Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1883, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. WEDNESDAY. MAY 30, 1883—-DUUBLE SHEET. 4 : + MEMORIAL DAY. {Continued from First Page.) The golden trumpet’s call, the victor’s crown, ‘The patriot soldier's glorious welcome home. ‘To-day we gather by their green and honored raves, I ‘To lay our floral tributes, fresh and fair; To-day a sacred festival we keep, A holy day for loving memories dear, A Ume when comrades from their daily tof Come forth with Sounas or Ce Ros sweet, And starry silken banners wide unfurl Come forth with garlands tn thelr loving hands, ‘The spotiess offerings of a loyal comrade’s heart, For hallowed shrines of honored patriot dead. ‘To-day a nation ransomed rrom the lonely grave (Of slavery’s night and pall of dark despair ‘Lites up ber stainless hands unto the skies, Her blood-stained roves washed whiter than snow, Her starry mantle radiant as the dawn, Her shining feet with golden sandals light, Are walking in the Howery paths of peace: ‘To-day a nation knit with tenderest tles Blends into one grand union, firm and s ‘And all her wide domatn, trom east to west, For evermore ts Fre: 's chosen home, ‘To-day a million hearts are beating to the sound Of drams unmufiied, stivery bugles’ notes, Voicing the clarion tones of Liberty’s refrain, ‘The deathiess sonz of nations thai are free; And now upon a million patriots’ grassy graves A million loving sou's their floral chaplets4ay; ‘The tokens of their loyal graterui hearts, embiems of the patriot martyrs’ crown. ‘Tread lightly, comrades of the tented feld, ‘This place ts holy ground; ae the green grass and the blooming jowers ‘They sleep tn peace profound, ‘Walk softly, comrades of the weaty march, boys we love! and lost ‘Have cone before us to the soldiers’ rest, ‘The shining river crossed. Over the stlent silvery stream of death, Some with the canaon’s roar, ‘With the song of the angels hovering near, ‘To pliot them safely o'er. And some a little cot beneath the shade, No sound of passin bell, Only a comrade tried and true, To hear the last farewell, Oh what was life to them our gallant boys, ‘Without a country free, ‘Without the starry flag that waves Over our land and sea To-day my comrades of the tented field, Your hallowed offerings bring, And lay them on tie vernal peaceful graves, ‘A heavenly requivta sing. ‘The golden battlements of Jasper walls Are full of forms divini ‘They whisper words that Ustening we may hear In heavenly armor shine. ‘They tell us of their peace and joy and rest, ‘The many fruited trees, ‘The cloudless mouitains of the better land, ‘The perfume laden breeze, And bid us wait the Father's own good time, And we shall surly greet Our comra:les of the warlike camp and fleld Spon the golden street. Lay gently on their green and mossy beds tokens of your love, In inemory of our comrades brave and true, to their home above. AT THE SOLDIERS’ HOME. Memorial Day services at the Soldiers’ Home Gemetery have always possessed a peculiar inter- est. The dead are bivouacked close by the asylum where many of their old comrades in arms, wea- Flea by long service under the old flag, find a quiet and restful retreat in which to spend the remain- Ger of their days in well-earned leisure. To-day ‘the exercises were of unusual interest on account Of the distinguished character of the orator and Of the poet, and the presence, not only of the vet- erans of the Home, but the troops trom the bar- Facks and many gentlemen and ladies bearing Bames that are synonymes of valor and victory. ‘The formal exercises were held in the grove ad- ining the cemetery and nerth of the Soldiers’ ome building. The stand erected for the Presi- dent in front of the Executive Mansion on the Occasion of the recent parade of the Society of the Army of the Potomac had been transferred to this grove ard converted into a very handsome Ravition, Tt was very ela ated. There was a larze atten ‘Was called to order promptly atten o'clock. Be- fore the exercises began a salute was fired. THE PROGRAM ‘Was carried out a3 follows: Music, “Fountain of Grace,” (Weber), 24 U. S. artillery band; calling ‘the assembly to order, Comrade Edwin M. Truell: invocation, Rev. E. D. Huntley; “Once More with Golemn Tread.” octetwe; “Our Dead,” original Poem, written for the occasion by Capt. 8. H. M. Byers, read by Comrade Edwin M. Truell; “sie: Soldier, Sleep,” dedicated to G. A. It. (words by Major F. M. Clarke, muste by S. H. Jecko), oc- zoration, Hon. Wm. Strong; “Rest, § Rest,” octette; benediction, Rev." E. D. ‘Hunth decoration of the graves with flowers by the eras of the Home, assisted by the committee and all others so disposed. During this ceremony the following selections of music were rendered by the octette: “Tread Lightly Over Their Graves,” “The