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A HISTORY 
 
 ()!•' THK 
 
 PROCEEDINGS IN THE (JITY OF NEW ORLEANS, 
 
 ON THK OCCASION OK THK 
 
 FUNKRAL CKRKMONIIiS 
 
 IN HONOK OK 
 
 JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD, 
 
 LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 
 
 WHICH TOOK PLAUK ON MONDAY, SKPTKMBEll 26th, 1881. 
 
 Compiled and Published under the Authority of the General Committee of Arrangements- 
 Hon. Jos, A, Shakspeare, Mayor of the City of New Orleans, Chairman. 
 
 • NEW ORLEANS : 
 
 A. "W. Hyatt, Stationer and Printer, 78 Camp Street>-20,982, 
 i88i. 
 
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PREFACE 
 
 This Volume is designed to preserve, in a connected and durable 
 form, not onlj^ 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 Triumvii*ate, 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 all'events, 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 
 
4 PKEFACE. 
 
 nliilitics and their tliorough appreciation of his patriotic services to the 
 country tit 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 family 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 1852, 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 immorteUcs on his tomb. 
 
 EDWARD C. WHARTON, Journalist and Compiler. 
 AL. DONNAUD, JournaliM and Publisher. 
 
 New Oki.kaxs, December, 1881. 
 
MORNING AND EVENING. 
 
 Saturday, July 2d, A. D. 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. 
 
 The day 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, but 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 
 
HISTORY OF THE 
 
 perils of war and the no lesser perils of public life ; and had in them, 
 too, reached the highest positions by the same qualities of mind and 
 heart that had crowned his student life with triumph. 
 
 In. liis public career, also, the people saw clearly that he was 
 inspired by tliat sincere love of country, which in their eyes condones 
 for a host of mistakes and errors, and lacking which the most brilliant 
 public man lacks the cbiefest 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 
 tlie genuine good-will of the numerous and stalwart legions who had 
 fought so valiantly to give the victory to his honored opponent. For 
 they had served under too noble a chieftain not to recognize the lofty 
 traits of his succei«sful 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 said, as 
 with one voice : " This is truly a representative American and worthy 
 to be our President : let us honor and trust him !" 
 
 That they had not mistaken him, nor he them, was shown in his 
 Inaugural. In a brief passage, dignified and feeling, he heralded for 
 his Administration what the whole country had long yearned for : the 
 definite closing of the Temjile 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 not cease vibrating 
 until it had touched the heart of the whole nation. 
 
 VJt_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 
 
KIM'.KAL ('KKKM*>Mi;s. < 
 
 in iis i>iivi(y, its coiistMiti-y, its niornl els'N-iil i<iii, I he s) rciii;! !i to i|ni.'liy. 
 (•licti-fnlly, cDuni-reously iMHliirc tlic most |t;iiii!'iil o\ jili (inlcals 1<> 
 wliicii sucii ili'votcd aircctioii rculd he siilpJi'c(<Mi. 
 
 riic m-\v Prcsidi'iil liad Irccii sdi-d.y tried, in tiic I. rid" jicriod siiicr 
 his inaii.'^uralioii. In <tiiicic suwession Dcalii had snalclud away luar 
 and doar rclativis He iuad(> no conij^hnid. at irast (o the world ; hiil 
 d()vd»tli-ss ]\v oftf!) asi<cd lnnis(.-if, as did his vciicraii'.r inoldu'r " ! 
 wonder who next will Ir' taken !" H>' htul no reas-m (o I'eai' lor him- 
 self, tor lie was in vii^orous health ; hut lu' niiulil lie in .-onslan! dread 
 lor tii<- invalid, his ehiidi-en's n-.otln'r. lor whoso liralt h a;;d c-oiiilori , 
 he soon afterwards said, wlieii himself si rlclx-n down, 'he would 
 clieerfuUy si'ive his own life." 
 
 Then, loo, in the )ui(lst of jirejaralion of im'iisnrt.- of piiMii- ii"lie\- 
 nay, some of them aetualiy in ojieraiion !iuil ciie.Tid the [Kople at 
 lar.;;e with i)roniise ()l' wide and salutary reform. Ids Adndnistiation 
 was siiddeidy and velienieidiy attacked from a (|narter where tin' least 
 e:\jieeted. Ikised, it eanpot l>e donoted, on lione.st diiierenccsMl' o(tinion, 
 this assault was, neveitheless, the Jiiore ein'oarrassinu thai it I'nianaleti 
 from a powerful section of the very parly to which the i'i\sideid owed 
 his election. 
 
 Thougli tJie attack had h<'en Avardicd o(i' witii ski!!, (act and, nerve. 
 Die liostile array .still threatened; and the i're.-ident could not hut be 
 grieved, if not mortified, at so untoward a condition of allairs. Still, 
 on the other hand, he could not but be cheered by the many evid«.nces 
 he received of the popular good will and confidence: and so, on that 
 bright morning of the 2d of July, he 2u-ei)ari'd to take hi.s first holiday. 
 Turning his back upon the scene of suoh incessant and liara.ssing 
 labor, he was to make a pleasure excursion of two weeks' duration 
 through the New Euglaud States. His invalid wife and. his young 
 daughter, then at Long Branch, were to join him and Ids two elder 
 sons at New York. He had kindly invited the members ol liis Cabinet 
 and their wives, and several other intimate friends to accompany him ; 
 and a more joyous party could not be gathered together than assemlile<l 
 that morning at the railroad depot in Washington, and cheerfully 
 awaited their chief's arrival. 
 
mSTOKV OF THE 
 
 VlUi OLD CONTINENTAL. 
 
 'IMic new l''.xi'culivi' litid several good reusous, it is to bo presunu'd, lor 
 st'k'i/tiii^- .New i'jiglaiid as the seeiie ol" liis tirst Presidential plea.suje 
 exeursioii. j 
 
 One <)]■ them iiiight be that New England was the, home of b(tth 
 his lather's and his mother's ancestors. 
 
 The mother was the aecojuplished daughterofoueotNew England's 
 men of biaiii, will and culture — iiimself descended from men of similar 
 calibre. 
 
 The lirst of the (iarlields, Edward, — an English immigrant, — had 
 settled in Massachusetts in 17;>H. One of his descendants, Abraham Gar- 
 field, was among the "militia" who, at Concord, opened, with 
 powder and l)all, the conflict that was to end at Yorktown. 
 
 And Abiaham's l»rother, yclept Solomon, was also a valiant 
 soldier of the Kevolution. 
 
 Under fire at ('on('(»rd, with the militia-man, Abraham Garfield, 
 was anothei- good soldier, .John Hoar by name. It was the fortune of 
 his great-grandson, a United States Senator; to i)reside, over a hundred 
 years later on, at the National Convention that nominated for Presi- 
 dent of the United States the great-grandson of that tighting "Old 
 Continental, " Solomon (larfield. 
 
 JJut, the chief reason for the selection was doubtless the President's 
 desire to accept the invitation, — tendered him, by its otticers and 
 students, — to l)e i)resent at Williams College, in Williamstown, Mass., 
 on " commencement day.'' The Alumni of the old College were to be 
 there — its renowned ex-President, the venerable Professor Hopkins, 
 was to be there. And he, the Executive, was one of the Alumni ; and, 
 twenty-five years ago, he had graduated under the kindly auspices of 
 liis life-long friend, President Hopkins. 
 
 There, after twenty years' struggle with poverty and i)rivati()n, 
 he had finally won the pri/^e that in his boyhood he had determined 
 should bejhis.: 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 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 9 
 
 chilcircu utterly iiiiprovidcd tor. She had iiiaiiitaiiu'd this resolution 
 with heroic steadfastness, even when compelled tx) s^plit rails to fence 
 in tlie few acres that t^ave food to iier scanty hoard. Her son had 
 iniierited this nohle mother's lofty inspiration and unyieldinjr courage. 
 And now, as the result, in — the wood-cho[)|)er, carpenter, canal-team 
 driver, hut zealous stud(>nt evei' — he, a (lieneral of Armies — he, a 
 Senator of Senators— he, the President of the United States, was 
 iioing- hack once more to college, — once more to take his old President 
 by the hand I 
 
 Can we not see and sympathize with I lie look and smile of honest 
 j)ride that must have lit up the manly face of the new President, as he 
 stood in his room in the White House that hright July morning, and 
 recalled and dwelt upon the strange scenes and marvelous contrasts of 
 his life-career. 
 
 Mayhai), unseen to mortal eye, tlie grim " Old C'ontiuental " 
 stood near. — his pale face also lit u]> with a smile of pride, albeit a 
 ghostly sndle, — as he contemplated his great-grandson ; and saw in 
 him the cheerful spirit, the determined will, the unfaltering patriotism 
 that gave victory at last to the men of Valley Forge. 
 
 But the President's Secretary of State was waiting without, to 
 accompany his friend and chief to the railroad depot ; and so James 
 A. Garfield left the White House, — a strong, stalwart man, full of life 
 and vigor and hope— rejoicing to be relieved of toil and care 
 
 As he was driven ra|)idly along the Avenue, he may jKissibly have 
 recalled its crowded, l)rilliant aj>pearance on the day of his inaugura- 
 tion. But little cared he now — tiie warm-hearted, genial man,— for 
 official honors and puhlic triumphs. He had returned to ])rivate life 
 once more. He would soon he with wife and sons and daughter. 
 He was, like any other private citizen, " oti' for a holiday." 
 
 He could see, to his right and left, only men wiio touched their hats 
 to him respectfully, and women who smiled [)leasantly on so good a 
 son, husband and father. He could not see the grim " Old Continen- 
 tal," running by his side ; and, with ghastly look and ghostly gesture, 
 warning him of a foe,— even then awaiting him, — more dangerous far 
 than English bullets and bayonets had been at Concord. 
 
10 HISTORY OF TIIK 
 
 Nor foulil lie lu'ai' lii> old .MotluT, in licr t':ir ;i\\;iy lioiiic, — inouni- 
 iiiu oNHT Ikt kill so rccciitiy c-;irri('(l to nntiiiu'ly uravcs,- and sadly 
 askiiiu' : "I wonder wiio will l)i' taken next I" 
 
 At tlial vei-_\ inoinent, lief Son, arin-in-anii, ami cliattiiifi' jiaily 
 with Ills Seeretaiy of State, was enterinu' the I'ailroad depot : and the 
 Assassin, tiion.iih W(tnien and children weix' all around him, gripped 
 his fatal weapon. 
 
 \'\\v olil niotlier's ouesi jon was soon answered. 
 
 VWV: Willi's MAGIC. 
 
 In the ('rescenf ('ity, as elsewlit-re, the first anuoinnement that 
 the "Pre-sident had lieen shot down by an assassin," was received with 
 general incrednlity. Some considered the dispatch a.s an audacious 
 stock-johhiii<r hoax. ( )thers concluded that the shooting — if shooting 
 there was — could i)e only the result of an accident. 
 
 When the telegrams, that rajjidly succeeded each other, only too well 
 contirnied the first startling announcement, the whole city was thrown 
 into a tumult of horror, indignation, sorrow — sorrow^ for the ilhistrious 
 victim; horror at the deed itself; fiercest indignation against the 
 wretch who had committed it. The excitement, indeed, w-as so intense 
 and general that husiness was virtually suspended. 
 
 The tir-t dispatches held out no hope of the survival of the wounded 
 President heyond a few liours. He himself, the telegrai^her reported, 
 had said to his physician : " I am a dead man — but I am not afraid to 
 die." Yet, even in that trying moment, he had sent his absent wife a 
 loving and reassuring mes.sage. 
 
 Hour alter hour went by, and still the victim clung to life, though 
 slowly sinking ; and still the people of New Orleans waited, and hoped, 
 :ind feared— for with them the deep sympathy for the President and 
 his alllicted family j)red(miinated even over the bitter ire against the 
 (old-hlooded, self-ackjiowledged murderer. 
 
FUNER A r. CEREMON I KS. I 1 
 
 Finally, late at night, just after tlie receipt ofa dispatcli that seemed 
 to elose the tragedy — for it said : " Tlu' President is again sinking, and 
 there is little, if any, hojie " — came anotlier, reporting that ■' He had 
 rallied; that his symptoms were more favorable; that he continued 
 brave and cheerful." And still another of like favorable tenor. 
 
 That heshould continue to be " brave and cheerful " did not surprise 
 the anxious groups that had waited and watched far into the night. 
 Indeed, it was his courage and spirit, strikingly nuuk' manifest from 
 the first, that still gave the people hope against iiope. But this sudden 
 and continued change for the better was so unexpected that it was 
 donbted, until the explanation came— an ex[)lanatioii that sensibly 
 lighteJied the general gloom. 
 
 The explanation was, that Mrs. Oarlidd liad arrived in Wash- 
 ingto)i ; and lier jtresence by her stricken husband's side, ber ntlection- 
 ate words and hopeful spirit, had acted like magic upon him. 
 
 " If he recovers," said the doctors, " it will be i\uv gicatly to the 
 presence of his devoted wife." 
 
 " Though still weak from her recent illness," said another dispatch, 
 " and shocked b^ the suddeness of the sorrow that has come upon her, 
 " she has behaved since her arrival with courage and self-control, e<iual 
 " to those of her husband. She has 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 etticient aid, as far 
 " as in her power, to the physicians." 
 
 Many a manly eye was moist when that dispatch was read. 
 
 Now, — strengthened by his wife's presence ami affection, — the 
 President, it was telegraphed, had asked his Doctor, " What were the 
 ijidications? " The physician answered: "There is a chance of 
 reoovery." 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-heartetl women everywhere prayed that night for 
 the sufferer's recovery, brave-hearted men everywhere recognized in 
 him a mau-of-men, — full worthy of the tribute of regret and respect the 
 world waa then paying him. 
 
 No where was that tribute more sincerely paid than iji New 
 Orleans. 
 
lllSl'ORV OK THE 
 
 M:\\ ORLEANS SPEAKS. 
 
 riii'iv was liut oiu' li't'linf; in our coiuimiiiity, and i( was cxliibited 
 Willi ;i sponlainMt.v and fci'vor that were reniarkahle. 
 
 The I'HKSS K'lvc tlif most fnii)liatie ami decided utterance to the 
 |Miiiul;ii- sentiment. Dailies and Weeklies, -['olitical, Helij^ious, Agri- 
 cultural, and Commercial alike denounced the awful crime, Joined in 
 warm praise ot the illustrious victim, and in tender sympathy for his 
 sutlerinf-s and the altliction of his family. 
 
 The State's young' (iovernor — a man of ((uick and f^eiierous im- 
 j)ulscs would have lu'en the tirst Olhcial to give foi-nial expressions 
 to the peoi)le's sentiments, liut iioris A. NVii/i'/. was himself then 
 hravely battlinji' witli ileath. 
 
 The City Authorities were promj>t to act ; and they were promptly 
 followed by the various leadiiiii commercial, henevoient, religious, and 
 other Associations. 
 
 ■ .M.WOR .lOS. .A. SHAKSI'KAKK 
 .said to a uewspaj^er rej)resentative, shortly after tjie news of the 
 attempted assas.sination was received: 
 
 " When 1 tirst heard of this matter, I experienced a thrill of horror, 
 liccause of the deed itself, and also the blow which seems thus to have 
 iKcn ainu'd at tiie fair name of our country. The man who committed 
 this deed was probably crazy. That is a charitable construction to put 
 upon it. At any rate, the fact is a startling- one to be confronted, that 
 i' has come to i)ass that the life of the President of the United States 
 may be threatened by assassins, because .some action of his fails to please. 
 This question must l)e met stjuarely, and at once. Our great country 
 cannot allow such ])ractices to grow. 
 
 " The ]>eople of the Ignited States, and of the South particularly, will 
 condemn this act in no uncertain terms. They abhor anything of the 
 kinii. Why, even when Lincoln was killed", and the "minds of the 
 |)C()i)K' w cri- excited, and their feelings aroused by the progress of a civil 
 war, his a.ssassi nation was condenuu-d and greatly regretted by the 
 entire people. It is devoutly to be hope<l that the President willlive; 
 but what 1 iirim-ipaliy regard, is the blow which lias been aimed at the 
 fundamental princi]»lcs of American liberty." 
 
 AD.MINISTKA'roU WALSHK 
 said he was hi led with horror at the dastardly outrage that had been 
 |)erpetrated. "If Mr. (iartield should die, it would prove a national 
 <-alamity. The South, in particular, would lose a good friend. In the 
 siiort lime that Mr. (Jarfield has been in oHice, he has given promise of 
 being om- of the best and most patriotic Presidents we have had for 
 years." 
 
FUNERAT. (JBKEMONIES. 
 
 ADMINISTRA'I'OH KITZl'ATKICK 
 
 said: "In inauy ivspects, tlic death of (JarCu'ld woiiM ho a iialioiial 
 cahuiiily, hut |)arti(*iihirly in this, tliat Ik- lias j)r()V('<l llius far a f'lvsi- 
 (It'iit of till' whole count ly, and not only of one or Iwosectioi s. Tiu' 
 |)eo{)h' siioul<l rejoice if this siuiotiuti' does iu)t terminate fahdly" 
 
 ADMINlSTUA'I'oK I >KI,A]\I()KI': 
 
 exj)ressed liis sorrow for vviiat iiad iiaj)|>ened (otiie I'lesident. " If (lie 
 deed was done to serve any iniayiiu-d ^reat end, it will prove a com- 
 plete failure. If any other end was eontemplatt'd, (he movers therein 
 will surely sutler." 
 
 ADM INISTKATOR (i l' 1 LLOTTI : 
 
 remarked that he could not say more than his eolleajjui's had already 
 said coneernint; this crime. " Kvery right thinUinu man, excry 
 Loui.sianian, every American, should raise his voice in denuin-intion 
 of this horrihle deecl." 
 
 ADMINISTKATOKS FA(iAN, IIUGEK AND lArEALEV 
 
 were out of town, and, therefore, could not he seen on the .suhjecl, hut 
 they telegraphed to the Mayor their horror and regret, and classed tin' 
 attempted assassination as a national calamity. 
 
 rHP] CITY COCNt'IL. 
 
 Three days after,— the .Ith of July, — at the regular weekly session 
 
 of the Council, the following resolutions were adoi)ted, and the Mayor 
 
 I'equested to forward them hy telegraph : 
 
 Whereas, The life of the Chief Magistrate of the nation has Iteen 
 assailed by an assassin's hand ; be it 
 
 Hetiolved bi/ tin Couunon, Council of the (My of Ncir Orlea)i>=. in 
 regulnr meetiny asschibled, That the People of the City, through us, 
 their Representatives, express their condemnation of the act, and 
 thougli it seems but the deed of personal malice, take this occasion to 
 <leclare their faith in the suprei^iacy of the law and tlieir confidence in 
 the permanency of our institutions. 
 
 Jiesolred, That the People of New Orleans acknowledge the 
 unspeakable horror and grief which the message of this deed has 
 stricken into their hearts ; that they have watched with eager anxiety 
 the life struggle which holds the]ieople in susi)ense, and with each 
 assuring hope, send fervent prayers to the Throne of (Irace that the 
 assassin's object may be thwarted, and life and health restored to him 
 who is President of a whole and reunited country. 
 
 BeHoIred, That 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 hapi)i- 
 ness of President Uarfield and his famiiy. 
 
 The Mayor stated to tlie Council that he had already sent the 
 
 following telegram : 
 
lllbTOKY UK THE 
 
 New Orleans, July 4, is,si. 
 
 lliiii. James. G. I'.hiiiic. Sccn'tary of Stale, Wiishirifitoii, D. C. : 
 
 New Oili'uns sends symputhy and sincerely hopes the President 
 w ill soon rei-dver. We watch with great interest for every bulletin, 
 Kiid feel eiieouriiu'ed liv the latest we have. 
 
 JOS. 4. SHAKSPEARE, 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 CKANl) AKMV OK THR RKPUEl^IC. 
 
 Tiir iiilic< Ts ami ineniliers of this national organization, — claiming 
 
 llie President as one of them, — ^took api)ropriate action at all their 
 
 posts throughout the liiion. What they did in New Orleans is thus 
 
 >ei forth : 
 
 NKW ORJiEANS, July 4, ISSl. 
 Hull. Itulierl '1". I.iiicolii. SeiTctary of War, W.nshiiigton, D. O. : 
 
 Joseph ,\. Mower Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, 
 Deparlment of Louisiana, and Kncampment of the Boys in Blue, 
 Louisiana, send sincere regrets to Mrs. Gartield, hoping and praying 
 for I lie President's rec(jver\'. 
 
 WM. ROV, 
 ( 'ommander Grand Army and Boy,s in Blue. 
 
 The same day liie lol lowing reply to this telegram was received : 
 
 Washington, July 4, 1881. 
 
 \\ 111. Ivoy, CoMiiiiaiuler (Jiaiiil Ariii.s Kepublic, N. G.: 
 
 On l)ehalfof Mrs. Garfield, 1 thank you for your telegram. The 
 President's condition is ver\ ci'itical. 
 
 ROBERT T. LINCOLN, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 
 rilK IIOWAKI) ASSOCIATION. 
 
 The members of this Society, of world-wide fame, held their annual 
 meeting on the 4th and elected the following otlicers : For president, 
 liial veteran " Howard," James ;N[. Vandegrifi'; vice-president, Gen. 
 I' red. N. Ogden ; secretary, F. R. Southmayd ; treasurer. S. B. New- 
 man. The following dispatch was sent to Washington, as expressive 
 of the sentiments ol' the " Howards :" 
 
 Hull, .laiiu'.s c;. liUiine. Seeietar.\- of SUtte : 
 
 The Howard Association of New Orleans, in annual meeting assem- 
 bled, desire to express thi'ir deep .sympathy for the J^resident in the 
 t<'riible calamity which has befalleii him aiiil, through him, our whole 
 <-oiin(ry ; their ferventdesire and prayer for his recovery ; their execra- 
 tion ami condenniation of (he crime; and further tender their heart- 
 felt .•sympathies witii, and prayers for, his stricken family in their deep 
 atlliction. 
 
 F. \i. SOUTHMAYD, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 I'Hi; CKN'I'KAL HANCOCK CLUH, 
 
 wiiirji was ori:aiii/.ed in isds, with branches throughout the State, had 
 
I'TNEKAL (;ERJ;M(>NIKS. 1.) 
 
 a lai'ui'lv a(ti'ii<lc(l iiu'ctiiii;' J. I'iiickucy Siuitli, lucsidciil , and Win 
 McN'icar, sccrc(ary. The lollowini;- resolutions were iiuaniinously 
 a(lo|))c'(l, and I'orwank'd to Scci'clary l>lainc: 
 
 /iV .so/rrY /. Tliat the (Mult lias lieard with |irolouii<i rctiict and dt't'|M'sl 
 iiidijiiiatioii of tlu' atteinpt on the life of (ho I'lvsidcnt. In (toninion 
 with tln' |H'o|»k' of the whoir coniniunity we join in the universal eoii- 
 deinnalion, and also in the expression of warmest syin|>Hthy with the 
 Tresident and hisdevoted family in this, the hour of their sad alTliel ion. 
 
 /iCKolrcd^ 'J'liat the prayers of the ( 'iuh will ijonptothe "diodof 
 all " to spare and preserve the life of our I'resideiil, to the end that tiie 
 honor and integrity of Amerieaii institutions may he sustained, and 
 that the administration of the uovernmeiil under his eonservati\-e. 
 wise and just control, may forever unite the people of e\t'iy section of 
 the country in one common destiny, and eftiice the ia-^t vesti;^eof see- 
 tionalisni. 
 
 ViW. VWXSWWM OV (OM^IKHCK, 
 
 the oldest chartered association of our merchants, took the roljowinu 
 action, through its acting President; 
 
 Nkw ()hi,I',.\ ,\s, .Jul;,- H, isM. 
 'I'o tlif Hon. .las. (i. I'.laiiH', St^crelary of State: 
 
 Sir — I have the honor tm behalf of the Chamher of Commerce of 
 New Orleans, to address you the expressions of their sym|iatliy and of 
 their condolence for tlie calamity which has threateiieil the country in 
 the attempted assassination of the President. 
 
 The attempted assassination of the President of the I'nited States 
 has tilled the civilized world with horror, and the citizens of the I'nited 
 States with indignation and shame, that a miscreant capable of imagin- 
 insr such a crime should he found within their limits. 
 
 The Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans returji their sincere 
 H'ratitude to Almighty God that he has thus far vouchsafed the liope 
 that the Chief Magistrate of the Republic may be sj^ared, and the 
 country relieved froiu the re^jroach which the consummation of an 
 act so dreadful might have brought upon it. 
 
 The (Chamber hereby tender their sincere ,symj)athy to President 
 (lartield and to his family for the suttering and anxiety through which 
 they have passed. 
 
 They trust that a public and impartial trial will exonei'ate any 
 from complicity in the knowledge of the act; and that a legal verdict 
 may visit upon the crimiiial himself a Just retribution for having 
 attempted a crime foreign to the character of our institutions, ami 
 abhorrent to the sentiment of our whole peo])le, without regard to 
 race, party or section. 
 
 Very respectful! v, 
 
 K. S. HOWARD, 
 
 Vice President 
 
 THE HANCOCK ASSOCIATION, 
 
 organized in 1SH(», under the leadership of Ex-Gov. John McEnery, — 
 held a special meeting at their headquarters, on the od, — Hon. R. W. 
 Adams as Secretary. The President spoke of the sad ni-ws from Wash- 
 
l(i HISTORY OK THE 
 
 iiinloii. ami aslu'd tlu- inciulicrs to inaiiitVsl their sympathy for the 
 President in .some appropriate form. Kx-Mayor I. W. Patton there- 
 iijion oflercd the tollo\viii« resolutions, wliich were luianimously 
 adtiplid, and oidercd to lie telegraphed to Secretary Blaine: 
 
 lie il ivxo/red, That the reeent attempt to assassinate President 
 (lartield has been received and is regarded by the members of this 
 Association and l)y their relU)\v countrymen as a great calamity to the 
 nation. It arouses in tiic l>reasts of all patriotic citizens the prf)- 
 foundcst sorrow and sympathy for the l*resident and his family, and, 
 also, grave anxieties for tiie tn)ul)les and turmoils that may result to 
 the Kepul)lic from so horril)le a crime. 
 
 fir If i-cNo/r((/, That we cherish the most earnest and sincere hopes, 
 and unite witii all good j)eople in their fervent i>rayers, for the recovery 
 of llic President from his great attiiction. 
 
 TJIl<: CO'J'TON KXCHANGE 
 
 sent I lie I'dlldwing dispatch : 
 
 New Okleais's, July o, l.ssi. 
 
 I'.. 11(111. .Ill s (i. lihiino, S<iT(t;!r.v oistaie, Wa.shinj^ton, D. C: 
 
 In i)clialfof the New Orleans ("otton Exchange, I desire to express 
 I be indignation ami horror experienced by its members at the dastardly 
 act of Ww assassin wliicli I breatens the life of a great and good man. 
 The President and his family have our siiicerest sympathies, and we 
 earnestly join in the universal prayer that the Almighty may see tit 
 to sjiare liini. 
 
 THUS. L. AJREY, 
 President N. O. Cotton Exchange. 
 
 IIIK I'KODrclO EXC'HAXOK 
 liiu-- expressed itsel I' : 
 
 Xk\\- ()kj.I':ans, July ■), I8.sl. 
 
 To Ilun. .1. »i. UUtiiic, .Si'<-icli)r,v. Wiiishiiijitoii : 
 
 The New Orleans Produce Exchange have heard witii painful 
 soiTow and indignation of the dastardly attempt on the life of the 
 I'i'esident of the llnited States, and ti\ey desire to express through you 
 to our wortliy President and his family dee{t symi>athy in their 
 dislri>siiiu ealamity, jind to Join their prayers with those of the whole 
 count r\ foi- liis prompt and full recoverv. 
 
 W. M. SMALI.WOOD, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 TIIK r.O.VKI) OF 1:N1)KHVVKITERS, 
 
 oiH' of our oldest liiisiness organizations, sent the following telegram : 
 
 Office Boaki> of Underwriters, ) 
 New Orleans, July 6, 1881. I 
 
 .1. <.i. Blaine, !Secretar.\ , WasliinKtoii : 
 
 The Board of Underwriters of the City of New Orleans extend 
 to tlie President and his family, and the Cabinet, its profound sorrow 
 for the great disaster which has fallen upon the country. It earnestly 
 prays that tile life of the President may be spared, aiid that he may 
 be pernutted to continue to guide the destinies of our united countrv. 
 
Tin; YOUNt^ MION'S CHKISTTAN ASSOCI A'J'ION, 
 
 held their regular (]uarterl.y meeting, on the evening of the. jth of July, 
 vice-president, B. T. Walshe, in the ehair, and VVn). W. Crane, secre- 
 tary. Mr W. C.'. iiayniond addressed tiie meeting, referring to the 
 attempted assassination of President (Jarlield, and moved tiie appoint- 
 ment of a committee to give expression to the sympathetic feeling of 
 the Association. The motion was unanimously adopted, and the Chair 
 a|)poiuted Messrs. W. C. Raymond, ^Y. H. J)rury, W. C. Slveperd, Van 
 K K. Hilliard, and M. M. Greenwood, a.s the committee. They 
 reported as follows : 
 
 Rexolved, That in the fearful and dastardly crime perjietrated 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 as superior to 
 the higher interests of the whole conisnunity. 
 
 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 as 
 the arbiters and rulers of life and enthrone them in power. 
 
 Resolved, That the perpetuity of our form of constitutional govern- 
 ment demands a hold 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- 
 ereigntv over us as a people. 
 
 Resolved, That our feelings of tenderest sympathy are hereby 
 extended to the wife and ftimily of our honored President, the chief 
 magistrate of our whole country ; and that we unite ouj 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 tfl 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." 
 
IN . HISTOKY OF THE 
 
 IX THK SYXA(i()<aTK. 
 
 A s|iefi:il service was lield in I lie Toino Kynaj^o^iie. on ( 'aroiidelet 
 street. (Hi the eveiiiii,<>' ot July ")lli, tooller iii)i)rayer lor the recovery of 
 the l'resi(U'iit. Kahlii I. \j. lAUcht i-oiKliicted the services. His feeling 
 prayer, invoking the A linigiity's aiil for tlie wounded FiXecutive, was 
 responded to l»y tlie whole ciMigregation with a fervent " Amen." His 
 eloijueiit address, in wliich the universal synii)athy for the President 
 and his family, and the universal indignation at the dastardly act that 
 hrougiit him low were strongly expressed, was listened to by the 
 numerous assembly with jjrofouud attention. 
 
 Till' Rabbi of Temi)le Sinai, tlu' Kev. Jas. K. (Jutheim, was 
 iibseiit from the city, or similar service Would certainly liave beeu held 
 there. 
 
 OL'K COLORKL) CITIZENS 
 
 were i)romi)t and zealous in giving shape and form to their sorrowful 
 feelings, on receipt of the melancholy news. 
 
 Great preiJaration had been made for the dedication, on tiie 4tli of 
 July, of the new Hall of the St. James (MEriioDi.sr) 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 connneiu-ement of the ceremonies ai'rived, 
 the Pastor of the Cha))el, iiev. A. M. Green, aiinounced 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 Ofticers of the Chapel and the Academy, 
 to hold a meeting, through which the assembly could manifest its syjn- 
 l)athy for the stricken President. 
 
 This was acceded to, and Rev. Mr. Green was appointed chair- 
 nxnu ; Col. James Lewis, Dr. J. V. Newman, N. Jefferson, Hon. A. J. 
 Dumont, S. Wakefield, Edward Thomi)son, and Hon. Wm. M. Bur- 
 well, vice-i)residents ; W. G. Brown, H, C. C Astwood, P. Travigne, 
 T. iS. 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 OEKEMONIEB. 19 
 
 Tlie resolutions,— wiiicli were directed to be traiisiuitted to the 
 Tresideiit's fiimily, through the Secretary of State,— expressed, in the 
 most earnest and feeling manner : 
 
 " The horror of tiie colored jteople of tiie City of New Orleans and 
 of the iState of Louisiana, at the attenii)ted assassination, and the 
 public calamity involved in it; their sorrow in connnon with the 
 ])eopleof the entire Union for the 'beloved President;' their jirayers 
 for his deliverance, and their heart-felt sympathy for his family, 
 csiiccially for his faithful wife." The closing- ri'solution was: " That, 
 witii 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 ()th of July, the Ministijrs' Co-Opkrative Asso<Ix\.tion, 
 of the Third District of the city, held a meeting, and forwarded to 
 Secretary Blaine resohitions 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 
 recpiest to the fourteen churches and congregations represented— 
 Methodist, Baptist, Congregational— to "coiitinue in prayer for the 
 President's recovery." 
 
 On the4th July, theCENTKAi. Concjhegationaj., Church, Pastor, 
 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 express our heartfelt sympathy to his family in this sad event. 
 
 Besolved, That we offer our fervent prayers lo the Almighty for 
 the speedy recovery of this kind-hearted man, brave husband and 
 father, patriot and statesman. 
 
 H, E. p. AUiert and J. H. Hall, Pastors in charge. 
 
 CHAS. B. WILSON, Secretary. 
 
 And, on the oth 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 
 
 Besolved, That we extend to President Garfield and family our 
 earnest sympathies. While we bow in humble submission 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. 
 
■Ji) IllsiOKV ()]" THE 
 
 im;si>().\sk i'kom w ash i .\<;!'<).\. 
 
 (Ml ilu iih ,hil_v. (ii'ii. MrMiilrii, our Postiiiastei-, a loiiu- tiiiif 
 
 IMT.si.ii.'il liitiid oi' Picsiiit'iif (iaiiieiil -tele;;ra])he<l lo Postiiia.stt-i-- 
 
 Cciicral James a -tati'iiient of the proi'otiiKl synipaliiy of New Orleaiiis 
 
 and I lie Stale .'or \\i<- I'r.sii'eiil and lus laniiiy, and their fervent hope 
 
 for t he sti ieken ( 'hief Maivi>trate's recovery. The reply \va« as follows : 
 
 IC.VKcuTivK Mansion, • 
 
 Washington, D. C, July 4. j 
 
 Hon. \V. 1.. .VU-Millfu. New uvU'aa.s, 1-a.: 
 
 L'he touchinj-^ expressions of syn)pa(liy on hehalf of the people of 
 the city of New Orleans and the State at large, will be conveyed to the 
 l're.--ideMt an<l Mr^. tiarrteh'. 
 
 I'HOS. L. .1,\MES. I'ostniaster-Cxeneral. 
 
 THE END. 
 
 I'or eigiity ila^s— eighty long, hot, weary day.s and night.>* — the 
 whole civilized world, it nifiy i)e truly said, watched by the bedside of 
 the wounded President. 
 
 (^rowned heads, following liie prompt and 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 i>rotherly interest in this most representative of 
 President.s, .so causelessly a victim to individual malice. 
 
 The subjects of these crowned heads,— the citizens of these other 
 Uepublics, — manifested Jn the nio.st convincing manner their sincere 
 sympathy for the wounded leader of fifty millions of free citizens. 
 Tln'y could not l)ut be astounded and dismayed at the catastrophe ; for, 
 if the Executive of the greatest of Republics was to be no safer from 
 a.ssassi nation 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 cue 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 
 
i'UNERAL CEREMONIES. 21 
 
 erected by the Fathers. Tlie victim's cnvii incinorahlr wonls were still 
 true — "God reij^ned ; and tlu- Ooveriiiiu-nt -lill liv('<l." Tlie peopii' 
 felt thai it would ever live. 'I'iiey felt, too, that t here was no JNorth now, 
 and no 8outh--no Hast and no We.st. They wire united as one j)eople, 
 by one invisible but all powerhil 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, bnsines-*, industrial or profes- 
 sional po.sition, were forgotten. 
 
 From the St. Lawrence to tlie Gull, froai tlic Atlantic to the 
 Pacific, old and young, r'u-h and poor, native-born and lorcigu-born 
 listened eagerly, hour after hour and day after day. for the bulletins 
 from the sick rooni in the White House -now giuddcneu by news thai 
 the President was bettei-, now saddened by news tliat lie was worse. 
 
 Yet, strange to say, the People clung to hope when even the phy- 
 sicians appeared to despond, and the last, fatal monjcnt 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 his sufferings,— despite the repeated 
 deathly relapses— that they believed, with him and his heroic wife, 
 that he would yet win the tight- 
 
 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 and 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 he 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 for those it lo\ed so 
 ardently, and who could do nothing for it now. 
 
 That pain of death sent a pang through the heart of the world. It 
 still lingers in every manly American heart. 
 
mSTOKV OF THE 
 
 On Monday ni^lit, Septeniber 19tli — in the cottage by tlie seaside, 
 where lie lia»l gone to regain strength and liealtli from old oeean's life- 
 giving breezes — the President breathed his last. 
 
 Shortly belore 1(1 o'eloek^ — in rej)ly to his physician's eiKiuiry if he 
 Iflt in any way uneoinfortable — he said, " Not at all." A minute or so 
 later, he fell asleep. At 10 o'clock, the Attorney Geneial telegraphed 
 to Minister Lowell, at London, reassuring news. 
 
 Fii'teen minutes later the President awoke. His old friend Swain, 
 
 who iiad watched by liis bedside so many nights, was alone in the room 
 
 with him, still faitiifuUy watching the thin form and emaciated face. 
 
 He awoke with the death-pang upon him. " Oh, Swain I" he said, 
 
 pressing his hand on his heart, " the pain ! the pain !" 
 
 Soon he was, happily, um^onscious ; he felt the pain no longer. 
 A little later on the silence was broken only by the sobs of the 
 patient, devoted wife. The i)hysician solenmly said : " It is ended !" — 
 and James A. (jartield had i)assed to his final vest. 
 
 He was born on the nineteenth day of the month ; he had long 
 represented in Congress the Nineteenth Ohio District; and he had 
 been jnomoted to a Major (generalship for gallantry at bloody Chicka- 
 mauga, on the P)th Septeml)er, isC.;]. He 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 his own death came true. 
 
 NEW orlp:ans in mourning. 
 
 A few hours after, the melancholy event wa,s made known to the 
 ])eoph' of this city l)y the Daily Papers, whose editorials reflected 
 in the most elo(|uent terms and impressive manner the sentiments of 
 their tens of thousands of readers. It must suttice for this record to 
 present only extracts froin the.se articles. 
 
THE PICAYUNE. 
 
 Tliroughout the broad confines of this great kind there was nauglit 
 but sincere respect for liis authority among the masses, and earnest 
 wishes in the liearts of nearly all her (-iti/ens that his administration 
 might prove a, hapi)y one for'himsclf, 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 his death will make his 
 countrymen better and exalt his people. On the (U'ep grief wiiich fills 
 every part of our land there will follow a broatier patriotism and a 
 stronger purpose to make the Republic continue to deserve the loyalty 
 of its citizens and the respect of all mankind. 
 
 THi; TIMES. 
 
 We have lost a man for whom not only his great seat of authority 
 but his catholic motives as disclosed in his put>lic utterances, com.- 
 manded respect. * * * 
 
 James Abram (xartield goes back from the scorch and tumult of 
 public life to a shaded ([uiet like that in which he was born. Hence- 
 forth, he lives a memory— and though he was permitted to accomplish 
 but little during his Presidential service, by his death he has given to 
 his countrymen a deeper scrutiny into thonselves : amost precious 
 service. * * * 
 
 The assassin has lifted his victim to a sad but lofty eminence in 
 the aftections of his countrymen— and possibly has brought the jieo]>le 
 of all sections of the country neai-er together in a common sorrow than 
 they have been brought witliin the previous lialf 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 long put to 
 shame the age his existence cursed — but a strong, big-hearted man, full 
 of warm sympathies and lofty purposes ; tit 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 be 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 atttiction. 
 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. ^^ * * jf 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 
 
21 lllriTOKY OF TU£ 
 
 even this spirit of |)aitisaiislii|) liad entirely given j^lace to the horror 
 universally fell at tlie cowardly attenij>t upon his life. He did not long 
 enjoy this lofts consolation, butitmust have.soothed his last moments. 
 
 THK GKKMAN GAZKTTE. 
 
 James A. Garfield had become dear to the American people, as one 
 uf those of its Presidents who had elevated himself from the common 
 walks of llfi', by his own abilities and energy, through his own diligence 
 ami intellect, to the loftiest position attainable b^' the free citizen of 
 America. * * * * jr 
 
 Vpou his administration, from the time of liis entering upon his 
 otHcial duties, up to July the 2(1, no one will think of passing a Judg- 
 ment. The President had hardly seized the helm of State, when the 
 bullet oftheassasin reached him. 
 
 ^Ve know, however, that Gartied, as a man of multifarious knowl- 
 edge and of many years' experience in the public .service, was notonlj' 
 capaltle, i)Ut also full of endeavor, to give to this country a good and 
 conscientious administration. * * " - 
 
 Could his life have been saved, he would liave Ijccome the most 
 popular President this country has ever seen. 
 
 Not alone the heroism which Garfield disi)layed upon his couch of 
 pain, but also tiie self-s.icrificing love with whii^h his wife, — who, her- 
 self, had hardly recovered from severe sickness, nursed Inm — the family 
 picture of tlie late I'resident, in its entirety— has made an ineffaceable 
 impression upon the entire American nation, and l)rought about a 
 most wholesome and elevating etlect. 
 
 Tile American People will prote(;t the mourning survivors of their 
 murdered President in the noblest manner, and keep forever in honor 
 the memory of Jajnes .\. (iarlield. 
 
 p;VKXIN(; ("[TV ITKM. 
 
 The last oflicial bidletin 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 tlie sad news to a sorrowing 
 public. ■' * -^ James Abram Gartield will live in 
 
 the memory of his pople a,s a brave and true man— suffering all the 
 tortures of a martyrdom without complaint, and preserving to the last 
 hour of Ills life the strong spirit of kindne.ss that had always marked 
 his condu(;t to others. Hissuficrings, borne unnuirmuringly, endeared 
 him to the nation. 
 
 KVKXING STATKS. 
 
 In his Ijrief 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 wliole i>eople with a high sense of his full appreciation of the 
 respojisibilities of the chief magistrate of the greatest Republic in the 
 world. 
 
 JHis nuuily bearing under his sudden and terrible atttiction, warmed 
 tills s( iitiment into an allectionate regard and admiration for the man 
 and Cliristian. Around the cold and shrunken corpse of the, but a 
 few wet'ks 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 
 prayei' : 
 
 ''Bequieacat in Pace.'''' 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 25 
 
 THK PUBLIC EDIFTCES. 
 
 In the iJiiblic editii-es, the offleers did not await otlic-ial advices or 
 iustruetious ; but, of their own accord and spontaneously, promptly 
 look steps to drape the various buildings in niourninj^. 
 
 At the U. B. Mint, on Esplanade street, by order of Superintend- 
 ent M. V. Davis, business was suspended at an early hour and the 
 massive editice placed in sable garb. 
 
 The U. 8. Q,UAKTER-M ASTER and Pav-Mastkk's Offices, on 
 Camp street, — U. S. Commissakv's otfice and depot, on Magazine 
 street,— U. S. Light House office, on Union street,— IT. S. Engineer's 
 office, on Oanal street,--and IT. 8. SHiPPiNf; ComjussiOxXEk's office, 
 on Decatur street, displayed the national rtag, gatliered 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 BuiIjDINg, 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, like Gen, 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. B. 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, Gauger'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." 
 
L'O HISTORY Ol^^ THK 
 
 Hon. Mollis Marks, Collector of Internal Revenue, then offered a 
 motion lliat : "'I'lu' various Federal Offices be closed this day, as aniark 
 orn'spcct to the late IMcsident of the United Rtates." 
 
 i'liis was uiiaiiiinoiisly adopted, and the meeting adjourned. 
 
 All llic (.niccs were closed |)re(Msely at twelve o'cl()(!k ; and then, 
 under the supervision of tlie Heads of Departments, the work of decor- 
 atinu licjj^an. It was zealously i)articipated in by all the clerks and 
 oth«'r employees, who cheerfully contributed their time, labor and 
 money to carry out the plans of their ciiiefs. The result was, that ere 
 loni^ tlie vast fiiindte edifice was di'aited on all four of its lofty facades, 
 clear around the s<juare, with broad l)ands and festoons of black and 
 white clotii, that hung also from the deep embrasures of the long tiers 
 of windows, and around the wide portals — j)roducing a most striking 
 and siiiizularly imposing effect. 
 
 Witliin the Building, each of the numerous halls, corridors and 
 ollices was tastefully decorated. Under the superintendence of Mr. 
 .1. M. Tomlinson, Gen. Badger's chief clerk, the draping of the mag- 
 nificent central marble hall was executed with great taste. The 
 entrance to it was festooned with black and white streamers, and 
 witiiin, 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 
 tlieir 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 
 ( 'anal, 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 canoijy of dra- 
 jjery. 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 
 
FUNERAL CJJKEMONIES. 27 
 
 moss was placed around the base and studded with How<'rs, niaUins;- a 
 most beautiful Horal display, which was renewed from day to day until 
 the funeral. 
 
 To the right of the lobby was a tablet bearing tiie inseription, 
 
 In M k m o k 1 a m . 
 
 DIED, 
 
 September 19th, ISSl, 
 
 JAMES A. (JAIIFIFLD. 
 
 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 sti'eet, business was suspended 
 in all the oftices— 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 darlv dra- 
 l)ery, whilst broad black and white folds ran along the wide gallery on 
 the three fronts, on Cliartres, St. Louis and Royal streets. 
 
 Similar emblems of mourning were likewise speedily disjilayed at 
 all the other public ofltices and halls; the Recorders' Courts, the (Ut^' 
 Courts, the Criminal Courts, the Civil District CJourts, 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. 
 
 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 Comjjany 
 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. 
 
28 UlSTORY OF THE 
 
 riie Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic, at the 
 roriiLT of Custonilioiiso and De'catur streets, was amonf? the first build- 
 iii-j^s to In- plaitMl ill sable drapery on Tuesday moniinj^-. The national 
 colors wcif displayed at lialf-mast.— The deceased President had no 
 siiicerer mourners than tiie members of this numerous organization of 
 battle-tried h'ederal veterans, of wiiom he was one. 
 
 I'be broad windows and portal of the Armory and (.'lub Room 
 of that <nr2J.s iVelite, the (' >NTiNENTAl. GUARDS,— under the Odd Fel- 
 lows' Hall, on Camp 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- 
 changk:, 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 edifices. 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 : 
 
 brothek 
 
 JAMES A. GARFIELD, 
 
 a true man 
 
 and 
 
 MASON. 
 Rer/uiescat in Pace. 
 
 FLAGS AND BELLS. 
 
 Early on Tuesday morning, Chief Engineer Thos. O'Connor, of 
 the First, Sei^ond, Third and Fourth Districts P"'ire 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." 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 139 
 
 1 1\ the Sixth District Kiiv Dopurtiut'iit, by order of (,'liiel' Horace 
 V. I'hillips. tile tire bells were tolled, on the 2(nl>, from i) to iO o'clock 
 A. M., from 12 to 1 P. M., Jind ai-aiii at (> P. M., and the company tlajis 
 displayed at half-mast at the engine houses. 
 
 In Algiers— Fiftli District— and (Jarrollton— Seventii DistricI— sim- 
 ilar orders were issued to and executed by the Fire Companies. 
 
 The solemn sound of the bells, slowly lung at measured intervals 
 throughout the day, added to the general gloom. The melanciioiy 
 echoes seemed l)orne on the sighing winds from tlie far-oft' cottage 
 whose pallid, rigid inmate could hear no more neither sounds of r»- 
 joicing nor of woe. 
 
 On every thoroughfare, the hundred* of tlags, national and for- 
 eign, that are wont to be seen only on holiday anniversaries and grand 
 festival occasions, when they flutter gaily at every breath of air as 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 etfeet 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 fitting tribute from the men who live upon the waters and 
 face sudden death in so many ways, all tlieir lives, to tlie memoi-y of 
 the boy 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. 
 
 CRAPK ON THE DOOK. 
 
 Besides these mourning demonstrations of a public, or official, or 
 routine character, there was the still more significant exhibition of 
 individual feeling, spontaneous and universal, 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 inSTOKV OK THE . 
 
 Tlu-si' iiisi.miia, of ouv kind or aiiotlitT, wore seen on every house, 
 on every tlioroiiKl'tiU't'— <>"' ""' palatial rcsideuees that lined the broad 
 aveiuies ol" the wealthier and more fasliiouable sections of the city ; oji 
 tlie discolored and weather-l)eaten 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 i)rofusion long Ijands of black drapery; the 
 street cars, the floats, the drays, tlie wagons, the hacks and carriages, 
 dis})layed each their tokens of mourning. Even the luunble fruit and 
 peanut stands at the street corners, and the small push-carts, had their 
 itits of crajK'. Tlie humblest aiul i)oorest grieved ecjually with the 
 magnat<'s of the land over the sad fate of tiu'ir President. 
 
 Along the w'harves— in the foundries and machine shops— in the 
 jiiills, presses and warehouses, the thousands of sous of toil, white and 
 coloicd, were as proini)t and earnest as their employers to express their 
 sorrow for him who had iiimself been a working/iuin — who had many 
 :i tinu', like them, earned his liread l)y the strength and dexterity of 
 his arm. They felt, every nuiu of them, that their President luul 
 grandly illustrated the nohility of labor. 
 
 The Imsiness comnuuiity, also, Joined with alacrity in testifying to 
 tlicir regret for the President's untimely decease, for they were fauiilar 
 witli the record of his brilliant services in the halls of legislation on 
 (jnestions of the highest importance to commercial interests. 
 
 t^othat, in the business portion of the city, by 9 o'clock A. M., luany 
 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 buililiugs in the comnu'rcial 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 his sad fate and sincere respect for his 
 nu'inory. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 81 
 
 Before one larj^e show-window on Cuiuil street, a crowd wasf;atliered 
 all (lay. Tiie entire window was a mass of Mack. In its centre,— the 
 only liglit si)ot in it— was a life-size i)icture of tiie di'ad I'residenl, :is 
 he ai)i)e:ired wlien full of manly vigor. The crowd gazed in sad silence 
 upon tlie familiar features, which it was so dilTicult to realize were 
 now shrunken and cold in death. 
 
 A similar gathering- wasassemhleil on tiie same street heloreanol her 
 si>acious show-window that contained a strikingly end)leniatic tableau. 
 In front was a large triangle of crape. [iack of this, was a vacant 
 chair that rested on a Idack velvet platform, on which ai)peare(l, sur_ 
 rounded by iiniiiortellen, the name of the dead chieftain. The national 
 tlag, in mourning, hung behind the empty ciiair, from the top to the 
 bottom of the window, and formed an appropriate i)ackground to (lie 
 sadly imi)ressive group. 
 
 THP: HOUI.KVARI) (ANA I 
 
 Canal street, indeed, could liave been fairly selected that day as 
 emblematic of the whole city. The broad avenue,— usually so gay, and 
 lively, and crowded, — was none the less crowded now ; but a gloom 
 pervaded the grand thoroughfare that was not easy to describe, but 
 which was nevertheless deeply and widely felt. The sun shone brightly 
 on lofty edifices and wide sidewalks and green trees ; and, looking 
 from the river toward the distant swamp, there was life and color 
 and movement as far as eye could reach. But as far as 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 — climbed boldly to 
 the highest roofs — swung across the widest facades, — and seemed liter- 
 ally to swathe in funeral garb every row of the ma.ssive buildings. 
 
 Their gloomy ai:)pearance 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 i^ainter's brightest pencil. It would have tasked a master in his 
 art to fittingly present the grandly gloomy and sombre tableau of 
 Canal street on " Memorial Monday." 
 
■A'2 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 PROCEEDINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES. 
 
 At 111 (I'clork on TiK'sclay luorainu: the Board of Directors of the 
 (••I'TON ExcHA>!<iK— President Tiio.-<. L. Airey in the chair— deter- 
 mined, " wiiereas, we iiave lieard with pain and regret of the death of 
 rrcsident ( iarlield," that, "in respect to his memory the Exchange 
 he <hai)ed in nioiiniiiig, and tliat it be also closed on tlie day of the 
 fmieral." 
 
 At a siilisctini'Mt ineeling, the Direi-tors resolved as a further mark 
 of respect " to the memory of . lames A. Garfield, late President of the 
 riiiled States." tiiat " tlie Kxcliangc be closed, to-day, immediately, 
 and that the President appoint a Connuittee to draft resolutions ex- 
 ))ressive of t lie sincere regret of tlie Exchange at the public calamity 
 involved in (liedeatli of President Garfield." 
 
 Mr. Airey appointed as the Committee, Messrs. Adolphe .Schreiber, 
 T. Jj. Ijyon 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 : 
 
 Resofvcd, That the New Orleans Cotton Exchange desires to ex- 
 j)ress tlie profound grief whicli its members feel in this solemn hour, 
 wlieii the heavy hand of death has consummated the assassin's pur- 
 pose. During the few months of General Garfield's occupation of the 
 jiresidential <'hair his liberal, wise and conservative policy ; his broad 
 and all embracing national spirit, his instinctive grasp and full com- 
 preliension f)f our great political and financial problems had done much 
 to inaugurate tliat more perfect union which his death to-day cements. 
 Tile business of the nation will go onward and its prosperity remain 
 uncliecked, although a great and good man has fallen at the post of 
 (hity ; but it is to the patriotism and ability of men like our dead Pres- 
 ident tiial 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 lieioic wife. To Mrs. Garfield and her children— by this 
 great tragedy rendered, in an 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 
 inorning, President E. K. Converse in the chair, and adopted the fol- 
 lowing resolutions: 
 
FUNEJUAL CKKEMONl KW. li'.i 
 
 RrHofrrd, Tiuit this Exi*liaiij;o receives tlie news of tiie deatli of 
 IMcsidont Garfield witii sentinieiits of i)r()f()uml sorrow ; and tiiat, in 
 consideration of so ureat a national calaniity, it is ordered tliat iliis 
 i^^xclianti^e I)e closed and drai)ed in inonrninji'. 
 
 /i(S()/rrd, That in inrtiier expression of our sorrow, tills Kxchanj^e 
 lie closed on the day of the funeral of t lie President ; it is reeoinniended 
 (hat on that tlay luejuhers of this l)ody drape their business houses in 
 mourning, and that business generally i>e suspended. 
 
 A Conmiittee was then appointed, consisting of Messrs. K. K. Con- 
 verse, L. H. Fairchild and A J. (iondla, to confer with the (Jotton 
 Kxchange, Chandler of Coininerce and other coniniercial organizations, 
 to draft suitable resolutions, exiiressing the sentiments of the business 
 community at the nation's calanuty. 
 
 At the first call of the Stock PLxcHANcii;, President Tje.Sassier in 
 the chair, the members adopted the following Preamble and Resolu- 
 tions, and immediately adjourned : 
 
 Whereas, The not unexpected yet calamitous lilow has fallen upon 
 the restored happiness and peaceful progress of the American iieojile, 
 and I'resident James A. Garfield has been cut otTfrom a high career of 
 patriotic usefulness by a fell deed which shocks all the nations of the 
 earth with indignant horror; therefore be it 
 
 Resolved, That the members of this Exchange manifest by outward 
 symbols of mourinng, as they share in their inmost hearts, the great 
 grief which is universal throughout our country, and that they espe- 
 ciallyoffer to the noble wife and sorely stricken widow of the dead 
 President their tenderest symimthy in this her hour of crushing afflic- 
 tion. 
 
 Resolved, That recalling President Garfield'^ patriotic promise and 
 purpose as manifested in his inaugural message, we also remember that ; 
 
 " Whpn our souls sliall leave this dwelling, 
 The glory of one fair and virtuous action 
 Is above all the 'scutcheons on our tomt), , 
 
 Or silken banners over us." 
 
 Resolved, Jiirthcr, 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 promjitly and generally carried into execution. 
 
 At the regular meeting of the Auxij^iaby Hanitaky Associa- 
 tion on Thursday evening, September 22d, Vice President Edward 
 Fenner in the chair, it was resolved, out of " resi)ect 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, 
 •1 
 
'.U HISTOKV OF THE 
 
 auiiiniiicfd tliat llif Hoani wmild adjourn out of respect to the iiiemoi'y 
 of the late I'rcsidciil He said (iiat one oC (he hist messages penned hy 
 till' ilcad cliicl' was one to tlie Jioard ot Heiiltli, which was couched in 
 kind and coiirlcous terms. 
 
 Mr. 1. N. ?>hiiks (lien otlered the fohowing, which was approved : 
 
 Tile deatli oldie head of a great naticni is at all tiiiies, and under 
 t lie most ameliorating circumstances a calamity; but when the disaster 
 comes in tlie terrible guise of assassination, the event assumes a sliape 
 that deprives luiman utterance of adecjuate expression. The manner 
 of the deatli of James A. (lartield, the lionored President of tlie 
 riiiled .-states, is as startling to the ])nbli(; nnnd as it is injurious to the 
 national reputation. On no pijrtion of our country does tliis Itlow fall 
 with such tcrribU- force as it does upon the South. The Southern i)eo- 
 ple were united in the belief that had his life been spared, James A. 
 ( Jarlield would have been the President of tlie nation, though a leader of 
 a party, and they were prepared to give him their cordial support and 
 contidence. This mysterious dispensation of Pntvidence, therefore, 
 badles human wisdom and dehes mortal scrutiny. A\'e can but bow 
 with reverential submission to this irrevocable and stern decree. 
 
