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Show CENERAL VEAZY'S ORDERS. Grand Army l'o.ts Must Meet th. Train and Salute General Sherman's Be- mains. New Yokk, Feb. 18. General Veazy, . commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic has issued the following order: "All posts of the Grand Army of tho Republic are ordered to meet the funeral train of General Sfrernian at railroad stations enroute from New York to St. Louis aud salute the remains re-mains as they pass by." Hundreds of people wero permitted to look on the face of General Sherman to-day. They were formod into a long line by half past nino and from then on during the day a constant stream of humanity hu-manity passed through the hause. Secretary Barrett said this morning that the funeral cortege would move as arranged tomorrow, whether Rev. Thomas Ewing Sherman gets there or not. All commercial exchanges in this city will close at noon tomorrow. City, state and United States courts will hold no sessions and executive oltices of the Vanderbilt railroads will also close at noon. |