Sieep of the Brave.” ‘The octette was under Girection of Comrade G. H. Lilebridge. Mr. Fred. M. Lillebridge was the organist. The deco- Fation of the graves was conducted under ‘the supervision of the following committee:—Gen. W. T. Sherman, Gen. R. B. Ayres, Gen. 8. D. Sturgis, Col RN. Batchelder, Sergt. P. J. Durkin, Deonis Kerr, Comrade J. Van Dyck,Harry How: Miss Rita Spalding, Miss Carrie L. Huribut, Matthias Glynn, supt. cemetery. COMRADE TRURLL'S REMARKS, ‘Mr. Edwin M. Truell, in calling the assembly to @rder, sald: Comrades and Ladies and Gentlemen: ‘The custom of paying a tribute of flowers to the memory of the dead 13 lost in antiquity, but it re- @ained for the effets of a great civil war to bring ‘his sentimpat into such general regard as to ob- tain tie selection of one particular day upon Whicit all tight unite tn a service of gratitude and prats- to the memory of those who have gone be- for. This sentiment pervades strongest, perha] who shared the dangers ani holding the cause for which the pa soldier diet. The spirit that led men to Offer their ves to maintain their government Jeads sd-o to cratt'ude for the blessings they enjoy viaacy, established by the joint fell and those who survive. vlis cp the thoughts of all turn back of our present condition of peace, ment ant prosperity, and this tnevita: g that these men died ht ive in the enjoyment Since experienced, so sings they nav ror citizen during nnderstand their obliga- Imet a venerable white- morning, was on at migntiest of all Ite said he liked to make &B occasional bimseit te to ts w tenes that we of Memorial Day. We will now address ourselves Yo the duties of the occasion, the first In order Deing a prayer from Kev. Dr. Huaticy. ‘The poern tor the nceas above, by Capt. SH famods 5 f the "s March Uo the Sea,” and cousal at Zurich, ~The text ts as Our Dead. Hutt to the dead—the natton’s dead— Who sleep by wood and field and shoref To them we coms with loyal tread And kneel beside thelr graves once more. {howes of bucle-seng and drum, od fying fags and sweet May flowers, Aad grateful hearts, again we come ‘Tu deck these soidier graves of ours, With hopes undimmed by fying years, And fait ren wed by the great past, ws See amidst cur funeral tears: ei ory that Was Born to List. Once wore besite cach verdan’ grave Z We gather, and with pride recall jow hes Toes blood alone could §.¥ How heroes sous alone could fait Ana itfting up th We hears veil of years, he nation’s cry— ts erguisted fears, r iT ieip—tor men to die. rg thousands « s shine white on every neld; jon’s heart, It 1s not dumb, it Will not yield. No tonger spears and battle blades ‘ty pruning books and gtaves are Dent; TMs anit hills and far-off ylades Jreadiul news ts quickly sent; And s of drums and clanging And braytng horns are in the air, And quick the pulse of men who feel heir own heart’s blood ts dowing there, Bone m: 's Ip one farewell And though from ships and ramparts rain ‘The sulpburous smoke, the fire of hell, Still on, until the withering biast : Is silenced like the trampled dead, And fair as morning shines at last ‘The stars and stripes above their head. They sleep to-day In silent lim Heroic men, whom fame hath ‘The glory that forever shines ‘To be their lasting monument. And years and men may pass, but they, Shrined in their country’s bosom, live In fairer forms than flesh or clay, ‘The fitter forms thut fame can give. Sleep on, sleep on, heroic dead, It little recks what we may sa: For there, beyond your narrow bed, Shines the new light, your better day; And amidst the music of the spheres: That sound the soldier's reveilie, Where march and countermarch the years, ‘Ye wait Une peace that is to be. —S. 1 M. Brers. Following 1s the full text of the oration by Mr. Justice Strong. Oration by Hon. Wm. Strong. Ladies ana Army of the Republic: Another Decoration day bas come, and we are assembled to perform its duties, to enjoy its Pleasures, and to recall the precious memories as- Soclated with it. It wasa beautiful idea that led to setting apart one day ineach year to refresh our memory of those of our fellow countrymen who gave the most that man can give—their lives—to the preservation of our national Union, | and to the conservation of our free and woll- | Suarded civil institutions. It isa fitting expres- \ sion of affectionate regard to spréad flowers from Ume to tine upon their graves. Flowers are the language of love between the living, and equally between the living and the dead. All of us have passed through cemeteries, and noticed here and here the rose, the mignonnette.tue Illy, or the im- mortelles eo the graves or those who sleep below, and we have not doubted what the spec- tacle means. The sleeper 1s all unconscious of the-| tribute paid to his memory, but the flowers speak of the lving, of the