 The State Hoard of Health of Louisiana, uniting with tht other 
 jiublic 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 
 
 /iV so/rrr/, That the State Board of Health of Louisiana, in common 
 with the citizens of our entire land,sincei-ely deplore the great loss that 
 mir united country has sustained. 
 
 R( solved, 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 lifty millions of freemen will in pari 
 console them for their irreiiarable hiss. 
 
 lirso/rrd, That this memorial bespread in full ui)on the minutes. 
 
 At a meeting of the Nkw (Jki.eans Clearing Housk, President 
 !•:. L. Carriere 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, liiitii of September, in order to give aji opportunity to those con. 
 ncclcd with the various banking institutions to participate in the 
 pid.lic funeral ceremonies, which, it liad been determined by the 
 City Authorities, would be held on that day. 
 
 At the mouthy reception of the YoiiNd Men's Christian Asso- 
 ciAi'ioN, oil Tuesday evening, September 20th, Mr. William T. Hardie 
 ill the chair, resolutions were adojited expressive of the profound 
 r<gret with which (lu'sad news from Ellieron was received, and the 
 reception was i)ostponed to the following week. 
 
 Ai ih. iiiceting of Federal Officials, luadon the 2()th of .Septeui- 
 Ipcr ill tin- ollicc of the Collector of Customs, and at which General 
 
Hadj^iT, Hon. ISIr. Diimoiit, Marshal Wliartoii and otlicrs were pi-cscnl, 
 
 tlu' Ibllowin.i'- preamble and lesoUilions were adoitd-d : 
 
 ]\'/i< /-ras, The })e<)i)le of the I'nited Slates have heen called on lo 
 lament the death of their chosen ( 'hii'f INIayistrate, and 
 
 \V/i('ft((.s, The eminent public services oT the deceased Statesman 
 and Executive were such as to place him on the pinnacle of tame l»y I he 
 side of the most illustrious of the nation's I'residents ; therefore he it 
 
 A'«.so//v (/, By the Itepuhlicans of the State of Louisiana, through 
 their Executive Cominittee, that we join with the people ofoui' sister 
 States, and with humanity throujihout the civilized world, in expres- 
 sions of 2>rofound sorrow at the calamity which deprived tlie Repuhlic 
 of a beloved President. 
 
 Jie it farther rcHol red. That we deplore this loss not only in our 
 collective capaoity but as individual citizens, and that we will forever- 
 embalm in our hearts the name and memory of our de}»arted States- 
 man and President. 
 
 Be it further re.^otved, That we extend our sympathy to the 
 bereaved wife of the illustrious deceased, his aged mother and sorrow- 
 ing- children. 
 
 The SUB-EXECUTIVK COMMITTKK OK THE REPUBLICAN STATE 
 
 Central Committee met, Hon. W. M. Burwell, chairman, and 
 adopted the followiug 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 tlie deceased Execu- 
 tive render his untimely taking off a loss to be ranked by the side of 
 the most illustrious deacl 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 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. 
 
 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 has robbed us of our 
 beloved and honorable Chief Magistrate, James Abram Garfield ; 
 therefore, be it 
 
 Resolved, That we, the members of the Parish Executive Comr 
 mittee, of the Parish of Orleans, and in behalf of the Republican 
 
3t> HISTORY OF THE 
 
 party (»(" said paiisli, how in (•lii'isaiicc to the will of the Divine 
 I'l'ovideiice, rccliiii; and i<n()\\ int; as we do that "death loves u shining 
 mark," and heinn coiinizant of'tlic many virtues of the lamented dead. 
 For in word, in eonvei-sation, in charity, in sjjirit, and in i)urity he 
 was a " shinin<4 inaik." Further 
 
 lifHitlnd^ That we extend to his heroic and heieaved widow and 
 orphan ciiildreii our uiitrameled sy]n])athy, and commend them to 
 Him w iio "temj)ers the wind to the shorn lam I)," and who is "a husband 
 to the widou and a fathtu' to the ori)han." 
 
 What action was taken hy numerous othei' rei)resentative organi- 
 zations, civic and nulitary, on receipt of the news of the Presi 
 dent's death will ajipcai' in tiie Api^KNDix, in connection svith sketches 
 of those Associations. 
 
 AT JWV. C1T\- H ALL. 
 
 At an early hour on the morning of Tuesday, .September 2oth, 
 Mavoh Siiaksi'eark directed that all business be suspended in the 
 various Departments of the ('ity Hall, and that the building be placed 
 in mourning. 
 
 The ordei' was promptly carried into execution the latter portioJi 
 of it being superintended in |)erson by Administrator Guillotte, in 
 charge of Public Puildings. The national flag was lowered to half- 
 ma.st on the tall staff that risi's sky-ward from the ajiex of the temple- 
 shaped ediliee; and vohnninous folds of sond)re drapery hung dowJi 
 from capital to base of the lofty columns, classic in design, that 
 front the Hall. 
 
 Shortly after noon on Tuesday, the City C!oum-il assendile«l for its 
 regular weekly session. Pre.sent : 
 
 JNlAVoK Jos. A. SiiAKSi'KAUK, ])residing ; 
 
 AuMiNisTRATOK K. T. \Val.shk, of the Department of Finance, 
 Admini.stratoh AV. E. Htokk, of the Department of Accounts, 
 Ai>ministhatoh VVm. F\\(iAN, of the Deiiartment of Commerce, 
 Administkatok p. Mkai.ey, of the Department of Police, 
 Ad.ministkatok Dki.amokr, of tiie Department of Assessments, 
 Ai).MiNrs'i'KAT()i{ John Fitzi'atrick, of the Department of Im- 
 provements, 
 
 Ad.ministkatok .1. V. (ii'iLi.oTTK, of the De])artment of Public 
 I'.uildings and Water Works. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 37 
 
 Tlio Mayor, after tlio rallino- of the roll and readiiiij: of the nihmtes, 
 said : 
 
 " (Teiitleiiu'ii, we have tliis day been informed of tlie death of the 
 President of our country. I tiiink this ( 'ouneij should take such action 
 as will show our res))ecl for tlie departed and our great regret at the 
 sad event." 
 
 Whereujton Adniinist ralor Walshe presented a resolution, whicli 
 was adopted, that as a mark of respect for the dead President, the 
 Council, without transacting any business, would a<ljourn until the 
 following day. 
 
 Throughout the day, (juiet reigned supreme in tiie usually busy 
 City Hall, tts numerous occupants, like those in the other public 
 offices, — Fedei-al, State and Municipal,— shared in the feeling of gloom 
 and sorrow tliat prevaded the entire community. 
 
 The Mayor said subsequently, in a conversation with a journalist, 
 that, tiiough not unexi)ected, the announcement of the death of the 
 President had sliocked him almost as much as had tlie first news of 
 the assassin's attempt. — " He could only express," he said in addition, 
 " his sincere regret at the unfortunate termination of vvlnit had jtrom- 
 ised to be a great career." 
 
 Tlie Administrators joined in considering the President's death as 
 a great calamity, especially to the South, where the beneficial effects 
 of |his 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 unaniiuous sentiment. 
 
 CITY council's condolence. 
 
 On Wednesday, September 21st, the Council again met ; and the 
 following Resolutions, introduced by Administrator Walshe, were 
 unanimously adopted: 
 
 Wherea!^, 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 exxiression be made of our 
 sorrow, and becoming honors rendered to the memory of the illustrious 
 dead ; therefore, be it 
 
 liesolred, 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 tlie United States, we mourn the deniise of a man of 
 
38 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 liii;li ami t'xultfd iittaiiiinciits, of lofty pui'ijosi', of luajeatic strength ; 
 ol a chief iiiaf;istrate whose serene self- res peet, geiitie dignity and 
 det-p patriotism seem like a magieian's waud to have spread a bond of 
 universal coiirKlence ;ind accord around a people divided by fears and 
 prejudices and dissensions ; — of a statesman wh^se comprehensive 
 grasp of heart and ndnd, enlightened Ity experience and study, 
 responded as by intuition to the demands of ids " lugh office," through 
 which lie promistMJ to raise our country to a iieight of digiuty, peace 
 and hai»i)iness unparalleled in the history of nations. 
 
 Jiisu/rti/^ That personally his memory should be revered as an 
 example of that perlect manhood and individual development and 
 su<-cess which are at once the possibility and pride of American institu- 
 tions. 
 
 Ji'f'fio/rrd, That our grief is deepened and our sorrow Intensitied by 
 tlie untimely and unnatural manner of his ileatli, whieh entitles the 
 bereaveil family of the deceased to all the comfort and consolation that 
 the spontaneous sympathy of a nation can present. 
 
 Jiisolvcd, That the sincerity of our sym])athy and resijeet be attested 
 by such demonstrations of mourning and honor as are suitable to the 
 event ; that all pultlic buildings be appropriately draped in symbols of 
 mourning for a period of thirty days ; and that the people be invited 
 to observe the day wliich may be tixed for tiie consignment of tlie 
 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- 
 foiinance of appropriate religious rites and ceremonies in their respec- 
 tive places of worship. 
 
 /i'rso/rcd, That it is the sense of the City Council that on said day 
 public obsecjuies be rendered in some formal inanner by the People of 
 the City under the auspices of the City Council, at which all public 
 a.ssociations, 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 connnunication with representatives of 
 l)ublic organizations, in what manner and to what extent the intended 
 ceremonies can be carried out,— with full power, in conjunction with 
 such i)ublic organizations or societies, to make necessary arrangements, 
 if it should be concluded to make such formal demonstrations. 
 
 Jicsotved, 'j'hat 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 tlie bed of 
 sullering exalted the sanctity of domestic ties and gained theaft'ection of 
 every household in the land. 
 
 Jif: it j'lirthrr rcNo/ofxl, That an attested copy of these resolutions 
 be transmitted to the Hon. James G. Blaine, Secretary of State. 
 
 MORE DIRECT ACTION. 
 
 On Thursday inoinitig, 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, Keligious, and Military Or- 
 ganizations to assemble that evening in the Mayor's Parlor, City Hall, 
 for the |)urpose of consulting on the best method of paying the pro- 
 posed tribute to the dead President. 
 
Tlii.s preliiniiuiry ineetiiiti' was lield :i( 7 o'clock P. M. Tliere 
 were present the following' citizens: 
 
 (tEN. a. S. Badgkk, C'ollector of the Toit ; 
 
 Ma.i. (Jkn. W.J. Bejian, connnanding the First Division, State 
 National Guard ; 
 
 Bkkj'k (tEn'i. John Gi.ynn, Jr., coninianding the First Jirigade 
 of the First Division, S. N. G.; 
 
 Brig'k Gen'e AnoLrn Mevek, connnandinii the Second Brigade 
 of the First Division, S. N. (t!.; 
 
 Coii. John B Richardson, commanding tlie Washington Artill- 
 ery Battalion, and President of the Louisiana Division, Benevolent 
 Association, Veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia; 
 
 Major John Auuustin, staft'of the C'rescent Regiment of Infan- 
 try, and President of the Louisiana Division, Benevolent Association-, 
 Veterans of the Army of Tennessee ; 
 
 Cai'tain WiivLiAM Pierce, commanding the Continental Guards; 
 
 Mr. R. S. Howard, Vice President, and Acting President of the 
 N. O. Chamher 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. Ij. Carrjere, 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. Hoi^YiiAND, of the Masonic Grand Consistory ; 
 
 Mr. Thomas O'Connor, Chief p:]nginecr of the Fire Department ; 
 
 Hon. C. F. Buck, Attorney of the City ; and 
 
 Adnunistrators Wadshe, HuGER, Fitzi'ATRIck, Fagan, Guil- 
 DOTTE, Mealey and Dei^amore. 
 
 Mr. Theodore D. Wharton, of the N. O- Times statl", was a]j- 
 pointed Secretary pro tern. 
 
 Mayor Shakspeare took the chair, and opened the proceetliugs with 
 these brief remarks : 
 
 " Gentlemen, \ 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 res]3ected 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 (luestion is : the method and practicability 
 of the Council's resolutions. At all events, the day should be commem- 
 orated, and this is the first inception of the movement." 
 
 Gen. Behan was of the opinion that : 
 
 " Although but 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 
 
JIISTOKV OF THE 
 
 lake |>ai-t ill aii\ piililir tnTciiiDii.v lliat mij^ht he agreed on. At all 
 I'Vfiits. lio had iiili'iidi'd haviiiy salutes lired on the day of the Presi- 
 ileiU's funeral." 
 
 Gen. Badger suggested theadvisahility of having a funeral cortege. 
 
 " He reinemltered that, at the funeral of President Taylor, many 
 cities tlirougliout tlie eouiitry had demonstrations of tiie kind he sug- 
 gested, in wliieli tlie diderent eivil, military and I'eligious organiza- 
 tions partieipatt^d. He tiiougld it would he a good idea to liave some 
 >iiiiilar eerenionial in New Orleans." 
 
 Chief O'Connor said : 
 
 " He Mas satisfied tliat any action tiiat migld lie (h'cided on at tiiis 
 meeting would he universally approved, -so thoroughly aroused was 
 I he piihlic mind on the sid)ject and so coneentrated on the propriety of 
 tendering every evidence ol" respect possihle to the memory of tlie dead 
 I'residi-nt. The Mayor could issue a proclamation, calling for a gen- 
 eral ol)servance of the day. The Fire Dejiartment were ready and 
 willing, at a nionunt's notice, to aid in any movement looking to the 
 [iroper commemoration of the day on which the hurial of the President 
 takes place." 
 
 Col. J\ichar<lson otlered the use of the Hall of the Washington 
 Artillery Arsenal, on 8t. Charles street, for any in-door ceremonial 
 that might he determined on. His timely' offer was cordially accej)ted. 
 
 Gen. Badger— after various suggestions had heen made and rejected 
 
 —offered a resolution that : 
 
 " The Mayor issue a proclamation for a grand funeral j)rocession on 
 Monday, 2')tli Septend)er, in which all civic, military and other organ- 
 izations should he invited to i)articipate ; and tliat tlie Mayor api)()inl 
 the proj)er Committees to take cliarge of the i)rocession and all matters 
 <'onnected with it." 
 
 The resolution was adoi)ted un;inimously. 
 
 The Mayor thereupon a[)pointed the following 
 
 (iKNKRAIv committee: 
 
 (ten. A. S. Badger, Gen. W- J. Behan, 
 
 Judge W. R. Whitaktn-, Col. J. B. Richardson, 
 
 ('ol. Fred Holyland, Major John Augustin, 
 
 Chief Thos. O'Connor, Capt. \Vm. Pierce, 
 
 H. !S. Howard, Es((., E. K. Converse, Esq., 
 
 'I'. L. Airey, Esq., E. L. Carri&re, Esq., 
 
 selected from the citizens [)resent, and, in addition, the following: 
 
 .Judge A. Ij. Tissot, of the Civil District Court; 
 
 W. II. Lyman, President (Jrescent Insurance Company ; 
 
 W. T Hardie, President Young Men's Christian Association ; 
 
 F. Kickert, Presidi'ut (Jerman Aid Society ; 
 
 I. N. Marks, President Firemen's Charitable Association ; 
 
 F. Tujague, President L'Union Franyaise ; 
 
 B. Kelley, State Delegate, Ancient Order Hibernians ; 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 41 
 
 John Delaney, I'lcsideiit Workingmen's Association ; 
 
 Captain Win. Koy, (Jrand Army of tlie Republic ; 
 
 ilax Dinkenspiel, l^]sij., Attorney at l^aw ; 
 
 (i. H. Faj^erweather, ex-Director City Public Scliools ; 
 
 Col. James Lewis, President Republican I*arish Committee ; 
 
 Hon. A. J. Dumont, U. 8. Naval Officer of the Port. 
 
 On motion of .ludge Whitaker, the City Administrators were 
 l»liU'ed on the (Teneral Conmiittee, of which Mayor Shakspeare was 
 then made Chairman, and Administrator Walshe, Treasurer. 
 
 Tiic Mayor tlien appointed the followinii' 
 
 SUB-C().A[M1TTJ^KS : 
 
 On ArraiKjf UK nt>i — Gen. W. J. Behan. cliairman ; Gen. A. S. 
 Badger, Major John Augustin, Mr. W. II. Ijyman, and (Jhief Thos. 
 O'Connor. 
 
 On Finance— Mr. Thos. L. Airey, cliairman ; Messrs. E. L. Car- 
 rit're, R. S. Howard, F. Rickert and E. K. Converse. 
 
 Tlie Mayor, after tendering the use of his Parlor to the Committees 
 tor their headquarters, authorized the Finance Committee to draw on 
 the City Treasury for the sum of $2000 towards defraying the expenses 
 of the i)roposed ceremonies. 
 
 The meeting tlun adjourned to noon llie next day, Friday. 
 
 A 1'KOC'L.AMATION. 
 
 fn the papers of Friday morning, iSeptend)er 2od, the Mayor made 
 the following official announcement: 
 
 Whereas, Monday, the 2<ith instant, ha.s lieen 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 
 
 Whereas, By Proclamation of President Chester A. Arthur, the 
 said day has been set apart and all the peo])]e 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-mast 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 oiganizationa of 
 
IL' HISTOUY OF THE 
 
 tlic citv, :iii(l ;ill citi/.oiis iiol coniiectcd witli any suc-li organizations, 
 iakf |»;irt in such furl luT solrinn i)ii,<^eaiit as may he determined on by 
 tlic ,:;eneral "Conimitti'c of Anani^cments " ito he made known by 
 ."tlicial ainmuiifenieiit). in honor of tlie distinguisiied dead. 
 
 JOS. A. SHAKSPEAKE, Mayor. 
 
 IIIK SK('OXl) DAY. 
 
 At noon, on Friday, at t lie ( 'ommitlee meetin.Lcin tlie May or '.s Parlor, 
 tlic atli'ndanci' was lar<;e. tlic Officers of many Associations being 
 present in resjioiise (o I lie Mayor's {)roclaniation. 
 
 I'lie Mayor ca.iled tiie meeuiii;- to order; and Mr. W. .). McCali, 
 Assistant Secn'tary of llic ( 'ily ( 'onncil, \vas appointed Secretary of tiie 
 ("omniilte(>. 
 
 (ien'l [>ehan, ('hairmaii of tlie ('ommittee of Arrangements, re- 
 ported that they liad been in session all the moriung, mapping out a 
 proirramme for Monday's procession, and considerable i>rogress therein 
 liad been made. A funeral car of elegant design had been ordered, and 
 it was now in procews of eonstruction, under tlie superintendence of 
 Mr. A. A. Maginnis, who had kindly volunteered his services. It was 
 now necessary for the different Societies proi)osing to take ])art in the 
 procession, to report, so that the (JoniTnittee might assign them to their 
 appropriate positions. 
 
 Thereupon the following Associations complied with this 
 re<(uest, through their Offtcers : 
 
 Free and Accepted Masons, by Judge Whitaker, Grand Master ; 
 
 Knights Templar, by (}eo, Soul6, Grand Cominander ; 
 
 Louisiana Division, Benevolent Association, Army of Noi'thern 
 Virginia, by Col. J. B. Richardson ; 
 
 liouisiana Division, Benevolent Association, Army of Tennessee, 
 l)y 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, 
 Chajilain 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 ; 
 
 N'oung Men's (lymnastic Club, by E. J. Gueringer ; 
 
 Pelican B(>nevolent Association, by Judge A. L. Tissot and Dr. 
 Dumeing ; 
 
 Si)anish Union Beuevolent Association, by Thos. Jorda; 
 
 St. Mary's German Benevolent Association, by N. Yochum ; 
 
 Screwraen's lienevolent Association, by Jos. Lester ; 
 
FUNERAL OEKEMONIES. i'-i 
 
 Cotton Yardmen's Association, by Administrator Mealey ; 
 
 Claiborne Social Club, by T. J. Ford ; 
 
 New Orleans Liedertafel, l)y E. J. Wenck ; 
 
 Mitchell llirtes, independent company, by Lieut. H. F. Brennan ; 
 
 Ex-U. S- Colored ►Soldiers' and Sailors' Association, by Col.. James 
 Lewis. 
 
 United Sous of Honor,— colored, — by VVm. Kenney ; 
 
 Colored Men's Protective Union, by Hon. A. J. Dumont and 
 J. Madison Vance. 
 
 Each Officer, as he rose and reported, also stateil what number of 
 men his Society would have in the jirocession. There were tMenty- 
 three Associations thus reporting ; and the entire number of Societies 
 that had so far promised to partici])ate in the procession, including the 
 Firemen and the State National ( Juard, represented a total member- 
 ship of over 8000 men 
 
 It was evident that the whole city was aroused. 
 
 A motion, by Gen. Badger, wa« 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 miglit be assigned to their aj*- 
 propriate Divisions. 
 
 A motion, by Chief O'Connor, waa 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 com.inittee. 
 
 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. Besides 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. 
 
n IIISTOUV <)1 THE 
 
 The coiiiijositc nalurc ol" the iissonibluge uiul the earneBt, amieuble 
 inaiiiier oI their iiilereoiirse, sti-ikinj^ly ilhistrated the political and 
 social ciiaiii^es tiie war iiad brought about in tlie South. 
 
 White men ami colond men, Deinocratsand i{e]iubiieaiis, ex-Union 
 ami ex-Con federate veterans, native ixirn and foreign l>orn, tlie capi- 
 talist and tlie workingman, the dark-eyed descendants of the old 
 Fremli ;ind Sjianish colonists and tlie blue-eyed sons of the Anglo- 
 Saxon race: all were represented in that one large room, and all 
 lirouuht together in dignilied, genial coiisultali<)n by one common 
 feeling of i^enuine manhood. 
 
 When the looker-on saw chatting together, with smiling and atla- 
 ble demeanor, the ex-Confederate otticer who had led the desperate 
 charge of the White Leaguers on the famous " Fourteenth September," 
 and the ex-Federal otticer, who had immediate command of the embat- 
 tled Metropolitans, and met the charge until he fell desperately 
 wounded — there could be no longer any doubt that the war was really 
 over : that Louisiana was at last really at peace. 
 
 After the meeting was called to order by Mayor Shakspeare, Gen. 
 Behan rejiorted what the Committee of Arrangements had accom- 
 plished so far ; and said that, from the outlook, the Procession prom- 
 ised to be the largest ever had in New Orleans. 
 
 The following additional Societies then reported, through their 
 officers, their intention to pai'ticipate in the ceremonies on Monday : 
 
 Lafayette Young Men's Benevolent As.sociation, by A. C. 
 Brack man; 
 
 Lee Mt)numental Association, by Captain W. I, Hodgson ; 
 New Lusitanos Benevolent Association, by H. Pretus ; 
 Pike Benevolent A.ssociation, by F. H. Robinson ; 
 Longshoiemen and Grain Trimmers' A.ssociation, by Jas. Malloy ; 
 Lnsitania Portuguese Benevolent Association, by John Mercadal ; 
 Firemen's Charitable Association, Sixth District, by H. P. Phillips. 
 
 The orticers 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 book, giving a full history of the memorial cere' 
 monies ottered 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 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES, 45 
 
 Monday, 26th, at li o'clock P. M.— that heins: the hour dcHignated for 
 the President's funeral at (icvclainl. 
 The nieetinu,' thou adjourned. 
 
 rHK KIRE FOREMEN. 
 
 'I'Le Foremen of the Fire Engine Companies of the l^'irst, Second, 
 Third and Fourth Districts, under Chief O'Connor's superintendence, 
 (hen met in his office, in the City Hall, and endorsed his pledge that 
 their Companies would take i)art in the Procession. They determined 
 that the Department should (urn out in a body, in full uniform, but 
 without their enjjines. They appointed the Hon. I. N. Marks as their- 
 Marslial for the day. and authin-ized the Chief to invite the Fire De- 
 partments of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Distiicls to join with tliem 
 in the celebration. 
 
 THE THIRD DAY. 
 
 The last meeting of the (ieneral Committee,— Mayor Shakspeare 
 presiding,— took place on Saturday evening, 24th September. 
 
 Gen. 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 ear was progressing rapidly to completion, as 
 were the mourning decorations at theM'^ashington Artillery Hall ; the 
 Hon. Mr. Buck had 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 conunand, 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 Wm. 
 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 Ijouisiaua Draymen's Benevolent Association, by C. Kon- 
 zelmann ; 
 
■4G JIISTOKY OF THE 
 
 Sl.(Jc'orge's V<)uii,s< Men's Benevolent Association, by A. Schmidt ; 
 
 St. Hiirtholoniew Italian Heiievolent Society, liy John Bertucci ; 
 
 United Sciavonian BenevohMit Association, by John Radovich ; 
 
 Grand United Order ot Odd Fellows — colored — by J. B. Gaudet; 
 
 St. James Benevolent Association — colored — by J. Baptiste ; 
 
 Colored Longshoremen's Protective Union, by N. Randell ; 
 
 Screwmen's Benevolent Associati(m, Branch No. 2 — colored — by 
 M. Sparks ; 
 
 Magnolia liongshoremen's Benevolent Association— colored — by 
 A. \Vhit<-: 
 
 Cotton Vai'<hnen's Association— colored — by Major Brower; 
 
 Teamsters' and Loailers' Assoc-iation — colored — by V. Champagne: 
 
 Longshoremen's Protective Union, No. 2 — colored — by P. S. 
 Jackson ; 
 
 L'Avenir Mntual Aid Association— colored — by J. Amand ; 
 
 Longshoremen's Protective Association — colored — by Thos. Smith ; 
 
 Equal .Justice Marine Benevolent A.ssociation — colored— by W. 
 Wilson ; 
 
 Young and True Friends' Benevolent As.sociation — colored— by 
 J no. Lewis. 
 
 The officers reporting were placed on the (Jeneral Committee. 
 
 Hon. Thos. Handy, ex-Sheritf", and Mr. R. H. Bartley informed 
 
 the Committee 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 wlio 
 would desire to hear the oration— arrangements had been made for an 
 open-air meeting, to be held after the procession ; a platform was being 
 erected on South street, opposite Lafayette S(piare, and several eloijuent 
 s}»eakers had promised to deliver addresses." 
 
 xMessrs. 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 P'inance Committee, reported. 
 
 l)u motion of Administrator WaLshe, there was appointed the fol- 
 lowing 
 
 COMMITTER ON RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 A. H. May, cliairman; Judge W. W. Howe. Messrs. Wm. H. Re- 
 naud, Joiin 1. Xoi)le, Clias. E. Black, Alex. T. Janin, Ashtou Phelps, 
 \V. P.. Schmidt, I'hos. Handy, N. Dufour, Geo. Nicholson, M. F. Big- 
 ney, Edward C. Wharton, H. J. Hearsey, J. Hassinger, E. A. Burke, 
 Chas. Clinton, (j. K. Whitney, W. M. Burwell, H. C. C Astwood, and 
 a. H. Fayerweather. 
 
 This was certainly a representative Committee.— Mr. May was ou 
 
 the Confederate stall' during the war, is a Democrat in polities, 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, 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 17 
 
 under the Repuhlicaii rcgimr. Messrs. Iveiiaud, N'oWle, Hluck, .laniii 
 and Plielps are leadinfr eotton factors. Mr. Schinidt is one of our lar>?- 
 est wholesale grocery merchants. Mr. Handy is an extensive liquor 
 merchant. Judj^e Hurwell is tiu' .Secretary of the Chaniher of Com- 
 merce, Receiver in the U, S. I^and ottic^e, and one of the ahlest writers of 
 the day on commerce, railroads, etc. Mr. Kayerweather, late of (he City 
 School Hoard, is one of the most intelligent and icspected of our col- 
 ored citizens. Mr. Astwood, a well educated coloretl man, is the editor 
 of ex-(iov. Pinchback's |)ai)er, the " Ijouisianian." The other mem- 
 i)ers of the ( -ommittee are or have been connected with the Daily Press 
 of the city as proi)rietors or writers. Major Burke, an ex-(Jonfe<ierate 
 stafl' officer, Ijesides being the managing editor of tlie N. O. Democrat, 
 is also the State Treasurer. 
 
 After the ai)pointment <jf this Special Committee, the (General 
 Committee adjourned ; but 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 
 ])ui)li(*ation in the Sunday morning papers. 
 
 THK FOURTH DAY. 
 
 By appointment, the Committee of Arrangements met in the 
 Mayor's Parlor, at the hour of noon, the Marshals and their Aids 
 apjiointed for the Procession. 
 
 After issuing the final instructions, Uen. Behaii said he could not 
 refraiiKfrom 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 metroi^olis that offered such splendid 
 tribute to the memory of the dead President. 
 
 The Committee then adjourned, having successfully accomi)Iished 
 in a very brief period, at very short notice, a task that can be appreci- 
 ated only by those familiar with such onerous labors. 
 
 THE city's committee. 
 
 Mayor Sbakspeare, Administrator Walshe and Administrator 
 Huger were occupied until a late hour of the night, in the Mayor's 
 Parlor, in pei'fecting the multitudinous details of the ceremonial of 
 
IS HISTORY OF THE 
 
 .Monday at tlic Washington Artillery Hall, wliich was their special 
 charyr ; pn-paring a list of V^icc l^residents and Secretaries; appointing 
 a Committee of Reception ; arranging for vocal and instrumental 
 imisic : drawing up a programme of the order of exercises ; pre])aring 
 and sending all this to the Press, etc. 
 
 In tiiis labor the tliree Otticials were zealously assisted by Mr. A. 
 McConnell, tlie INIayor's private secretary ; Hon. E. L. Bower, chief 
 clerk of the Mayoralty Bureau ; Mr. Kobert McLaughlin, his assistant ; 
 Mr. iNIcCall, assistant secretary of the Council; and Messrs. T. Lee 
 Shute and F. S. Kendig, of Aihninistrator Walshe's clerical corps. 
 
 TlIK city's (U'ESTS. 
 
 Invitations to the ceremonies at the Washington Artillery Hall, — 
 stilt fo]|li by the City Council's Special Committee, through Adminis- 
 trator Walshe, as Chairman — were addressed to the Foreign C'onsuls ; 
 to the Clergy ; the Governor and his Staff"; tlie Lieutenant Governor ; 
 the other State Officials in tlie City; the members of the Judiciary, 
 lioth Tarish and State ; the Parish members of the Legislature; th<' 
 Board 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 
 ISlL'-l-"); the Mexican War Veterans; the Officers of the Chamber of 
 Commerce, Cotton Exiiiaiigc, Stock Exchange, Produce p]xchange, 
 and Clearing House; the mend)ers of the City Syndicate; y,ll the 
 Federal OlVicials ; the Otlicers of the Army and Navy; the Otlicers of 
 tbe ['lilted States Lighthouse Department ; the Bank Presidents; the 
 Insurance Presidents; the members of the Press; and, especially, the 
 members of the Mississijipi River Coniniission, then on an inspect- 
 ing tour in the " Delta." 
 
 'I'he invitation was neatly jjrinted on light-green tinted note paper, 
 witli mourning edge. It was enclosed in a plain envelope, also edged 
 in black, wliich contained, besides a printed programme of the Obse- 
 (|uie3, a small white silk mourning Viadge, presenting the portrait of 
 tbe deceased President, with this brief inscription : 
 
 "DiKD, September 19th, 188L" 
 
FUNERAL CEKEMONIES. 
 
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 CITY COUNCIL 
 
50 HISTOKY OF THE 
 
 Till' note, the hadge, the progrcimrue, will doubtless be retained by 
 the recipients of the City's courtesy for years to come, as simple but 
 ever speaking mementoes of a day and events of deep interest and 
 peculiar importance, not only in the City's history, but in that of the 
 whole country. 
 
 FR(>M THE SCHOOLS. 
 
 This portion of the record is appropriately terminated by the 
 Resolutions prepared by Hon. W. O. Rogers, the accomplished and 
 esteemed iSuperintendent of the City Public Scliools, and unanimously 
 ailopted by the Board of Directors at a special meeting, held on Satur- 
 day morning, September 24th : 
 
 " The Hoard of Directors of the I'ublic Schools of the City of New 
 Orleans, mindful of the great calamity which has overtaken the 
 country in the 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 liroad and liberal views, a sciiolar of cultivated 
 intellect, a patriot seeking the welfare of the whole community, a 
 chief magistrate justly entitled to the respect, confidence and afrection 
 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 trilnite of respect to the memory of his virtueS; his talent 
 and Ills lofty purposes for the general good ;* 
 
 "Second, That we extend to the bereaved fa?nily our warmest 
 sympathy, and the afiectionate interest and sympathy of the large 
 body of teaciiers and school children whom we herein re'present; 
 
 " Third, That the Public Schools of the City be closed on Monday, 
 the2Hth inst., 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 bespread 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 lilting tribute could be paid to him, whose life-career was 
 the most fitting tribute to the inestimable advantages of education. 
 
 mia'TENAN'!' GOVKKNOR m'KNKKV 
 
 had, as .\cting (Tovernor, 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. 
 
 'I'lu- reply was the dignified and feeling Proclamation of the new 
 
President, the Hon. Chester A. Artliur, desginating Monday, JSeptember 
 
 26th. and in highly appropriate terms, calling upon the people of the 
 
 whole country to observe it as a day of humiliation and niouniing. 
 
 Thereupon, Ijieut. Gov. McEnery issued the following l'r<)«!lania- 
 
 tion : 
 
 Executive Department, 8tatk of Loi'isiana, 1 
 New Obleans, September 21st, 1881. j 
 
 Whereas, The President of tlie United States of America departed 
 this 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, I, Samuel D. McEnery, jLieutenant (iovernor, 
 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 fasling and prayer through- 
 out the State ; and I invite all religious denonunations to hold mem- 
 orial services in their respective places of public worshij), and recom- 
 mend that all persons do assemble thereat, on «aid day, to participate 
 in said services. All places of public business M'ill 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 likewise remembered. 
 
 S. D. McENERY. 
 Lieutenant Governor 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 
 
52 HISTOKY OF THE 
 
 his last. It paused awhile in the Federal City where, living, he had 
 won so many triumphs. It paused there long enougli to permit the 
 widowed wife to keep a final vigil with her dead,— alone with liim 
 beneatli 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 
 or 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 dail3^ jjenetrated 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 26t}i, 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. McEuery, and that of Mayor Jos. A. ShaksjDeare, — 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- 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 53 
 
 cession. Business was everywhere suspended. Shops, stores, counting- 
 rooms, warehouses, factories and foundries were closed. The streets 
 were noiseless. The general quiet was brolicn 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 
 i-oar,— 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. Giflfen, 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. Kornbeck, 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. 
 Thedetachment was composed of First Sergeant P. Forget, Jr., com- 
 manding; Privates D. Andrew, D. Anatasse, W- Winnecher and 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. 
 
54 HISTOEY OF THE 
 
 PRESIDENTIAL SALUTE. 
 
 At 27 minutes past 1 o'clock P. M., in New Orleans it was 2 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 their piece. Then, at 
 the precise moment the funeral cortege 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 fired. Then the Post marched back to their headquarters ; 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 (founded by the late Bishop 
 Leonidas Polk) the Rev. I. N. Marks, Jr., officiated in the absence from 
 the city of the Rector, the Rev. Dr. Hugh Miller Thompson, The 
 reading desk, stalls, and chancel railing were artistically draped in 
 black and white. The communion table was decorated with a band- 
 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. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 55 
 
 Rev. Dr. Hedges first oflBciated at 8 o'clock, A. M., at his own 
 church, Mount Olivet, in Algiers; and then at 10 A. M., in 8t 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 the services as Rector, at St. 
 Anna's Church, on Esplanade street. 
 
 At Trinity Chapel, on Houth Rampart street, tlie 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. Rev. Dr. Jno. Percival, Mr. 
 Richard Rhodes, of the Vestry, acted as Lay Reader. 
 
 At St. Philip's Church, corner of Prytania and Calliope streets, 
 for Colored Episcopalians, the Rev. Dr. C. H. Thompson officiated. 
 
 CATHOiiic. — The general custom of the 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 zealous churchman, — authorized his Clergy to keep 
 their Churches open on "Memorial Monday," and to notify their con- 
 gregations that all who desired it, could, — either at the usual services 
 or at any other time during the day, — " recite prayers 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 (Jays, as the " Archbishop's Church." 
 
 At the old Cathedral, on Chartres street, fronting the Place 
 (TArmes, 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. 
 
56 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 At the Church of tlie Inniiueulate Conception (Jesuits' Church), 
 on liaronne .street (.-orner of Coniuion, the altar was draped in mournT 
 iiig, and at K) o'clock A. M., mas^ was celebrated by Rev. Father D. 
 Hubert, — who, during the war, was Chaplain of the Louisiana regi- 
 ments in (Jen. 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 8t. Patrick's Church,— on (,'amp street near Girod, — High 
 Mass was said at llr.SO 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. ilassardier, Rector of St. Theresa's Church, acting as 
 First Heacon, and his a,ssi.stant Rector, Rev. Father J. E. Lambert, as 
 Sub-Deacon. 
 
 The three churches of the Redemptorist Fathers, up-town,— St. 
 Alphonsus (English), corner of Constance and St. Andrew streets; St. 
 Mary's Assumption (German), corner of Josephine and Constance 
 streets ; and Notre-Dame de i^on 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 coffln, 
 was placed in the centre aisle, near the altar; and a solemn High Mass 
 for the Dead was celebrated at 8 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. 
 
 PKKSBYTERIA^^— On Sunday morning, September 2oth, the Rev. 
 Dr. B. M. Palmer, Pastor of the First Presbj'terian 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, 4tli chapter, 17th verse: 
 
 " This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by 
 the word of tiio liolyones; to the ititoiit that the living may know 
 that tlie Mo.st High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to 
 wiiomsoever he will, andsetteth up over it the basest of men." 
 
 The deceased President's lofty character and brilliant intellect,— 
 ills unfaltering Christian faith,— his pure, tender domestic life,- his 
 
FUNERAL CEKEMONIES. 57 
 
 just elaiiii as the representative of the loftiest and best qualities of 
 American life, — his unaftected cheerfulness and heroic fortitude under 
 prolonged suffering,— his deep 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. i 
 
 . On Monday morning, this church was draped in simi)le mourning 
 and a service of prayer, hymns and Scripture reading was lield. 
 
 The Lafayette Church, on Magazine street near Philip, — Rev. Dr. 
 Thos. R. Markham, Pastor, — was tastefully dressed in mourning both 
 outside 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. 
 Parker, Pastor of the Felicity street Church, and very feelingly 
 alluded to the loss the nation had sustained. Rev. Dr. Matthews, of 
 the 8t. Charles street Church, dwelt upon the dead President's history, 
 ironi 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, Ruv. 
 Wm. C. Webb. The attendance was large. The church entrance was 
 hung with long, wide streamers of black, and the altar was similarly 
 decorated. 
 
r»<S HlSTOKV OF THE 
 
 Thk .Synagoguks-— At the Temple Sinai, there was a crowded 
 awrteiiibly to listen to the line choir and splendid organ, tlrst in an 
 ancient Hebrew funeral chant and then in a hymn composed specially 
 for the occasion h^ Prof. (). Weber A eulogy on the deceased Chief 
 Kxecutive was delivered l)y the iiabbi, the Rev. Dr. Jas K. (iuthei)n, 
 that was eloquent with patiios and high-toned thought. 
 
 At the Touro Synagogue, the congregntion was also large. The 
 Kev. Isaac H. Leucht, llal)l)i, officiated. Tiie 42d Psalm was read; 
 then President Arthur's proclamation, setting- asi<ie the day as one of 
 public mourning and worsliip. Selections were read from Jeremiah 
 and Samuel ; and a prayei- and the benetiiction closed the services. 
 
 Services were also held by the Lcvy -Readers at the Gate.s-of-Prayer 
 Synagogue, on Jackson street near Animnciation. and tiie Right-Way 
 S.ynagogue, on Carondelet street near (lirod. 
 
 Mourning drapery was displayed in all four Synagogues. 
 
 Skamen's Bethel.— At the neat little chapel on St Thomas street 
 
 near Jackson, founded and maintained by the unfaltering zeal of Rev. 
 
 Dr. A. J. Witherspoon, there was a large gathering of the otticers and 
 
 crews of vessels in port, foreign and domestic. Several hymns were 
 
 sung : the iiHth 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 Garfield," 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 
 breatlied 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 back 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 neitlier 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. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 59 
 
 In Winan'.s IMethodist Chapel, Rev. H. Priestly, Pastor, on Thurs- 
 day evening, Septemher 22d, when memorial resolutions were adopted. 
 
 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 Garlield " 
 
 An address of similar tenor was delivered l)y Rev. liobert H. 
 Slaughter, at the First Free Mission Church. 
 
 Impressive ceremonies took place at the St. James M. K. 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 hour, 10:30 
 A. M., a large audience was assembled. Then, by appointment, the 
 Officers and Members of the " Ex-U. S. Colored Soldiers' and Sailors' 
 Union Association" entered and occupied the centre rows of seats. — 
 Mr. W. R. Mason then called the meeting to order, and the following 
 Officers were appointed : President, Rev. A. M. Green ; Vice-Presi- 
 dents, Mrs. E. Cooper, Col. James Lewis and Mr. E. Lyons ; Secreta- 
 ries, Miss. E. M. Howard, Messrs. H. C. C. Astwood, C. J. Dowden, W. 
 8. 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. D. 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. 
 
«)() HISTOKY OF THE 
 
 GATHERING OF THE CLANS. 
 
 T5y noon, the services in the churches and cliapels were over ; the 
 rain had stopped; the dark clouds had disappeared; the sun shone 
 out ; tlie sky was blue and cleai\ Then, from all parts of thegreatclty, 
 came crowds of men, women and children, moving toward the central 
 streets whicli were to witness the jmssage 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 aboveCanal 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 Canal sti'eets, 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 quiet 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 head-quarters. 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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 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 Parlor, 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 dignitj' 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 were 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. 
 
&2 UISTORY OF THE 
 
 Many of the men in that crowded assembly bore names closely 
 linked with the most important events in the history of the State and 
 the fMty— events that dated : some, years before the great civil war; 
 others, durinj^ 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 face 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. 
 Xow. 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, 
 llesaca 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 Jos6 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 ; 
 
FUNERAL OEREMONIES. 63 
 
 Mr. G. Gerdes, Consul for Norway and Sweden ; and the Austria- 
 Hungarian Consul, the Baron Ernest Von Meysenburg, whose tall, 
 portly form and genial countenance were shown to advantage t)y 
 a brilliant uniform. 
 
 Near them, in earnest conversation, sat the Consul of the Nether- 
 hmds, 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. Kruttsclmitt, — for over thirty 
 years an esteemed merchant of New Orleans; aiso for many years, 
 from his scientific acquirements, a 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 U. 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, black-eyed 
 gentleman, whose neat, close fitting uniform strikingly set off" his fine 
 person and dignified presence. Bearing a name of ancestral note in 
 the annals of British diplomacy and literature— himself an 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 out of the Hall, 
 escorting Lieut. Gov. McEnery ; and soon, under the auspices of Ad- 
 ministrator Walsbe, 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." 
 
(A mSTOKV OF THE 
 
 TilK JfARsil£AIiS' WOKK. 
 
 Tilt' ('ouuiiitlee ot Arniiigeineiits had, in their published pro- 
 gramme, designated the hour of 1 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 Makshal, Major 
 Genkral W. G. Behan, took post with his »Staff on the lower side of 
 Canal street, halfway between Royal and Chartres streets,— a central 
 point whence he couid command the entire rendezvous. 
 
 Then for near an hour, his numerous Aids, — comprising bankers, 
 merclumts, manufacturers, architects, lawyers, publishers, druggists, 
 journalists, with a sprinkling of ex-Confederate and ex-Federal war 
 veterans — were kc])t 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 and then moved into column at a 
 given signal, the task assigned the Grand Marshal 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. In this 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 had been appor- 
 tioned, witli instructions to perform onl.y dirge music. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. {y~) 
 
 The Divisions wore i)laced in preliminnry position, as follows: 
 
 The First Division,— the Military,— on the upper side of Canal 
 street, the right resting on Tchoupitoulas street, where was i)osted 
 Brigadier General .lolin Glynn, Jr., commanding the two brigades of 
 soldiery. They were the only body that formed on Canal street. 
 
 The other Divisions formed on the streets that, running parallel 
 with the river, traverse Canal street at riglit angles ; the Second, 
 Tliird, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Divisions above Canal, respec-tively. 
 Oil Carondelet, St. Cliarles, Camp, Magazine and Tchoupitoulas streets, 
 —the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Divisions below Canal, in suc- 
 cession on North Peters, Decatur, Dorsiere and Chartres streets. 
 
 The right of each Division, with its Marshal at the head, rested 
 directly upon Canal street; so that, as the general column moved, each 
 Division could, in its regular order, deboucher into Canal, and march 
 on in its appointed place in the Procession. 
 
 The Military were assigned the head of the column, because as the 
 State National Guard, they paraded under the published orders of the 
 Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, President C. A. Arthur. 
 
 The Masonic bodies, forming the Second Division, acted as the spe- 
 cial escort of their departed brother, the dead President. The only 
 non-Masonic organization in this Division was the Continental Guards, 
 selected as the military guard of honor of the catafalque. 
 
 Presently, all was ready ; and the Grand Marshal and his Staff 
 rode slowly to the intersection of Canal and Tchoupitoulas streets, 
 where they halted. 
 
 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 a strange 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. 
 
»)(» HISTOJiY OF THE 
 
 Tlic Military < 'oiuniamlci- rcpead'il (he ordei- in sluirj), clear tones; 
 ami inslaiilly tlie ^Ml•^^t Division niovetl : the bands i)Iaying a fnnerii 
 dii-.i^e; tlii' liallalion tlui^s looped up wHii hlaek erujie; the oHieers and 
 jneii, witli swords and muskets reversed, niarehinij with slow step. 
 
 ('rossiiiii' iVoni the ui)per to the lower street that together with tJie 
 central passajre-way for ears and loot-passengers, form the wide Boitlc- 
 ra/vZ Canal, tlie First Division, at the corner of North Peters street, 
 turned its hack on the river and levee and moved out towards Kam- 
 jiart street. 
 
 Till' Second Division, under Marshal J. S. Rain ey, as soon as the 
 rear comi)any of the INIilitary had passed, debouchetl from Carondelet 
 into Canal street, turned to the right towarils the river; moved along 
 the uiiper side of C'anal to Tehoupitoulas ; there crossed over as the 
 Military column had done, and followed it along the lower side of 
 Canal to lianipart. 
 
 TJie Third Division, — the Municipal aiid 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. 
 
 Tlie Fourth Division, — the Firemen, — under Marshal I. N. Marks, 
 were in eolunni on Camp street, and debouched into Canal as the 
 Italian Benevolent Society, that closed tlie 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 
 ujiper side of Canal street ; and presently, as his column also gained 
 space, room Avas given to— 
 
 The Sixth Division, under Marshal P. Mealey, to move in solid 
 column of fours from Tehoupitoulas street straight acro.ss Canal, and 
 so follow on out to Rampart. 
 
 (anal street,— when its upper and lower avenues were thus tilled 
 with maiching meji, in close order, with tlve 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 nuuss of sitectators ; and the doorways, windows, 
 balconies and galleries to the third and fourth stories, and even in 
 many places, the roof coi)ings were similarly ocoupied. Add to this 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. G7 
 
 liost of pooplo, tlu' mass ol' iiiourning drapery, tho Imndrods of Hm.s;s 
 and banners loojH'd in crapo, tho mournful strains ol' nuisic, tlie 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 the 
 appearance and etrect of this magnificent Procession. 
 
 As the six Divisions nametl gradually followed each other from 
 Canal street into Rami)art, ami then moved slowly down town, they 
 at length permitted the remaining four Divisions, in position below 
 ("anal, in their tui'n to come into line. 
 
 The Seventh Division, under Marshal .1. B. Vinet, was the first of • 
 the four to appear in the moving column. It turned into ("anal from 
 Peters street; and 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- Pinchback, had long patiently awaited on 
 Chartres street the signal for the march. 
 
 Rampart street is as broad as Canal ; and, like it, is divided by a 
 wide central-way, into two sione-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 the right, to- 
 wards the river again, until, reaching Chartres street, it wheeled 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, wath its Masonic and Military 
 escort, passed by the soldiery, who saluted. Then it moved out Julia to 
 St. Charles street, down which it turned, and halted in front of the 
 Washington Artillery Arsenal. 
 
 The Divisions then again took up the line of march, from Camp 
 via Julia into St. Charles street, saluting the Funeral Car as tliey 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 the 
 numerous Associations, as they appeared in the march. 
 
(iS HIciTOKV OF THE 
 
 THE PROCESSION. 
 
 The veteran (.'hief of Police, Captain Thos. N. Boylan, mounted 
 and in lull uniform, commanded a picked detacliment of his corjp.s', that 
 headed the Procession and cleared the way for it through the crowded 
 thoi'oughfares. 
 
 Then came the (Srand Marshal of thk day, 
 
 :\IA.l. GKN. W. .] RKHAN, 
 
 and lii.s Aids, as follows : 
 
 T. L. Airey, R. ^- Howard, 
 
 U. E. Apps, James Plagan, 
 
 Theo. Berkson, M. Hackett, 
 
 F. D. Be( ker, B. Kiotz, 
 
 A. W. Bosworth, J. J. Langl&s, 
 
 E. AV. ("onverse, J. B. Levert, 
 
 E. L. Carriere, A. A. Maginnis, 
 
 E. P. Cottraux, Geo. McCloskey, 
 
 Chas. Dillingham, J. O. Nixon, Jr., 
 
 .J. C. Denis, J. K. Overton, 
 
 P. O. Fazende, J. J. Schmidt, 
 
 Alex. Finlay, Geo. Smith, 
 
 Leeds Greenleaf, W. T. Vaudrj", and 
 
 A. W. Hyatt, C. L. Walker. 
 
 Several gentlemen who had been appointed on Geu. Behan's 
 Staff— as, Maj. Jno. Augustin, Gen. W. L. McMillen, Chief Thos. 
 O'Connor, Louis 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 arndet with streamers. With the exception of 
 tlie Military Division, this was also the accoutrement of the Marshals 
 of Divisions and their Aids. 
 
 THE FIRST DIVISION 
 
 was co)nposed of the Regiments and Battalions on the rolls of the 
 Louisiana State National Guard, and of several independent Compa- 
 nies,- tlu' wliole formed into two Brigades. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. ()I> 
 
 The Division was commanded by : 
 
 BRIGADIKK GENEKAI. JOHN GLYNN, JR., 
 
 of the First Brigade, who was accompanied by the Staff of that Brig- 
 ade as follows : 
 
 Lt. Col. Jno. D. Scott Ass't Adj't General, 
 
 Major Henry Den^gre (Juartermaster, 
 
 Major E. C. 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 
 
 Under the command of 
 
 BRICJADIER GENERAL ADOLPH MEYER, 
 
 His Brigade StafI' was represented by : 
 
 Lt. Col. Edwin J. Kursheedt Ass't Adj't General, 
 
 Major F. A. Behan Ordnance Officer, 
 
 Major Max. Herrmann Commissary, 
 
 Col. W. H. Roberts, A. D. C. to Governor Acting Inspector General, 
 
 Captain J. P. Richardson, A. D. C- 
 
 Preceded by their splendid brass band, came that martial looking 
 corps, the 
 
 GERMAN BATTALION. 
 
 In the front rode the tall and stately Major Benjamin Armbruster, 
 commanding in the absence from the city of Lieutenant Colonel Geo. 
 H. Braughn. 
 
 The other officers of the Battalion Staff were : Lieut. Charles L. 
 Sieber, Adjutant ; Lieut. Rudolph H. Benners, Quartermaster ; Lieut. 
 "W. H. Liftman, Commissary; Surgeon, Fred. Schumacher. 
 
 The Companies were officered as follows : 
 
 Company .4.— Captain O. M. Tennison ; First Lieutenant J. E. 
 Albert ; Second Lieutenant Conrad Geissler. 
 
 Company C.— Captain John Schlumbrecht. 
 
 Company Z).— Captain Joseph Voegtle ; First Lieutenant John 
 Mander. 
 
i(t HISTORY OK TIIK 
 
 Company B. — First Lieutenant John H. Landwehr cominandiiig, 
 — ('ai)t:uii CMias. F. Buck being on duty as Orator of the day. 
 
 With tilt" liattalion marelied, as its guests, a detachment of tlie 
 Italian indcjuMidcnt coniiuand. 
 
 TIRt) AL, BEBSAGLIO, 
 
 (itlicrrcd liy Captain John Astredo, First Ijieutenaiil P. Ciuarnero, and 
 Sfcoiid Lieutenant A. Patorno. 
 
 Tlieir darlv olive-green uniforms and hi'oad-brimmed, low-crown, 
 hlaclv felt hats, liberally garnished with black cock's feathers, con- 
 trasted strikingly with the blue and grey uniforms, with red trim- 
 mings, and glittcving helmets with white horse-hair plumes, of their 
 (ierman hosts. 
 
 The close fitting grey uniforms trimmed with red, the red shoulder- 
 knots, black belts, and red-plumed black shakos of that lamous war 
 command, the Battalion of 
 
 WASHINGTON ARTILLERY, 
 
 next attracted the admiring attention of the spectators. 
 
 The Artillery band,— a very fine <me, neatly aceoutered — led the 
 way. Behind them rode that veteran soldier, Lirvtenanf Colonel John 
 li. Rirhar(fson, connuanding. 
 
 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 Otticer ; Surgeon, W. R. Mandeville. 
 
 The Non-Comnussioned Staff were: Sergeant-Major, Wallace Bos- 
 tick; (iuartermaster Sergeant, H. L. Zebal ; Chief Bugler, F. de P. 
 \'iilasana. 
 
 The Line Officers parading were: 
 
 lUittiru yl.— Captain Frank McElroy ; First Lieutenant (Ins. 
 Leefe ; Second Ijieutenant James Harvey. 
 
 lUdOrij C— Captain Harry M. Isaacson; PMrst Lieutenant Doug- 
 las Ar. Kili)atrick; Junior First Lieutenant Dudley Selpli ; Second 
 Lieutenant Frank L. Place. 
 
 J W^mn Company.— Captain C. L. V. Dupuy ; Fir.st Lieutenants 
 I'jiiilc .1. O'lhicn and L. A. Adam. 
 
FUNERAL CEKEMONIES. 
 
 Battery B. — Captain .John Miller; First Lit'utoiiiiiil J. S. Uicliunls ; 
 Second Lieutenant Jl. Villaruhia, — Junior First Lieutenant O. F. 
 I'eek was on duty with the jjjun detaehnient, tirinji; the salute. 
 
 The Hecond Brigade whs closed by that numerous and thoroughly 
 drilled infantry corps, the 
 
 CBESCBNT KK(;iMKNT, 
 
 whose grey uniforms witli l)lack trimmings, blue and black shoulder 
 knots, black belts and black shakos with tall white and blue plumes, 
 give them so striking an api)earance. 
 
 The Ci'escent's large and excellent band, led by its tall Drum-' 
 Major, M'as followed by the stalwart commanding officer of the Regi- 
 ment, bestriding a shoAvy charger,— CoZone^ R. 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 cai>acity as 
 State Treasurer ; and the Regimental Chaplain, the Rev. Hugh Miller 
 Thompson, Avas 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 II.—"' Stonewall Grenadiers."— P'irst Lieutenant Robert 
 G. Hadden, commanding, — the Cajitain having been but recently 
 elected Major of the Regiment. 
 
 Company Z).— " Hester Rifles." — Captain Charles Douuaud ; 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 
 
 Conipaiii/ /'.—"Burke Rifles. "—Captain Lewis Bartlett ; Second 
 Jjieutenanl Ricliard Hinekley. 
 
 CV)/>?y>«yv/ 7)'.— " Nicholls Rifles." — First Lieutenant E. M. Under- 
 liill coniiiiiindinii : Captain C. M. Whitney being absent from the city. 
 
 THK FIRST BRIGADE 
 
 was (•(•luinanded by its senior ottieer after its Brigadier, namely 
 
 COLONEL A. .1. BACHKMIN, 
 
 iiftlic Kegimenl of Orleans Artillery. 
 
 'I'iie Brigade Shdi" was as follows : 
 Capljiiii A. I>;ii!ly-Blanchard, Ordnance Otticer Orleans Artillery, 
 
 Acting Ass't Adj't General, 
 
 Cai>tiun Jjeon Palas, Commissary O. A Acting Commissary, 
 
 Ijieut. Raoul Tertrou, Adjutant O. A Acting Aid-de-Camp. 
 
 ['receded by its excellent band, slowly marched, with funeral 
 stoj) and reversed arms, that solid regiment, the 
 
 FIRST 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 that tail, dashing-looking 
 officer, Colonel Ororgc H. Lord, riding a handsome steed. 
 
 The other Field and Staff Officers wer^ : Lieutenant-Colonel 
 Thomas Mclntyre ; Major M. C. Royes ; Lieutenant Wm. ('ommer- 
 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. — " Meyer Rifles "—Captain C. H. Hourbricht; First 
 Lieutenant P. Lob ell ; Second Lieutenant A. Reeves. 
 
