L.
Hews, W. H. Holmes, John Holmes, G. R. P. Jones, A. M. Laffing-
ton, Gus. Leefe, C. C. Lewis, R. A. McDonough, Gus. Micou, L. L.
Miller, John Metzler, John Meux, John B. Marsh, John Miller, W.
Miller Owen, Win. Oliver, J. R. Porter, Wm. Palfrey, Chas. Palfrey,
A. H. Peale, Lewis Roache, Will .Steven, J. M. Seixas, Frank Shaw,
A. Schnexaydre, E. P. Villasana, and J. B. Whittington.
Company C: L. A. Adam, F. M. Andrews, A. A. Brinsmade,
Frank A. Bartlett, J. A. Blafter, W. P. Brewer, F. A. Behan, John
Bozant, Henry H. Baker, W. G. Coyle, Ed. Collins, Denis Cronan,
Geo. Crawford, G. B. DeRussey, H. Deitz, E. S. Drew, Jno. W. Emmett,
W. H. Ellis, J. Fagan, Bernard Hoft, H. M. Isaacson, J. H. Jagot,
A. C. Jones, Edwin J. Kursheedt, A. M. Kelley, Douglas M. Kilpat-
rick, L. B. Labarre, Frank Lobrano, C. L. Layman, Edgar Mayhan,
J. McCormack, Frank McElroy, Henry Miller, H. H. Marks, John
R. McGaughy, McCarthy, W. F. Pinkard, O. F. Peck, John N.
Payne, T. G. Roebuck, N. A. Randolph, F. L. Richardson, Anthony
Sambola, L. Schneider, B. Strong, E. S. Turpin, Fred N. Thayer, H.
F. Wilson, and B. T. Walshe.— A total of one hundred and forty-one
names.
Not all these men had served in the Washington Artillery during
the war, — some having served in other Louisiana commands; but,
though the greater majority of them were young men, all had been
often under fire, and quite a number could count up several scores of
battles in which they had been engaged.
COMPANY OFFICERS.
At the next meeting, thirty more members were enrolled. The
Company officers were then elected, us follows: Company A : First
Lieutenant, A. Hero, Jr. ; Junior First Lieutenant, Frank McElroy ;
Second Lieutenant, Geo. E. Apps. — Company B : First Lieutenant,
Eugene May ; Junior First Lieutenant, Win. Palfrey ; Second Lieu-
tenant, Win. T. Hardie.— Company C: First Lieutenant, C. H. ('.
Brown ; .Junior First Lieutenant, Geo. B. DeRussey ; Second Lieuten-
ant, 1). M. Kilpatrick ; Orderly Sergeant, Harry M. Isaacson.
STAFF APPOINTMENTS.
Lt. Col. Walton then announced the following staff appointments,
commissioned and non-commissioned: Adjutant, W. Miller Owen ;
Quartermaster, John M. Payne; Commissary, John Holmes; Ord-
nance Officer, W. B. Krumbhaar; Surgeon, Dr. Thos. Y. Aby.— Ser-
geant Major, E. J. Kursheedt ; Quartermaster Sergeant, Wm. H. Ellis ;
Commissary Sergeant, Mike Cloney; Ordnance Sergeant, O. F. Peek;
Artificer and Armorer, J. W. Dempsey.— Color Corporals : H. J. Wil-
son, W. C Giffen, Gus. J. Freret. — Color Guard: J. \V. Parsons, C. C.
Lewis, Alex. H. Peale, Geo. W- Duprfi.— Lt. Col. Walton issued his
first general order, August 4th, 1875.
ON PAKADE AGAIN.
The first public parade of the new Battalion took place on the Sth
of January, l«7(i,— the same day that the "Continentals" made their
first appearance on the streets since the war. 1 1 was fifteen years since
the old Companies had taken their departure for the battle fields of
Virginia and Tennessee. What terrible scenes those veteran soldiers,—
now marching quietly and steadily along— had gone through ! what
sights witnessed ! what trials and sufferings endured !— Perhaps the
years that had elapsed since they surrendered their arms, had tried
them more than war's fiercest contests. To scores of spectators — the
older ones— the sight of the serried ranks and the familiar grey, re-
called faces and forms that had once marched gaily along under the
flag of the Washington Artillery— the same flag that now floated
proudly over the glittering bayonets— but look eagerly as they might,
from front to rear, the faces and forms were not there ! They would
not be there again ; never again !
ARMORIES.
The first armory of the new Battalion was in a large building on
Perdido street, just back of the Masonic Hall, on St. Charles street.
Then quarters were found on Common street, in the rear of the Gas
Company's building, corner of Baronne.
An interesting event there was their first inspection by General
Beauregard, lately appointed Adjutant General of the State. Lt. Colonel
W. M. Owen was in command ; and as the General, with him, passed
slowly along the ranks, it was evident, despite his characteristic calm
demeanor, that the close proximity — face to face, as it were — to so many
of his old soldiers, affected the General. The scene was a quiet one ;
but it was watched with intense interest by a large number of invited
guests, among them the officers of a Mexican war vessel, then in the
river. What the veterans of over sixty battles themselves thought
and felt, as they thus met the hero of Manassas for the first time, in
this military array and ceremony, after seventeen or eighteen years
separation— must be left to the imagination. They stood, under rigid
discipline, like statues: silent, motionless, immovable.
THK NEW ARSENAL.
About, or over a year ago, the Battalion succeeded in purchasing
their present spacious Arsenal, already mentioned in this book. Three
stories in height, very wide, and extending from St. Charles to Caron-
delet street, it affords them ample accommodations for their own pur-
poses; also for social entertainments, balls and concerts, and rooms
and balls to be used by other military commands.
The Artillery Armory proper is on the ground Moor, entrance on
St. Charles street. The guns, seven in number, of different kinds, with
limbers, caissons, etc., are near the entrance. The small arms are in
racks, against the walls, to the rear, thus leaving an unencumbered
area for the movements of a full Regiment.
On the rear wall, over the desk of the officer presiding at meetings,
is suspended the celebrated oil painting Of the lamented artist, Julio,
that represents the last interview of Lee and Jackson, just as the latter
was receiving his final instructions from his leader, ere beginning the
famous flank march against Hooker. The incident is historically correct,
and the painter has depicted it admirably.
THE DAUGHTERS OF LEE AND JACKSON1.
This picture was the object of close inspection by Miss Mildred
Lee, the daughter of General Robert E. Lee, when she was formally
received by the Battalion, during a brief visit here. it was also
examined with deep interest by the widow and daughter of Stonewall
Jackson, last Spring, at a reception given them in the Arsenal, when
the officers and men of the Artillery were introduced to the two ladies.
Both receptions, with such illustrious guests for subjects, would have
furnished happy illustrations for the painter's brush.
OTHER INTERESTING OBJECTS.
In the officers' or headquarters' room of the Battalion, is a large
case, containing many war relics: the beautiful Hag, already noted as
having been presented in May, 1861, by Mrs.Twichell ; a Confederate bat-
tle flag presented to the Battalion i n Virginia by Beauregard; an old and
beautiful flag, of heavy red silk ground, with the arms of Louisiana em-
broidered in the centre in white silk, and on both sides, near the
edges, the names of over sixty battles that the five Companies were in ;
and a fragment of the Battalion guidon flag, used in Virginia. The
flag of the Fifth Company, if we mistake not, is in the possession of
the widow of the late Captain ( ). H. Slocomb.— In the reception room,
opposite the officers' room, are oil paintings, portraits of Gen. Beau-
regard and Col. Owen ; a portrait of Col. Walton ; a large medalion
portrait in marble, relievo, of Adjutant Kursheedt ; and a number of
war maps, and other relics of interest.
A VETERAN.
The active and intelligent Armorer of the Battalion, Daniel
Kelley, served through the Mexican war, and became a member of
the Washington Artillery in February, 1852. He has been with it
ever since, and naturally takes a deep interest in every incident and
individual connected with its history.
Before the civil war, Armorer Kelley was " No. 1 " of a piece put in
position on tbe Levee, at the foot of Canal street, to fire a salute in
honor of a British war vessel, on her taking her departure. The
salute, " a royal one," was tired in the fastest time on record ; and it
was the subject of comment and praise in the military journals of the
day, in this country and in Europe.
THE LAST CAMP.
The Battalion lias erected a large and very handsome Tomb in
the Metairie Cemetery, which attracts the eye of every visitor to that
picturesque spot. Above the Tomb stands, at ease, guarding the rest
of his comrades below, a Confederate artilleryman, in uniform. The
accuracy of the costume, natural attitude of the figure, and simple yet
profound feeling it symbolizes, are happy examples of the sculptor's
chisel. Upon the tomb tablets is the muster roll of the Dead of the
Washington Artillery: "dead on the held of honor."
miscellaneous.
Colonel Walton withdrawing from active command in 1S77, was
elected " Honorary Colonel," and Captain W. Miller Owen was chosen
Lieutenant Colonel. He commanded until December, 1S7D, with J.
B. Richardson as Major, and E. J. Kursheedt as Adjutant. He then
tendered his resignation to take effect February 23d, 1880. Major
John B. Richardson took command in the interim and was elected
Lieutenant Colonel in February^ 1880, and Captain Eugene May, of
Company B, was unanimously elected Major. See pages 70 and 71 for
a list of the Staff" and Line Officers in September last.
The Battalion was mustered into the Louisiana State National
Guard in December, 1879, Gov. Nicholls, Gen. Beauregard, Gen. W. J.
Behan, and Col. Walton assisting at the ceremony.
Adjutant Kursheedt was promoted to Adjutant of Gen. Meyer's
Brigade, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. The Battalion parted
with this efficient officer and old comrade with sincere regret.
The " Veterans" of the Battalion some three years ago formed a
special company under Captain C. C. Dupuy. They appear on parade
with drawn sabres, instead of muskets.
The Company Officers have undergone a number of changes since
1875, and many new recruits— young men — have been added to the
ranks. One special feature of the command is, that when a man joins,
he joins the Battalion as a whole, and not any one Company. This
identifies every individual with the entire command, and ensures an
active esprit de corps.
The good feeling that suggested to the Battalion, on its reorganiza-
tion in 187"), a trip to the Centennial Exhibition in lS7'i— an excursion
that they were compelled to forego, much to their regret — has gov-
erned them ever since in their intercourse with the ex-Federal officers
and soldiers. It is thus that the true soldiers on both sides have given
a noble lesson worthy of example.
TltK ARTILLERY TO GARFIELD,
The Battalion, at their regular monthly meeting, two evenings after
President Garfield's death, authorized Colonel Richardson to appoint
a committee, with Colonel J. B. Walton as chairman, to prepare mem-
orial resolutions. The Committee's report, as follows, was unanimously
adopted :
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Headquarters Battalion Washington Artillery, 1
New Orleans, September 22, 1881. j
"The Battalion Washington Artillery, of New Orleans, whilst
bowing- in humble submission to the mysterious will of God, at this
solemn moment, in common with their fellow-citizens in every part of
this sorrowing nation, are desirous of giving expression of their horror
of the awful crime which has deprived this great republic of its chosen
constitutional head, and of their sincere and heartfelt grief, that a
brave soldier, a wise ruler and a good man in all the walks of life,
should have been stricken down by the red hand of an assassin, while
yet upon the threshold of Ids manhood raid usefulness ; Therefore, be it
"■Resolved, By the Battalion Washington Artillery, in meeting as-
sembled, that they recognize in the assassination of President James A.
Garfield the country has lost a true friend to the constitution and laws.
a just and unprejudiced ruler, a valorous and conscientious soldier,
whose heroic bearing during the long period of his confinement, to the
hour of his death, challenges the highest admiration and attests the
greatness of the man.
"Resolved, That we deplore the loss the country has sustained;
that we contemplate with loathing and horror the act of the assassin,
which has in a time of profound peace and unexampled prosperity
plunged tifty million people in mourning, and arrested the attention
and sincere condolence, in an unexampled measure, of all civilized
countries.
"Resolved, That with thegreatest admiration and respect we tender
to the noble lady, now the widow of our murdered President, our heart-
felt and sincere condolence in her great sorrow and affliction, com-
mending her to the Father of all good, who, in His wise Providence
' giveth and taketh away.'
"Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing be transmitted to the Secre-
tary of State of the United States for suchf disposition as may be given
to other similar resolutions."
J. B. Walton, Honorary Colonel, Chairman ; H. M. Isaacson,
Captain; Frank McElroy, Captain; D. M Kilpatrick, First Lieuten-
ant; J. S. Richards, First Lieutenant ; A. Hero, Jr., Staff; Win.
Palfrey, Private : Committee.
THE RE PL v.
Department of State, \
Washington, October 5th, 1881. j
Lieutenant Colonel John B. Richardson, Battalion Washington Artillery, New
( irleans, La. :
"Sir: — Now that the onerous cares of public work permit due
" acknowledgment of the countless heartfelt tributes of sympathy for
" the family of President Garfield, and of respect for the memory of
" the dead which ccme from every quarter of our common country, I
" hasten to respond to your letter of the 22d ult., enclosing the feeling
" resolutions of condolence adopted on that day, at a meeting of the
" members of your organization.
" The spontaneity of this eloquent message is but in keeping with
" the universal voice of our common country in its brotherhood of
" keen sorrow ; and carries its fitting share of consolation to the be-
" reaved widow and fatherless children in their deep anguish.
" In their name, and expressing the common sentiment of the
502 appendix.
American people in this hour of widespread mourning, I return to
you and your generous-hearted comrades most sincere thanks.
" JL am. Sir,
" Your obedient servant,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.
THE NEW ORLEANS LIEDERTAFEL.
This Society was organized in the mouth of February, 1872, at No.
20 Exchange Alley under the name of" Deutschek Maenneb Ges-
vngverein," or the German Male Singing Society. !t hadamember-
ship of about thirty, officered as follows : President, Dr. F. Wilhoft;
Vice President, M. F. Sibilsky ; Recording Secretary, J. P. Hand ;
Financial Secretary. R. H. Benners ; Treasurer, Reinhardt Wirth ;
Librarian, Heinrich Sporer; Musical Director, Otto Weber.
The numbers soon increased t<> overone hundred, and the Society's
career was one of the most genial, social amusement and pleasure.
In the month of December, 1878, the " Maenner Gesangverein "
and the "New Orleans Liederkranz." a singing society whieh had its
place of meeting at the corner of Chippewa and Philip streets, agreed
to combine and form but one Society. This was effected, and it was
determined to name the new organization the New Orleans Lied-
EBTAFEL
The Carnival season of 1879 brought a great many new names to
the roll of members, which has ever since been steadily inereas-
ing. Also came with them a good many lady singers; and, of late.
there has been enrolled a large uumber of scholars, both boya and
girls, who receive a musical education at the expense of the Society.
The LiEDEftTAFEL celebrated in October, 1880, the opening of the
New Orleans and Texas Railroad, by inviting the Texas Singing Soci-
eties and holding a three days' festival, in which were given two
grand vocal and instrumental concerts — one at the Spanish Fort Park,
and one at the West End,— winding up with a grand torchlight pro-
cession, and a brilliant evening entertainment on the third day at
Grunewald Hall, in which the New Orleans German-Turners, the
German Battalion and the German Guardsalso participated.
The Liedektafel has now over nine hundred members, and a
Chorus of about one hundred excellent and well-trained voices. It is
the only German Singing Society in this city, and its beneficial and
wholesome influence is widely felt.
Its entertainments are of the choicest kind, and whilst thoroughly
recherche are, at the same time, gleeful and joyous.
The LtKDERTAFEL members, however, are not alone found
where mirth and merriment reign supreme. They also devote them-
selves to charitable purposes, and are not missing at festivals given for
the suffering, the widow and the fatherless.
When the sad news of President Garfield's death was received, the
Liedertafel at once ceased their musical and social gatherings for
amusement and recreation ; and, mourning sincerely the great loss
their countrv had sustained, determined to attend, iu a body, the
obsequies announced by the city authorities. They promptly acceded
to the request of Mayor Shakspeare and Administrator Walshe, chair-
man of the City Committee, for them to sing durinu the funeral cere-
monies in the Washington Artillery Hall ; and all who heard them
there well remember how much tender beauty their admirable sinn-
ing- of Mendelssohn's "Parting Hymn" and tSilcher's "Choral"
added to the impressive solemnity of the proceedings.
Recently, the Liedertafel removed their headquarters to the
upper stories of the building, corner of Canal street and Exchange
Place — formerly occupied by the " Pickwick Club." There they have
ample accommodation. The halls and rooms having been elegantly
fitted up, the Liedektafee opened their new club rooms to their
gentlemen and lady members and friends with an elegant entertain-
ment, in which music predominated, and which heralded auspiciously
many seasons to come of refined and cheerful enjoyment.
The list of Officers of the Liedektafee is given on pages 88 and
89, as they appeared in the Third Division.
ITALIAN MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This Association was organized in the fall of 1851 ; and incorpor-
ated under the general law of this State on the 12th of December of that
year. The act of incorporation was drawn up by John Claiborne, tiie
well-known notary public of those days. The original incorporators
were Messrs. Charles J. Mansoni, Angelo Binaghi, Achille Perelli,
Guiseppe Lanata, B. Blardone, Kocco Santini, and Joseph Genois —
names still well remembered as those of leading citizens of .New Or-
leans
The title of the Association was prescribed to be " The New Or-
leans Italian Mutual Benevolent Society," and its object : " To assist,
and relieve its members, their wives and children, when sick or in ex-
treme necessity ; and to give burial to those of them who pass from
this to a better life,"— the latter object to be effected by the construc-
tion of a tomb.
The active members were required to be native born Italians, or
born in islands geographically Italian, or their sons born and residing
in this State. Honorary members were receivable, without regard to
birth place. The Officers to be: A President, (an Italian by birth, and
a citizen of the United States); a Vice President, a Secretary and a
Treasurer; aided by a Committee of Inspection— all to be elected by
ballot, annually. The transactions were required to be all recorded in
the Italian language.
The Society was chartered for a period of twenty years. The act of
incorporation was approved, as required by law, by Mortimer M. Rey-
nolds, State District Attorney here ; then by Governor Joseph Walker;
and then enrolled by Hon. Charles Gayarre, Secretary of State, at
Baton Rouge, then the capital, — on the 14th of January, 1852.
The Society at once completed its organization by electing G. A.
Barelli, (the Sicilian Consul,) as President ; John Manzoni, Vice Pres-
ident; A. G. Alvares, Treasurer, and G- Calcaterra, Secretary. Those who
knew the late Mr. Barelli will remember him as a man of fine pres-
ence, cultivated intellect, amiable disposition, and courteous manner.
He was besides an enterprising merchant and public spirited citizen.
He projected and planned the splendid Moresque iron building, at
the corner (if ('amp and Poydras streets, which is sueb an ornament
to the city, it was completed by his sons. The designs were by a
New Orleans architect, and the elaborate and highly ornamental iron
work easl in a foundry at Holly Springs, Miss., before the war.
But two or three of those who originated the Society, or who ap-
proved its legal papers, as above recorded, arc living. Hon. Mr. Guy-
arre, the distinguished historian, still enjoys excellent health, and
wield- as of old a polished and vigorous pen.
The charter was renewed in January, 1872, for a term of seventy-
nine years,— or for ninety-nine years from 1852; the renewal act being
signed before Andre D. Doriocourt, notary, by Messrs. Giaconio Massa,
Vice President ; E. Trois, Secretary; Dr. F. Formento, Angelo Socola,
G. Sciaccaluga, A. V. Abbo, Gustavo Marzi, (<. Delia Valle, Ouiseppe
Vellini, L. Olivari, L. Montedinico, H. R. Piccaluga, Guiseppe Variani
and A. Penco.
The act was approved by District Attorney C. PI. Luzenberg, Jan-
uary 13th, 1 ^72, and recorded the same day in the office of the Recorder
of Mortgages. The original constitution and by-laws were retained,
with, slight chang -: one of them, in reference to the President, re-
quiring only that he .-hall he an Italian by birth, and omitting the
" American citizenship " qualification.
The Society's Officers are now as set forth on page 89. They are
well known residents of New Orleans. Thirty of the members of the
Society appeared in carriages, in the Third Division, on the day of the
Garfield Procession. — The Finance Committee is as follows: Messrs. G.
Mazzei, G. Bosio, L. Olivari, A. Botto and 0. Grande. The Collector
is G. Delia Valle; the Physician, Dr. F. Formento. There are over
one hundred active members now on the rolls; and a tew of them have
been with the society ever since its preliminary organization in 1S50-
51, as, Mr. Aug. Lanata, the well known merchant, and Mr. X. M.
Benachi, the estimable Greek Consul. The Society owns a Tomb, and
is financially in a prosperous condition.
YOUNG MEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This popular Association was organized June 26th, 1858, and is con-
sequently in its twenty-fourth year of usefulness and prosperity. It is
an incorporated institution, with its domicile in New Orleans, and place
of meeting at Grunewald Hall.
Its objects are mutual benevolence, which it carries out by assist-
ing members in getting employment ; relieving their necessities when
sick ; supplying them with a doctor, and when necessary, a nurse, and
visiting them daily. The Association owns a tomb in the New St. Louis
< Vinetery, in which the deceased members are interred. A sum is also
allowed for funeral expenses in the case of the death of a member's
wife. When a member dies the sum of §400 i< paid to his family, if
married, and to his nearest relative, if he is not married.
The membership is divived into three classes ; Life, Honorary and
Active. The Life Roll comprises those who have served for sixteen
years ; and, while entitled to all the benefits of an active member, they
pay no dues or assessments, and are not required to perform any duty-
Honorary Members are those who have served eight years; and, like
the life members, they perform no duties; are entitled to all the privi-
leges, but pay ten dollars a year. Active Members pay monthly and
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funeral dues, and are liable to fines for failure to attend meetings,
funerals and other duties.