glowing affection that lingers in their hearts, an affection that death has not ex- tinguished. ‘The tribute is not unmeaning. Nor will ours be when we resort to the national ceme- tery and strew over the resting placesof the ‘sleepers there the tokens of OUR LOVE AND UNFADING RECOLLECTION. For more than an hundred years wo have an- nually celebrated by bonfires, firing of cannon, ringing of bells, and public gatherings, the birth and independent existence of our great nation. We have paid public honors to the memory of the actors in the revolutionary struggle, The Fourth of duly, 1776, will ever be remembered and cele- brated with glad acclaims. And so we honor all those, known or unknown, names may have been forgotten, but their patriot- ism, their love of ifberty, and’ their heroic self- sacrifice will be forgotten—nerer. We shall be false to our ancestry, false to much that ennobies human nature, when we forget, or cease to honor, the love of country, the love of civil llberty, and the self-devotion which the soldiers of the revolu- lion exhibited in securing for us, thetr posterity, the uncounted biesstngs we now’ enjoy. stand beside one such soldier's grave, hot ever humble he may have been, without profound respect. I often search the ‘tombstones 1n old churchyards to flnd those recording the fact that the sleepers beneath were soldiers of the Revolu- tion. And to this day we all regard it an honor for any man to beable tosay lama descendant ofa Revolutionary soldier. We all acknowledge that every oMicer and private who sleeps In ‘A REVOLUTIONARY GRAVE 4s Justly entitled to our respect and gratitude—en- Utled to be held in everlasting remembrance for his far-seeing patriotism and for his self-sacrifice. Nor can we ever forget the enlightened patriotism and comprehensive affection that gave to the American people the glorious Constitution and Union under which we now live, distributing bless ings to every family in this broad land, and to every individual, however humble. That, indeed, was hot the work of soldiers,.but it was the out- growth of what the soldiers of the Revolution bad jone. And why should not those who, fn our great civil war, With the same spirit that animated the sol- diers of the revolution, hazarded and gave the most that man can give—toll, privation, suffering and Mfe—for the preservation'or the grandest political Union the world has ever seen, and for the bless- ings that Unton compreiends, be deemed worthy of equal, if not greater, honor? Why shonld not they too—officer and soldier—be deemed alike worthy of being held in everlasting remembrance? Why shouid not we, who reap the fruit of thetr toll and suffering, stand reverently and affectionately be- side their graves to-day? Many, most of thet, Were volunteers, but all lett their usual employ Inents, abandoned the pursuits in which they Were engaged, severed themselves from father and mother, from brother and sister, from wife and children, at their country’s call, and CROWNED THEIR SACRIFICE by ylelding lire ttselt, not tor themselves, but for their countrymen, for us, who now stand over thelr graves. They lved and dled, not for the glory,of a conqueror, not n support of a royal mast@r or an arbitrary government, but for the Welfare of a great people, to preserve an Union, the avowed object of which fs to “establish jus- tice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promot» the general welfare, and secure the biessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” Was there ever a nobier pat- Tiotisin? All horor be to them. We will ever re- member them with the tenderest We honor ourselves by honoring them. Such 13 one of the purposes (if I understand them) of the association known as the Grand Army of the Republic, berore one department of which I speak thisday. This department ts com- posed of survivors of the Army of the Potomac, men who met the perils, endured the hardships, suffered the defeats, and won the victories in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia during the late civil war. ‘They are the men of Antietam, of Gettysburg and of Appomattox, few of them still in the ariny, but they are banded together for very noble purposes, One Of which 1s to perpetuate the memory and HISTORY OF THE DEAD. ‘They have passed through an experience like to that of those who have fallen and who le sleeping inyonder cemetery. It might be expected they will feel an honorable regard, a tender affection for those with whom they were formerly asso- clated In the hardships and struggles of the war, whose patriotisin, love of the Union, and devotion to public duty Were like theirown. A common experlence of hardships and dangers Isa bond of sympathy and mutual regard which even death cannot sever, It draws men together as no other experience can. But you, gentlemen