 Compani/ C. — " Howard Light (Guards " — Captain B. J. Goodman ; 
 First Lieutenant H. J. liruns : Second Lieutenant H. Todswer. 
 
 Coiiipuntj /.'.—Captain L. F. Bouchereau ; First Lieutenant L. 
 B. Guinle. 
 
 Company /'.—"Sumner Rifles "—Captain Thos J. Bath; First 
 Lieutenant M. E. Dullanty ; Second Lieutenant Thos. Bell. 
 
FUNKKAL OEKEMONIES. iS 
 
 <'(it)i/)<iii>/ G--' Rvniy (Jlink Cadets "—First Lieutenant Charles 
 Islier eoiuiuaiuliiijj, ; SeL-oiul LieuteuuDt W. .1. liawier. — Captain 
 Cain was absent from the eity. 
 
 <'<»npanii JI.-' Hehan Grays "—First Lieutenant F. Tnjoyne eoni- 
 nianding, in tlie al)seiiee i)f Capt. Aaron; Junior First Lieutenant M. 
 IJrejiTone; Second Lieutenant M. M. Borges. 
 
 Two soldiery-looking Coni|)anies,in whose handsome uuilormsthe 
 '• enuTaldluie" predominated, next attracted attention. Tiiey were the 
 Irish indepemlenl 'oinpanie-; : (lie 
 
 IRISH HIKIvKS, 
 
 eomnmiided by Lieuleiiant Oarvey in the absence of Captain John 
 Fitzpatrick, and the 
 
 MtrCHKI-J- K1KI,ES, 
 
 connnanded by Lieutenant H. F. Brennan. 
 
 The two Companies paraded as a Battalion, under the command of 
 Ca))tain M. Griffen, of the ISritchell Hitles, a« acting Major. 
 
 Then followed, headed by a large and well-trained brass band, 
 the serried ranks of the Regiment of 
 
 l,01TtSIANA FIKlil* ARTIIjJ.ERV, 
 
 showing very handsomely in their uniforms of dark blue, with white 
 belts, red trimmings, red epaulettes and red plumed black hats. 
 
 [n front of a numerous and brilliant Stafl' rode that veteran officer, 
 commanding the Regiment, Colonel Gustnvc LcGardev.r, Jr. 
 
 The Field and Staff officers with him were : Lieutenant-Colonel 
 James D. Edwards ; Major J. Numa Augustin ; First Lieutenant A. Du- 
 rel, Adjutant; Captain Gustave Pitot, C^uartermaster ; First Lieuten- 
 ant W. W. Renshaw, Assistant Quartermaster ; Captain James Rey- 
 nolds, Commissary; Captain Jas. A. Renshaw, Ordnance Officer. 
 
 The Nou-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 ^.—Captain George A. Chiapella ; First Lieutenant R. 
 M. Armant ; Junior First Lieutenant Louis Cassard ; Second Lieu- 
 tenant E. LeGardeur. 
 
7 I IliaTOKV K^i' THE 
 
 natifi-jj //.—Captain NVilliaiu H. Bcanhaiu ; First Lieutenant H. 
 H. riionipsoi) ; Junior First Lieutciuuit, F. M. Kerr; Second Lieuten- 
 ant (ieorge L> ml. 
 
 Ildttrrii r.— Captain AL . I. Korlicr : First Lieutenant P. O. (\w- 
 i-in ; Junior First Lieutenant Iv 1^. Kaiilett. — Second Lieutenant 
 I". i>arne was actinj^ as A. I). C to (Jen. (Jlynn. 
 
 Ilafl( I'll />. -i""irst Lieutenant J. L. Turner, in coiuniand ; Junior 
 1-irst Lieutenant V . A. .Moon. 
 
 The iiliie unitbr)ns, witli red trininiin^s, wliite l>ells and l)laci< 
 shai\os witli straight red plunns (»!' anotiier line artiliery cor[»s- one 
 long connected witii tlie military history ol' tiu' < "reoie ))art ol the city 
 -next fixed the attention ol' the spectators. .\ uunicrou.s hand led t]u> 
 way lor the iieuiineid of 
 
 OKriKANS AKTllJj;i;V, 
 
 nM(icr I lu' couiniand of tiieir stalwart and martial lookin.i;- Li' kUiuih/ 
 ( 'oloii' I /'. O Pi j/roii.r. 
 
 'J'lie regular regimental staff heing on duty in that capacity for tln' 
 IhiL'ade, Willi Colonel Hacheniin, IjI. Col. i'cvrou.x was assisted hy 
 (aptain Fmilc Pacliouil, of Battery F, as his .\djidant. and Ordnancc- 
 Sergi'ant A. Calogne as his Sergeant Major 
 
 In the immediate froid of the Hegi)nenl niaiciieiL as its guests, 
 lour indepemlent Companies, each of wdiich elicifed general praise 
 liy their steady i)earing and handsome uniforms. 
 
 The lirsfof these Companies was Ihc 
 
 (iKKIMAN caiAKUS, 
 
 oflicered hy Captain (ieorge Miiller ; First Lieutenant O. A. P. Stoll ; 
 Second Lieutenant A. Wermes; and Feldwehel, W. A. Suhren. 1'he 
 uniform of the ( hiards dillers hut little from that of the (Tcrman 
 Battalion. 
 
 The second independent Comi)any in line was the 
 
 KKANC TIKKIKS D'oKTKANS, 
 
 commanded hy Captain Alexis Dnmestre; First Lieidenant Bernard 
 Maylie; Second liieutenant Jame Faure ; and Second Junior Lieuten- 
 ant Jean Pujol. Their sc^arlet caps, hlue coats and scarlet pants, with 
 gold and scarlet trimmings, contrasted vividly witli that of the (Ger- 
 man (ruards. and with the dark green and gold uniforms and plumed 
 peaked leather hats of the Comi)any that followed, the 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES, 
 
 CA/ADORKS DK ORLEANS. 
 
 Tlu' ollicors ol (his Wm- Spiinisli coiniiiaiKi wcif : Cajtlniii .lost' 
 Llado ; First Tjieutenant James Pons; Si-cciui liicuhiiaiit Jaiiu-s 
 Anslnda; Third Lieutenant J. M. Tiaben. 
 
 Tlie fourth inilejienilent ConipaMy was tiie h'rfuch 
 
 OAKDKS I-AFAYF7rTK, 
 
 uniformed neatly in red caiis, blue coats and .<.',re.v pants, and eoai- 
 nianded by Captain ({. I'.one; i^'irst Lieutenant .1. FVyregne ; and Sec- 
 ond Lieutenant S. Jae(|iiet. 
 
 The eonipaet ranks of the Orleans Artillery batteries, MiHriliin.t> 
 like one man, followed. Tlxy were oftieered by : 
 
 i^a«</7y ^.—( Captain Leon Xunes ; First Lieutenant John T. Pitt- 
 man ; First Junior Lieuteiian! rjv)uis Caron ; Second [jieutenant P. B. 
 Salatieh. 
 
 Batteri/ /i.— Captain Charles Lejeune; First Lieuteniuil Thos. .1. 
 Camp; Second Lieutenant Albert Muller. 
 
 Baftpry />.— Captain Georire Schatyer ; Second Lieutenant Jacciues 
 
 Levy. 
 
 JkiUerij E.—(.>A\Avd\\ Anthony Sambola ; F'irst Junior Lieutenant 
 
 Kmile Boehler; Second Lieutenant Nicholas Theodore. 
 
 iJa/^fir?/ i'^.— First Lieutenant Louis Donafort in command, Cap- 
 tain Pachoud being detached on the Staff; First Junior Lieutenant 
 F^ugene Huppenbauer ; Second Lieutenant Clias. H. Richardson. 
 
 There were some twelve hundred men in the FMrst Division, 
 including the staff", field and line officers. 
 
 THE SEC^OND DIVISION. 
 
 As already stated, — with the exception of the military guard of 
 honor and a few officers of the Governor's military statif'. — this Division 
 was composed entirely of the ditterent Masonic bodies, wiio 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. 
 
70 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 The Makshaj. of llie DivLsioii, John S. Rainey, uiid his Aids, 
 K. H. iSluHKrovf, (Jeorj^e Stroud, John f. Bach :iiid (reorf^c J. Pinekard, 
 rode hehiud u full band that played a solemn funeral march; and 
 immediately after the Marshal and bis Statfcame three handsome open 
 carriages, occupied t)y the Hon. Chas. F. Buck, the Orator of the day, 
 and the oftlciatinj^ Clergy: the Rev. Dr. B. ISI. Palmer, of the First 
 Presbyterian Church; the Rev. Dr. J. F. (Tirault, of St. Anna's Epis- 
 copal Church; the Rev. Dr. John Matthews, of the St. Charles Street 
 Methodist (,'hurch, and the Rev. Janies K. (Uitheim, Rabbi of Temple 
 Sinai. 
 
 The various Masonic Bodies then appeared, in strict accordance 
 with an elaborate pubJished proj^ramme prepared by the higher Otticers. 
 
 In front, moved on foot, the Knights Temfi.ak, who were acting 
 more especially as the funeral escort, — the deceased President, besides 
 being a mend^er of otlier Masonic Bo<Ues, having been a member of a 
 Knights Templar Comnmndery of the District of C'oluml)ia. 
 
 The Knights, arrayed in their neat and elegant uniform, and 
 having their drawn swords bound witli black crape, marched evenly 
 and steadily like veteran soldiers, under the skilful leadership of 
 Sir CJkorgk SouLt, the Right Eminf^nt Qraiid Vomtn under. 
 
 He was acconipanied by tlie following otticers of 
 
 THK grand C )MIVrAN])ERY : 
 
 Sir Will. H. Hhaffe, Eminent trrand Generalissimo; 
 Hir ^. iV^. Vuminings, Eminent CJrand Captain General; 
 Sir A. L. Abbott., Eminent Grand Prelate; 
 Sir A. H. iJe Fusts, Eminent Grand Junior Warden ; 
 Sir ./. A. Fu;kfrt, Eminent Grand Sword Bearer; 
 Sir J. C. Ayei\ Eminent Grand Warden ; 
 Sir ./. W- Maguire, Eminent Grand Cai^tain of the Guards. 
 They were followed by the subordinate Knights Templar Bodies 
 in iheir order: 
 
 INDIVISIBJ.K friends COMMANDERV 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. Bruns, Samuel Brooks, Richard H. Browne, J. H. Carter, F. M. 
 Carraber, D. A. Del^ass, James Furneaux, Wm. Gregg, J. Olle, Alfred 
 H. Isaacson, and G. M. Wadsworth. 
 
FUNERAL CERI;M0N1ES. 7i 
 
 JACQUES DK MOl.AY OOMMANDKRY NO- L'. 
 
 Otficers parading : 8ir F. D. Ruth, Sir (Jcorge Bonning, .Sir (). L. 
 iieer, Sir A. S. Cutler, Sir J. H. Dunn, Sir K. H. O'Sullivan, and Sir 
 J. H. Turck. 
 
 And Sir Kights : E. ('. Adams, R. S. Austin, R. H. Burke, R. H. 
 Benuers, J. P. Douglas, G. W. Collins, John R. Jaeger, C. H. Schenek, 
 L. Soraparu, John Hawkins, D. W. Peck, Robert Strong, Owen Ger- 
 non, M. W. Francis, and David Hughes. 
 
 OKLEANS COMMANDERY NO. :{. 
 
 Omeers parading: Sir C- Mudge, Sir W. Parsons, Sir C. W. David- 
 son, and Sir J. Potter ; 
 
 And Sir Knights: A. C. Bahcock, Frederi(rk Goo<l, Louis Power, 
 Kugene Tisdale, H. V. Baringer, and T. W. Eaton. 
 
 In each of the subordinate Coninianderies a number of the Sir 
 Knights, — officers and those under their connnand,--were absent, 
 either from being on duty in the Grand Commandery, or in otlier 
 Masonic Orders, or in other Divisions, whilst quite a number, from 
 the Grand Commandery down, were absent fiom the city. 
 
 The Knights Templar as a body made a beautiful display, as they 
 always do when they appear in public,— their excellent <lrill and pic- 
 turesque uniform combining irresistibly to attract and please every eye. 
 
 The Knights w^ere 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 marched 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, W. M. ; A. Walz, S. W. ; 
 T. Guyol, J. W. ; O. Robin, T. ; R. Barbier, S. ; N. Kuntz, S. D. ; E. 
 Antoine, J. D. ; Chas. Raymond, Tyler. 
 
 Polar Star Lodge No. 1,— S. Chanfrau, W. M. ; F. Renaudin, S. 
 W. ; J. M. Verges, J. W. ; J. Libarros, T. ; J. H. Neguelona, S. ; I. 
 Soul6. S. D. ; P. Dennis, J. D. ; B. Cazeres, Tyler. 
 
UlSTOliY OF THE 
 
 Perseverance Lodi^c No. 4,~M. A. ("aloiigne, W. M. ; H. >St. Gez, 
 S. \V. : -M. N'eritiiole, .1. W. ; ('. Bois, T. ; J. MagvJidie, S. ; K. Morere, 
 S. 1).; <;. Aiitlrieiix, J. I).; J. L. Dusat, Tyler. 
 
 St. Andre Lod^e No. 5,— R. liUfontuine, W. M. ; J. P. Carrfre, S. 
 \V. ; A. iMaillies, .1. W. ; G. Tujugiie, T. ; P. S. Bossomey, S. ; J. P.. 
 Pirolle, S. I). ; T. l)n«M)s, J. I).; F. Gill»ert, Tyler. 
 
 litis Aini<iC)s del Orden No. o,— K. Keiidueles, W. M. ; V. Lopez, 
 S. \V ; J. Fernandez, J. \V. ; J. Mercadal, T. ; J. Ghaluio, S. ; F. Bell, 
 S. 1).; A. Fell/ado, J. I).; .) . L.DauHsal, Tyler. 
 
 Sileiiciu Lodge No. !), .J. A. y Prats, W. M. ; V. Snarez, 8. W. ; 
 J. Harzaiia, .1. W. ; A. Snare/., '!'. ; G. S. y (;alioiia, S. ; J. Barba. S. D. ; 
 J. Menendez, J. I). 
 
 Gerinania Loflge No. 4n, (Mias. F. linek, W- i\l. (Orator ot the 
 Day); G. Steenken, S. W. ; H. CJernian, .J. W. ; E. Sc^luuidt, T. ; Ed. 
 Kiirliard, S. ; .1. F. liorehard, S. D. ; I. Stick, J. D. ; J. Fulda, Tyler. 
 
 Friends of Harmony Lodge No. oS, — A. A. Minis, W. M. ; P. P. 
 Paul, S. W. ; Jno. Berry, J. W- ; L. Schwartz, T. ; W. H. Holland, 
 S. ; T. (;. Fielding, S. I).; ('. W. Knilander, J. I).; Wni. Tell, Tyler. 
 
 Mount JNIoiiali Lodge No. W, — Rieljard Lambert, W. M., (appear- 
 ing wilh (he Grainl ('hai)ter of R. A. M. as (Jrand Scribe) ; L. Schnei- 
 der, S. W. ; .Ja.s. (Jousley, J. AV. ; H. Fl Shropshire, T. ; Jas. Fur- 
 neaux, S., (with Knights Teixiplar) ; J. D. Patton, S. D.; M. Cra- 
 inond, J. D. ; P. C Nessin, Tyler. 
 
 George Washington Lodge No. (!."), — VVm. M. Rush, W. M. ; Geo. 
 W.Collins, S. W., (appearing in .Jac(iues de Molay Commandery); 
 W'jn. H. Rooney, J. W. ; Jos. R. Turck, T., (with Knights Templar) ; 
 S. Sandak, S. ; H. Gilmore, S. D. ; A. P. Bhini, ,1. D. ; G. G. Pomet, 
 Tyler. 
 
 Dudley Lodge No. Oti,— (}eo. Stroud, W. M., (appearing as Aid to 
 Marsiial Rainey) ; Jacob Meyers, S. W. ; .1. J. Bender, J. W. ; E. 
 Lilieiithal, T. ; Chas. Brill. S. ; S. Satterly, S. D. ; W. E. Weeks, J. 
 D. ; E. B. O'Sullivan, Tyler, (with Knights Templar.) 
 
 Marion Lodge No. (iS,— J. S. Swan, W. M. ; J. M. Weymouth, S. 
 \V. ; .1. A. Pickert, J. W., (appearing in the Grand Commandery); 
 H. p. Buckley, T. ; Tiios. Cripps, S. ; J. P. Hopkins, S. D. ; L. Rey- 
 nolds, J. D. 
 
FUNERAL C'EKEMONIES. 70 
 
 Hiiaiu Lod^v No. Td, -K. Hdiliiigtsleldt r, W. M.; A. llrlmiu, S. 
 \V. ; H. Bnins, J. W. ; P. S. Anderson, T. ; Wni. 1). Tiiylor, S. ; 1' 
 Criiniptoii, S. 1).; ( i. Sit/,ni;in. J. 1).; .1. laidlow, 'I'vlcr. 
 
 Al[)lia Homo Ij(Hl<>e No. 72, — (ieo. J. Pinckard, W. JNI.,— (a])i)(:ar- 
 ing as Aid to tlu' INlarshal) ; Tho.s. Kcarns, fS. W.; Jacob Hotli, J. W.; 
 H. (;. F. Hubener, T.; Win. .Starr, H.; A. «^)ufan(, S. I)., (appcariuu 
 with the Grand Lodge); It IMant, J. J).; W. \V. Hutchins, Tyler. 
 
 (Quitman Lodge No. TO, — Erieh Brand, \\'. INI., (a|»i»<'aring witli 
 thcCJrand T>od.ire); Mayer Ijevy, .S. W-; C'. Slrobrl. .). W.; A. Martin, 
 'r.; Fred. Kyle, S., (witli Kniglits Templar); Win. Ahhotl, S. I).; I-'.' 
 W. Thiele, J. I).; Pv. Wilson, Tyler. 
 
 Orleans Lodge No. 7S,— Louis Kaiser, W. i^L; Wni. II. N'ildihii, 
 
 S. W.; Thos. .1. Moulin, J. W.; Fd. Tropliet, T.; .J. H. V\ I, S.; W. 
 
 Cunningham, S. I).; A. Adler, J. 1).; B. F. lUirns, Tyler. 
 
 Hermitage Lodge No. iKS,— John H. H. Taylor, W. i\l.; John 
 Wiliig, S. W.; Frank (Jerstner, J. W.; (". H. Miller, 1'.; (;e(.. S. Pet- 
 tit, S.; Jos. I). Taylor, S. !>.; V. Shanneville, J. I).; F. Osborne, Tyler. 
 
 Louisiana Lodge No. \()'2, — JoJin H- Painey, W. M. (appearing as 
 Marshal of tlie JMvisioii ); E. B. Musgrove, S. \V., (appearing as Aid); 
 H. iN\ Soria, J. W.; F. A. Palfrey, T.; J. Ji. Wasson, S.; ('.('. (V,tting, 
 S. J) ; I'. J. Chnnhill, J. T).; J. W^ Maguire, 'I'yier. 
 
 Oeeaii Jjodge No. Ill, Jas. I'arker, W. INL; S. Frodiingliam, S. 
 W.; A. H. Herbert, J. W.; M.J. Sehwarm, 'J'.; J. A. Letlen, S.; P. 
 Youiigblood, 8. 1).; 'J\ Dnmas, J J).; P. Donnelly, Tyk-r. 
 
 Linn Wood Lodge No. 1H7, — Win. B. Hall, W. M.,— (appearing in 
 the Grand J^odge); John Booth, S. W.; (J. W. Keating, J. W.; C. W. 
 Davi.son, T.; E.E. Adams, S.; E. K. Puss, S. D.; J. B. Ballard, J. J).; 
 M. Hart, Tyler. 
 
 Kosmos Lodge No. 171,— li. A. Lehman, ^^■. M.; II. (i. Iiol/.<'r, S. 
 W.; (i. Ritter, J. W.; J. F. Falkenheiner, T.; ('. Loreh, S.; .\. 
 Loeper, H. D.; C Walch, J. I).; W. Dre.ssel, Tyler. 
 
 Union Lodge No. 172,— M. L. Costley, W. M.; John T. Shearer, 
 S. W.; Chas. Assenheimer, J. W.; D. Hughes, T., (with K. T.); P. M. 
 Schneidau, S.; J. H. Taboney, 8. D.; W. H. Wheeler, J. D.; J. 
 Charles, Tyler. 
 
so II18TUKV OF THE 
 
 OriMit I-(Mljiv No. 17.!, -Alfred 81iaw, W. M.; Win. H. Hire, 8. 
 W : (arson iMiid^e, J. \V. (appearing? in Orleans Coniniandery); Ed. 
 l.aUcr, T.; V. xMielly, S.; /,. '1'. Black, S. D.; T. H. Begg, J. D. 
 
 I (ante J.odge No. 174,— A. (anion, W. M.; (i. B. Sharboro, 8. W.; 
 1,. Majoli, .1. \V.; (i. Trisconi, T.; A. Lical/.i, tS.; A. Cattenaro, S. D.; 
 (J. Dcniartini, .J. 1). 
 
 IVrCcct Harmony Lod^je N'o. 17(i,— (4eo. Koi>li, W. M.; Jos. A- 
 Bnrke, S. \V.; I'eler iMackray, J. W.; E. Tranh, T.; H, P. McDonnell, 
 S.; .1. O'Honrke, S. 1).; .1. Kscliezabel, J. D.; R. S. Bnrke, Tyler. 
 
 Corinlliiaii i-odj^e X<\ liHI,— W. J. Hovard, W. M.; A. (iold- 
 tlnvaile, S. \V.; (lias. Palfrey, J. W.; Van B. K. Milliard, T.; .J. B. 
 F^:ilis, S.; C. T. Smith, S. I).; A. Van Smith, J. 1). 
 
 .leflcrson Lod^e No. l!»l, -\V. (i. Murtagh, \V. M-; Jo.s. Kant/,, S. 
 \V.; John ('. Ba<'li, J. W.,--(aj)pearinj>; as Aid to the Marshal); (*. 
 Sihopp, T.; H. Breen, S., (with (irand Lodge); J. Ijane, S. D.; G. 
 Weiss, J. I) ; H. C. Brown, Tyler. 
 
 Among the Masojis in carriages was the venerable Charles Kay- 
 miin<i. of I'olar Star Lodge. He is one of tlie veterans of the Battle of 
 New Orleans; and, thougli eighty-eight years old, still takes a lively 
 interest in daily events. He isconsidered t lie oldest Mason in Louisiana. 
 
 After the rej)resentatives of the Lodges, rode in carriages represent- 
 atives of the higher Masonic Orders, of whom may lie mentioned the 
 Otiicers, as follows, of the 
 
 (iKANI) KOVAJ^ ARCH CHAPTER: 
 
 A. Hero, Jr., Grand High Priest,— John W. Madden, as Deputy 
 (irand High Priest,— Joim Henderson, as Grand King, — Richard 
 Jjandtert, (irand Scribe,— Hilel Marks, (i rand Captain of Host, — \V. 
 H. Hutchings, Graiul Sentinel, — Jos. H. DeCxrange, Past Gi'aud High 
 Priest. 
 
 Then aj»peared in carriages the Otiicers of the 
 
 <;kani) i.odoe of Louisiana: 
 
 Win. Ji Whilakrr, Most Worshipful Grand Master 
 
 Jas. L. JjohdcU^ Right Worthy Deputy Grand Master 
 
 E. Morel, District Deputy Grand Master 
 
 H. Breen, District Deputy Grand Master 
 
 G. H. Pahsf, District Deputy Grand Master 
 

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FUNERAL (^EREMONlEiJ. SI 
 
 Jolni Clark(, as (Traiid Senior Warden; 
 
 (iro. Johnsfon, as Grand Junior Warden; 
 
 J. B. Sorcqxiru, as Grand Treasurer; 
 
 ./. C Batflidor iM. D., Grand Secretary; 
 
 E. Brand, .as Grand Senior Deacon ; 
 
 Chan. NeirfoH, as Grand Junior Deacon; 
 
 11"///. IL Hall as(Jrand Standard Bearer; 
 
 l[. llanibur<j( i\ Grand Pursuivant; 
 
 A. Queanf, as Grand Tyler. 
 
 In the carriages in wiiicli rode tlie M. W. (irand Master, W. 11. 
 Wliitaker, and the R. W. Dej)iity (irand Master, .las. L. Lohdell, were 
 also the M.W. I'ast (jlrand Masters: Kdwiu JNIarks and J. Q. A. Fellow.s. 
 
 This carriage was the last in the Division, and immediately pro- 
 ceded the Catafahjue. 
 
 In obedience to their Marshal's pul)lished orders, all the Officers 
 of the various Masonic Jiodies appeared in l)la<-k coat and i)aiit.s, i>la(^k 
 lial and wliite gloves: wore tlieii' lull regalia and displayed tlieir 
 respective Jewels of office. All the hadges were i»ound with Mack 
 <-ra|)e. 
 
 ^'ow, rode lorward Aid (Tcorge J. I'inckard, wlKtse Masonic rank 
 is Most lUustrions (Jrand Master of the (Jraiid Council. R. and S. M- 
 He was specially entrusted hy Marshal Ivainey with the care and 
 ilirection of 
 
 IIIK CATAFAM^rK. 
 
 I'his Funeral ('ar was one of the most inqiressive features of the 
 entire out-door ceremonial. Indeed, it attracted more attention than 
 any other portion of the Proces.sion. ft was of large dimensions, and 
 so tall (hat it could he seen from afar, above all the ti.ags and banners 
 and mounted officers, ft 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 piu'pose 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 
 
 10 
 
SL' TIISTOUV OF Til JO 
 
 iiplKT ('(l^if laii iiiaiiy I'cslooiis ol' l>laclv velvet, in llie middle of whicli, 
 on ciHuT side oT Hie car, was a runeiai esculriicon or liatchineid, in 
 wliicli, \vroni;lit in silver, were tlu' letters "J. A. G." 
 
 !''oiir colunins rose from the plat foini,— one at eaeli corner, — and 
 a( a iieiulit o|' nine feet, sniiporled an Oriental cujxtla, crowned liy 
 a small dome, (Hi wliicli, twenty-two feet al)ove Ihe Ki'<>ii"il> rested a 
 golden I'aicl*'. sliron<Ied in cra|ie. 
 
 Beneath the cii|ioia, in the renire ol' the pjatforni, was a hier 
 eis^ht feet long, six feet wide and two feel hi.nii. I'pon this rested a c'lf- 
 lin (hat was eoiiipletely hidden heneath a mass of white flowers atid 
 everureens, freshly gathered. Upon the eolUii were also placed a large 
 cross, ail anchor, and a sliield made ol" ilowers,— symholic of Faith, 
 Hope and ( 'harlty. 
 
 The coat-of-arms of the Stale of Lonisaiia decorated the learof Ihe 
 lilatiorm ; and that of the United .States, carved and gilt, the front - 
 both being draped in crape. 
 
 Sable velvet enwrapped the sleiidci- colnmns,the elegant dome and 
 cupola, and the bier, — this dark background Iteing relieved here and 
 there by the bright gleaming of silver borders and Itindings. Around 
 the base of the cupola, from column to column, were Masonic em- 
 blems. 
 
 'I'he ("atafal({ue was drawn l)y six white horses, that were compa- 
 ri.soned 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 designetl by Mr. A. A. 
 Maginnis ; was constructed by Mr. W. Muir, and decorated by Mr. H. 
 N. Siebrecht. The housings of the horses were the handiwork of Mr. 
 Harry Oressel, scenic artist ; the tloral decorations and insignia, of Mr. 
 II. Maftre. 
 
 The I'all Keaiers consisted of eight Otticers of the ( Joveriior's Mil- 
 itary Stair, and ten representatives of the higher bodies of the Masonic 
 Order. 
 
KUNKRAL CEKEMONIKS. 80 
 
 The StafroMicers were: Col. T. Lee Sluite ; ("ol. (has. A. Lareii- 
 (loii; Col. 'i\ Generelly ; Col. E. A. Diicros; Col. (ieo. \V. Diiinv; 
 Col. E. C. Payne; Major EE. Wood ; Mnyn \V. H. Kynies, 
 
 The Masonic Pall Hearers were: 
 
 ill- and Lodge: Sylvain Ciianrrau and C. K. l^"ai;t)t ; 
 
 Grand (Jluipter : Louis 8iueer and L )iiis P. Fulda ; 
 
 Grand CoancU : Edward Heath and J. L. rfwaii ; 
 
 Grand Co/isistorij : Krederiek Holyland and K. de P. Villasana ; 
 
 Grand Coiniiiaiukrij : C. A. Scott and ('. H. .Sclieiick. 
 
 The Military (.iiai-d of Honor vViis composed ol'tiie 
 C'ONTIXENTAL (H'AKDS, 
 
 who marched by platoons in front oi'and i)chind the Catafahjue. They 
 were under tiie command of Captain WiUhain I'Ia'i-vc^ uu ex-Coiifederate 
 veteran. 
 
 The First Phitoon, in front of the Car, was conimainled l»y Lieu- 
 tenant C. A. Tliie!. 
 
 Tlien came the colors, borne by Color-Sei'geant J. C. Jiood, and 
 escorted by tlie (^olor-guard. 
 
 Captain Pierce rode liehind the colors and immediately in front of 
 the hearse. 
 
 The Second Platoon followed the car, under eommand of liieuten- 
 ant C. \V. Drown. 
 
 The full roll of the Coatlneatal, Guards parading was as follows : 
 
 Captain William Pierce ; Lieut. C A. Tliiel ; Lieut. C. W. Drown ; 
 Surgeon W. E. Schuppert ; Color-Sergeant J. C. Hood ; 
 
 Sergeants: J. R. Walton, (t. H. Voungnell, E. B. lleynolds, dfeo. 
 S. Petitt; 
 
 Corporals: T. O'CJonnor, P. Ji. (iilmore, T. JIassam, .Ir., JJen 
 Lewis ; 
 
 Privates : J. W. Adams, Volney Brown, John Bozant, A. Bow- 
 mai\, Voluey Brown, Jr., J. M Coos, G. W. Cooper, W. H. Deeves, G. 
 W. England, A. D. Finley, W. S. Ferry, R. 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. Watkins and C. H. Warren. 
 
84 HISTORY OI'" THE 
 
 SliouliJcr (.o shoulder, side hy side, jiiai<-lied in the runks of this fme 
 (•(•iiiiiiiiikI. not only t-x-Contt'dciutt' hut ex-Kt'dt'ial vt'teriiiis : soidlcis 
 who had served IVotu the h('j;luuin^- to the eiid ol'lhe terrihle civil war 
 u ith I lie steads \ alor and eonstaiicy of rneu lighting from the highest 
 sense 1)1' dut\ fiu' wlial they deemed (he right. Tlie eouHiet o\-er, they 
 had shaken liands like true soldiers ; and ever since, hy their own ex- 
 ample, sought to ohliterute tlu- hitter memories of tlie war, cherish 
 only such as were worthy of a jiroud renu'nd)rance. and in a (|uic(, 
 manly wa_\', l»ring ahoul a general reunion of estranged i)relhren. 
 
 To those of the lookers-on, cogni/..int of llu' dead i'resident's an- 
 cestral history, it was a strikingly appropriate coincident that this mil- 
 itary (Juard of Honor around his funeral car should wear the pietur- 
 es(|ue garh that thi' -Old ( 'on linen tals " had made famous. But it was 
 a still more striking and sadly pleasing coincidence that this (iuard 
 of Honor should, in the most Southern of Southern cities, so nuirkedl.N 
 symholize in its own mend>ershii) ami j^osf-h'/funi history the iiohly 
 conciliatory and patriotic priiu'ii>le that inspired the tinest passage in 
 the dead President's Inaugural. 
 
 THE THIRD DIVISIOX. 
 
 Had for its Marshal, Bi'igadier-(ieneral Aixikrxox S. Badgef^, 
 the \vell-kiu)W'u Collector of the Port. 
 
 His Aids were: Col. William Roy, T. V. Coupland, Oeorge Drury, 
 H. (). Hehert, K. V. Hitch, Joseph H. Lawlor, H. O. Maher, W. B. 
 Merchant, L. J. Souer. (Jhas. (J. Tracy, York A. Woodward and Alex. 
 C. Wells. 
 
 The representatives of the various l)ranches of the State ami City 
 Covernment, the Federal Olticials, the Veterans of 1812-15, the Mexi- 
 can \\"ar Veterans, the Confederate and Federal Veteran Benevolent 
 A.ssociations, the Foreign Consuls, and Delegations from several polit- 
 ical, scientific, artistic, educatiomil and henevolent Associations, 
 formed the Third Division. Included among them were the City's in- 
 vited guests, already nu'ntioned. 
 
 All were in handsome carriages, which ai)peared in the proces- 
 sion ami were occu])ied as hereinafter set forth: 
 
FUNERAT. CEREMONIP^S. ^'•"> 
 
 111 IIk' iVoul ciirr'umc were (lie Hon. SmuuicI l)(iii<;las Mcl'^ncry, 
 l/u'iitt'iiaiil (!ov('ni(»r aiul Acliiiy' ( ;()Vci-iuir of llic State, ami the J^()ll. 
 Josepli A. Sliaksjicart', iMayoi" of the ( 'it y. 
 
 In llu' second caniaKf wen-: Hon. William A. SlroiiK, Sccrelary 
 of Stale,— lion. Allen .Juniel, Slate Auditor, -Hon. Ivl. A. lUirke, 
 State 'I'reasm-er, lion. Koliert N. ().t;(len, Speaker, House of IJepreseii- 
 tatives. 
 
 In the (liird earrlage were: Hon. F.dwiii Harris, State Senator, 
 .')(li Senatorial T^istriet,— Hon. Wni. H Harris, Stale (Nunmissioner 
 of AKneullun' and lininigration, — Brigadier-! Jeneral \V. M. Owen, 
 Inspeetor General, and Brigadier-! Jeneral (!eo. \V. Dnpre, Coniniissary 
 Oeneral, on the (Jovernor's slatr. 
 
 Tn the fourth carriage: Hon. Felix 1'. Poche, Associate .lustiee 
 Stale Supreme Court,— Hon. ilohert H. iMarr, ex-CMiief Justice Su- 
 l)renie Court, —Judge H. L, Lazarus, of the ('ivil District Court for the 
 Parish of Orleans. 
 
 Hon. W. E. Huger, City Administrator of Accounts,— Hon. A. 
 Fagan, Administrator of Commerce,— Hon. Ooorge Belamore, Admin- 
 istrator of Assessments,— Hon. J. V. (4uillot(e, Administrator of Public 
 Buildings and Water Works. 
 
 Hon. Wm. Voorhies, Judge of the Second City Court,— Hon. W. 
 H. Holmes, Judge, Third City Court,— Hon. Charles Byrne, of the 
 City Board of Police Commissioners. 
 
 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 As.sociation. 
 
 Surgeon PI. W. Austin, local representative of the V. vS. Marine 
 Hospital Service. 
 
 Chief Deputy Wm. Walsh, representing Civil Sheriff Thos. DufTy, 
 and Messrs. E. Bicker, Paul T. Abadie, A. Moss, J. Koepfer, Wm. 
 DufTy, Jas. A. Haley, and Dan. Rees, assistant clerks and deputies,— 
 occupying five carriages. 
 
S»; HISTOKV OF THE 
 
 Hon. Morris >rarks, Collector, and J. J. Pearson, F>S(i., of (lie V. 
 S. Internal KeNcnne ( Kticc. 
 
 (ien. Wni. L. Me.Milkn, Po.sliuaster,— ( "ol. Jack Wharton, U. ri. 
 Marsiial, — Hon. A. H. Leonard, U. 8. District Attorney,— Hon. Geo. 
 L. Noilon, r. S. Snpervisiiiii' inspector. 
 
 Hon. William M. Hurweil, Receiver in, and representing the U. S. 
 Land Ottlce.— Captain W'ni. Wright, U. 8. rihipping Commissioner. 
 
 (Ten. Geoige Haldy, Major M. M. Fuller, and Messr.s. O.K. Brews- 
 ter, K. H. Barlow, J. M. Bing, A. J. Collyer, W. B. Dickey, C. B. Fish, 
 Van K. K. Hilliurd, W. U. Janie8, J. B. Ludwick, and E. K. Ru.%e,— 
 delegated to-repi'esent the Grand Aniiij of Hit liepahUc, under Maj<n- 
 I'uiler as " Otticer of the Day." 
 
 Hon. M. V". Davis, Superintendent, Chief Clerk W. A. .Steele, and 
 .Mr. B. F. Butler, representing the LJ. S. Branch Mint,— J. H. H, 
 Tax loi-, representing the \J. S. Sub-Treasury. 
 
 Hon. Wni. C). Rogers, Super) ntendent of City Public Scliool.s;— Col, 
 Jos. Collins and F. Stringer, Esij., of the Board of Directors City 
 Pnlilic Schools, John J. O'Brien, Secretary of the Board. 
 
 The /W/r///// ro//.s/^/x then appeared, in foui' cai-riages, in the fol- 
 low iiiu order : 
 
 1 II the tirst cai'riaKe : A. de (J. l)e Fonblampie. K^^\., Consul for 
 (ileal liritaiii ; X'iconite l\iul J>'Alizac, for France ; Don Jose Sanchez 
 Ha/.aii, for Spain ; ."-^enor J. F. De Zamacona, for Mexico. 
 
 Ill Ihe second carriage: Mr. John Kruttschnitt, Consnl for (ier- 
 iiKiiiy : Dr. John Del Orto, Acting (,'onsul for Italy; Mr. H. P. 
 Kliiiiipp, for Denmark; Mr. E. Martinez, for Venezuela. 
 
 ! II the third carriage: Baron Ernest Von Meysenberg, Consul for 
 Aii-tri.i- Hungary ; Adolphe Schreiber for the Netherlands; J, F. 
 Schroeder, for Russia ; Wallace Ogden, for the Argentine Republic. 
 
 In the fourth carriage: Mr. Ci. (Jerdes, Consul tor Norway and 
 Sweden ; Monsieur F. Navone, French Vice Consul, and J. F. Broster, 
 Es(|.. British ."-^iiipping ('ommi.ssioner. 
 
 The British, French, Spanish and Austria-Hungarian Consuls 
 were in uniform, with the hat-ornaments and sword-knots covered 
 with crape, and crape bound around the left arm. 
 
J^'UNEKAL C;EREM0N1E8. ST 
 
 l"'()iir ('!' I he \'(l< rails (if Isli' i 'i, wlio served iiiider (Jell. AikIi'cw 
 .Im-ksoii ill tlu' liallles of \ew Orleans, occupied the next ('arriafi;e after 
 llie Consuls. Tliey were : ,)aci|iies Kou/,:ni, li Uoiiniiille, James Sniilli , 
 and W (). lialialut. 
 
 'I'lies(> veneralile soldieis were (he recipients of many niari<s of 
 prolonnd interest and respi'd I'roni the s|)eetat()rs. "\'ear l)y year liieir 
 numhers steadily decrease, and only a very few of (hem are now aide 
 to take part in piihlic cereiuonlals. 
 
 In six earria,t,^es then appeared a delegation from I'Ik LdiiisiinKi 
 AsKocidditn nf III! M<.iii-((n Wnr l^rfiraiis. 
 
 In the first carriage were : George Swarlnic^k, James K. Hissell, L. 
 Jveonard, and (J. S. Piiitrello. 
 
 In the second carriage: John McClelland, Wni. iMcIjouylin, and 
 Jordan B. Nohle.— "Old Jordan," a colored man, heat the drum Cor 
 one of Jackson's regiments at the hattle of JNew Orleans ; then lie fol- 
 lowed the drum in the Florida War; then in the Mexican War; and 
 lastly, in the " last war." 
 
 in the third carriage; G. Lyman, W. McLean, H. H. INIcV'ey, 
 and S. Johnson. 
 
 In the fourth : J. W. Slack, E. P. Lally, F. Tlialler, and >s'icholas 
 Scliwah. 
 
 In the fifth: Francis B- Gillan, F. S. Austin, A. H. Parker, and 
 Josepli Branners. 
 
 And in the sixth carriage: Captain John Purcell, N. C. Gunnegle, 
 Harris Parsons, and J. A. Letten. 
 
 These veterans, — with few exceptions still hale and hearty men — 
 rei)resented some two hundred old soldiers, all who are left of the 
 Louisiana regiments that took an active part in Taylor's and Scott's 
 campaigns and victories in Mexico. 
 
 Tlie next body was a numerous one ; being the Jj<n(/sitni(( Diri- 
 sioii of f/iG Benevolent Associa/lou, Armij of Northern Vir(/iiiia. — Their 
 President, Col. John P. Richardson, was with his command, the Wash- 
 ington Artillery. He was represented by Major E. D. Willett, one of 
 the founders of the Association and now its Honorary President. The 
 other otiticers with him were : Wm. PI. Ijvman First Vice President : 
 
SS iU.STOiiV OF THE 
 
 liOiiis I'railos, SfcomI \"u-v rresidfiit : J. Moore Wilson, Third \'ice 
 rrcsideiil; N.J. Hooy, i-'oiirth \'ice I'resident; John F. Wax, Filth 
 Vii-e President ; Jno. H. Murray, Treasurer; Jno. J. Fitzpatriek, Re- 
 rording Secretary ; Fred A. Ober, Corresponding tSeeretary ; Dr. 
 Frank li. Taney, Surgeon ; and Jiev. Father Hubert, Cha]>lain. 
 
 The badges of the OHieers and Members of the Association were 
 liinged with blark cnipe. 
 
 Next came the Otticers and Members of the Louisiana Division, 
 /iriiriU)frNf Association, J rnii/ (>f 'feiinc.sscc. In the absence from the 
 City of tile President, J. A. Chalaron, jNIajor John Augustin, First 
 \'ici' I'residciil, bad charge of the Assoeiatiou. He was assisted l)y H. 
 X. .leukiiis, Second Vice I'resident ; A.J. Jjcwis, Third Vice Presi- 
 dent; Jos. I). Tayloi': Recording Secretary ; A. Boisblanc, Financial 
 Secretary; S. D. Stockman, Treasurer, and Dr. Y. R. Le ^lonnier, 
 Surgeon. 'V\\v Corresponding Secretary, Flugene May, was on duty 
 ciscuberc as Major of (be \Nasliington Artillery. — The OHicers and 
 Members woi'c Idack crape liadges. 
 
 These various organi/ations of soldiers of many hard-fought (ields 
 exicnding Ibrougii more (ban lifty years of American history, were 
 closed by llic (,'< riiinii t'liioii ]'ifr/ri/is, who wei e re])resi'nleti l>\' (Ja]i- 
 lain Alex. (i.Craal, Henry Ladage, ,b>hn Ij. Kauel, .Jojin L. White, 
 F. VV. S<'a[>iit/,, and .Vugiist Siebraiidl. 
 
 Tlie C' //.'/•(•// IlKiicncli ('lull of [yOii.isidiKi followt-d, uudei'tiieir I'res- 
 iiienl. Captain J. I'inckucy Smith, and occu[>ying live carriages. The 
 other onicers present were: I<L\-( iovernor Jolm McKnery and p]x- 
 ^^ayor i. W. I'attoii, \'ice I'resideuts, and W. McVicar, Secretary and 
 'I'reasurer. I'ne beautiful banners, Hags and giiidons af the Club were 
 tas(«'fully draped in mourning. 
 
 Then \\'ii.<hiii(ih)!i Li)fl(i< Nn. .'>, /. <>. <>. F. , bad a delegation, coui- 
 posi'd of Jacolt ScbinitI, N. (i.; (xeorge VVollrich, V. ii. pro Inn.; 
 Joseph i^'oister, P. (;., and James Nowell, P. (i. 
 
 Ill over a <ln/.eii carriages next came over half a, hundred of tbe 
 Members of tiiat well known Club, benevolent, social and musical, the 
 AV//t Orlranx LicdcrtajcL Their Oflticers were: Ernest J. Wenck, 
 President; Chas. J. A. Doerr, First Vice President; H. Eugelhardt, 
 Second Vice President; Solomon Marx, Secretary; Philip Hehn, 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 89 
 
 Treasurer; V. 8tubeiirauch, Financial Secretary; W. J. Becker, 
 Librarian; Carl Weiss, Musical Director; and Albert J. MichaeliM, 
 Ernest Frugst, Sr., and L. Moses, of the Board of Managers. 
 
 The carriages that followed bore a number of the (JlticL-rs and 
 Directors of the Lee Monumental Amoviation, as: M. Musson, Second 
 Vice President : .S. H. Kennedy. Treasurer; (!aj)tain W. i. Hodgson, 
 Recording Secretary ; and W. B. Schmidt, Lloyd 11. Coleman, Archi- 
 bald Mitchell, J. .J. Mellon. Alfred Moulton, W. T. Vaudry, E. A. 
 Palfrey, H. Renshaw, Jas. M(-Conneil, Jas. .Jackson, Sam'l Boyd. J. C. 
 Morris, and Jos. L. Harris, l)i relators. 
 
 In tlie next carriages were the Officers of L' Union Franvaise: F. 
 Tujague, President; J. L. Revol, First Vice President; Leon Quey- 
 rouze, Second Vice President; H. Billard, Secretary; and A. Doussan, 
 Treasurer. — Ex-Maj-or E. P. Pilsbury i-ode with the President as the 
 guest of the Society. 
 
 The last carriage in the Division had tlie Officers of the Italian 
 Mutual Benevolent Society as follows : .John Rocchi, President ; B. 
 Blordone, Vice President ; E- Tmis, Recording Secretary ; and A. M. 
 Sf>lari, Treasurer. 
 
 Thei'e was also a number of carriages in the Division not enumer- 
 ated above. They bore citizens not connec^ted with any Association or 
 any Public Office ; but who desired to take part in the Prooessiou as a 
 mark of respect to the memory of the dead Preaident. 
 
 FOUETH 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-five 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 JefTerson 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. 
 11 
 
90 1118TOKY OF THE 
 
 The 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 fine 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 that well known and highly esteemed citizen, 
 President of the Firemens' Insurance Company, the Hon. Isaac N. 
 Makks, who has been connected with the Fire Department every year 
 since 1847, and President of the Firemen's Charitable Association con- 
 secutively since 1854. 
 
 His Aids were Chief Engineer Thomas O'Connor; First Assistant 
 Engineer, Mike Ray ; Second Assistant, A. Muller; Third Assistant, 
 James Boyce ; and Fourth Assistant, Archie Boyd. 
 
 The Companies of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Districts' 
 
 FIRE DEPARTMENT 
 then came 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 pants, and black glazed leather fire 
 caps or helmets. 
 
 Afilneburg 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. 
 
FUNERAL CEEEMONIES. 91 
 
 Uniform: White shirts, blacl? pants, black filazed lire hats. 
 
 American No. 2 —Hook and Ladder Company — President, E. Dur- 
 
 rive ; Vice President, O. P. Miller; Secretary, J. E. Cones; Foreman, 
 
 W. F. Bulacer; First Assistant, Thomas Stone; Second Assistant, P. 
 
 Cavanaxigh. 
 
 Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, and black prlazeii leather tire caps. 
 
 Vigilant No. 3, — Steam Fire Engine Company,— President, H. 
 Forschler; Vice President, Arthur Riley ; Secretary, Wlllitmi A. Gar- 
 lepied ; Treasurer, Ignalz Kiefer ; Foreman, Henry Liisse ; F'n^t Assist- 
 ant, Arthur Courrege ; Second Assistant, John Dubuc 
 
 Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, glazed black leather fire caps. 
 
 Hope No. 3, — Hook and Ladder Companj-.— President. J. Faget; 
 Secretary, L. Richards; Treasurer, J. Barnes; Foreman, Win. Swan ; 
 First Assistant, P. Magrath ; Second Assistant, E. Brown. 
 
 Uniform: Red shirts, black pants, black glazed leather fire hats. 
 
 Pelican No. 4, — Hook and Ladder Company. — President, Leon 
 Bertoli ; Vice President, F. Gu6ringer; 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. 
 
 Uniform : Blue shirts, black j^ants, white glazed leather 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. J. Clarke; Foreman, 
 John T. Shaw: First Assistant, Chas. McOhesney ; Second Assistant, 
 Daniel Hobbs. 
 
 Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, black glazed leather fire caps. 
 
92 flISTOKV OF THE 
 
 Eagle No. 7~Steaiii Fire Engine Company. — President, James 
 Kenni'(l\'; Vice President. (;. Methe; Secretary, (tI. Gast ; Treasurer, 
 W. Di'laney ; Foreman, August SehefFer; First Assistant, August 
 Thomas; Second Assistant, C. Vuillot. 
 
 I'niform : Red shirts, black pants, lilack glazed fire hats. 
 
 Rhivnix No. S — .Steam Fire Engine Company.— President, G. 
 Warters; Vice President, R Masearo ; Secretary, J. Anderson ; Treas- 
 urer, .1. Jacobs; Foreman, Tim. O'Neil; First Assistant. Jos. Hewitt; 
 Second Assistant, J. J Cronan. 
 
 I'niform : Red shirts, black pants, black glazed leather hats. 
 
 Creole No. 9— Steam Fire Engine Company. — Vice President, H. 
 Sass ; Secretary, J. Volrath ; Treasurer. J. Harris. — The President of 
 this Company, Uovernor Louis Alfred Wiltz, was absent from sickness 
 that was soon to terminate fatally. -Foreman, Robert Brewster; First 
 .Assistant, Frank Kattnian ; Second Assistant, L. Sandier. 
 
 rniform : Red sliirts, black pants, black glazed leather tire caps. 
 
 Loni.winn No. l(t — Steam Fire Engine Company. — President, John 
 Biihler, 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 Aswistant, Henry 
 Volgringer 
 
 Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, and black glazed leather fire hats. 
 
 Irnd 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 ; FMrst Assistant, J. ReiUy; Second Assistant, J. Maginnis. 
 
 Uniform; Red shirts, black pants, white glazed leather fire caps. 
 
 Perseverance No. 13— Steam Fire Engine Company, — President, 
 John Fitzpatrick ; Vice President, \V. Tamser ; Secretar3% G. Macias ; 
 Trea.surer, 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 Engine Company.— President, T. 
 Moore ; Vice President, J. Killilea; Secretary, C. Lalment; Foreman, 
 C. G. Miltimore; First Assistant, Lewia Martio, Second Assistant, 
 John I^acey. 
 
 Uniform ; Red shirts, black pants, black glazed leather fire caps. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 93 
 
 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. 
 Cumtbrt; First Assistant, Geo. Wilson ; Second Assistant, H. Dunlap. 
 
 Uniform: Red shirts, blade pants, black glazed leather ftrj caps. 
 
 Washington No. 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. 
 
 Uniform : 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 fire 
 caps. 
 
 Chalmette No. 2.B— 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 fire 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 Hoflfman ; Second Assistant, Henry Fleischer, 
 
 Uniform : White shirts, black pants, and black glazed leather fire 
 hats. 
 
91 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 FIFTH DISTRICT DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Now appeared the different Companies from Algiers and Brook- 
 lyn, headed by tlieir Chief Engineer, T. Daly, Jr. 
 
 The first Company was : 
 
 Pelican No. 1 — Steam Fire Engine Company. — President, B. 
 Kelly; Vice President. Wni. Klien ; Secretary, W. Henry Martin; 
 Treasurer, E. Bauman ; Steward, J. M. Fernandez ; Foreman, A. T. 
 Fox ; First A.ssistant. W. B. Mead ; Second Assistant, Louis Klien. 
 
 Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, and black glazed fire caps. 
 
 Brooklyn No. 2 — Steam Fire Engine Company. — Foreman, Jos, 
 Ward ; First Assistant, William Burke ; Second Assistant, Charles 
 Buhler. 
 
 Uniform : Red shirts, black pants, and black fire caps. 
 
 Morgan No. 3 — Steam Fire Engine Company. — Foreman, John 
 E. Herbert; First Assistant, E. W. Evans; Second Assistant, W. E. 
 Shields. 
 
 Uniform : Red shirts, black panta and black glazed fire caps. 
 
 A delegation from Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, of this Dis- 
 trict, was also in line. 
 
 SIXTH DISTRICT DEPARTMENT. 
 
 The march of the five Companies of the Sixth District — formerly 
 Jefferson City— was preceded by the elegant United States flag of 
 Young America No. 3, draped in mourning. 
 
 The column was led by Chief Engineer H. P. Phillips. 
 
 The first Company following him was : 
 
 Pioneer No. 1, Steam Fire Engine Company. 
 
 Its Officers parading were : 
 
 President Leon 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. Hufendick ; Steward, Mich. Sehipper. 
 
 Uniform : Red shirts, black plants, and black glazed leather fire 
 caps. 
 
 Home No. 1, a Hook and Ladder Company. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 95 
 
 Officers parading : Foreman, C. C Pii>er; First Assistant Jno. 
 Hoffman ; Second Assistant, Tlios. De Laney ; Secretary, J. P. Galla- 
 ber ; H. Esparbe, Treasurer ; M. O'Connor, Housekeeper.— Tlie Presi- 
 dent, Eugene May, and Vice President Hugii Breen, were on duty in 
 other Divisions. 
 
 Uniform : Blue shirts, hlacl\ pants, white glazed leather Hre caps. 
 
 Protector No. 3, aSteani Fire Engine Conipriny. 
 
 Officers parading: Foreman, Dave Wicker: First Assistant, T. 
 Michel; Second Assistant, William Lowe. 
 
 Uniform : White shirts, black pants, and black fire hats, 
 
 Young America ^\o. 3, a Steam Fire Engine Company. 
 
 The Officers parading were : 
 
 President, Jno. Pertsdorf; Vice President,.!. B Mailbes ; Secre- 
 tary, Chas. J. Trouard; Treasurer, Jacob Stentz. 
 
 Foreman, Jos. Batt ; First Assistant, J. E. LeBlanc; Second As- 
 sistant, H. Hess ; Steward, S. Seither. 
 
 Uniform: Red shirts, black pants, black glazed leather fire hats. 
 
 Phillips, No. 4, a Steam Fire Engine (Jompany. 
 
 The Officers on parade were : 
 
 President, W .B. Gill; Vice President, (I L. Schopp ; Secretary, D. 
 Cohn ; Treasurer, C. L- Voltz. 
 
 Foreman, A. C. Winn ; First Assistant P. J. Kammer ; Second As- 
 sistant, A. W. Jackson,— marching, the President and Vice President 
 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 fire 
 hats. 
 
 All the Officers of the Sixth District Companies had crapt either 
 on the arm or on the trumpets. 
 
 SEVENTH DISTRICT DEPARTMENT. 
 
 The three Companies of this District, — otherwise Carrollton — 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. 
 
96 IIINTOKY OF THE 
 
 A delegation from vStar Hook and Ladder No. 1 appeared with 
 Home Hook and Ladder Company, of the Sixth District Department, 
 an their gnests ; and another deieKation from Independent Fire Engine 
 Company Xo- i^ was with the Young America No. 3, of the Sixth Diss 
 trict. 
 
 Tin; Firenien looked exceedingly well in their simple yet very 
 handsome and appropriate uniforms. There were fifteen hundred 
 men niarcliing in the Division ; and, as with very few exceptions, they 
 were in the prime of life, they presented a living picture of manly 
 strejigth and gv)od looks that was the more pleasing to behold from the 
 knowledge of ti.e admiring thousands that every man was ready at a 
 moment's notice to risk lilVand liuih lor liis fellow Juan. 
 
 FIFTH niVLSION. 
 
 The veteran Col. .1. H. Walton, —for over thirty years so intimately 
 rf)nnected with the business, i)olitical. and military history of New 
 Orleans, and 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. But 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 take his place, Judg-e A. L. Tissot. 
 
 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 
 
 YOUNG 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. 
 Fi. Scluipport and H. Bezou, Physicians. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIKH. 97 
 
 There were two hundred of the Members out, though that does not 
 inchide the full membership. All were dressed alike, in black suite, 
 and wore mourning badges. In front were carried, draped in mourn- 
 ing, the Association's white silk flag, the Union Jack, the 8tars and 
 Stripes, and the Association's old banner, of silk, bearing their name 
 and a device of clasped hands, with the motto, " We are United." 
 
 Nextappeared, underthe guidance of their own Marshal, Charles 
 Morel, the 
 
 BENKVOLENT ASSOCIATION, SONS OF LOUISIANA, 
 
 whose Officers parading were : James Campbell, President ; Ernest 
 Morel, First Vice President; L. J. Courtin, Second Vice President ; 
 A. J. Malone, Recording Secretary ; George D. Dolan, Secretary ; Dr. 
 F. Formento, Physician ; L. Roger, Collector, and John R. Legeir, 
 Treasurer. 
 
 Four hundred of the six hundred Members appeared. They wore 
 black coat, vest, and pants, and black hat; and on each coat lappel, in 
 addition to the Association's regular badge, was a mourning badge of 
 black velvet trimmed with white. 
 
 Their ensign-bearers carried, first : the Association's own special 
 silk banner, showing, embroidered on a red ground, a pelican feeding 
 its young ; then three United States flags, the Union Jack, and the 
 flag of Louisiana— all of silk, and furled, and edged with black crape. 
 