The Association end. races in its membership, nearly every nation-
ality, creed, profession and trade. It is strong-, and yearly growing
stronger in numbers and resources, and is universally esteemed for
the good it has accomplished, and charities dispensed since the day of
its organization.
At a special meeting of the Association held on the 24th of Sep-
tember, 1881,the following preambleand resolutions were unanimously
adopted :
" Whereas, We have received with sincere regret the sad intelli-
gence of the untimely death of James Abram Garfield, late President
of the United States. * And, whereas, his large hearted patriotism, dis-
tinguished services and unflinching devotion to his country, have
challenged our admiration, while his sublime patience and heroic
courage, during the fearful affliction and suffering which preceded his
death, have enlisted our warmest sympathies. And, whereas, the death
of one in so exalted a position, and under such circumstances, is no
ordinary affliction; therefore, be it
"Resolved, By the Young Men's Benevolent Association of the State
of Louisiana, that we regard it as our highest duty to assemble with
our fellow citizens of the Union and add this, our offering to the
mighty tribute of honor and respect to his memory that is placed upon
his bier by the hands and hearts of his sorrowing countrymen.
".Resolved, That we regard with pride the character and manhood
of James A. Garfield, and the example which his career affords of a
triumph of a noble life over all the adversities and difficulties which
poverty and humble birth can present: an example worthy of emula-
tion, which will ever be treasured by the admiring youths of this
great nation.
" Resolved, That we will ever hold in grateful remembrance the
distinguished statesmanship of our deceased President, which, since his
elevation to that exalted office, lias done so much towards cementing
the bond of the union of these States ; and that we cherish the hope
that the ' more perfect union ' which was the dream of our forefathers
will be the result of his patriotic labors, and the coming glory of the
administration which he began.
" Resolved, That we bow in submission to the will of the Buler of
the universe, with faith in His greatness and mercy, which can guide
the nation, assuage the grief of the people, and comfort and sustain the
aged mother and stricken widow and children of the departed Presi-
dent, son, husband and father.
"Resolved, That to those who were nearest and dearest to him, who
knew him best and loved him most, whose grief is such as none others
can know, we extend our sympathy, a sympathy that comes from the
heart, and whose depth and sincerity words cannot express.
" Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, properly authenticated,
be forwarded to the mother, widow and orphans of the late President."
Louis A. Richards, Chairman; A. Prados, Jr., CI. R. Nelson, L.
Schneider, S. Sutter, A. N. Laine, J. N. W. Otto, J. F. Mintken, W.
E. Schuppert, M. D., Henry Bezou, M. D.
Attest : JOHN W. BRYANT, President,
N. P. Henley, Rec. Sec.
On pages 96-97 will be found the list of Officers and the sketch of
the Association, heading the Fifth Division, under Marshal Tissot.
THE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF THE SONS OF
LOUISIANA.
This is one of the oldest and most prosperous benevolent associa-
tions o!' our city. On the 6th of October, 1856, a few of our citizens
who felt the necessity of joining together for mutual assistance, in case
of sickness and other calamities, organized the Society; and shortly
afterwards, in 1857, it was regularly incorporated, under the laws
of the State, with a legal existence to expire on the 6th of October, 1881.
On that day the charter was renewed for twenty-five years more.
The first President of the Association was Mr. Charles R. Fagot.
The list of the Officers last September, and the appearance the Asso-
ciation made in the Funeral Procession, will be found on page 97.
The Association has passed through many vicissitudes, notably
during the war, when so many of its members took an active part in
that struggle that from a membership of 700, which it counted in the
height of its prosperity, between the years 18.56 and 1860 it dwindled
down to seventy, and even then barely existed-
The termination of the war left the Association in a very demoral-
ized condition, and it was not thoroughly re-organized until the year
1868. In ISTo it counted not more than forty or fifty members on its
roll, with not more than the same number of dollars in the treasury.
Put in that year, it took a new lease of life by acquiring a largely in-
creased roll of membership, and by placing Mr. James Campbell in the
President's chair, which he has tilled ever since, with the exception
of the year 1S76, when Mr. Armand Quere was elected to the office,
vacating it in the following year.
Since its reorganization, the Association has wonderfully increased
in vitality and prosperity, so that to-day its membership, which in 1880
was 375, is 56-!, and its funds amount to over $14,000, with a fair prospect
of increasing monthly. Ita object is, " To assist and give aid to each
" and all its members, according to its power and ability, in every
" instance of sickness, and to bury its members whenever it pleases
" the Almighty to remove them from their fellow men."
YOUNG MEN'S GYMNASTIC CLUB.
This athletic Association numbers 315 on its roll of membership,
and has one of the largest and best equipped gymnasiums in this
country.
It was organized September 2d, 1872, by the following named citi-
zens : F. J. Aleix, J. C. Aleix, Chas. Burkhardt, Chris. Burkhardt,
Jac. Burkhardt, C G. Collins, Hy. A. Harine, L. L. Knapp, Fred
Kuntz, L. A. Nicana, Adolph Rehage, J. A. Rehage, J. Boca, and C.
Weinberger.
The Club is in a very flourishing condition, and under the able
management of the following Board of Directors :
Hy. Grandmont, Geo. Rousset, L. Infante, John Baasich, Jr.,
Geo. W. Dinkel, \V. R. L. McNeil, Geo. Staigg, R. Musso, and L. F.
Sivori.
On page 97 is given a list of the names of the Officers and the
display made by the Club in tlie Procession in honor of President
Garfield.
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SOUTHERN MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This is a new Association, having been organized in the Third
District of this city, at the Stonewall Jackson Hall, on the 4th day of
April, 1881, and incorporated on the 3d day of the following June. It
is in excellent condition in every respect, and the citizens of the " Old
Third " are justly proud of it.
The objects and purposes of the Association are " to assist and give
aid to each and all its members, according to its power and ability, in
every instance of sickness; to bury the members of the same when-
ever it pleases the Almighty to remove them from their fellow men."
There are 115 names on the roll of membership.
On "Memorial Monday" the Association with its Officers was the
fourth in line in the Fifth Division, as set forth in detail on page 98.
PELICAN MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This is one of the strongest and most effective of our benevolent
organizations. It is also a representative organization of the best
elements of our old Creole population. Among the fifty -two gentle-
men who organized the Society on the 24th of November, 1866, were to
be found some of the most prominent aud public spirited citizens of
the day. Hon. A. L. Tissot, one of the founders and the first Presi-
dent, still retains his position, and, in the language of one of the mem-
bers, he is likely to retain it as long as he lives.
The Association was legally incorporated on the 31st of October,
1867. It boasts of a membership of 460, and is in a very flourishing
condition financially.
Its objects are, "to give one another mutual aid and assistance in
case of sickness or other misfortune; to bury those deceased, and
create among its members ties of friendship and fraternity."
The Association was fifth in the Fifth Division in the Funeral
Procession. A sketch of it there with its Officers, will be found on
page 98.
CLAIBORNE SOCIAL CLUB.
This well-managed Club has made itself one of the most popular
in the social circles of our city, by giving picnics, balls and anniver-
sary dinners. Indeed, its entertainments are recognized as among the
most agreeable given by any of our Associations— and that is saying a
great deal. This meed of praise is justly due the " Claibornes."
The Club was organized April 16th, 1S77, at No. 110 North Claiborne
street, by the following named citizens: T.J. Ford, H. C. Fincke,
Jerry Place, E. Jungel, Jno. Weinnig, V. Mauberret, P. Mauberret, G.
Mauberret, F. Mauberret, Chas. Hefer, Otto Hefer, L. Cronan, Jno.
Cleary, Chas. Bader, G. Bader, Wm. H. Buckley ,W. II. Murphy, Jas.
Brennan, H. W- Carbon, V. B. Gonzales, J. Muldoon, Dennis Duffy,
W- Barry, Dan Costello, W. C. Meeks anil Eug. Mauberret.
The Officers elected on that occsaion were : Thos. .1. Ford, Presi-
dent; H. C. Fincke, Vice President ; V. B. Gonzales, Secretary, and
Jerry Place, Treasurer. — The Club was named in honor of the illustri-
ous man who was the first territorial Governor of Louisiana.
During the epidemic of 1878, the Club exhausted its finances by
donating one-half of the amount in its treasury to the Howard
Association, and spending the balance in relieving the sufferings of
the poor people in its neighborhood, who were afflicted with the
dreadful scourge.
The Club, however, speedily rallied from the depleting effect of
these kind acts; and to-day it numbers 162 members, and is on an
excellent financial standing.
The Board of Control consists of Messrs L. G. Cronan, Jas. Lyons,
Gus. Bader, Jno. Weinnig and Jno. Muldoon.
How the Club turned out to do honor to President Garfield's mem-
ory, is set forth on pages 98 and 99.
YOUNG MEN'S EXCELSIOR BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This Society had a modest and almost accidental origin. It has
undoubtedly had a very checkered career. On the eveningof February
5th, 1876, eight young men met by chance at the corner of ( !hartres and
Hospital streets, in the lower part of the city, and a proposition being
made by one of them to form a Social Club, and agreed to, the "Hard
Times Social Club " was then and i here organized. This was the germ
of the present excellent organization. These eight young men were:
Eugene Mestier, George J. Viosca, A. Duvic, Joseph Sbisa, L. Zimmer-
man, George Hahl, J. Berigan ami James Do ran. On February 6th,
l^TM. a meeting was held at the residence of George J. Viosca, at winch
the following gentlemen were elected the first officers of the Club:
Eugene Mestier, President; George J. Viosca, Vice President; Joseph
Sbisa, Secretary ; A. Duvic. Treasurer; George Hahl, Warden.
Their first entertainment, a soiree (UnL*<int< , was given at Keppler's
Hall, on Decatur street, on the evening of February 12th, 1876. On
April 10th, 1876, the Constitution and By-Laws prepared under the
supervision of a committee, composed of George J. Viosca, chairman,
George Hahl and J. Berigan, were adopted.
In the following month it was unanimously agreed to change the
name of the Club to that of the " Young Men's Excelsior Social i !lub,"
and to hold its meetings at the hall, corner Chartres and Barracks
streets. At the election for officers in December, 1876, Eugene Mestier
was re-elected President, which office he has held ever since, through
all the changes and vicissitudes of the Club.
The Club having become somewhat enlarged and prosperous, it
was proposed that it be changed into a benevolent association ; and
on the 24th of .July, 1877, at a meeting held at the residence of the
President, the name of the Club was again changed to the one it bears
at present, and its objects and purposes devoted to the benefit as well as
the pleasure of its members.
The first officers of the new organization, elected in the following
December, were the same gentlemen who hold their present positions",
with the exception of the Financial Secretary, Treasurer, Collector and
Marshal, which offices were held by Hippolyte E. Capdau, Hermann
Manier, William Gu6rin and Gaetano Lafanci, respectively. On the
27th of the same month, the organization was legally incorporated.
Since then, the Association has prospered both numerically and finan-
cially. Its roll of membership, which in 1878. amounted to sixty-five,
is now two hundred and forty-seven, and its funds, which at the time
of its organization in 1877, amounted to about seventy-five dollars, have
increased to over fourteen hundred dollars.
On page 99 will be found the Officers' names in September last,
and a description of these sterling young men's parade in the proces-
sion.
PIKE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This Society, a sketch of whose appearance in the Procession is
given on page 99, was founded April 3d, 1876, with seventeen charter
members. It was named in honor of our late philanthropic and public-
spirited fellow-citizen, Win. S. Pike. The first officers of the Associa-
tion were F. H. Robinson, President; C- Henriehs, Vice President;
Jno. Leslie, Recording Secretary; Jno. Unverzagt, Financial Secre-
tary; A. Smith, Treasurer.
Mr. Robinson has occupied the President's chair since the organi-
zation of the Association. He is respected and admired by a wide circle
of friends.
The object of the Association is: " To assist and give aid to those
" connected with it whenever they stand in need of assistance ; to bury
" those deceased, whenever Providence, in His mysterious dispensa-
" tion, shall remove a fellow-member from its midst ; to sympathize
" with their relatives ; and also to protect their destitute widows and
'• orphans, so far as lies in its power."
The Society is in a very flourishing condition, numbering 130
active members. Geo. A. Pike, Esq. and Dr. Jno. H. Pike are two of
its Honorary Members.
During the terrible epidemic of 1878, the Association, under the
worthy President's personal supervision, did noble work in nursing
the sick and succoring those in distress.
GERMAN LOUISIANA DRAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
This old and staunch Society was organized and incorporated in
1854, with a membership roll of 242. It is a strictly benevolent Asso-
ciation. Its first officers were : Adam Frank, President ; Geo. Vogel,
Vice President ; Geo. S'euernagel, Secretary, and Henry Ahrens, Treas-
urer. Its present officers are named on page 100, with a notice of the
display of the Association on Memorial Monday. The Association
numbers at present 280 members, all hard working and respected mem-
bers of the community.
LAFAYETTE YOUNG MEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This sterling Society, a comparatively new one, was organized
March 12th, 1877. Its first officers were: T. J. O'Sullivan, President;
J. B. Steiner, Vice President; F. Bruseau, Secretary; F. Von der
Harr, Treasurer ; J. Welsch, Sergeant-at-arms ; and A. Graf, Jr.,
Marshal.
There are over two hundred active members now in the Associa-
tion, all young men, none of them being over thirty-five years of age.
Their object is "to assist sick and distressed members ;" and, from the
names and standing of the Officers, whose names appear on page 100,
it may be relied on that this charitable mission is never neglected.
These young men are, for the most part, representatives of that
favored part of the city known as the " Garden District." Their dis-
play in the procession' did it and them great credit.
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ST. GEORGE'S YOUNG MEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This popular Association is under the supervision of the Redemp-
torist Fathers of St. Mary's Assumption Church, in the Fourth Dis-
trict, was organized on the 31st of July, 1870, and, though limited in
numbers, ii is strong financially. Its hall is very handsomely and
comfortably furnished, and there may be found there a select and val-
uable library, of fifteen hundred works, in both the English and Ger-
man languages. There is also a well arranged reading room.
On page 100 will be found the names of the officers, and the manner
in winch they and their fellow members paraded on September 26th,
last.
Besides the monthly dues and assessments paid by the members,
musical, literary and dramatic entertainments are given, from time to
time, to increase the finances. Some of these entertainments are for
the benefit of schools, churches and asylums.
A tomb fund has been inaugurated, which will soon amount to a
sum that will enable the Association to build a large and handsome
mausoleum in St. Joseph's Cemetery, <>n Washington street.
The objects of the Association are : ' Friendship, benevolence and
charity." These are manifested by assisting and giving aid to the mem-
bers, especially in every instance of sickness, and to bury them when
they die. At present, there are sixty members on the roll. The mem-
bership has been at ail times sufficiently numerous to ensure continued
prosperity to the Association.
SHIP CARPENTERS' AM) JOINERS' BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION.
This— an Algiers Society, whose officers and parade are given on
page l<i4 — is the youngest of our labor organizations, but is a pretty
vigorous one at that. It was organized on the 27th of July, 1881.
There are over sixty names on the roll of membership, and the finan-
ces are in good condition. Considering the many years that our
neighbor on the other bank of the river has bad so many dock and
ship yards, it is somewhat surprising that such a useful organization
as this did not long since exist there. This one has the right mate-
rial, and will not fail to lie all its name indicates.
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS.
This is said to be the most powerful Irish organization in exist-
ence. It has Lodges in every State and Territory of the United States,
and also in Canada and New Brunswick. There are now 1821 Lodges,
with a membership which, up to September 1st, 1881, aggregated
2:j,31!> men.
The Order is governed by three Officers raid five Directors, who
are respectively known as National Delegate, Secretary, Treasurer,
and National Directory. The National Delegate is the only member
of the Order in America who is a member of the Home Board. New
Orleans is at present honored with the highest office in the American
branch of the Order, in the person of Mr. Peter Kiernan, who is
serving his third term as National Delegate, and who was the first
Secretary of the Order for this State, retaining the position for five
years, and resigning only to accept higher office.
The National Officers arc elected every year by the National Con-
vention, which is composed of National, State and County Officers.
The las! Convention was held in St. Louis; the next will beheld in
Chicago, next May. — State Delegates receive their instructions from
the National Delegate and Secretary.
The Order lias several military companies attached ; one full regi-
ment in New York city ; one in Chicago, and one battalion, each, in
Jersey City, San Francisco, St. Louis and Cincinnati, all duly com-
missioned and controlled by the National Delegate.
The Organization observed the funeral ceremonies of our late
lamented President throughout the country, by orders from the Na-
tional Delegate; and in Chicago, the Hibernian Regiment, 1600
strong, in full regalia, formed a complete division of the Procession.
The parent stem of the organization is located in Dublin, Ireland.
The Order was first established in America in the city of New York
in 1847; chartered for the State of New York in ivoii; and for the
hinted States in 1881, by the present National Delegate, from whom
all Lodges must obtain a charter.
The Order was established in Louisiana in 1874. Mr. Win. J. Kelly
was the first State Delegate, which position he retained for three years.
CONDOLENCE.
The following communication from Hon. P. Kiernan, National
Delegate of the Order, was forwarded to all State Delegates in the
United States :
" It is with profound and sincere regret that the death of President
James A. Garfield is announced to a sorrowing people.
" The Ancient Order of Hibernians will, on the day set aside for
his interment, observe it with proper ceremonies of respect to the mem-
ory of the illustrious deceased.
"State delegates will see that the A. O. H., in their respective
States, properly carry out the formalities prescribed for that day.
"In behalf of the Ancient Order of Hibernians of America, we
hereby tender to Mrs. Garfield ami her children, in this their hour of
bereavement, our sincere sympathy and respect; for in his death she
has lost a noble-hearted, true and faithful husband : the nation a wise,
just and patriotic President.
" M. J. Cosgrovk, " Peter Kiernan,
'• National Sec'y. "National Delegate."
The handsome manner in which the Order here observed these in-
structions, is described on page 104.
NEW LUSITANOS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This well-known Society, whose many deeds of charity are deeply
impressed on the records of our city's history, was organized on the
11th of September, 1858. Its first officers were: A. Yierra, President;
A. Pons y Valencia, First Vice President; Jose Barba, Jr., Second
Vice President; Anthony Sambola, Secretary; F. J. DaCosta, Treas-
urer; and E. Kuffl and S. Boehm, < !ollectors.
The Association is very liberal in its reception of members, and in
its scope of benevolent action. It is strong financially ; and it numbers
at the present time over 300 members. They meet in their own
spacious Hall, lately purchased, at the corner of Dauphine and Elysian
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APPENDIX.
Fields streets. The style in which the Association participated in
the Funeral Procession, shows their public spirit. The sketch, and the
list of their Officers on thai day, are on pages 105 and 106
COTTON YARDMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This representative labor association, though a very young one as
to years, is one of the strongest in our city. Jt was founded in 1879, a
temporary organization being effected on December 6th of that year.
The following officers were elected to. serve temporarily: P. Mealey,
President ; M. J. Cusack, Secretary; and John AYyse, Treasurer, with
eighty members on the roll.
The Association was permanently organized on the 27th of the
same month, when Hon. P. Mealey, our worthy Administrator of
Police, was again honored with the Presidency, "which he has held
ever since. i he following additional officers were elected: Dan.
Mahoney, Vice President ; James Roche, Recording Secretary ; James
McCarthy, Financial Secretary; Jno. H. Behan, Treasurer; and M.J.
Cusack, Ed. Harrison, and Jno. Goertz composing the Finance Com-
mittee.
The membership had already increased to the number of 220, and
the organization was felt to he on the high road to prosperity. It was
incorporated according to the laws of the State, on the 24th of January,
1880, with the following charter members: Wm. Barrett, J. Hen ry
Behan, Michael J. Cusack. John Goertz, Edward Harrison, Dan.
Mahoney, Patrick Mealey, Patrick Nolan, Martin Reardon. James
Roche and John Wyse.
During the year 1880, the Association increased rapidly, and
accumulated considerable funds. By the close of the year, 878 mem-
bers were on the rolls, and the sum of $7000 was in the treasury.
Since then, there has been a still greater increase, so that the Asso-
ciation now numbers 986 members, with the handsome sum of $13,<>no
in its funds.
On page 102 will be found the list of the Officers of the Association,
when it took its place in the Procession of September last, to honor the
memory of the dead President. The splendid turnout of the Associ-
ation greatly impressed the spectators.
THE FRENCH DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
This Club was organized on the 25th October, 1S77, by a number of
our French residents, who were desirous of establishing a nucleus
around which would rally all of their co-nationalists in this country
who were devoted to the progress of liberal ideas, as embodied in the
principles of the " French Republicans," and as opposed to what are
known in France as the Legitimists, Orleanists, Imperialists, etc.
The founders of the Club were Messrs. X. Bouvier, Fugene Desdunes,
J. B. Junqua, C. E. Champon, Emile Scheidecher, Jules Noblom, Chas.
Adoue. E. J. Duparquier, P. Bossoney, E. Simon, F. Clos, A. Latleur,
P. Marchand and L. Antelmy.
Being the only political organization of French citizens in Louisi-
ana, the Club made it its first duty to celebrate the anniversary of the
French Revolution; and, a few months after its organization, the
members gave a banquet in honor of the 24th February, 1848.
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The same year— 1878— the Club, on the 14th July, celebrated as it
merited that ever famous event, the "capture of the Pastille," which
officers and members justly considered the birth-mark of free and pop-
ular government in France. The French Government, two years later,
gave the seal to this great event by selecting the 14th July as the official
anniversary of the French Republic.
In 1881, the Club initiated the brilliant fete of the 14th July,
which, under the auspices of the French Consul, united all our French
citizens in their national celebration ; and will be remembered as one
of the most successful and elegant public displays ever held in this city.
The Club naturally took a vivid interest in the public proceedings
designed to testify to the general sorrow for the untimely death of the
chief officer of the American Republic. In this, they and their warm
hearted compatriots have zealously followed the example given by the
French Government.