of the Grand Ary, are not alone in your reverence and affec- tion for your fallen comrades, Millions of your countrymen who never belonged to the army, men and women who had no share in your toils and dangers, stand side by side with you in carn- est desire fo perpetuate the memory of the qe arted patriots. To them and to you belongs the nor of having saved for yourselves and all of us, as Well as for those Who shall come after us, that constitutional union which 13 the guurdian of our Uberties, of our domestic tranquillity, and of our advancetnent in civiltz.ton, Sut the purpose of THE GRAND ARMY OF THR REPUBLIC extends far beyond perpetuation of the memory and history of the dead. It 13 also tg assist such comrades In arms as need helpand protection, and to extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of the fallen. Could there bea nobler purpose ? “To pity distress is human, to relleve it 1s God- lke.” “They serve God well, who serve his crea- tures.” Nor do they serve in vain. “What a pre- cious comfort 'tis to have so many, lke brothers, commanding one another's fortunes!” Among the vast numbers of widows and orphans, made such by the fortunes of war, there must be, there have been multitudes who huve sorely needed,and who stfll the sympathy and aid which’ the members of the Grand Army are pledged to give. Not alone thelr husbands and fathers made sacri. cn to them needed relief andthe supporting hand of hearuelt sympatuy, must be one of the joys of membership in tie association. The great Redeemer of the world, who knew what is In the heart of man, said “it is more blessed to give than to receive,” and those who have tried the experiment of extending needed ahd thetic aid appreciate the truth of the tion. Beyond the widows and orphans OF FALLEN COMRADES, the assosiation extends its kindly arms to assist comrades that still live who need help and protec- Uon, and of these there must be many. Andeven where no ald or protection is needed, in hours of perplexity or depression, which come upon us all, the conviction that there are others who feel an interest in all that befalls us, and who would Gludly relieve, If they could, 1s itself a comfort and @ relief. Such comfort your association 13 con- stantly giving. Army of the Republic fias in view, namely, culti- vating a spirit ‘ts Of fraternity among the liv- honor of the ing, a8 well a8 remembrance and dead. Bound together by the ties of petienee, closely associated as they were tn the: = defense of @ righteous cause, animated as and of = beers agg they a have: any cost, for themselves and terke, that ‘Union which our forefathers nd Gentlemen of the Grand by whom our country ‘Was carried successfully through the contest that resulted in establishing our independence. Their declare to discountenance whatever tends to weaken loyalty, incites to insurrection, treason or rebel- lon, or in any manner impairs the efficiency and permanency of our free institutions; and to en- courage the spread of universal liberty, equal Tighta, and justice to all men.” Grand object, noble resolve! What soul so hase a8 not to sympathize with this object, and to wish speed to all who pledge themselves to It? \dly it stira every American heart! AS was once said by another: “Our country, whether bounded by the St. John’s and the 8a- bine, or however Keamichitred Leoghonary ei and be the measurements more o1 country. to be cherished in all our hearts, to bede- fended by all our hands” And the Union, the Constitutional Union—what adjective can meetly describe It? “The union of lakes, the union of lands, The Union of States none can sever; ‘The unton of hearts, the union of hands, And the Flag of our Unton forever.” “Sail on, O Ship of State, Sail on, O Union Fatintnee great, Humanity with all its fears, ‘With all the hopes of future years Is hanging breathless on thy fate.” And now we go to perform the duties appro- priate to the day—to deposit flowers Testing places of loved and honored soldiers soy ing there—soidiers who, with a ce ours, Dut with less forcune, cast ives into the deadly breach and proved their love for our country and the Union by the devotion of their lives, And while we do 80 let us recall, so far a8 we may. with reverence and affection, the lives and services of all dt officers and privates who shared in upholding the government and in restoring the ascendancy of t OUR CONSTITUTIONAL UNION. ‘Wherever their remains rest let them not be for_ gotten. Though they may not rest in this ceme_ tery, let our affection, on wings of thought, visit their tombs, recall thelr worth, and honor their memory. Let us begin with Anderson, “faithful found among faitbless,”@ noble patriot, true as Bteelto the whole country, honored in life, and honored tn the memory Of us all. It was his to en- Soins lined tetie