 The third organization in the Division was the 
 
 YOUNG men's gymnastic CI-UB, 
 
 whose Officers, at their head were: Ed. J. Gu^ringer, President; J. A. 
 Connors, Vice President ; H. Garrot, Corresponding Secretary ; M. D. 
 Gardner, Recording Secretary ; V. Le Beau Rouelle, Financial Secre- 
 tary ; E. Moses, Treasurer; A. P. Blum, Cliief Instructor; Robt. Ger- 
 non, Assistant Instructor, 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 flag, of silk, all looped up with crape. Embroidered on one 
 
 12 
 
98 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 side of the bauner, on u white ground, was the ("hib badge, and on the 
 oilier side tlie eoat-of-urniis of Louisiana. 
 
 Under tlieir Marshal, Adalbert Vedrenne, next eanie the 
 
 SOUTIIKUN -AIUTTAh KKNi; VOhKNT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 Tlie Oilicers were : Jolni H. Manuel, President; John Sleninier, 
 Sr., Vice President; Otta jSToha, Recording Secretary ; Francis T). 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. 
 
 Attlu; head of the Society were carried the United States Hag and 
 the Union Jack, both of silk, furled and draped in mourning. 
 
 That popular organization, the 
 
 I'EIylOAN BENEVOLENT ASSO(IATIf)N, 
 
 appeared, uiuler their Marshal, Charles T. Soniat. 
 
 Tlie Oflicers parading were ; 
 
 Dr. Fi. Doumeing, Vice President ; Ijouie Hardel, Recording Sec- 
 retary ; F. LaTubert, Financial Secretary, and Louis Cucullu, Treas- 
 urer. 
 
 The President, Judge 'i'issot, 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 ground, and was fringed with gold 
 and golden tassels. 
 
 'I'he banner bore this significant motto : Nan Sibi Sed Suis—'' Not 
 for Ourselves but for Otliers." 
 
 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 F. .lungel. Treasurer. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 91) 
 
 There were nearly one hundred ol" the Members in the procession, 
 all attired in black cloth suits, with white vests, white gloves, and 
 black silk hats, and wearing each besides the badge of the Club, a spe- 
 cial mourning badge. 
 
 The Claiborne Club was followed by the 
 
 YOUNG men's EXCETjSIOR HKNKVOLENT ASSOCIATION, 
 
 under the guidance of their Marshal, Paul St. Philip. 
 
 Their Officers were : Eugene Mestier, I'rerfident ; Joseph Silentos, 
 Vice President; George J. Viosca, Recording Secretary ; E. H. Watt, • 
 Financial Secretary; Louis L. Mestier, Treasurer; Edward Dunn, 
 Collector, and .Tames Doran, Warden. 
 
 There were nearly two hundred Members in line, preceded by thi-ee 
 ensign bearers, one carrying a United States tiag ; the second, the 
 Union Jack ; and the third the handsome white silk Hag 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. 
 Henriehs, 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. 
 
 LcJC. 
 
100 mSTOKY OF THK 
 
 Marshal (icorge Sieger, with Assistant Marshal Fritz Witekamer, 
 led the way for the 
 
 OKUMAX LOUISIANA DRAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 
 
 The Officers were: Conrad 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, marched behind the Officers. The United 
 States flag, the German flag, and that of the Association, all of silk, 
 were draped in mourning. The Association's flag has their name 
 tastefully embroidered on it, on a blue ground. 
 
 Following the Draymen came the 
 
 ST. MARY'S GERMAN ASSOCIATION. 
 
 The Officers parading were: Nicholas Yochum, President ; J. B. 
 Schmidt, Vice President ; J. Prigge, Recording and Financial Secre- 
 tary ; G. Sievers, Assistant Secretary, and M. Huber, Treasurer. 
 
 Sixty-five Members were in line, dressed in black suits, with 
 mourning badge, and with the American flag looped up with crape. 
 
 Under the leadership of their Marshal, George Remme, appeared 
 next the 
 
 LAFAYETTE YOUNG MEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 Their Officers were: A. C. Brackman, President; A. Graf. Jr., 
 First Vice President; P. Hoelzel, Jr., Second Vice President; A. J. 
 Remme, Recording Secretary ; G. M. Mondage, Financial Secretary; 
 W. A. H. Cross, Assistant Secretary ; Joseph Weginan, Treasurer, and 
 S. Western, Collector. 
 
 Nearly two hundred young mon were in line, dressed all in black 
 suits, and wearing crape on their badges. Before them were carried, 
 draped with black crape, a handsome silk United States flag and the 
 Association's elegant white silk banner. 
 
 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 ; Chas. Pauly, 
 Assistant Secretary; F. Bruseau, Treasurer ; E. Schinne, 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 badges. 
 
 The splendid silk banner of the Association attracted general 
 admiration. It was made to order in Munich, Bavaria, and is con- 
 sidered to be one of the finest works of art, of its kind, in the United 
 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, headed the long column of tlie Sixth Division,— 
 composed chiefly of the stalwart men who do the hardest part of the 
 work in handling the vast amount of imports and exports at this port. 
 
 Marshal Mealey had for his Aids two portly citizens, as well 
 known and as well mounted as himself. They were John Mahoney, 
 of the Cotton Yardmen's Association, and John EUwood, of the Screw- 
 men's Association. 
 
 The Division moved at slow pace to the dirge-like strains of a large 
 brass band. The march was opened by the 
 
 HIBERNIA 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 
 
LUli HlSTOliY OF THE 
 
 COTTOX VAKDMKN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 The Officers parading were: Dan Mahouey, First Vice President, 
 acting in tlie absence of President P. Mealey, on other duty; Michael 
 Woods, Second Vice President; James Roche, Recording Secretary; 
 Jolin Nohin, Assistant Recording Secretary; James L. Morris, Finan- 
 cial Secretary ; Jacob Boes, Assistant Financial Secretary ; and Harry 
 B. Wheelage, Treasurer. 
 
 Over seven hundred strong, stoutly built men, — nearly all young,— 
 api)eared in the ranks, dressed alike in well-fitting black cloth suits, 
 white vests, white gloves and black silk hats. On each coat lappel 
 appeareii the badge of the Association, with a mourning rosette 
 attached. A large silken United States flag, draped in mourning, was 
 borne at the front. 
 
 Following the Cotton Yardmen now appeared one of the lax-gest and 
 oldest organizations in the city — namely, the 
 
 screwmen's benevolent association. 
 
 Theii Oflicers were: Joseph J. Lester, President; Philip Q,uaile, 
 .Jr., I^'irst Vice President; Henry Gilmore, Second Vice President; 
 Joseph Coady, Recording Secretary; John Herveau, Jr., Financial 
 Secretary ; Archibald Keir, Assistant Secretary ; and John Houlgrave, 
 Treasui'er. 
 
 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 an<i 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. Tlie banner is of blue silk, embroidered in gold 
 braid. The stall' 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 
 
FUNERAL OEEEMONIKS. 103 
 
 cliildren, homeless anddestituto, being eared for by Serewnieii. AV)ove, 
 is tlie motto of the Association, " Upward and Onward." 
 
 The Screwmen were followed by an orji:;aiiizati()n nesirly tiieir equal 
 in numbers, though not of so many years. This was — led l)y their 
 Marshal, John E. Dufty— the 
 
 J.ONUSHORKMEN'S HENf:VOI.10NT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 The Officers who paraded were : 
 Thomas Flaherty, President; Peter Hetherman, First Vice President; 
 John Kelley, Second Vice President; Wm. Hwayne, Recording Secre- 
 tary; John Dillon, Financial Secretary; ('has. 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, and 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 
 
 J^ONGSHOBEMEN AND GRAIN TBIMMEKS' ASSOCIATION, 
 
 whose Officers were : James Cunningham, President ; Joseph Brown and 
 E. Delesdernier, Vice Presidents ; James Malloy, Secretary ; Charles 
 Timpi, Financial Secretary ; Daniel Broderick, Treasurer ; and John 
 Clements, 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 crape. 
 
 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 OBDER OF HIBERNIANS. 
 
 Mr. 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 HISTOKY OF THE 
 
 The Lodges of the A. O. H. appeared as follows : 
 
 Lodge No. 1.— John MoCloskey, President; Daniel Murphy, Vice 
 President; and Daniel J. Murphy, Secretary. 
 
 One hundred and fifty Members in line. 
 
 Lodge No. 2.— Robert C. Davey, President; D. Horigan, Vice 
 President; Thomas Kavanagh, Secretary. 
 
 One hundred and ten Members in line. 
 
 Lodge No. 4. — P. Quinn, President; Wm. McCarthy, Secretary. 
 
 Sixty Members in line. 
 
 The Officers and Members, in their handsome uniform and regalia, 
 recalling the equipments of the Knights Templar, though more 
 showy — made one of the most striking features of the procession. All 
 wore mourning emblems, and the flags of each Lodge were draped in 
 sable insignia. 
 
 F'rom across the Mississippi, — as representing the industrious and 
 intelligent handicraftsmen of Algiers, where for years so much ship 
 and steamboat work has been carried on — came first, the 
 
 SHIP CARPENTERS' AND JOINERS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 Their Officers were : William Jones, President ; R. Kammerer, 
 Vice President ; H. J. Kepper, Recording Secretary; H. Thompson, 
 Financial 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 
 
 THE CAULKERS' ASSOCIATION, 
 
 whose Officers were: John Smith, President; G. Chaperon, Vice 
 President; E. Brunct, Secretary; G. Haltere, Treasurer, and William 
 Durkis, Guardian. 
 
 Tliere 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. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 105 
 
 This Division liad three thousand four hundred men in line, — 
 splendidly representing the bone and sinew of the great Southern 
 commercjial 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 offlcers 
 of tlie Governor's Staff", Brigadier General J. B. Vinet. 
 
 His Aids were selected by him from the leading otflcers of the 
 Societies under his direction. 
 
 A fine band of music led the way for that old established and influ- 
 ential Association, the 
 
 FRENCH 3IUTUAJ. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 
 
 Their President, .1. LeBlanc, after i^laciug 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. P<Srez, J. L. R6vol, G. S6nac, 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 tlie arm, the Society's 
 regular badge : the American shield, made of silver, the French flag in 
 the centre, and the inscription, "Soci6t6 Fran^aise. The color bearers, 
 .T. Bonnaf^ and L. Duclos, carried the American and French flags, 
 loojied up with black crape. 
 
 Under their regular Marshal, Jos. Cavellero, with his Aids, C 
 Kreis, J. Padrino, M. Scalliceia, and A. Monteleone, then apjjeared 
 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. 
 
 13 
 
I()() HISTOKY OF THE 
 
 Over two hundred membeo's 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. (iuentin, the— 
 
 FRENCH DEMOCRATIC CLUB, 
 
 which Society paraded with two hundred men, who wore tri-color 
 badges, witli crape on tlie 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 President; R. Lafon- 
 taine, Third Vice President ; Charles Guerre, Secretary ; and E Cham- 
 pon. Treasurer. 
 
 That veteran organization, the 
 
 LUSITANIAN PORTUGUESE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, 
 
 appeared next in the column, under the leadersliip of their Marshal, 
 G. Lafauci, and his Aids, Wm Mercadal, F. Renduales, V. Caro, A. 
 Lambert and L. Frantz. 
 
 The First Vice President, Peter Barbarich, replaced the President, 
 John Mercadal, on duty with Gen. Vinet. The other Officers were, 
 the Second Vice President, J. 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 badges on the arm ; and the splendid banner of the Association 
 was tastefully decorated with mourning drapery. 
 
 Then came on the 
 
 UNITED SCLAVONIAN BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, 
 
 in front of wliom rode their Marshal, Gasjxir Slabowsky, and his Aid, 
 Antonio Carsolich. 
 
 There were fifty Members in line, oflicered by Vice President 
 Antonio J. Bajurin ; Matthew Radovich, Recording Secretary; and 
 Chr. Syvel, Financial Secretary. President John Radovich was act- 
 ing as Aid to the Marshal of Division. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 107 
 
 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 wliite, which are the 
 Sclavonian colors. 
 
 Next appeared 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, JosC 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 fine 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 P6rfes, and the Treasurer, Bernard MaylitS. 
 
 The last corps in the Seventh Division was that fine one, the 
 
108 lliaTOKY OK THE 
 
 ST. BARTIIOLOMKW ITALIAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, 
 
 whicli i)araded in large numbers, under the leadership of their Mar- 
 shal, Ignatzio Catanzaro, and his Aids, Joseph Taranto and John 
 liasilc. Vice President Joseph Pieone liad charge of the Society, his 
 superior officer, President John Bertucci, being on duty with the 
 Division Marshal. 
 
 Tlie American and Italian flags, 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 
 liundred 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; 
 tlieir full ranks; and the jiains they took, even to the 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 j^romptly 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, Wm. James, Henderson McCray, and 
 i'eter Jirown, 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, Kichard Shepperd, and Deputy 
 Marshal, J. C. Miller. 
 
FUNEKAL CEREMONIES. 109 
 
 The Officers who paraded were : Thos. W. Wickhara, President ; 
 J. n. Huntun, First Vice President; S. S. Decker, Second Vice Presi- 
 dent; A. W. Tlionipson, Kinaneial Secretary; C. F- lirown, Treas- 
 urer; II H. Taylor, Quarteruiaster ; and Rev. Wesley Bell, Chaplain. 
 
 The Members, formed into two conii)anics, marched in column of 
 fours and turned out one Iiundred and sixty-five men, rank and file. 
 Eacli man wore a special badge of mourning, and the United States 
 tiag, borne at the liead 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 Fran k 
 Bridget, — tlie 
 
 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 Patriarohie 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. D. Thompson, P. S.;— J. 
 G. Taylor, P. S.; and C P. Spotts, P. K. 
 
110 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 The Patriiirchie luul twenty-two of its Members in line, besides the 
 Orticers. 
 
 Next came on foot the Officers and Members of 
 
 J'ast Grand Masters Council No. 30, with twenty-four of the Mem- 
 bers hi Hne, and their banner in mourninj^. 
 
 Tlie Officers were: Wni. Justice, G. G.; Levy Morris, G. W.; 
 Allen A. Goins, G. S. A.; Frank Conners, G. T.; James Smith, G. S.; 
 MacC. Cami)field, 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 Fast Noble Fathers of various 
 Lodges, marching two abreast, and numbering twenty-eight in all. 
 
 The Subordinate Lodges followed, as now noted : 
 
 Crescent Lodge No. 1646, whose Officers on parade, were ; D. B. 
 Sanders, P. N. F.; Ed. A. Halsey, P. N. F.; H, Green, N. F.; Robert 
 Simmons, P. N. G.; Joseph Cheri, N. G-; P. ¥. Stephens, V. G.; E. P. 
 Rose, E. S.; A. P. Boyer, W- T.; Henry Parker, W. C; C. Harris, I. 
 G. The Permanent Secretary, Chas. B, Wilson, Avas on duty else- 
 where. 
 
 There were ninety-five of the Members in the ranks ; and the 
 Lodge banner, the American and English flags were in mourning. 
 
 Fride of Louisiana Lodge No. 1529, came next in order, their 
 Marshal being John Jones. 
 
 The Officers parading were: Benjamin Anderson, P. N. F.; J. R. 
 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. C; Henry Fields, W.; Isaac Gray, 
 I. G.; James Johnson, R, S. to N. G.; T. Ewell, L. S. to ]^. 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 Fr ogress Lodge No. 1507. Marshal John H. Thompson 
 was at the head of this Lodge, whose Oflicers appeared in the follow- 
 ing oi'der : 
 
 Harry C. Webster, P. N. F,; G. L. Lawrence, P. N. F.; John 
 Ricliards, N. F ; Frank P. Lomez, P. N. G.; Robert Hamilton, N. G.; 
 C. F. Brown, V. G.; John H. Brandon, p]. S.; Graham Bell, W. T.; 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. Ill 
 
 N. H. Salico, W. C; V. Jones, R. S. to N. G.; A. Conway, L. S. to N. G.; 
 Armstrong Smith, II. S. to V. G-; J. Hurch, L. S. to V. G.; John Chris- 
 topher, W.; and Louis Bordas, I. G.— The Permanent Secretary, F. 
 R. Burns, was on duty with tlie Patriarchie Lodge. 
 
 Eighty Members were i)i line, of whom five as color-bearers carried 
 the Lodge banner and the American and the English flags, in mourn- 
 ing. 
 
 Marshal Thomas J. Hill led on 
 
 Atnps Lodge No. 1487, 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, P. S.; Samuel Kinney, E S.; Geo. Thomas, W. 
 T.; John Norrington, 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 Lodge 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. N. F.; H. McTntyer, N. F.; 
 Taylor Sharkey, P. N. G.; L. D. Parker, N. G.; John H. White, V. 
 G.; Jas. A. Sanders, P. S.; J. R. Davis, E. S.; J. W. Burns, W. T.; P. 
 Bergeron, W. C; and G. Radleaux, I. G. 
 
 There were seventy-five Members of this Lodge in the ranks, with 
 the American and English flags and the Lodge banner drai)ed in 
 mourning. 
 
 The Officers and Members of the different degrees of the G. U- O. 
 of O. F., as above set 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 
 Fellows. 
 
 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 F'owler, whose Aids were, Wm. 
 Taylor, Richard Davis, Geo. Smith, and Malone Johns :)n. 
 
lil> HISTORY OF THE 
 
 The Ofticors parading were: William Kinney, President; Philip 
 Pucker, Vice President; G. W. Doakes, Secretary; Napoleon Wil- 
 liams, Treasurer, and Wm. Johnson, Trustee. 
 
 Officers and IMembers wore black coat and pants, white vests, 
 white gloves, and black hats, and each had a mourning badge. The 
 American Hag was in the front, draped in mourning. 
 
 Tlie Eighth Division was closed by the 
 
 ST. .JAMES JiENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, 
 
 with one hundred and twenty-five men in the ranks, a new silk ban- 
 ner in mourning, and each of the members witli a mourning l)adge. 
 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 Maksiiaj^ of this Division was the Hon. A. J. Dumont, ex- 
 State Senator, and since then, U. S. Naval Officer at this Port. 
 
 He had for his Aids: C. C. Antoine, M. J. Kenner, R. F. Guichard, 
 J. Madison Vance, Charles Davis, Isaac N. Parker, James Johnson, 
 Wm. H. Green, and Joseph Valentine. 
 
 An excellent brass band opened the niai'ch of the Division, which 
 was headed by the 
 
 Magnolia Longshorf lae n\'i Asi^ockifloti. — It turned out ninety-five 
 strong. The Officers and Members were in black suits, with white 
 vests, white gloves, black hats, 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 J'resident; Wm. Ij. Ford, Financial Secretary; G. A. McCullum, 
 Recording Secretary; G. W. Washington, Grand Councillor, and H. 
 Simms, First Councillor. 
 
 That numerous organization. Branch No. 2 of the 
 
 Screivmcn'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. 
 
l-UNKK'AI. CEKJiMO^'lES. 113 
 
 Seven 1hiih1i<,'(| McihIhts wi'ie in (ho ranks, wearing" l)lack suits, 
 'A lilte vests, wliite gloves and lilaek silk hats; and also Ijliie sashes 
 witli hlue rosettes and a star in the centre, IViii'^ed with black crape. 
 
 Tlie Association's handsome banner, of dove colored silk, presented 
 "111 one side a jiicture of a shij) under lull sail, and, on the other, of a 
 uroup of sci'ewnien at work. Mourning insignia decorated the to]> of 
 Ihc banner. 
 
 1lie Officers were : JMilton Sparks, I'resident; 'I'heodule Griffin, 
 ■ irst Vice President; John Brooks, Becojul Vice President; T. A. 
 Williams, Keeording Secretary ; P. Wilson, Financial Secretary; and 
 • loseph Kelly, Treasurer. 
 
 Marshal Anthony Clark then appeared, at tlie head of tiie 
 
 Teamsters^ and Loadcrn'' Boievolfnt AnHOCiafioii, of whose Mem- 
 bers some six hundred men were in rank. They wore bi ' 
 black hats, white vests, ami white gloves, with blue sashes, and ea( ii a 
 iiiourning badge. 
 
 Their elegant blue silk banner was draped in l,)lack, as was the 
 ! 'nited States flag. 
 
 Their Officers were: Thomas Itedmoiid, President; V. Cham- 
 pagne, Vice President; Horace Moseby, Treasurer; Robert I)au:i .; 
 •Secretary ; and W. C. Flowers, Recording Secretary. 
 
 The Colored M(ji'h Protective Union. — Tliis representative i "I'li-ji] 
 i I'dy turned out in very large numbers^ every Ward in the cit , 
 a strong delegati())i in line, and presenting at least one thousand men, 
 niarching by fours. They wore plain mourning badges, and all were 
 neatly dressed. Each Ward delegation bad its owii Hag or jjanner, 
 each of which was looped up with sable crape or otherwise placed in 
 mourning. 
 
 i'lie President, J. ^ladison Vance, and the Marshal, James John- 
 son, did not appear with the Union, being on duty as Aids to Marshal 
 Dumont. 
 
 Tlie Officers parading were: J. A. Rockter, Vice President, act- 
 ing as President ; (). P. Fernandez, Secretary; L. D. Herbert. Assist- 
 ant Secretary ; Oscar Allen, Treasurer ; F. C. Antoine, Manager; and 
 Rev. Pierre Landry, Chaplain. 
 
 Of the five hundred members of Branch No. 2 of that strong body : 
 
 14 
 
\li HISTOEY OF THE 
 
 The Cotton Yard Men)>^ Benevoleiit Association, only about tliree hun- 
 dred were in the Association's ranks, the others being with other 
 organizations — sucli as the "Odd Fellows,"— to which they belonged. 
 The Otticers and Menil)ers a))peared in black suits, white vests and 
 gloves, and black hats, and each wore the Association's badge, edged 
 wltli crape. 
 
 'i'lie Association's l)aiiner and the American flag were enwrapped 
 in mourning, and were carried, the former, by .John Malone ; the ban- 
 ner, by John H. Thompson. 
 
 The Otticers on duty with the Association were : Major Emsley 
 Brewer, President; Whitfield Madison, Vice l^resident; Chas. Dixon 
 Bowers, Recording Secretary; T. G. Jefferson, Financial Secretary; 
 Wm. James, Treasurer, and Rev. .John Richard, Chaplain. 
 
 The Marshal, R. C. Johnson, had for his Aids, Major Polite and 
 Joseph Richard. 
 
 Marshal Daniel McKinzie and his 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 flag, which 
 were in mourning. 
 
 The dress of Officers and Members was black suits, white vests 
 and gloves, and the Union's badge, in craj^te. 
 
 The Officers parading were : P. S. Jackson, President; J. T. Novel, 
 First Vice President; Rafe 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 Green, the 
 
 Coal Rollers^ Benevolent Association, some two hundred strong, 
 with banner and flag furled and draped, and each man with a black 
 edged badge on his coat laj^pel. 
 
 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, 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. I 1 .") 
 
 They were seventy-five in numbei', dressed in black suits and 
 black hats, 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 Hentlerson 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 jn-occssion was the 
 Hon. p. B. S. Pinchback, Ex-Lieutenant-drovernor of the State, 
 under Gov. Warmoth's administration. 
 
 His Aids were Hon. T. H. Stamps, Kx-Slate Senator; (ieo. D. 
 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 FrienxVn Benevolent Association, under tiu'ir own 
 Marshal, John Reynolds, assisted by Lewis Smith. 
 
 The Members, one hundred in number, wore black suits, white 
 gloves, and black hats, 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 Fabacther, Jr., Secretary ; George 
 Kinzey, Assistant Secretary ; and Geo. M. (.'avell, 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, 
 Wni. Gains, the 
 
 Equal Justice Marine Benevolent Assoclatio)!, with one hundred 
 and fifty Members present. They wore black suits, black silk liats, 
 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. 
 
1 Ki IlISTOKY OF TilK 
 
 T)u' OfTicors were: W. 1). Morris, President; <i. ,J. Simon, Viee 
 President ; Win. H. Penii, Secretary ; Jos. Huuipiiries, Assistant See- 
 ret a r.v ; and ][. A. Staekhouse, Treasurer. 
 
 I'iuler the guidance of their Marshal, Willis Ijarnj)kins, the 
 
 Ij<ni<j!<Ii()irhi<ii'')i {'i)ioii Bciievoleiit AtiKociafiou, with N. H. Kan- 
 dall as their President, followed next in line. 
 
 I'here liundred and lifty ^Members marciied after iiim and tlieothei' 
 Ollieers ; who were, Thomas Brown, First Vice President; N. Jordan, 
 Second Vice President ; Daniel Davis, Treasurer; and James E. Porter, 
 Secretary. 
 
 'i'heir dress was black coat and pants, white vest, white gloves, 
 and hlai-k hats. The badges were of blue silk with white rosettes, and 
 a knot of bhick ribbon. 
 
 The Association's fine blue silk banner, with mourning streamers, 
 had on one side a ship under full sail, and on tlie otiier, the dates of 
 organization and incorporation. 
 
 This Society was followed by the 
 
 Longahoremen'' )i Protective Asi«Mu'atio)i, with Marshal D. A\'. 
 Daniels to the fore. 
 
 The President, Thomas Smith, was accom})anied l)y Win. Whar- 
 ton, \'ice President ; Harrison Taylor, Treasurer ; and .lohn Ij. Prown, 
 Secretary. 
 
 There were nearly two hundred men in line, dressed, like their fel- 
 low-workinginen'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 tiie insignia of mourning. 
 
 Tile next liody in order was tlic 
 
 Ar/ii/r Mntnaf Aid Asfioridtio/i, iiiuh'r tlicir Marshal, l^rnesl 
 .h)hns(in. 
 
 Nearly two hundred of the Members were in tlie ranks. 'J'lu'v 
 wore black cloth coats and pants, white vests, black cravats and 
 gloves, and black round hats. The batlges were of black silk, suitably 
 inscriiied, with gold trimmings for Ollieers, and silver for Members. 
 
 The beautiful and costly silk banner of the Association, and sev- 
 ei-al silk Hags were profusely drajied in mourning. -The (>t1it-ers were: 
 
EUJSiEKAr. ("KREMONIKS. 117 
 
 .)iilf.s Ai-ir.aiid, I'lvsidoiit ; N'iiu-c'iit L'Honisst', First Vice I'resi- 
 (itiit; Louis J. Decoudrinux, Srcoiid \'ice i'ri'sidi'iit ; Mcrtil H. Croc- 
 ker. .Seci-flary ; Jules Serre, Assistant Secretary; Jos. Marcos Tio, 
 Treasurer: Placide Decou and Aristi<le Adams, First and Second Coiu- 
 luissary. 
 
 The Division was closed by the 
 
 nilUd Soioi of I A (pit, a benevolent Association, headed by tlicir 
 • ' - , Wni. Hall, and his Aids, John Dennis, Jleiiry Curtis, John 
 .Jacksi.'H, and Kdward Cobb. 
 
 They ])araded with one hundred and twenty-tive Mendjers, dre.ssed. 
 elv, with black silk hats, white vests and gloves, and wearino- 
 c scarfs and badges. These and their purple silk banner were 
 il.aped in mourning. 
 
 iHcers were : David Douglas, President ; Tsnah S. Johnson, 
 \ ici, iiCRident; Alexander Jackson, Secretary; and Matthew (Greene, 
 i reasurer. 
 
 The Tenth and last Division mustered 'over eleven hundred men. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 'J'lie PROCESSI )N was more than three miles long ; and as nece.s- 
 
 sarily, it n: r. . i slowly, it was neai ly three hours on the marcli. In the 
 
 ' were sixteen thousand men; and there were at least 
 
 1 spectators to see it go by. The doorways, windows 
 
 all the houses were occupied, and the .sidewa'ks and 
 
 ked as closely as could be with the patient lookers-on. 
 
 liie slig iioance anywiiere among tliat great 
 
 r-ry one: ■.sorbed in the solemn reflecrions that 
 
 .■^pageaii y suggested. ■ The only sounds heard 
 
 -, liie occasional boom of a cannon, and 
 
 I .■■ ' , , lie l>ands. 
 
 was to have nmuiHred in its ranks a deles^a- 
 \. Uie i^ev. jJr. Witherspotiii, and represent ing the Otti- 
 
 « I s olthe ibreign and domestic shipping in port. Nearly 
 
 a huiiured of them a.-.^embled at the Upper Bethel in the morning and 
 i< < Ml the services there, to wliich allusion has already been 
 
 11.^ - I tiiiavoidaule delay then occarred, wliicli did not prevent 
 
 .*^rWhlWl«ri-^iHlflMI ■■■—■! 
 
l.S illSTORY OF THE 
 
 tluiii troin iiKircliiiia- down to Canal street, with the Pastor conducting 
 llu'in. I)iit tliey arrived at tlie 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. Charles street, was the tall 
 iintinislied sliat't of the Lee Monument, in the middle of Tivoli Circle, 
 a sliort distance above tiie Washington Artillery Armory. It rears its 
 wlilte marble column from the centre of a high mound ; and, standing 
 lioldly out against the sky, is seen from a long distance oft'. It was 
 now made more cons^jicuous by the bands of .sable drapery that 
 enwraj)j>ed it from cap to base, and by the national ensign that, attached 
 to a liglit wooden frame-work rising still higher in the air, hung in 
 folds, tied uj) in crai)e. It was a graceful tribute to the memory of the 
 dead President, — a distinguished Republican leader and Federal Gen- 
 eral — from a body of prominent citizens, every man of whom had 
 /.ealously served the Lost Cause. 
 
 AT THE WASHINGTON AJITILLERY ARMORY. 
 
 Tills massive three-story edifice,— located on (St. Charles street, 
 between Girod and Julia, — was widely known in previous years as the 
 Exposition Jiuilding. In purchasing it for an arsenal, the Washing- 
 ton Artillery Battalion had made no change in its main Hall, 
 (in llie second tloor, which was originally constructed for ball and con- 
 cert purposes. It is one of the largest halls of the kind in the country,— 
 cai)able of easily accommodating three thousand persons on the lioor. 
 it is so skillfully planned and its proportions are so harmonious that 
 its great lengtli, 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 
 eiitertaiiunents 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 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 1 1 1* 
 
 rapidh'- carried into effect by skillful and \villiii.i>- hands; and the result 
 was a grand tableau of a singularly sombre character, tiiat nevertheless 
 did not overload or hide entirely from view the simple lieauty and 
 grand ijroportions of the Hall itself. 
 
 The wide double stairways, that wound u|» from the entrance vesti- 
 l)ule on St. Charles street to that on the second (loor, were decorated 
 along the sides and walls with broad bands of black crape. Similar 
 bands, in strips, hung down the walls of this upper vestibule, the 
 many windows and balconies of which were lilled with guests, wat(;h- 
 ing the Procession as it moved by, on its way to Canal street, to be 
 dismissed. The wide doors giving entrance from tiie 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 Hall ; and from this cornice fell, from a 
 central point between each rwo 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 had been 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 here 
 and there on 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 iiortrait 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- 
 
L'O HrSTOUY OF THE 
 
 |icihU'(1 ;iii rscutclicon, coDlaiiiiiiii; the coat-of-ariris of the State of 
 Louisiana. On cither side of tliis shield projected a tta*?, looped up half 
 way with hlaek crape. 
 
 Ijouj; l)efore the hour at wiiicli the ('at:ifaU)Uc arrived in front of 
 tlu' Armory, the rows upon rows of chairs that tilled the floor hegan to 
 he occujiied, chielly hy ladies. Many old, well-known citizens also 
 came in (juietly at this time, of wdiom were several who had ajipeared 
 as ofticers in the ,<;rand funeral i)a,<;eniit of December, 18-')2, to whicli 
 allusion has been made in the Preface. 
 
 As, for example, Gen. John L. [jewis, Ex-Mayor and Ex-Sheriff, 
 and for a lont;- series of years in tlie past ot!ierwis(^ prominent in tlu 
 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 ditlicult to realize that th's vigorous and intel- 
 ligent old gentleman was verging on to eighty years. Tliere was also 
 tiie veteran merchant, Moses Greenwood, over fifty years ago the 
 pioneer of the commercial intercourse between New Orleans and the 
 Territory of Arkansas, and still, with dignified niein and erect form, 
 an active member of the Chamber of Commerce. — Also, influential and 
 widely known l)usiness men — as, Messrs. E. .J. Hart, James I. Day, 
 H. A. LeSassier, A. J. Gomilla, Carl Kohn, E. L. Carriere, Jules 
 Cassard, U. Marinoni, H. Peychaud, J. Tuyes, Jno. T. Hardie, Paul 
 Fourchy, aiul Albert Baldwin — who had not opportunity to aj>])ear in 
 the j)r()cession, but were prompt to respond to the City's invitation to 
 Join in the ceremonies in the Hall. 
 
 Administrator Walshc, as Chairman of the Council Committee, w'as 
 early at the Hall, and in his usual ((uiet manner, diligently superintend- 
 ing the details of the reception and thesuV)sequent ceremonies, in which 
 he was energetically assisted, as soon astliey arrived, by his colleagues 
 on the Committee, Administrators Fagan and Dekuuiu'e. 
 
 The following gentlemen, selected by Mayor Shakspeare and the 
 ('ity Council Committee, acted as tlie 
 
 COMMITTEE OK KE< EI'TION. 
 
 Chairman : Alex. E. McConnell, the Mayor's Private Secretary. 
 Messrs. Al. Donnaud, Theodore D. Wharton, and Omer H. Bart- 
 lette, of the New Orleans Times' stafJ";— C. H. Parker, R. V>. Matthews, 
 
FUNEKAL CEKEMONIES. 121 
 
 iiinl J. A.(iiiiiiten), of the Ni'W OrU'ans I'irayuiic ; — Richard (J. Weight- 
 iiiaii aiul John K. Hariiiger, ol' 1 lie New Orleans Deinot-rat ;— A. C'ap- 
 <leville and F. K. Smith, of tlic New Orleans JJee;— John Weichart, of 
 the Oernuin Gn/ette ; — K. Craighead and Henry Armstrong, of the 
 l*]vening- States ;— Henry INTichel, of the City Item;— Kev. Mr. Cuma- 
 ceiro, of the .rewish So'ith ; -li. .1. Hri.tzht, of th(> N(>wOrleans Price 
 ( 'nrrent. 
 
 Also: Messrs. K. L. Bower, ('hit>f Clerk <>f the Mayoralty; M. 
 .McNamara, Secretary of tlie City Council; 1). M. Hrosnan, the ('ity 
 Surveyor; Major John \V. I'airfax; \V. U. Roylan, K. Houli^iiy, 
 U. H. Bartiey, (i. Hernoudy, Reniy Clarke, I'. S. Camphell, E. A. 
 J)ucros, John J. Fitzpatrick, K. M. Fox, (ieo. W. Flynn, W. M. Gur- 
 ley, H. Guillotte, A. l*. Harrison. F .1. Hyatt, Theodore James, A. 
 .jardet, H. Johnson, .lohn A- Kiihuer, F. S. Kendig, P, J, Krammer, 
 W. H. Michel, I). E. M(rCartliy, N. H Phelps, Thos. Reynolds, M. 
 Redon, C. A. Shields, C. Stein, JB- C. Shields, C. I). Stewart, T. G. 
 rihorn, L). F. Walsh, P. S. Wilt/, and J. A. Villarui.ia. 
 
 The gentlemen whose names appear after that ol' Major Fairfax, 
 an; all clerks connected with the difl'erenl Departments in the City 
 Hall. 
 
 As soon as the Procession l)egan its march down St. Charles street, 
 for dismissal at Canal, the Reckption Committee had their hands 
 full in ushering to their seats the hundreds upon hundreds of persons 
 who now api^eared in the Hall. Despite the crowd anci movement, 
 there was no more noise than usually atteiuls the seating of a church 
 cf)iigregation. 
 
 Presently, Mayor Shakspeare and Lieutoumt Governor McEnery 
 entered the Hall, followed by the Clergy, the Orator, the Consuls, and 
 the citizens who had been selected by the City Council Committee to 
 act as Vice Presidents. Then apjieared 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 his left, and the Orator on his right. 
 
w^mfv^mwam 
 
 122 HIHTORV OF THK 
 
 On tlu- loCt of thf Lieutenant CTOvernor sat Secretary of .State, 
 Stroiii;-, Auditor Jtnuel, 'I'reasiirer Burlce, and Judges Tociie and 
 Lazarus. 
 
 On the rij-lit of liie (tiafor were tin- Clergy, and next to tlieui tlie 
 Consuls. In the rows of chairs further hack sat the Vice Presidents. 
 
 The chairs on the right of the i)latforui, frontiug it, were occupied 
 by the Veterans of 181 2-1 5, the Mexican War Veterans, the Veterans 
 oT the Army oi' Virginia, tixKse of the Army of Tennessee, the 
 (Jcrnian Union Veterans, and the Grand Army of the Republic. 
 
 In the chairs on the left of the platform, and fronting it, sat the 
 Speaker of the House, the Hon. K. N. Ogden ; Senator Edwin Harris ; 
 Ceneral Owen and General Duiire ; State linniigration Commissioner 
 W. H. Harris; Ex-Chief Justice Marr ; Judges Voorhiesand Holmes; 
 Representatives Aitken and Frautz ; Doctors Davidson and Holliday ; 
 J'olice Commissioner Byrne; Doctors Forniento and Jos. C Beard and 
 E. Hernandez ; City School Directors Collins and Stringerand Secretary 
 O'Brien; Civil Slieriff Dully's Deputies and Clerks ; and tlie Federal 
 Officials. 
 
 liumediati'ly ii\ front of the j)latform was a table for the lve])orters 
 of the Press; and near them, occupying several rows of chairs specially 
 reserved for them, were the Ofticers of the New Orleans Liedek- 
 TArEJj (already named in the report of the Third Division), with the 
 additional Memljers of that Society, who were to execute the selections 
 of vocal music. 
 
 On the right ol the Singers, conspicuous by their unift)rms, sat 
 several OHicers of tlie Fire Department, — jn'ominent among them the 
 tall and portly (.'hief, Thos. O'Connor. 
 
 Wiien all were seated, Administrator Walshe, at the entrance 
 doors, gave notice to a group who were waiting in the vestibule. Then, 
 whilst solemn silence reigned in the assembly, there slowly entered the 
 Hall and moved up the central aisle, the Masonic Pall-Bearers, carry- 
 ing between them the Coflfiu, covered with fresh gathered flowers and 
 evergreen wreaths, and decorated with the lioral cross, shield and 
 anchor. 'J'hey were escorted by the Governor's Military Statl' Officers, 
 already mentioned. 
 
 The (Joffin was placed in front of the rostrum that was in the 
 centre of the platform; the Pall-Bearers and the Staff Officers took 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. IL';. 
 
 seats near by ; and tlie cereinoiiies heiiau liy a line ( )i'<-licstra, placed in 
 the gallery over tlie platforiTi, peiibrmiii.u' in exceUeiit style, under 
 Prof. Sporer's leaders!ii|), Rossini's grand '^ Sfahal Mutf r.'" 
 
 Mayor JosKrii A. Shaksi'kar:; tlien rose; and, standing at tlie 
 rostrum, spoke as follows, in elear, distinct vM)iee, and in a very earnest 
 manner, — showing liow deep an interest lie fell in the solemn cere- 
 monial and the event that gave rise to it. 
 
 " Ladiks and Gp:ntt.ea[KiV : We have assemhled this evening to 
 " express our sorrow for tlie calamity that lias befaUcn our (-oantry in 
 " the melancholy death of our President, and our sympatiiy for the 
 " bereaved widow and children. The City Administration felt that it 
 " was due to their fellow-citizens, representing tiie third largest commer- 
 " cial city in the 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 resj)ect for, and contidence in our 
 " President. We are united, too, in our grief for his loss. The public; 
 " demonstration of to-day, however remarkable, lias moi'e 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 to the menaory of the President. It is a just tribute. During 
 " the brief period in which he tilled his liigh office, he had secured 
 " the people's confidence; he had endeared himself to their hearts. It 
 " is fit and meet that we should join with our countrymen throughout 
 " the length and breadth of the land, in thus i^ublicly giving exjjres- 
 " sion to our sorrow." 
 
 The Mayor then introduced tlie Lieutenant Governor of the State 
 as the Prksident of the Meetino. 
 
 LIEUT. GOVERNOR JVI'ENERV 
 
 arose; slowly advanced to the rostrum and said, in a (juiet, dignified 
 
 manner, and low, clear voit^e, — every word spoken deliberately and 
 
 impressively : 
 
 "Ladip:s 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 for the 
 '' great length and breadth of the jiopular 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 Jiigh 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 fit we should 
 " be here this evening to hear something of his private virtues from 
 " eloquent lips." 
 
 The Lieutenant-Governor resumed his seat ; and W, J. McC'all, 
 
IL'4 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Si'crctary of llic '' ( iciuTal ( 'oiiiniitteeof Arranj^eiiieiits " and also of ihi^ 
 "City ( 'oiiiicil's ( 'oiuiiiittec, " caiue forwani and read I lie following; list 
 or 
 
 \'l('K i^KESlDKNl'S; 
 
 Mon. Jost'i'li A. Sluikspeare, 
 Hon-li. T. Walshe, Hon. W. K. Pluger, 
 
 Hon. John Fitzijatrick, Hon. P. Mealey, 
 
 Hon. (Jeo. l>«dainor(', Hon. J. \'. (Uiillotte. 
 
 And, as JU'jiresentatives of States and 'I'crritories : 
 Hon. Roi)i'rtMcMillen, Alabama ; Hon. Moses Greenwood, Arkan- 
 sas; Col. James Lingan, California; H. H. Seward, Colorado; W. K. 
 Se.vmour, Connecticiil ; J.J.Mellon, Delaware; Pai?e M. Baker, Flori- 
 da; Josej)!) H. Of»elsby, Illinois; Joseph A Hinckle, Indiana; Cren. 
 Cynis Hiissey, Iowa; Wright SchaumldirK, Kansas ; Gen. John Ij. 
 Lewis, Keiitncky; (ien. Fred N. ()ti:den, Louisiana; Ex-Mayor Ed. Pills- 
 bury. Maine; J. (.". C'lark, Marylanfl ; S. 1). Moody, Massachusetts; 
 E. C. Vlllere, Michigan; E. Howard McCaleb, Mississippi; Eugene 
 Krost, Minnesota; J Ad. tiozier, Missouri; A. K. MoConnell, Ne- 
 braska; Jjouis Schwartz, Nevada; ('.('.Tracy, New Hampshire ; W. 
 (i. Wheeler, New Jersey; Jas. I. Day, New York ; Rev, A. M. Green, 
 Ohio; Steven I). Pool, Xorth Carolina; P. Maspero, Oregon ; B. 1). 
 Wood, Pennsylvania; (ieo. H. Kayerweather, Rhode Island; Jno. H 
 Latitte, South Carolina; Harry Allen, Tennessee ; Col. Jack Wharton, 
 Texas; ,J.<^. A. Fellows, Vermont; Col. R. H.Pleasants, Virginia; 
 Henry Peychaud, West \'irginia ; S. Oteri, Wisconsin ; John Dorhmer, 
 Arizona Territory; H. C. Castellanos, Dakota Territory ; Ben Onorato, 
 Idaho Territory ; F. (!. Wharton, Indian Territory ; J)an Owens, Mon- 
 tana 'I'erritory ; Jos. H. l)e Grange, New Mexico Territory; John C'. 
 Hach, Ftah Territory; F. Fisher, Washington Territory; R. Frots- 
 clier, Wyoming Territory ; Horace F. Phillips, District of (Columbia. 
 
 The President then announced a Prayer by the Rev. Dr. B. M. 
 I'ai,.mi:k, of the Presliylerian Ministry. All heads were bowed whilst 
 that el<i(|uent Divine delivert>d tlie following 
 
 I'Hn-sKR ; 
 
 " Alniigiily (iodi We adore Thee as the King eternal, immortal, 
 " invisible, the only wise CJod,— the Father of ligiits, from whom 
 " (-(jincth ilown every good and perfect gift; with whom is no varia- 
 
!«' 11 N E R A i: < 'K K E:M ( »X1 1 <;S. 1 LT) 
 
 " blenes.s, iieitlier shadow of turning;',— the Kiiij? of Kiii^s and Ijord of 
 " Lords, wlio is over all, (Jod, blessed forever! Thou dwellest in li>j;ht 
 " which no man can apjjroach unto. Before the .s>:lory of Thy majesty 
 "the angels veil themselves, while they cry ' Holy*! holy! holy! is 
 " the Lord of hosts, the whole eartii i:^ full of his glory ! ' ' 
 
 "It hath pleased Tiiee to lay thy chastening hai'id ui)on this our 
 " nation ; and from thy throne Thou lookest down upon a whole 
 " peojile henchng before Thee under the bui'den of a |»ublic sorrow. 
 '• We dare not ask the reason of this great bereavenuiut, for 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: ' NVhat doest Thou ?' l^ut, though cloud's and darkness are 
 " round aboutThee, we rejoice that Justice and Judgment are the hab- 
 " itations of Thy throne, while Mercy and Truth go before Thy (ace. 
 " Sanctify this disci])line of Thy Providence to us, as, over all tliis 
 " land, we hend in humility and i)rayer before Thee this day. (Jive 
 " us grace to discover Thy hand in Die sorrow wiiich (clothes a nation 
 " in mourning; for ' Shall the trumj)et l)e blown in the city, and the 
 " people not he afraid ? Shall there be evil in the city anci the iiord 
 " hath not done it ?' 
 
 "Help us in the sinc^erity of true peJiitence to bewail and confess 
 " before Thee our })rivateand our public sins, which have drawn uj)on 
 " us this severe chastisement; and when Tiiy ju<lgments are in the 
 " earth, may the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. 
 
 "Take under Thy care the interests of tii is great people; and as 
 " they gather around the grave which to-day is common to them all, 
 " may the pathos of a common grief (tause all their hearts to tk)w 
 " together in the union of a stronger and a broader aflection ! (Jive 
 "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 (lod is the Lord.' 
 
 " We invoke Thy special blessing upon that house which Thou 
 " hast shattered M^tli a single blow! Bring the consolations of 'J'hy 
 " 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 Mock, that they may grow up at her side and be 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, ' () Thou that dwellest in the Heavens, 
 " and in Thy faithfulness answer us, aJid in Thy righteousness.' And 
 " to Thy great name we ascribe honor and praise, and glory, and niaj- 
 " esty, and dominion andjwwer, tiow and forever: Amkn !" 
 
 A fervent "Amen !" responded from the midtitudinous 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. 
 
iL't; lllSTOIiY OF THE 
 
 I'lu' AIcMilicrs of file Li ddertafkl then gathered on the platform, 
 ami nil. Id- the leadorsliip oC Prof. Carl. Weiss, with organ aceompani- 
 mriil li\- i'l-ol'. .). H. EeUtTt, sang in tlieir own delicate and artistic 
 slylr .McmlrlsslKiirs tender and beautiful Pahtin<j Hymn, l)eginning: 
 
 " It is ordaineci by God alxjve 
 
 " Tliat we must part from those we love." 
 
 The Singers, fifty in number, included the OfTicers previously 
 named in tlie Tliird Division, and Messrs. F. 1). Becker, B. Bruenn, 
 F. \V. Bremer, F. Busch, L, Calm, R. Christ, G. W. Doll, H. Deiler, 
 Win. Debus, \i. Einstein, J. Firmenich. Alfred Goldstein, Gust. Gold- 
 man, A. .1. Helmke, A. J. HofTman, S, Honigmann, Jul. Heintz, Th. 
 L. Helm, F. Jahnke, G. Yongnell, Jos. Joachim, Quit. Kohnke, J. 
 Krel)S, K. Lorenzen, Dr. C- Ludwig, Edward J. Ltidwig, Chas. Lud- 
 wig. Dr. Ijangenberker, H. Marx, J. C. May, Dr. Mainegra, A. Nolte, 
 E. Pragst, .Ir.; Albert Rosenmeyer, C. Schaible, M. W. Salomon, A. 
 Stein, M. \'onderl)anck, G. Vieth, A. Vosswinkel, P. Wunder, H. 
 Wolter, ('. Winkelmann, Chr. Wachenfeld, Gust. Walde, and P". F. 
 Wienhuseii. 
 
 'i'lie Ri:\' 1)H. J. F. GiRAiiLT was then annonnced to read a Selec- 
 tion from Holy Scriptures. He read from '• Joel," Second Chapter, 
 beginning at Verse 11 : 
 
 " And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army ; for his camp 
 " is very great ; for he is strong that executeth his word; for the day 
 " of the Lord is great and very terrible; and wlio 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 
 Confederate Stall". 
 
 The OrchesLi-a, under Prof. Sp<n-er, then executed a funeral dirge. 
 After which i'resiileni MeEnery introduced the Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee on llesolutions, Mr. .\. H. May, who, in deliberate, impressive 
 manner, read the following 
 
 KKSOliTTIONS : 
 
 The C;itizens of New Orlearis, assembled this day without regard to 
 ereed, l)arty or race, and desiring to give some expression, however 
 iiKide(|nate, to their feelings, iu view of the bereavement which has 
 been visited upon the American j)eople, do, hereby resolve: 
 
 1. That in concert with our fellow-citizens thronghout our com- 
 iiioii country, who have met to mourn upon this day of national grief, 
 
FUNEKAL CKKEMONIES. 
 
 wi- fwl again (he horror which lliriiled us w iieii wt- were (irsl stir- 
 j)riHiHl and s'locked hy tlit' atU'iii[)t uj)oii Uw. lilV of Pri'sidcnt (Jarrteld. 
 We hoped and prayed tlien that- his life miiilit lie spared. Tliat hojie 
 has heen disai)pointe(l. We how in renewed and (U'cpened sorrow 
 l)efore the eahiiuity of his deatli, and we cannot hiil feel humiliated at 
 the thought that our country conld have produced tlie assassin. 
 
 2. That our sense of grief is tlie more piofound wdu'u we considm- 
 tlie history and character of the I'resident we luive lost. His hiography 
 illustrates some of the best and most hojieful featuicsof life in tlie New- 
 World. Bom in obscurity and well nigh in want, he came, through 
 self-denial, through cheerful toil, throngli mardy courage, to be scholar, 
 leader of men, first citizen of the liepublic. Strong in l)ody, strong in 
 )nind, his force was tempered by a noble amiabiliiy. 
 
 We can truly .say of liim as he said of a i)redeccssoi- : 
 
 " He was one of tlie few great rulers wljose wisdom incrr.-iscd wilii 
 his power, and whose .si)irit grew gentler and tenderer as liis triumi>lis 
 were multiplied." 
 
 He loved the whole land ; he to')k an enlightened view of all its 
 sections and all its needs; and we lament his death as that ol a patriot, 
 a statesman and a friend. 
 
 8. That we respectfully otter to the altlicted f;Minly of the tleceased 
 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. But, poor as it must be,\ve offer it with all sincerity ; 
 and we doul)t not that this stricken family (jf mounuTs, nurtured as 
 they iu'vve been in all that is most noble and virtuous, in their typical 
 American home, will not fail to find a higher consolation in Hin\ who 
 is the Father of the fatherless and the widow's (lod. 
 
 4. That among the special and obvious lessons of this cruel calam- 
 ity is one which has already been pointed out l>y pul)licists and the 
 press throughout the entire country and in other parts of the world; 
 and this lesson is: that the President of the Knifed Btatesshould neither 
 be worn out by the importunities nor exposed to the reckless resent- 
 nieut of disappointed otfice-seekers ; but that the duty rests upon the 
 Representatives of the people, as matter of lu'gency, lo see to it that 
 the civil service of the United States be placed on a sounder, a more 
 rational and a more business-like basis. ^Ve hold that, in the words of 
 James A. Gariield, " 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 hoi)e for 
 our country. The late President, on a former day of darkness, declared 
 in memorable words that ''God still reigns and the (Jovernment still 
 lives." 
 
 We recall this truth with an increased sense of its sign itica nee to- 
 day. 
 
 W\^ believe in the perpetuity and progress of this (Government of 
 the people ; with a faith which, we trust, no misfortune can sliake, and 
 which surely no act of crime, such as we now deplore, can in anywise 
 imijair. 
 
 6. 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 Q,ueen o England ; — and we tind in such 
 
 I 
 
IL'S IIISTOKV OF THE 
 
 t'.\])ri'ssi<»ns not lueroly ti proof of an aniit'al)le interest in our present 
 and future, l)ut also the harhinyer of a surer tViendslii[) and federation 
 anioni;- the nations of tiie earth. 
 
 7. Tluit a copy of these resohitions he sent to the Secretary of State 
 of the United States for such disposition as he may deem appropriate. 
 
 Ax a mattt'r of form, President IMcKnery put the Jiesohitions to 
 the vote; and of course they were adoi>ted uiumimously. 
 
 Anotiu-r excellent })erforniance hy the Orchestra was followed hy 
 the Jieadinirof i^oly Scripture hy the UK^'. Dk. John Matthkw.s, of 
 liie .Methodist .Ministry. He chose the Ninetieth Psalm: 
 
 '• liord, thou liast been oui' dwellint; place in all fjeneratious; 
 
 " Before the uiountains were hrou]t>!it forth, or ever thou hadst 
 " formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, 
 " thou art (Jod." 
 
 The delivery of Rev. Dr. Matthews is always markedly delilter- 
 
 ale and cuiphatic. It was now more tlian usuaHy earnest and solemn ; 
 
 and his listeners were made to feel with him the everlasting truth of 
 
 tlie i'salniist's melancholy words : 
 
 " For all our days are i)assed away in tliy wrath : we speiul our 
 " years as a tale that is told." 
 
 THK HON. CHARLES K. BUCK. 
 
 was llieii introduced to the audience hy the Presiding Otlicer as the 
 Orator of the Day. 
 
 Mr. J5uck, in clear, flexible, and pleasing voice, and emi)hatic, ini- 
 pressive nuuiner, then delivered the following 
 
 .XDDRESS : 
 .\nu(>nucing his sul>ject to he: 
 
 ON THE LIKE AND DEATH OF .lAAfES ABRAM GARFIELD. PRESIDENT 
 OF THE UNITED ST.VTES, ASSASSINATED JULY 2, 1881. 
 
 It was one of nature's holidays. Calm and peaceful, resplend- 
 ently brilliant ro.se the the bright "monarch of day" on the 2d of 
 .July, issl. 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 
 
 "Of dire coinl)ustion and i-onfused events."' 
 
 Fifty millions of peo])le went, rejoicing, to pursue their usual avoca- 
 tions. They coni[)ose the greatest nation known in the history of 
 human development. They are a nation of rulers — of sovereign 
 ecjuals, governed only by the laws of their own making. From time 
 time they choose a wortiiy citizen of their number, who must put the 
 laws in operation and see them executed. He represents the executive 
 sovereignty of the peojjle. The man exalted to that station is honored 
 
FUNERAL CEKEMONIKS. 12!> 
 
 :il)(>vf all mortals. Vhv si-eptre swavfd liy tlic ciiaiict' of iiilK'ritaiu-e 
 is a tinseled notliinj;- — not worth (he l)irtli-rij^ht of the huiuhlest 
 Aiuerieaii eiti/A'ii. 'I'heii, how imich j^reater than all is he, the cho- 
 sen sovereiji'ii of a nation of sovereiirns! 
 
 In the course of the apiiointed time such an one had just heen 
 siujL^^led out. 'Phcre had hei'ii a tierce contest of opixisin^ claimants, 
 embittered hy memories of the past, ditlerences of tlie |» resent, fears 
 and misgivinj^^s for the future. But the will of the majority is the 
 choice of all, ami the successful candidateofa party Itecomes I'resident 
 of the peo])le. .lames Abram (iartield, — who now lies still in death, — of 
 the State of Ohio, candidate of the Ileiiublican party. re<'eived a major- 
 ity of all the votes cast for President of the tjiiited State.*; in the Elec- 
 toral ("oUeg-e, and on the Ith oi'^rarch, ISSl.was installed in theduties 
 of his hisli office. 
 
 The ^rim asperities of conllict iiad already smoothed their 
 "wrinkled front." The new I'residenl himself had said : " I f there 
 »'ver was a peojile on this earth who had reason to l)e tired and weary 
 to the bone and heart of jtolitical contention, the bitterness of i)arty 
 malice, and all the evils that can be sutiered from partisanship, it i.s 
 this attlicted A mericJin people." And the people were tiredof it all, 
 " to the bone and heart." The repose and «iuiet which followed the 
 contest were the verdict of universal accpiiescence. The chasm which 
 divided the people was ra{)idly closing?, makin.i,^ a smooth and com- 
 mon level for all to stand on. 
 