The names of the officers of the " Club de la Democratic Francaise
de la Nouvelle Orleans " appear on page 106.
SPANISH UNION MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
On the 3d of May, 1829, at the suggestion of Colonel G. R. Sancti
Petri, a prominent Spanish resident of New Orleans, his compatriots
here organized a military company entitled the "Cazadores de Or-
leans" whose first Captain was Simon Cucullu. Representing the
elite of our numerous and respected Spanish colony, the Cazadores
entered the militia and soon took rank among the best disciplined and
most influential of the many fine commands, of different nationalities,
that then represented the cosmopolitan population of New Orleans-
The objects of the Company were not for military ends only, but to
strengthen the ties of nationality, and further the general interests of
the Spanish residents.
One of the results of its long and active existence was the erection,
in the "St. Louis Cemetery, No. 2," of a magnificent tomb, which
cost $15,000. The mausoleum was dedicated on the 11th of July, 1836;
and on the same day the Company's seventh anniversary was com-
memorated ; and in the Cathedral a beautiful flag was consecrated that
had been made by the ladies and presented by Second Lieutenant Lino
de la Rosa. The ceremonies were brilliant and impressive. Among
the invited guests appear the well remembered names of Governor Ed-
ward White, ex-Governor Roman, Senator Cannon, Mayor Prieur,
Attorney General Mazureau, Recorder Baldwin, Samuel J. Peters,
Caldwell, Pichot, Milbron, and of others prominent in the history of
the State and city. A splendid banquet joyously terminated the day.
The Cazadores continued to prosper until the memorable summer
of 1851, which witnessed the landing of the Lopez expedition in Cuba;
their capture, and the death of the leader and of many of his followers,
among whom were a number of citizens of the United States, includ-
ing many young men from New Orleans. The violent and deplora-
ble scenes in this city that ensued, and in which the unoffending
Spanish residents were the sufferers, are well remembered by old
citizens.
As one consequence, the Cazadores disbanded, but only as a mili-
tary organization. On the 25th of September, 1851, they organized the
" Sociedad Espaholade Beneficencia Mutua," whose principles of char-
ity and good works were energetically and generously carried into
effect until the 19th of January, 1861, when it combined with the
" Sociedad [bera de Beneficencia Mutua."
The " Socidad [bera " was formed November 19th, 1832; and fol-
lowing the example of the older organization, was first organized as
a military company, entitled the " Cazadores Volantes del Estado,"
whose first commander, Captain Juan Penas, gave the Volantes a repu-
tation for excellent drill and martial bearing that they retained ever
after.
At the epoch these two Companies were formed, New Orleans was
a port of refuge for many Spanish emigrants from Mexico, most of
them driven from that country by the revolution against Spain. The
majority of these refugees were men of culture and refinement, and
were an aeceiitable addition to the Spanish colony here. Whilst the
greater number of them left, after awhile, for Cuba or Spain, those who
remained took an active part in the organization of the two Cazadores
commands, and contributed greatly to their sin cess.
The " Cazadores Volantes," soon after their formation, erected :i
splendid marble tomb, of the same design and dimensions as that of the
older company, but the cost was $30,000.
In 1846, the outbreak of the war with Mexico totally changed the
character of the " Volantes." Some of the members wished to have
the Company enlisted in the American armies under Taylor and
Scott; other members opposed. The result was a dissolution of the
Company as a military command. It was promptly reorganized, howx-
ever, on* the lid of June, 1846, as the " Sociedad Ibera," for strictly
mutual benevolent purposes, and was active in that career until 1861.
Then, from their identity of purposes and nationality, the two Socie-
ties determined to unite. This was effected in a joint meeting, held
January 19th, 1861; and the result was the formation of the present
" Sociedad Union Espanola de Beneficencia Mutua."
This Association has gone through, in its twenty years of existence,
the severest trials inflicted on a community by war, epidemics, mis-
rule, commercial and agricultural disaster; but it has never faltered
in its work of benevolence Under the able administration of Presi-
dent Thomas Jorda, the well known and esteemed merchant, it has
attained to a flattering degree of prosperity. Its finances are in excellent
condition, and the rolls show the names of over three hundred mem-
bers. On the 2<>th of September, the Society, as will be seen by the
brief sketch on page 107, exerted itself to testify the genuine regret
President (Airfield's death occasioned among our numerous Spanish
residents.
LUSITANTAN PORTUGUESE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
A meeting of Portuguese citizens wTas held in the Hall of the Repre-
sentatives of the State of Louisiana, on Canal street, on the 28th of
August, 1848, to form a benevolent organization, and the following gen-
tlemen were unanimously elected to serve ad interim : Louis Vieira,
President; Francisco R. Borges, First Vice President; Ant. Vieira,
Jr., Recording Secretary; Francisco Luiz, Financial Secretary; and
Alexander Pereira, Treasurer, Another meeting was held on Septem-
ber 4th, 1848, when fifty-eight members subscribed their names to the
roll.
On the 11th of the same month, a general meeting was held, at
which there were ninety-seven members present. Ferdinand E. de
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Freitas, was unanimously elected Second Vice President, and Dr.
Anuand Mercier, Physician. On the 18th of the month, the officers
took their oaths of office, and the following were elected a Board of
Administrators: Francisco Vieira, Jose Nunes, Ant. Pereira, Joaquim
Pinto, Francisco Tavares, Jose de Freitas, Joas Pereira, Francisco
Luiz and Fernand J. Silva.
The Association was legally incorporated on the 16th of April, 18-51.
The following is a list d' Presidents who have presided over the
Association since its organization, and their terms of office: First,
Louis Vieira served three years ; F. R. Borges served two years ; Fran-
cisco Roque, one year; Ant. Vieira, three year.-: John Davis, three
years ; Francisco Luiz, seven years ; Ant. Pereira, three years ; Jose T.
Arantes, four years; Jose Baranque, seven years. The latter gentle-
man is the father of the present Recording Secretary of the Association,
and was succeeded in office hy Mr. John Mercadal. who is now Presi-
dent.
The Association has been for years, and is >tili, in a nourishing
condition, — owning two fine tombs in the St. Louis Cemetery, and its
spacious hall, at No. 203 Bayou Road. There are two hundred and forty-
five active members on the roll. Formerly, none but Portuguese were
admitted to membership ; hut that rule has of late years been changed;
and now we find all nationalities represented among the members, the
majority, of course, belonging to the Latin race-.
The Association is very liberal in its relief measures to its mem-
bers; taking care of them when sick, furnishing medicines, a physi-
cian, and cash ; burying the dead ; aidinga member's family when they
are sick ; and in case of his death, assisting them afterwards. The
Society has expended notlessthan §50, nun in this noble way. One of the
Association's special observances is, on every recurrence of "All Saint's
Day," to take up a collection at the cemeteries for the little children in
St. Mary's Catholic Orphan Boys' Asylum.
The Association, in the Funeral Procession, was fourth in line in
the Seventh Division, as described on page L06.
FRENCH MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
In 1839, thirty-six years after the great Napoleon ceded Louisiana
to the United States, a few French residents, gathered at No. 202 Bour-
bon street, founded the first "French Society" in New Orleans.
Among them were Messrs. F. Buisson, F. Praslon, Conseil, Jean
Schweitzer and Dr. Duperron.
A difference as to t lie scope and constitution of the organization
resulted in the withdrawal of some of the members, who elected the
French Consul, M. Roger, as their President. The others organized the
" Society de la Nouvelle Orleans," with F. Buisson for President, and
H. Escousse for Secretary. It dragged along until 1843, when dissolu-
tion threatening, twenty-seven of its members determined to maintain
its existence and shouldered its debts. That brilliant orator, lawyer,
and politician, Pierre Soule, — an exile from France — now obtained a
legislative charter that gave the Society a good working basis. Mr.
Soul<5 was elected the President, and held the office until he was
elected U. S. Senator. His successor was the good old Abbe Lesne.
In 1848 the Society was strengthened by the voluntary junction of
that presided over by Consul Roger. In 1851 a new constitution was
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adopted, and in 1852, Mr. Olivier Blineau became President. He held
the office for eleven years; and, under his aide management, the
Society steadily increased in members, resources and benevolent
usefulness. He ensured the thorough administration of the Asylum
for the sick, and developed the system of giving medical aid to mem-
bers and their families at their homes. This feature contributed
essentially to the growth of the Society. Mr. Blineau was besides a
liberal benefactor to the Society out of his own means. He was hon-
ored formally with the title of " Father of the French Society ;" bad a
hall in the Asylum named after him, and a marble tablet erected to
him; and on each anniversary of his death (which took place in Au-
gust, 1863), the French flag hangs at half-mast over the spacious
Asylum on St. Anne street, the grounds of which were his present.
Mr. Blineau was succeeded by the esteemed and venerable Joseph
Girod, who presided most efficiently from 1863 to 1875, when old age
induced his resignation. He was made "Honorary President for
Life," and died in January, 187s.
Mr. Jean Schweitzer, one of the founders of the Society in 1839,
now became President, and served zealously until 1880, when Mr. J.
LeBlanc, who had been Vice President, and was for twenty-five years
a member of the " Administrative Council," was elected. He is still
In office and likely to remain.
One of the latest Vice Presidents was our esteemed confrere, Mr.
P'elix Limet, who after many years of a singularly industrious, intel-
ligent and honorable career as one of the editors of that excellent old
French daily, the New Orleans Bee, returned to his native land in
1881, there to spend the remainder of his days.
The Society has had, since 1843, nine Treasurers, the present worthy
incumbent, Mr. A. Castel, being in office since 1877. — Also fourteen
Secretaries, the most efficient of whom is undoubtedly Mr. L. Simon.
He has performed the duties since 1874 in a manner to receive the
official thanks of the Society. — The present zealous Collector, Mr. P.
Mengelle, in 1878 succeeded Mr. Chabert who resigned after holding
the office from 1853.
The Society has been very fortunate from 1845 to date, in its Physi-
ans: Mercier, Brunei, Fagot, Isnard, Souterre, Dubourg, Natali, Boulin,
Beugnot, Ranee, Allain, D'Aquin, Lafon, Marmillon, Maringer,
Touatre, Anfoux, Delagrave, Escoubas, Berjot, DeRoaldes, Devron, and
Souchon — all names of men eminent for capacity, and for devotion to
their profession.
Dr. Touatre has had personal charge of the Asylum since 1S66. He
has twice beer, honored by the French Government with distinguished
testimonials of recognition of his services to their countrymen in
distress. The same Government, after the epidemic of 1867, similarly
honored President Joseph Girod, Dr. Maringer, Dr. Berjot and Mr.
A. Dudoussat.
The first Asylum was opened in 1844 in the Milne mansion, on
the old Bayou Road. The present fine edifice, on St. Anne street,
was constructed in 1860-61, and opened in the latter year.
The yellow fever epidemics that have visited our city since 1847,
have severely tested the strength, the resources and the benevolent
purposes of the Society ; but it has never failed to meet all demands
upon it. The total number of sick taken care of by it from 1845 to
1879, was 21,304 ; the total amount of pecuniary relief donated, in the
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same period, was $29,307. This, of course, is only one feature of the
total expense.
The Society has four tombs, in two cemeteries; one tomb being
for children. The property, including the Asylum, grounds, furni-
ture, utensils, drugs, houses, tombs, etc, is valued at $75,776.
The membership has increased from the twenty-seven in 1843, te-
as high a figure as 1400 at one time, and in 1880 it was 1200. Its regu-
lar annual monied revenues are $12,000, which enables it, as in 1878, to
take care of 2396 patients, and contribute besides, as it has frequently
done, to other charitable purposes. — Suffering in France, from war,
inundations, or other disasters, has always found its treasury and its
heart open.
Its list of donors and donations is a long one : among the former,
Senator Soule ; Consul Roger ; the New Orleans Medical Society ; the
French Society of St. Louis; Judge Tissot, Sr. ; a French Regiment;
lY'tin, the famous French aeronaut, and his patron, the Emperor Louis
Napoleon.
The names of the Officers who led the Society in (Jen. Vinet's
Division of the Procession of September 26th, and the appearance of
the members therein, are given on page 105.
THE SEAMEN'S BETHEL.
Sonic years before the war, there was a Seamen's Bethel estab-
lished in the upper part of tbe city, near tiie Levee and Jackson street.
It disappeared, however, during the war ; and it was reserved for Rev
Dr. A. J. Witherspoon, formerly of Alabama, co establish a new Bethel
in that part of the city. This he accomplished in 1.S77. The building,
located on Fulton, near Jackson street, was opened January 1st, 1878.
Since then, it has steadily though slowly prospered, — chiefly through
the excellent management and untiring zeal and devotion to a good
cause of the amiable, intelligent and persevering Chaplain. A number
of our most influential citizens and charitable lathes gave early and
energetic co-operation to his benevolent plans for the benefit of the
thousands of seamen who visit our port annually. With their hearty
aid, and the ready response of the officers and crews of scores of vessels,
the Bethel has become a favorite resort for Mariners, where they find
choice reading, hear good music, — themselves furnishing many songs
and singers — are treated to lectures on a variety of topics, and attend
religious service. The Seamen thoroughly appreciate the good work,
and through them the Bethel and its worthy Chaplain are favorably
known in all parts of the civilized world.
Rev. Mr. Witherspoon was Chaplain of an Alabama regiment,
composed of his friends and neighbors; and was with them in the
midst of battle at Shiloh. When the regiment fell back to Corinth, he
remained on the field, to help take care of his wounded friends and
bury the dead. He was equally kind to the Federal wounded, who
specially recognized his services. General Grant ordered his release,
when this was known, but nevertheless he was long a prisoner on
Johnson's Island. In a letter, published of late, Father Witherspoon,
referring to the late war and his imprisonment, says: " I am in favor
of forgetting the bad and reviving the good. We are one people and
one country. Let us cherish the memory of the good on both sides,
and dwell together in this broad land like brethren, in the bonds of
peace and friendship.' '
The interesting services held at the Bethel on " Memorial Mon-
day " are briefly sketched on page 58. There would have been a large
delegation of Beam en, headed by the Chaplain, in the Procession, but
they were detained.
LON( ISHOUKMEX'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This, another of our representative labor associations was organ-
ized October 5th, 1873, and the following members were elected the
first officers: Thos. Fernon, ['resident; John Keegan, First Vice
President; J. C. Williams. Second Vice President; Chas. Hassinger,
Recording Secretary ; J. J. McCarthy, Financial Secretary; Andrew
Blake, Treasurer ; Edward Wilson, Sergeant-at-Arms, and William
Mahoney, Marshal.
The Association now numbers .son members, and is in a substan-
tial financial condition. Their object is "to help each oilier as fellow-
men and fellow-laborers."
Their Officers on the day of* the Garfield ceremony, and the
important pari the stout Longshoremen took in the Procession, are
written on page 103.
SCREWM EN'S B FN E V< >LE N T A SS< M ! ! AT TON.
This, the oldest and strongest labor organization in the city, was
(bunded on November 18th, 1850, at the house of John Tees, a steve-
dore, residing in the Third District. One hundred and twenty-one
men set the wheels of the Association in motion ; but only about half
of them were Screwmen, the others being friends who wished to
ensure the success of the movement. A temporary organization was
effected, and a committee appointed to draft a constitution and by-
laws. At the next meeting Cue committee reported ; their work was
approved, and the following officers elected : Geo. Hooper, President ;
James Campbell, First Vice President; James Fitzgerald, Second
Vice President; F. A. F. Mitchell, Secretary; Henry Pier, Treasurer,
and the following Board of [Incorporation, John Baker. Alex. D.
Perry, Wm. Callender, Henry Haynes, Wm. Chamberlain and Dr.
Edgar.
In April, 1851, the Association was incorporated by an act of the
Legislature, signed by his Excellency, Gov. Joseph Walker, and
attested by the Hon. ('has. Oayarre, Secretary of State.
The Screwmen exhibited great pride and enthusiasm in their
Association from (he first. Theirs' wa.s the earliest organization of
its kind in the South ; and their constant and important connection
with its chief staple gave them a prominence and influence that were
merited by their industry, and maintained ever since, despite many
vicissitudes and many trials.
As with every other interest of our city ami State, the civil war
affected the condition of the Association very seriously. At the
beginning of the great struggle the Association was its a flourishing
condition ; but so many of its members responded to the call for vol-
unteers that only the old and disabled members were left to take care
of their interests. At one time there were but leu members left, who,
nevertheless, successfully kept tie,' affairs of the Association in proper
form.
With the return of those members who survived the battles of the
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war, and the accession of new members, the Association soon regained
its original vigor and prosperity. The Screwmen have suffered severely
from the epidemics thai bave from time to time scourged our city,—
notably in that of 1878, in which they received material assistance
from sister organizations in Galveston, Mobile and Savannah. As
terrible an ordeal as this was, they again promptly recovered ; steadily
increasing in numbers and prosperity, and to-day have about loon
members on their rolls, and a considerable amount of money in their
treasury.
The Screwmen held their first meetings at the house of John Tee,
where the Association was founded ; then at the former engine bouse of
Eagle No. 7, on Old Levee street, below the Customhouse; then at the
corner of Common and Front streets, whence they removed to their
splendid hall, at the corner of Exchange Alley and Bienville streets,
where they now hold their meetings.
At the grand Clay, Calhoun and Webster funeral pageant in De-
cember, 1852, (already alluded to in this work) tin- Screwmen's Ben-
evolent Association headed the tilth grand division of the Procession.
Their Marshal was A. \V. Jourdan, ami his aids were V. H. Ivy, Win.
Sutton, Joseph Hui'ty and Edward Thompson. The latter, who is still
hale and hearty and actively engaged in business, is the only survivor
of those rive gentlemen. The Association, on the occasion, turned out
two hundred and twenty-six men.
its magnificent appearance in the Procession of September 26th,
and its list of officers then are described on pages 102 and 103.
UNITED SCLAVONIAN BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This Society was incorporated on the 12th of May, 1874. Its first
officers wery : John Radovich, President, who still holds the office;
A. Fucieh, Vice President ; Michel Draskovich, Treasurer ; Chistopher
Vucasovieh, Recording Secretary; John Ramadanovich, Marshal. The
Association own a handsome tomb, the corner stone of which was
laid on the 9th of April, 187<>. On the 5th of May, 1878, the officers and
members had their first celebration to commemorate the organization
of the Society. Their appearance in the Procession of September 26th,
as described on pages l(Hi-7, was a surprise to thousands of the specta-
tors, who were unaware that the ancient Sclav race had so many and
such influential representatives in our city.
BUTCHERS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This Society might be called a French one, for nearly all of its
members are of that nationality. It was organized on the 1st of October,
1866, with Mr. Charles Crossman as President, and fifty members. It
has steadily increased since in numbers and resources; and its annual
celebrations are noted for the gatherings of our different French Socie-
ties, and the cheerful hospitality dispensed. The Association at present,
has a membership list of two hundred, and has always upheld its repu-
tation for generous deeds, as was fully proven during the epidemics of
1867 and 1878, and the overflow of 1880. The asylums and other homes
for the poor and the destitute orphans, can also report many a deed of
kindness by the stout-bodied and warm-hearted members of this Asso-
ciation.
Their parade in the Seventh Division did them infinite credit.
THE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.
The system of "public schools" was introduced in New Orleans
some forty years ago. it derived from the excellent New England
system, if we mistake not, and many of their first public school
teachers, gentlemen and ladies, were from that section. Some of these
pioneers are still alive ; and, whilst some are actively engaged in legal or
commercial pursuits, other delight still to teach the youthful mind.
Since the war, most of the prosperous private academies of the ante-
bellum days have disappeared, and the Public Schools have the field of
education almost entirely to themselves. Despite a series of years of
financial distress that seemed constantly to threaten the stoppage by
the City of its funds for educational purposes, t lie Public Schools have
continued to perform their invaluable work. They have been blessed
during those trying years with a corps of able teachers, whose quiet
courage, energy and perseverance have never faltered in the perform-
ance of duty. Their efforts have been sustained, especially of late
years, by a succession of zealous and conscientious Boards of Directors :
and by a Superintendent whose reputation is national.
The opening of our Public Schools to the colored children was a
marked event in their history. President Garfield owed his success in
life chiefly to education ; and his remarkably sensible advice on that
point to a delegation of colored citizens from the South, just before his
inauguration, will long be remembered. The colored children here
enjoy equal facilities with the whites in the public schools. — In Decem-
ber, 1881, the total number of pupils on the rolls was 24,401, and half of
these were colored children.
The Board of Directors and Officers, when the Resolution set forth
on page 50 were adopted, September 24th, was as follows:
Officers: Judge Walter H. Rogers, President; Rev. Jas. K.
Gutheim, Vice President; Hon. Wm. O. Rogers, Chief Superinten-
dent ; Administrator B. T. Walshe, Treasurer ; Jno. J. O'Brien, Sec-
retary.
DIRECTORS: Messrs. Robert H. Bartley, Leon Bertoli, D. M.
Brosnan, S. S. Carlisle, H. C. Castellanos, Joseph Collins, Eugene
Desdunes, Thos. H. Handy, L. B. Hollings worth, Pierre Lanaux,
Frank McElroy, M. McNamara, Jno. P. Maurer, W. F. Mellen, Tim-
othy O'Neil, P. W. Pettis, and Frederick Stringer.
THE WIDOW'S ANSWER.
The following was the reply to the Resolutions of the Board :
Cleveland, O., Dec. 0, 1881.
Mr. John J. O'Brien, Secretary Board of School Directors, New Orleans:
" Dear Sir— I am directed by Mrs. Garfield to gratefully acknowl-
" edge for her family and herself the resolutions of sympathy of the
" School Board of New Orleans. Please to convey the same to the
" members thereof.
" Very truly your's,
C. O. ROCKWELL.
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
The "Young Men's Christian Association of New Orleans" was
first organized in 1852. Among the prominent workers then connected
with it, were Missis. Tims. I Dix, \V. C. Raymond, W. ('• Shepard,
<;. \Y. Helme, II. G. Latting, Thos. Sloo, L. Elkin and Jas. McConnell.