ae oo mipene tores, it — overwhelmed at the his algo, at Che close of the war, triumphantly to raise, with his own rey eed fag of the Union over the shattered walls of Sumter. Let us remember also Foote and pera Mc- Pherson, Thomas, Sedgwick, Hooker, ear ney, Frank Blair, eae Charles F. Smith, Geary, Reynolds, Burastde and Meade, decedsed patriots and heroes all, and a host of others, whom I have not time to name, all animated by one spirit, love of country and devotion to duty, to whom, in part, we owe the blessings we now enjoy. They have now rested from their labors, but their works fol- low them. And let us not forget the private sol- dier, though he may sleep in an unknown grave, who, according to the measure of his ability an opportunity, proved himself to be a true patriot and a worthy American. Let them all have mon- uments in our hearts. And, while we live, may the love of country, the love of the Constitution and Unton, and the ‘devotion to duty which were theirs, continue to be ours also. DISTINGUISHED PERSONS PRESENT, Among those on the platform were Chief Justice Waite, ex-Senator McCutlough, Postmaster Gen- eral Gresbam, Gen. Sherman, Gen. Sturgis, Gen. Ayres, Rev. Dr. Butler, District Attorney Cork- hill, Mr. Rounds, the public printer; Mr. Rhees, of the’ Smithsonian Institution; Col. Batcnelder, Gen. Rufus Ingalls, Surgeon General Crane, Mrs. Gen. Robert Anderson, Mrs. Gen. EO. 0. Ord, Mrs. Justice Miller, Mrs. Nash, Senator Conger and wife, Mrs. G. B. Loring, Gen. Rosecrans, Mr. Lyman, of the Post Office department, The audience that assembled was a large one, The uniforms of the regular soldiers and the blue pers of the veterans of the Home gave variety to ne scene. Comrades Joyce and Dingman saw to the com- fort of the visitors, and performed the duties of reception committee at the platform. In accordance with their custom the veterans of the Home marohed to the grave, headed by adrum and ftecorpa. They were formed in line and re- ceived their visitors. AT CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY. At Congressional cemetery there was a large gathering. The stand—a neat, frame structure— Was erected in the western portion of the grounds, Just south of the main walk from the west gate. Prior tothe assembling at the stand, the ladles ofthe decoration committee passed through the grounds, placing flags, wreathes and boquets on the graves of the 500 dead soldiers buried here. On the stand were seated G. J. P, Wood, of Post No.7, having charge of the services. with Rev. W.L McKenny, of Wesley chapel, chaplat the choirs Messrs.) 3B. F, McGowan, leader; Mr. Grant, Mrs, Shaw and Miss Mundel, and Miss ,Ransom, organist. Mr. Edward Renaud, the part of Post, No.2; Mr. J. H. Bradford, chap- lain of Garfield’ Post, No. 2; Mr. W. W. Granger, of Post 6, the orator, and others. On the green in front there were several hundred persons, who came in all manner of vehicles, bringing baskets of flowers, refreshments, &. THR RXERCISES. At 10:30 o'clock, Mr. Wood, in a few remarks, called the assemblage to order, and introduced Rev. Mr. McKenney, who offered the invocation. ‘The choir then sang “Honor the Brave” very ef- fectively. Mr. J. H. Bradford, of Garfield Post ‘Was introduced, and read the following poem, writ- ten for the occasion by Mr. Edwar naud, of Post 2: Under The Laurets, BY COMRADE EDWARD RENAUD, OF KIT CARSON POST NO. 2, @ A.B, The year brings back the scents of May, the brown beo drones the hours, While we, with solemn-sounding tread, bring flags and fragrant flowers. Oh, sacred dead who round us ile in Death’s serene em| brace, Look on us from the heavens above with wan and wistful face | And if the souls of men may reach from out the spirit land, Stretch forth, oh, comrades tried and true, one kindly clasping band! For we on earth to you in heaven, through fields of azure air, Send up on this our sacred day a grateful nation’s prayer; A prayer that God may bless the land yeu gave Your lives to save; The seed you watered with your blood bedecks each grassy grave, No more the mighty missile hews its death encum- dered path; No more the reeking sabre cuts its flerce and: bloody swath; For hands that held the shining sword or bore the gleaming gun Lie mouldering *neath the flowery sod, their deeds of daring done. Ab! would to God that you could stand beneath His sun to-day; That all the terror of the time a dream might pass away; That eyes that weep and lips that pale for twenty years ago Might see am@ bless the martial sons that fell betore the foe But vain the wish and vain the dream; go fain are We content To Miend our flowers and tears and prayers in Love's sad sacramént! Ob, noble sons of sturdy sires, who died that we might see . Once more our mighty Union sweep across from sea sea to Our prayers are turned to songs of