 The soul of tlie chief elect was full of tlu' i;randeur of this consum- 
 mation. In his inaugural address he predicts that it will surely come. 
 He appeals to the peo[>le with the tloquence 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 eoncernhig 
 the controversies of past generations, and fifty years hence our children 
 will not be divided in their opinions concerning our controversies. 
 They will surely liless their fathers and their fathers' Uod that the 
 Union was preserved, that slavery was overthrown, and that both races 
 were jnade 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 im[)ortance to our moral and 
 material well-being invite us and otter am iilescoi)e 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 
 
.;(» HlsSTORV OJ' THE 
 
 of the spirits of evil wiiich (icstroy hut hiiihl not up, possesses the 
 hriiiii and faeiiilyof a I)ein.u' of tlesli and hlood like ourselves, with feet 
 to walk ui)(>n erect in the iinat-e of (iod — it sounds like lilaspheniy to 
 say so — and arms and hands to do his wicked will : an infatuation to 
 l;il! the President of the United States in times of ))erfeet j)eaee. He 
 follows tiie doomed man, like his destiny. He is diabolical, cold and re- 
 Iriith'ss as fate. He sees his victim in the jx'ace of his home where he is 
 liaiijiy, makinu' others hap])y ; the sii;ht of it, for the )nonient turns him 
 Irom his purpose. Sophistry of the fiend ! He is toying with his 
 prey. He rela.xes not his terrihle desitj:n ; heonly defers its e.xecution. 
 I le sees the doomed man at his devf)tions in the liouse of (Jod, and 
 thinks he will do it then. But no, the hour has not yet come. The 
 (lark shadow of destiny lurked hut struck not ; hut it never wavered in 
 its purpose. The day came. It was decreed in Heaven. The mortal 
 pari of James A. (Jartield was doomed to martyrdom and death. 
 
 Two acts in the triology of the nation's trials have l)een concluded. 
 The lirst, the conflict of hlood, ended with the death of Abraham 
 I,iiii-oln. The si'i-ond, the strife of tlie passions, closed (ui the inaug- 
 guration of (Jarfielil. The third, the e.vpiation, i)^gins with the .sacri- 
 tice of the apostle of peace, whose soul had become the incarnation of 
 Hie sjdrit of a better future. " Thestars had said it." Twice theangels 
 of mercy j)alsied the murderous hand; twi<-e the conscious power 
 of innocent and noble manhood awed the coward from his aim. But 
 il was not to l)e. .\ third time the spirits of evil move their wretched 
 instrument to his dark design. The victim is wholly unconscious of 
 the shadow at his side. His soul is elated with the joy of supreme 
 hap])iness. He has rendered well the first duties of his high call. The 
 seeds of a harvest of peace and plenty had been sown. Garfield felt 
 liin)self the Chief iMagistrate of a hapi)y and united people. He sur- 
 veys his work and sees that it isgood, 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 
 Hie shrine of domestic love. At that fatal railway station, the cares of 
 government behind him, the consciousness of duty well done with 
 him, the prospect of naught but what is good and beautiful before him, 
 the President of the United States had reached the height of human 
 hai)ijiness and glory. 
 
 Alas ! 
 
 " Tlie <ro(ls oit Krudiie wliat they have given ; 
 And ne'er unnii.xed with grief has lieaven 
 Ft.s Joys on mortals shed, " 
 
 In the moment of thissupreuie consummation of the toils of a life, 
 tlie dark shadow of evil at his side became the avenging Nemesis of 
 l\it<', jealous of the happiness of nian. The " nnexpected " happened. 
 Out of the clear sky of that bright and peaceful second of July fell the 
 thunderbolt. The a.ssassin-instrument fulfilled his awful mission. 
 
 By noon of that ever memorable day the lightning messenger had 
 sjiread the sad news over the civili/.ed world : " The President of the 
 United States has been shot. " 
 
 (.'onsternation filled the hearts of men and pallor blanched their 
 clu'cks. Was it treason? Was it conspiracy ? Was it domestic broil ? 
 Thank (Jod, no I it 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 
 
I'UNElv'Ar. CEREMONIES. 
 
 I'M 
 
 seed of the church." On the drenched j-raves of battlefields l.looin the 
 attributes of a great and free people. 
 
 Death was not instantaneous. Tlie vu-tiin lingered between life and 
 death for seventy-nine long and i)ainful days. Let us <lru\v u veil over 
 that weary struggle. It almost made one " waver in his faith" that 
 the prayers of a iiation availed naught; tiiat fortitude and pati-nce 
 and resignation availed naught; tliat love and devotion availed naught. 
 Agony and suffering were not even spared ; yea, tJiey seemed to over- 
 till the fullest measure of woe that luunaii tlesh can bear. Tt shrunk 
 and wasted, and wasted from day to day ; but the spirit kept its throne 
 in all the grandeur of divine descent.—" 1 cannot understaml how 1 am 
 so weak, when I look so well."— It continued to waste and wear away, 
 under the very hands of ministering love, til! nothing remained l)ut 
 the coarse outer frame of " mortal coil" tlirougii which tlowed.no 
 longer blood enough to warm the heart within; then the spirit took 
 its flight, and the sacrifice was complete. 
 
 Tho President was dead! dead by the assa.ssin's bidlet ! and the 
 nation is in tears ! Sorrow for the dead is hallowed by sympathy with 
 the living ; a loving husband, a noble father, a faithful son, lies in death, 
 lost to his dear ones because he was President of the I'nitetl States. 
 That is the crimefor which he died. Justice of Destiny, pardon us in 
 our ignorance if we understand not the fitness of thy decree! 
 
 And the people feel that he died for them, and so they mourn and 
 honor him, and make amends to his bereft. 
 
 James Abram (larfield was an extraordinary man, of extraordin- 
 ary career ; and fate, though cruel, remained true to iiim to the last, 
 extraordinary in his death. 
 
 Heroes liave lived and died in all ages; great and good men have 
 gone before, who.se work still abides and bears fruit; excelling genius 
 and intellect have reared pre-eminent and lasting monuments ere 
 this ; but the annals of recorded time furnish no parallel, so compre- 
 hensive, so rounded and complete as the life and death of President 
 Garfield. 
 
 Poets will exalt, and statesmen, historians and philo.soi)hers pause 
 to moralize on this singular life, and still more singular end, long 
 after the generation which witne.sses his death shall have passed away. 
 Garfield's life is the epitome of the struggle of mankind. 
 
 He came into the world with nothing but the ])rivileges and 
 attributes which he brought from his Creator. He lei I it at the top- 
 most round of luunan glory— a character moulded to perfection in the 
 school of adversity through wdiieh he attained his eminence. 
 
 Tt becomes apart of my task, even at the risk of wearying you, 
 not, I hope by the subject, by 1 fear by my inability to do it justice, 
 to review as briefly as 1 can the main incidents in the life and services 
 of the honored dead to whose mortal remains we are now ottering the 
 last sad tribute of recognition and respect. 
 
 James Abram Garfield was born on the IHth of Deceiul)er, !«;>!, in 
 the township of Orange, Cuyahoga county, Northeastern Ohio. His 
 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 
 
l.]2 rilSTOKY OF THE 
 
 oipliaiiftl cliildit'ii, the oldest of whirl), Tiiomas, was about nine years 
 ()I(1. The eiuiity acres of land liad 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 
 lf)t and the lot of her elder children. Kliza Hallou, still living, 
 niotiier of (iarlield, is of the family of a heroic and gifted Huguenot 
 who fled fiom France after llie revocation of the edict of Nantes. 
 Her love and lier hopes centered in her youngest son. He at least 
 shall be a man among civilized men. He must be lifted out of the 
 stagnation of isolated life to a sphere of action where prizes ai'e 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. Cheerfully he followed his humble lot. He was 
 content to be a toiler, " a hewer of wood and drawer of water," if only 
 his younger bi'other could iie fitted for a. better destiny. 
 
 Tluit is the most instructive period of tlie deceased's career which 
 commenced wiien his brother led him by the hand to the country 
 school-iu)use, and ended when, at the age of twenty-five years, he grad- 
 uated at Williams College. He worked his way tlirough poverty and 
 jn-ivation, but the end was ever clear to his mind. The struggle of to- 
 day gave momentum to the effort of to-morrow. " Character is a per- 
 fectly educated will," some one has .said. Cp to the age of sixteen or 
 seventeen years, (iarfield showed nothing extraordinary in his being 
 except that inde]jendence ami individuality of will without which no 
 one ever became great. But liis a])plication had been desultory and his 
 t)ursuits unsteady. A strange fancy possessed liim to adopt a seafaring- 
 life. It must luive been the outgrowth of that indetinite yearning 
 which imi)els great souls in tliat transitioji struggle from tlie vagaries 
 of youth to tlie concentration of their faculties on some settled purpose. 
 It ended by his becoming a canal-boat driver, of which he was cured 
 liy an accident, which so nearly cost him his life, that his escape seemed 
 a miracle to him. He returiu'd to his mother, whom he found, in the 
 silence of night, ottering prayers by the tire-light for her wandering 
 son. From tliat 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 l)elieved in thorough education as tJie great civilizer of 
 nations and the maker of men. He had heard or read tliat 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 wliere I shall be under new influences." 
 
 How he paid liis way is known to all ; })artly by aid of kind triends, 
 l)aitly i)y the earnings of his lal)or at odd hours, and serving as a jani- 
 tor at the (U)llege. 
 
 In bSoti, after his graduation, he becamt' teacher of Latin and 
 (ireek at Hiram Institute. He soon became Principal, and while so 
 oc(;upic<l, in 18.")8, married the noble woman who is to-day the nation's 
 widow: all her greatness and glory and bai)piness shrunk into the 
 cold and withere<l form of a murdered husband. 
 
 At Hiram Institute, (iarlield laid the foundation for that )ratory 
 which gave him such readiness and command on all occasions. He 
 lectured to the school extemjtoraueously several times every week on 
 
historic, literary, or .soieiilific subjects. Some time heTore (his lie had 
 written to a brotlier teacher : 
 
 " Tell me, Burke, do you not feel a spirit stirring witliin you that 
 longs to know, to do, and to dare? to iioid converse with the great 
 world of thought, ami hold before you sr)me high and nol>le object to 
 wliicli the vigor of your mind and the streiigtii of your arm may Ite 
 given? Do you not liave longings such as these which you breathe to 
 no one, and which you feel must l»e iieeded, or you will j)ass through 
 life unsatisfied antl regretful? I am sure you have tlu'se, and they 
 will forever cling around your heart until you obey their mandate. 
 They are the voices of that nature which (Jod has given you, and 
 which when obeyed, will bless you and your fellow-men." 
 
 A man so gifted by nature and so perfected by study and letlec- 
 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 tlie r«al struggle in which honor and distinction ai'e won. The 
 second period of his life he entered with an even chance and soon dis- 
 tanced competition. 
 
 In 1859 he was elected a member of the State Senate of Ohio. 
 When Lincoln's call for seventy-tive thousand men was read, in the 
 midst of clamor and confusion, he jum])ed to his feet and moved that 
 twenty thousand troops ami three niillion dollars be voted as the quota 
 of Ohio. I refer to tliis to show a chara(;teristic of his mind : the fac- 
 ulty to see and do the right thing at the right time, wliich is genius. 
 He rose with every occasion and mastered the situation at every turn. 
 VVhile preparing for liis departure with his regiment he writes: 
 
 " I have had a curious interest in watching the process in my o\\ n 
 nund, 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 but brilliant. He ro.se raj^idly to the 
 rank of Major (general. He had but few o[)portunities of action, but 
 whatever he did was done witli the i-learness, precision and self-reliance 
 of tlie born leader. There was inspiration in everytliinghe touched. The 
 mind's perception was clear and penetrating ; the action tliat followed 
 overwlielming and complete. 
 
 In 18(i3, while on duty with the armies of the North, he was elected 
 to Congress by the Nineteenth District of Ohio. He did not leave the 
 army until satisfied, by the assurances of superior ofticers and the re- 
 quest of President Lincoln, that he could do so with honor. 
 
 On the 4th of December, 18(38, he took his seat in the House of Ilepre- 
 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-five years of his life to 
 gain an even start with his fellow-men. 
 
 The history of his congressional life is l)eyond 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 fiowed 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 1 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, but because lie matle it a canon 
 of his life's faith to please his own conscience above all other things or 
 persons. 
 
\:n HISTOKV OK THE 
 
 Durinti' all his time in ('ongrcss, lie was an advocate and leader of 
 that policy of recoiistructi<Mi if the Rei^ublican party, the scope and 
 effect of wiiicli are well known. 
 
 In the iieat of discussion and the passion of repartee sharp and sting- 
 in}*- words niiiiht sometimes cross his lijjs, but at the bottom of all he 
 said or did was a stratum of justice and the image of liberty and equal 
 riLihts. rncompromising in* Ills fealty to Republican ideas, he never 
 lost an opjxirtunity to draw his liearefs to the beauty of peace and the 
 promises of reconciliation. 
 
 in ISTo, during a intler discussion on a motion to restore Jeffer- 
 son Davis to the rights of citizenship, he said : 
 
 " Mr. Speaker, 1 close as T began. Toward those men who gal- 
 lantly fought us on the field 1 cherish the kindest feeling. Tfeelasiucere 
 reverence for the soldierly (jualities they displayed on many a well- 
 fought battlefield. 1 hope the day will come wlien their swords and 
 ours will l)e crossed over many a doorway of our children, who will 
 remenil»er tlie glory of our ancestors with pride. The high qualities 
 displayed in that conflict now belong to the whole nation. Let them 
 be (consecrated to the Union, and its future peace and glory. 1 shall 
 hail that consecration as a pledge and symbol of our perpetuity." 
 
 ( )ne word more on Garfield 's relation to the great < (uestions of legisla- 
 tion which engaged the attention of Congress. 1 would not be just to the 
 memory (if the dead if 1 did not recall his position on the great linan- 
 cial pnllilems. From the moment he entered Congress he foresaw the 
 diHtculties which were likely to come, and hesethimself to work to master 
 
 ! the subject in advance. He reduced it to the simplicity of maxims : "Pay 
 your lionest debts with ' honest money ; ' paper money you 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 '; 'hat' 
 paper money is a delusion and a snare : the more you issue the more 
 
 j you need, because the more there is of it the more worthless it 
 Ix^comes. " 
 
 Let one utterance srfhce to illustrate the strength of his convictions 
 on this subje('t. He had been absent in Europe. The Republican 
 party of Ohio had been swept into " the Greenback current," and had 
 adopted a i)lafforin 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- 
 cejition and was called to make a speecli. And he saicl : 
 
 j " Much as I value your opinions, 1 here denounce this theory that 
 
 has w()rk(^d its way into this State, as dishonest, unwise and unpatri- 
 otic; and if I were offered a nomination and election for my natural 
 
 , lile, from this districi, on this i)latform, I should spurn it. If you 
 should ever raise the ([uestion of renominating me, let it be under- 
 
 I stood yon (can have my services only on the ground of the honest 
 paym('nt of this debt and th(^se bonds, in coin, according to the letter 
 and spirit of the contract." 
 
 j In person the deceased is described as a model of perfect manhood, 
 
 of commanding stature and majestic mien, strong in repose, vehe- 
 
 j nu'ut in action, flis moral nature was lofty as his intellect was grand. 
 
 I The grasp of his hand was strong and his heart was warm. His 
 domestic life was jiure 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 
 
FUNERAL CEKEMONlEt^. l"!") 
 
 stroiit^er, ami she was his cai-c as he haiMu'eii lier's. H\< hmisc'hold 
 was siiujilirity and faitli ami eoiindeiice and love. 
 
 Into small as into ,ureat thinjis, h<' cairied l!)e niaji'iielism o!' 
 jreniiis and tiie preseneeof inspiration. It is tiiat winch has eleetrilied 
 the jieople oi' his eoiintry. Tliis universal outiiom'ini;- ofsyiupathy and 
 mourning : this grief so tU'ej), so real, that mt'ii feel it hut speal< it not : 
 this sjK>ntaneons eonseeration in fifty million human hearts to a fame 
 and a lov^' and a glory, hallowed and undying -is il a false sentiment , 
 a fancy of the moment? No: it is real as it will lie ev<Mlast ing. il 
 comes not from us alone; it springs from our hearts in n'sponse to ilie 
 divinity tliat radiates from the manifestations oi' ji sou! graml in ail 
 the attril)utes which make man (Icxi-lil^e. 
 
 >iis strange, eventful life, with its struggles, its purities, its devotion, 
 its success, and its sacrifice, is a national possession and a national 
 heritage. May its teachings he also a national Ides'^ing. 
 
 It remains for us to make it so. 
 
 The President died because his mission wa> I'cace. Lei theohjecl 
 of tlie assassin he thwarted. By the memory of your sacred liead, con- 
 secrate yourselves to that I'eace which he promised : the new (Tnioii 
 which he foresaw: the new destiny of a reunited peo)>le. 
 
 Ami when it is attained, let the Nation rear her nioninnent to 
 Harmony and Concord, and on it inscribe in letters of everlastinir gold : 
 "Sprung from the blood of the predestined James Abram Gartield, 
 martyr President- Accursed be the generation that forgets the sacri- 
 fice ! This is the sentence i»ronouneed by the Justice of his country I" 
 
 The closing sentence was spolien with a jiowcr and energy that 
 elicited the spontaneous applauseof the entire audience. 
 
 The President then announced a Phavkh by the Rev. .lame.^ K. 
 tUitheim, the well-known and learned Rabl)i of remi)le Sinai. 
 
 The Prayer,— uttered in his deep tones and in ids usual grave, dig- 
 nified manner, — was characterized by the choice diction, earnest feel- 
 ing and clear thought that always enchain the closest attention of his 
 hearers. 
 
 The Lip:i»ekt.\fel Singers again assembled around the organ 
 on the platform and sang Silcher's fine choral, the " Tribute to the 
 Dead," beginning : 
 
 " In silence sleep.'< tlie Hero. ' 
 
 The sweetness and perfect harmony of the voices, anil tlu' adndrji- 
 ble manner in which the most delicate passages of the score were 
 rendered — so toned down as to nuike 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 
 
l;)(; HISTORY OF THE 
 
 llu' Heiicilictinu, the Kov. Dr. ralintT (tfViciak'd. And llieii the assem- 
 bly sh)wly (iispersed. 
 
 Ijoiiuere tlie cereiuonie.s t«'nniiiated, the shades ol' night had gatli- 
 eicd. aii(1 tlie Hall was ilhmiiiiated hy the brilliant sunlifxhts in the 
 <-cn(rr oltlie lofty ceiliiiii-. Tliey had often shone upon bright scenes of 
 irai(>ly and ainusenient, an<l sueii <j;orf?eous pageants as no city hut 
 New Oiivans, in the carnival season, jilaces before hosts of visitors. 
 Tlicy never shone, howevci-, upon a more grandly impressive scene, or 
 one licttci- exhibiting the people of the Orescent City in their nobler 
 phases of genuine niaidy feeling, — simple and unaffected — true ami 
 earnest and the more worthy of admiration ami respect from this 
 vcrv simplieitv of earnestness and truth. 
 
 ON THE RIVER. 
 
 One of the most original and impressive displays of tlie feeling 
 (hat luled New Orleans on "Memorial Monday" was 
 
 ■nil-: hivi:k's ii():M.\(ii': ro tmk i)kaj> I'RKsiden'I'. 
 
 This a([uatic funeral pageant was an inipromi)tu atlair entirely, 
 emanating from the fertile brain of (lai)tain B. I). Wood, and in 
 which be was earnestiv assisted bv Captain vVni. McKay, of the Tug- 
 boat W. M. Wood. 
 
 The idea, although su.ggested only at half past 10 o'clock A. M., 
 was carried through with a rai)idity 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 commem-ed 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 boat* 
 N- M. Jones, "Maud Wilniot, Charlie Wood, Fern, Wasp, and Mag" 
 uoiia lay in front of the commodore of the line — the W. M. Wood — in 
 response to the several calls. 
 
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 glanc^e 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 lieaded 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, Capt. Wm. McKay ; 
 The N. M. Jones, Capt. H. McNealy ; 
 The Maud Wilmot, Capt. Robert Plant ; 
 The Charlie Wood, Capt. Wm. Spence ; 
 The Fern, Capt. John Davis ; 
 The Wasp, Capt. 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-pieces in the shape of a huge wood-horse, 
 supporting a coffin appropriately draped and festooned. Between the 
 huge gilded horns in front, was a black cross, while around the 
 usually bright polished brass rails was a prolitte 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 sides. 
 
 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 N. 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 tempe?t. 
 
 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. 
 
13S HISTORY or THE 
 
 Immediately after passing Canal street, a signal was run through 
 the entire line oVshippini; lying at the wharves ; and as the weird pro- 
 cession plowed its way up the river, every vessel, whether foreign or 
 otiierwise, dipped their pennants and tolled their bells. 
 
 After reaching the i^^ievator the Tugs swung around in a semi- 
 circle and returned to Canal street, where they disbanded. 
 
 All who witnessed tiiis 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 jDlatform 
 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. Dk. Thos. 
 R. IMarkiiam 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." 
 
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 Mr. Handy then read the folk 
 
 wing list of 1 
 
 vicp: pkesidents: | 
 
 Gov. L. A. Wiltz, 
 
 Lieut. Gov. S. D. McEnery, 
 
 Gen. K. N. Ogden, 
 
 Ex-Gov. F. T. NiclioUs, 
 
 Gen. W. L. MciMillen, 
 
 Col. Louis Bush, 
 
 Hon. John Fitzpatrick, 
 
 Hon. Allen Jumel, 
 
 Hon. G. I)elaiuore, 
 
 Hon. Will. A. Strong, • 
 
 Hon. J. V. Guillotte, 
 
 Hon. A. L. Tissot, 
 
 Hon. B. T. Walshe, 
 
 Hon. W. H. ixogers, 
 
 Hon. P Mealey, 
 
 Col. Jack Wharton, 
 
 Hon. W. E. Hiiger, 
 
 Col. C. H. Allen, 
 
 Hon. Wni. Fagan, 
 
 Col. J. 0. Landry. 
 
 Col. Jos. Collins, 
 
 Col. R. Richardson, 
 
 Dr. Tlios. Campbell, 
 
 Wm. McQuoid, 
 
 Capt. Frank McElroy, 
 
 Ex-Mayor L W. .Patton, 
 
 M. A. DriUphin, 
 
 Hon. Jno. McEnery, 
 
 Jas. D. (.."olen)an, 
 
 Hon. Kdwin Harris, 
 
 Rev. J. K. Gutheini, 
 
 Rev. T. R. Markham, 
 
 Rev. J. .Moynihan, 
 
 Dr. D. C. Holliday, 
 
 ]. N. Marks, 
 
 Dr. J. F. Salomon, 
 
 Jno. 1). Gaines, 
 
 Wm.'B. Schmidt, 
 
 Tim. O'iS'eil, 
 
 F. M.' Zeigler, 
 
 Win. ;->aloinon, 
 
 Jno. J. O'Brien, 
 
 Thos. C. \V. Ellis, 
 
 0. N. Ogdeu, 
 
 Jos. A. Walker, 
 
 Jno. Coleman, 
 
 Geo. Nicholson, 
 
 Jos. A. Aiken, 
 
 Jno. Janney, 
 
 Robert H. Bartley, 
 
 P. B. Pa List, 
 
 G. Foliier, 
 
 Tlios. O'Neil, 
 
 A. Luria, 
 
 VV. G. Boyland, 
 
 B. C. Elliott, 
 
 Wm. Walshe, 
 
 John Carey, 
 
 M. J. vSheehan, 
 
 Wm. Henry, 
 
 B. C. Woods, 
 
 Eugene May, 
 
 H. P. Phillips, 
 
 E. L. Bower, 
 
 Prieur Koaeh, 
 
 John Schellang, 
 
 J P^eiteg, 
 
 Edgar Leche, 
 
 D. M. Brosnan, 
 
 Louis H Pili6, 
 
 Wm. H. Bell, 
 
 Thos. Reynolds, 
 
 G. A. Schneidau, 
 
 John 0. McLean, 
 
 Richard Binnott, 
 
 John C. Donovan, 
 
 Chas. Bush, 
 
 Wm. Bosworth, 
 
 John Hawkins, 
 
 Joseph Zeigler, 
 
 T. C. Spori, 
 
 Paul Gelpi, 
 
 Alexander Smith, 
 
 Joseph P. (Junes, 
 
 Paul Haller, 
 
 Wm. Gabler. 
 
 And Secretaries : W. G. Boyland and D. Rosenburg. j 
 
 The following Committee on 
 
 Resolutions was then appointed : 1 
 
 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. 
 
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 Pending the report of the Committee, Mr. Handy introduced Col. 
 jAtK WiiAKToN, tlie popuhir 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 ofthe fifty millions of American 
 jjeople to express his deep grief at the death of tlie great man whom 
 he revered, and who had l)Ut 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 8|)eaker referred to the sympathy whicli all felt for the family 
 of the President, and said " that even tlie"great Queen of England had 
 not failed, in a beautiful manner that will gain her much love, to 
 exj)ress the regret she felt at the misfortune which had befallen 
 them." 
 
 " The late President had been put in the Executive chair by the 
 people, but he was the representative of God, by whom he was 
 endowed and blessed. Garfield was great in peace, great in war, but 
 he was to-day greater still in the hearts of the American people." 
 
 "There is a movement on foot to erect a monument to President 
 Gartieid. 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 tlie 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 
 wlio held the waters and the earth in His hand to do with them what 
 he would." 
 
 Hearty applause greeted this imiiromptu address, and the Band 
 
 played Pleyel's hymn. 
 
 Hon. Mk. 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 
 God, and reverence and love for the memory and character of our late 
 Chief Magistrate," do solemnly resolve: 
 
 That we hunjbly and reverently acknowledge the hand of God in 
 the alHiction which has overtaken our land. In a tinie of public peace 
 and jtrosperity, in the enjoyment of personal rights common to all 
 citizens of the Kei)ul)lic, 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 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 141 
 
 which he became still more endeared to the country, surrendered his 
 spirit to (jlod who gave it. In tlie general sorrow which Ihisdeatli, 
 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. 
 
 Jiesolved, 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 ditlerences and political distinciions, 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 the intluences of his exalted position — 
 to ])romote the happiness and prosperity of the whole country— ne was 
 justly honored as the worthy and illustrious leader of a great people. 
 in his brief but eventful career as Chief Magistrate he so discharged 
 the duties of that high ottice as to command the respect and affection 
 of his countrymen and the admiration of all enlightened nations. 
 
 Jiesolved, 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. 
 
 Hesolved, 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 free institutions in the possible 
 spread of 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 ditiusion of 
 patriotism among all classes of society, tiie firm moral support of all 
 good citizens, and, above all, the protection of Divine Providence. 
 
 Hesolved, 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 heard in all portions of the city, it 
 " was no gala day which had called forth the multitude. On the con- 
 •' 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 conti- 
 " nent. There was no distinction of politics or race in mourning for 
 'the dead President. The Procession to-day was not one of joyful 
 
" hearts, but one in which all races and colors joined to show how 
 " deeply they felt the national loss. The whole community carry iu 
 " theirlieart's tlie sorrow which is inexpressible. The loss whicli the 
 " people have been called upon to meet is indeed unbearable, but it 
 " was the duty of all to l)ow 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 Ellis, M. C He addressed the audience 
 as follows : 
 
 My Countrymen— It is meet and right that your added presence 
 should swell the (solumn of tluit mourning host that, witli crape-clad 
 garnuMits and bowed heads, has this day uorne the mortality or James 
 AbraTii Garlield to its linal home, by the dash and throb of the inland 
 sea. Tills injmense concourse, the ■solemn SLillness" that "all the 
 air" seems to •'hold," these trappings of woe and the impressive 
 funeral pageant that lliis day maUe ils mourntul niarcli through the 
 sable-clad streets of our great city, are eloquent and impressive voices of 
 that i)rofound sympatliy and sorrow that hold sway iu the hearts of 
 titty millions ol 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 bis brow the 
 anointing impress of the American band, through triumphal arches and 
 over roadways of garlands, and amid music and pomp and circum- 
 stances such as never united to grace the glory of Olympian victor or 
 Koman conqueror, was borne to the Chiel Magistracy ol the Kepubiic, 
 — is to-day no more on earth. 
 
 Cold is the splendid brain, silent the witchery of the magnetic 
 tongue, still is the good, WiUiu, generous heart, and the inagniricent 
 manhood, which in port and stature was fitting temple for tlie indwell- 
 ing of the lofty mind and heroic soul, is a darkened and shattered ruin, 
 and swiftly mouldering to tlie kindred dust. 
 
 The morning sun whicli uprose above his newly-born administra- 
 tion and seemed to tlood the continent with golden promise of peace 
 and union and prosjjerity, has been quenched as swiftly and suddenly 
 as the gleam of tliefugitive meteor. At his post of duty, with tirm hand 
 upon the wheel and guiding with voice ana arm and power the desti- 
 nies of our liei)ublic, — 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, — he is stricKen down by the hand of au 
 assassin. 
 
 A startled nation feels the shock to its heart's core. Every Amer- 
 ican worthy to be a citizen of the Kepubiic 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, watcUed his brave struggle for life with 
 lluctuations of hope and fear. In the lirst hours of the tragedy he said 
 to the surgeon, ■ Well, Doctor, what of my case?" '" You have a 
 chance," said the surgeon. •• Well, we will take that chance," cheerily 
 resjjonded tlie stricken President. And by his heroic bearing, his 
 patience in sullering, the calm brave way in which he faced the gath- 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 143 
 
 ering darkness, ho drew to himself the affection and tender sympathy 
 of the whole world. 
 
 To-day a civilized world mourns his loss. !-!ectional animosities are 
 buried in his grave. Political diflerences are forgotten. Among the 
 sincerest mourners above (larlield's grave aretliose who fronted him in 
 the dread array of battle. I see those grand heroes of th(> South here 
 before me ; I saw them to-tlay moving witli measured tread in the 
 solemn funeral march ; I liav'e heard them plead from the pulpit in 
 prayers white-winged with faith for the stricivcn President; I have 
 heard them teach their little ones to add to their nigiitly prayers a new 
 jietition for the life of tlie heroic sufferer. — And the great' party that 
 disagreed with his political views and cast its mighty vote against 
 him, in all of its deliver inces and utterances and through all its or- 
 gans, has uttered but the voice of tender symi)athy and 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. Tlie women of tiie 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 sol)l)ing 
 and sigiiing their wordless woe. Labor mourns him and stands idle 
 to-day in all her factories and furnaces, and with "liard, rongii hands" 
 wipes away the grief drops that flow for him wiio was tiie friend of 
 American labor Agriculture hears voices of weejiiug amid the reapers 
 and turns tear-blinded away from the ffolden fields of promise to add 
 the burden of her sorrow to the general woe. A nd nway across the seas 
 from every land come the testimonials of sorrow and synijiathy from 
 nations and peoples in which sovereign and peasant alike unite. Upon 
 his iifeless breast is placed in commingled love the inunortelle of the 
 laborer and the garlanded wreath of the sovereign. 
 
 In the limited time at iTiy 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. 
 Steji 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 lie gave to his State 
 eighteen years of service; — from thence to the Senate of the United 
 States, and from thence to the Chief INIagistracy of the Ilepublic, 
 Garfield fought hia way patiently and courageously. 
 
 If he possessed genius it was simply the capacity for labor and 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 
 
144 HISTORY OF THE 
 
 in a speech he once said, " I feel a profounder reverence for a boy than 
 for a man. I never met a ragged boy on tlie street witliout feeling that 
 1 owe him a salute for the possiblities that may be buttoned up under 
 his jaelvct." 
 
 Here, then, is one valuable lesson from the life that is just closed. 
 It is : that hibor and perseverance are the true touchstones of success ; 
 and that with tliese the poorest and liumblest boy of the Republic may 
 arise to honorable and useful places, and win fame and name that will 
 give liiiu honor wliile he lives and a people's sorrow when he dies. 
 
 Sprung from the ps;)ple, Gen. (iirfield never forgot the people. 
 The source and secret of his long and unbroken successes was his close 
 sympathy witii 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- 
 fldence 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 offlce, 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 motlier of his childi'en. The intense humanitj' 
 of tlie man was always above the office. 
 
 So in the very hour of his assassination, and when, as he supposed, 
 life was fast ebljing 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 lie loved. And when she came, nerving herself to meet 
 him, it was liis 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 bis countrymen and thrilled them to tender, tearful sym- 
 pathy with the loving and great-hearted sufferer. 
 
 President Garticld, in these traits of his character, has taught us 
 two valuable lessons. He has impressed the value and virtues of the 
 domestic atfectious, and taught us that these should be kept pure and 
 undeliled; 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 
 tlie only legitimate source of power. 
 
 Although a strong partisan in his feelings he was capable of lofty 
 magnanimily. Elected to the United States Senate in place of the 
 vunerablu and gifted raurman, he paid to his distinguished predecessor 
 and opponent a trlbiite of the loftiest praise. His friendships in the 
 House of Representatives were not governed by party, creed or sectional 
 lines. His personal relations were close and intimate with men who 
 had Ibught him in war and disagreed with him in peace. His heart 
 was (|uick to do a kindly act. 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 14f 
 
 From my own personal association with him during six years of 
 public service, I recur witli melanclioly pleasure to an insstance 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' his post. I felt a strong interest in 
 the young man, both for his own merits and because of a sweet girl 
 wiiom he had just married, whose family were among the earliest of 
 my friends in Washington. He was, besides, the son of a noble Confed- 
 erate soldier who met his fate beneath the battle flag of the South as he 
 led his gallant Carolina regiment in the tiercest 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 eftbrt, I yet knew that I 
 could accomplish but little without strong Repul)lican"inlhienee 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 General?" 
 
 " James A. Garfield." 
 
 When I presented the petition, the Postmaster General (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 Mi-ssissippi River Com- 
 mission bill. The debate was drawing to a close, and the time was lim- 
 ited. " General," said I, " I would be 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 I will speak." I had secured 
 some fifteen minutes for some remarks I wished to make, but I knew 
 Garfield's power, and I gladly gave him my time; and so I told him ; 
 " You will be recognized next, and will have fifteen minutes."— Then 
 kindly taking my hand, he said, earnestly, " I a/n 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 Rome, so runs the old Latin legend, when a great, yawning 
 gulf, opening in the Forum, threatened to engulf and destroy the Eter- 
 nal City ; 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 j2:Iorious sacrifice, the black chasin slowly closed its hideous jaws 
 and Rome was saved. 
 
 More than sixty years ago, the dread f?ulf of sectionalism yawned by 
 the very altar of our country. No matter, now, whose was the fault. It 
 appeared, it grew, it widened Ft brought hatreds and strifes, and 
 threats, and l)itterness, and drew away tlie hearts of Americans from 
 the love and tlie 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 thi' blood of Americans, shed by American hands, 
 was poured. A million of noble lives were offered up. Women wept their 
 husbands, and children mourned their fathers, and yet tlie gulf would 
 not close. And since the strife and the l)loodshed, the gulf has re- 
 mained until now. — To-day, thank God, it is closed ! 
 
 The warm outbur.-t (jf syni|)athy and love that broke from the great 
 heart of the South for the stricken President, who was their enemy in 
 war, and whose political course 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 not 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 <)f our Cutliers warm in their 
 sad hearts, that tliey are one : one in love, in hope, in sympathy and 
 destiny forever. And so the gulf of sectionalism closes upon the sacred 
 form of the dearH President. God grant that the sacrifice may prove 
 enough! God of our fathers, grant that the Union, thus recemented, 
 may grow stronger and stronger as the years roll on, and live a quick- 
 ening and animating presence, 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 was powerless to achieve, though he wielded the 
 soldier's sword and wrote the statesman's law. 
 
 In his long 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." — But let us forget, in this solemn hour, whatever 
 of mistakes or errors he may have committed- I^et the mantle of 
 charity fall upon anything that may be unpleasant to remember. As 
 we would have our own faults forg-otten, let us forget As we would 
 be forgiven, let us forgive. It 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, had he ruade 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 liimself pronounced the very best substi- 
 tute for it — tiie capacity to do hard work. His mind was clear and 
 strong. Nor did he let the keen blade of his intellect grow dim or dull 
 with rust. All through the exactions and 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 (ireek and Latin authors. He wrote Latin verses in liis 
 moments of leisure, and the choicest passages of Horace and Homer 
 and Juverud were on his tongue. He found time, too, to devote to sci- 
 entific research ; and delighted 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 
 
FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 147 
 
 and sonorous. It was powerful ratlier than musical, and liad in it 
 rather the ring of Vulcan's ponderous haunner 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 of Representatives is forever fixed upon my 
 memory. It impressed me then ; but since thp weary weeks of his 
 struggle and suffering, and since his spirit has broken from its mutil- 
 ated prison house and is forever at rest, that scene comes to me with 
 vivid sadness. 
 
 Garfield was doing what I ani trying to 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 for once. Members 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 of tender emotion swept over the 
 House and sr.rong men wept. The lines were these : 
 
 Beyond the smiling and tlie weeping, 
 
 I sliall be soon ; 
 Beyond ttie waiting and the sleeping. 
 Beyond the sowing and the reaping, 
 I shall be soon. 
 liOve, rest, and home ! 
 Sweet home ! 
 Lord, tarry not, but come ! , 
 
 Beyond the blooming and the fading, 
 
 I shall be soon ; 
 Beyond the shining and the sliading, 
 Beyond the hoping and the dreading, 
 I shall be soon. 
 Love, rest, and home ! 
 Sweet home 1 
 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 the pulse's fever beating, 
 I shall be soon. 
 Love, rest and home ! 
 Sweet home ! 
 Lord, tarry not, but come ! 
 
 Beyond the frost-claain and the fever 
 
 I shall be soon ; 
 Beyond the rock.-waste and the river, 
 Beyond the ever and the never, 
 I shall be soon. 
 * Love, rest and home ! 
 
 Sweet home ! 
 Lord,,tarry?not, but come ! 
 
148 HISTOKY OF THE 
 
 God gniiit that he has fouud the " love, the rest and the home " 
 foi- which Ids weary spirit must have sighed and longed and prayed 
 during tliose weeks wlien the "frost-chains" of the chill and the 
 l)arcliing of tiae lever lield liis mutilated body in their torturing thrall. 
 
 Ill his boyhood dreams lie 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 his 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 
 witli tlie grim destroyer. And so they bore him witli tender hands to 
 (lie by the sea — with tlie sigliing of Ijis early love in his ear, and its 
 thunderous surge and boisterous voice speal^ing to his struggling soul 
 of tliat 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 and 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." !So, in the very 
 thought of Garfield, and in liis memorable words, I say to you, "God 
 reigns, and our government will still live on." — Let us not harbor the 
 tliought that the lives and liberties and well being of tifty millions of 
 Americans are dependent upon the life or acts of any one man. Dur- 
 ing the ten weary weeks of Gartield's illness we governed ourselves. 
 Ou*r 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 the 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 ellbrts to promote the public good. Let us show him that we 
 regard him as our President, and that we trust his patriotism and his 
 qualilications. 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 ISational 
 Capitol. 
 
 This very eloquent address was frequently and warmly applauded. 
 
 Tlie Band played the " 8weet By-and-Bye;" and Chairman 
 Handy came forward to ■tate that the well known Poet Priest, 
 
FUNEHAL CEKEMONIES. 149 
 
 FATHER RYAN, 
 
 who had been invited, was not able to leave his hoine in Mobile, but 
 had sent the Committee in charge of the nieetin;^ the following tele- 
 graph dispatch: 
 
 MouiLE, Ala., Monday, September 2Bth. 
 
 To Messrs. Thos. Handy and Robert Bartley, Committee of Garfield Obsequies : ' 
 
 I regret my inability tobepresentat President (Jarlleld'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 the 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 of 
 New Orleans, on Monday, September 26th, 1881, to honor the 
 Memory of the Martyr-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. 
 
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. 
 
 JOSEPH A. MOWER POST, No. ].— Di; i-AKTMrcxT of Louisiana. 
 
 Organized, April 10th, 1S72. Charter granted by General Ambrose 
 E. BuKNSiDE, 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 McCormack, Charles Barnard, Fred. H. Whitaker, 
 John S. Nissou, 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, Senior Vice Commander ; 
 
 F. W. Gibson, Junior Vice Commander ; 
 
 J. M. BiNG, Post Adjutant ; 
 
 J. H. Wright, Post Qxiarter Master ; 
 
 J. B. LuDWiCK Post Surgeon ; 
 
 Patrick Flood, Post Chaplain; 
 
 M. M. Fuller, Officer of the Day ; 
 
 G. W. Miller, Officer of the Guard; 
 
 S. Dalrymple, .....Sergeant Major ; 
 
 J. H. Lawlor, Quarter Mastex Sergeant. 
 
 past commanders: 
 Mark Joseph, York A. Woodward, 
 
 W. G. James, Wm. Roy, Wm. Wright. 
 
Headquarters, Grand Army of the Republic, "l 
 No. 15 Pemberton Square, j- 
 
 Boston, Mass., September 20, 1881. ) 
 IGcmral 0)-der.s No. 10.] 
 
 Dead at Elberon ! — The mournful message, the solemn toll of bells, 
 tlie lialf-raised i\iig, tlie saddened countenances, speak the Nation's 
 sorrow for its ilhi.strious dead. — The weeks of weary, patient suffering 
 are ended, and Phksidknt James A. Garfield, our Comrade and old 
 companion-in-arms — tlie pure patriot, brave warrior, wise statesman, 
 noble ruler. Ciiristian 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 exam])le. 
 
 S])ared from the peril of hotly contested fields, General Garfield 
 has fallen by the assassin's bullet; but not 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 Rei^ublic, wherever 
 opportunity presents, should offer to act as escort or guard of honor to 
 the body of tUeir late comrade. 
 
 AH Officers of the Grand 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 and flags should 
 be displayed at half-mast on the day of the funeral. 
 By command of 
 
 GEO. S. MERRILL, 
 \V I L L I A M M . O L I N , Commander in Chief. 
 
 Adjutant General. 
 
 IN NEW ORLEANS. 
 
 On receipt of the above order in New Orleans, a meeting of Joseph 
 A. MowioR Post was held at their Headquarters for the purpose of 
 testifying their profound respect for their late Comrade, James A. 
 (Jar FIELD. 
 
 Col. Wm. Roy, Post Commander, presided, and ajipointed 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. 
 
 " Wherenst, — The sad intelligence has reached this Post that our 
 ('hief Magistrate has pa.ssed from earth, stricken down while in the 
 zenith of his fame, by the bullet of an assassin, and 
 
APPENDIX. 153 
 
 " Whereas, — While the nation is mourning her ilhistrious dead, it 
 is meet that we should assemble and otter our humble condolence and 
 sympathy, and express our deep regrets for a comrade killed in tlie dis- 
 charge of his duty ; therefore be it 
 
 " Resolved, — That in the death of Gen. Jas. A. Garfield, the country 
 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 liner feelings which make the husband and. 
 lather 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. S. Badger. 
 The Post, in charge of F. W. Gibson, Junior Vice Commander, at the 
 head of Canal street, at 1 o'clock, 27 minutes and 14 seconds, (being 
 li 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 OKGANIZATION. 
 
 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 comjiosed 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 
 politics seemed to ijredominate. 
 
 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 resjject 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 
 
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154 APPENDIX. 
 
 to this end, have joined heart and liand in an interchange of cour- 
 tesies at those beautiful services, held every year, of mutually strewing 
 tiowers upon the graves of the American Soldiers. 
 
 HELPING HANDS. 
 
 During the dreadful yellow fever epidemic of 1878, the Joseph A. 
 Mower Post was untirinii- in its efforts to relieve the sick and desti- 
 tute, and its records show that upwards of S(K) families were assisted by 
 the Organization, which disbui'sed .?50t)0 for the purpose. 
 
 AT REST. 
 
 Under the auspices, and through the efforts of this Post of the 
 a. A. R., a magnificent monument has been erected in the National 
 Cemetery at Chulmette, 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 number 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, 446 men, thirty-one regiments; JNIaryland, twenty-four 
 men, one regiment; Michigan, 226 men, six regiments; Minnesota, 
 fourteen men, five regiments; Missouri, 1-51 men, twenty-three regi- 
 ments ; New Hampshire, 120 men, seven regiments ; New York, 
 620 men, forty-four regiments; New Jersey, eight 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, four 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; U. S. Colored Troops, 1670 men, eighty-three regi- 
 ments; U. S. Navy, 233 men; Quarter Master Department, sixty-four; 
 Commissioned Officers, sixty-seven ; Miscellaneous, 167. — Total of 
 Graves known and marked, 6913; unknown and marked, 5279. — 
 Total, 12,192. 
 
 Since these data were gathered, many additions have been made to 
 the sleepers in Clialmette Cemetery, and the total number of ex-Union 
 Officers, Soldiers and Sailors who are " At Rest " there, may safely be 
 recorded as 15,000. 
 
 letter from secretary lincoln. 
 
 War Department, i 
 Washington, September 28, 1881. / 
 
 Wm. Roy. Ksq., Commander Jos. A. Mower Post No. 1, G. A. R., New Orleans: 
 
 ,S7/-.- I have the honor to acknowledge the receijit of your com- 
 munication of Sei)tember 23d, in which you request me to transmit to 
 Mrs. (larfield 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 respectfully, your obedient servant, 
 
 ROBERT T. LINCOLN. 
 
APPENDIX. 155 
 
 ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. 
 
 BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.— LOUISIANA DIVISION. 
 
 In the autumn of 1874, a numl)er of the Louisiana survivors of the 
 " Army of Northern Virginia" conceived the idea of organizing an 
 Association similar to one tlien in existence in tlie State of Virginia. 
 In consequence, a meeting was called to effect an organization, at which 
 were present : INIajor E. D. Willett, J. H. Murray, John J. Eitzpatrick, 
 R. C. Black, R. INIcLaughlin, Jas. Taylor, David Richards, John Shan- 
 non, and a number of others, all old soldiers who had served through- 
 out the struggle of four years, under Lee and Jackson. 
 
 To show the intent and purposes of this Organization, tlie 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 ofrtcers 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 hereby 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 riv^er and rest under the shade of the trees." 
 
 FIKST 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. Eitzpatrick, 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 : 
 Polities and Religion. 
 
 The Association comprises among its members survivors of the fol- 
 lowing commands that served in Virginia from 1861 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 nuinber 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. 
 
15G APPENDIX. 
 
 THE GOOD WORK DONE. 
 
 The Association can show as tangible proofs of its usefulness 
 during its existence : Tlie burial of over forty of its deceased members, 
 and the expenditure of nearly $8000 for relief for its members and 
 tiioir families. — Also, tlie erection of a tomb in the Metairie Cemetery, 
 surmounted by an heroic-size statue of the illustrious StonewallJackson, 
 and callable oi" covering tlie remains of hundreds, if need be. The cost 
 of the tomb, monument, and statue was over $12,000. 
 
 HOW GOVERNED. 
 
 The Officers and Committees, in September, 1881, at the date of 
 President Garfield's funeral, were as follows: 
 
 Officers.— John B. Richardson, President; Wm. R. Lyman, First 
 Vice President; liOuis 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; Jno. 
 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. Calder, Hy. C. Mackie, Jno. T. 
 Black, J. T. Purvis, Jno. P. Barnard. 
 
 Tomb and Monumental Committee (special and permanent). — 
 Wm. R. Lyman, Chairman ; Jas. Buekner, Jno. H. Murray, J. B. 
 Sinnott, I. L. Lj'ons, L. A. Adam. 
 
 FLORAL OFFERINGS. 
 
 The Association has, for some years,— as with the other ex-Con- 
 federate organizations in the city — placed floral and other elegant 
 offerings upon the graves of the Federal dead at Chalmette Cemetery, 
 at the annual ceremonies there under the ausiDices of the Grand Army 
 of the Republic. 
 
 STONEWALL JACKSON. 
 
 One of tlie most notable events in the history of the Association 
 was tlie dedication in the spring of 1881, of its tomb and monument in 
 iSIetairie Cemetery, and the unveiling of the statue of Stonewall Jack- 
 son, that crownsthe 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. 
 Tliousands 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 tlie foot of the column, a dozen or more 
 of Louisiana soldiers, who had been through the war, in Virginia, and 
 every man of tlieni wounded. 
 
 Mr. Lyman made the presentation speech for his Committee ; 
 Col. .Jolin B. Iticliardson <Ielivered the reply; Mr. Edwin Marks read 
 a beautiful poem, written for the occasion by " Xai'ifla " (Mrs. Town- 
 send); Father Hubert, tlie Chaplain of the Louisiana regiments in 
 Virginia, prayed ; Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, of Virginia (a nephew of 
 
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 I, 1881. J 
 
 Robert E. Lee), one of Stuart's chief officers, delivered an admirable 
 oration ; and, in response to a i!;eneral call, tiie Hon. Jefler.son Davis 
 made a short address, in wliicli he paid a most feeling and glowing 
 tribute to Stonewall Jackson, not only as the warrior, but the man and 
 the patriot. 
 
 CONDOIjKNCE. 
 
 When the news of President Garfield's death was received, the 
 Association met, and the following message was sent to Wasliington : 
 
 Headquarters, Veterans Army of Northern 
 Virginia, Louisiana Division. 
 
 New Orleans, September 21, 
 
 Hon.. lames 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. Ricliardson, President Veterans Army of Virginia, New Orleans: 
 
 " In the name of the W^idow and family of our late President, and 
 " in behalf of the Government, I return grateful thanks for 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, 1877, 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 ^jro 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, 
 
158 APPENDIX. 
 
 First Louisiana Regulars ; Col. David Urquhart, Staff; Wm. H. 
 Holmes, of First Louisiana Cavalry ; John Augustin, of Fenner's Bat- 
 tery ; A. Boisl)Uin(', of Bridges' Battery; Eugene May, of Fifth Com- 
 l)any Washington Artillery ; Chas. 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 Ijouisiana Infantry ; Philip Munch, of Twenty-Sec- 
 ond Louisiana Infantry ; J. A. Luiiiinais, of Thirty-First Louisiana 
 Infantry ;— Dan. Curran, of Third Mississippi, and D. O. Harkins, 
 of Seventh Missouri regiments. 
 
 A Committee on Constitution and By-Laws was appointed : Major 
 John E. Austin, Chairman; Jas. Lingan, E. John Ellis, Leon Ber- 
 toli, John C. Golding. 
 
 FIRST OFFICERS. 
 
 On Tuesday, May 14th, 1877, the Credentials Committee reported 
 favorably on one hundred and five names of applicants for membership. 
 
 The Committee appointed for the purpose reported a Constitution 
 and By-Laws, which were adopted- 
 
 A jjermanent organization was then effected by the election of 
 (ien. G. T. Beauregard as President; Captain James Lingan, First 
 Vice President ; Major J. E. Austin, Second Vice President; Captain 
 Chas. E. Fenner, Third Vice President. 
 
 The organization was completed by the election, on the 25th of 
 May, of John C. Golding as Recording Secretary ; Major N. T. N. 
 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 Conunittee 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 
 were elected to serve for one year : Captain James Lingan, President ; 
 Col. Augustus Reichard, First Vice President; Capt. John Augustin, 
 Second X^ice President ; Capt. J. A. Chalaron, Third Vice President ; 
 John C. Golding, Recording Secretary ; N. T. N. Robinson, Corres- 
 l)onding Secretary, and S. D. Stockman, Treasurer. 
 
 The terrible yellow fever epidemic of 1878, which carried so many 
 tliousands 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 ( liarital)le work, and the following Relief Committee was appointed, 
 on behalf of the Association : Messrs. G. A. Williams, J. A. Chalaron, 
 l^'raiik 1j. Ricliardson, Victor Olivier, Jr., H. N. Jenkins, Isaac 
 Sclierck, and Frank llerron. The Chairman was Col. Augustus 
 Heicliard, Acting President. 
 
 Tiie Committee did noble service, not only in helping the Mem- 
 IjerM of the Association who required assistance, but many others 
 whom they found in sickness and distress. 
 
APPENDIX. 159 
 
 LEGALLY INCOKPOKATKP. 
 
 On the 31st of March, 1879, the Association secnred n charter, 
 under the general law of the State, and then elected tiie following 
 Oflicers, under the charter: Col. Augustus lieichard. President; 
 P"'rank L. Kicluirdson, First Vice President; Jolm Augustin, Srcond 
 Vice President; William IMerce, Third Vice President; K. H. lirunet, 
 Jr., Recording Secretary; Joseph Collins, Corresponding Secretary; 
 A. Boisblanc, Financial Secretary; S. D. Stockman, Treasurer; and 
 Dr. A. R. Gourrier, Pliysi(;ian. 
 
 In the Summer of 1879, during a renewed visitation of yellow 
 fever, the Association lost b.y that disease one of its most distinguished 
 members, the gallant General John B. Hood. 
 
 FIFTH YKAK. 
 
 The election of Officers, to serve for the year 1S8), took place 
 January 11th, and resulted as follows: J. A. Clialaron, President; 
 .lohn Augustin, First Vice President; H. N. Jenkins, Second Vice 
 President ; A. J. Lewis, Third Vice President ; Jos. D. Taylor, Record- 
 ing Secretary ; p]ugene May, Corresponding Secretary; A. Boisl)hinc, 
 Financial Secretary ; S. D. Stockman, Treasurer ; Dr. Y. R. LeMon- 
 nier. Physician. 
 
 It will be 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 one 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 be correctly 
 stated, from the 3d and 4th of September. 1801, 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 fire 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 field, not only in Tennessee, but in Missouri, Arkansas and the 
 Indian Nation, were concentrated into the " I^epartment 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 
 banks 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 ord)iance, commissary and quar- 
 termaster supplies. But they were never lacking in the highest (luali- 
 ties of the patriotic soldier ; and the record of that Army is one that 
 cannot be contemplated without admiration and sympathy. Their 
 achievements in a long list of bloody battles will ever be held in 
 honored remembrance. Their stout, brave and thoroughly ecjuipped 
 foes did not withhold from them the meed of praise that gallant and 
 
160 APPENDIX. 
 
 chivalric warriors ever render to equally gallant and chivalric 
 opponents. 
 
 And it is in tliis fine spirit that the Survivors of both armies have 
 met in New Orleans since tlie war, — especially on those anniversaries 
 when the dead soldiers of both sides are remembered and honored. 
 
 In these exchanges of soldierly and manly courtesy and good 
 feeling, the Bexkvolent Association of the Army of Tennessee, — 
 Louisiana Division — have been in the frontline, along with their ex- 
 Confederate brethren, and, on tlie 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 
 liundred in number, and represent the following commands : 
 
 Austin's Battalion ; Fir§t 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) Company, Washington Artillery ; First Lou- 
 isiana Artillery, regulars; Crescent Artillery ; Louisiana Guards Artil- 
 lery ; Bridges' Louisiana Battery ; Pointe Coupee Battery ; Orleans 
 (Juards Battery; Fenner's Battery; Gibson's Battery; Blanchard's 
 Artillery ; Semmes' Battery ; Hohnes' Battery ; Ferguson's Battery ; 
 Dent's Battery ; Ralston 's Battery; Watson's Battery ; Wither's Light 
 Artillery ; Ketcluim'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 Twentv- 
 Third Reginient Arkan.sas Infantry.— The One Hundred and Fifty- 
 Fourth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers.— The First Alabama Cav- 
 alry ; Twenty-First Regiment Alabama Infantry ; The Third, Tenth, 
 Twentietii and Twenty-Seventh Regiments Mississippi Infantry. — 
 The Fourtii Regiment Mississippi Cavalry.— Govan's Brigade ; 
 Featherstonc's iirigade. 
 
 RESOEUTIONS OF ONDOLENCE. 
 
 On the evening of Wednesday, September 21st, the Association 
 iield a special meeting, Capt. John Augustin, Acting President, in the 
 chair. 
 
 The P^xecutive Committee 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 : 
 
APPENDIX. 1()1 
 
 Headquarters Association, ] 
 
 AR3IY OK Tknnksskk— Louisiana Division, l 
 
 New Orleans, Hei)teuibor 21, 1881. j 
 
 " 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 tlie ])copk'— tluit it becomes theduty 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 sufl'erings and death of the late Presidentof the United 
 iStates, 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 ( Commonwealth, 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." 
 
 John Augustin, 
 
 First Vice President and Chairman. 
 H. N. Jenkins, Second Vice President. 
 ' A. J. Lewis. Third Vice President. 
 
 Eugene May, Corresponding Secretary. 
 J. D. Taylor, Recording Secretary. 
 A. BoiSBLANC, Financial Secretary. 
 S. D. Stockman, Treasurer. 
 
 IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 
 
 The reply to the above was from Mrs. Garfleld,- 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.: 
 
 " Dear Sh- : — 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 your's, 
 
 C. C. ROCKWELL, 
 
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THE MEXICAN WAR VETERANS. 
 
 WHAT LOUISIANA DID IN 1846-47. 
 
 Tlie stale of Louisiana furnishert fully 10,000 men for the war with 
 ]\rexieo. Tliere were, first, the six infantry regiments and tlie bat- 
 talion of artillery that volunteered in response to the call of the vet- 
 eran Maj. Genl. Gaines, IT. S. A.,— eonmianding in this Department— 
 for men to go to the immediate hel]) 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 jDublic 
 sjiirited citizen and excellent volunteer otRcer, who had seen service 
 in Florida, — Genl. Persifor F. Smith. 
 
 These six infantry regiments were : the First or Washington Eeg- 
 inient, under Col. J. !>. Walton and Lieut. Col. Henry Foi-no; the 
 Second, Col. James H. Dakin and Lieut. Col. Emerson ; the Third, 
 or Jackson Regiment, Col. Samuel F. Marks and Lieut. Col. Theodore 
 (J.Hunt; the Fourth, or Montezuma Regiment, Col. Horatio Davis; 
 the Fifth Regiment, Col. Peyton; the Sixth Regiment, Col. (). 
 Featherstonaugh. 
 
