Chicago, the busy, restless metropolis, held a memorial procession yesterday in honor of the great leader whose life has become part of the history of this city. Here he was nominated for the presidency by a powerful political party, and Chicago also had been the home of the despicable creature Guiteau, whose sordid efforts to attain fame, no matter how, made him the murderer of the man concerning whom the nation felt that he would become the greatest President that the United States had ever had.

What Chicago undertakes generally assumes colossal proportions....The multitude, which usually expresses itself boisterously at processions, maintained an almost deathlike silence, although probably more than a hundred thousand people lined the street for a distance of three miles....All business was suspended.....

2

Michigan Avenue, south of Madison Street, served as the gathering place for the various divisions. The few police were powerless to control the immense throng. However, a semblance of order was brought out of chaos, mostly through the co-operation of the crowd, which complied with the orders of the leaders and officers of the procession without argument and as well as was possible, considering the surging multitude, and this enabled the marchers to form in ranks....

The Great Procession

Start: Monroe Street and Michigan Avenue....through the downtown section....back to Michigan Avenue south of Eldridge Court, where the procession dissolved. The procession was arranged as follows: Twelve mounted policemen led by Lieutenant Baus and General Forsythe and staff, First Cavalry Regiment on foot, Second Infantry Regiment, music, Sixth Infantry Regiment, Lackay Zouaves, Tobey's Battery, music, Sixteenth Regiment (colored), music, First Infantry Regiment, George Thomas Post G.A.R., music, Whittier Post G.A.R., Lyons Post G.A.R., Post Number 3Twenty-eight G.A.R., Custer Post G.A.R., John Brown Post G.A.R., Abraham Lincoln Post G.A.R., Twenty-fourth Infantry (Hecker) Regiment, Union Veterans' Club, Nineteenth Illinois Veterans' Regiment, Templars, catafalque, Templars on horseback, music, Grand Commandery of Illinois (branch of a German order), Mont Joie Commandery mounted, Apollo Commandery, Chicago Commandery Number Nineteen, St. Bernard Commandery, Chevalier Bayard Commandery, music.

Free and Accepted Masons

Grand Lodge, Garden City Lodge Number 141, Hesperia Lodge 411, Kilwinnin Lodge 311, Dearborn Lodge 310, T. C. Turner Lodge 400 [or 409, type illegible], Pleiades Lodge 478, Buffalo Lodge 161, National Lodge 596, Chicago Lodge 437, Cregier Lodge 643, Home Lodge 508, Lincoln Park Lodge 611, Keystone Lodge 639, Waldeck Lodge 674, Chicago Lodge 437 [Translator's note: Probably an error, since the lodge is listed above], Richard Cole Lodge 697, Western Star Lodge 1443, Golden Fleece Lodge 1615, Apollo Lodge 642, Ezekiel 4Lodge 1605, Oriental Lodge 33, Mystic Star Lodge 758 [end of Free and Accepted Masons],

St. Andrews' Society, Drum Corps, Bohemian Sharpshooters' League, music, Bohemian lodges,and associations, music,

Knights of Pythias

Chicago Division Number Seven, Germania Lodge 2, Excelsior Lodge 3, Gauntlet Lodge 4, Cosmopolitan Lodge 6, Hoffnung [Hope] Lodge 7, Goethe Lodge 8, De Molay Lodge 13, Schiller Lodge 15, Washington Lodge 32, Thorwaldsen Lodge 41, Ottokar Lodge 78, Apollo Lodge 4, Scandia Lodge 80, Kosciusko Lodge 83, Chicago Lodge 88, Fort Dearborn Lodge [no number], Damon Lodge 4,

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Chosen Friends Lodge Number....[Translator's note: Figures missing], Illinois 5Lodge 3, Chicago Lodge 10, Alexander Lodge 19, Germania Lodge 40, Humboldt Lodge 101, Excelsior Lodge (in uniform) 108, Hermann Lodge 110, Teutonia Lodge 114, Apollo Lodge 165, Robert Blum Lodge 58, Palm Lodge 467, Progress Lodge 524, Goethe Lodge 329, Hoffnung [Hope] Lodge 353, Northwestern Lodge 388, Garden City Lodge 389, Olympic Lodge 477, Douglas Lodge 432, Harmonia Lodge 221, Lily of the West Lodge 407, Syria [or Sylia, print indistinct] Lodge 451, J. P. Potts Lodge 561, Accordia Lodge 556, Eclipoe [perhaps Eclipse] Lodge 22, Peabody Lodge 613, music, Hutten Lodge 378, Balatka Lodge [no number], Southwest Lodge 484 [end of I.O.O.F.],