praise for that which you have won— For smniling fields that sleep serene bencath the May-day sun; For stately ships that sall the seas beneath the stripes and stars; For —_ fair that need no forts or gates or bolts or bars; For peace and plenty through the land you made 80 grand and great, Where: hy tnillion souls to-day dety the stroke of Sleep soft, sleep soft beneath the sod by flood and field’ and wood, Since He from baitle’s bitter is ordains the greatest good, Since never sons of men may march to goal of ee ae ith they tread is swept by al blood and fre, = But we who stand secure above, to you who le low Pledge faith and truth and honest hearts to k the flame aglow. forse! ‘The fame that burns in manly breasts for hearths ‘That makes the nod we love the best that cro ‘this earthly ball. Si Bring flowers and words of loving praise for these, But nee no ae Tor those who wait for us who Tee their mar lallod armies stand, with watchful Above the = golden gates of heaven and shining ‘Did us, een ee they saved, a gift of the starry flag, the honored we will the ay, iXeep the solemn pledge and guar it Teeter, BL Docwation choir “Our Loyal Troe,” Comrade W. of Post @ was ‘intros delight witlhwhict they see again the ing’s ett Dngers clothing the bare earth in tts new Tobes of green, Duttoned with dandelions and but- tercups; festooned with wreathing vines, and decked with owerg on shrub, and bush, and tree, Whose odorg fll the air with essences that svem 4o Vitalize the human frame with a life as as new, and led as‘that which wakes eegeeg ie Dara who sings of strikes in the human heart as sure a chord of re- nsive emotion he who sang “when yet the World was yOungy¥énd he whose straing shall the seagpn’s jes to the hundredth genera tion hence, will, 1f sings them well, find eager listeners stil. ‘This trait is fortunate for the race, as @ source, of cpnstant pleasure from ever Tecurrin, But it ts especially fortunate tor those of us bn_wnbin has been devolved the sna, yet pleasing duty, tof delivering to-day the ad- Institution? ih tho gees p . ar tion day.” it would be almost as impossi! say anything new at such a time as it would be to invent a spring or winter unlike any the earth has ever known. If the homage paid, in all his— Voric tines, by every nation that has proved itself Worth a place in history, to those who BRAVELY FOUGHT AND NOBLY died for country's sake, had not centuries since exhausted thought and expression on the subject, the yearly celebrations of the last twenty years ateach of the hundred cem- etertes where rest our patriot dead would still have robbed the theme of all novelty and eft us nothing new tosay. All that led or led to the war of the rebellion—all that was settled by its’ results—all that might have followed the nation’s failure to assert and maintain its supreme authority—all nd or heroic in the m ings, with their inspirational influence on those who come to join us in the yearly tributes to the “nation’s glorious dead,” than to any new line of thought which mortal brain can evolve, or to ir” they were “possibie,” ould be." framed? were cor And yet It is well tohear tie old themes rehearsed. It ts wise to come ther yearly, as the Grand A in this Qush time of flowers, and dress these hero graves anew with all that is most fragrant and most beautiful in na- tures gifts. honors paid to them shail honor ws a8 well; for they who worship heroes rnd Pa needs nave in eas orn pone ein not at least of heroic possi les, which ‘coamion might developed into deeds as grand as these we celebrate to-day. By partici- Pation in these solemn rites we Mill our own sou! with nobler aspirations. Over these graves on which we place our off we rekindle in our own hi the patriotic pulses, which for aught we know may, even in our own lifetime, be needed as spurs to action in NATIONAL EMERGENCIES {8 great as those in which they fell who fill these graves. Let me not be misunderstood as one who prophesies of coming and not far off wars, either factional or sectional amongst ourselves, or waged as oné people, for defense or aggression against some other nation. I cannot even guess whether we shall ever, and God send we never may, be parties to another warof any kind. But none of us are so ignorant of history a8 not to Know that no generation of men, within historic ‘Umes, has escaped without witnessing or sharing in wars of more or less magnitude, and that many an entire generation has never known a single Year of peace. Our own country, with little more than a century of national existence behind It, has spent fully fifth of that time in foreign or are, ‘Who, then, can guess how soon or why the coun- try may need again the services of her strong- lumbed sons, with souls attuned to dare, and do, and die as thoy did amongst whose graves we si to-day? Wp