 The Orleans Artillery Battalion, under the veteran Major Gaily 
 (an ex-French army officer), was mustered in on the Place cVArmea, 
 with full ranks; and was at once sent to Fort Jackson and Fort St. 
 Phillip to relieve the Regulars, there on duty. 
 
 The tirst 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, wlio 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 overMdielming Mexican force. — Col. J. B. 
 Walton landed his regiment at Point Isabel, on the morningof the Kith 
 of ]May ; and Col. S. F. jNIarks, with his regiment, on the 17th of May. 
 (^uick 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 this city. The popular feeling was 
 at fever heat. It was even more intensely excited when the news 
 came soon afterwards, that "Old Rough and Ready" had fought two 
 desperate battles with the strong and well appointed Mexican Army, 
 and was the victor in both. 
 
 fjouisiana's six regiments were not permitted, however, to remain 
 in Mexico their full six months, as Genl. Gaines had mistaken the 
 law, which I'cquired them to enlist for either three months or the war. 
 But, whilst in con.sequence, many of the officers and men came back, 
 enough remained on the Rio Grande to form two full regiments of 
 infantry, under Col. DeRusseyand Col. W. Biscoe, and three battalions 
 under Major Fiasco, Major Girault, and ]\[ajor Besanyon, who re- 
 mained in the service. Col. Marks, Maj. Dupi^ru, 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 Gen. Scott to the triumphant 
 peace. 
 
 Capt. A. G. Blanchard, of this city, had raised the " Phoenix Coni- 
 |)any" on the Rio (Jrande, when the'lirigade was ordered home. His 
 
Lieutenant was Wni. Tenbrink. Capt. lilancliard was afterwards 
 assigned to the Twelfth U. S. Infantry as its Major. The " Phfenix " 
 men did ^ood service at tlie farnous battles of Monterey and Buena 
 Vista, anil afterwards with Scott's Army. 
 
 When the President, soon after the war l)e<i;an, called for Louisiana's 
 (luota of troojis to form the new ten renuiar infantry ref:;iments 
 authorized bv Conj>ress, the State and City promptly resitonded. One 
 of the oflElcers she sent to the field in one of tiiese regiments, was Lieut. 
 Col. Paul O. Hebert, a West l\)int Ki''»<luate; then State engineer; 
 after the war (loveruor of Louisiana, and then a Brigadier (:}eneral in 
 the Confederate Army. He died last year. He distinguished himself 
 in Scott's battles.— Another very distinguislied Louisiana officer, just 
 from West Point, was Lieut, (t. T. Beauregard. 
 
 The Louisiana men were considered as proof against yellow fever, 
 and were consequently nearly all used for detatched service at Vera 
 Cruz, Tampieo, and other exposed points. For this reason chietiy, the 
 State and her Soldiery have never had justice done them in the his- 
 tories of the JNIexican War. 
 
 PERSONAL, MENTION. 
 
 Col. Walton is still hale and hearty, after going through the 
 great civil war as commander of the AVashington Artillery,— Col. Jas. 
 H. Dakin, who was the architect of tlie old Verandah Hotel, the 
 Custom House, the State House at Baton Rouge, and other tine edifi- 
 ces, died in 1852,— Col. H. *'orno, 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 Courts 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, flrst 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, exce]it 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 Stafi; 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 isth, 1878, with 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. Will. Tenbriiik was elected President in 1876. In 1878, 
 Capt. John Purecll, wlio still looks as if he could go through a hard 
 ('aiui)aigii, was elected President, and Richard Lambert, — one of our 
 leailing Masonic oHicers — was chosen Secretary. He was re-elected in 
 ISTit, when Col. J. B. Walton was elected President. At the last annual 
 election. Col. Walton was re-elected; R. Lambert was elected First 
 Vice President; James E- Bissell, Second Vice President; George 
 Swarbriclv, 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 the National Convention 
 are Mr. Kichard Lambert and Cajit. 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. H. Burton, Henr^^ 
 MeVey, C H. Forno, and Geo. Kiernan. The Ladies' Reception Com- 
 mittee w^ere : 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 : Geii. A. G. Blanchard, Chair- 
 man ; W. W. Carr^, David C Labatt, E. 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 and 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 centre-front, the Officers and 
 Receptif)!! Committee on either side, the Veterans massed behind 
 them, a stack of muskets and a cannon on the corners. On the cano^^y 
 bung tlie 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 fame 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 Rilles, at Buena Vista. 
 
 Mr. Davis' address was brief; but those who have heard him 
 s])eak, know liow 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. 
 
 Tlif following is a list of the Officers and Members of the Associa- 
 tion iji the only printed list at our disposal, published in March, 
 l^Ti; : 
 
 (Jllicers— Cai)t. Wm. Tenbrink, President; Capt. John Purcell, 
 First Vice President ; Cai)t. J. E. Boehler, Second Vice President ; 
 
Private J. Benj. Chandler, Secretary ; Capt. J. M. VandegrifF, Treas- 
 urer; Sergeant J. W. Deniarest, Marshal. 
 
 Members — J. G. Aubry, Kd. Allinghani, James E. Bissell, 
 E. H. Burton, John M. Braun. Fred. C. Jiley, (ieo. Baldy, John 
 Bielick, George Boydel, J. M. Clarke, J. S. (Camden, Jame.s Clark, 
 W. W. Carr6, C. M. Emerson, C. H. Forno, W. J. Freeman, Justhi 
 Fremaux, Wm. Greeb, Hubert Gerard, Frank B. ({illen, N. G. Gun- 
 negle, John B. Greseneur, G. Mason Graham, John Hobsen, P. O. 
 Hubert, D. M. Heard, R. A. Harris, B. F. Hughes, W. 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, W. H. McLorinan, J. H. Mehafley, Adolph Meynuer, 
 Sam'l McLellan, Wm. F. McLean, M. B. JNIcGary, John McKay, A. 
 B. Mitchell, P. W- Ott, Anthony Pecora, Steven F. Power, Henry 
 Post, Eugene Paysant, Jacob Rice, J. p]. Reiter, Henry Roberts, 
 Henry Simon, Robert Simmons, J. E. Stafford, M. Stifft, Nicholas 
 Schwab, James Skelly, H. W. Swan, A. C. Thorn, F. Thaller, Henry 
 Tauger, W. H. Toler, Daniel Thorn, Nicholas Turner, John Woodburn, 
 Geo. Weightman, Mrs. Widow M. E. Wolf, and Geo. O. Wilkinson. 
 
 The Honorarj^ Members were ; Gen. W. H. Emory, U. S. A. ; 
 Gen. C. C. Augur, U. 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. AV. H. Torrence. 
 
 Since this list was printed, Judge C. M. Emerson, Henry Roberts, 
 A. B. Mitchell, W. W. Carr^, A. C. Thorn, S. H. Levy, G. H. Mehaf- 
 fey, John McManus, Capt. Boehler, Capt. Wm. Tenbrink, Gen. P, O. 
 Hubert and Gen. H. T. Hays 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 approjjriately, 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. Tlie 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 C'anal, the excitement they 
 Ijreated was instantaneous and wide-spread. They marched well ; and 
 their picturesque uniform, — recalling so vividly the days that tried 
 
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 men's souls — elicited universal admiration. Hearty cheers, waving of 
 liats and handkerchiefs, and repeated clapping of hands greeted them 
 from all sides. Tiieir march was a triumph. Capt. Chas. A. Labuzan 
 was in command, with iSaniuel M. Todd, (a Mobile veteran), as his 
 First, and Jas A- Hopkins as his 8econd Lieutenant. The band was 
 an excellent one, and the stars and striiJes were borne aloft by Ensign 
 (Mias. (r. Chesley. The Guards marched up St. Charles street into 
 Lafayette Square— the scene of so man'y brilliant military gatherings — 
 and were received l)y Gen. E. L. Tracy's Brigade, consisting of that fine 
 infantry regiment, tiie National Guards; the Washington Artillery, 
 ('ajit. J. B. Walton ; and the Horse Guards. Tlie Continkntals were 
 received into tlie Brigade with due military honors, and then the col- 
 umn marclied tiirough the city to Bouligny, where a grand dress parade 
 was hchl. 
 
 OLD FKIENDS. 
 
 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, Thf)s. M. Burney ; First Corporal, W. 
 F. Hodgkins ; Second Corporal, Thos. W. Dick ; Third Corporal, Jas. 
 Davis ; Fourth Corporal, Sam'l F. Rice ; Ensign, Chas. G. Chesley ; 
 Secretary, Chas. Callahan ; Treasurer, Samuel G. Risk. 
 
 Privates : Thos. Askew, G. W. Andrews, J. G. Bates, B. T. K. 
 Bennett, Henry Bidwell, A. P. Bennett, N. 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, C. V. Diamond, David H. Fowler, Peter Forshee, J. M. 
 Forgay, H. Fassman, George Graham, J. L. Gubernator, Louis Gag- 
 net, Chas. W. Gould, T. Greenfield, H. S. HiJl, L. B. Home, Chas. E. 
 Hall, Robert Howes, H. D. Hewitt, B. W. Hebrard, P. A. Hebrard, 
 Thos. F. Hedges, Chas. V. Jont6, L. A. Kirk, T. R. Longtield, W. T. 
 IjOgan, 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. 
 (t. Mackie, B. Miller, Thomas Murray, E. L. C. McKean, J. S. Mcln- 
 tire, Jas. McCIoskey, Jos. Moorehouse, E. McFarland, John McLean, 
 Anderson Marsh, J. H. Nicholson, Walter Nicol, Jas. Nimick, Thos. 
 C. 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- 
 ddi, W. T. Leefe, H. F. Warner. 
 
 Band-master: Plenry F^berling. — Armorer, Jordan B. Noble, the 
 vctt'ran drummer of 1812-15. 
 
 Tlie Honorary Members were: Governor Robert C. Wickliffe ; 
 Ex-(;overnor Paul O. Hebert; Mayor John L. Lewis; Major General 
 David E. Twiggs, U. S. A.; Brigadier (Jeneral E. L. Tracy, Louisiana 
 Militia; Gen'l. M. Grivot, Adjutant and Inspector General, L. M.; 
 Col. Wm. Christy, veteran of LS12-15 ; Hon. Gerard Stith, Capt. Henry 
 St. Paul, and Messrs Tlios. R. Jirady, Glendy Burke, W. A. Bartlett, 
 (ieorge Y. Bright, John M- Chilton, Ben De Bar, Ovide DeBuys, P. 
 Deverges, Jas. G. Drummond, Richard Esterbrook, A. Foster Elliot^ 
 P. A. Fayssoux, Samuel L. Forgay, Jas. A. Ferguson, John Gale, Wm. 
 
H. Garland, E. A. Hiorn, Dan. S. Hidvok, J. Morgan Hall, D. M. 
 Hildreth, Thos. Hasam, Geortie W. Hynson, Wni. J I. Harrison, K. 
 Jacobs, A. Lovison, F. Tj. K. Ludwigsen, J. McLanathan, ('has. W. 
 Newton, John K. Owens, Louis H. Pilie, Wni. M. l»erkins. George 
 Price, K. T. Parker, L. lieinhardt, Geo. Karesliide, D. I. Hicardo, II. 
 II. v^wasey, H. M. Summers, A. B. Heger, K. \V. Sewell, Sidney Story, 
 INIark Smith. James Stockton, Henry G. Stetson, Peter Tiiisted, Theo- 
 l)hilus Thayer, Isaac Thayer, C M. Waterman, P. C. Wright, and 
 Tlieo. Von La Hache. 
 
 Of the Officers and Men, Charles Callahan, Ciias. E. Hall, Thos. 
 F. Hedges. F. A. Lumsden, and J. S. Wasliington were on the " Pic- 
 ayune."— Col. Lum?den, its founder, was lost, with his 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. McCUure, 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; C. M. Waterman became Mayor; and who doe.s not 
 know who were Ben De Bar, John E. Owens and Mark Smith? And 
 Merriajn, one of the chief spirits, since the war, of Comus' Mystick 
 Krewe ! 
 
 To one familiar with the New Orleans of twenty-live years ago, 
 thii5 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 beats, and " Away with melancholy, boys !" 
 
 SOME CHANGES. 
 
 In January, 1857, Captain Labuzan resigned, and Lieut. Todd 
 commanded until his election as Captain, in the following March. 
 His officers were : First Lieutenant, John Connell ; Second Lieuten- 
 ant, F. A. Lumsden ; Brevet Lieutenant, Gardner Smith. 
 
 In March, 1859, Capt. Todd was succeeded by George Clark, who, 
 meanwhile, had been elected First Lieutenant in place of John Con- 
 nell, deceased. Capt. Clark's officers were : First Lieutenant, C. B. 
 Hobday ; Second Lieutenant, A. W. Merriam. 
 
 VOLUNTEERING FOR 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 
 brigade at Shiloh. The Surgeon of the regiinent was Dr. A. Donnaud. 
 The services of the regiment were tendered to the Confederate States 
 Government, then at Montgomery, Ala , but they were not accepted ; 
 the rule being to receive volunteers only by companies. Tlie Conti- 
 nentals' regimental organization was, in conseciuence, dissolved. . 
 
 Soon after, a call was made on Gov. Moore for Louisiana's (piota of 
 volunteers. The Continentals, Company A, promptly tendered their 
 services for the war, with* one hundred and nine non-commissioned 
 officers and privates, and the following officers : Captain, (ieorge 
 
1()S APPENDIX^ 
 
 Chirk; First liicutenaiit, A. W. Merriam ; Second Lieutenant, E. 
 ^rrFarlaml ; Junior Second Lieutenant, Aaron Davis. 
 
 OI F TO VIRGINIA. 
 
 (Company A was mustered into service May 22d, 1861; went to 
 (•amp Moore, June 1st, to prepare for active service; was mustered 
 into the Confederate States service June 7th ; was assigned as " A, Coni- 
 pany " to tlie Seventli, 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, 
 1S(>1. 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 Continkxtals, 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 I'ort Royal; Licit. Dearie was killed at Mayrie's 
 Heights; ^V. P. Thompson became Lieutenant, then Ca})tain, 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, oflficered by Win. F. Hodgkins as 
 Captain; John F. Jones as First Lieutenant'; A. Donnaud, Second 
 Lieutenant, and A. B. Beats, Third Lieutenant. The Company per- 
 formed military duty as ' Home Guards' until the Federal forces occu- 
 pied the city, in April, 1862, when the command was disbanded. Just 
 previous to that date Lieut A. Donnaud died from the results of ex- 
 ]>osure in camp, and his was the last military funeral had in the city 
 under Confederate rule. 
 
 OFF to KENTUC'KY\ 
 
 In July, 1861, Company* C, Continental Guards, was organized, 
 with 106 non-commissioned officers and privates, officered by John G. 
 Fleming as Captain ; Thomas W. Peyton as First Lieutenant; Frank 
 Habin as Second Lieutenant, and Lott M. Zones as third Lieutenant. 
 
 C03IPANY C. was sent to Camp Moore, and assigned as " Company 
 1''." of the Eleventh Louisiana Regiment, commanded by Col. Sam. F. 
 Marks, a vetei'an 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 confliet 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, 
 Cai)t. 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 ShilolT, 
 the ( Jlakds lost eight men killed and twenty -seven wounded. Among 
 the killed was Lieut. Thomas S. Pierce, "(brother of Capt. Williaiii 
 I'iercej who was appointed by Gov. Moore to succeed Lieut. Babin, 
 resigned at Columbus iii November, 1861. 
 
APPENDIX. 169 
 
 A NEW COMMAND. 
 
 After the retreat from Corinth to Tupelo, Miss., a reorganizing 
 jn-oeess eoninienced as to several regiments; and at ('amp Moccasin, 
 on the Tennessee river, opi)()site ("liatlanooga, the gallant Eleventh 
 Ijouisiana disa])peared. From its fragments sprang thixt rorj)!< fPr/ife, 
 Austin's Sharpshooters, commanded l)y the late INIajor Kd. 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 Continiontai. Guahj)S, Company C intact, who selected this 
 service from choice. Capt. Fleming having resigned, First Lieut. Pey- 
 ton was promoted Captain and Wm. Pierce, Second Lieutenant. 
 
 The Sharpshooters were ever in the front throughout the campaigns 
 of the Army of Tennessee, until at the terrible iiattle of Nashville the 
 Battalion was literally torn to j)ieces 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 
 (X)NT1NENTAI;S, under Major Austin, charged and captured a l)attery, 
 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 
 (iUARDS 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 battle of Farming- 
 ton, Alay, 1S()2. 
 
 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 Murfreesboro; 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 186.")— military organizations 
 not being permitted here— the survivors of Companies A., B., and C, 
 formed tiiemselves into a society entitled the " Continental Benevolent 
 Association," with Capt. George Clark as I^resident; Lieut. A. W. 
 Merriam as Vice President; Capt. Jno. G. Fleming, Secretary, and 
 Emanuel BIe.ssey, 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 
 Hth of January, 1S76, the Continentals once more appeared on the 
 streets of New Orleans. — They mustered thirty-six non-commissioned 
 officers and i^rivates, and were officered as follows : Captain, Richard 
 "Si. Montgoniery; First Lieutenant, William Pierce; Second Lieu- 
 tenant, B. H. Watkins ; Junior Second Lieutenant, E. F. Perilloux ; 
 Surgeon, J. M. CuUen. 
 
 Fifteen years had passed away — years replete with history — since 
 the pictures«|ue old uniform of the days of '76 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, (Japtain 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 
 
1 70 APPENDIX. 
 
 standard of military merit. — In addition, under his enterprising and 
 kindly auspices, they have distinguished themselves by promptly and 
 effectively aiding, as a l)()(ly, in all entertainments or other projects, 
 the objects of wliich were for benevolent or patriotic purposes. Their 
 rule in these matters is well set forth in the following quotation from 
 their Conunander'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 opiioriunity." 
 
 shakinct hands. 
 
 Tlie Continentals have won for themselves, in addition, a 
 national reputation, of which they are justly proud, Ijy their active 
 demonstrations, soon after their reorganization, in allaying as far as in 
 tbeir power the bitterness and rancor created by the "war and by the 
 subsecjuent political processes of ' reconstruction.' In this spirit, wlien 
 they reorganized in 1876, they cordially admitted Federal veterans to 
 membership with them. A few months after, when the (irand Army 
 of the Republic celebrated Decoration Da.v at Chalmette Cemetery, the 
 ("(jNTiNENTAi^S sent a handsome floral otfering to place on the graves 
 of tJie Federal dead.— And one of their commissioned officers served 
 in the Federal Army, and is a member of the G. A. R. 
 
 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 anci 
 assisted in this by the State and C'ity 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, and 
 of the Army of Tennessee, by the Southern Dramatic Club, and, as 
 well, by a large number of our most influential citizens. 
 
 at bunker 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- 
 unteer.'*, and among them was Capt. Wm. H. Bean ham, of the Louisiana 
 Field Artillery. There were also two colored men, as servants, in grey 
 uniform, Thomas Chatham and John Henrv, each of whom had lost a 
 leg in the Confederate service : the former at'the battleof Chickanuuma, 
 with Austin's Sharpshooters, and Henry, at the battle of (Irenada, 
 with tiie Fifteentli Mississippi. 
 
 The reception of this representative New Orleans military com- 
 mand in Ikjston was an ovation. Their hosts were the peoj^le of Boston , 
 men, women and children. And the participation by the Continen- 
 tals, on the 17th of June, 1880, in the celeljration, right in the shadow 
 of I'.iinker Hill Momiment, of tbeone hundred and fourth anniversarv 
 of Ibf battle, was one of the most memorable events since the close of 
 tlie civil war. 
 
 The roll of the Guards which took part in the excursion, was as 
 follows: 
 
 Officers,— Capt. Wm. Pierce; First Lieutenant (Jeorge D. Moflfatt ; 
 Second I>ieutenant John M. ('ullen. 
 
 Non-Commi.ssioried Officers,— Orderlv Sergeant, W. H. Latham; 
 
Color Serjieant, J. C. Hood (a veteran of tlie Mexicnii war); Corporal 
 J. M Coos; Qartennaster A. Bonuan ; Commissary W. J. Maltby. 
 
 Privates,— T. M. liaker, Win. H. iieaiiliam, Geo. K. Brown, W. J. 
 Beirne, Alex. Belcher, E. D. Dean, J. V. Ellis, T. Jobin, Wm. Lacour, 
 E. L. Marmion, R. J. INIeNeil, Samuel McNeil, Thos. O'Connor, J, T. 
 Pigot, M. R. Pittnian, 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 D. H. Watkins. 
 
 Drummer,— Geo. W. O'Connor ;— Markers, Walter (irivot, Lewis 
 Baker, E. A. Shields, Jr., Wni. 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 him.self. 
 
 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 Chaklestown Cadets, who, with 
 other fine commands, up that way, had treated them so hospitably. 
 All New Orleans remembers what a whole-souled reception was given 
 to these two sj^lendid companies named— not to omit those crack corps 
 the Sfaulding Guards and the Skventv-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 : 
 
 unip'ORMED role. 
 
 Oncers.-— Captain, Wm. Pierce; First Lieutenant, C. A, Thiel ; 
 Second Lieutenant, C W. Drown ; Third Lieutenant, H. N. Beach ; 
 Surgeon, W. E. Schuppert. 
 
 Sergeant, 
 
 geant, Gc , ^ . 
 
 Thos. O'Connor, Sr.; Second Corporal, P. B. Gilmore; Third Corporal, 
 
 Thos. Hasam, Jr.; Fourth Corporal, Ben. Lewis. 
 
172 APPEiN DIX. 
 
 Privates: — J. W. Adams, J. F. Aikeii, Sam. P. Allen, A. Bornian, 
 J IK). Hozant, Volney Brown, Sr., Vol. Brown, Jr., T. M.* Baker, W. 
 J. Beirne, A. Belelier, F. X. Barbot, J. Cathaloncine, J. M. Coos, G. W. 
 ("ooper, Wni. H- Doeves, E D. Dean, Gayden Davis, (Jeo. V. Drown, 
 (t. W. England, J. B. p]llis, H. Fontaine, A. D. Finley, J. Frank Far- 
 rell, W'm. (iillen, L. A. Gerties, Geo, Howe, Win. H. Harvey, Dave 
 Hughes, VVni. F. Hodgkins, K. H. Hackney, Theo. Jobin, L. P. Julie, 
 Bt-rnard Klotz, ('. L. Kouns, L. A. Kearnes, E. W- Kirk, Win. 
 Laeour, Pres. Lindsay, T. J. Markey, E. T. Manning, J. J. Maginnis, 
 M. :Ma(heea, Sanil. McNeil, T. C McQuithy, Win. McKay, M. W. 
 McAdani, P. S. Moran, Jno. McGraw, E. L. Marinion, Geo. D. Motatt, 
 S. McNaniara, J. L. Mueller, W. J. Maltby, Thos. O'CJonnor, Jr., Ben. 
 Onorato, J. Oteri, E. F. Perillonx, Jno. T.' Pigott, W. B. Parker, Jno. 
 T. Purves, W. E. Pendleton, M. R. Pittnian, J. K Renaud, T. J. Swift, 
 
 E. K. Skinner, J. Slender, W. T. Scovell, E. A. Sliields, H. H. True, 
 H. C. Thomas, T. H. Watson, B. H. Watkins, Jno. Slemmer, F. E. 
 Scovell, J. B. Sullivan, W. S. Terrv, J. B. Trapolin, W. H. Wriglev, 
 v.. \V. Warren. 
 
 M(irkers:—\\'A\tev Grivot, Chas. Tliiel, Ben. Watkins, W. W. 
 O'Connor. 
 
 HONORARY MKlfBERS. 
 
 J. T. Aycock, P. K. Angelovich, J. C. Andrews, V. Berot, F. P. 
 J^rugere, Sam'l Brook, H. A. Bonnabel, J. G. Bates, T. W. Bothick, 
 H. C. Brown, Chs. Brill, G. Blanchin, J. Barnard. J. H. Belian, E. 
 Belknap, G. H. Braughn, H. J. Brinker, D. S. Byrnes, E. A. Born, 
 W. H. Beanham, W. H. BotHnger, 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, 
 V,. G. Fisher, J. D. Fletcher, F. E. Foucher, J. C. Finney. Wm. Fagan, 
 
 F. Farrell, R. Frances, G. R. Finlay, Chs. Fisli, J. 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, Dun(;an F. Kenner, L. Kerr, M. D. Lagan, 
 Theo.^Lilienthal, W. E. Moore, M. B. Muncy, A. K. Miller, H. Max- 
 ent, A. Martin, John Mathers, Jr., Adolph Mever, Victor Meyer, Wm. 
 Mehle, Chris. Mehle, T. McDermott, L. T. Murdock, P. J. Montross, 
 
 A. W. xMotlett, Wasli. Marks, Geo. McCloskey, M. J. Muloihil, F. T. 
 NichoUs, J. C. Norton, H. B. O'Donnell, D. Potter, E. Pragst, L. Pra- 
 dos, M. Payro, Jr., M. A. Peck, E. Quartrevoux, M. Quayle, D. 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. Shick, Moses Schwartz, W. H. Stout, J. G. Schriever, A. Samuels, 
 (J. E. Shepherd, J. T. Sliearer, J. M. Sherrouse, C. H. Schenck, J. K 
 Scott, J. F. Simpson, Joe. Starling, John B. Sargent, J. J. Sclimidt, 
 Will. A. Strong (Secretary of State), L. Torrev, ('lis. Thorn, Vic. Tan- 
 ner, C. \\ 'I'ruslow, Fred. N. Thaver, S. M. Todd, J. B. Vanhorn, W. 
 R. Wiiitaker, C. M. Whitney, Robt. Wilson, J. J. Winn, C. L. 
 Walker, li. D. Wood, Y. Francisco de Zamacona, Mexican Consul. 
 
 TESTI.MONIAL OF SVlMr.VTHV. 
 
 'J'hc (JuARDS sent the ibilowing dispau-h to Washington, as the 
 result of a special meeting, held .September, 21st: 
 
APPENDIX, 173 
 
 New Okj.eans, September 21, 1S81. 
 
 To the Hon. .). (!. I'.laine, Si-crct.iiry of State, U. S. A., Wu.shington, D. (.'.: 
 
 '' llonordblc ti'ir: — Tlie members of tbe 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. Skinnkh, Secretary." 
 
 ON MKS. GARFIELD'S HIOIIAI-K. 
 
 The Secretary of State's reply was as follows : 
 
 Dki'aktment of State, \ 
 Washington, October (>th, 1881. J 
 
 E. K. Skinner, Esq., Secretary ot 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 1812, and has now one hundred and thirty-six Lodges 
 in the State— twenty-seven of which are in the City of New Orleans — 
 and has a total membership of four thousand eight hundred and tifty- 
 two members. 
 
 The present Grand Master, Judge William II. Whitaker, was made 
 a Mason in Linn Wood Lodge No. 167 in 1SG4, 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 1878 ; re-elected in 1874 ; elected Grand Senior 
 Warden in 1875; re-elected in 1876 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 Q. A. Fellows was Grand Master from 1860 to 1866. He was 
 
174 APPENDIX. 
 
 made u Mason in Rising Sun Lodge No. 7, Royalton, Vermont, in Octo- 
 ber, 1S-4U. He hats been i)residing officer of every Masonic Body iji 
 Louisiana to which lie belonged : Lodge, Grand Lodge, (irand Cliap- 
 ter, (irand Council, Grand Coniniandery, President of the Order of 
 High Priesthood and Grand Coniniander-in-Cliief of the Grand Con- 
 sistory. He is also Past Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of 
 Knights Teniphir of the United States, for the term of 1871 to 1874; 
 and the degree of Kniglit of Grand Cross of Templars was conferred 
 on him by the Prince of Wales in 1873. 
 
 Eilwin 3Iarks, Past (hand 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 OB. In 18fJ7 he was a member of the Commit- 
 tee on Audit and Accounts, and then for several years. In 1873-74 was 
 Senior Grand Warden ; in 1877-78, Deputy Grand Master, and in 1879- 
 
 1880, (xrand Master. 
 
 The present Grand Secretary of the (irand Lodge, James C. Batch- 
 elor, M. D., was made a Mason in Alabama in 1846. He has been a 
 member of tlie Grand Lodge since 1850 ; was elected Grand Secretary 
 in February, 1867 ; and has been re-elected every year since. He is 
 Lieutenant Grand Commander of the Supreme Council 33° of the 
 Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, and is a member of every 
 Masonic Body in Louisiana. — Doctor Batchelor is universally recog- 
 nized as one of the profoundestand most accurate of Masonic Scholars. 
 His services are recognized in all parts of the world where Masons 
 meet. 
 
 THE OKAND CHAPTER. 
 
 The present (irand 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 
 has had twenty-one G. H. Priests and live Grand Secretaries. 
 
 The present Grand High Priest is Andrew Hero, Jr., who entered 
 the Grand Chapter in 187L!, as H. P. of Delta Chapter No. 15. He has 
 filled several imi^ortant 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 imijortant 
 offices. In 1861 he was elected Deputy Grand High Priest; and in 
 I8(i7 was elected Grand Secretary, which office he has been unanimously 
 re-elected to till, every year since. 
 
 THE GKAND COUNCIL. 
 
 The Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of the State of 
 Louisiana was organized in 1856. It has eight Councils in the State, 
 one of whicli is in New Orleans, and has a total membership of 289 
 members. 
 
 The Grand Council has had twelve M. I. Grand Masters and live 
 Grand kecorders. 
 
 The Most Illustrious (Jrand Master, George J. Pinckard, has been 
 an officer of the (irand Council since 1875. In 1877 he was elected 
 Most Illustrious (irand Master, and has been re-elected annually since. 
 He is also the M. P. (irand Principal Conductor of the work of the 
 (ieneral (.irand Council of the United States. 
 
 The (irand Recorder is Richard Lambert, who has been an officer 
 
of the (imiid Council since 1870. He was for six years Grand Treasurer, 
 and in 187o was elected (Irand Recorder, and re-elected annually since. 
 
 TJIK KNIGHTS TKM I'LA K. 
 
 The Grand Coinniandery of Knights Templar of the State of 
 Louisiana was organized in 18(i4. It has four ('oinnianderies in tlie 
 Htate, three of which are in New Orleans, and has a total inenihersiiip 
 of 8ol2 Sir Knights. 
 
 The Coninuuidery has liad thirteen Grand Commanders and six 
 Grand Recorders. 
 
 The present R. E. Grand Commander is (Jeorge Soule. He has 
 been a member of the Grand Comuiandery for a number of years, and 
 has served in all the otfices of the Body. " He was elected Grand Com- 
 mander in 1881, and was Assistant Grand Marslial of the Fifteenth- 
 Division of the Grand Encampment Para(k^ in C.'iieago, III., in 1880. 
 
 The Grand Recorder is Richard Lambert, wlio has been a member 
 of the Grand Conunandery since 18H9. He was Grand Connuander in 
 1872, and was elected Grand Recorder in 1877, and re-elected annually 
 since. 
 
 THE GRAND COXSISTOKY. 
 
 Of MM. of the R. S- 32° in Louisiana, was organized in 1851. 
 
 The Subordinate Bodies— Councils of Kadosh 30°, — are: Eagle 
 Council of Kadosh No. (5; Los Amigos del Orden No. 7; Foyer 
 Ma^onnique No. 8 ; and Silencio Chapter No. 9. 
 
 Chapter Rose Croix 18° is composed as follows : Los Amigos del 
 Orden No. 4 ; Foyer Ma^onnique No. 6 ; Silencio No. 9 ; Pelican 
 Ciiapter No. 11. 
 
 The Lodges of Perfection 14° are: Albert Pike No. 1 ; Foyer 
 Mafonnique No. 3; Silencio No. 4 ; and Los Amigos del Orden No. o. 
 
 Joseph P. Horner, 32° Kt. Com. of C. H. , Yen. Grand Master of 
 Kadosh of the Grand C^onsistory MM. of the R. S 32", was l)orn in 
 New York, in March. 1837. 
 
 He became a member of Marion Lodge No. 68, in June, 18()0; organ- 
 ized Orient Lodge No. 173 in 186-3, and was its \Yorsliipful Master for 
 live years. He was Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Lou- 
 isiana in 1872. In 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 1874.— He became a R. S. 
 M. in Orleans Council No. 4, in January, 1862; and M. P. C. Master of 
 Grand Council of R. S. M. for 1871. In 1863 he liecame a Knight Tem- 
 plar in Orleans Commandery No. 3 ; was its Em. Commander in 1865, 
 1867 and 1868; and Grand Commander in 1871 and 1874. 
 
 In 1864, he joined the A. and A. Scottisli Rite as a member of Pel- 
 ican Chap. R. Croix 18° ; also of Eagle Council of Kadosli 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 
 32° 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 18.^)3; its 
 W. M. in 1864; and again its Secretary from 1869 to date, a !)eriod of 
 twelve years. He has been the organist of the Sup. Council .■>3° La. 
 since 1872, and to the Grand Lodge of Louisiana since 1873. He has 
 taken all the degrees in the York and Scottish Rites. 
 
17G Ai'l'KXDlX. 
 
 THE LODGES. 
 
 n 
 
 The Sul)()r<liiiate Masonic Lodges in New Orleans that were repre- 
 sented at the Obseijuies liere, were organized and chartered as follows: 
 
 l^erfect Union No 1, organized in 1708 ; chartered in August, 18112. 
 — Polar tStar No. 1, organized in 179-4 ; chartered in August, 1S12. — Per- 
 severaiu'e No. 4, organized in 1810; chartered in August, 1812. — St. 
 Andre No. o, chartered in June 1839, as " Disciples du 8enat Macon- 
 iii(|ue," name clianged in February, 18r)5. — Los Aniigos del Orden No. 
 •"), cliartered in tSepteniber, 1842.— Silencio No. 9, chartered in Febru- 
 ary, i8t;i. 
 
 (iernuinia No. 46, chartered in April, 1844. — Friends of Harmony 
 No. 08, chartered June, 1848.— Mount Moriah No. 59, chartered March, 
 1849.— Geoi'ge Washington No. 60, organized in 1847 ; chartered March, 
 LS.lo. — Dudley No. 66, organized in 1847 ; chartered March, 1850. 
 
 Marion No. 68, organized in 1847; chartered March, 1850. — Hiram 
 Lodge No. 70, organized in 1847; chartered March, 1850. — Alpha Home 
 No. 72: Alpha organized in 1848; Home in 1855 ; chartered as Alpha 
 Home, Febrtiary, 1860. — Quitman No. 76, chartered March, 1850. — 
 Orleans No. 78, oi'ganized 1847 ; chartered March, 1850. — Hermitage 
 No. 98, chartered January, 1851. 
 
 Louisiami No. 102, chartered in January, 1851. -Ocean No. 144, 
 chartered February, 1857.— Linn Wood No. 167, chartered February, 
 ISHl.— Kosiiios 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. 176, 
 chartered Feln-uary, 1867. — Corinthian No. 190, chartered February, 
 ISO',) —Jefferson No. 191, chartered February, 1869. 
 
 PRESIDENT GARFIELD AS A MASON. 
 
 The following is President Gaifield's Masonic history, as detailed 
 by those in position to give it : 
 
 ".Tames A. Garfield was made a Mason in Magnolia Lodge No. 20, 
 at (\)luml)us, O., Nov. 22, 1861, while commandant at Cami) Chase. 
 His alhliations at the timeof his death were with Pental, Pennsylvania. 
 Lodge No. 23, and Columbia Coramandery No. 2, Knights Templar, of 
 Washington, D. C 
 
 " He was the eighth Mason, but the first Knight Templar honored 
 witli 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 althougli Masonic law forbids any interfei'ence with or partici- 
 jtation in political or national affairs, the occasion was regarded by the 
 \{. E. (J rand (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 19, 1881, Hauselman Commandery No. 16, at Cincinnati, 
 cli'cted him an iionorary meml)er ; and tlie handsomely engrossed reso- 
 lutions of .-iympatby, accompanying tlie 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 (Jrand Commander Tatem. 
 
THE ORLEANS ARTILLERY REGIMENT. 
 
 This tine corps, — tlie majority of wliose Offict^rs :iiid Men is com- 
 posed of the substantia! Creole element of our population— was orj^an- 
 i/ed in 1824. It then numbered two (!o))ii)anies, commanded respe(^t- 
 ively by Cai)tain Benjamin Huisson and (Captain Donatien Auf^ustin. 
 
 Capt. Kuisson was a soldier of Napoleon the (ireat, and was pro- 
 moted on the famous battlefield of Montereau, in France, for consjiicu- 
 ous gallantry, l)y the I'^mperor in j)erson. Duriufj; the war between the 
 States, Captiu)! Buisson was one of the tirst ai^jiointed Brif^adier Gener- 
 als of the ('onfederate Army. Capt. Donatien Augustiu — (whose .sons 
 served with distinction in the Louisiana regiments during the civil 
 war, and who are still actively connected with the civic and military 
 duties) — became General 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, (ien. Augustin and his Brigade were at once 
 accepted ; all the arrangements were rapidly completed for their 
 de])arture for the field; but, <m the very eve of embarking on the 
 transports, counter orders 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 Gen. Taylor was gathering his forces at 
 Corpus Christi, to march on the Rio Grande, the Orleans Artillery 
 Jiattalion, under the veteran Major Louis Gaily, was mustered into the 
 U. S. Army, and remained with Gen. Taylor, doing eflficient service 
 during their term. 
 
 Again, in 1846, 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 the 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 Derb&s 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 
 witii the First Regular Infantry of Louisiana. Upon their return to 
 Camp Lewis, nearCarrollton, in June, 1861, the State having no equip- 
 ments, no harness, no horses, nor field pieces to supply the Battalion, 
 Major Th(?ard resigned. 
 
 ' Four Companies, under the command respectively of Captains 
 Francisco Gomez, John P. Morlot, Geo. Tromeyer and James C- Th^rd, 
 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 Tweiity-seeond Louisiana Infantry, commanded by 
 Colonel Isaac W. Patto'n, under whom tlieydid good service, especially 
 at Vicksburg and at iSi)anish Fort, near Mobile. 
 
 Alter tiie war, the Veteran Members of the Orleans Battalion, in 
 order to preserve their right to the Tomb Monument in the old St. 
 liouis Cemetery, formed an Assoeiation for the purpose of taking care 
 of tlie Monument. The following members were elected the Board 
 of Directors, and so remain to this day : 
 
 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. (romez, Victor Moi'ano, M. B. Dubuisson, and Corporals J. T. 
 Degrais, L. A. Beney and C- A. Bouyer. 
 
 On the (5th of May, 1S7(), tlie former Members of the Battalion 
 serving in the Militia, reorgani/.ed. the Orleans Artillery. P'our Com- 
 panies, commanded respectively l)y Captains Jno. B. Vinet, Geo. H. 
 Tardy, A. J. Bachemin, and P. O. Peyroux, were promptly organized; 
 and on the LSth of September, 1S7(), P. Malochee was elected Major. 
 He having resigned, Capt. J. B. Vinet was elected Major on the 9th of 
 January, 1877. 
 
 In tlie meantime, three more Companies had been organized ; and 
 the Command now numbered seven full companies, otticered, in 
 addition to the above named, by Captains Anatole A. Ker, P. 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 12th of January, 1877, 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 A. J. Bachemin, Major. 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel Geo. H. Tardy resigning, Jno. H. Pilie 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. 
 Pachemin, Colonel; P. O. I'eyroux, Lieutenant Colonel; O. DeBouchel, 
 Major. 
 
 On the death of Major DeBouchel, Captain P. S. Wiltz, Jr., of 
 Battery "F," was elected'Major, February '21st, 1880. 
 
 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 resjionded promptly for 
 duty on all occasions when its services were required. The Regiment 
 is at present (juartered in its old ante-bellum Headquartei's, the State 
 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 : 
 
 FieJd. —Colonel, A. J. Bachemin ; Lieut. Colonel, P. O. Peyroux ; 
 Major, P. S. Wiltz, Jr. 
 
 Staff.— Adjutiint, Ijieut. Raoul Tertrou ; Quartermaster, Capt. 
 Ila])hael Abramovich; Ordnance Officer, Capt. A. Bailly-Blanchard ; 
 Commissary, Capt. Leon Palas; Surgeon, Major Edw. Ader; Assistant 
 Surgeon, Capt. J. (i. Hava ; Assistant Quartermaster, Lieut. F. K. 
 lienaudin ; Chaplain, Archbisho}) PercliC'. 
 
 /y/ne.— Battery "A."— Captain, Leon Nunes ; First Lieutenant, 
 
Jno. T. Pittiuan ; First LieutoiKinl, Jr., Ijoiiis Caroii; Se<-()n(l Litni- 
 teiiant, P. IJ. SuUitk-h. 
 
 Battery " H."— Captain, Clias. Lejeuno; First Lit'iik'iiaiit, 'i'iios. J. 
 Camp; He'coiid Lieutenant, Alb. Muller. 
 
 Battery "C."— At Donaldsonville. ~ Captain, D'Kveraiix Jones; 
 First Lieutenant, Pierre Kloppinan; First Lieutenant, Jr., J. J. 
 Lafargue; Second LieuteJiant, Fred. Karliardt. 
 
 Battery " D."— Captain, (^eo. S('h;etter; Second Lieutenant, Jac(iues 
 Levy. 
 
 Battery " E."— Captain, Anthony Sani[)()la; First Lieutenant, Jr., 
 Eniile BaVhler; Second Lieutenant, Nicliolas Tiieodore. 
 
 Battery " F."— Captain, Eniile Pachoud ; First Lieutenant, Louis 
 Donatbrt; First Lieutenant, Jr., Eug. Huppenbauer ; Second Lieu- 
 tenant, Chas. H. Richardson. 
 
 Non-Co)nmiH>iloned ;SYo/f.— Sergeant Major, Peter J. Coiron ; Quar- 
 termaster Sergeant, Paul'Forget ; Ordnance Sergeant, A. Culongne; 
 Commissary Sergeant, Josepli Both; Color Sergeant, J. Gerhardt. 
 
 THE FRANCS TIREURS. 
 
 This volunteer military C<mipany was organized June ;Wth, 1S77, 
 by Captain A. Selle,— now Honorary Captain— and by Sergeant Major 
 Gr6goire. 
 
 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 great 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. Maylie ; Second Lieutenant, James 
 Faure; Second Lieutenant, Jr., J. Pujol; Adjutant, P. Seize; audit 
 numbers forty-four non-commissioned Officers and Privates. 
 
 The uniform, which is that of the Frencli Army, always attracts 
 great attention, and is composed of : Red 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. 
 
THE FIRST REGIMENT. 
 
 Tlus excellent iiilautry eoiiimand was organized in the Fall of 
 1877, as follows : 
 
 Company A, the " Meyer Rifles," Captain M. C. Royes and First 
 Lieutenant H. Hourbeigt. — Company J^, Captain A. M. Aucoin. — 
 Company C, the "Howard Light Guards," Captain B. J. Goodman, 
 First Lieutenant C. D. Bullock, and Second Lieutenant, W. B. Stans- 
 bury. — Comi)any D, Captain Gabriel Fernandez, Lieutenant A. 
 Lanata. — Company E, the "Zouaves," Captain Geo. H. Lord, First 
 Lieutenant I). P. Mahoney, and Second Lieutenant Tliomas Brennan, 
 — and Company F, the "Sumner Rifles," Captain Chas. G. Ogden. 
 
 The first Colonel of the Regiment was Adolph Meyer, Esq., one of 
 our leading cotton factors. 
 
 The other Staff Officers were: Lieutenant Colonel Richard Wilde, 
 Major Thomas Mclntyre, 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, ('ompany E, how- 
 ever, wore the well-known Zouave costume. 
 
 The armory was the spacious second story of the old Armory 
 Hall, on Camp Street, below Poydras, — where the Regiment, befoi-e 
 being mustered into the State service as " The First Regiment, Louis- 
 iana State National Guard," 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 the verdict, not only of 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 the officers and men, in 
 the neat and serviceable appearance of the uniform, and in the evidence* 
 of excellent drill. 
 
 In February, 1879, the uniform of the regiment was changed: the 
 oflicers retaining the blue cloth coat and pants, with 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, 1880, 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. 
 
 JNhantinie, as usual with all volunteer commands, many changes 
 had taken place in the Staff and in the Line. Lieut. Col. Wilde and 
 Major Mclntyre resigned, and were succeeded by Captain Geo. H. 
 Lord, who was elected Lieutenant Colonel, and C. C. Cain, who was 
 elected Major. Lieut. Carleton, Adjutant, also resigned. In 188(1, 
 Major < 'ain resigni'd, and that office was vacant for a year. 
 
 in 1880, the roil of the Regiment was as follows : 
 
 l-'iehl and Staff Ollicers :—Coh)nel, Adolph Meyer; Lieutenant 
 Colonel, (Jeo. H. Lord; Ijieutenant T. H. Underwood, Adjutant; 
 Lieutemmt Theo. Heliman, Ciuartermaster ; Capl. A. M. Aucoin, 
 Commissary; ('apt. Otto Schwaner, Ordiumce Ollicer ; Major W. H. 
 Watkius, Surgeon; Capt. W. M. Schup]iert, Assistant Surgeon. 
 
 Company A.: Captain, M. C. Royes; First Lieutenant, H. Hour- 
 l)eigt; Second Lieutenant, P. Lobell.— Comi)any C: Captain, B. J. 
 
CJoodinaii; First Lieuteiiaiit, J. L. Mi^Clure ; Second Lieutenant, Ed. 
 Haudue. — Company T).: Captain, G. Fernandez; Seeond Lieutenant, 
 A. Lanata. — Company K.: Captain, D. P. Malioney ; First Lieutenant, 
 !v. H. A. INIooney. — Company F.: Captain. T. J. Jiatii ; First Lieu- 
 tenant Dulanty. — Company G.: Ca[)tain, Peter JUit/; First Lieu- 
 tenant, Cluis Lusher. — Comimny H.: Captain, Clias. Aron ; First 
 Lieutenajit Tuja(iue. 
 
 It will be seen that, since 1S77, Company 15 had disbanded, wliilst 
 Companies G and H had been added to the Regiment. 
 
 The Regiment was now part and parcel of tlie First Jirigade, 
 Louisiana State National Guard, Brigadier Genei'al John Glynn, Jr., 
 commanding. 
 
 In the Spring of 1881, General Augustus Reichard, commanding the 
 Second Brigade, resigned, and Colonel Meyer was selected by Governor 
 Wiltz to succeed him. Lieutenant Colonel liord wastliei'eupon elected 
 Colonel of the First Regiment and Captain M. (J. Royes, its Major; 
 he being succeeded, as (Captain of Company A, by his First Lieutenant, 
 C. H. Hourbeigt. In August, 1881, the vacant Lieutenant Colonelcy 
 was filled by the election of the veteran Thos. ]>lclntyre, and J. Mas- 
 sich was elected Sergeant Major. 
 
 The i^resent organization of the Regiment is given on pages 72 and 
 73 of this book, with this addition, that Company D is being reorgan- 
 ized. 
 
 The First Regiment owed much of its pristine vitality to Colonel 
 Meyer's care. Under Colonel Lord's energetic and skillful control it 
 has become a strong, well discii)lined command, — a credit to its officers 
 and men and to the State. It has several tiines promptly answered 
 calls ujjon it for service, in keex)ing 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. C. F. Buck, Ben. 
 Armbruster, M. Herrman, G. Muller, Judge G. H. 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: Comi)any A. — Captain Geo. H. 
 Braughn. Company B. — Captain Ben Armbruster. Company C— 
 CJaptain Maximillian Herrman. Company 13.— Captain George Miil- 
 ler, — and Company E., Captain Ferdinand Schumacker. 
 
 In December, 1878, the five Companies were organized into a Bat- 
 talion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Reichard and 
 Major Geo. H. Braughn. The Staff" consisted of Lieutenant Charles 
 Lochbrunner, Adjutant; Captain Ed. Lilienthal, Quarternuister, and 
 Dr. F. Loeber, Surgeon. 
 
 The Battalion was organized as an independent military corps, 
 and so remained until the beginning of 188(», wlien it concluded to 
 enter the State National Guard. That is, all the Companies, except 
 
182 APPENDIX. 
 
 the Company commanded by Captain Mviller, which preferred to 
 retain its independent position. Tliereupon, Companies A, B, C, 
 and K were iniistered into tlie State service, and Coniimny E became 
 Company i) of the new Battalion. — Tliis, in Febrnary, 1880: the mus- 
 tering olhcer Ix'iiii;- Col. C. L. Walker, of Gen. Belian's Staff. 
 
 'j'he Washington Artillery and the Crescent Begiment having 
 also entered the State service, it was determined to form a new Brig- 
 ade, — the Second — with the German Battalion as a component part ; 
 iind, ni)on the unanimous recommendation of all the ofHcers of the 
 three iiattalions, the Governor appointed Colonel Reichard a Briga- 
 dier General to command the new Brigade. — Emj^hatically, the right 
 man in the right place. 
 
 Col. Ileichard's j^roraotion was followed by the election of Major 
 i^raughn to the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the Battalion, and Captain 
 Ben. Armbruster to the Majority. 
 
 Since the tirst organization, the changes among officers and men, 
 incidental to all volunteer connnands, have taken place in the Battal- 
 ion, but its strength and discipline have in no ways been affected. The 
 Field and Staff" and t\}e Line Officers are now as presented on pages 69 
 and 70 of this book. 
 
 The arnjs of the Battalion — whicli is fully armed and equipped — 
 are Springfield rifles, breech-loading, and bayonets, furnished by the 
 State. The uniform is i>rovided by the Battalion, and is substantially 
 that of the Prussian Imperial Guards : dark blue coat with red cuffs 
 and collars ; very dark gray pants with red stripes ; helmets with 
 white horse-hair plume. The officers wear in addition white silver 
 sashes and epaulettes, — a very showy, and at the same time, martial 
 uniform, setting oft' the officers and men to great advantage. 
 
 The Armory of the Battalion is on Dry ades street, just above Canal. 
 The Band numbers twelve pieces, with Frank Fortune as leader, and 
 is uniformed like the command. 
 
 The Battalion always ajjpears with full ranks, and never fails to 
 elicit admiration by its steady discipline and soldierly appearance. It 
 is very fortunate in its excellent corps of officers. The Lieutenant 
 Colonel commanding and his officers are justly proud of their com- 
 mand. 
 
 THE CRESCENT REGIMENT. 
 
 This popular infantry regiment is the successor of the Crescent 
 Cily Battalion, which was organized in October, 1877, with the follow- 
 ing ('oin])anies : 
 
 Crescent Jiilles, Captain U. B. Pleasants,— League Guards, Captain 
 S. IT. liuck,— Vaudry Rifles, Captain A. E. Morphy,— Louisiana Greys, 
 Captain Edwin Belkiui]). 
 
 The Battiilioii was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Chas. E. 
 Fenner, witli Hieliard C. P.ond as Major,— both elected unanimously, 
 and both of them officers who had seen much active service in the 
 ex-Con federate Army. Many of the other officers, and of the rank 
 and tile, had al.so been under fire. 
 
 Shortly thereafter, the :Ni(,'holls' Rilles,— an independent company, 
 Captain FA. Flood commanding,— were received into the Battalion. 
 
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 Tlie following- Staff Ofticors wero tiieu apjioinU'd: Adjutant, 
 Lieutenant W. C H. Robinson ; Conuui.ssary, Captain Jolm Aug'ustin ; 
 Surgeon, Dr. Cornelius Beard; atid. on the Non-Cotnniissione(l Staff, 
 15. C. Mire as Sergeant Major. All of tlieiu had seen active service. 
 
 Kre long. Captain Buck resigned the command of tlie League 
 Guards, and was i^laced on riie Staff as Ordnance OHicer. Ijieuteiiant 
 William F. Pinckard succeeded Captain Buck in the League (iuards, 
 and soon won and kept for them an enviable reputation for thorough 
 drill and tine soldiery appearance. 
 
 During the month of May, LSTS, the Jiattalion decided to enter the 
 " State National Guards," and were mustered in early in June. The 
 ceremony took place in Lafayette S(|uare, and was witnessed by a hos;. of 
 spectators, among whom were many ladies, as also offlcers of other 
 commands, in uniform, with several U S. Army Oflticers, — invited 
 guests. The Companies were out in full numbers; and, in their hand- 
 .some grey uniforms, with white epaulettes, white cross-lielts, and 
 shakos with plumes, and ample proofs of thorough drill, at once 
 established themselves in the popular favor — a flattering position they 
 have held ever since. Dress-parade followed the muster ; and then, 
 ])receded bv their large and excellent band, the Battalion marched to 
 St. Patrick's Hall. 
 
 The main hall of that grand edifice easily accommodated several 
 thousand spectators, gathered to witness the very interesting ceremony 
 of the presentation to the Battalion, by Major Bond, of a beautiful 
 stand of colors. The Companies drew up on three sides of a hollow 
 square, the fourth being formed by the platform on winch sat CJovernor 
 Nicholls and a large number of State and City officials and other 
 invited guests. 
 
 Major Bond, in a brief, well-worded address, presented the colors 
 to Lieutenant Colonel Fenner, who received them in a spirit-stirring 
 speech. Governor Nicholls, — one of the most distinguished Colonels 
 and lirigadiers of Lee's Array — then delivered an address, most ap- 
 2)ropriately and happily conceived and delivered. , 
 
 Ere the assembly was dismissed, Lieutenant Colonel Fenner 
 announced that he had inaugurated a competitive company drill, to 
 take place annually, the prizes to be twenty-four handsome silver 
 medals, that he had already provided, and to be worn for a year by the 
 Company winning them. 
 
 The excellent effect of this stimulus to the soldierly ambition of 
 officers and men to excel, has been witnessed since ,by thousands of 
 spectators at the annual public drills of the Battalion. 
 
 The first of these competitive drills took place in June, 1878, in 
 St. Patrick's Hall; and, after a close contest, in which the League 
 Guards, under Capt. Pinkard, and the Crescent Rifles, under Capt. 
 Pleasants, were the chief rivals, — the odds among the spectators being 
 rather in favor of the latter— the " Leagues " carried off the prizes. 
 
 Their defeat stimnlated the " Crescents " to renew^ed efforts ; and, 
 at the second annual competition, in May, 1879, they won the victory. 
 
 This was the first of these interesting exhibitions that took place 
 at the Fair Grounds, and in the open air; and, as the attendance of 
 spectators was by thousands— the ladies being out in full numbers— 
 and each Company had its hundreds of admirers and backers, the 
 result was a most gratifying success, especiallj^ as after the delivery of 
 the medals by Lieutenant Colonel Fenner to the rejoicing' winners, 
 
the spacious ball room was brilliantly illuniiiiated and a grand mili- 
 tary Itall filled out the eveniiii;- delightfully. 
 
 All the live Companies took part in this second competitive drill, 
 and their imjjrovemcnt was marked. The Louisiana Greys were now 
 known as the J^urke Eifles, under Captain Atwood Violett- They 
 were named after Major E. A. Burke, who had been, during- the war, 
 an officer on General E. Kirljy Smith's staff, in the Trans-Mississipj)i 
 Dei)artment, and was now appointed Captain and Quartermaster of 
 the Crescent City Battalion. 
 
 Up to this 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 18S0 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 uo( 
 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. Lo'iisiana State National Guard. The officers of these three 
 fine commands united in selecting as their Brigadier, Lieutenant 
 Colonel Augustus Reichard, 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, to be his Chief-of-StafF, with the rank of Lieutenant 
 Colonel. This created a vacancy in the Adjutancy of the Crescent 
 Battalion, whi(;h was filled by the appointment of that thorough tacti- 
 cian and energetic officer. Lieutenant John G. Woods, of the Crescent 
 Rifles. 
 
 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 
 Clias. Donnaud, and the Jumel Guards, Captain Henry Pickles, both 
 of them excellent company conmianders. 
 
 This made a Regiment of the Crescent Battalion. Accordingly, 
 Ijieutenant 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 ; Cx'escent Rifles, 
 Ca))tain I'leasants ; Vaudry Rifles, Captain Morphy ; Nicholls Rifles, 
 Caj)tain Flood, and Burke' Rifles, Captain Violett, participated. 
 
 The (/omi)anies 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 exciting one. 
 It ended by the judges awarding the medals to the League Guards. 
 
 A comjietitive inter-state drill being announced at Nashville, the 
 Regiment sent a delegation there, composed of men from each Com- 
 j)any, 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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APPENDIX. 185 
 
 Shortly after, the Vaiidry Rifles regretted tu lose their com- 
 inauder, Capt. A. E. Morphy, wiio had been with theiu three years. 
 He had won both their eontitlenee and their alfection. Ere they were 
 aware of his intent to resign, they had presented him witli a hand- 
 some sword. Captain Mori)iiy's successor was Lieutenant John (i. 
 Woods, who resigned the llegimental Adjutancy to take this position. 
 