During the fearful epidemics of 1853 and 1858 the Association
resolved itself into a Relief Committee, and did excellent work, as
will he remembered by many of those still living, whom it assisted.
In 1858 it expended thus the "sum of $16,000, placed in its hands for the
relief of the yellow fever sufferers.
During tne late war the organization was broken up, most of the
young men entering the Confederate army.
In 1872 a number of those formerly interested in the Society,
together with others aware of its great value as a moral force, united
in an effort to place the Association upon a permanent foundation.
Among the most prominent citizens engaged in its resuscitation were:
M. M. Greenwood, Theo. S. Shute, W. C Raymond, \V. C. Shepard,
J. T. Sawyer, F. E- Richmond, Charles Clinton and J. R. Guthrie.
In LS74 the doors were closed, all work was suspended, and the
Association was considered dead. Rut, in April, 1877, owing to the
zealous endeavors of R. W. Deindorf, a meeting for the formation of a
new Association was held at the Felicity Street Methodist Church on
the 17th of April, when eighteen gentlemen effected an organization.
Rev. Jno. T. Sawyer was elected President, and Win. T. Hardie, Vice
President. He, upon President Sawyer resigning, was unanimously
elected in his place, and has continued to till that office with great
acceptability until the present date.
In the sweeping yellow fever epidemic of 187.S the entire member-
ship were engaged as a Relief Committee, with Wm. C. Shepard as
Chairman; W. C. Raymond, Treasurer; P. W. Deindorf, Secretary,
and a number of prominent citizens were Chairmen of Districts, as
follows: John Ueber, G- A. Cambias, Rev. F. O. Koelle, Dr. C. C.
Lyon, Albert Baldwin, A. J. Witherspoon, T. L. Raymond, C. H. C.
Brown, R. W. Young, W. S. Terry, W. C. Raymond, L. H. Gardner,
C. J. Young, W. G. Mitchell, G. H. Dwyer, Geo. H. Raymond, J. W.
Dwyer, Thos. F. Walker, J. M. Pagaud, J. A. McLean, C. 0. Cotting,
J. G. Rowland, E. V. Hitch, W. C. Shepard, Van R. K. Hilliard, P.
W. Deindorf, G H. Disque, D. L. Mitchell, B. T. Walshe, Geo. P.
Bowers, Rev. J. M. Beard and F. L. Matthews.
They expended over $80,000, affording relief to over 25,000 persons.
Since that time the Association has been confining its labors to
the effort to reach young men, both citizens and strangers ; and by
attracting them to the Society's Parlors, Reading Rooms and Gymna-
sium, prevent their frequenting places of bad repute. There are now
about 400 members on the rolls of the Association.
its Officers and Chairmen of Committees, in September, 1881, were
as follows : Wm. T. Hardie, President; R. T. Walshe, Vice President;
Wm. W. Crane, Recording Secretary; M. M. Greenwood, Treasurer;
D. L. Mitchell, General Secretary ; Albert Baldwin, Chairman Fi-
nance Committee ; J. C. Morris, President of the Board of Trustees ;
C. H Rhute, Chairman of the Committee on Lectures ; W. C. Ray-
mond, Chairman of Advisory Committee; Chas. Carroll, Chairman
of Committee on Library ; R. G- Rush, Chairman of Committee on
Building ; W. C. Shepard, Chairman of Committee on Missions ; T.
W. Dyer, Chairman of Committee on Employment.
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HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
hi the year 1833, several young men in this .city, — knowing the
absolute necessity of the besl nursing in attacks of yellow fever-
agreed that, in case of an epidemic, they would lake care not only of
each other, bid of other sick friends and acquaintances. That ver\
summer they were put to the (est. The result of their charitable
labors was the organization, in 1837, of the " Society of Good Samari-
tans." Their object was "to care for the poor sick." Among their
members was that estimable gentleman, Mr. James M. Vandegrili',
more widely known of late years as the President of the widely known
" Howard Association."
That Society was incorporated in 1841-42 by Legislative act, for a
period of twenty-five years, and re-incorporated in Hi;?.
The Association's field of action, its duties and labors, are tersely
set forth in the second article of its constitution. It speaks volumes
when it says: " The object of this Association shall be to relievt the
destituU mi'! sic/: in pi riods <>/ epidemics.'1'1 — Membership in the Asso-
ciation results from voluntary application, properly endorsed. The
self-imposed duties are to visit the applicants for relief, and to see that
their wants are attended to. This is facilitated by the division of the
city into districts, when an epidemic begins; and one or more mem-
bers take charge of each district and are held responsible for the care of
the applicants therein. Each patient has to be visited at least once a
day, to see that his or her wants are supplied and that the nurses do
their duty. No compensation whatever is allowed any officer or mem-
ber for his service. And, to conclude: sect, nationality ami politics
are never thought of, talked of, or in any manner considered by
the Association in the discharge of its duties to suffering humanity.
That an applicant for relief" is sick, and without means or friends, is
sufficient.
The " Chronicler " of this volume has been privileged from his con-
nection with the Press of this City for many years, to see the Howards
at work day and night, in epidemic after epidemic. Many of the
officers and members of the early days of acquaintance with them,
have crossed over the river, and are at rest ; but the ranks have never
been vacant when duty called, and the spirit of the modest hut im-
mortal philanthropist, after whom the Association is so appropriately
named, has ever dwelt in every bosom and inspired every generous
heart and brain in this little hand of Brethren. They were emulated,
in all years, by the numerous physicians who promptly tendered their
services; and the magnificent contributions to their treasury by true
men and women everywhere, were expended, every dollar of them, for
" the relief of the destitute sick."
The Officers and Members, during (he terrible epidemic of 1878 —
when the Association received and expended over $383,000, and took
care of 24,000 sick in this city, and nearly 12,000 in the country — were
as follows :
James M. Vandegriff, President; V.W. Southmayd, Secretary; S.
B. Newman, Treasurer; Messrs. < '. H. Allen, Jules Aldige, L. W.
Baijuie, Philip Buchanan, John M. Coos, T. Generelly, Henry Cinder,
Thomas Green, Kelix Legendre, ('• E. Leverich, General Fred. N.
Ogden, John N. Payne, George A. Pike, Dr. J. H. Pike, K. L. Robert-
son, A. J. Vandegriff, J. B. Vinet, and Chas. E. Whitney. In addition,
these volunteer members — Captain McGlensey, of the United States
steamer Canonicus; Captain Win. H. Beanham and Captain E. A.
Guibert and their commands, of the Louisiana Field Artillery; Col.
VV. Schaumberg and Captain \l. II. Hooper, of Algiers ; Dr. Campbell,
11. Williams, and F. Hathoru, of Carrollton.
THE CLEARING HOUSE.
The ?>r\v Orleans Clearing House was organized and commenced
business on the 1st of June, 1872, with the following officers:
John G. Gaines, President ; Samuel H. Kennedy, Vice President ;
Isaac X. Maynard, Manager.
Its present officers are: Joseph H. Ogl< sby, President; Samuel H.
Kennedy, Vice President ; Isaac X. Maynard, Manager.
There are ten Banks, members of the Association. These comprise
all the Banks in New Orleans, except the Metropolitan Bank, as fol-
lows :
The Citizens' Bank of Louisiana; the Union National Bank; the
Louisiana National Hank; the State National Bank; the Germania
National Panic: the New Orleajis National Bank; the Hibernia
National Bank; the Canal Bank; the Mutual National Bank, and
the People's Bank.
The Clearing House is located at No. 31 rami) street, known as the
"Tulanc Building."
Mr. Maynard is well known as one of our ablesl accountants, and
experienced and reliable expert in financial questions. In charge of
the Clearing House, he is "the right man in the right place."
R. K. LEE MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION.
The Officers of this Association, founded shortly after Gen. Lee's
death, to erect a monument to his memory, are : President, Chas. E.
Fenner; First Vice President, G. T. Beauregard; Second Vice Presi-
dent, M. Musson ; Treasurer, S. H. Kennedy; Recording Secretary, VV.
I. Hodgson; Corresponding Secretary. W. Miller Owen. — The Direc-
tors are : W. J. Behan, Sam'l Boyd, E. A. Burke, Lloyd R. Coleman,
Jos. L.Harris, Jus. Jackson, I. L. Lyons, .1. C. .Morris, Archibald
Mitchell, J. J. Mellon, A. H.May, Adolph Meyer, Ufred Moulton, A. A.
Maui nil is, E. A. Palfrey, Henry Renshaw, Wm. B. Schmidt, and Col.
VV. T. Vaudry.
At date, the classic monumental shaft, of Tennessee marble, rises
in massive hut elegant proportions froma lofty mound in the centre of
Lee Circle (formerly Tivoli Circle), at the intersection of Triton Walk
and St. Charles street, ami awaits only the marble statue for comple-
tion. This will be effected during; 1882.
X. O. AUXILIARY SANITARY ASSOCIATION.
The direct money loss inflicted on this city by the yellow fever
epidemic of 1878, was estimated by the Board of Health at no less a sum
than $10,572,000. Several of our leading merchants, — chief among
them, Mr. Edward Fenner — thereupon determined to treat such calam-
ities in a business point of view, and to seek a remedy for them in pre-
vention rather than in cure.
224 APPENDIX.
The result was, the preliminary organization of the Auxiliary San-
itary Association in the fall of 1878, and its incorporation in April,
187(J, for a period of twenty-five years.
From the start, the movement met hearty approval and liheral
pecuniary support from the community.
The act of incorporation defines the objects of the Association to
be : " The execution of such measures as are, or may be, necessary for
" the preservation of life and the public health, and to prevent the
"introduction or spread of disease; and, to these ends, to aid and
" assist the public authorities in carrying into effect all proper ordi-
" nances or laws relative to public health ; and to adopt systematic
" measures for the collection and proper distribution of money or
" property derived from voluntary subscriptions or otherwise, in such
" manner as will best tend to preserve life and property, and promote
" the prosperity and health of the city of New Orleans."
The corporate powers were vested in an Executive Committee,
composed of fifteen members, to be elected in April, annually; and
with authority to appoint sub-committees. The original incorporators
and first Executive Committee were: Gen. Cyrus Bussey, Judge Geo.
H. Braughn, Wm. C. Black, Albert Baldwin, James Bowling, Chas.
Clinton, Edward Fenner, Ceo. Foerster, Henry Ginder, Geo. Horter,
E. Heath, S. Hernsheim, James .Jackson, E. B. Kruttschnitt, Chas.
Macready, H. J. Leovy, W. B. Schmidt, LE Stauffer, Chas. A. Whit-
ney, Thos. J. Woodward, F. Wintz, and M. J. Zuntz, — all among our
most influential citizens.
Mr. Chas. A. Whitney, President of the "Morgan Railroad and
Steamship Company," was elected President of the Association.
The officers of the Association were : a President, nine Vice Presi-
dents, a Treasurer, Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Sanitary
Director. The latter officer has very extensive, but necessary powers
conferred upon him.
The Officers of the Association at date of this work, are: President,
Chas. A.Whitney; First Vice President, Edward Fenner ; Second,
Albert Baldwin; Third, E. B. Kruttschnitt ; Fourth, Ceo. Foers-
ter; Fifth, Dr. S. E. Chaille; Sixth, Rev. Dr. Hugh Miller Thompson ;
Seventh, Rev. Dr. Palmer; Eighth, Rev. James K. Gutheim ; Ninth,
Professor Jesse. — Secretary, John C. Henderson. — Corresponding Sec-
retary, W. M. Burwell.— Treasurer, Henry Ginder. — Sanitary Director,
Dr. C. B. White: acknowledged to be among the best in his profes-
sion as a Sanitarian.
The Executive Committee: < Jen. C. Bussey, Chairman ; Messrs*
A. Baldwin, H. Cinder, W. B. Schmidt, T. J. Woodward, Jas.;Jack-
son, C. Clinton, Th. Forstall, Ceo. Horter, Jules|Aldig6, J. Born, W.
B. Lyman, Dr. T. G. Richardson, Dr. G. Devron.
It is not too much to say that this Association of " volunteer
workers" has done more by its intelligent, zealous, practical labors,
in three years, to make New Orleans a clean andihealthyucity, and to
teach her people practical ideas of sanitation, than all the State and
city authorities and Boards of Health, since New Orleans was founded.
And that, too, economically, thoroughly and satisfactorily.
ITALIAN SYMPATHY.
The following dispatch was sent over the wires to Cleveland on the
night of the 26th of September :
New Orleans, September 26th, 1881.
To Mrs. .his. A. Garfield, Cleveland, Ohio:
" The Retail Fruit Dealers' Association of New Orleans, in special
meeting, tender to Mrs. Garfield the warm, heartfelt sympathy of the
sons of Italy. In their new homes, far away from their native land,
and enjoying the benefit of free government and a liberal adminis-
tration under the late President, our hearts go out in sympathy to the
widow and the orphans. May God bless and protect you, is our prayer.
Monuments will crumble to dust, draperies of mourning will droop and
fade, the seasons will come and go, dust will return to dust, but the
memory of your late husband will live in the hearts of the nation
forever. With tears we salute you."
L. FERRARI, President.
LETTERS FROM WASHINGTON.
TO THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
A H. May, Esq., Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions,
adopted at the meeting in the Washington Artillery Hall, September
26th, sent a copy of them to Secretary Blaine. He received the follow-
ing reply :
Department of State, )
Washington, Oct. 12, 1881. /
A. H. May, Esq., New < (rleans, La. :
" Sir—
" It affords me sincere, although mournful gratification, to make
feeling acknowledgment, in the name of the late President Garfield's
grief-stricken family, of the many heartfelt tributes of sorrow for our
common loss, and of admiration for the high character of the revered
dead, which come to them and the American Government and people
in this hour of deep affliction from every part of the Union, and espe-
cially for the touching resolutions of public sympathy, adopted at a
citizens' meeting- on the 26th ult., of which you send me a copy under
date of the 28th.
" I am, sir, your obedient servant,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
TO THE COMMITTEE OX INVITATION.
The following letters, to Administrator B. T. Walshe, Chairman
of the City Committee on Invitation, speak for themselves :
Department of State,
Washington, October 12, 1881
B. T. Walshe, Esquire, Chairman of Committee of City Council, New Orleans, La. :
"■Sir:— It affords me sincere, although mournful, gratification to
make feeling acknowledgment, in the name of the late President
Garfield's grief-stricken family, of the many heartfelt tributes of
sorrow for our common loss and of admiration for the high character
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of the revered dead,. which come to them and the American govern-
ment and people in this hour of deep affliction from every part of the
Union, and especially for the touching programme of funeral services
on the 26th ultimo, which accompanies your formal invitation to me
to be present.
" 1 am, sir, your obedient servant,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
Post Office Department, )
Washington, D. C, October 10, 1881./
" Dear Sir : — Please receive my thanks for your card of invitation
to be present at the funeral obsequies of our late President, which I
shall retain with many other mementoes of that sad occasion that
have come to me from various parts of the country.
" Very respectfully,
T. L. JAMES,
Postmaster General.
Hon. B. T. WaLshe, Chairman, New Orleans, La.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS
The Old City Organization.
ITS EARLY DAYS— PRESIDENTS, ENGINEERS, ETC. — THE DIFFERENT
COMPANIES.
Like many of the oldest and now most flourishing and strongest
organizations in New Orleans, her Fire Department had a very modest
and even puny beginning.
Up to the spring of LS2!), there would appear to have been no Fire Com-
pany regularly organized. From the minutes of the first regular meeting
of Volunteer No. 1, held April 19th, 1829, it appears that twenty-
four members were present, officered by Foreman, Henri Buckman ;
First Assistant, Hiram Houghton ; Secretary, A. Hendrickson, and
Steward, S. Short. At the next meeting, six days after, held at the
Orleans Cotton Press, a fire-coat of duck linen was selected as the
uniform.
The Company was possessed of a hand-engine. Buckets, to be
passed from hand to hand, supplemented deficiencies.
In the latter part of the year 1829, a fire took place at Hart's
Cotton Press, on St. Charles street, between Common and Gravier, in
which five thousand bales of cotton were all ablaze. The destruction
of property threatened to be so wide-spread, despite all efforts to stop
the fire, that the multitude of spectators were demoralized and
paralyzed.
Then, George Wait, Myford McDougall, Daniel Goodman, and D.
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8. Woodruff led a party of brave men to Leeds' Foundry on Girod
street; took charge of the lire engine there, belonging to Mr. Leeds, —
it was nicknamed the " Brass Back," — and rendered such efficient ser-
vice with it at the conflagration that they conceived the idea of
organizing a new fire company.
This was effected January 22d, 1830. The Company was dubbed
the "Brass Back," and its officers were: Foreman, Geo. Wait; First
Assistant, D. S. Woodruff; Second Assistant, ('lias. A. Replein ; Sec-
retary, Myford McDougall; Treasurer, John Bein ; Steward, Calvin
Porter.
On the 8th February. 1830, the name of the new company was
changed to Mississippi No. 2; and on March 16th, 1830, their charter
was granted them through James Stewart and R. EL Brunet, of
"Xo, 1," who had been sent for the purpose to Donaldsonville, the
then State Capital. — The engine remained at the foundry, being gra-
tuitously provided by Mr. Jedediah Leeds, until October 30th, 1830,
when the Company was provided with its own engine by the " Louis-
iana State Insurance Company," at a cost of §1567 30.
The organization of Mississippi No. 2 led to a spirit of rivalry
between the Companies and the consequent introduction of horses, a
dollar being given to the owner of the horse which passed its compet-
itor to a Are, and two dollars to the person giving the first alarm at
the engine house.
In the summer of 1833, Lafayette No. 3 and Washington
No. 4 sprang from the loins of the mother companies, making four
companies in all.
Lafayette No. 3 changed its name in 1846 to Vigilant No. 3.
Washington No. 4 was reorganized as Neptune No. 4, but, falling
into bad repute in 1855, it was excluded from the Association, and
disbanded.
On April 27th, 1834, the Pioneer Company adopted a new consti-
tution, changing its name to " Columbia No. 1," until the member-
ship exceeded fifty men, when Sam E. Kip, a member, withdrew, and
on August 24th, 1834, organized Columbia No. 5. No. 1 then resumed
its old title of " Volunteer."
In 1834, Mechanics No. 6 was organized, without aid from any
of the other companies, and being almost exclusively composed of
men in Leeds' Foundry, selected the appropriate name it still bears.
On October 18th, 1834, there being then six Companies in existence,
a convention was called of five delegates from each Company to consider
the proposition of Mr. R. H. Brunet to organize a Firemen's Char-
itable Association. The delegates who assembled in response,
were as follows :
THE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION.
From Volunteer No. 1 : A. Hendrickson, J. Moses, H. B. Skeels, J.
D. Haynes and W. C Brewer.— From Mississippi No. 2 : Geo. Bedford,
Benj. Basey, Ralph Hubbard, Geo. Wait, Daniel Goodman. — From
Lafayette No. 3: Lewis H. Pigeon, J. F. Barthelemy, L. Bernard, A.
Nedaud and John Johnson. — From Washington No. 4 : Louis Mal-
lard, C. P. Heartte, G. Hall, A. C. Labatt, P. C Guyol.— From Colum-
bia No. 5: Anthony Parker, Samuel E. Kip, R. H. Brunet, G. M.
Waggoner, John Duhunt. — From Mechanics No. 6 : James English,
Chas. Diamond, B. F. Stafford, James Dickson and J. E. Webb.
A Committee of Five was appointed, consisting of Geo. Bedford,
L. H. Pigeon, R. H. Brunet, W. C. Brewer and L. Mallard, to report
on the subject of the proposed Association. The convention then
adjourned until the 23d of October, when they again met, and on receiv-
inga favorable report from the Committee, it wasapproved and sent to the
various Companies for their final and separate notification, and for the
election of directors and delegates, three from each Company.
All the Companies ratifying the report and electing directors as
prescribed, a meeting was held on Monday, November 17th, 1834, when
the following Directors assembled and completed the organization :
For Volunteer No. 1: A. Hendrickson, Joseph D Haynes and John
R. Pully. — Mississippi No. 2 : Geo. Bedford, Ren Casey and A. W.
Haines.*— Lafayette No. 3: L. A. Pigeon, S. Pigeon, N. Nedaud.—
Washington No. 4: L. Mallard,.!. Vanschaick, R. M. George. — Colum-
bia No. 5: Samuel E. Kip, J. S. Goodale, L. Parker. — Mechanics No.
6 : Geo. Brooks, James English and Chas. Diamond.
At the temporary organization, Ren Casey, of Mississippi No. 2,
presiding, the following first regular Board of Officers was elected :
President, Chas. F. Hozey ; Vice President, R. H. Rrunet; Secretary,
A. C Labatt ; Treasurer, Ralph Hubbard.
On the 4th of March, 1835, the Firemen's Charitable Associa-
tion was duly incorporated by the Legislature, and ever since that
day has been observed by the Firemen of New Orleans, by an annual
parade that is annually the centre of intense interest and universal
admiration.
The following is a complete list of the Officers of the Association
from its regular organization to the present year, as they were succes-
sively elected :
1835 — Chs. F. Hosey, Mississippi No. 2, President; Geo. Redford,
Mississippi No. 2, Secretary; R. H. Rrunet, Columbia No. 5, Vice
President; Irad Ferry, Mississippi No. 2, Treasurer.
1830 — George Bedford, Mississippi No. 2, President; Anthony
Parker, Columbia No. 5, Vice President; Benjamin Casey, Mississippi
No. 2, Secretary; Irad Ferry, Treasurer.
1837-38 — George Bedford, President; John Hoey, Volunteer No. 1,
Vice President; Benj. Casey, Secretary; Anthony Parker, Treasurer.