can or will, in the light of these facts, deny the wisdom of coming—as for years past we have, ns to-day we do, and as for years to come, please Heaven, we will—to lay on these Staves the offerings which tell not only of thelr noble deeds and deaths, but of our desire to emu- late thelr courage and their patriotism—it and when another such necessity shall arise? Surely none who hold that national disintegration would have been a disastér. Not those who think that national unity was ‘worth fighting for, nor those who believeit while to keep our own and our children’s souls: tuned up to that piten of pat- Fiotic feeling which will make us them ca} Die of imitating thous whose services this day has been set Apert and these ceremonies instituted to bonor and commemorate. 4 But this day’s observances have a two-foldsignifi- cance, and afe held not only to honor the personal bravery of those who sleep arouud us, or to give expression to the fond emotions which comrades living feel for comrades dead, They have a politi- cal meaning ag well; but political in its best and broadest sense, I ld not, at such a time as this, belittle the occasion, or myself, by descending to that small type of partizanship which would ig- nore or forget, that of those who died in that fight and of those who shared and survived its dangera, no small proportion differed then, and differ now, from my party bellefa.. We agreed, and continus to agree, on the broad, sate ‘of a country which shall be “forever one and inseparable”—ot ONE GOVERNMENT AND ONE FLAG, for that country,.and above all,on the doctrine of “a government by the people, for the people, and of the people.” It 1s to these sentiments, no less than to those who died for their maintenance, we are paying tribute in these memorial rites. Isee around me not only those who bravely bore thelr part in that ferce fight to bear aloft the flag of nationality, but many who were then too youn to know there wasa war, or what itmeant, or what ‘twas for; and some, too, who fought as bravely against us then, as I believe they would now with us, If the nation’s call to arms rang out to meet a forelgn foe. I can even fancy that if a rebellion should break out anywhere north of “Mason and Dixon’s line,” these former foemen of ours would take a patriotic pleasure in fighting beneath the old flag, to thrash us back into the Union; and it Such a state of affairs should ever come, Heaven send them better luck In fighting us back nto {t than they met in the effort to fight their own way out, It may be that to-day they come to lay their votive offerings on the graves of former foes, more in honor of their bravery than of the cause for which they fell—tor brave foes love a foeman brave, and stack their arms while round his grave Even so would I welcome them ana thetr offer- ings—for foemen who have learned to respect each other's pluck and sincerity are far on the Toad to peace and friendship. Only because, and Sofarasit might be misconstrued into a conces- sion to the “‘ipst cause,” or to the political theo- ries which made the effort at secession possible, would I hesitate to place a flower upon a rebel’s grave who fell fighting for wit he thought was Tight. I hold now, as then, that they were wrong; and would not for my right arm or my life utter @ word or do an act tobelie that belief. But long before that strife ended I learnod to believe them sincere, and to know that they possessed the cour- age of their convictions. While I would not again, as I once dk, unite ina jotat ceremony, which could be construed or miscanstrued as a ‘tribute to anything beyond their honesty of purpose and personal bravery, I do not hesitate to pu myself on record as fully conceding that. What- ever may be thought or said by those who stayed at home and grew rich by SELLING BERF OR WEAVING SHODDY— who never bled, save through thelr pocket- books, in hiring substitutes to fight ana ale for them by proxy—I know my comrades of the grand army will join mein the admission that “they fought like brave men, long and well,” with to the dischai of that sacred duty for which mainly we - bled, and, having doc! gra with flowers, let us carry away with us as maxims these truths: that he who bravely dies for what he thinks is trath, 18 worthy of high credit; but he who dies for what = pace ere vigened still; yl oe of person: ery can redeem & it ef 6 only solid political nal defeat; and, Anally, basis for our country is in the supremacy of the embodied central general government, motto of “One flag, one country, and one govern- ment, beneath whose sway all the living shall be equal before the law, and all Ner dead sons, slain in war, be worthy of as glorious sepulture as those who lay in these greenegraves, with roses crowned to-day.” The choir sang “ Under the Roses,” and the ex- ercises were brought to a close by the benediction, Pronounced by Rev. Mr. McKenney. ‘The G, A. BR. Committees. A LIST OF THOSE WHO ARRANGED AND DIRECTED ‘THE CEREMONIES OF THE DAY. ‘The exercises at all the cemeteries were man- aged in a manner most creditable to the Grand Army of the Republic. They were assisted In ecorating the graves by members of tho ladies’ auxiliary branch of theG.A.R The following are the committees to whom the various duties in connection with the ceremonies of the day ‘wore assigned: EXECUTIVE. 