Music, Mayor Harrison on horseback, aldermen and city officials in coaches, music, chief of police, fire marshals, police captains, firemen, policemen, black-draped police wagon, employees of the sheriff's office, letter carriers and postal employees, music, Italian societies, Christopher Columbus Club, Scandinavian societies,

6

Colored Orders

Templars Commandery of the Grand Master [a branch the Order of St. John], Honorable Patriarchs, John Jones Lodge, Golden Light Lodge, Hutchinson Lodge, Apple of Discord Lodge 65, Brethren of Union (Thirty lodges), Knighte of Pythias (colored), music [end of colored orders],

Order of Foresters

Schiller Court 60, Centennial Court 6, Eureka Court 8, Brisco Court 9, Holsatia Court 10, Amity Court 11, Freiheit [Liberty] Court 12, Germania Court 13, Northwestern Court 14, Unity Court 15, Concordia Court 16, Chicago Court 17, Friendship Court 18, Energy Court 19, Washington Court 20, Arion Court 21, Industry Court 22, America Court 23, Cesky Lev Court 24, Vorwaerts [Forward] Court 25, Schiller Court 26, Ceska Koruna Court 27, Lincoln Court 28, Liberty Court 29, Benevolence Court 30, Highland Court 31, Douglas Court 732, Vega Court 33, Progress Court 34, Jefferson Court 35, Enterprise Court 36, Fidelity Court 37 [end of Order of Foresters],

Miscellaneous Associations

music, J. O. Swithjod, St. Pius Club, Irish Temperance and Benevolent Associations, music, Seamen's Union, Ehrenritter [Knights of Honor], Scandia Lodge 1211, Garden City Lodge, Kosciusko Lodge, Gesangverein [Singing Society] Harmonia, Polish Tailors' Association, music, St. Joseph's Bohemian Society, American Protestant Association, Procop Association, Knights of St. George, North Star Lodge, fourteen lodges of the Bohemian Order C.S.P.S., Nora Lodge, Knights of the White Cross, Norwegian Singing Society, music, Hibernian Rifles, Ancient Order of Hibernians, St. Paul's Society, St. Aloysius Society [end of Miscellaneous orders],

German Associations and Orders

8

Marshal Hermann Pomy and his staff on horseback, music, Veterans' Association, Turngemeinde [Gymnastic Association], Turnverein Vorwaerts (Forward Gymnastic Club), Aurora Turnverein, Bohemian Turnverein, Orpheus Maennerchor, Germania Maennerchor, Liederkranz Eintracht (Concord Singing Society), Freier Saengerbund (Free Singers' Alliance), Liedertafel Vorwaerts (Forward Song Club), Allemannia Saengerbund (Allemannia Singers' Alliance), Wirtheverein (Saloonkeepers' Association), Plattdeutscher Verein (Low German Association), Thueringer Verein (Thuringian Society), Darmstaedter Verein (Darmstadt Society), Bavaria Club, Badischer Verein (Baden Society), Saxonia (Saxony Society), Schleswig-Holsteiner Verein, music, [end of unclassified German societies],

D. O. H. S.

[Translator's note: German encyclopedia does not list this abbreviation] Chicago Lodge Number One, Thomas Paine Lodge 2, Freie Maenner [Free Men] Lodge 3, Siegel Lodge 4, Washington Lodge 5, Schiller Lodge 7, Alexander Lodge 8, Lincoln Lodge 910, Koerner Lodge 11, Germania Lodge 12, Eintracht (Concord) Lodge 13, Arminius Lodge 17, Einigkeit (Harmony) Lodge 19, Thusnelda Lodge 21, Hoffnung [Hope] Lodge 25, Hecker Lodge 28 [end of D. O. H. S.],

V. O. A. S.

[Translator's note: Abbreviation not listed] Schiller Grove Number Four [Translator's note: Since the word Hain, grove is mentioned, these lodges are connected with some Order of the Druids, the ancient Druids held religious ceremonies in groves, but just what German Order is meant by the abbreviation I cannot tell you], Columbia Grove 5, Goethe Grove 9, Humboldt Grove 12, Garden City Grove 12, Concordia Grove 15, Uhland Grove 16, West Chicago Grove 18, Harmonia Grove 20, North Chicago Grove 23, Union Grove 24, South Chicago Grove 31, Walhalla Grove 39, United Brethren Grove 14, Eintracht (Concord) Grove 46, Douglas Grove 51 [end of V. O. A. S.],

