The officers and soldiers presenting arms. The officers and soldiers of the Revolution preceded by General Philip van Cortlandt, now the senior surviving officer of the continental army. These passed through the line, conducted by General Hammond and suite, and the marshal of the day, to the place reserved for them on the right of the monument, and the whole procession having passed through in this order, the military escort formed a square about the whole in the church yard. At this spot, the column was met by a large procession of the ladies of the county, under the direction of S. Simpson Esq., who acted as assistant marshal of the day, issuing from the church, at the head of which supported upon the arm of a friend, was the venerable widow of the deceased, followed by his surviving sister, also supported, and next came the female children and grand children of the deceased, a goodly number, after whom, followed a large train of matrons and misses, amountino^ to four or five hundred in number. The whole of this interesting group having assembled within the yard and about the monument. The Rev. David Remington pastor of the church to which the deceased belonged, addressed the throne of Grace, in a very solemn and appropriate manner, after which, Colonel Ward^ the orator of the day was conducted to the platform prepared for the occasion, where he delivered the following address. (It was afterwards published at the request of the committee of arrangements.)