. Major-general Hiram G. Berry; his career as a contractor, bank president, politician, and major-general of volunteers in the civil war, together with his war correspondence, embracing the period from Bull Run to Chancellorsville . ould have appeared in his official characteras Vice President, on this occasion ; but those who know theregard in which the Vice President held General Berry, thegreat estimation which he set upon his services, and the depthand sincerity of the sorrow with which he mourned him, will befurthest from criticising the manner in which he paid the tributeof honor to his
. Major-general Hiram G. Berry; his career as a contractor, bank president, politician, and major-general of volunteers in the civil war, together with his war correspondence, embracing the period from Bull Run to Chancellorsville . ould have appeared in his official characteras Vice President, on this occasion ; but those who know theregard in which the Vice President held General Berry, thegreat estimation which he set upon his services, and the depthand sincerity of the sorrow with which he mourned him, will befurthest from criticising the manner in which he paid the tributeof honor to his memory. Mr. Hamlin felt that his mereappearance at the obsequies as Vice President of the UnitedStates would be a representation of official character whichmight be borne by any man upon whom that position mighthave devolved, but would fail to express the deep feeling withwhich he mourned, and desired to honor, the memory of GeneralBerry; that he could not speak to the mourning widow anywords of formal consolation that would mitigate her grief orexpress his own. He desired to render the highest honor inhis power to the memory of General Berry, and he felt that hecould best do this by serving in his place in the ranks of this. . L. D. Carver4th Maine Infantry. DISTINGUISHED G[JESTS. 281 company, in performing the last sad duties with which thesoldier pays his farewell tribute to a fallen commander. Toperform this duty, the Vice President would have marchedleagues, with gun and knapsack, if necessary, and those whosaw him, standing unmarked in the ranks of his company, andpaying the tribute of his tears at the obsequies of the man heloved and honored, must have felt that in no other way couldhe have more deeply honored the fallen brave. The Masonic ceremonies were under the direction ofAurora Lodge, of which General Berry was a member, althoughin the arrangements for the entertainment of the brethren fromabroad, and in all expenses connected with the preparations,equal
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