 Then came the news of tlie 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 Ritles, under Captain Woods and First Lieuten- 
 ant P. R. Angelovich, with Theodore D. 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 otlicer, became Colonel of 
 the Regiment; Major J. D.' Hill, its Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain 
 Atwood Violett, of tlie Burke Bities-, was promoted to Major. 
 
 The Crescent Rifles, 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 Plenry 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 tlie Regiment gave it a strength of 
 eight fine 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 18.S0: 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 Oflftcer, Captain J. 1>. 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 and 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 Rifles, under their new 
 commander. Captain H. Allen,— Captain Pleasants, volunteering as a 
 2.3 
 
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 Lieutenant for the occasion — carried off the prizes. Captain Whitney 
 won many plaudits for tlie Nicliolls llifles ; but, to the general astonish- 
 ment, the Vaudry llifles, under Captain 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. On 
 this, his flrst appearance at the head 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-8tate drill, will long be remembered by 
 the thousands who witnessed it. The Judges, as on the first day, were 
 U. y. 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 otfleer and 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 comijeting 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 Rifies. 
 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, Vaudry 
 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 conmiander ; 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 Rifles, the Bluft" 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. S. Army Officers, who 
 acted as Judges,— they were not at all downcast by their defeat. Their 
 s])lendid 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 
 loUowing as the Regimental Commissioned and Non-Commissioned 
 Stall": (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.— 
 
APPENDIX. 18< 
 
 Colonel Pleasants found that the State law did not entitle him to a 
 coniniissioned ofHeer, as a (Jonuuissary ; and niucli to his and tlie Regi- 
 ment's regret, the StafT lost the services of that valuable otlicer, Captain 
 John August! n. 
 
 Colonel Pleasants, who is no holiday soldier, at once set to work to 
 bring the Regiment up to tlie iiigliest standard of drill and soldierly 
 appearance, commencing by instituting, attiie lU'giment's new armory 
 on Canal street, Officers' Schools of Instruction. Tlie results have 
 already been beneticial,aslias been shown in recent parades, musters, and 
 inspections— more esjiecially wlien the different commands passed in 
 review on the 18th of Decend)er, before Governor McKnery 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, wliose name became first 
 familiar to the reading public everj'where us one of the leaders of the 
 zealous and talented men who in 1847-48, made the " Young Ireland 
 Party " famous. Among John Mitehel'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 1849, 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 confrere on the press, with pleas- 
 ure still remembers the young patriot's fine 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. 108 "St. 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, \Vm. McGuirc, and 
 P. Coyne. 
 
 Several of the above named officers have seen military service in 
 
188 appendix! 
 
 the field in both hemispheres, as Captain Lawier, Lieutenant McDon- 
 nough and Captain GrifHii. 
 
 GERMAN GUARDS. 
 
 This Company was formed in March, 1878, and Joined the German 
 Battalion, then in course of organization as an independent corps. The 
 (niards remained with the Battalion as Companj^ C up to February, 
 1S8U. Then, the Battalion having entered the State National Guards, 
 Company C withdrew, and kept up its independent organization, 
 under the name ot the German Guards. 
 
 The Company's uniform differs but little from that of the German 
 iiattalion. Their equipment is complete, and whenever they appear 
 on the streets, they invariably attract admiring attention by their 
 line marching and accurate manoeuvring. Their headquarters are at 
 No. 48 Bienville street. 
 
 Their muster roll shows fifty active, thirtj'-five passive, and 
 twenty-five honorary members. The Secretary of the Company is 
 Henry Opitz ; the Treasurer, G. T. Schilling. The Officers in com- 
 mand are : Captain, George Miiller ; 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 and complimentary ball, 
 that the Guards had prepared, were post])oned. 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 was further 
 determined that the Armory should be draped in mourning and that 
 the members wear mourning 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, 
 l^romptly 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 Garfield Funeral 
 C-eremonies. 
 
 CAZADORES DE ORLEANS. 
 
 This Company, composed of Spanish residents, was organized in 
 May, 1877, as an independent command, iji October, 1879, it was re- 
 
APPENDIX. 189 
 
 organized, so as to embrace the double qualities of a military company 
 and a civic society. Its uniform is very eleg-ant — unlike any other 
 in this country, yet strikingly soldierlike. The Comi)any, which 
 is fully equipped and marches well, musters sixty active members, 
 rank and tile, with fifty honorary members. The Otticers are : Captain, 
 Jos6 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 jiresent one, of course) the revived Louisiana 
 Legion, so popular in the olden times. The first Field Oflficers 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 INIajor Gen- 
 eral Hugh Campbell, w^ho had been prominently active in Republican 
 local and State polities. — It looked, for awhile, as if there were to be 
 no more fierce 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 w^as 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^5rder 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-iiecessitate, to exist as an active uniformed 
 corps ; but, nevertheless, to a certain degree retained its organization. 
 
 When the decisive conte.st 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- 
 
190 APPENDIX. 
 
 centrated upon tlieni ; and thus made the subsequent establishment of 
 tlio Nieholls' j^ovornment over that of Governor Packard, a question 
 of national policy that fortunately was settled without bloodshed. 
 
 Tliese 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 tinally reorganized under its present title, 
 after these troubles of 1S7-1-7 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, 188U, the present accompiished commander, Lieutenant Colonel 
 Gustave LeGardeur, Jr., became the Colonel. Captain James D. Ed- 
 wards, of Battery B, was elected Lieutenant Colonel. In 1874,' Cajitain 
 Bouny, of Battery A, became Major. He resigned in 1880; and Cap- 
 tain J. Xunia Augustin became Major. — The Regiment has had the 
 good fortune to retain most of its original officers. 
 
 Tlie uniform, showy yet approijriate and soldierlike, has been 
 briefly described on page 73 of this work, where appears also a full roll 
 of the 1^'ield and tStatf, the Non-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 Dryades 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 
 l)rompt to respond. For example, when it was reported here in 1880, 
 that 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 vfcjs 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 jmid 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 
 (lovernor as a compliment to the visiting French officers, headed by 
 (kiieral 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 were " under water." 
 
 The Regiment is thoroughly drilled as inftmtry and artillery, and 
 its e(]uii)ment in both services is excellent. The guns are four 12 lb. 
 Napoleons and two 1-inch Catlings. There are Ave full Companies 
 or Batteries in the command, of which A, B, C and D, in the city, 
 and K Battery, at Donaldsonville, officered by Captain E. Prosper 
 Landry; First Lieutenant, J. T. Nolan ; First Lieutenant, Jr., E. N. 
 I'ugh, and Second Lieutenant, L. A. Landry. 
 
 lidttrry .L— This Conqiany, 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 noii-coniniissioned otlicers and 
 jjrivates, of our old Creole families. 'I'he Hides took a very active part 
 in the memorable events of that year, and of a later period. When 
 the Louisiana Field Artillery was reorjianized as part of the State 
 Militia under its present title,' the Rides, with P. L iJouny as (.'aptain, 
 J. Numa Augustin as First Ijieutenant, Andre Roman as Second Ijicu- 
 tenant, and A. ('. Landry as Second Junior Lieutenant, l)ecame '• Bat- 
 tery A." Captain Bouny's promotion to the ISlajority in 1.S79 made 
 Lieutenant Augustin, Cai)tain. He being i)r()moted in ISSd, Lieutenant 
 A. C Landry became Captain; and he resigning in Issl, was succeede<i 
 by Captain Geo. Chiapella, the present elhcient commander of the 
 Battery. 
 
 Baffer)/ C.—Vnder Captain John Glynn, Jr., this Company had. 
 several men killed and wounded in the " 11th September " fight. In 
 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 Hhe Company after the reorganized Regiiuent entered 
 the militia, was E. A. Guibert. He died after a short service ; and was 
 succeeded by Captain Michel J. P'ortier, who is still in command.— 
 Captain F'ortier 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, 188L 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. Ai-ray officers. The men who won these prizes, under his orders, 
 were : Fred Kornbeck, 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 liad charge 
 of the guns that fired the salute when tiie 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 i?. -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 .Tames 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 1870,— a rare and most complimentary i-ecord 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- 
 
192 APPENDIX. 
 
 ti('ii)ated in the celebration of the buttle of Bunker Hill, in June, 1880. 
 AVlien the Boston Lancers and Charlestown Cadets returned the Con- 
 tinentals' visit, in February, 1881, Battery B, vnider Captain Bean- 
 ham, fired the welcoming and parting salutes, and exerted themselves 
 in every way to assist the Continentals in making their guests not only 
 comfortable, but "happy." 
 
 The following is the roll of Battery B on the day of the Garfield 
 memorial ceremonies : 
 
 Officers: Captain, Wm. F. Beanham ; First Lieutenant, H. B. 
 Thompson ; Junior First Lieutenant, F. M. Kerr ; Second Lieutenant, 
 Ueo. Lynd. 
 
 Non-CoiiimisHioned Officers : Orderly Sergeant Hamilton ; Color 
 Sergeant John P. Beanham ; Sergeants, F. C. Sallean, J. H. Ham- 
 mett, H. A. Despomier, S- J. Bowles, F. McKeough, J. H. Leary : — 
 Color Corporal, C. J. Spear; Corporals, J. N. McGonnell, John Bar- 
 rett, W. R Verlander, R. B. Beecher, T. G. Chandler, Geo. B. McGon- 
 nell, C. H. Nobles, H. B. Bowles. 
 
 Frivates: Gus. Aarons, ¥^. W. Benton, W. Brindle, V. G. Clann, 
 J. Claverie, Jr., L. D^jan, W. Eicholz, Geo. Grundeman, John Hofl- 
 man, D. S. Hamilton, G. T. Hebert, H. J. Knight, Thos. Keating, J. 
 W. McDuff, J. McMahon, J. I). McClelland, E. Moses, G. A. Mallory, 
 R. Pruyne, J. W. Riley, J. Rosch, H. H. Seymour, T. S. Shuber, 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 fife and 
 drum band were certain to be heard ; and, assuredly, for marching pur- 
 poses, no other music and no other band 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 
 sluggisli 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 nielodious with "Oh! Susannah! don't you ciy for me!" or, 
 " Take your time, Miss Lucy! Take your time. Miss Lucy Long! " 
 
 Wliatever may have become of " Susannah," or whatever may have 
 been tlie 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 rLil)-a-dub-dub allits music out of a drum. 
 
 From his own manuscript, we ieirn that he was born in Georgia, 
 Octol)er 14th, 1800, and came to New Orleans in 1812. Better now let 
 the old man tell his own story : "1 was enlisted a drummer," he writes, 
 " in the Seventh Regiment, U. S. Infantry, in 1S13, 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 
 
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 " conimandod our regiinont at ("amp Jackson, until the British retired 
 " from before New Orleans, January 12th, 1H15. I was in all the 
 "battles, under (Toneral Jackson, in that campaign." 
 
 " Lively times, Jordan," said the Compiler. "Yes, sir," he replied ; 
 " and tine times for us; but "—and the old soldier's eyes twinkled, — 
 " the British didn't like 'em." 
 
 In the Florida War, in 1S8(>, Jordan volunteered in the First Lou- 
 isiana Brigade, e tmmanded by General Persifor F. Smitli. In 1S4H, 
 wlien the war with Mexico began, and (General Taylor was in danger 
 on the Rio (Grande, Jordan again volunteered, joining Company H., 
 Captain J. M. Vandegrifi; in ('olonel J- B. Walton's Louisiana Regi- 
 ment. 
 
 In the civil war, Jordan served in the Federal Arn)y, holding a 
 Captain's commission in the Seventh Louisiana Colored Volunteers, 
 in 18B3, 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 l.sSli, and 1H4(). 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, Native American, was the name of an artillery 
 company that, from IS'SS 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, Christy, 
 Shirk, Mudge, Hewlett, Avery, Rushton, Hodge, Peyton, Shaw, Bul- 
 litt, Winston, Freret, etc., among its leading spirits. 
 
 Tlie ( aptain of this Artillery Company 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 indissolubly 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 naustered into the 
 
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Confederate military service, by Tjieutenant Phifer, mustering officer. 
 Tlie Battalion then marelied toClirist Cliurch, 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 Hag 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 8t. 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 ROLL. 
 
 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 Cutlibert H. Slocomb ; 
 Surgeon, Dr. K. S. Drew. 
 
 NoN-CoMAiissioNED 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. 
 
 P^'irst Company. — Captain, Harry M. Isaacson; First Lieutenant, 
 G. W. S(iuires ; First Lieutenant, Junior, J. B. Ricliardson ; 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. C. 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 JarKeaud, L. Labarre, G. W. Morse, P. A. J. 
 Michel, M. Mount, J. A. Tarleton.— i^owr^A Detachment : Fourth Cor- 
 poral, F. F. Case. Privates : G. B. DeRussey, C A. Everett, W. R. Fal- 
 coner, F. Lobrano, J. P. Manico, G. V. Wiltz, L. E. Zebal, H. L. Zebal. 
 — Artificers: W. D. Holmes, S. G. Stewart, Israel Scott. — Drivers: 
 Sergeant, Geo. Bernard ; John Anderson, Matthew Burns, Jno. 
 Charlesworth, W. R. Dirke, Jno. Eseheman, Wni. 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 Wilson. 
 
 Si:coND 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 Twieliell, 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. Hritton, Rau- 
 
 dolj)li, W. E. Florance, J. W. Parsons, J. Howard Goodin, Thos. H. 
 Suter, F. Allenal, F. O. Buckner.— 7'Airf? Detaclunent : Tliird Ser- 
 
jj,'(.'ant, H. C. Wood; Tliird Corporal, Julius Freret Privates: W. 
 V. Girtl'ii, L. C. VVoodville, A. A. Briiisniade, F.. L. Hall, It. Axson, 
 Will. Roth, E. D. I'atton, A. C Kni^^ht.— Fourth JMiie/unetif : Fourth 
 Sergeant, ('. Huchez; Fourth Corporal, B. V". L. Hutton. Privates : 
 (x. E. Sirawhridge, A. U. Blakeley, U. Baiuiisler, Jr., U. C Lewis, H. 
 
 B. Bertlielot, W.J. Hare, J. H. Kaudolph, W. H. Wllkius.— ^l?-i:/y/- 
 ccrs: John Montgomery, Leonard Craig. Drlvcru : John Weher, 
 Toney Hulhy, John Fagant, Cieo. Barr, Win. Carey, B. B. F. McKes- 
 son, Will. Little, Jas. Crilly, John Cannon, Jas. Leyden, Fd. Loilus, 
 Kdwin Lake, Jas. Brown, M. F. Lynch, Louis liouch, Wiii. Oliver, 
 Cor'l Mc Gregor, Alexander Bucher. 
 
 Thiki) Company.— Captain, M. Buck Miller; First Lieutenant, 
 J. B. Whittington ; Second Lieutenant, L. A. Adam.— First Sergeant, 
 L'rank McElroy ; Second Sergeant, A. V. Hero ; Third Sergeant, L. 
 Brados; Fourth Sergeant, J. T. Handy. — First Corporal, E. J. Jewell ; 
 Second Corporal, A. H. Beale ; Third Corporal, W. H.Ellis; Fourth 
 
 Corporal, Collins.— Privates : Napier Bartlett, H. D. Summers, J. 
 
 H. Moore, W. Mills, llohert Bruce, J.J. Holmes, T. H. Futjua, O. N. 
 DeBlanc, A. W. Morgan, P. W. Pettis, E. Riviere, F. Jvremelburg, 
 Chas. Hart, Samuel C. Boush, Geo. McNeil, J. H. CoUis, Frank Shaw, 
 W. S. Toledano, E. Toledano, P. O Fazende, Fred Hubbard, Jos. De 
 Meza, L. E. Guyot, J. F. Randolph, S. Behalaron, J. T. Breulord, C 
 W. Deacon, Stringer Kennedy, Howard Tully, Win. Leete, J. W. 
 
 Brown, C. H. Stocker, J. R. Porter, S. G. Sanders, B. L. Braselman, 
 
 Plutigne, C. E. Fortier, R.Maxwell, Emile Anvil, Ernest Charpuian, T. 
 M. McFall, M. W. Cloney, Ed. Duncan, C. A. Falconer, H. J. Phelps, 
 T. Balentine, Samuel W. Noyes, M. W. Chapman, W. R. Noble, W. 
 
 C. Coyle, F. A. Coyle, L. P. Forshe. J. C. Mloonxlliiid.—ArUJicers : 
 Jos. Blanchard, Jas. Keating. 
 
 Fourth Company.— Captain, B. F. Eschleman; First Lieutenant, 
 Joe. Norcom ; 8ecoiid 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, 
 h\ A. Brodie, Bernard Hutte, G. L. Cratclier, 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, AV. W. Jones, P. C. Lane, T. Carey, 
 W. P. S. Creary, W. C Morrell, W. T. O'Neil, A. Banksmith, Frank 
 Williams, E. Lauer, G. Beck, R. F. ¥. Moore, Henry H. Baker, J. W. 
 Burke, Jno. Meux, J. V. Valentine, Phil. Vancolin, 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. Cummings, R. H. Gray, J. T, 
 Hale, W. J. Lecesne, E. Toubert, Chas. Hardenburg, J. C. Purdy.— 
 Artificers: Levy Callahan, Jno. McDonnell. 
 
 Battalion Band: J. V. Gessner, leader; T. Gutzler, Ch. W. Struve, 
 J. Arnold, John Deutsche, Jno. Geches, Peter Trum, 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 
 
liX; APPENDIX. 
 
 the news. Lieutenant W. Irving Hodgson, conunanding the active 
 members— reserves — who remained in the city, published an order to 
 thoni and the honorary members to meet at the Arsenal, on Girod street, 
 in the afternoon, to act as an escort to the Battalion. 
 
 Tlie four Companies of the Battalion formed in Lafayette Square, 
 the Drivers composing a fifth Comi)any. The escort was composed 
 of the Company under Lieutenant Plodgson, 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 Companies 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 ('anal 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 ariud 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 Are, 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 
 under arms until General Dick Taylor surrendered. 
 
 HOME AUAIN. 
 
 On their return to New Orleans, the surviving members organized 
 an Association for benevolent purposes. The ranks of the tive Com- 
 panies had been sadly d-epleted 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 
 Fxhibition at Philadelphia, in 1876, a numl)erof the Veterans assembled 
 in priliiuinary 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, w^ere 
 
APPENDIX. ly^ 
 
 signed. It was determined to organize three Companies, and that 
 none should be received in the)n who had not served in tlie army. 
 
 Colonel J. B. Wallon was then, amidst great enthusiasm, unani- 
 mously elected to command the Kattalion. His reply was hrit-f, but to 
 the p(")int; and, referring to the proposed visit to tiic Cenlcnnial, he 
 said : " They were to go among men against whom tiicy had t'ougiit in 
 " battle, and great good, he thouglit, would result from tlie visit. He 
 " had never known a move that seemed to gi^^e more general satisfac- 
 " tion in the community." 
 
 W. J. Behan was then elected Major; and M. Buck Miller, J. A. 
 Chalaron and John B. Richardson Captains of 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. S. Bradley, John Bradley, Napier Bartlett, Wm. A. Collins, E. A. 
 Clark, A. 8. Cowan, Chas. Cotting, Mike Cloney, T. Carter, H. Dud- 
 ley Coleman, Henry Carey, 8. W. Deuxpsey, Ceo. W. Bupr6, 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 Bloomlield, 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, Wm. 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. Blafler, 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 conmiands; 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. 
 
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 COMPANY OFFICERS. 
 
 At the next meeting, thirty more members were enrolled. The 
 C"()mj)any ortieers were then elected, as follows: t'oinpamj A : First 
 Lieutenant, A. Hero, Jr. ; Junior First Lieutenant, Frank McElroy ; 
 8eeond Lieutenant, (leo. E. Apps. — Comjjuny B : First Lieutenant, 
 Eugene May; Junior First Lieutenant, Wni. Pallrey ; (Second Lieu- 
 tenant, Wm. T. Hardie. — Company C : First Lieutenant, C. H. C. 
 Brown ; Junior First Lieutenant, Geo. B. BeRussey ; Second Lieuten- 
 ant, D. M. Kilpatrick ; Orderly 8ergeant, Harry M. Isaacson. 
 
 STAFF APPOINTMENTS. 
 
 Lt. Col. Walton then announced the following .stati" appointments, 
 commissioned and non-commi.ssioned : Adjutant, W. Miller Owen; 
 (ciuartermaster, John M. Payne; Commi.ssary, John Holmes; Ord- 
 nance Otticer, 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. Peck; 
 Artificer and Armorer, J. W. Demiisey.— Color Corporals : H. J. Wil- 
 son, W. C. Giffen, Gus. J. Freret. — Color Guard: J. W. Parsons, C. C. 
 Lewis, Alex. H. Peale, Geo. W. Dupr6. — Lt. Col. Walton issued his 
 first general order, August 4th, 1875. 
 
 ON PARADE AGAIN. 
 
 The first public parade of the new Battalion took place on the 8th 
 of January, 1876, — the same day that the "Continentals" made their 
 first appearance on the streets since the war. It 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 (|uarters 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 connnand ; and as the (jeneral, 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 liis old soldiers, affected the General. The scene was a quiet one ; 
 but it was watched with inten.se 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 
 tliis military array and ceremony, after .seventeen or eighteen years 
 
APPENDIX. 199 
 
 separation— must be left to the imagination. They stood, under rigid 
 discipline, like statues : silent, motionless, immovable. 
 
 THK NKW ARSENAL. 
 
 About, or over a year ago, the Battalion succeeded in purchasing 
 tlieir present spacious Arsenal, already mentioned in tliis book. Three 
 stories in height, very wide, and exte'nding from St. (.'harles to Caron- 
 delet street, it alfords them ample accommodations for their own pur- 
 l)oses; also for social entertainments, balls and concerts, and rooms 
 and halls to be used by other military commands. 
 
 The Artillery Armory proper is on the ground floor, entrance on 
 St. Charles street. The guns, seven in number, of ditterent 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 
 lamous flank march against Hooker. The incident is historically correct, 
 and the painter has depicted it admirably. 
 
 THE DAUGHTERS OF LEE AND .lACKSON. 
 
 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 flag, already noted as 
 having been presented in May, 1861, by Mrs.Twichell ; a Confederate bat- 
 tle flasi presented to the Battalion in Virginia by Beauregard; an old and 
 beautiful flag, of heavv 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 Ave Companies were in ; 
 and a fragment of the Battalion guidon flag, used in Virginia. The 
 flag of thti Fifth Company, if we mistake not, is in the possession of 
 the widow of the late Captain C. 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, 18.^)2. He has been with it 
 ever since, and naturally takes a deep interest in every mcident and 
 individual connected with its history. 
 
 Before the civil war, Armorer Kelley was " No. 1 " of a piece put in 
 
200 APPENDIX. 
 
 position on the Levee, at the foot of Canal street, to fire a salute in 
 lionor of a British war vessel, on lier taking her departure. The 
 salute, " a royal one," was tired in tlie fastest time on record ; and it 
 was the subject of comment and praise in the military journals of the 
 (lay, in tliis country and in Europe. 
 
 THE LAST CAMP. 
 
 The Battalion has erected a large and very handsome Tomb in 
 the ^letairie Cemetery, wliich attracts the eye of every visitor to that 
 {)ictures(iue 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 syml)olizes, are happy examples of the sculptor's 
 chisel. Upon the tomb tablets is the muster roll of the Dead of the 
 Washington Artillkby: "dead on the field of honor." 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Colonel Walton withdrawing froiu active command in 1877, was 
 elected " Honorary Colonel," and Captain W. Miller Owen was chosen 
 liieutenant Colonel. He commanded uiitil December, 1879, 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 Bartalion was mustered into the Louisiana State National 
 Guard in December, 1879, Gov. Nicholls, Gen. Beauregard. Gen. W. .1. 
 Behan, and Col. Walton assisting at the ceremony. 
 
 Adjutant Kursheedt was promoted to Adjutant of Gen. Meyer's 
 Brigade, with tlie 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 Ca])tain C. C. Dupuy. They appear on parade 
 witli drawn sabres, instead of muskets. 
 
 The Company Officers have undergone a number of changes since 
 187"), and many new recruits— young men — have been added to the 
 ranlis. One special feature of the command is, that when a man joins, 
 he joins the Battalion as a whole, and not any one Company. Tliis 
 identities every individual with the entire command, and ensures an 
 active esprit de corjj's. 
 
 The good feeling that suggested to the Battalion, on its reorganiza- 
 tion in 187o, a trip to the Centennial Exhibition in 1876 — an excursion 
 that they were compelled to forego, much to their regret— has gov- 
 erned them ever sincre 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. 
 
 THE ARTILLERY TO GARFIELD. 
 
 Tlie Battalion, at their regular monthly meeting, two evenings after 
 President (iarfield's deatli, autiiorized Colonel Ricliardson to appoint 
 a committee, witli Colonel .1. B. Walton as chairman, to prepare mem- 
 orial resolutions. The (Jojumittee's report, as follows, was unanimously 
 adopted : 
 
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 Hkadquarters Battai.ion WASiiiNdTON Artillkky,\ 
 New Orleans, Hepteiuber 22, 1881. / 
 
 "The Battalion Washington Artillery, of New Orleans, whilnt 
 bowing in humble submis.sion to the mysterious will of God, at this 
 solemn moment, in common with their fellow-eitizeiis in every jiart of 
 this sorrowing nation, are desirous of giving expression of their horror 
 of the awful crime which has deprived this great rei)ul)Hc 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 his manhood and 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 
 liour of his death, challenges the highest admiration and attests the 
 greatness of the man. 
 
 "A'ccso/t'erf, That we deplore the loss the country has sustained; 
 that we contemplate with loathing and horror the act of the a.ssassin, 
 which has in a time of profound peace and unexampled prosperity 
 plunged fifty million people in mourning, and arrested the attention 
 and sincere condolence, in an unexampled measure, of all civilized 
 countries. 
 
 ''Resolved, That with the greatest 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 altliction, 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 such" 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., StalF; Wm. 
 Palfrey, Private : Committee. 
 
 THE REPLY. 
 
 Department of State, "i 
 
 Washington, October 5th, 1881. / 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel John B. Richardson, Battalion Washington Artillery, New 
 Orleans, 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 come 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 
 
202 APPENDIX. 
 
 " American people in this hour of widespread mourning, I return to 
 " you and your generous-hearted comrades most sincere thanlvs. 
 
 " 1 am, Sir, 
 
 " Your oliedient servant, 
 
 JAMES G. BLAINE. 
 
 THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS. 
 
 THE NEW ORLEANS LIEDERTAFEL. 
 
 This Society was organized in the month of February, 1872, at No. 
 20 Exchange Alley under the name of " Deutschkk Maenner Ges- 
 ANGVEREiN," or the German Male Singing Society. It had a member- 
 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 numbei's soon increased to over one 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 Avhich 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- 
 
 ERTAFEL 
 
 The Carnival season of 1879 brought a great many new names to 
 the roll of members, which has ever since been steadily increas- 
 ing. Also came with them a good many lady singers ; aiid, of late, 
 there has been enrolled a large number of scholars, both boys and 
 girls, who receive a musical education at the expense of the Society. 
 
 The Liedertafel 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 tiie third day at 
 (h'unewald Hall, in which the New Orleans German-Turners, the 
 (jerman Battalion and the German Guards also participated. 
 
 Tlie LiEDERTAFEL has now over nine hundred members, and a 
 Ciiorus 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 
 rechercliL' are, at the same time, gleeful and joyous. 
 
 The LiEi>ERTAFEL members, however, are not alone found 
 where mirth and merriment reign supreme. They also devote them- 
 selves to ciiaritable purposes, and are not missing at festivals given for 
 tlie suffering, tlie widow and the fatherless. 
 
 When tlie sad news of President Garfield's death was received, the 
 Li EDERTAFEii at once ceased their musical and social gatherings for 
 anausement and recreation ; and, mourning sincerely the great loss 
 their country had sustained, determined to attend, in a body, the 
 
APPENDIX. 203 
 
 obsequies aniiouticed by the city authorities. Tliey promptly acceded 
 to the request of Mayor »shakspeare and Administrator \\ alslie, cliair- 
 man of the City (.•oiiimittce, for them to siuu; (hiring the funeral cere- 
 mouies in the'Washington Artillery Hall; and all who heard them 
 there well rememl)er how much tender beauty their admirable sing- 
 ing of iSIendelssohn's " I'arting Hymn" and 8ilcher's "Choral" 
 added to the impressive solemnity of the proceeciings. 
 
 Recently, the Liedkhtafel removed their headtiuarters to the 
 upper stories of the building, corner of Canal street and Exchange 
 Place— forjuerly occupied by the " Pickwick Club." There they have 
 ample acconnnodation. The halls and rooms having been elegantly 
 fitted up, the Likdektafei. opened tlieir 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 Liedektafel is given on pages 88 and 
 89, as they appeared in the Third Division. 
 
 ITALIAN MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This A.ssociation 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, the 
 well-known notary public of those days. The original incorporators 
 were Messrs. Charles J. Mansoni, Angelo Binaghi, Achille Perelli, 
 Guiseppe Lanata, B. Blardone, Rocco 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 jNlutual 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 j 
 this to a better life,"— the latter object to be eilected by the construe- j 
 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 j 
 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. 1 he 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 ol State, at 
 Baton Rouge, then the capital,— on the 14th of January, 18o2. 
 
 The Society at once completed its organization by electing G. A. 
 Barelli (the Sicilian Consul,) iis 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 nuinner. 
 He was besides an enterprising merchant and public spirited citizen. 
 He projected and planned the splendid Moresque iron building, at 
 
the coiner of Camp and Poydras streets, which is such an ornament 
 to tlie city. It was completed by his sons. The designs were by a 
 New Orleans architect, and the elaborate and highly ornamental iron 
 work cast in a foundry at Holly Springs, Miss., before the war. 
 
 But two or three of those who originated the Bociety, or who ap- 
 proved its legal papers, as above recorded, are living. Hon. Mr. Guy- 
 •cinO, the distinguished historian, still enjoys excellent health, and 
 wields as of old a ijolished and vigorous pen. 
 
 The charter was renewed in January, IST.;, for a term of seventy- 
 nine years, — or for ninety nine years froin 1852 ; the renewal act being 
 signed before Antlr^ I). l)oriocourt, notary, by Messrs. Giacomo Massa, 
 Vice President ; E. Trois, Secretary ; Dr. F. Formento, Angelo Socola, 
 G. Sciaccaluga, A. V. Abbo, Gustavo Marzi, G. Delia Valle, Guiseppe 
 Vellini, L. Olivari, L. Montedinico, H. R. Piccaluga, GuLseppe Vai-iani 
 and A. Penco. 
 
 The a<'t was approved by District Attorney C. H. Luzenberg, Jan- 
 uary 18th, 1872, and recorded the same day in the ofllce of the Recorder 
 of Mortgages. The original constitution and by-laws were retained, 
 with slight changes ; one of them, in reference to the President, re- 
 i|uiring only that he shall be an Italian by birth, and omitting the 
 " American citizenshii) " qualification. 
 
 The Society's Officers are now as set forth on page 89. Thej' are 
 well known residents of New Orleans. Thirty of the members of the 
 Societ.y appeared in carriages, in the Third Division, on the day of the 
 Garfield Procession. — The Finance Conmiittee is as follows : Messrs. G. 
 Mazzei, G. Bosio, L. Olivari, A. Botto and G. 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 few of them have 
 been with the society ever since its preliminary organization in 1850- 
 51, as, Mr. Aug. Lanata, the well known merchant, and Mr. N. M. 
 Benaehi, the estimable Greek Consul. The Society owns a Tomb, and 
 is financially in a prospei'ous condition. 
 
 YOUNG MEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This popular Association was organized June 26th, 1858, and is con- 
 se([uently in its twenty-fourth year of usefulness and prosperity. It is 
 an incorporated institution, with lis domicile in New Orleans, and place 
 of meeting at Grunewald Hall. 
 
 Its objects are nmtual benevolence, which it carries out by assist- 
 ing members in getting employment; relieving their necessities when 
 sick ; sup|)lying them with a doctor, and when necessary, a nurse, and 
 visiting them daily. The Association owns a tomb in the New St. Louis 
 ('emetery, 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 lj;400 is 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 recjuired 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 
 
APPENDIX. 205 
 
 funeral dues, and are liable to fines for failure to attend meetings, 
 funerals and other duties. 
 
 The A.ssociation em braces in its membership, nearly every nation- 
 ality, creed, i)rolession and trade. It is stronj^, 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 l*4th of Sep- 
 tember, 1881, the following preamble and 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 jiatriotism, dis- 
 tinguished services and unflinching devotion to his country, have 
 challenged our admiration, while his sublime ijatience and heroic 
 courage, during the fearful aflliction 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 aflliction; therefore, be it 
 
 ''■Resolved, By the Young Men's Benevolent As.sociation of the State 
 of Louisiana, that we regard it as our highest duty to assemble with 
 our fellow citizens of the Union and adil 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. 
 
 '■' lieHolved, That we regard with pride the ciiaracter and manhood 
 of James A. Gtirfield, and the example which his career aftbrds 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, has 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 Ruler 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, Thata coj^y of these resolutions, proj^erly authenticated, 
 be forwarded to the mother, widow and orphans of the late President." 
 
 Louis A. Richards, Chairman; A. Prados, Jr., G. R. Nelson, L. 
 Schneider, S. Sutter, A. N. Laine, J. N. \V. Otto, J. F. JSJintken, 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. 
 
 Tlii.s is one of the oldest and most prosperous benevolent associa- 
 tions of t)nr city. On the (ith 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-live years more. 
 
 The first President of the Association was Mr. Charles R. Fagot. 
 Tlie list of the Officers last September, and the ajjpearance 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 1856 and 1860 it dwindled 
 down to seventy, and even tlien 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 1875 it counted not more than forty or lifty menibers on its 
 roll, with not more than the same number of dollars in the treasury. 
 But in that year, it took a new lease of life by acquiring a largely in- 
 creased roll of membership, and by placing Mr. James Camijbell in the 
 President's chair, which he has tilled ever since, with the exception 
 of tlie year 1876, when Mr. Armand Q,uere 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. Its 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 'Id, 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. Roca, and C. 
 Weinberger. 
 
 The Club i.^ in a very nourishing condition, and under the able 
 management of the following Board of Directors : 
 
 Hy. Grandmont, Geo. Rousset, L. Infante, John Bassicli, Jr., 
 Geo. W. Dinkel, VV. 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 the Procession in honor of President 
 Garlield. 
 
APPENDIX. 207 
 
 SOUTHEKN MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This is a new Association, liavinj? been orj^^anized in the Tliird 
 District of this city, at the Stonewall Jackson Hall, on the 4th day of 
 April. ISSl, and iiicoriKn-atcd on (he M day of the rollowinjj: .Inne." It 
 is in excellent condition in every respect, and the citizens of the " Old 
 Third " are jnstly prond 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 membersliip. 
 
 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 N<)veml)er, isfiH, were to 
 be found some of the most prominent and ])ublic spirited citizens of 
 tlie day. Hon. A. L. Tissot, one of the foundei's 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, 
 1807. 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 Otficers, 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 liith, 1877, at No. IIU North Claiborne 
 street, by the following named citizens: T.J. Ford, H. C. Fincke, 
 Jeri-y 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, VVm. H. Buckley .W. H. Murphy, Jas. 
 Breunan, H. W- Carbon, V- B. Gonzales, J. Muldoon, Dennis Dutty, 
 W. Barry, Dan Costello, W. C. Meeks and Eug. Mauberret. 
 
 The Officers elected on that occsaion were: Thos. J. 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 1S7S, the Club exhausted its finances by 
 
208 APPENDIX. 
 
 donating one-half of the amount in its treasury to the Howard 
 Association, and spendini? tlie balance in relieving the sufferings of 
 tlie 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. 6. Cronan, Jas. Lyons, 
 (Jus. Bader, Jno. Weinnig and Jno. Muldoon. 
 
 How the Club turned out to do honor to President Garfield's mem- 
 ory, is set Ibrth 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 evening of February 
 5th, 1876, eight young men met by chance at the corner of Chartres 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 there 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 and James Doran. On February 6th, 
 1876, a meeting was held at the residence of George J. Viosca, at which 
 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 soiriSe dansante, 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 
 sui^ervision 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 Club," 
 and to hold its meetings at the hall, corner Chartres and Barracks 
 streets. At the election for officers in December, 1876, Eugene Mestier 
 was I'e-eleeted 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 ])leasure of its members. 
 
 The first officers of the new organization, elected in the following 
 December, were the same gentlemen who hold tiieir present positions, 
 with the exception of the Financial Secretary, Treasurer, Collector and 
 Marshal, which ofiices were held by Hippolyte E. Capdau, Hermann 
 Manier, William Guerin 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 luenibersliip, which in 1878, amounted to sixty-five, 
 is now two iiundred and forty-seven, and its funds, which at tlie time 
 of its organization in 1877, amounted to about seventy-five dollars, have 
 increased to over fourteen hundred dollars. 
 
APPENDIX. liOl) 
 
 On page !)9 will be found the Ofticers' names in 8epteinl>er last, 
 and u description of these sterling j'oung men's luirtule in the proces- 
 sion . 
 
 ]*IKE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This Society, a sl^etch of whose appearance in the Procession is 
 given on page 9!), was founded April 8(i, ].S7(!, with seventeen charter 
 members. It was named in honor of our late philanthropic and public- 
 s])irited fellow-citizen, Wm. S. I'ike. The lirsc olticers of the Associa- 
 tion were V. H. Robinson, l*resident; C Henri(^hs, Vice President; 
 Jno. Leslie, Recording Secretary; Jno. Unverzagt, Financial Secre- 
 tary; A. Smith, Treasurer. 
 
 Mr. Robinson lias occuj^ied tlie President's chair since the organic 
 zation of tlie 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 wlienever tiiey stand in need of assistance ; to bury 
 " those deceased, whenever Providence, in His inysterious dispensa- 
 " tion, shall remove a fellow-member from its midst; to sympathize 
 " with tbeir relatives; and also to protect their destitute widows and 
 " or]:)hans, so far as lies in its power." 
 
 The Society is in a very flourishing condition, numbering 130 
 active niembers. 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 i^ersonal sujjervision, 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 incor2)orated in 
 185-i, with a membership roll of 242. It is a strictly benevolent Asso- 
 ciation. Its tirst otficers were : Adam Frank, President; Geo. Vogel, 
 Vice President; Geo. Si.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 jiresent 230 members, all hard working and respected mem- 
 bers of the community. 
 
 LAFAYETTE YOUNG MEN'S BENEVOLP^NT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This sterling Society, a comparatively new one, was oi-ganized 
 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, .Ir., 
 Marshal. 
 
 There are over two hundred active members now in the Associa- 
 tion, all young men, none of them being over tliirtj'-five years of age. 
 Their object is "to assist sigk 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. 
 
 26 
 
8'r. GEORGE'S YOUNG MEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This popular Association is under the supervision of the Redenip- 
 (orist Fathers ol" St. JNIary's Assuniptioii (Jhurcli, in the Fourth Dis- 
 trict, wa,s organized on the Hist of July, ISTO, and, though limited in 
 nunihers, it is strong financially. Its hall is very handsomely and 
 comfortably furnislied, and there may be found there a select and val- 
 ualtlc library, of fifteen hundred works, in both the English and Ger- 
 man languages. There is also a well arranged reading room. 
 
 On page KM) will be found the names of the ofticers, and the manner 
 in which they and their fellow members paraded on September 2(3th, 
 last. 
 
 liesides the monthly dues and assessments paid by the members, 
 niusical, 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, on Washington street. 
 
 The objects of the Association are : " Friendshii), benevolence and 
 charity." These are manifested by assisting and giving :ud to the mem- 
 bers, esiiecially in every instance of sickness, and to bury them when 
 they die. At present, there are sixty members on the rojl. The mem- 
 bersiiip has been at all times sufficiently numei'ous to ensure continued 
 l)rosperity to the Association. 
 
 SHIP CARPENTERS' AND JOINERS' BENEVOLENT 
 ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This — an Algiers Society, whose officers and [>arade are given on 
 l)age 10-1: — 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 had 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 be all its name indicates. 
 
 ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS. 
 
 This is said to be the most powerful Irish organization in exist- 
 ence. It lias 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 Sejitember 1st, 1881, aggregated 
 23,319 men. 
 
 TJie Order is governed by three Officers and five Directors, who 
 are rcs])ectively known as National Delegate, Secretary, Treasurer, 
 an<l National Directory. The National Delegate is the only member 
 of the Order in America who is a membai- of the Home Board. New 
 Ori'ans is at jjresent honored with the highest office in the American 
 l)ranch 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. 
 
APPENDIX. 211 
 
 The National Officers are oleotod every year by the National Cori- 
 veution, whicli is coinposed of ^.'atioiuil, State niid CoLiiity Ollicers. 
 The last Conveiitiou was held in St. Louis; tlie next will beheld in 
 Chicago, next May.— State Delegates receive their instiuctioiis IVoiii 
 the National Delegate and Secretary. 
 
 Tiie Order has several military coiniianies attached ; one full regi- 
 ment in New York eity ; one in Ohieago, and one battalion, each, in 
 Jersey City, San Francisco. St. Louis and (Jijicinnuti, all duly com- 
 missioned and controlled by the National Delegate. 
 
 The Organization observed the funeral (lerenionies of our late 
 lamented President throughout tlie country, by orders Iroiu the Na- 
 tional Delegate; and in Ciiicago, the Hitiernian Ivegiment, KiUO 
 strong, in full regalia, formed a c()mi)lete division of tlie Procession. 
 
 The i)arent stem of the organization is located in Dublin, Ireland. 
 The Order was first establisheil in America in the eity of New York 
 in 1847; chartered for the State of New York in 18-32; and for the 
 United States in 1 881, by the present National Delegate, from whom 
 all Lodges must obtain a charter. 
 
 The Order was established in Louisiana in L^74. Mr. Wni. J. Kelly 
 was the first State Delegate, which position he retained for threes-ears. 
 
 CONDOLENCi;. 
 
 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 and 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. COSGROVE, " I'ETER KlERNAN, 
 
 " 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. Vierra, President; 
 A. Pons y Valencia, First Vice President; Jose Barba, Jr., Second 
 Vice President ; Anthony Sambola, Secretary ; F. J. DaCosta. Treas- 
 urer; and E. Rufft and S. Boehm, Collectors. 
 
 The Association is very liberal in its reception of members, and in 
 its scope of benevolent action. It is strong financially ; and it nund)ers 
 at the present time over 300 members. They meet in their own 
 spacious Hall, lately purchased, at the corner of Dauphine and Elysian 
 
212 APPENDIX. 
 
 Fields streets. The style iu which the Association ])artieipated in 
 the Funeral I'rocession, shows their public spii'it. The sketch, and the 
 list of tiieir Olticers on that day, are on pages 105 and 100 
 
 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. It was founded in 1879, a 
 teinporary organization being efi'ected on December (Itli of that year. 
 The following officers were elected to serve temporarily : P. Mealey, 
 President; M- J. Cusack, Secretary; and John Wyse, Treasurer, with 
 eighty members on the roll. 
 
 The Association was Derntanently organized on the 27th of the 
 same month, when lion. P. ^lealey, 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 be on the high road to prosperity. It was 
 incorporated according to the laws of the State, on the 24th of January, 
 18.S0, with the following charter members: VVm. Barrett, J. Henry 
 Behan, Michael J. Cusack, John Goertz, Edward Harrison, Dan. 
 Mahoney, Patrick Mealey, Patrick Nolan, Martin Reardon, James 
 Roche and John Wyse. 
 
 During the year 1&80, 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 980 members, with the handsome sum of iS)13,000 
 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 sj^lendid turnout of the Associ- 
 ation greatly impressed the spectators. 
 
 THE FRENCH DEMOCRATIC CLUB. 
 
 This Club was organized on the 2otli October, 1877, by a number of 
 our French residents, who were desirous of estal)lishing 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 
 ]irincii)les of the " Frencli Republicans," and as opposed to what are 
 known in France as the Legitimists, Orleanists, Imperialists, etc. 
 The founders of the Club were Messrs. IST. Bouvier, Eugene Desdunes, 
 J. B. Juncjua, C. E. Champon, Emile Scheidecher, Jules Noblom, Chas. 
 Adouc,E J. Duj)ar(iuier, P. Bossoney, E. Simon, F. Clos, A. Lafleur, 
 P. Mai<'.liand and L. Antolmy. 
 
 Being the only political organization of French citizens in Louisi- 
 ana, the (Jlub made it its lirst duty to celebrate the anniversary of the 
 French Revolution ; and, a few months after its organization, the 
 members gave a ban(|Uet in honor of the 24th February, 1848. 
 
APPENDIX. 21.} 
 
 Tlie •lime year— 187H— the C'hil), oil tlie 14tli July, celehratcd as it 
 inerited tliat ever fainoiis event, tlie "caiiture of tlie llastille," wliicli 
 ofHeers and iiienil)ers justly considered tlie hirth-niark of tree and i)op- 
 ular governiiieiit in France. The French (Jovernnient, two years later, 
 gave the seal to this great event by selecting the 1 itli July as the olVicial 
 anniversarv of the French Uepublic. 
 
 In 1S81, the Club initiated the brilliant fete of the 14th July, 
 which, under the auspices of the French Consul, united all our l^'reiich 
 citizens in their national celebration; and will l)e reineiidjered as one 
 of the most successful and elegant public displays ever helil in this city. 
 
 The Club naturally took a vivid interest in (he ]Miblic proceedings 
 designed to testify to the general sorrow for the untimely death of tlie 
 chief officer of the American liepublic 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 D(?mocratic Franvnise 
 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. K. Sancti 
 Petri, a prominent Spanish resident of New Orleans, his compatriots 
 here organized a military company entitled the " Cazadores de Or- 
 k'ans " whose first Captain was Simon Cucullu. Representing the 
 C'lite of our numerous and respected Spanish colony, the Cazadores 
 entered the militia and soon took rank among the best disciplined and 
 most iufiuential 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, 1886 ; 
 and on the same day the Company's seventh anniversary was com- 
 memorated ; and in the Cathedral a beautiful fiag was consecrated that 
 had been made by the ladies and j^resented 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 unotfending 
 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 Espaiiolade Beneficencia Mutua," whose principles of char- 
 ity and good works were energetically and generously carried into 
 
214 APPENDIX. 
 
 c'fleet until the 19th of January, LSGf, when it combined with the 
 " SociecUid Ihera de Beneficenoia Mutua." 
 
 The " Soeiihid I bera " was formed November 19th, 1882; and fol- 
 lowim;- tlie example of the older organization, was first organized as 
 a military coinpany, entitled the " Cazadores Volantes del Estado," 
 whost' 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 Corai^anies 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 acceptable 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 success. 
 
 The " Cazadores Volantes," soon after their formation, erected a 
 splendid marble tomb, of the same design and dimensions as that of the 
 older com}«iny, but the cost was $30,000. 
 
 In 18-46, the outbreak of the war with Mexico totally changed the 
 character of the "Volantes." Some of the members wished to have 
 the Com])any enlisted in the American armies under Taylor and 
 Scott ; other members opposed. The result was a dissolution of the 
 Comj^any as a military connnand. It was promiitly reorganized, ho\v- 
 ever, on the 2d of June, 1S4G, as the " Sociedad Ibera," for strictly 
 nuitual benevolent purposes, and was active in that career until 1861. 
 Then, from their identity of purjioses and nationality, the two Socie- 
 ties determined to unite. This was efiected 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 llattering degree of prosperity. Its finances are in excellent 
 condition, and the rolls show the names of over three hundred mem- 
 bers. On the 26th of September, the Society, as will be seen by the 
 brief sketch on page 107, exerted itself to testify the genuine regret 
 President Garfield's death occasioned among our numerous Spanish 
 residents. 
 
 LUSITANIAN PORTUGUESE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 A meeting of Portuguese citizens was 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, 'I'reasurer, Another meeting was held on Septem- 
 ber 4fli, 1k48, wlien fifty-eight members subscribed their names to the 
 roll. 
 
 On the nth of the same month, a general meeting was held, at 
 whicli there were ninety-seven members present. Ferdinand E. de 
 
Kreitas, was unanimously electod Second Viw IM-osideut, and Dr. 
 Anuand Merrier, Pliysieiun. On (lie istli of tlie month, (he onicers 
 took their oaths of olKee, and the foliowinsi; were elected a lioard ot 
 Administrators: Francisco Vieira, Jose Xunes, Ant. Pereira, Joa(|uim 
 Pinto, Francisco Tavares, Jose de Freitas, .loas Pereira, Francisco 
 TjuIz and Fernand J. Silva. 
 
 The Association was le^^ally incorporated on (lie Kith of April, 1S.")1. 
 
 The following is a list of Presidents who have i)ri'si(U"d over the 
 Association since its organization, and their terms of oflice : First, 
 Louis Vieira served three years ; F. R. Horges served two years ; Fran- 
 cisco Roque, one year; Ant. Vieira, three years; John ' Davis, tliree 
 years ; Francisco Luiz, seven years ; Ant. Pereira, three years ; .lose T. 
 Arantes, four years; Jose Bai'anque, .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 MercadaJ, who is now Presi- 
 dent. 
 
 The Association has heen for years, and is still, in a nourishing 
 condition,— owning two tine tombs in the St. Louis Cemetery, and its 
 spacious hall, at No. 2<);^ Bayou Road. There are two hundred and forty- 
 tive active members on the roll. Formerly, none but Portuguese we're 
 admitted to membership ; but 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 races. 
 
 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 ; aiding a member's family when they 
 are sick ; and in case of his death, assisting them afterwards. The 
 Society has expended not less than $50,000 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 Bo3's' Asylum. 
 
 The Association, iu the Funeral Procession, m'as fourth in line in 
 the Seventh Division, as described on page 10(i. 
 
 FRENCH MUTUAL BENEVOLP^NT ASSOC^IATION. 
 
 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 ditFerence as to the 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 
 " Societe de la Nouvelle Orl(5aus," with F. Buis.son for President, and 
 H. Escousse for Secretary. It dragged along until 1S4.H, wlien dissolu- 
 tion thi'eateuing, twenty-seven of its members determined to maintain 
 its existence and shouldered its debts. That brilliant orator, lawyer, 
 and politician, Pierre Soul6,— an exile from France— now ol)tained a 
 legislative charter that gave the Society a good working basis. Mr. 
 Soul6 was elected the President, and held the office until he was 
 elected U. S- Senator. His succes.sor was the good old Abb^ Lesne. 
 
 In 1848 the Society was strengthened by the voluntary junction of 
 that presided over by Consul Roger. In 18ol a new constitution was 
 
21G APPENDIX. 
 
 adojjted, and in 1852, Mr. Olivier Blineau became President. He held 
 the oltice for eleven years; and, under his able 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 ;" had a 
 ball 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, 1SH3), the French flag hangs at half-mast over the spacious 
 As.ylum on St. Anne street, the grounds of which were his present. 
 
 Mr. Blineau was succeeded l)y the esteemed and venerable Joseph 
 (7irt)d, who presided most etlficiently from 1863 to 187.5, when old age 
 induced bis resignation. He was made "Honorary President for 
 Life," and died in January, 1878. 
 
 Mr. Jean Schweitzer, one of the founders of the Society in 1880, 
 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 reujain. 
 
 One of the latest Vice Presidents was our esteemed confrere, Mr. 
 Felix Limet, who after many years of a singularly industrious, intel- 
 ligent and hont)rable career as one of the editors of that excellent old 
 French dailj', 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 worthj' 
 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, Ranc6, Allain, D'Aquin, Lafon, Marmillon, Maringer, 
 Touatre, Anfoux, Delagrave, Escoubas, Berjot, DeRoaldfes, Devron, and 
 Souchon— all names of men eminent for capacity, and for devotion to 
 their i^rofession. 
 
 Dr. Touatre has had personal charge of the Asylum since 1866. He 
 has twice been honored by the French Government with distinguished 
 te.stimonials 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,JDr. 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 ]860-()l, and opened in the latter year. 
 
 The yellow fever epidemics that have visited ourlJcity since 1847, 
 liave severely tested the strength, the resources and the benevolent 
 ])urposes 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 i)ecuniary relief donated,' in the 
 
snine period, was $29,307. This, of course, is only cue feature of (lie 
 total expense. 
 
 The iSociety has four tomhs, in two cemeteries; one louih being 
 lor children. The property, inchidinjj: the Asylum, grounds, furni- 
 ture, utensils, drugs, lu)uses, tombs, etc., is vahunl at ^175,776. 
 
 The membership luis increased from the twenty-seven in 184.^, to 
 as higli a tigure as 1400 a( one tinu^ and in isso it was 1200. Its regu- 
 lar annual monied revenues are $12,000, whicli enables it, as in l.S7«, to 
 take care of 2396 patients, and contribute besides, as it has fre(|uently 
 done, to other charitable purposes.— Suflering in France, from war, 
 inundations, or other disa.sters, has always found itvS treasury and its 
 heart oj)en. 
 
 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 Reginu-nt; 
 Fetin, the famous French aeronaut, and his patron, the Emperor Louis 
 Napoleon. 
 
 The names of the Officers who led the Society in Gen. Vinet's 
 Division of the Procession of Sei)tember 26th, and the appearance of 
 the members therein, are given on page 105. 
 
 THE SEAMEN'S BETHEL. 
 
 Some years before the war, there was a Seamen's Bethel estab- 
 lished in the ui)per part of the city, near the Levee and Jackson street. 
 It disappeared, however, during the war ; and it was reserved for Rev 
 Dr. A. J. Witherspoon, formerly of Alabama, lo establish a new Bethel 
 in that part of the city. This lie accomplislied in 1877. 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 ladies gave early and 
 energetic co-operation to his benevolent plans for the beneflt 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 ve.gsels, 
 the Bethel has become a favorite resort for Mariners, where they And 
 choice reading, hear good music, —themselves furnishing inanysongs 
 and singers — are treated to lectures on a variety of topics, and attend 
 religious service. The Seamen thoroughly ai)preciate 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 witli 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 ecxually 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, Fatlier Witherspoon, 
 referring to the late war and his imiirisonment, 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.' ' 
 
218 APPENDIX. 
 
 The interesting services held at the Bethel on " Memorial Mon- 
 thly " are briefly sketched on page 58. There would have been a large 
 delegation of i^eanien, headed by the Chaplain, in the Procession, but 
 they were detained. 
 
 LONGSHOREMEN'S BENEVOIiENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This, another of our representative labor associations was organ- 
 ized October 5th, 1873, and the following members were elected the 
 lirst ofKcers: Thos. Fernon, President; Jolin 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 
 ISIahoney, Marshal. 
 
 The Association now numbers 800 members, and is in a substan- 
 tial financial condition. Tlieir object is " to help each other as fellow- 
 men and fellow-laborers." 
 
 Their Oflicers on the day of the Garfield ceremony, and the 
 important part the stout Longshoremen took in the Procession, are 
 written on page 103. 
 
 SCREWMEN'S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This, the oldest and strongest labor organization in tlie city, was 
 founded 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 otliers 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 the committee reported ; their work was 
 approved, and the following officers elected : Geo. Hooper, President; 
 James Campbell, First Vice President; James Fitzgerald, Second 
 Vice President; E. A. F. Mitchell, Secretary; Henry Bier, 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. (Jhas. Gayarre, Secretary of State. 
 
 The Screwmen exhibited great pride and enthusiasm in their 
 Association from the tirst. Theirs' was the earliest organization of 
 its kind in the South ; and their constant and important connection 
 with its chief staple gave tliem a prominence and influence that were 
 merited by tlu;ir industry, and maintained ever since, despite many 
 vi(-issitudes and many trials. 
 
 As with every otiier interest of our city and State, the civil war 
 affected the condition of the Association very seriously. At the 
 beginning of the great struggle the Association was in a flourishing 
 condition ; but so many of its members responded to the call for vol- 
 unteerH that only the old and disabled members were left to take care 
 of their interests. At one time there were but ten members left, who, 
 nevertheless, successfully kept the alfairs of the Association in proper 
 form. 
 
 With the return of those members who survived the battles of the 
 
APPENDIX. 211) 
 
 war, and the aooessioii of now luoiiibor.^, the Assooiati«)n snoii regained 
 its original vigor and |>n)s|)t'rity. The Screwnien liavc .sntlercd severely 
 from the epiilemies tliat liavt' from lime to time scourged our city,— 
 notably in tliat of 1S7S, in wliicii they received material assistance 
 from sister organizations in (Jalveston*, Mobile and Savannah. As 
 terrible an ordeal as this was, (hey again promptly recovered ; steadily 
 increasing in numbers and prosperity, and to-llay have about Kmio 
 members on their rolls, and a considerable amount of money in their 
 treasury. 
 
 The tSerewmen held their lirst meetings at the house of John Tee, 
 where the Association was founded ; then at the fornu'r engiiu' house of 
 Kagle No. 7, on Old J^evee street, l)elo\v the Customhouse; then at the 
 corner of Common and l^'ront streets, whence they removed to their 
 splendid liall, at the (H)rner of Exchange Alley and Bienville streets, 
 where they now liold their meetings. 
 