D. O. H.

10

[Translator's note: No information available to explain abbreviation] Helvetia Lodge 133, Columbia Lodge 178, Beckmann Lodge 188, Wilhelm Tell Lodge 194, Treue Brueder (Faithful Brethren) Lodge 325, Schiller Lodge 347, Vereinigung (Unity) Lodge 376, Germania Lodge 382, Robert Blum Lodge 397, Eintracht (Concord) Lodge 406, Humboldt Lodge 420, Goethe Lodge 422, Concordia Lodge 430, Hoffnung (Hope) Lodge [no number], La Salle Lodge [no number--end of D. O. H.],

A. O. U. W.

[Translator's note: Abbreviation not listed] Chicago Legion 4, [of] Chosen Knights, Peabody Lodge 143, Wicker Park Lodge 104, Teutonia Lodge 86, Robert Blum Lodge 96, Concordia Lodge 41, Lafayette Lodge 144, Douglas Lodge 177, Fort Dearborn Lodge 9, Lakeside Lodge 142, Star of the West Lodge [no number], Garden City Lodge 40, Morris Lodge 175, Aetna Lodge 159, Apollo Lodge 139, North Chicago Lodge 157, Uhland Lodge 95, Lincoln Lodge 140, Columbia Lodge 155, Western 11Eagle Lodge 172, Helvetia Lodge [no number], Allemania Lodge 68, Chicago Lodge 91, Oriental Lodge 97, Oakland Lodge 169.

The procession showed almost no ostentatious display, and that in particular made it very impressive. The soldiers marched with lowered rifles and bowed heads; flags were rolled up and draped in black. The musicians played funeral marches and at suitable intervals funeral bells were sounded; occasionally a few salvos were discharged. All proved highly appropriate.

The Army was represented by about two thousand men. The Scotch Company, thirty men of the Sixth Regiment, had the most conspicious uniforms. There were also four cannons in this part of the funeral procession. The citizens who were in the parade did not march particularly well. The veterans, about four thousand, marched to the tune of a fife with muffled drumbeats and proved very impressive. These men, hardy soldiers, walked in true Army style, and their demeanor showed in every way their esteem for a departed fellow member.....

12

The catafalque [empty hearse in this instance] was drawn by six black horses led by Negroes, and this entire dark group did much to augment the mournful aspect of the procession. On both sides of the float appeared the following inscription in white letters:

In Memoriam

James Abram Garfield

Scholar, Statesman, Patriot

Born November 13, 1831 Died September 19, 1881

May He Rest in Peace

Laurel branches were mounted above the inscription; crosses of white immortelles were fastened to the front and the rear of the vehicle as well as in other suitable places. Allegorical figures, a half-open portal signifying entrance to the hereafter, a cross and a broken pillar were at the center of the catafalque; above it was a pedestal, draped with the Star Spangled Banner enshrouded in black, while a laurel wreath and golden sword, hilt wrapped with black ribbons, lay on top of the pedestal. The pagoda-shaped roof was 13surmounted by an eagle, wings bound with black cloth, as if to prevent flight. To relieve the monotony of the dark draperies, heavy silver fringes were added. A saddle horse, decorated with the emblems of mourning.... followed the catafalque.....

The German Division

The German division, which formed the end of the procession, consisted of ten thousand men at least and was the most imposing part of the entire parade. Their numbers seemed endless as the men marched with their countless club banners draped in black. The immense participation of the German element shows most conclusively what esteem the Germans have for the land of their adoption and provides splendid compensation for the neglect of Germany in failing to send a suitable note of condolence to America, the nation of which the German people form a major part.

14

The parade was fully two miles long and required three hours to pass a given point. [Translator's note: Verbatim. According to the figures given a man could hardly keep his balance walking so slowly; the parade probably was longer than indicated, and the men walked faster.] About sixty thousand people marched, and it was the greatest demonstration ever witnessed in Chicago.

Central Music Hall

A memorial service was held at Central Music Hall in the afternoon..... Pastor Miln was the speaker.....At the end [of the service] the dirge composed by Oscar Schmoll for the occasion, poem by Mr. Dietz, was presented by five German and twenty-eight American singers.