1839 — George Bedford, President; Joseph knettles, Louisiana
Hose Company, Vice President; Benj. Casey, Secretary; Anthony
Parker, Treasurer.
1840-41 — George Bedford, President ; Joseph Knettles, Vice Presi-
dent; Thomas Lagan, Columbia No. 5, Secretary; Benj. Casey,
Treasurer.
1842— George Bedford, President; Joseph Knettles, Vice Presi-
dent; Thos. Lagan, Secretary; Jos. Cockayne, Treasurer.
1843— W. Bogart, No. 14, President; Louis Mallard, No. 4, Vice
President; D. St. Osbourne, Secretary; S. W. Waters, Louisiana Hose,
Treasurer.
1844— W. Bogart, President; P. Corniff, No. 7, Vice President;
Thos. Lagan, Secretary; E. W. Wells, Treasurer.
1845 — J. A. Ameling, Mississippi No. 2, President; P. Corniff, Vice
President; Thos. Lagan, Secretary; George Mayne, No. 17, Treasurer.
1840— J. A. Ameling, President; P. Corn iff-,' Vice Presideut ; F. W.
Blodget, Secretary; J. P. Breedlove, Protector Hose Co., Treasurer.
1847— J. A. Ameling, President; G. W. Harby, Vice President ;
F. W. Blodget, Secretary ; J. P. Breedlove, Treasurer.
1848— G. W. Harby, President; C Brugniens, No. 7, Vice Presi-
dent ; Wni. H. Slack, Mississippi No. 2, Secretary ; J. E. Caldwell,
Treasurer.
1849— P. Corniff, President; C Brugniens, Vice President; A.
Belanger, No. 9, Secretary; J. E. Caldwell, Treasurer.
1850—1. N. Marks, No. 13, President; John Adams, Xo. 5, Vice
President; E. H. Fosdick, Mississippi 2, Secretary; E. L. Bercier,
No. 10, Treasurer.
1851— Henry Bier, President; A. Moulton, H. and L. No. 2,
Secretary.
1852— Sam. G. Risk, President; F. F. Parmele, Mississippi No. 2,
Secretary.
1853— John E. Caldwell, President; John L. Viven, H. and L.
No. 3, Secretary.
1854— John E. Caldwell, President.
1855 — Gursheim Kurscheedt, President.
1856—1. N. Marks, President ; W. B. Schmidt, No. 9, Vice Presi-
dent; Josiah Folger, Vol. 1, Secretary; James Beggs, No. 2(», Treasurer.
1857—1. N. Marks, President ; E. B. Smedes, No. 13, Vice Presi-
dent; Josiah Folger, Secretary; James Beggs, Treasurer.
1858—1. N. Marks, President; R. L. Bruce, No. 14, Vice President;
Josiah Folger, Secretary; Jas. Beggs, Treasurer.
1859—1. N. Marks, 'President ; Jno. C. McLellan, Vice President;
Josiah Folger, Secretary ; Jas. Beggs, Treasurer.
1860-61—1. N. Marks, President; Jos. P. Horner, La. Hose Co.,
Vice President; Josiah Folger, Secretary ; Jas. Beggs, Treasurer.
1862—1. N. Marks, President; F. Camerden, Miss. No. 2., Vice
President; Jas. Delamore, No. 7, Secretary; Jas. Beggs, Treasurer.
1863—1. N. Marks, President ; S. P. DeLabarre, No. 24, Vice Presi-
dent; Jas. Delamore, Secretary; Jno. McCaffrey, No. 6, Treasurer.
1864.— I. N. Marks, President; Jas. Douglas, No. 6, Vice President;
Jas. Delamore, Secretary ; Jno. McCaffrey, Treasurer.
1865—1. N. Marks, President; G. W. R. Bayley, Louisiana Hose,
Vice President; Jas. Delamore, Secretary; Jno. McCaffrey, Treasurer.
1866— I. N. Marks, President ; S. P. D. Labarre, Vice President ;
Jas. Delamore, Secretary ; A. Dapremont, No. 6, Treasurer.
1867—1. N. Marks, President; Geo. H. Braughn, Mississippi No.
2, Vice President; W. V. Crouch, Mississippi No. 2, Secretary; A.
Dapremont, Treasurer.
1868—1. N. Marks, President ; Geo. H. Braughn, Vice President ;
Geo. Delamore, No. 24, Secretary; A. Dapremont, Treasurer.
1869—1. N. Marks, President; Geo. H. Braughn, Vice President ;
W. E. McDermott, No. 5, Secretary ; A. Dapremont, Treasurer.
1870—1. N. Marks, President; Geo. H. Braughn, Vice President;
C. C. Flanagan, No. 13, Secretary ; John Gauche, Jr., No. 6, Treasurer.
1871—1. N. Marks, President; Geo. H. Braughn, Vice President;
C. C. Flanagan, Secretary ; Alfred Belanger, No. 9, Treasurer.
1872-73—1. N. Marks, President; John McCaffrey, Vice President;
C. C. Flanagan, Secretary ; A. Dapremont, Treasurer.
1874—1. N. Marks, President ; Louis Alfred Wiltz, No. 9, Vice
President; C. C. Flanagan, Secretary; W. Jas. Chevallier, H. and L.
No. 2, Treasurer.
1875-76—1. N. Marks, President; W. H. Manning, No. 12, Vice
President; C. C. Flanagan, Secretary; W. J. Chevallier, Treasurer.
1877-78 — I. N. Marks, President ; W. H. Manning, Vice Presi-
dent; Henry Andry, H. and L. No. 4, Secretary ; W. J. Chevallier,
Treasurer.
1879-80-81—1. N. Marks, President; G. H. Braughn, Vice Presi-
dent ; Leon Bertoli, H. and L. No. 4, Secretary ; C. C. Flanagan,
Treasurer.
The benevolent features of the Firemen's Charitable Association
are deserving of the highest praise. The Association provides for the
sick, as well as tor those members of the different Companies disabled in
the discharge of their self-imposed duty ; furnishing physicians, medi-
cines, nursing, etc. The dead are buried, and the widows and orphans
supported and cared for with kindest consideration. The practical
evidence of this noble work of the Association is shown from the last
pay roll, which gives the names of three hundred and sixty -nine
widows, three hundred and thirty-four half orphans and seventy-one
whole orphans, as the recipients of its bounty, at an expense annually
of $24,755 21.
THE PRESIDENT.
Isaac Newton Marks, whose name appears so often in the pre-
ceding paragraphs, was born May 5th, 1817, in Charleston, S. C- He
came to this city in October, 1836, and has resided here ever since, always
engaged in commercial pursuits — of late years, holding the position of
President of the Firemen's Insurance (Jomj:>any. In the year 1843, he
first became identified with the Fire Department. and in 1850 was elected
to the Presidency of the Association. After serving one term he with-
drew from office, but continued to take an active part in fire matters
as a member of the Board of Delegates.
In 1856, Mr. Marks, yielding to the solicitations of those who
knew him best, accepted the Presidency of the Association ; and
throughout the changes of war and civil government, by the unani-
mous vote of all the Fire Companies, has retained that honorable posi-
tion to the present day. During all this long period he has managed
the financial and other interests of the Association with eminent
ability and entire success. He has always taken a special interest in
the charitable features of the Association, and its Widows and
Orphans are indebted to his generous and practical sympathy for
many of their comforts.
THE SECRETARY.
The present Secretary of the Association. Mr. Leon Bertoli, was
a member of the City Council under the administration of Mayor
Pilsbury, in 1870, and had charge of the Department of Water Works
and Public Buildings. As will be seen by the Association's record,
he was first elected Secretary in 1879 ; and during the years he has
served the Association, has intelligently and faithfully discharged the
onerous duties incumbent on him.
THE CHIEF ENGINEERS.
In 1855 the City Council made an effort to conduct the Depart-
ment, and appointed Mr. James H. Wingfield as Chief Engineer, but
the movement was a failure.
Judge Durell, then a member of the Council, presented an ordi-
nance for the government of a Fire Department, to be operated by
contract, and in December of that year the contract was adjudicated to
the present Association for five years. The contract has been con-
tinued from time to time, until November, 1881, when it was sold at
public auction and purchased by the Firemen's Charitable Asso-
ciation.
In January. L856, the Association elected Mr. Alfred Belanger, of
Creole No. 9, as its first Chief Engineer. He was re-elected in January.
1857. In January. 1858, Mr. John F. Gruber, of Jackson. No. 18, was
elected, and re-elected in 1859. In January. 1860, Mr. Belanger was
again elected. In January, 1861, Mr. David Bradbury, of Hope Hook
and Ladder No. 3, was elected, and was re-elected in lst;2 and 1863.
In 1864 Mr. Belanger was again elected, and re-elected in 1865. In 1866,
Mr. Jacob Leidner was elected, and re-elected in 1867. In January,
1868, Mr. Philip McCabe was elected
In January, 1869, Mr. Thomas O'Connor, the present incumbent,
was elected, and re-elected in 1870 and 1871, when a change, making the
term of office five years, took place. He was elected in 1872, 1877, and
1881. Through his impartiality, integrity, and attention to duty he
has won the esteem of the entire Department. Being an engineer by
profession, he is familiar with all the machinery. The matter of
extinguishing fires has been made a special study by him, and he has
brought the Department to a standard which makes it second to none.
Mr. O'Connor has a national reputation among the leading engineers
of the country. He was born in this city, June 29th, 1839. He became
a member ofHose Company No. 19 in lv>4 ; and when it disbanded in
1855, he joined Columbia No. 5.
THE COMPANIES.
Volunteer No. 1 — Motto : "Be just and fear not : Perseverance
and industry overcome every obstacle." — Organized April 29th, 1829,
with twenty-four men. Incorporated March 16th, 1830.
MlLNEBURGf No. 1. — Organized January loth, and incorporated
February 26th, 18-52, with Geo. Whitmore as President ; M- Leinniger,
Vice President ; John Jacobs, Secretary ; Miguel Brisolari, Treasurer;
Geo. B. Leinniger. Foreman; Jacob Meyers, First Assistant; John
Geiger, Second Assistant.
Lafayette Hook and Ladder No. 1. — Motto : " Our deeds, our
reward." — Organized with twenty-six members, February 24th, ls4s.
First officers: D. G. Dewees, Foreman; Casper Auch. First Assist-
ant; R. Van Dolsen, Second Assistant.
Mississippi No. 2.— Motto : " Non nobis." — Organized January
22d, 1830, with forty-two members, as Louisiana Fire Company. On
February 8th. 1830,'changed name to Mississippi No. 2. Incorporated
March 1st, 1832.
American Hook and Ladder Company No. 2.— Motto: " Weraise
to save.'' — Organized with twenty -one members, August 13th, 1841. First
officers: J. S. Thatcher, Foreman ; H. Gillingham, First Assistant;
Geo. Milias, Second Assistant; L. D. W. Hoyes, Secretary; David
ELadden, Treasurer. Incorporated April 2d, lsi2
Vigilant No. 3. — This Company was organized October 14th,
1846, by the German element of the Second District, and on the 14th of
November, 1846, was regularly incorporated. On April 27th, 1867,
they became the owners of a steam fire engine, in lieu of the old-fash-
ioned hand machine, which had done them and the public such good
service. The old records of this Company are wholly in the German
language. The founders were : A. Young, F. Kessler, A. Roux, W.
Klein, L. Balser, P. Funk and A. Buhler. The first officers were :
E. P. Coulter, Foreman; A. Young, First Assistant; J. Denis,
Second Assistant ; A. Roux, Secretary, and M. Eschman, Treasurer.
The Company's motto is: "Never despair."
Hope Hook and Ladder No. 3.— Motto : " Ready for duty." —
Organized with seventeen members, February 15th, 1851, with the
following officers; Jos. Hoyt. President; Sam'l Barnes, Secretary;
Frank Berge, Treasurer ; David Bradbury, Foreman ; J. Q. Adams,
First Assistant ; Thos. W. Stallings, Second Assistant. Among the
founders were: Thos. N. Boylan, now Chief of Police; Wm. Austin,
M. Carroll, V. Hanlon, and C. Driseoll. Incorporated June 15th, 1851.
Pelican Hook and Ladder No. 4. — Motto: "With willing
hearts we hasten to the rescue." —This Company was organized April
18th, 1854, and incorporated July 14th, 1854, with twenty-six members.
The first officers were: President. < '. X. Oliver; Vice President, Wm.
G. Vincent; Foreman, Lafayette Guyol : First Assistant, J. Herrman ;
Second Assistant, P. A. Hebrard; Secretary, E. Ducatel; Treasurer,
Ernest Miltenberger. In addition to these gentlemen, among the
founders were A. Koux, S. Cucullu, A. Saucier, and Martin Gordon.
The original location was on Toulouse, near Rampart street, where the
Company remained until they built their new house on Basin, near
Conti street. Their truck, "Leon Bertoli." named after their many
termed President, is of the latest improved, with extension ladders
and steering apparatus, and is the handiwork of the Schwartz Rros.,
of Union street, in this city.
Columbia No. 5.— Motto: "Always ready."— Organized Septem-
ber "th, 1834, as a branch of No. 1; incorporated April 2d, 1835. First
officers: S. E. Kipp, President; J. S. Goodale, Foreman; John
Adams, First Assistant ; Geo. Clark, Second Assistant; M. C- Quick,
Secretary ; C. White, Treasurer.
Louisiana Hose Company.— Motto : " In periculo promptus."—
Organized, with fifty members. March 30th, 1836. Incorporated March
11th, 1837. First officers: Davy Toby, Foreman; H. Gillingham,
First Assistant; Wm. Salker, Second Assistant; J. P. Nesbit, Presi-
dent; Wm. Theset, Vice President; H. G. Heartt, Secretary ; Chas. F.
Hozey, Treasurer. This was the first Company to introduce a steam
fire engine regularly into the Department.
Mechanics No. 6.— Motto: " United we stand, divided we fall." —
Organized September 1st, 1834. Incorporated March 1st, 1835. Early
records destroyed by fire.
Eagle No. 7. — Motto: "Pro bono publico." — Organized Decem-
ber 19th, 1836, with twenty-seven members. Incorporated March 24th,
1S40. First officers: J. Von Schaick, Foreman; Dr. J. W. Hall, First
Assistant; J. L. Harris, Second Assistant; P. Connolly, Secretary; A.
D. Crossman, subsequently Mayor of New Orleans, Treasurer.
Phcenix No. 8. — Motto: "Semper paratus." — Organized, with
twenty-nine members, March 25th, 1845, with the following officers:
Thos. C. Poole, Foreman; James Kelly, First Assistant; Wm. Cal-
lender, Second Assistant; O. L. Curtis, Secretary; E. W. Brown,
Treasurer. Incorporated May 14th, 1845.
Creole No. 9. — Motto: "Union and Confidence." — Organized
and incorporated July 4th, 1837. The first officers were: Louis
Mallard, Foreman ; D. Farrar, First Assistant : Tim Donnelly, Second
Assistant; Ren6 Vienne, Secretary ; A. Morton, Treasurer.
Louisiana No. 10. — Organized July 18th, 1862, by a number of
our Spanish residents. Among its founders were F. Sambola, J. Fulda,
and D. Fatjo. Incorporated July 18th, 1836, with the motto, " Good
will," by a number of Creole residents of the then First Municipality,
with the following officers: F. M. Guyol, President; T. Calonge, Sec-
retary ; T. Laurant, Treasurer ; H. B. Guyol, Foreman ; Armand Guyol,
First' Assistant; T. Berot, Second Assistant. The proceedings of the
Company were conducted entirely in the French language until Feb-
ruary 9th, 1843, when, by agreement, a reorganization was effected,
and Louisiana No. 10 became a company of German speaking mem-
bers, with the following named persons as their first officers : L. Hoff-
mann, Foreman and President ; Ph. Hunerferuth, First Assistant;
Ph. Reich, Second Assistant; F. Sambola, Treasurer; Chas. Umbers,
Secretary.
This Company is in a flourishing financial condition, and does
good service.
Irad Ferry No. 12. — Motto : "Our Name, our Example." — Or-
ganized and incorporated April 16th, 1839, with thirty-eight members.
Named after one of the most zealous and self-sacrificing firemen of the
olden time.
Perseverance No. 13. — Motto: " Rough and Ready."— Organized,
with sixteen members, March 30th, 1838; incorporated March 25th,
1840. The loss of the early records of this Company and of those of
]S'o. 12, prevent any detail of their early history.
Philadelphia No. 14. — Motto: "A friend in need is a friend
indeed." — Organized July 4th, and inaugurated October 12th, 1837.
The first Foreman was Dr. David J. Rogers, and among its early
friends and workers were those influential citizens, Wilhelmus
Bogart, W. C. Raymond, D. R Carroll, Geo. Allen, Phil. McCabe,
Sam'l Bell, John D. Nicholson, John McCarthy, and John C. Stew-
art.— a few of whom are still alive. This Company claims to have
been the first to introduce horses to engine, in 1858.
No. 14 brought out from the North a new double-decked engine,
expecting to win with it the champion prize eagle offered by Mayor
Freret, in August, 1843. Engines Nos. 2, 7 and 14 competed. No. 7
won: hence her title, "Eagle." No. 14 then assumed the title " Phil-
adelphia," from the place where her new engine was made.
Jackson No. 18. — Motto: "To the Rescue." — Organized August
3d, 1845. Incorporated March 18th, 1856.
Washington-No. 20. — Motto: " Onward." — Organized February
22d, 1848, with twenty-five men. Its Officers are : Wash. Marks.
President; L. Solomon, Vice President; J. Lawrence, Secretary; E.
Stumpf, Treasurer; J. Wier, Foreman; J. Martin, First Assistant;
P. Lobell, Second Assistant.
Orleans No. 21.— Motto: "Trust in Us." — This Company, one
of the most popular below Canal street, and for efficiency ranking
with the best in the Department, was organized Sunday, April 21st,
1850, at the residence of Mr. Jean Bertrand, corner of Rampart and
St. Ann streets.
The first officers were: James L. Lamothe, Foreman; A. Brunet,
First Assistant ; Adolph Labadie, Second Assistant; Louis O. Huard,
Secretary; Geo. Clark, Treasurer.
The Company's engine house was then as now at the corner of
Claiborne and St. Peter streets.
The Company became an incorporated body June 1st, 1850, and
was re-chartered April 20th, 1877.
During the late war the members of No. 21 were among the first
to respond to the cry to arms, and many of them fell in the many
battles wherein Louisiana's sons were engaged.
At the great fire on Magazine street, in December, 1863, Michael
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Buckley, the First Assistant Foreman, was crushed to death by the
falling walls.
The Company has now a roll of seventy exempt, and thirty-eight
active members. It owns a new third-class Ahrens steam fire engine,
a good and servicable hose carriage, a thousand feet of new hose, three
splendid horses, and all the modern improvements for hooking: up,
making fast time, and putting the engine to work. The horses are
attended to by the veteran John Holden, who has been with the Com-
pany for sixteen years. Capt. E. R. Ferguson, a practical engineer of
twenty-five years standing, attends to the Steamer.
Jefferson, No. 22."— Motto : " Ready at the first sound."— Organ-
ized April 27th, 184.">, with the following officers: Win. Schmidt,
Foreman ; Thos. Jones, First Assistant; M. Frank, Second Assistant;
R. Rust, Secretary ; P. Rice. Treasurer. Incorporated April 3d, 1847.
Chalmette No. 23. — Motto: " Our lives we risk our friends to
save." — This Company was originally organized July 27th, 1850, in the
old City of Lafayette, as Washington No. 4, and on July 1st, 1851, reor-
ganized, under the present name, with fifty-two members, officered as
follows : James Jolls, Foreman ; Timothy Tracy, First Assistant; E.
Donlin, Second Assistant; John Daly, Treasurer; H. 1'. Carpenter,
Secretary.
Crescent No. 24.— Motto: "True to the call."— Organized Octo-
ber 15th, 1853, l>y 11. L.Robertson, Jr., M. Brown, J. Morrison and
several others whose names and the names of the orginal Officers it has
been impossible to learn. The Company was incorporated December
15th, 1853.
THE FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.
Anterior to the year 1860, when a fire occurred, the bells were
rung from church steeples, market cupolas, and engine houses, for
each Municipality, without any precise method of localizing the
threatened point of danger. Great and onerous were the exercise and
toil thus induced, ere the firemen could reach tiie scene of conflagra-
tion. In 1855, the late Professor ('. O. Forshey, civil engineer, devised
a plan of telegraph alarms which he submitted to the Council, but it
was rejected, as many other valuable scientific ideas have been, that
came afterwards into general use. Boston, Mass., adopted a system of
electric telegraph signals for tires, which, in 1860, found its way to
New Orleans, and has since been in use, each year witnessing im-
provements, until now our automatic box system ranks with the best
in the United States. Chief O'Connor recommends the addition of
the telephone to complete the " Alarm Signal " system.
YEAR'S WORK AND PRESENT STATUS.
The work of the Department in the First, Second, Third and
'Fourth Municipal Districts, under Chief O'Connor's superintendence,
for the year 1881, consisted in attending one hundred and thirty-
five fires, as follows : eighteen in January, thirteen in F'ebruary,
fifteen in March, eleven in April, thirteen in May, six in June, ten in
July, twelve in August, thirteen in September, twelve in October, four
in November, and eight in December; or an average of a call on the
services of the Firemen every third day in the year.
Seven of these fires were caused by incendiarism, six by lamp
explosions, three by spontaneous combustion. The estimated amount
of insurance involved was $110,000 ; the estimated loss $518,834.
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The Department has in service nineteen steam engines, nineteen
hose carriages, four hook and ladder trucks, and one hand engine.
The Babcock chemical engines used within the limits of the four Dis-
tricts, are a separate organization, under Captain Kolinski's superin-
tendence, and are the property of the Board of Underwriters. The
two organizations get along in complete harmony.