 At the grand Clay, Calhoun and Webster funeral jtageant in De- 
 cember, iSol!, (already alluded to in this work) tiie ^crewmen's Jien- 
 evolent Association iieailed the hfth grand division of the Procession. 
 Their Marshal was A. W. Jourdan, and his aids were V. H. Ivy, VVm. 
 Sutton, Joseph Hufty and Edward Thompson. The latter, who is still 
 hale and hearty and actively engaged in business, is the only survivor 
 of those five gentlemen. The Association, on the occasion, turned out 
 two hundred and twenty-six men. 
 
 Its magnificent appearance in the Procession of September iiOth, 
 and its list of officers then are described on pages 102 and loa, 
 
 UNITED SCLAVONIAN BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This Society was incorporated on the 12th of May, 1874. Its first 
 officei's were: John Radovich, President, who still holds the office; 
 A. Fucich, Vice President ; Michel Draskovich, Treasurer ; Chistoidier 
 Vucasovich, Ilecording Secretary; John Ilaniadanovich, Marshal. The 
 Association own a handsome tomb, the corner stone of which was 
 laid on the 9th of April, 187(5. On the 5th of May, 1878, the officers and 
 members had their first celebration to commemorate the organization 
 of the Society. Their ajjpearance in the Procession of September 2()th, 
 as described on pages 10(5-7, was a surprise to thousands of the specta- 
 tors, who were unaware that tlie ancient Sclav race had so many and 
 such infiuential 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 tliflerent French Socie- 
 ties, and the cheerful hospitality dispensed. The Association at present, 
 has a membership list of two hundred, and has always upheld its re})u- 
 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 sj'stem 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 arestill alive ; and, whilst some are actively engaged in legal or 
 commercial pursuits, otlier delight still to teach the youthful mind. 
 .Since ihe war, most of tlie prosperous private academies of the ante- 
 belhuii daj-s have disappeared, and the Public Schools liave the field of 
 education almost entirely to themselves. Despite a series of years of 
 tinaiu'ial distress that seemed constantly to threaten the stoppage by 
 the City of its funds for educational purposes, the Pul)lic Schools have 
 continued to perform their invaluable work. They have been blessed 
 during those trying years with a corps of able teachers, whose (juiet 
 courage, energy and perseverance have never faltered in tlie perform- 
 ance of duty. Their etibrts liave been sustained, especially of late 
 years, by a succession of zealous and conscientious Boards of Directors ; 
 and ijy 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. Tlie 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 llesolution set forth 
 on page 50 were adopted, September 24th, was as follows: 
 
 Officers: Judge Walter H. Rogers, President; Rev. Jas. K. 
 Gutheim, Vice I'resident ; 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. 
 Brosuan, S. S. Carlisle, H. C. Castellanos, Joseph Collins, Eugene 
 Desdunes, Thos. H. Handy, L. B. Hollingsworth, 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 6, 188L 
 
 Mr. .loll II J. (j'Brien, Secretary Board of School Director.s, Now Orleans: 
 
 " Dear Sir — I am directed by Mi's. Garfield to gratefully acknowl- 
 " edge for her family and herself the resolutions of sympathy of the 
 " School Hoard of New Orleans. Please to convey the same to the 
 " mendjers thereof. 
 
 " Very truly your's, 
 
 C. O. ROCKWELL. 
 
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 
 
 The "Young Men's Cliristiun Association of New Orleans" was 
 lirst organized in ISGi:. Among liie prominent workers then eonneeti^l 
 with it, were iSlessrs. 'J'lios. I. Dix, W. (". linymoml, \V. ('• Siiepard, 
 (). W. Hehne, U. (J. l^atting, Tlios. Sloo, L. KlkiuamlJaH. MeConnell. 
 
 During tlie fearful epidemics of l.S-")3 and iHoS the Association 
 resolved itself into a Relief Comnuttee, and did excellent work, as 
 will he reniemhered hy many of those still living, whom it assisted. 
 in 1858 it expended thus the sum of $U),(»0(), placed in its hands for the 
 relief of the yellow fever suHerers. 
 
 During the late war the organization was hroken ui), most of the 
 young men entering the Confederate army. 
 
 in iSTii a number of those formerly interested in the Society, 
 together with others aware of its great value as a moral force, united 
 in an ettbrt 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 Rayiuond, W. C. Shepard, 
 J. T. Sawyer, F. E. Richmond, Charles Clinton and J. li. Guthrie. 
 
 In 187-4 the doors were closed, all work was suspended, and the 
 Association was considered dead. But, in April, 1877, owing to the 
 zealous endeavors of P. \V. 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 ettected an organization. 
 Rev. Jno. T. Sawyer was elected President, and Wm. T. Hardie, Vice 
 President. He, upon President Sawyer resigning, was unanimously 
 elected in his place, and has continued to till that oflice with great 
 acceptahility until the present date. 
 
 In the sweeping yellow fever epidemic of 1878 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 Ueher, G- A. Camhias, 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. C. Cotting, 
 J. G. Rowland, E. V. Hitch, W. C. Shepard, Van R. K. Hilliard, P. 
 W. Deindorf, C H. Discjue, D. L. Mitchell, B. T. Walshe, Geo. P. 
 Bowers, Rev. J. M. Beard and F. L. Matthews. 
 
 They expended over |80,00(l, aflording relief to over 25,000 persons. 
 
 Since that time the Association has been conlining 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 (Tymna- 
 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; B. T. Walshe, Vice President; 
 Wm. W. Crane, Recording Secretary; M. M. Greenwood, Treasurer; 
 
 D. L. Mitchell, General Secretary ; Albert Baldwin, Chairman Fi- 
 
 VV. Dyer, Chairman of Committee on Employment 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 HOWARD ASSOCIATION. 
 
 In the 3'C'ar Ls;iS, several young men in this city, — knowing the 
 ahsoUite necessity of tlie best nursing in attaclvs of yellow fever — 
 agreed that, in ease of an epideniie, tliey would take care not only of 
 each other, but of other sick friends and acquaintances. That very 
 sununer they were put to the test. The result of their charitable 
 labors was the organization, in 1837, of the " Society of Uood Samari- 
 tans." Their oliject was "to care for the j)Oor sick." Among their 
 members was that estimable gentleman, Mr. James M. Vandegritl', 
 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 
 l)eriod of twenty-five years, and re-incorporated in 1867. 
 
 The Association's field of action, its duties and labors, are tersely 
 set forth in the second article of its constitution. It speaks volume.'^ 
 when it says: " 7V/e objeft of this Aasociation shall be to relieve the 
 destitute and Kick in jJC'iods of epidemics. ^^ — Membership in the Asso- 
 ciation results from voluntary api)lication, 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 resjionsible 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 oflicer or mem- 
 ber for his service. And, to conclude : sect, nationality and 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 njeans or friends, is 
 sutticient. 
 
 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 
 olHcers 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 but iui- 
 mortal philanthropist, after whom the Association is so appropriately 
 named, has ever dwelt in every bosom and inspired every generous 
 heart and l)rain in this little band of Brethren. They were emulated, 
 in all years, by the numerous jihysicians who i)romiitly tendered their 
 services; and the magnificent contributions to their treasury by true 
 mc!i and women everywhere, were expended, every dollar of them, for 
 " the relief of the destitute sick." 
 
 The Officers and Members, during the terrible epidemic of 1878 — 
 when the Association received and exjiended 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 ; F. 11. Southmayd, Secretary ; S. 
 H. Newman, Treasurer; Messrs. C. H. Allen, Jules Aldig*?, L. W. 
 Ha(|ui('', Philip Buchanan, Joiin M. Coos, T. Generelly, Henry (iinder, 
 Thomas (ireen, Felix Legendre, C. E. Leverich, General' Fred. N. 
 Ogden, John N. Payne, (Jeorge A. Pike, Dr. J. H. Pike, K. L. Robert- 
 son, A. J. Vandegrili; J. li. Vinet, and Chas. E. Whitney. In addition, 
 these volunteer members— Captain McOJlensey, of the United States 
 
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 steamer Cnnnnicus; Captain Win. H. Beanhani and Cajitain K. A. 
 ( Uiibert and their coiuinands, ol" tlic Ivoiiisiana I'Meld ArCdlcry ; Col. 
 W. Sehuiunberg and Captain H. H. Hooper, of Algiers ; Dr. Campbell, 
 H. Williams, and F. Hathorn, of Carrollton. 
 
 THE CLEAKING HOUSE. 
 
 The New Orleans Clearinfr House was organized and eoninieiieed 
 business on the 1st of June, iSTl*, with the following otlieers : 
 
 John G. Gaines, President; Samuel H. Kenneily, Vice President; 
 Isaac N. Maynard, Manager. 
 
 Its present oftieers are: Joseph H. Oglesby, President; Samuel H. 
 Kennedy, Vice President ; Isaac N. Maynard, Manager. 
 
 There are ten Banks, members of the Association. These conii>rise 
 all the Banks in New Orleans, except the Metropolitan Bank, :is fol- 
 lows : 
 
 The Citizens' Bank of Louisiana; the Union National Bank; the 
 Louisiana National Bank; the State National Bank; the Germania 
 National Bank; the New Orleans 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 Camp street, known as the 
 "Tulane Building." 
 
 Mr. jNIaynard is well known as one of our ablest 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. E. 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. Mu.sson ; Treasurer, S. H. Kennedy ; Recording Secretary, W. 
 I. Hodgson; Corresponding Secretary, W. ISIiller Owen.— The Direc- 
 tors are": W. J. Behan, Sam'l Boyd, E. A. Burke, Llc^yd R. Coleman, 
 Jos. L.Harris, Jas. Jackson, I. L. Lyons, J. C. Morris, Archibald 
 Mitchell, J.J. Mellon, A. H. May, Adolph Meyer, Alfred Afoulton, A. A. 
 Maginnis, E. A. Palfrey, Henry Renshaw, Wm. B. Schmidt, and Col. 
 W. T. Vaudry. 
 
 At date, the classic monumental shaft, of Tennessee marble, rises 
 in massive but elegant proportions from a lofty mound in the centre of 
 Lee Circle (formerly Tivoli Circle), at the intersection of Triton Walk 
 and St. Charles street, and awaits only the marble statue for comple- 
 tion. This will be effected during 1S82. 
 
 N. O. AUXILIARY SANITARY ASSOCIATION. 
 
 The direct money loss inflicted on this city l»y the yellow fever 
 epidemic of 1S78, was estimated by the Board of Health at no less a sum 
 than $10,.572,00(). 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. 
 
The result was, the preliminary organization of the Auxiliary San- 
 itary Association in the fall of LS78, and its incorporation in April, 
 1879, for a period of twenty-five years. 
 
 From the start, the movement met hearty approval and liberal 
 jieciiniary support from the community. 
 
 The act of incorporation defines the objects of the Association to 
 be : " The execution of such lueasures as are, or may be, necessary for 
 " the preservation of life and the public health, and to prevent the 
 "introduction or spread of tlisease; and, to these ends, to aid and 
 " assist the public authorities in carrying iuto effect all proper ordi- 
 " nances or laws relative to public health ; and to adopt systematic 
 " measures for the collection and proper distribution of inoney or 
 " property derived from voluntary subscriptions or otherwise, in such 
 " manner as will best tend to preserve life and property, and promote 
 " the pros])erity and health of the city of New Orleans" 
 
 The corporate powers were vested in an Executive Committee, 
 composed of flfteen members, to be elected in April, annually ; and 
 with authority to appoint sub-committees. The original incorporators 
 and first Executive Connnittee were : Gen. Cyrus Bussey, Judge Geo. 
 H. Eraughn, Wm. C. Black, Albert Baldwin, James Bowling, Chas. 
 Clinton, P^dward Fenner, Geo. Foerster, Henry Ginder, Geo. Horter, 
 K. Heath, S. Hernsheim, James Jackson, E. B. Kruttschnitt, Chas. 
 Macready, H. J. Leovy, VV. B. Schmidt, I. H. Staufter, Chas. A.Whit- 
 ney, Thos. J. Woodward, F. Wintz, and M. J. Zuntz,— all among our 
 most intiuential 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, Geo. 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, Joim 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 : Gen. C. Bussey, Chairman ; Messrs- 
 \. Baldwin, H. Ginder, W. J^. Schmidt, T. J. Woodward, Jas.'Jack- 
 son, C. Clinton, Th. Forstall, Geo. Horter, Jules? Aldig(5, 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 and^healthy^city.'^and to 
 teach lier peojjle i)racticai ideas of sanitation, than all the State and 
 city anthorities and Boards of Health, since New Orleans was founded. 
 And that, too, economically, thoroughly and satisfactorily. 
 
APPENDIX. 225 
 
 ITALIAN SYMPATHY. 
 
 The following dispatch was sent over the wires to Clevehind on the 
 night of the 26th of September : 
 
 Nkw Oin-EANS, September 2t>th, 18S1. 
 To Mrs. Jas. A. Garfleld, Cleveland, Ohio : 
 
 " The Retail Fruit Dealers' Association of New Orleans, in special 
 meeting, tender to Mrs. (Tarfield the warm, heartfelt sympathy of the 
 sons of Italy, In their new homes, far away from their native land, 
 ar)d 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 orplians. 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 KESOLUTIONS. 
 
 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, "I 
 Washington, Oct. 12, 1881. j 
 
 A. H. May, Esq., 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 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 on 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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226 APPENDIX. 
 
 of the revered dead, which come to them and the American govern- 
 ment and i)eople in tliis hour of deep affliction from every part of tlie 
 Union, and especially for the touching programme of funeraKservices 
 on the 2(Jth ultimo, which accomitanies your formal invitation to me 
 to be present. 
 
 " I am, sir, vour oi)edient servant, ';"'^ - ^^y 
 
 JAMES G.^BLAINE. 
 
 Post Office Department, \ 
 Washington, D. C, October 10, 1881. j 
 
 " 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, J^a. 
 
 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 1829, 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 appeal's that twenty- 
 four members were present, otilcered 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 
 ( 'otton 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 nuiltitude of s])ectators were demoralized and 
 l)aralyzed. 
 
 Then, George Wait, My ford McDougall, Daniel (joodman, and D. 
 
APPENDIX. 227 
 
 8. Woodruff led a party of brave men to Leeds' Foundry on Girod 
 street; took charge of the fire engine there, belonging to Mr. Leeds,— 
 it was nicknamed the " Brass Back,"— and rendered such ellicient ser- 
 vice with it at the conflagration that they conceived the idea of 
 organizing a new tire company. 
 
 This was effected January 22d, 1830. The Company was duhhcd 
 the "Brass Back," and its officers were: Foreman, Geo. Wait; First 
 Assistant, D. S. Woodruff; iSecond Assistant, Chas. 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 Mis.sissippi No. 2; and on March 10th, 1880, their charter 
 was granted them through James Stewart and R. H. Brunet, of 
 "No. 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 aoth, 1830, 
 when the Company was provided with its own engine by the " Louis- 
 iana State Insurance Company," at a cost of §1507 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 fire, 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 spVang 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, l)aniel 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. : James English, 
 Chas. Diamond, B. F. Stafford, James Dickson and J. E. Webb. 
 
 A Committee of F'ive was appointed, consisting of Geo. Bedford, 
 L. H. Pigeon, R. H. Brunet, W. C. Brewer and L. Mallard, to report 
 
on the subject of tlie proposed Association. The convention then 
 adjourned until tlie 28d of October, when they again met, and on receiv- 
 ing a favorable report from the Committee, it was approved 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. Hendriclvson, Josepli D Haynes and John 
 R. Pully. — Mississippi No. 2 : Geo. Bedford, Ben Casey and A. W. 
 Haines.' — Lafayette No. 3 : L. A. Pigeon, S. Pigeon, N. Nedaud. — 
 Washington No. 4: L. Mallard, J. Vanschaick, B. M. George. — Colum- 
 bia No. 5: Samuel E. Kip, J. 8. Goodale, L. Parker. — Mechanics No. 
 tj : Geo. Brooks, James English and Chas. Diamond. 
 
 At the temporary organization, Ben Casey, of Mi.s.slssippi No. 2, 
 presiding, the following first regular Board of Officers was elected : 
 President, Chas. E- Hozey ; Vice President, R. H. Brunet; 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 tliat is annually the centre of intense intei'est 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. Bedford, 
 Mississippi No. 2, Secretary; R. H. Brunet, Columbia No. 5, Vice 
 President; Trad Ferry, Mississippi No. 2, Treasurer. 
 
 1836 — George Bedford, Mississippi No. 2, Pi-esident ; 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, 
 V^ice 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. Ijagan, 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. 
 
 184(i— J. A. Ameling, President; P. Corniff, Vice President ; F. W. 
 Blodget, Secretary; J. P. Breedlove, Protector Hose Co., Treasurer. 
 
 1847 — J. A. Ameling, President; G. \V. Harby, Vice President ; 
 F. W. Blodget, Secretary ; J. P. Breedlove, Treasurer. 
 
 1848— G. W. Harby, President; C Brugniens, No. 7, Vice Presi- 
 
APPENDIX. 229 
 
 dent ; Wm. H. Slack, Mississippi No. 2, Secretary ; J. E, Caldwell, 
 
 Treusurer. 
 
 1849— P. Cornift", President; C Brusnicns, Vice President; A. 
 Helauger, No. 9, .Secretary; J. E. Cukhvell, Treasurer. 
 
 1850—1. N. Marks, No. 13, President; John Adams, No. 5, Vice 
 President; E. H. Fosdick, Mississippi 2, Secretary; E. L. liercier, 
 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. 
 
 1858— 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. 20, Treasurer. 
 
 1857- 1. N. Marks, President; E. B. Smedes, No. 13, Vice Presi- 
 dent ; Josiah Folger, Secretary ; James Beggs, Treasurer. 
 
 18,58_X, K. Marks, President; R. L. Bruce, No. 14, Vice President; 
 i Josiah Folger, Secretary; Jas. Beggs, Treasurer. 
 
 I 1859—1. N. Marks, Pre.'^ident; 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. McCaflrey, No. 6, Treasurer. 
 
 1864.— I. N. Marks, President ; Jas. Douglas, No. 6, Vice President ; 
 Jas. Delamore, Secretary ; Jno. McCaffrey, Treasurer. 
 
 1865— I. N. Marks, President; G. W. R. Bayley, Louisiana Hose, 
 Vice President; Jas. Delamore, Secretary; Jno. McCaffrey, Treasurer. 
 
 1866—1. 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. 
 
 187,5-76—1. N. Marks, President; AV. H. Manning, >o. 12, \ice 
 President; C. C. Flanagan, Secretary ; W. J. Chevallier, Treasurer. .^ 
 1877-78—1. N. Marks. President ; W. H. Manning, Vice Presi- 
 dent; Henry Andry, H. and L. No. 4, Secretary ; W. J. Chevallier, 
 Treasurer. 
 
230 APPENDIX. 
 
 1879-80-81—1. N. Marks, President; G. H. Braughn, Vice Presi- 
 dent; Leon Bertoli, H. and L. No. 4, Secretary; (J. 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 for those members of the different Companies disabled in 
 tlie disciiarge 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 nam'es 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 Company. In the year 1843, he 
 first became identified with the Fire Departmeut.aud 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 1876, and had charge of the Department of Water Works 
 and Public Buildings. As will be seen by the Association's record, 
 lie 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, tlien 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- 
 tii^ued from time to time, until November, 1881, when it was sold at 
 public auction and purcliased by the Firemen's Charitable Asso- 
 ciation. 
 
APPENDIX. 2.il 
 
 111 Jrouary, 1856, the Association elected Mr. Alfred Belanger, of 
 Creole Ni.^. as its first Chief Eii.u:ineer. He was re-elected in January, 
 1857. In January, 1858, Mr. John F. <4rul>er, of Jackson, No. 18, was 
 elected, and re-elected in 18o!). ju January, 1S(>(), Mr. Behuif,'er was 
 again elected. In January, 1801, Mr. David liradluiry, of Hope Hook 
 and Ladder No. 3, was elected, and was re-elected "in LSfiL' and 18(i.3. 
 In 1864 Mr. Belanger was again elected, and re-elected in 18()5. In ]8()0, 
 Mr. Jacob Leidner was elected, and re-elected in 18()7. In January, 
 1868. Mr. Philip ]\IcCabe was elected 
 
 In January, 1869, Mr. Thomas O'Connor, the present incumbent, 
 was elected, and re-eltcted 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. I5eing 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 lias 
 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 of Hose Company No. 19 in l'854; and ^vhen it disbanded in 
 1855, he joined Columbia No. 5. 
 
 THE COMPANIES. 
 
 VoLUNTEEK 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. 
 
 MiLNEBURG No. 1.— Organized January loth, and incorporated 
 P^'ebruary 26th, 1852, 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, 1848. 
 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 : " We raise 
 tosave." — Organized with twenty-one members, Augustl3th, 1841. First 
 officers : J. S. Thatcher, Foreman ; H. Gillingham, First Assistant ; 
 Geo. Milias, Second Assistant; L. D. W. Hoyes, Secretary; David 
 Hadden, Treasurer. Incorporated April 2d, 1842. 
 
 Vigilant No. 3. — This Company was organized October 14tli, 
 1848, by the German element of the Second District, and on the 14th of 
 November, 1846, was regularly incorporated. On .\pril 27th, 1867, 
 they became the owners of a steam fire engine, in lieu of tlie old-fash- 
 ioned hand machine, which had done them and tiie public sucii 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." 
 
Hoi'K Hook AND Laddkk No. 3. — Motto : " Ready fij: dut3\" — 
 Org'anized with seventeen niemliers, Fehruary L5th, 1851*; %ith the 
 following otlieers ; Jos. Hoyt President; Bam'l Barnes, Secretary; 
 Frank Berge, Treasurer; David Bradbury, Foreman; J. Q. Adams, 
 First Assistant ; Thos. W. Stallin^L^s, Hecond Assistant. Among the 
 founders were: Tlios. N. Boylan, now Chief of Police; Wni. Austin, 
 M. Carroll, V. Hanlon, and C. Driscoll. Incoriwrated June 15th, 1851. 
 
 Pelican Hook and Ladder No. 4. — Motto: "With willing- 
 hearts we hasten to the rescue." — This Company was organized April 
 ISth, 1854, and incorporated July 14th, 1854, with twenty-six members. 
 The first officers were: President. C. N. Oliver; Vice President, Wni. 
 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. Roux, 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 Bros., 
 of Union street, in this city. 
 
 Columbia No. 5.— Motto: "Always ready."— Organized Septem- 
 ber 7th, 1884, 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 
 nth, 1837. First officers: Davy Toljy, Foreman; H. Gillingham. 
 First Assistant; Wm. Salker. Second Assistant; J. P. Nesbit, Presi- 
 dent; W^ni. 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, 1S34. 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, 
 1840. 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 wei'e : Louis 
 Mallard, Foreman ; D. Farrar, First Assistant: Tim Donnelly, Second 
 Assistant; Ren6 Vienne, Secretary; A. Morton, Treasurer. 
 
 Louisiana No. 10. — Organized July i8th, 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 jiumber of Creole residents of the then First Municipality, 
 witii the following officers: F. M. Guyol, President; T. Calonge, Sec- 
 
APPENDIX. 233 
 
 retary ; T. Laurant, Treasurer ; IT. B. Guyol, Foreman ; Armand Ouyol, 
 First Assistant ; T. Berot, Second Assistant. 'I'lie ])roci'e(iinKs of the 
 Company were condiieted entirely in tiie Frendi luiiKiiaKe until Feb- 
 ruary 9th, 1843, when, by a^reenient, a reorganization was elleeted, 
 and Louisiana No. 10 became a company of (iermaii speaking mem- 
 bers, with the following named persons as their first olTieers: L. Hoff- 
 mann, Foreman and President; Ph. Hiinerferuth, First A.ssistant ; 
 Ph. Reich, Second Assistant; F. Sambola, Treasurer; Chas. Umbers, 
 Secretary. 
 
 This Company is in a flourishing financial condition, and does 
 good service. 
 
 Trad Ferry No. 12.— Motto : "Our Name, our Example."— Or- 
 ganized and incorporated April IGth, is.srt, with tliirty-eight members. 
 Named after one of the most zealous and self-.sacriticing firemen of the 
 olden time. 
 
 Perseverance No. 13.— Motto: " Rougli and Ready."— Organized, 
 with sixteen members, March 30th, 1<S38; incorporated March 2oth, 
 1840. The loss of the early re(H:)rds of this Company and of those of 
 No. 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, Wilhelinus 
 Bogart, W. C. Raymond, D. R Carroll, Geo. Allen, Phil. MeCabe, 
 Sani'I 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 1S58. 
 
 No. 14 brought out from the North a new double-decked engine, 
 expecting to win with it the champion prize eagle oflfered 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. IS.— 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 j^ 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 
 
 ^4- A Ti Ti strppt's 
 
 The first officers were: James L. Lamothe, Foreman; A. Brunet, 
 First Assi.stant ; 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, 18a0, 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 arras, 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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234 APPENDIX. 
 
 Buckley, the First Assistant Foreman, was crushed to deatli by tlie 
 fulling walls. 
 
 The Company has now a roll of seventy exempt, and thirty-eight 
 active members. It owns a new third-class Ahrens steam tire 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 tlie engine to work. The horses are 
 attended to by the veteran John Holden, who has been with the Coni- 
 ]>any for sixteen years. Capt. E. R. Ferguson, a practical engineer of 
 twenty-five years' standing, attends to the Steamer. 
 
 .7ei- FKRSON, No. 22. — Motto : " Ready at the first sound."— Organ- 
 ized April 27th, 1845, with the following officers : Wm. Schmidt, 
 Foreman] Thos. Jones, First Assistant; M. Frank, iSecond 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, 18.50, in the 
 old City of Lafayette, as Washington No. 4, and on July 1st, 1851, reor- 
 ganized, under the present name, with tifty-two members, officered as 
 follows : James Jolls, Foreman ; Timothy Tracy, First Assistant; E. 
 Donlin, Second Assistant; John Dalj', Treasurer; H. P. Carpenter, 
 Secretary. 
 
 Crescent No. 24.— Motto : " True to the call."— Organized Octo- 
 ber loth, 1853, by R. 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 
 loth, 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 the scene of conflagra- 
 tion. In 1855, the late Professor C. G. 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 fires, 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'(jonnor 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 thii'ty- 
 tive fires, as follows : eighteen in January, thirteen in February, 
 filteen 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 lamj) 
 exj)losions, three by spontaneous coinbustion. The estimated amount 
 of insurance involved was $110,000; the estimated loss $518,834. 
 
APPENDIX. 235 
 
 The Department has in service nineteen steam engines, nineteen 
 hose carriages, four liook and huldcr trucks, and one hand engine. 
 Tlie Babcock clieniical engines used within the limits of the four Dis- 
 tricts, are a separate organization, under Captain Kolinski's superin- 
 tendence, and are tiie property of tlie Board of Underwriters. The 
 two organizations get along in complete harmony. 
 
 The line discipline of the l)e]);irtnient, its lull ecpiipment, its 
 thorough elliciency, liave attracted the praise of all experienced 
 judges; and its chief otlicers are in frecjuent receipt of letters from 
 leading Eurojjean municipal governments asking for information 
 concerning it, so as to amend and improve their own fire de])artments. 
 
 Of late, the City Council provided for a regularly Paid Fire De- 
 partment, and the Firemen's Ciiaritable Association took the contract. 
 iSonie changes have been made in the forms and powers of the man- 
 aging bureaux, but they will only add to the Department's eiti(.*iency- 
 and usefulness. 
 
 FIFTH DISTRICT DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Up to the early part of the year 1851, the town of Algiers, on the 
 right bank of the Mississii^pi, 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 tlieir 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 comimnies 
 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." — Tlie 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 V^ictor S6r6. 
 
 In 1852, the Company, through their-Building Committee, Messrs. 
 Robert Roberts, J. O. McLean and Wm. Sarazin, purchased a galley- 
 engine from Rogers «fc Son, of Baltimore ; and February 27th, 1853, the 
 engine was put into service. On May 21st, 1871, the Coinpaiiy 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 1851), 
 a ship lying at the Brooklyn w^arehouse pier, was discovered to be on 
 fire; and, in extinguishing the flames, w'bich 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, tliey, on the 29th of May, 1857, organized 
 themselves into a Fire Company, entitled "Brooklyn No, 2," with the 
 following officers, who were also the incorporators, October 5th, 1857: 
 Jolm A. Murray, President; Wm. Hunt, Vice President; James F. 
 (Iregory, Secretary ; Jerry Connet, 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 
 Pho?nix 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 tire 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, Fii'st 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, Miciiael James, Patrick Reed, Wm. Sutherland, 
 Jos. B. Williamson, Peter Ki'amme, Nicholas Amann, J. E. Blackwell, 
 and Bichard 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. K. 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 exi:)ense 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 nmsical 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 Ki'amme, 
 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 nuike 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 required a 
 
Hook and Ladder Company ; and to supply the necessary want, on 
 the 2d of September, lSo<), after several preliminary meetings, Wash- 
 ington No. 1 was organized by the following nameil 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; Wm. 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 the 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 the 29th of June, 1858, the "Firemen's Charitable Association 
 of Algiers," was duly incorporated with the following named charter 
 members: Jolin Brownlee, James T. Holmes, James W. Fitzhenry, 
 John Ormond, John A. Magehan, 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, Treasurt?r, 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. 
 
238 APPENDIX. 
 
 SIXTH DISTRICT DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Prior to the year 18o3, the good people of Jeflersoii City — now the 
 Sixtli Muiiic'ipHl District— depended entirely for protection against 
 lire on the New Orleans Department. Early in 1853, the Jetfersonians 
 cleterniiued to have a Eire Company of their own ; and accordingly on 
 JNIarch 31st, 1853, under the auspices of a nujnber of prominent citizens, 
 was incorporated : 
 
 Pionep:r No. 1, — and the following ofiicers were elected: Clem- 
 ent Brown, President; Willis Pearson Coleman, Vice President; 
 Wilmer H. Zimmerman, Secretary ; John Hellerich, Treasurer; T. E. 
 Walker, Captain ; John Bode, Eirst 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 
 otlier 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 fire, battling 
 bravely to extinguish the devouring flames, and save the property of 
 their fellow-citizens from destruction. 
 
 Pkotkctor No. 2. — Motto : " Deeds, not words." — The rapid 
 increase of residences in Jefferson City indicated the necessity of 
 another Eire Comjjany, and the want was filled April 27th, 1867, by 
 tlie organization of " Protector No. 2," by Messrs. H. P. Phillips, E. 
 Livaudais, G. J. Ereret, 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 tirst 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 
 tirst within the District, introduced a horse as the motive power of their 
 engine. " Pat Traveler " proved worthy of his name. 
 
 In December, 187U, Protector No. 2 again exhibited its character- 
 istic progressive spirit, by being the tirst 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 buiding 
 it now occupies, on Napoleon Avenue near St. Charles street. 
 
 Much of the success of Protector No. 2 is due to the zeal, enterpi'ise 
 and hard work of H. P. Phillips, who was one of its incorporators; 
 was Eoreman for seven years, and vacated the position in 1876, 
 only to assume the more onerous duties of Chief Engineer of the 
 Department. 
 
 The Ofiicers for 1881 are: John C Bach, President; Louis Cor- 
 mier, Vice President; R. W. Young, Recording Secretary; J. T. W. 
 Mason, Einancial Secretary; B. Mouladons, Treasurer ; D. Wicker, 
 Foreman ; T. Michel, Eirst Assistant; W. C. Lowe, Second Assistant ; 
 J. Reiiimer, Housekeeper; B. Burst, Engineer; and Delegates to 
 the Sixth E. C. A.: J. C. Bach, D. Wicker, T. Michel, W. C. Lowe 
 and Geo. Achor. 
 
 YotiNd Amkkica, No. 3.— This Company was organized April 1st, 
 1867, by some twenty of the leading young men of Jefterson City, under 
 
the name of " Young America Fire Company No. 2." But none of its 
 members l)eing of legal age, tliey were niiahle to have their Asso- 
 eiatioii chartered until the 24tli of March, ISIJ.S. Jn the meantime, 
 another Company had been organized, chartered, and adopted tlie 
 number " 2." Young America tlierefore changed their number to '' :5," 
 which it has continued to tlie present (hiy.— During tlie 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 liouse from place to place. Nothing daunted, however, they 
 continued their exertions, and gradually ])rogressed, until in 1875, tliey 
 were enabled to i)urchase 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 fire engine, which they succeeded in doing 
 in 1879, buying then a fourth-class "Ahrens." The Conqmny now 
 own their own house, steam fire 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 l)y, 
 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. B. Gill, Chas. L. Kchopp, 
 D. Cohn, Clias. L. Voltz, A. C. Winn, T. J. Kammer, 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.'Ust of May, 
 the actio'n 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 s])irit which actuated the organ- 
 izers of the Company, by donating two imported horses, magnificent 
 bays, which cost $200. They were christened resi)ectively "A. C. 
 Winn " and " P. J. Kammer." A chemical engine was then borrowed 
 by Engineer Phillips from Captain Graudjean, of the Babcock Corps, 
 and on the 26th of July, 18S1, 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 Pbillips. Only 
 the " heads " were purchased from the manufacturer, and then only 
 because those articles of machinery were i^rotected 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 l>y tlie 
 
240 APPENDIX. 
 
 big wheels. The wood work and running gear of this splendid engine 
 are constructed in that neat and substantial manner characteristic of 
 J. Hchwartz & 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 15th of September, 1881, Phillips No. 4 cele- 
 brated the formal occupation of their present premises. 
 
 HoiME Hook and Ladder No. 1.— In October, 18.58, 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 18-59 the Company obtained a truck and 
 ladders, and moved to a vacant house 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 1867 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, 1S53, Messrs. Jno. A. Meyers, V. Leightman, P. 
 Blessey, J. Friedle and A. Miller, of Pioneer No. 1, — Jno. T. Michel, 
 Tlios. 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- 
 
nor and K. T. Perrilloux, of Protector No. 2,— and Jos. Berle, Chris. 
 Weiss, Jno. Weiss, Wni. Tlionias and C. Auer, of Younj? America 
 No. 3, met and organized a Firemen's Cliarital)le Association for .Jefler- 
 son City, witli the following oflicers elected to serve until .January, 
 18f)9: President, Hon. Jno. T. Michel ; Vice President, P. lilessey ; 
 Secretary, H. C. Brown ; Treasurer, Daniel O'Brien ; Chief Engineer, 
 Jno. A. Meyers. 
 
 At a subsequent meeting held March !»th, 1S()8, the thirty-fir.st 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 tiremen, active and exempt, in full uniform, and the 
 honorary members, with engines, trucks, hose-carriages and horses, 
 participate — making a spirit-stirring display. 
 
 Tn April, 1S68, the Association was regularly chartered, and sin(!e 
 that time has been recognized as one of the foremost tiremen's benevo- 
 lent associations of the country. It has been successively ottieered as 
 follows; In 1869. — President," Hon. Jno. T. Micliel ; Vice President, 
 Wm. J. Cooney ; Secretary, H. V. Phillips ; Treasurer, Daniel O'Brien. 
 
 During this year the City of Jefferson appropriated ?400() for the 
 l)enetit of the Association, and contracted with it for the extinction of 
 tires during the j'^ear. 
 
 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, Ceo. Weiss. 
 
 In 1873. — President, P. Blessey ; Vice President, H. Liud ; Secre- 
 tary, C. C. Piper; Treasurer, Geo. Weiss. 
 
 In 1874. — President Eugene May ; Vice President, J. Bendernagel ; 
 Secretary, C. C. Piper ; Treasurer, Geo. Weiss. 
 
 In 1875-76.— President, Eugene May ; Vice President, Jno. C. 
 Bach ; Seci'etary, C. C. Piper ; Treasurer, Geo. Weiss. — In 1865, a 
 Babcock chemical engine was added to the fire extinguishing appa- 
 ratus. 
 
 In 1877.— President, Eugene May ; Vice President, Jno. C. Bach ; 
 Secretary, Fredricl^ Geis ; Treasurer, Geo. Weiss. 
 
 In 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. AV. 
 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 Admin isti'ator 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 25tli, 1881, Phillips Fire Company No. 4, 
 named in honor of tlie Chief Engineer, was admitted to the 
 Association. 
 
 FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH. 
 
 Tills indispensable apparatus has been in operation in the Sixth 
 District Department since December, 1879. The system is that known 
 as " Ganiewell's Automatic." There are now in use twenty-nine 
 Gamewell's automatic non-interference boxes, six gongs in engine- 
 
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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 iSuperintendent is Chi( f 
 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 18B9, to fill these responsible offices, Jno. A. 
 INIeyers was selected as Chief Engineer of the Sixth District Depart- 
 ment and four assistants were assigned him, as follows : First Assistant, 
 J. Eugelbracht; Second Assistant, H. F. Davis; Third Assistant, T. 
 Micht'i ; Fourth Assistant, C. Auer. 
 
 On July LSth, 1870, Chief Engineer Meyers resigned and J. Engel- 
 i>racht was elected, witli 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, (x. J. Freret ; 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. lilngelbracht. 
 
 In 1872. — Chief Engineer, Louis Madere ; First Assistant, J. H. 
 Dick ; Second Assistant, S. Rapp. 
 
 In 1873. — Chief Engineer, S. F. Parmele ; First Assistant, F. 
 Geis ; Second Assistant, Geo. Achor. 
 
 In 1874.— Chief Engineer, S. F. Parmele; First Assistant, John 
 Friedel ; vSecond Assistant, E. Engelbracht. 
 
 In 187ri. — Chief Engineer, Horace P. Phillips ; First Assistant, J. 
 Luther ; Second Assistant, J. Munsch. 
 
 In 187(3. — Chief Engineer, H. P. Phillips ; First Assistant, Geo. 
 Pelts; Second Assistant, Jno. Munsch. 
 
 On June 20th, 1876, the City of New Orleans entered into a contract 
 with the Association for the extinction of fires for three years, at S>18,- 
 000 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 into a contract 
 with the City of New Orleans to extinguish fires for five years, from 
 December 15th, 1879, to December 15th, 1884, at an annual rate of §18,- 
 0(10. At the meeting of the Association, held Augu.st 27th, 1879, and in 
 a<'Cordance with the terms of the contract, H. P. Phillips was elected 
 Chief F]ngineer; D. Wicker, First Assistant; J. Brink, Second Assist- 
 ant ; each for the full term of the contract. 
 
 In 1880, Chief F^ngineer H. P. Phillips holding over. First Assist- 
 ant F. (tcIs 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. 
 
 CiriEK F]N(;iNKE]i HoHACK 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 
 
APPENDIX. 24,'> 
 
 and associated liimself first, with the well known wholesale j^rocery 
 house of Shropshire, Anderson it Co., and then witli that of J. W. 
 Carter. In the latter part of Lsiis, he severed his connection with 
 commercial pursuits and a])plied Ids literary talent to the conduct of 
 the " Jefferson Journal," of which live newsi)aper he was editor and 
 proprietor. He was also Clerk of tlie Jefferson City Council. 
 
 When the City of Jefferson was annexed to tlie City of New Or- 
 leans, Mr. Phillips i-etired from tiie field of journalism and devoted 
 himself to the study of extinguislung fires. In hS7() he was appointed 
 by the Board of Underwriters as Inspector of the Hixtli District, which 
 position he still holds. In 187() he was chosen Chief Engineer of the 
 Sixth District Fire Department, and is now entering on his third 
 term, which does not expire until Decend)er loth, 1SS4. 
 
 In 1S79, Mr. Phillips was elected a mend)er of the House of Rep- 
 resentatives from the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Wards, receiving 
 the lai'gest majority ever accorded a Democratic (;andidate 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 
 yeaVs of labor, succeeded in establishing a successful system of Fire 
 Alarm Telegraph, described elsewhere, and of which he was a])pointed 
 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 be 
 holds is the best evidence of the e.steem 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 eflacient 
 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 deternuned 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. Kerncr, Secretary ; F. Schu- 
 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 Ibllows : President, H. Weidie ; Vice 
 President, A. Spiess ; Secretary, G. Geier ; Treasurer, H. Lochte ; 
 Foreman, P. Herman ; First Assistant, T. Helwick. Delegates to 
 F. C. A. : H. Lochte, 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. Bouliar, Secretary ; L. 
 A. Heaton, Treasurer; J. C- Wilson, Foreman; Geo. Herrle, First 
 Assistant ; A. C. Ives, Second Assistant, and M. Dennison, Steward.— 
 Notwitlistunding 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 : 
 Imving 125 members on the roll ; a fine 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. C. 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 J'lRE COMPANY No. 2. Mr. John Davenport 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 "fire companies, 
 they first used a hand engine, but now have a fine "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 liini, Lieut. Hodgson rapidly organized the 
 "Fifth Company," with one hundred and fifty names on the rolls 
 and olfi(Hn-ed as follows : Captain, W. I. Hodgson; First Lieutenant', 
 Tlieo. A. James ; Junior First Lieutenant, R. Banister; Second Lieut- 
 enant, Jerry G. Pierson ; Junior Second Lieutenant, E. L. Hews. 
 Tlie Company put tiie dilapidated arsenal on Girod street in tenanta- 
 l)Ie order, and organized a full battery and company equipment; guns, 
 
APPENDIX. 245 
 
 caissons, harness, etc. Durin<^' the first year of the Avnr they regularly 
 sent reinforcements and supplies to the (.'oin panics in Virginia. 
 
 In February, 1862, at (-apt. Hodgson's re(iuest, (Jen. E. L. Tracy 
 ordered an election of officers for active service in the field. The 
 i-esult is given further on. -On the 1st of March, 1K(!2, 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 Company was mustered into service by 
 Lieut. P\ "C. Zacharie, of Gen. Mansfield Lovell's stati", on March 6th, 
 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 Ctrand Junction, Tenn., until the end 
 of March, the ('ompany 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. Legar6. 
 
 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 ancl remaining in command vmtil the end of 
 the war. 
 
 The difterent officers during the company's service from March, 
 1862, on, were: Captains : W. T. Hodgson, Cuthbert H. Slocomb.— i^iV.s^^ 
 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 
 Legar6, 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, 
 Jno. 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, Wm. 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. Freiler, Henry Ferand, 
 (t J. Freret, R. W. Frazer, Jno. Fitzgerald, D. J. Fitzwilliams, M, 
 Fox, C. N- False, Ben. H. Green, Jr., K. C. Giflen, Wm. B. Giff'en, 
 Fred. Goodwyn, Wnj. Golnier, A. Gaines, J. F. Gomez, Henry Gordon, 
 Geo. Giles, Jno. Gillespie, M. Greenwood, P. P. Greenwood, 8. Galpin, 
 F. H. Galpin, C. J. Harnett, G. W. Hamilton, >S. Higgins, J. H. Hauey, 
 W. B. Hay ward, 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. R. Kent, L. M. Kennett, Jr., Thos. 
 Keheo, Pat. Keyes, J. M. Lamare, John Leary, C. A. Levie, Pat. Long, 
 Henry Logan, Geo. H. Law, H. H. Lonsdale, Oscar F. Legar^, 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. McCormaek, Jno. Metzler, Fred. Morel, Wm. Mathes, 
 
 B. R. Miller, Wm. McGregor, R. McMillan, H. M. McNair, L. 
 Marquette, Robt. Murray, Geo. Nish, W. J. Newman, S. B. New- 
 man, Jr., H. V. Ogden, Wallace Ogden, Jno. O'Dounell, Jno. 
 
 Ponder, C. R. Percy, Philips, Geo. W. Pugh, J. E. Pugh, 
 
 Roht. Pugh, K. Robertson, Alphonse Rost, E. F. Reichert, D. A. 
 liice, E. Rickets, W. H. Richards, Pat. Ryan, Sam. F. Russell, Jno. W. 
 Read, E. Ruffier, 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. Veeque, 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. W^atson, R. L. Wheatley, 
 
 C. S. Wing, T. B. Winston, Jas. Williams, Morris Williams, J. H. 
 Young.— ^^so.- 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. Blaffer, John Boardman, M. J. Beebe, C. B. Broad- 
 well, W. N. Calnies, E. Chai'les, Jas. Clarke, J. T. Crawford, H. C 
 Campbell, Joseph Denegre, J. H. Duggau, John Devereux, Henry 
 Day, Jas, R. Daley, A. M. Fahenstock, E. C. Feinour, E. Fehrenbach, 
 John Eraser, Chas. W. Fox, W. A. Freret, R. Farrell, M. Farrel, Robt. 
 Gibson, Jas. F. Gifieu, 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. MeCown, D. C 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. Withau, 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- 
 iiion, S. Myers, D, H, Willis. 
 
APPENDIX. 247 
 
 The " Fifth Company " was continually in active service, at the 
 front, in the campaigns of the Army of 'reiinessee. It ])ar<icipated 
 in more than forty battles and engagements, ojx'iiing at Shiloh ami 
 closing at Spanish Fort, — l)eing in that jxTiod one iiuudred and 
 twenty-one days and seventy-seven nighls under tire ; having ten 
 guns demolished in battle, in addition to six guns abandoned at 
 Missionary Ridge, after being spiked and disabled ; two guns 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, 18(i5, — 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 l)usiness that 
 he had inherited from his father. Of genial, simjjle manners, clear 
 head, kind heart, remarkably sound sense, strict integrity, untiring 
 energy, trained business qualifications and thorough ])ublic 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, notonly in the immediate circle of family 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. S. 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 Comj)any K., First 
 Louisiana Infantry, Corps d' Afrique ; 
 
 President: Thos. W. Wickham, late Quartermaster Sergeant, 
 Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry; 
 
 First Vice President: J. B. Hnntun, 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 ; 
 
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 U. S. Infantry; 
 
 Physician: Dr. J. T. Newman. 
 
 The handsome manner in which the Society paraded on the day 
 of the Garfield Funeral Procession,- is described on pages 108 and 10*J. 
 
 RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 At a special meeting of the Union, held just before the Procession, 
 the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: 
 
 " Wherfas, The extraordinary civic virtues of the deceased Execut- 
 ive render his untimely taking oflT 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 huml)le 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 (-bief Magis- 
 trate has been suddenly plunged from a career of remarkal)ly 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 forev^er inscribe on the tablet of our menu)ry 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 childi'en ; 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 2Hth, 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 118 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 
 others'of the Cotton Yard Men's Benevolent Association, Branch No. 
 
One (whites), on the llthofJiimuiry, 1880. The organization underwent 
 many disadvantages of all kinds ;it lirst, hut gradually prospered and 
 strengthened, and was incorporated on the otli of May, 1880, having 
 three hundred nienihers on the roll. Like tiie white association, it 
 was organized to mutually aid its memhers, mostly cotton rollers, 
 scale hands, samjjlers, etc., hoth as a benevolent society and as a body 
 of workingnien. The two bodies, white and colored, work in full 
 harmony. 
 
 The following were the lirst-offlcers of the Association : Major 
 Enisley Brower, President; Jos. Valentine, Vice President; Charles 
 D- Bowers, Recording Secretary ; Thos. (i. Jetlerson, Financial .Secre- 
 tary ; Wm. James, Treasurer; Chas. K. Powell, Chairman Finance 
 Committee ; Cyrus P. Spotts, Chairman Investigation Committee ; 
 Champion Hayes, Chairman llelief Committee ; Benj. 1). 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, Banner Bearer ; Louis Decourdeaux, Chair- 
 man FinaneeCommittee, and J. E. Allen andLsaacL. Brown, mejnbers; 
 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 Piuchback, this 
 Society had all its officers with it, as given in the sketch of its parade, 
 on page 1 16. 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 25th of April, 1867, 
 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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250 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Secretary; Henry White, Trustee; Joseph Welsh, Grand Marshal, 
 and Albert Neville, Frank Simmons and Wm. Robertson, Assistant 
 Marshals. 
 
 The Society is nearly two hundred strong, and is prosperous and 
 ellicient. In resi)onse to Mayor Shakspeare's.iproclamation, the 
 Officers and Members reported to him through President Wm. 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 the procession. 
 
 MAGNOLIA LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This Society was organized on tiie 2.5th of January, 1880, and 
 incorporated on the 14th of July of the same year. The Association 
 has prospered in the short Lime since it was founded, and has done 
 much to assure employment, to its inembers in handling the myriads 
 of freight received and shipped on the Levee. 
 
 The Airisociationjled the Ninth ]Division, under Marshal Dumont, 
 on the 26th oti September. The Officers of the Association, besides 
 those jnentioned as in the procession, on pagejll2, are: Alfred Jen- 
 kins, Chairman of SRelief Committee; J. H. Williams, Chairman 
 Board of Trustees; Richard Dunn, Chairman Finance Committee; 
 Alfred Claugh, Chairman Investigating Committee; F. Pishon, 
 Treasurer ; S. Snuth and John Narcisse, Flag Bearers ; Nathan 
 Hewes, Banner Bearer; and Chaiilain, Rev. Felix Castra. 
 
 YOUNG AND TRUE FRIENDS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 This Society was organized; on the"|7th' of February, 18S0, and 
 incorporated' on the 14th of January, ISSl. 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; Geo.'D. Geddes, Treasurer; John Rey- 
 nolds, Marshal. /I'liey were all out with the'Society in the Procession of 
 September 2(ith, leading, as described on page 11-5, the Tenth Division, 
 under Marshal Pinch back. 
 
 LONGSHOREMEN'S PROTECTIVE UNION, No. 2. 
 
 This Association was organized on the 29th of October, 1873, and 
 incorporated on the 2.3d of March, 1874, by an act of the Legislature, 
 signed by Gov. Kellogg. 
 
 'i here are now 4.5(» membersjon the roll. The Association is one of 
 mutual aid and benevolence, protecting '.the^interests of its members 
 as among tlu; thousands of hard workhig, stalwart men on the Levee. 
 The Union was the sixth Society in line in the Ninth Divisioii, under 
 Marshal Dumont. Its excellent display there, "and its Officers' names 
 ai)i)ear on page 114. 
 
EQUAL JUSTICE MARINE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 Second in the Division, under Marshul Pinchback, this Society 
 attracted much notice by their neat appearance and elef!:ant banner, as 
 described on pages IIT) and IKi. Tlie Associalioii was (triianizcd in 
 March, 1S77, and incorporated in July, 1S7<S, its objects bcinj^ of a 
 charitable nature. The Otticcrs' iiaines are given in tlie description 
 referred to. In addition, tliere are the Trustees: O. C Miller, Ed. J. 
 Reed, Philip Papain, and Henry Osburn. 
 
 TEAMSTERS' AND LOADERS' UNION BENEVOLENT 
 ASSOCIATION. 
 
 The eiglit liundred members of tliis Society play a very important 
 part in the transliipment of freights of all kinds, from and to railroads, 
 steamboats, sliips, steamsliips and warehouses. The organization is for 
 both Ijusiness and eliaritable purj^oses, and these are l)otla well carried 
 out. The Association was organized April '29th. 188(1. The tirst 
 Officers elected continued in position in 1881, and are tliose mentioned 
 on page 113, in the description of the Association in the Nintli Division 
 of the Procession, with tlie additions of J. 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 cliiefly through the exer- 
 tions of Mr. Richard Learson, aided l)y Messrs. Placide Decou, Jules 
 Amand, Mirtil R. Crocker, and V. L'Herriss6. The first meeting 
 was on September 12th, 1877, at tlie '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. I<"or 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 i)rofessional 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 j^har- 
 maceutical, medical and pecuniary assistance to the sick, and burying 
 the dead at the expense of the Association. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 The ])resent Officers, with Mr. Jules Amand as President, — the 
 otliers appear on page 117 — have held their positions from the first 
 year, or four years in succession, which 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 j^rinciples of the Republican 
 })arty." — 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 estin)ated at numy thousands. 
 Among them can be found the. leading Colored 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 : Wni. Rodolph, A. A. Maurice, Peter Joseph, Jacques 
 A. Gla, and J. Madison Vance. The latter is tiie present President. The 
 other Officers' names appear in the report, on page 113, of the dis^^lay 
 the Union made in the Procession, under Marshal A. .J. Duniont. 
 
 GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. 
 
 HISTORY OF THE ORDER IN THIS COUNTRY. 
 
 The appearance, in the Eighth Division, under Marshal Lewis, of 
 tlie Officers and Members of the difierent 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. 646, opened 
 in 184.'), in Philadelphia. In December of that year, this Lodge was 
 granteil i)Ower by the English Connnittee of Management, to form a 
 Sub-(!(imjnittee of Managejnent for tiiis country, and all the Lodges of 
 this (Continent are under the jurisdiction of this vSub-Conniiittee. This 
 Sub-Committee is elected bi-annually by the general Moveable Com- 
 mittee, which is conii>osed of Delegates from the tiifi'erent Lodges in 
 America. 
 
 The new Order soon found favor with the Colored Citizens through- 
 out tlie country, and subordinate Lodges were rapidly established. 
 'I'liey exist in almost every State in the Union; also in Canada, the 
 Pcrmudas, the Bahanuis, in Cuba, and the British West India Islands. 
 Tlicrc are over 2000 branches of the Order on this continent, more than 
 half of which ai'e in the United States, — including 755 Lodges, 212 
 llouscliolds of Ruth, (for female members), sixty-two Past Grand 
 
APPENDIX. 253 
 
 Masters' Chapters, and nineteen Patriarchies. In the United States, 
 Canada, Cuba, and the British West Indies, there are 150, 00(1 members; 
 ill England, Scotland, Wales, and Australia, (5UU0 branches, with 
 500,0(10 members. 
 
 In the United States, the Order is composed almost exclusively of 
 (.'olored men, but nevertheless the organizauon liiiows no man by his 
 color, age, politics, or religion. The latest report at hand shows for the 
 United States 24,124 members; (iOU Past Otlicers; brothers relieved in 
 the year, 23, (j44; buried, 303; widows relieved, 345; orphans relieved, 
 210; total amount paid to the sick, |27,772 81; for funerals, |16,130 19; 
 to widows, §14125 60; for charity, |4744 72; value of property, $141,001 29; 
 total invested, value of property, and in funds, $208,533 70. 
 
 In Louisiana tliere are seventeen Lodges, one Household of Kuth, 
 one Past Grand Masters' Chapter and ouePatriarchie.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, D. B. Bowser, Philadelphia. Directors: 
 A. K. Manning, Washington, D. C; B. F. Gross, Allegheny City, Pa ; 
 J. Pennoyer Jones, Deslia 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 Napoleouville, 
 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, memt)ers.— 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 Crfiole 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 Olficers: Edward Williams, P. N. G. ; James C. Graves, 
 
254 APPENDIX. 
 
 N. G. ; Cyrus P. Spotts, V. G. ; A. A. Gains, Elec Secretary ; Edward 
 J. Webb, Treasurer ; James A. Cottrell, Per. Secretary ; A. Minor, 
 ('ba])hun ; Huzeiiie Pepp, Conductor; H. Banks, I. G. ; G. Hill, O. ({. 
 This Lodge was instrumental in establishing the Order through- 
 out the State ; also in calling into existence Past Grand Masters Coun- 
 cil JN'o. 80, Houseliold of Ruth No. 86, and Orleans Patriarchie No. 7. — 
 The membership is now 135. Within the last nine years the Lodge 
 has expended over $12,000 lor 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 tirst Grand Master for the 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. 
 
 Pkidk of Louisiana, No. 1529, was installed May 12th, 1878, 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 ; D.Gibson, 
 I. G. ; J.H. Grinnell, O. G. ; S. Ratclitt", Warden; H. Hicks, Con- 
 ductor ; W. E,. Boyd, E,. 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 Ofticers were: Wm. 
 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. F. ; James Weaver, I. G. ; R. Harris, Warden. During the 
 year 1881 the Lodge expended |907 54 for sick reliefs, for widows and 
 ori^hans, 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 participate 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 
 CJlias. B. Wilson,— the latter as Chairman, — to report appropriate 
 Resolutions. The.se were adopted unanimously, as follows : 
 
 " Whereat': 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- 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 est and dearest to him; and being desii-oii.s of testifyiiif^ our n-speet for 
 his memory, and our earnest and aflectionate sympathy with tlie 
 househoUl deprived of its eartliiy liead ; tlierefore 
 
 '' Be itrcHoivrd, Tliat we tenderly condole with the family of our 
 martyred President in their hour of trial and alUiction ;"and we 
 devoutly commend^l^them |to^the keeping of Him who looks with 
 pitying eye upon the Widow and the Fatlierless. 
 
 " Resolved, That we accept the invitation of Ills honor, Mayor 
 Shaksi^eare, to participate in the ifuneral 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 for" tlie Christian character 
 of a good man, who, being amiable, won all : intelligent, charmed 
 all; fervent, loved all ; and dead, saddened all." 
 
 LOUISIANA AND GARFIELD. 
 
 Gov. L. A. WiLTZ died a few weeks after President Garfield. 
 
 Gov. S. D. McEneby, 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. McEnery thus wrote: 
 
 " There was a general confidence among the people that his 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 had 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 81 the width of the superb funeral car is given as " twenty," instead of 
 "twelve feet."— The only excuse for such errors is that ancient but excellent one 
 concerning "accidents" and "best regulated families." 
 
 The hearty thanks of the Compiler and the Publisher are respectfully tendered 
 to the Offtcers 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 intei'esting Sketches in the " Appendix." 
 
 E. C. WHARTON, Compiler. AL. DONNAUD, Publisher. 
 
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