The fine discipline of -the Department, its full equipment, its
thorough efficiency, have attracted the praise of all experienced
judges; and its chief officers are in frequent receipt of letters from
leading European municipal governments asking for information
concerning it, so as to amend and improve their own lire departments.
Of late, the City Council provided for a regularly Paid Fire De-
partment, and the Firemen's Charitable Association took the contract.
Some changes have been made in the forms and powers of the man-
aging bureaux, but they will only add to the Department's efficiency
and usefulness.
FIFTH DISTRICT DEPARTMENT.
Up to the early part of the year 1851, the town of Algiers, on the
right bank of the Mississippi, opposite New Orleans, depended for the
extinguishment of fires, — that were few and far between — on the
"bucket brigade " of its own citizens, and the dispatch to their aid, by
the ferry boat, in cases of emergency, of an engine company from the
City.
At the period above mentioned, however, a large conflagration took
place which entailed such heavy losses on the insurance companies
that they refused to assume any more risks, under the then existing
circumstances. Thereupon, an idea that had been entertained for
some time in Algiers, was realized by the organization, July 8th,
1851, of a Fire Engine Company. The name selected was :
Pelican No. 1.— The motto: " Ready relief."— The officers then
elected were: Wm. Morris, President; Chas. A. Harris, Secretary;
Wm. Sarazin, Treasurer; Robert Roberts, Foreman; Wm. Gerard,
First Assistant ; Chas. H. Kepper, Second Assistant; C. E. Morrison,
Steward.
On the 14th of August, 1851, the Company purchased a hand-
engine from Columbia No. 5, of New Orleans ; and on the 23d of
August were duly incorporated, the following named citizens signing
the charter: W. F. Gerard, Robert Roberts, Samuel L. Bishop,
Chas. A.Harris, William Sarazin, Robert L. Hughes, William Morris
and Victor Sere.
In 1852, the Company, through their Building Committee, Messrs.
Robert Roberts, J. O. McLean and Wm. Sarazin, purchased a galley-
engine from Rogers & Son, of Baltimore ; and February 27th, 1853, the
engine was put into service. On May 21st, 1871, the Company bought
a third-class Jeffries Steam Engine ; and is now, with a full roll of
members, ready for any emergency.
Brooklyn No. 2.— Motto: ''To the rescue."— In the year 1856,
a ship lying at the Brooklyn warehouse pier, was discovered to be on
fire; and, in extinguishing the flames, which threatened the destruction
of the vessel, the members of Pelican No. 1, who had charge of the
hose, so distinguished themselves for gallantry, and met with such
success in saving the ship, that they were rewarded with a large sum
as salvage. With this money, they, on the 29th of May, 1S57, organized
themselves into a Fire Company, entitled "Brooklyn No. 2," with the
following officers, who were also the incorporators, October 5th, 1857:
John A. Murray, President; Win. Hunt, Vice President; James F.
Gregory, Secretary ; Jerry ( Jonnet, Treasurer; Thos. Milling, Foreman;
E. M. Tyler, First Assistant; A. Carraras, Second Assistant: Phillip
Nicholas, Steward. •
The Company's first engine was a machine purchased from
Phoenix No. 8, of New Orleans. It was used with success for several
years; then put on the retired list, to make way for an engine pre-
viously used by Perseverance No. 13, of New Orleans. On April 9th,
1874, the Company became the owners of a steam fire engine, and now
ranks with the best in the Department.
The officers of Brooklyn No. 2, for 1881, are: A. W. McArthur,
President; M. Vinet, Vice President; L. J. Peterson, Secretary; Jno.
Lockey, Treasurer; J. L. Warrel, Foreman; Wm. Burke, First Assist-
ant; Chas. Buhler, Second Assistant; F. Merern, Steward.
Morgan No. 3.— Motto: ''Always ready." -Last but not least
of the fire engine companies of Algiers, comes Morgan No. 3, well
representing the bone and sinew of the district. This Company was
organized July 28th, 1873, and on the 18th of August of the same
year, was incorporated with the following charter members: John L.
Smith, Jno. M. Kern, Michael James, Patrick Reed, Wm. Sutherland,
Jos. B. Williamson, Peter Kramme, Nicholas Amann, J. E. Blackwell,
and Richard Stenhouse.
The first officers were: Wm. Sutherland, President; Jno. M.
Kern, Vice President; Jno. L. Smith, Secretary; Peter Kramme,
Treasurer; J. B. Williamson, Foreman ; Michael James, First Assist-
ant; J. E. Blackwell, Second Assistant.
The Company entered active service with a Button & Blake
hand-engine, which they used until April, 1874. Then, Brooklyn No.
2 becoming a steam fire engine company, Morgan No. 3 purchased
Brooklyn's hand machine. The engine did good service in their
hands until a few months ago, when circumstances warranted the
Morgans in purchasing a fourth-class Gould steam fire engine from
No. 13.
On the 18th of August, 1878, the Company moved into the new and
spacious two-story building on Elmire street, between Alix and Eliza
streets, which they had erected at their own expense at a cost of
nearly $5000. The* upper-story of the building is used as a meeting
room and public hall for balls and dramatic and musical entertain-
ments, and is fitted throughout with all the modern improvements,
reflecting much credit on the skill and capacity of Messrs. Michael
James, Chairman, John L. Smith, Nicholas Amann, Peter Kramme,
Steven Spahr, J. Leary and J. M. Kern, constituting the Building
Committee.
This Company is in a flourishing financial condition, and possesses
such a large membership that many of the members have been forced
on the exempt roll to make room for active members. The present
officers are: N. Amann, President; J. Leary, Vice President ; J. H.
Finnegan, Secretary; Peter Kramme, Treasurer; J. E. Blackwell,
Foreman ; John Carroll, First Assistant; W. E. Kelley, Second As-
sistant; M. James, Housekeeper.
Washington Hook and Ladder No. 1.— Motto: " We raise to
save.'' — To complete the efficient fire service of Algiers it recmired a
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Hook and Ladder Company ; and to supply the necessary want, on
the 2d of September, 1859, after several preliminary meetings, Wash-
ington No. 1 was organized by the following named citizens :
' E. E. Cook, G. E. Reeves, C E. Morrison, H. T. Haight, J. F.
Babin and H. Cruse. The first officers elected were: E. Cook, Presi-
dent; C. E.Morrison, Foreman; J. F. Babin, First Assistant ; G. E.
Reeves, Second Assistant • H. T. Haight, Secretary, and H. Cruse,
Treasurer. On November 11th, 1859, the Company was incorporated,
and with a truck and ladder apparatus, complete in every respect, has
proved itself equal to any emergency.
The officers for 1881 are : John McCann, President ; A- J. Babin,
Secretary; Peter Buhler, Treasurer; Win. Oser, Foreman; T. J.
Mooney, First Assistant; Peter Clements, Second Assistant; J. J.
Bertus, Housekeeper.
THEIR CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION.
Immediately after their organizations were perfected, Pelican No.
1, and Brooklyn No. 2, each resolved itself into a Society for tbe relief
of distressed members and their families. The great demands thus
made on their finances, determined them to unite in a common cause;
and so on tbe 29th of June, 1858, the " foremen's Charitable Association
of Algiers," was duly incorporated with the following named charter
members: John Brownlee, James T. Holmes, James W. Fitzhenry,
John Ormond, John A. Magellan, John H. Hasling, Christian Becker,
John M. Mead, Marcellus Pecon, George Hebert, John Heyer, Henry
Mohrmann, Daniel Murphy, Laurence Lawson, John Larrieu, Andrew
Fortmann, C. P. Briel and Philip Schaefer.
On March 17th, 1872, Washington H. & L. No. 1, was admitted to
the Association, and on October 16th, 1873, Morgan No. 3 was also
enrolled.
In April, 1874, the city of New Orleans— Algiers being now an-
nexed,—made an appropriation for the maintenance of the Department,
and June 29th, 1874, the charter of the Association was amended; the
following named citizens being parties to the contract: Thomas H.
Jones, President; John N. Riley, Vice President; Edward Quinn,
Secretary, and Nicholas Amann," Treasurer, as charter officers of the
old Association ; Wigand Klein, William Sarazin, Robert Turner,
Stephen Morgan, Francis H. Mitchell, for Pelican No. 1; James C.
Butler, Nathan Chestnut, John J. Pujol, Charles Vinet, Henry Brodt-
mann, for Brooklyn No. 2; Charles E. Whitmore, Mark A. Morse,
Daniel Hartnett, Charles Howard, Henry Nicklaus, for Washington
Hook and Ladder No. 1 ; and Abraham H. Swanson, Michael James,
Patrick J. Maguire, Joseph B. Williamson, James Wills, for Morgan
No. 3.
The Presidents of the Association to date, are as follows : In 1859,
John Brownlee;— 1860-61, J. T. Holmes ;— 1862-63-64, P. N. Hill ;— 1865,
J. T. Holmes;— 1866, P. N. Hill ;— 1867, A. E. Hotard;— 1868 to 1874,
T. H. Jones;— 1875, W. Sarazin ;— 1876, T. H. Jones;— 1877 to 1880, D.
Hartnett;— 1881, B. F. Kelley.
The first Chief Engineer, W. Brodtman, was elected in 1869, serving
one year. T. H. Jones succeeded him in 1870, serving until 1872. In
1873 M. Iver was Chief. His successor, W. Brodtman, served two
terms in 1874-75. In 1876, by special amendment extending the term
of office to five years, T. Daly was elected, and has served with zeal
and efficiency to the present time.
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SIXTH DISTRICT DEPARTMENT.
Prior to the year 1853, the good people of Jefferson City -now the
Sixth Municipal District— depended entirely for protection against
lire on the New Orleans Department. Early in 1858, the Jeffersonians
determined to have a Eire Company of their own; and accordingly on
March 31st, 1853, under the auspices of a number of prominent citizens,
was incorporated :
Pioneer No. 1, — and the following officers were elected : Clem-
ent Brown, President; Willis Pearson Coleman, Vice President;
Wilmer H. Zimmerman, Secretary ; John Hellerich, Treasurer; T. E.
Walker, Captain; John Bode, First Assistant; Michael Zoller,
Second Assistant; Francis Heim, Third Assistant.
Until 1872, the Company did yeoman service, whenever called on
duty, with their hand-engine. Then, emulating the example of the
other companies of the Department, which had in the meantime been
organized, they purchased a fourth-class Jefferies steam engine;
christened it " Lena Schopp," and are to be seen at every tire, battling
bravely to extinguish the devouring flames, and save the property of
their fellow-citizens from destruction.
Protector No. 2.— Motto : "Deeds, not words."— The rapid
increase of residences in Jefferson City indicated the necessity of
another Eire Company, and the want was filled April 27th, 1867, by
the organization of " Protector No. 2," by Messrs. H. P. Phillips, E.
Livaudais, Q. J. Freret, J. Vollenweder, R. L. Brown, Wm. Weid-
ner, M. Welsh, Thos. Rickerts, S. B. Allison, D. A. Blanchard and J.
Theil.
In May, 1867, the Company bought its first engine, the old " Blue
Box," of Jackson No. 18, and found a domicile in the house of Home
H. and L. No. 1. Eire engines were then run to a fire by the laborious
process of "manning the ropes." By the fall of 1867, through the
courtesy of the Carrollton Railroad, the Company had the use of a
frame building on Napoleon Avenue; and, in September, No. 2, the
first within the District, introduced a horse as the motive power of their
engine. " Pat Traveler " proved worthy of his name.
In December, 1870, Protector No. 2 again exhibited its character-
istic progressive spirit, by being the first in the District to purchase a
steam fire engine. In November, 1873, failing in several efforts to
obtain financial aid from the city for the purpose, the Company, on its
own account, and through its own resources, erected the fine binding
it now occupies, on Napoleon Avenue near St. Charles street.
Much of the success of Protector No. 2 is due to the zeal, enterprise
and hard work of H. P. Phillips, who was one of its incorporators ;
was Foreman for seven years, and vacated the position in 1876,
only to assume the more onerous duties of Chief Engineer of the
Department.
The Officers for 1881 are: John C Bach, President; Louis Cor-
mier, Vice President; R. W. Young, Recording Secretary; J. T. W.
Mason, Financial Secretary; B. Mouladons, Treasurer ; D. Wicker,
Foreman ; T. Michel, First Assistant; W. C. Lowe, Second Assistant ;
J. Reihmer, Housekeeper ; B. Burst, Engineer ; and Delegates to
the Sixth E. C. A.: J. C. Bach, D. Wicker, T. Michel, W. C. Lowe
and (ieo. Achor.
Young America, No. 3. — This Company was organized April 1st,
1867, by some twenty of the leading young men of Jefferson City, under
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the name of " Young America Fire Company Xo. 2." But none of its
members being of legal age, they were unable to have their Asso-
ciation chartered until the 24th of March, 1868. In the meantime,
another Company had been organized, chartered, and adopted the
number " 2." Young America therefore changed their number to •' 3,"
which it lias continued to the present day. — During the first years of
their organization the young men found it hard work to maintain
their association intact, — running with a hand engine, and moving
their house from place to place. Nothing daunted, however, they
continued their exertions, and gradually progressed, until in 1875, they
were enabled to purchase the site of their house on Magazine street,
between Jena and Cadiz streets, and erect thereon a large and hand-
some two-story brick engine house. Then, they resolutely set to
work to purchase a steam tire engine, which they succeeded in doing
in 1879, buying then a fourth-class "Ahrens." The Company now
own their own house, steam tire engine, hose carriage, and three
horses.
With a membership of eighty-six men, the Company, — looking
back upon the obstacles and trials surmounted in the years gone by,
and feeling that they will compare favorably with other and older
companies of the District, — are not satisfied to rest on these achieve-
ments alone, but are imbued with a full determination of reaching
the highest points of perfection in the fire service. What they have
done, guarantees what they will do.
Phillips No. 4. — The residents of the Sixth District realized
some time ago the necessity of another " Babcock " or "chemical
engine," to complete the efficiency of their Fire Department. The
project assumed definite shape on the 21st of April, 1881, when Chief
Engineer, Horace P.Phillips, and Messrs. W. 1>. Gill, Chas. L. Schopp,
D. Conn, Chas. L. Voltz, A. C. Winn, T. J. Karamer, A. W. Jackson,
and several other citizens incorporated a Company, naming it after
Chief Engineer Phillips, and numbering it "4." On the 25th of May,
just four days after the incorporation, they were admitted into the
Firemen's Charitable Association of the District. On the 31st of May,
the action of the Association was approved by an ordinance of the
City Council by an unanimous vote. Work was then pushed forward
with a will. The Council donated a lot on Magazine street, between
Toledano and Louisiana avenue, on which a neat, substantial and con-
venient engine house was built by Mr. John Cude. The contract was
awarded in June, and completed July 20th. The Board of Underwriters
then showed their appreciation of the spirit which actuated the organ-
izers of the Company, by donating two imported horses, magnificent
l>ays, which cost $200." They were christened respectively "A. C.
Winn " and " P. J. Kammer." A chemical engine was then borrowed
by Engineer Phillips from Captain Grandjean, of the Babcock Corps,
and on the 26th of July, 1881, Phillips' No. 4, with twenty men,
officered and equipped, was ready to meet the fire fiend.
In the meantime a new Babcock engine had been contracted for,
according to specifications drawn up by Chief Engineer Phillips. Only
the " heads " were purchased from the manufacturer, and then only
because those articles of machinery were protected by patent. The
remainder of the work was constructed after the designs of Engineer
Phillips, who profited by his experience in ground scraping Babcocks,
and raised the body of the new engine to a height which will prevent
anything like such an occurrence, and insure increased speed by the
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big wheels. The wood work and running gear of this splendid engine
are constructed in that neat and substantial manner characteristic of
J. Schwartz & Son, of this city, and are tastefully decorated by their
artistic painter. The brass work is the handicraft of Mr. Wm. Martin,
and reflects credit upon his skill as a workman. In short, the engine,
though a home-made Babcock, is a model of its kind, and equal to any
in the South.
On the evening of the loth of September, 1881, Phillips No. 4 cele-
brated the formal occupation of their present premises.
Home Hook and Ladder No. 1.— In October, 1858, a military
organization known as the "National Guards of Jefferson City,"
decided to disband and form a " bucket and axe brigade," and
accordingly a meeting was held at the store of W. H. Zimmerman,
attended by Messrs. R. King Cutler, John T. Michel. W. H. Zim-
merman, Julius Attenmeuser, Jules Michel, Joseph Besnard, M.
Garrigan. Gus. Michel. Marius Lethieque, Louis Lethique, Jules
Gauthreaux, Justillian Gauthreaux, James Richardson, James May,
Jules T. Michel, Uriah Virgin. Daniel O'Brien, James Hetherton,
J. H. MehafFer, and H. J. Martin, They effected a permanent
organization under the name of " Home Hook and Ladder No.
1," and voted to act as a " bucket and axe brigade," until such
time as they were able to buy a truck. The following officers were
elected : President, R. King Cutler; Vice President, John T. Michel ;
Secretary, Jules Attenmeuser ; Treasurer, Jules Michel ; Foreman, W.
H. Zimmerman.
About the middle of 1859 the Company obtained a truck and
ladders, and moved to a vacant bouse on Jersey street, between Napo-
leon avenue and Jena streets, the use of which had been granted by
Mr. Bovee.
In 1861 the Company disbanded and formed a military company
under the name of " Home Guards" They entered the service of the
C. S. A., as a portion of the Fourteenth Louisiana Regiment, and
served through the entire war.
In November, 1863, the Company was reorganized as "Home
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1," by the few remaining members
of the old Fire Company known as the " Blue Engine Co.," consoli-
dated with the members of Home Hook and Ladder who had not
entered the army. They built the Hall on Marengo, between Maga-
zine and Constance streets, which the Company now occupies.
In bSiiT the following officers were elected : President, John T.
Michel; Vice President, Thos. Friend; Secretary, C W. Brand;
Treasurer. C. C. Piper; Foreman, J. R. Besnard; First Assistant,
D. O'Brien ; Second Assistant, J. Gauthreaux.
The records of Home Hook and Ladder No. 1, from 1858 to 1868,
were destroyed by fire in the early part of 1868.
The information concerning the early days of the Company was
obtained from Messrs. M. Garrigan and H.J. Martin, who were among
the originators of the Company, and who are still members, though
long since exempt.
THEIR CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION.
On February 9th, 1858, Messrs. Jno. A. Meyers, V. Leightman, P.
Blessey. J. Friedle and A. Miller, of Pioneer No. 1, — Jno. T. Michel,
Thos. Friend, Z. Imbau, D. O'Brien and H. C. Brown, of Home H,
and L. No. 1 ,— W. J. Cooney, G. J. Freret, I. Z. Winn, Wm. Weid-
oer and E. T. Perrilloux, of Protector No. 2.— and Jos. Berle, Chris.
Weiss, Jno. Weiss, Wm. Thomas and ( '. Auer, of Young America
No. 3, met and organized a Firemen's Charitable Association for Jeffer-
son City, with the following officers elected to serve until January,
1869: President, Hon. Jno. T. Michel ; Vice President, P. Blessey ;
Secretary, H. C. Brown ; Treasurer, Daniel O'Brien ; Chief Engineer,
Jno. A. Meyers.
At a subsequent meeting held March Oth, 1868, the thirty-first day
of March of each year was fixed on as the Anniversary day of the
Department; and from that date has been observed by a parade, in
which all the firemen, active and exempt, in full uniform, and the
honorary members, with engines, trucks, hose-carriages and horses,
participate — making a spirit-stirring display.
In April, 1868, the Association was regularly chartered, and since
that time has been recognized as one of the foremost firemen's benevo-
lent associations of the country. It has been successively officered as
follows; In 1869.— President. Hon. Jno. T. Michel; Vice President,
Wm. J. Cooney ; Secretary, H. P. Phillips; Treasurer, Daniel O'Brien.
During this year the City of Jefferson appropriated §4000 for the
benefit of the Association, and contracted with it for the extinction of
fires during the year.
In 1870. the above officers were re-elected, with the exception of
Treasurer Daniel O'Brien, who was succeeded by Geo. Weiss.
For 1871-72.— President, Hon. Jno. T.Michel; Vice President, P.
Blessey; Secretary, H. P. Phillips; Treasurer, Geo. Weiss.
In 1873.— President, P. Blessey ; Vice President, H. Lind ; Secre-
tary, C C. Piper; Treasurer, Geo. Weiss.
In 1S74.— President Eugene May ; Vice President, J. Bender nagel ;
Secretary, C. C. Piper; Treasurer, Geo. Weiss.
In 1875-76. — President, Eugene May ; Vice President, Jno, C.
Bach; Secretary, C. C. Piper; Treasurer. Geo. Weiss. — In 186-5. a
Babcock chemical engine was added to the tire extinguishing appa-
ratus.
In 1877. — President, Eugene May ; Vice President, Jno. C. Bach ;
Secretary, Fredrick Geis ; Treasurer, Geo. Weiss.
[n 1878. — President, Eugene May ; Vice President, E. R. Cheval-
ley ; Secretary, F. Geis; Treasurer, Geo. Weiss.
In 1879-80-81.— President, Eugene May; Vice President, R. W.
Young; Secretary, Jno. Pertsdorf; Treasurer, Geo. Weiss.
On July 12th, 1880, the new bell-tower with bell, on Magazine street,
between Berlin street and Napoleon Avenue, was formally christened
•'Chevalley Tower," in honor of the then Administrator of Water
Works and Public Buildings, Hon. E. R. Chevalley. The entire Depart-
ment participated in the ceremony.
In 1881.— President, Eug. May; Vice President, Jno. C. Bach;
Secretary, Jno. Pertsdorf; Treasurer. Geo. Weiss.
At a meeting held May 2oth, 1881, Phillips Fire Company No. 4,
named in honor of the Chief Engineer, was admitted to the
Association.
FIRE AEARM TELEGRAPH.
This indispensable apparatus has been in operation in the Sixth
District Department since December, 1879. The system is that known
as " GamewelPs Automatic." There are now in use twenty-nine
Gamewell's automatic non-interference boxes, six gongs in engine-
30
houses, two strikers, one hundred and eight cells, call and battery,
four gongs at officers' residences, and fifteen miles of line wire. The
system is separate and distinct from the old City Alarm, and embraces
only the Sixth District. The office is on Magazine street, between
Berlin street and Napoleon Avenue. The .Superintendent is Chief
Engineer Phillips ; the Operator, J. S. Alfred, one of the most skillful
and experienced electricians in the United States.
CHIEF ENGINEERS AND ASSISTANTS.
At the first election in 1869, to till these responsible offices, Jno. A.
Meyers was selected as Chief Engineer of the Sixth District Depart-
ment and four assistants were assigned him, as follows : First Assistant,
J. Engelbracht; Second Assistant, H. P. Davis; Third Assistant, T.
Michel ; Fourth Assistant, C. Auer.
'On July 13th, 1870, Chief Engineer Meyers resigned and J. Engel-
bracht was elected, with P. Blessey as his First Assistant and the
remaining Assistants as before.
In 1870, Chief J. Engelbracht was re-elected and his Assistants
reduced to three, as follows: First Assistant, G. J. F re ret ; Second
Assistant, Leopold Berner ; Third Assistant, Jos.' Lowe.
In 1871, G. J. Freret was elected Chief, with two Assistants : First
Assistant, Louis Madere ; Second Assistant, E. Engelbracht.
In 1872. — Chief Engineer, Louis Madere; First Assistant, J. H.
Dick ; Second Assistant, S. Uapp.
In 1873. — Chief Engineer, S. F. Parmele ; First Assistant, F.
Ceis ; Second Assistant, Geo. Achor.
In 1874.— Chief Engineer, S. F. Parmele; First Assistant, John
Friedel ; Second Assistant, E. Engelbracht.
in 1875. — Chief Engineer, Horace P. Phillips; First Assistant, J.
Luther ; Second Assistant, J. Munsch.
In 1876. — Chief Engineer, H. P. Phillips ; First Assistant, Geo.
Pelts; Second Assistant, Jno. Munsch.
On June 20th, I87(i, the City of New Orleans entered into a contract
with the Association for the extinction of fires for three years, at $18,-
()00 per annum. Under this contract, at the meeting of the Associa-
tion held June 22d, 1876, H. P. Phillips was elected Chief Engineer ;
Geo. Pelts, First Assistant, and Jno. Munsch, Second Assistant, each
for three years.
In 1877-78, Chief Engineer H. P. Phillips holding over, First
Assistant D. Wicker and Second Assistant J. Brink were elected to
fill vacancies.
On August 19th, 1879, the Association '. entered Jfinto]jja*con tract
with the City of New Orleans to extinguish fires for five years, from
December 15th, 1879, to December loth, 1884, at an annual rate of $18,-
000. At the meeting of the Association, held August 27th, 1879, and in
accordance with the terms of the contract, H. P. Phillips was elected
Chief Engineer ; D. Wicker, First Assistant; J. Brink, Second Assist-
ant ; each for the full term of the contract.
In 1880, Chief Engineer H. P. Phillips holding'over, First Assist-
ant F. Geis was elected to fill vacancy. — In 1881, Chief Engineer H.
P. Phillips holding over, First Assistant L. Madere was elected to fill
a vacancy, — Second Assistant J. Brink holding over.
Chief Engineer Horace P. Phillips, the present efficient
head of the Sixth District Fire Department was born in [Jackson,
Mississippi, December 14th, 1847. In 1865, he removed to_ this city
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and associated himself first, with the well known wholesale grocery
house of Shropshire, Anderson & Co., and then with that of J. W.
Carter. In the latter part of 1868, lie severed his connection with
commercial pursuits and applied his literary talent to the conduct of
the " Jefferson Journal," of which live newspaper he was editor and
proprietor. He was also Clerk of the Jefferson City Council.
When the City of Jefferson was annexed to the City of New Or-
leans, Mr. Phillips retired from the field of journalism and devoted
himself to the study of extinguishing tires. In 1870 he was appointed
by the Board of Underwriters as Inspector of the Sixth District, which
position he still holds. In 1876 he was chosen Chief Engineer of the
Sixth District Fire Department, and is now enterin.u on his third
term, which does not expire until December loth, Ins}.
In 1879, Mr. Phillips was elected a member of the House of Rep-
resentatives from the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Wards, receiving
the largest majority ever accorded a Democratic candidate in that
Legislative District.
Not satisfied with the high grade of efficiency in which he so
ably assisted in raising his Department, Mr. Phillips, after three
years of labor, succeeded in establishing a successful system of Fire
Alarm Telegraph, described elsewhere, and of which he was appointed
Superintendent.
Mr. Phillips is essentially a self-made man, and as such, has
earned the respect and regard of a very wide circle of friends and
acquaintances.
THE PRESIDENT.
The Sixth District Fire Department also owes a large portion of
its thorough organization and effective working resources to the Presi-
dent of the Department, Major Eugene May. He has served its inter-
ests long, faithfully, zealously and intelligently ; and the position he
holds is the best evidence of the esteem in which his brother firemen
hold him. As a staff officer in the Washington Artillery, and as
Recorder of Mortgages, Major May is equally attentive to and efficient
in the discharge of responsible duties as at the head of the Sixth Dis-
trict Fire Companies and their Charitable Association.
SEVENTH DISTRICT DEPARTMENT.
In the early part of the year 1849 a number of enterprising citizens
of Carrollton determined to organize a Fire Company, and immedi-
ately set to work upon their self-imposed task.
They met with more success than they had anticipated and ere
long Carrollton Fire Company No. 1 "was thoroughly organized.
Ed. Mitchel was elected President ; S. S. Kerner, Secretary ; F. Schil-
ler, Treasurer; Henry Diebel, Foreman, and Jacob Sax, Steward.
The Company prospered and strengthened, and some years ago pur-
chased a Jeffries steam fire engine, which they are now using.
This Company has now sixty-five members in good standing on
the rolls, and is officered as follows: President, H. Weidie; Vice
President, A. Spiess ; Secretary, G. Geier ; Treasurer, H. Loehte ;
Foreman, P. Herman ; First 'Assistant, T. Helwick. Delegates to
F. C A. : H. Loehte, A. Blume, J. Rodgers, J. Felldheim, P.
Herman.
On the 18th January, 1854, Star Hook and Ladder Company
No. 1 was organized and the following Officers elected : W. J. Starts,
President : Joe Burrows, Vice President ; P. Souliar, Secretary ; L.
A. Heaton, Treasurer; J'. ('. Wilson, Foreman; Geo. Herrle, First
Assistant ; A. C. Ives, Second Assistant, and M. Dennison, Steward. —
Notwithstanding many drawbacks experienced by this Company,
and the heavy expenses necessary for its maintenance, it has main-
tained its efficiency, and is at present in excellent working condition :
having 125 members on the roll ; a line truck built by Schwartz, of
this city ; and the following officers : P. Bucher, Foreman ; B. Deibel,
First Assistant; A. Faber, Second Assistant ; J. G. Dexheimer, Presi-
dent; Joseph Fritz, Vice President; L. Gardon, Treasurer; L. LeBre-
ton, Secretary ;— Delegates to F. (!. A.: S. Oesterly, O. Besancon, Thos.
L. Preston, J. G. Dexheimer and A. Hady.
Following the example set by their elders, a number of the Car-
rollton young men met on the 5th March, 1864, and organized Inde-
pendent Fibe Company No. :i. Mr. John Da ven port was elected
President; James Hamilton, Vice President ; Frank Prechter, Secre-
tary ; Mitchel, Treasurer; A. S. Firth, Foreman; Phil Mitchel,
First Assistant ; Paul St. Pierre, Second Assistant, and Jacob Baker,
Steward. On the 11th February, 1865, this Company was incorpor-
ated, thus completing its organization. — Like most tire companies,
they first used a hand engine, but now have a tine " crane neck Gould
steamer." Their roll of members is very large, and they are officered
as follows : J. J. Walsh, President; G. Humphries, Vice President ;
P. Mitchel, Treasurer; John Miller, Secretary ; G. Doody, Foreman;
Chas. Mork, Second Assistant, and Henry Strubhr, First Assistant
Foreman.
While these organizations were being effected, the Town of Carroll-
ton was made a part of the City of New Orleans by Legislative act,
and called the Seventh District. The District Fire Companies, through
their Delegates, then agitated the subject of an Association, and on the
18th day of March, 1865, the Firemen's Charitable Association
of the Seventh District was organized, with the following charter
members: F. C- Zeller, S. Kerner, H. Tebbe, A. S. Ferth, J. Daven-
port, John Mehlhop, A. H. M. Peterson, J. Hamilton, and Frank
Prechter. The present Officers of the Association are : P. Mitchel,
President; J. J. Walsh, Vice President; H. Tebbe, Treasurer; H.
Hoey, Secretary ; Geo. Geier, Chief Engineer, and P. Philips, A.
Smith, and A. Arbo, Assistant Engineers.
FIFTH COMPANY, WASHINGTON ARTILLERY.
Major Walton, when the Washington Artillery Battalion left for
Virginia, ordered First Lieutenant W. 1. Hodgson, of the Fourth
Company, to remain in New Orleans on recruiting service. With the
twenty reserves left him, Lieut. Hodgson rapidly organized the
"Fifth Company," with one hundred and fifty names on the rolls,
and officered as follows : Captain, W.I.Hodgson; First Lieutenant,
Theo. A. James ; Junior First Lieutenant, R. Banister ; Second Lieut-
enant, Jerry G. Pierson ; Junior Second Lieutenant, E. L. Hews.
The Company put the dilapidated arsenal on Girod street in tenanta-
ble order, and organized a full battery and company equipment; guns,
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caissons, harness, etc. During the first year of the war they regularly
sent reinforcements and supplies to the Companies in Virginia.
In February, 1862, at Capt. Hodgson's request, Gen. E. L. Tracy
ordered an election of officers for active service in the field. The
result is given further on.— On the 1st of March, 1862, Gen. Beaure-
gard's call, from Jackson, Tenn., for equipped troops, for ninety days,
appeared in the city papers. The next day, Captain Hodgson called a
meeting of the Company, who unanimously offered their services " for
ninety days, or the war." The ( 'onipany was mustered into service by
Lieut". F. C. Zacharie, of Gen. Mansfield Lovell's staff, on March 6tli,
in Lafayette Square. On the 7th, they attended divine service in Dr.
Palmer's church and heard an eloquent address. And on Saturday,
March 8th, 1862, they left by the Jackson Railroad for the seat of
war in Tennessee, with a battery of six brass pieces and all other
equipments complete, furnished without any expense to the Confed-
erate government.
After drilling in camp, near Grand Junction, Tenn., until the end
of March, the Company marched to Corinth, and were attached to
Gen. Patton Anderson's Brigade, Ruggles' Division, Bragg's Army
Corps.
The Company left New Orleans to join Beauregard with one hun-
dred and fifty-six rank and file, and officered as follows :
Captain, W. Irving Hodgson ; First Lieutenant, Cuthbert H. Slo-
comb ; Junior First Lieutenant, W. C. D. Vaught ; Second Lieuten-
ant, Edson L. Hews ; Junior Second Lieutenant, J. A. Chalaron ; Sur-
geon, J. C. Legarg.
The Company distinguished itself during the two days' battle at
Shiloh. Capt. Hodgson resigned at the end of the ninety days, Lieut.
Slocomb succeeding him and remaining in command until the end of
the war.
The different officers during the company's service from March,
1862, on, were: Ccqitains : W. I. Hodgson, Cuthbert H. Slocomb. — First
Lieutenants: W. C- D. Vaught, Edson L. Hews, J. A. Chalaron:
— Second Lieutenants: Edson L. Hews, J. A. Chalaron, J. M. Seixas,
A. J. Leverich, Thos. M.Blair, Chas. G. Johnsen. — Surgeons: J.Cecil
Legarg, Stanhope P. Breckinridge, L. Froem, W. Isard Buell. —
Orderly Sergeants: A. Gordon Bakewell, A. J. Leverich, John
Bartley. — Bugler : Carl Valanconi.
Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates: — Who left New Orleans
with the Command, or joined afterwards — A. Armant, J. W. Anthony,
J no. R. Anderson, F. Arroyo, A. Arroyo, C. Arroyo, Jas. Adams, Thos.
Arnold, W. L. Bruce, Geo. C. Brown, Alfred Belanger, H. J. Boatner,
Jno. F. Butts, Thos. L. Bayne, Geo. Bein, Jessie A. Bryan, C. P. Bailey,
A. H. Baker, Jas. Bayle, C. Benson, A. T. Bennett, Jr., D. Belsom,
Jno. T. Beggs, F. Belsom, Jos. Belsom, Jr., J. J. Boudreaux, L. D.
Brindley, A. W. Brewerton, A. Barrail, Jas. L. Browning, Jno. Berry,
A. H. Brevard, Leon Brocard, Win. Blackwell, A. D. Barrow, C. J.
Barrow, F. Burrows, Jas. Byrnes, P. Clere, A. J. Chalaron, Henry
Chalaron, D. H. Covey, M. Campbell, A. Collins, E. P. Cottraux, J. D.
F. Carpenter, Jno. Clayton, N. Commandeur, W. W. Clayton, C. C.
Cotting, S. A. B. Cotting, F. M. Converse, G. W- Crawford, Phil.
Capon, Paul Conrad, John W. Demeritt, Jas. L. Daigle, J. M. Davidson,
J. W. Dabney, Chas. Daniels, S. J. Davis, Armant Delery, Anatole
Delery, Martin F. Duggan, J. B. Downing, L. M. Doherty, L. Dapre-
mont, Wm. Dooley, S. H. Eldridge, G. D. Etter, J. A. Elfer, P. W.
246 APPENDIX.
Engman, M. Eastman, P H. Flood, Jno. Freiier, Henry Ferand,
G J. Freret, R. W. Frazer, Jno. Fitzgerald, D. J. Fitzwilliams, M.
Fox, C. N- False, Ben. H. Green, Jr., R. C. Giffen, Wm. B. Giffen,
Fred. Goodwyn,Wm. Golnier, A. Gaines, J. F. Gomez, Henry Gordon,
Geo. Giles, Jno. Gillespie, M. Greenwood, P. P. Greenwood, S. Galpin,
F. H. Galpin, C. J- Harnett, G. W. Hamilton, S. Higgins, J. H. Hauey,
W. B. Hayward, Curtis Holmes, F. Hyde, Hy. Hardy, V. Henderson,
F. B. Hull, J. B- Hazard, M. Hayes, Andy Hopkins, Octave Hopkins,
W. H. Hall, Wm. Harrison, Jno. II. Kent, L. M. Kennett, Jr., Thos.
Keheo, Pat. Keyes, J. M. Lamare, John Leary, C. A. Levie, Pat. Bong,
Henry Logan, Geo. H. Law, H. H. Lonsdale, Oscar F. Legare, Henry
Leverich, L. Macready, P. A. McDonald, J. R. Murray, Thos. Mc-
Donald, H J. Marks, W. P. Martin, B. Van Maas, Jno. Miller, M.
Martin, E. J. Mcllhenny, Milton McKnight, Henry Miller, Herman
Meader, Jno. McCormack, Jno. Metzler, Fred. Morel, Wm. Mathes,
B. R. Miller, Wm. McGregor, P. McMillan, H. M. MeNair, L.
Marquette, Robt. Murray, Geo. Nish, W. J. Newman, S. B. New-
man, Jr., H. V. Ogden, Wallace Ogden, Jno. O'Donnell, Jno.
Ponder, C. R. Percy, - Philips, Geo. W. Pugh, J. E. Pugh,
Robt. Pugh, K. Robertson, Alphonse Rost, E. F. Reichert, D. A.
Rice, E. Rickets, W. H. Richards, Pat. Ryan,, Sam. F. Russell, Jno. W.
Read, E. Puffier, F. L. Richardson, W. S E. Seevy, W. W. Sewell,
P. D. Stephenson, W. B. Stuart, M. Sheridan, J. H. Simmons, Jno. B.
Sebastian, Lewis Seibrecht, D. H. Scruggs. Benj. Stakeman, Robert
Strong, Andy Swain, Wm. Steven, C. Staub, Jr., Fred. N. Thayer,
E. Turpin, W. F. Tutt, F. M. Thompson, R. Vinson, Louis Vincent,
E. J. Virtue, J. Vecque, Jules Webre, Jno. A. Walsh, Chris. Wild, G.
Walker, F. W. Wood, E. H. Weingate, T. J. White, Jno. G. White,
W. A. Woods, John M. Watson, Robert J. Watson, R. L. Wheatley,
C. S. Wing, T. B. Winston, Jas. Williams, Morris Williams, J. H.
Young.— Also: Alex. Allain, V. F. Allain, T. C Allen, C. A. Adams,
John Abbott, W. A. Barstow, N. Buckner, Jos. Banfil, Ben. Bridge,
A. Bayden, A. J. Blatter, John Boardman, M. J. Beebe, C. B. Broad-
well, W. N. Calmes, E. Charles, Jas. Clarke, J. T. Crawford, H. C
Campbell, Joseph Denegre, J. H. Duggan, John Devereux, Henry
Day, Jas. R. Dalev, A. M. Fahenstock, E. C. Feinour, E. Fehrenbach,
John Fraser, Chas. W. Fox, W. A. Freret, R. Farrell, M. Farrel, Robt.
Gibson, Jas. F. Giften, Geo. Gillan, Fred. Holmes, C. M. Harvey, W.
D. Henderson, H. L. Henderson, Jno. B. Humphreys, P. Hanly, John
Haynes, J. H. H. Hedges, Jno. J. Jamison, W. A. Jourdan, C. B.
Jones, James Jordan, Gabriel Kaiser, W. B. Krumbharr, Minor Ken-
ner, Jr., Pat. Kelly, J. S. Kalaghan, H. Leckie, L. L. Levy, Thos.
Lacy, Martin Mathis, Lewis Mathis, H. G. Mather, E. Mussina,
Eugene May, H. D. McCown, D. G Miller, W. R. Murphy, F. Maillieu,
Daniel Moore, H McCormick, Robert Norris, E. J. O'Brien, Bernard
O'Sullivan, Emmett Putnam, G. W. Palfrey, Richard L. Pugh, D. W.
Smith, J. H. Smith, J. F. Spearing, G.W. Skidmore, Geo. H. Shotwell,
R. P. Salter, J. H. Scott, J. T. Skillman, John Slaymaker, Warren
Stone, Jr., R. W. Simmons, A. Sambola, John Singin, Dan. Shillin,
E. K. Tisdale, Hiram Tomlin, Geo. A. Turner, Wm. Tynan, J. M.
Wolfe, A. S.Winston, C. Weingart, Jas. White, J. A. Walsh, Chas. B.
Watt, Chas. Withan, Willis P. Williams, Wm. White, Thos. Williams.
Assigned to the Battery, and serving with it at various times during
the war : Wm. Casey, Jacob Froye, J. Leahy, Pat. Lacey, Pat. Man-
nion, 8. Myers, D. H. Willis.
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The " Fifth Company " was continually in active service, at the
front, in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee. It participated
in more than forty battles and engagements, opening at Shiloh and
closing at Spanish Fort, — being in that period one hundred and
twenty-one days and seventy-seven nights under fire ; having ten
guns demolished in battle, in addition to six guns abandoned at
Missionary Ridge, after being spiked and disabled ; twoguns captured at
Overall Creek, and two abandoned at Nashville, after being spiked and
disabled.
The Company's list of killed and wounded during the war exhi-
bits over one hundred and fifty names. The death roll numbers thirty-
one killed in the field, fourteen died of wounds received in battle, five
died of disease and accidents.
Capt. Slocomb brought back to New Orleans with him,— landing
at the Lake End in June, 1865, —about ninety survivors of the
Fifth Company. He, himself, died a few years ago, in the prime of
manhood, whilst actively engaged in a large mercantile business that
he had inherited from his father. Of genial, simple manners, clear
head, kind heart, remarkably sound sense, strict integrity, untiring
energy, trained business qualifications and thorough public spirit,
he bade fair to be a leader in his native city, as in former days Sam-
uel J. Peters and James Robb had been. His untimely death is still
mourned, not only in the immediate circle of fan lily and intimate friends,
but by a wide array of citizens who had learned to appreciate the
young merchant's many sterling qualities of mind and heart.
COLORED CITIZENS' SOCIETIES.
EX-U. S. SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' UNION.
This Association was organized in February, 1872, with Thos.
W. Wickham as President, and was re-organized in 1880.— Any male
citizen of Louisiana, of good moral character, having served in the
U. 8. Army or Navy since 1861, and been honorably discharged from
the same, is eligible to membership.
The objects of the Association are: " Mutual aid, assistance, pro-
tection and advancement of its members, and to give relief to the sick
and destitute."
The present Officers of the Union are:—
Honorary President : James Lewis, late Captain Company K., First
Louisiana Infantry, Corps d' Afrique ;
President: Thos. W. Wickham, late Quartermaster Sergeant,
Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry;
First Vice President: J. B. Huntun, late Sergeant Major, Tenth
U. S. Heavy Artillery;
Second' Vice President: S. S. Decker, late Sergeant, Eighty-first
U. S. Infantry;
Secretary: A. W. Thompson, late Quartermaster Sergeant, Com-
pany K, Fortieth U. S. Infantry ;
Recording Secretary: Edward Jackson, late Private, Company K,
First U. S. Infantry ;
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Treasurer: C. F. Brown, late Sergeant, Company B, Twentieth
U. S. Infantry ;
Quartermaster: R.H.Taylor, late Sergeant, Company A, Second
U. S. Infantry;
Marshal: Richard Sheppard, late Sergeant, Seventy-fourth U. S.
Infantry ;
Deputy Marshal: J. C. Miller, late Sergeant, Company H, Eigh-
teenth U. S. Infantry;
Chaplain : Rev. Wesley Bell, late Private, Company K, Seventy-
fourth IT. S. Infantry;
Physician: Dr. J. T. Newman.
The handsome manner in which the Society paraded on the day
of the C4arrield Funeral Procession, is described on pages 108 and ion.
RESOLUTIONS.
At a special meeting of the Union, held just before the Procession,
the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:
" Whereas, The extraordinary civic virtues of the deceased Execut-
ive render his untimely taking off a loss to be ranked by the side of
the most illustrious deao of all ages;
" Therefore, b( it resolved, That while we bow in humble resign-
ation to the unseen Hand that directs human affairs, we mingle our
poignant grief with our fellow citizens throughout the land.
That we perceive in the nefarious manner in which our Chief Magis-
trate has been suddenly plunged from a career of remarkably brilliant
activity, into the unknown world, a cause to foster with every rightful
appliance, the growth and perpetuity of our free institutions.
" That we will forever inscribe on the tablet of our memory the
name of the deceased statesmen who, with the immortal Lincoln, has
furnished the world, in his life, the finest specimen of the outgrowth
of our form of government.
" That we tender the stricken widow and dejected wife, the feeble
mother and bereaved children, our deep and inexpressible sympathy,
in this, the hour of their sorrow and of the Nation's mourning."
SCREWMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, NO. 2.
This is the largest and most powerful of the colored labor organiza-
tions of the city. Its industry gives support to several thousand men,
women and children ; it is directly concerned in the prosperity of the
commerce of the city ; and its charity liberally assists those in sick-
ness or distress. The Association was organized December 7th, 1870,
and incorporated January 26th, 1877, It has now nine hundred mem-
bers, and is in a very flourishing condition. Its fine parade of strong-
built, well-dressed men, in the procession of September 26th, attracted
general attention. The Association was the second in line in the
Ninth Division, under Marshal Dumont. A list of the first officers
elected was not furnished us ; but the names of the present officers
are given on page 113 in the description of the Association's turn-out.
COTTON YARD MEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, NO. 2.
This Society was established through the instrumentality of Major
Emsley Brower, assisted by Messrs. James Roche, Edward Harrison and
Benevolent Association, Branch No.
One (whites), on the 11th of January ^1880. The organization underwent
many disadvantages of all kinds at first, but gradually prospered and
strengthened, and was incorporated on the 5th of May, 1880, having
three hundred members on the roll. Like the white association, it
was organized to mutually aid its members, mostly cotton rollers,
scale hands, samplers, etc., both as a benevolent society and as a body
of workingnieu. The two bodies, white and colored, work in full
harmony.
The following were the first-officers of the Association : Major
Emsley Brower, President ; Jos. Valentine, Vice President ; Charles
D- Bowers, Recording Secretary ; Thos. Gr. Jert'erson, Financial Secre-
tary; Wm, James, Treasurer; ('lias. E. Powell, Chairman Finance
Committee; Cyrus P. Spotts, Chairman Investigation Committee;
Champion Hayes, Chairman Relief Committee ; Benj. D. Smith, Grand
Marshal ; Rev. Samuel Bell, Chaplain.
At the second election for Officers and permanent Committees,
held December, 1880, and January. 1881, the result was as follows:
Major Emsley Brower, President ; Whitfield Madison, Vice Presi-
dent; C. D. Bowers, Recording Secretary; T.G.Jefferson, Financial
Secretary ; Wm. James, Treasurer ; Rev. John Richard, Chaplain ; R.
C. Johnson, Grand Marshal; Major Polite, First Assistant Marshal ;
Joseph Richard, Second Assistant Marshal : John Malone, Flag
Bearer; John H. Thompson, Ban ner Bearer ; Louis D6courdeaux, Chair-
man Finance Com in it tee, and .1. E. Allen and Isaac L. Brown, members;
Joseph Valentine, Chairman Relief Committee; Cyrus P. Spotts,
Chairman [Investigation Committee; Henry M. Strother, Chairman
Grievance Committee; A, T. Diggs, Chairman Labor Committee.
The day of the Funeral Procession, the Association delegated
Joseph Valentine to represent them as a mounted Aid on the staff of
Marshal Dumont, in whose Division they were the fifth in line. See
page 114 for a sketch of their appearance. — The Association now num-
bers some six hundred men.
LONGSHOREMEN'S PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.
Fourth in the Tenth Division, under Marshal Pinchback, this
Society had all its officers with it, as given in the sketch of its parade,
on page 116. The other Officers not named there are the Trustees : Wm.
Adams, Chas. Crosby, A. Baker, Samuel Robinson, Gus. Box, Chas.
Irwin, A. Shields, Joseph Berry, and Wm. Green. — The Association
was incorporated in June, 1880. Its object is, " to protect its members,
as laborers."
UNITED SONS OF HONOR.
This is a Benevolent Association whose objects are to relieve the
sick, bury the dead, attend to the distressed widows and succor the
orphans of its members. It was organized on the 2oth of April, 18(37,
and incorporated on the 12th of February, 1868.
The first Officers were: Robert Robertson, President; Wm.
Leonard, Vice President ; Wm. Kinney, Treasurer; Edward Wilson,
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Secretary; Henry White, Trustee; Joseph Welsh, Grand Marshal,
and Albert Neville, Frank Simmons and Win. Robertson, Assistant
Marshals.
The Society is nearly two hundred strong, and is prosperous and
efficient. In response to Mayor Shakspeare's/jproclamation, the
Officers and Members reported to him through President Win. Kinney,
and were assigned by the Committee of Arrangements to the Eighth
Division, Marshal James Lewis. See pages 111 and 112 for their
appearance in (be procession.
MAGNOLIA LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
This Society was organized on the 25th of January, 1880, and
incorporated on the 14th of July of the same year. The Association
has prospered in the shorl time since it was founded, ami has done
much to assure employment to its members in handling the myriads
of freight received and shipped on the Levee.
The Association. led the Ninth|Di vision, under Marshal Dumont,
on the 26th of September. The Officers of the Association, besides
those mentioned as in the procession, on page 112, are: Alfred Jen-
kins, Chairman of ^Relief Committee ; J. H. Williams, Chairman
Board of Trustees ; Richard Dunn, Chairman Finance Committee;
Alfred Claugh, Chairman Investigating Committee; F. Pishon,
Treasurer; S. Smith and John Narcisse, Flag Bearers; Nathan
Hewes, Banner Bearer; and Chaplain, Rev. Felix Castra.
YOUNG AND TRUE FRIENDS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This Society was organized; on 1heg7th"of February, 1880, and
incorporated5 on the 14th of January, 1881. Its first Officers were:
John Lewis, President; Jerry B. Brown, Vice President; Joseph
Fabacher, Jr., Secretary ; George Kinzey, Assistant Secretary ; George
M. Cavell, Financial Secretary; Oeo/f). Geddes, Treasurer; John Rey-
nolds, Marshal. They were all out with the'Society in the Procession of
September 26th, leading, as described on page 115, the Tenth Division,
under Marshal Pinchback.
LONGSHOREMEN'S PROTECTIVE UNION, No. 2.
Tins Association was organized on the 29th of October, 1873. and
incorporated on the i!:>d of March, LS74, by an act of the Legislature,
signed by Gov. Kellogg.
there are now 450 members'on the roll. The Association is one of
mutual aid and benevolence, protecting ^the^interests of its members
as among the thousands of hard working, stalwart men on the Levee.
The Union was the sixth Society in line in the Ninth Division, under
Marshal Dumont. Its excellent display there, and its Officers' names
appear on page 114.
EQUAL JUSTICE MARINE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
Second in the Division, under Marshal Pinchback, this Society
attracted much notice by their neat appearance and elegant banner, as
described mi pages 11") and 116. The Association was organized in
March, 1877, and incorporated in July, 1878, its objects being of a
charitable nature. The Officers' names are given in the description
referred to. In addition, there are the Trustees: < ). < '. Miller, Ed. J.
Reed, Philip Papam, and Henry Osburn.
TEAMSTERS' AND LOADERS' UNION BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION.
The eight hundred members of this Society play a very important
part in the transhipment of freights of all kinds, from and to railroads,
steamboats, ships, steamships and warehouses. The organization is for
both business and charitable purposes, and these are both well carried
out. The Association was organized April 29th. 1880. The first
Officers elected continued in position in 1881, and are those mentioned
on page 113, in the description of the Association in the Ninth Division
of the Procession, with the additions of .1. Glover, First Marshal;
C- Shaw, Second; and J. Williams, Third.
L'AVENIR MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION.
Composed of representative young colored French-Creoles of the
Catholic faith, this Society was organized chiefly through the exer-
tions of Mr. Richard Learson, aided by Messrs. Placide Decou, Jules
Amand, Mirtil R. Crocker, and V. L'Herrisse. The first meeting
was on September 1:2th, 1S77, at the "Friends of Order" Hall, on
Urquhart street, between Annette and St. Bernard. Sixty members
signed the roll. The members remained about the same for two
years. At their second anniversary meeting it was determined to
provide the Society with flags, a banner, badges, and music for parades
and for funerals, The costume adopted for funerals is described on
page 116, in the notice of the Association's appropriate and handsome
display in Marshal Pinchback's Division. For parades the costume is
black cloth coat and pants, white vest, white cravat, white gloves,
black silk hats, blue silk badges with gold trimmings and mottoes for
the officers, and silver trimmings for the members. After its first
public parade and pic-nic, the Association received seventy-seven
applications for membership ; and at every meeting since, a half
dozen or more applications are received. No professional politicians
are admitted ; it has no honorary members ; and perfect harmony pre-
vails in the deliberations and good feeling among the members. The
number of active members is over two hundred. The financial re-
sources are ample to meet all emergencies, with regular payments of
dues and a handsome cash balance on hand. The objects are, as set
forth in the title, "mutual aid," which embraces the giving of phar-
maceutical, medical and pecuniary assistance to the sick, and burying
the dead at the expense of the Association.
The present Officers, with Mr. Jules Araand as President, —the
others appear on page 117— have held their positions from the first
year, or four years in succession, whi< h speaks well for their ability.
THE COLORED MEN'S PROTECTIVE UNION.
This political Association was organized in this State immediately
after the downfall of the Packard government, — its object being, as its
President writes us, "To solidify the Colored Masses into one compact
organization for the maintenance of the principles of the Republican
party." — Its ramifications, he states, extend throughout every Ward
of the City of New Orleans, where Sub-councils of the organization
are in operation, and also into every Parish of the State.
The membership of the Union is estimated at many thousands.
Among them can be found the leading < iolored Representative Men in
the State; and it is rated as "the one powerful Republican organization
of Louisiana"
The following citizens have served as Presidents of the Union since
its organization . Win. Rodolph, A. A. Maurice, Peter Joseph, Jacques
A. Ola, and .1. Madison Vance. The latter is the present President. The
other Officers' names appear in the report, on page ]"\c>, of the display
the Union made in the Procession, under Marshal A. J. Dumont.
GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
HISTORY OF THE ORDER IN THIS COUNTRY.
The appearance, in the Eighth Division, under Marshal Lewis, of
the Officers and Members of the different organizations of this Order
here, in the Funeral Procession of September 2<ith, is presented in
detail and with accuracy, on pages 109, 110, and 111. To thousands of
the tens of thousands of spectators, the Order was a subject of much
curiosity and interest, for they had seen it in such large numbers and
orderly array for the first time.
The Parent Order is that of the English Odd Fellows, (whites),
with their Committee of Management at York. The first Lodge estab-
lished in this country, was the Philomathean Lodge No. 046, opened
in 184.'!, in Philadelphia. In December of that year, this Lodge was
granted power by the English Committee of Management, to form a
Sub-( Jomrnittee of Management for this country, and all the Lodges of
this Continent are under the jurisdiction of this Sub-Committee. This
Sub-Committee is elected bi-annually by the general Moveable Com-
mittee, which is composed of Delegates from the different Lodges in
America.
The new Order soon found favor with the Colored Citizens through-
out the country, and subordinate Lodges were rapidly established.
They exist in almost every State in the Union ; also in Canada, the
Bermudas, the Bahamas, in Cuba, and the British West India Islands.
There are over 2000 branches of the Order on this continent, more than
half of which are in the United States, — including 755 Lodges, 212
Households of Ruth, (for female members), sixty-two Past Grand
Masters' Chapters, and nineteen Patriarchies. In the United States,
Canada, Cuba, and the British West Indies, there are 150,000 members ;
in England, Scotland, Wales, and Australia, (3000 branches, with
500,000 members.
In the United States, the Order is composed almost exclusively of
Colored men, but nevertheless the organization knows no man by his
color, age, politics, or religion. The latest report at hand shows lor the
United "States 24,124 members; (Will Past Officers; brothers relieved in
the year, 23,044; buried, 303; widows relieved, 345; orphans relieved,
210; total amount paid to the sick, $27,772 81; for funerals, $16,130 19;
to widows, $4125 60; for charity, $4744 72; value of property, $141,061 :i!);
total invested, value of property, and in funds, $268,533 76.
In Louisiana there are seventeen Lodges, one Household of Ruth,
one Past Grand Masters' Chapter and onePatriarchie,and a total mem-
bership of 1154. The Order was first organized in this State by Butler
Lodge, No. 1336.
The SUb-Committee of Management for 1881 is reported as follows:
Grand Master, Wm. T. Forrester, at Richmond, Va.; Deputy Grand
Master, Samuel W. Chase, Baltimore; Grand Treasurer, C. H. Curtis,
Brooklyn; Grand Secretary, I). B. Bowser, Philadelphia. Directors:
A. K. Manning, Washington, D. C; B. F. Gross, Allegheny City, Pa;
J. Pennoyer Jones, Desha County, Ark.; W. M. Hill, Memphis.
The Grand Samaritan of the Grand Patriarchie of America is
George C. Mason, of New Orleans.
The Order in this State is under the immediate supervision of
" Louisiana District Lodge No. 21," with Anatole Parnelle, at Thibo-
deaux, as District Master ; A. A. Gains, of New Orleans, as Deputy
D. M. ; J. B. Gaudet, of New Orleans, District and Corresponding
Secretary; Daniel Holland, of New Orleans, District Treasurer; J.
W. Burns, of New Orleans, District Warden ; James H. Lowrey, of
Plaquemine, as District Chaplain ; A. G. Jones, of Napoleonville,
District Guardian, and B. F. Hankin, of Bayou Boeuf, as District
Marshal.— Of the District Lodge Committees: A. Parnelle, Chairman
of the Executive Committee ; J. B. Gaudet, Secretary; Geo. C. Mason,
H. C C. Astwood, B. V. Baranco, members.— On Appeals : W. A.
Halston, Chairman ; A. A. Gains, D. Brown. J. R. Lewis.— On Griev-
ances : Mc C. Campfield, Chairman ; Graham Bell, Thos. J. Hill,
Joseph LeBlanc, J. H. Bailey.— On Charity, Widows and Orphans :
Wm. Davis, Chairman; Wm. James, H. R. Steele, J. W. Burns, C.
J. Thomas. — On Insurance: L. D. Thompson, Chairman; O. J. Rock,
E. J. Brunet.— On Finance and Auditing: Chas. B. Wilson, of New
Orleans, Chairman; Charles A. Roxborough, Arthur H. Colwell.
The following Lodges and other branches of the Order are located
in New Orleans: Butler Lodge, Amos Lodge, Emblem of Progress
Lodge, Pride of Louisiana Lodge, Good Intent Lodge, O. J. Dunn
Lodge, Crescent Lodge, Magnolia Lodge, Israel Lodge, Pride of Jef-
ferson Lodge, and La Creole Lodge,— Moab Household of Ruth No.
36,— Past Grand Master's Council No. 30,— Orleans Patriarchie No. 7,—
And State District Lodge No. 21.
SOME OF THE LODGES.
Emblem of Progress Lodge, No. 1507, was organized in New
Orleans, September 10th, 1872, with twenty-three Members and the
following Officers: Edward Williams, P. N. G. ; James C. Graves,
N. G. ; Cyrus P. Spotts, V. G. ; A. A. Gains, Elec. Secretary ; Edward
J. Webb, Treasurer; James A. Cottrell, Per. Secretary; A. Minor,
Chaplain ; Huzeme Repp, Conductor; H. Banks, J. G. ; G. Hill, O. G.
This Lodge was instrumental in establishing the Order through-
out the State ; also in calling into existence Past Grand Masters Coun-
cil No. 30, Household of Ruth No. 36, and Orleans Patriarchie No. 7.—
The membership is now 13"). Within the last nine years the Lodge
has expended over 112,000 for funerals and in charitable purposes, and
is now erecting a beautiful tomb in Washington Cemetery No. 2. The
value of the Lodge property amounts to $1750. " Emblem of Progress "
had the honor of having the first Grand Master for die State elected
from her members, and is the only Lodge in the State that had one of
its members, E. J. Holmes, a member elect of the Sub-Committee of
Management for America. This Lodge is still progressing, as its
name implies.
Pride of Louisiana, No. 1529, was installed May 12th, 1873, with
Yorick Campbell as P. N. G. ; Geo. C. Mason, N. G. ; Charles H.
Cripps, V. G. ; L. Lamaniere, Per. Secretary ; E. E. Smith, Elec. Secre-
tary ; Allen Luster, Chaplain; David Johnson, Treasurer ; L.Gibson,
I. G. ; J. H. Grinnell, O. G. ; S. Ratcliff, Warden; H. Hicks, Con-
ductor ; W. R. Boyd, R. S. to N- G. ; J. Lavigne, Jr., L. S to N. G ;
E. Jackson, R. S. to V. G. ; C. J. Thomas, L. S. to V. G.
Crescent Lodge, No. 1646, was organized December 22d, 1874,
and has now a membership of 115. The warrant Officers were : Win.
James, P. N. G. ; Samuel Bell, Chaplain; L. P. Henderson, Elec.
Secretary; Thomas Johnson, Per. Secretary; George Middleton,
Treasurer; Wm. H. Nicholson, V. G. ; Louis Bright, N. G. ; John
Lewis, N. E. ; James Weaver, I. G. ; R. Harris, Warden. During the
year 1881 the Lodge expended $907 54 for sick reliefs, for widows and
orjmans, and for charity.
These are the only Lodges that responded to our Circular of
Inquiry.
PRELIMINARY MEETING.
The parade of the Order on Monday, September 26th, was the
result of an order issued on Saturday morning, September 24th, by
Anatole Parnelle, District Master; A. A. Gains, Deputy District
Master ; George G. Mason and H. C. C Astwood, of the District Execu-
tive Committee— through J. B. Gaudet, District and Corresponding
Secretary — for all the officers and members under their jurisdiction, to
assemble that evening at the Hall, No. 118 Carondelet street and make
suitable arrangements to j^rticipate in the public obsequies " in
honor of the lamented Chief Magistrate of the nation."
RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE.
At the meeting a Committee was appointed, composed of J. C
Graves, McC. Campfield, Geo. C. Mason, M. R. Nicholas, Wm. Dunn,
J. H. Taper, H. R. Steele, Ed. S. Halsey, S. Holden, E. Parker and
Chas. B. Wilson,— the latter as Chairman, — to report appropriate
Resolutions. These were adopted unanimously, as follows :
" Whereas: In view of the loss our country has sustained by the
" death of James Abram Garfield, late President of the United
" States, and of the still heavier loss sustained by those who were near-
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estand dearest to him ; and being desirous of testifying our respect for
his memory, and our earnest and affectionate sympathy with the
household deprived of its earthly head; therefore
" Be it resolved, That we tenderly condole with the family of our
martyred President in their hour of trial and affliction ; and we
devoutly commend* them ^to.dhe^keeping of Him who looks with
pitying eye upon the Widow and the Fatherless.
,: Resolved, That we accept the invitation of his honor, Mayor
Shakspeare, to participate in the [funeral procession on Monday,
September 26th, in memory of our departed President.
" Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the
Family of the Deceased, and to the Secretary of State, at Washington,
as a token of our respect and veneration fori the Christian character
of a good man, who, being amiable, won all : intelligent, charmed
all; fervent, loved all ; and dead, saddened all."
LOUISIANA AND GARFIELD.
( !(iv. L. A. Wiltz died a few weeks after Presioknt Garfikld.
Gov. S. D. McEnery, in his opening message to the Legislature,
in December, 1881, well said what his regretted predecessor would have
said, of the sorrow of the People of Louisiana at the tragic fate of their
President. Gov. McEnbry thus wrote:
" There was a general confidence among the people that lus admin-
" istration would be conservative, just and impartial; and its termina-
" tion was looked forward to with anxious hopes, that with it would
" cease all sectional animosities, and that one section of the Union
" would no longer traduce the other, solely for the purpose of acquiring
•' political power and dominion. It was this belief, which iiad grown
" and strengthened each day as his administration progressed, that
"caused the people of this* State, in every city, town, village and
" hamlet, to give expressions of genuine sorrow and grief at his
" untimely death."
CLOSING REMARKS.
There are, of course,— despite the utmost care in compilation, proof-reading,
and revising, — several errors of number, of initials or single letters in names, or of
titles, in this book. Only a few, however, require special correction. The name,
for example, of Hon. Mr. Bower, the amiable chief clerk of the Mayoralty Bureau,
appears several times as it should be; but on page 61 it is transformed into "Brown."
And on page SI the width of the superb funeral ear is given as " twenty," instead of
"twelve feet."— The only excuse for such errors is that ancient but excellent one
concerning "accidents" ami "best regulated families."
The hearty thanks of the Compiler and the Publisher are respectfully tendered
to the Officers and Members of Societies, military and civic, who assisted with
dates, names and other data, for the " History of the Funeral Proceedings," and for
the interesting Sketches in the " Appendix."
E. C. WHARTON, Compiler. AL. DONNAUD, Publisher.
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