8.8 Burdett, department commander, chairman. Jno, Cameron, asst, adjt. general, secretary. Amos.J. Gunning, asst. quartermaster general, Dennis O'Connor, Hanson &. Weaver, Chartes E. Joyce, @. MH eee W. &. Moore, Thos W. Turnbull, Soba Graham, M. A. Dillon, C. D. Hudson, Fred Mack, Ae Howard, pit nm Dingm: Chas. 0. Royce, Wm. Gibson. DECORATING.” Gilbert M. Husted, W. A. Moore, Mra. Wesley Hi Miss Hare Pane, Mrs Susan Gordon, Miss Mamie P. Nichols, M. A. Dillon, Mrs. M. D. Montia, T. R. Turnbull, Mra JG. Burger, Mra M. V, Casey, Miss M. A. Wood, Miss Eva Angell, Mrs. Emily T. Charles, Mra. M, K Urell, H. E. Weaver, Mra, LE. Cooney, Mrs H. H. Smith, ‘Miss Mamie Riley, Mrs. W. 8 Chase, ‘Migs Annie Riley.” Mrs. F. Schathirt, FINANCE. Gtloert M. Husted, A. J. Cory, Wm. A. Moore, Chas, W. Hastings, EM. Truell, ¢. D. Hudson, b Madei bert Green, H. E. Talbott, as W. Wisner, W. H. MIN Dan’l Killigan, Wm. A. . O'Neal, Enilip Metazer, A. H. Shattuck, ¥. J. McGraw, Richard Brouner, E. MeSweeny, T. R Turnbull, Sonn Wiamyer, ‘Philip's Wb, ohn Widmyer, ID. ". Samuel A Lewis, E L Scott, ‘Hall, ©. Danenhower, Frank Wood, D. Paul Leech, Henry Filler, W. Hodgma James R. Young, Dr. E ¥. Schath! H. E Weaver, 3. W. Conard, A. H. G. Ric! . Me John O'Riley, HL RE. Butler, Pat. Larkin, Royce, J. H. B. Smallwood, 8, W. Bunyea. James W. Wisner, Samuel A. Lewis, COMMITTEE ON GROUNDS. a daring that was “worthy of a better cause.” No true soldier of the Union side will wonder at or blame them for coming together, as now and then they do, to lay upon the graves of their dead the offerings which tell of their regard for those who shared thelr dangers, their temporary triumphs, and would have shared, if Nving, their final utter defeat, We who fought against them know too wei how victories and dangers, privations and defeats, won and borne toget men to each other. We should regara’ them as less than human If they forgot the companions of their bootiess and most unwise struggle, We can sympathize with them in the tenderness of the Femembrances that such gatherings must recall, as our own hearts. are swept to-day by sad and tender memories of those who marched, and camped, and, fought with us beneath our banners, and went with us into battles from which they never came back. But they do not ask, and can- not expect, that we 1d look on such ‘occasions as “our funerals,” Dor that we shall mourn with them, it any of them still mourn for their “lost cause.” For lated home,—for every heart,—for every orphaned child 12 “Sunny South” 7 comrades have, a tear of sym amidst these graves, whose every Of & northern home made desolate as thelrs; al- most in sight of Arlington, where dwelt the chief ‘who led the rebel hosts, an thousand other Unfon dead; and nearer still to the many thousani Soldiers’ Home, on ceo day, when at more than a hundred other ‘Scattered through all the tand, my com FS citizens have pamnereg to aay on pene raves the sore Zannot help but curse answ that most damaetle Of polities Ly the at John Midatetor W. HL A Jon P, Rawls,” Peo pain’ F. C. Severance, Net Ferre, D. O'Neal, Jonn Welch, Erastus @ J. A. Patterson, has. McInty: tot - Mont ery, Robert Greens? Bit 2 ‘PRESS. ©. EB Joyce. The German Veterans. ‘The members of the German Vetéran Union met at Loefler’s at 8 o’clock this afternoon for the pur- pose of marching to Prospect Hili cemetery, and ‘there decorate the graves of the dead of German birth. ee prea Of the association, Mr. Hugo enone, make a@ brief address at the come- Ty. The Cla a-Gael. In accordance with their custom, the Irish resi- dents observed the day by decorating the graves of thelr countrymen. The Clan-na-Gael associa- tion and the Wolf Tone club met this morning at ‘their hall, corner of 434 street and the avenue, and shortly after 10 o’clock left in conveyances for Mt. Olivet cemetery. Upon their arrival the assem- blage was addressed by the chairman of the com- mittee, Mr. James Bellew, in a brief, but eppro- priate, epeecn. Mr. Francis McNerhany also spoke. e dirge for Devin Reilly, written ay Joseph Brenan, was read by Master John McF: ‘The work of decoratig the graves was then be- in. Among the graves visited were those of vin Reilly, Father Boyle, D. A. Brosnan and ‘Thomas Connelly. Upon the conclusion of this graceful trivute to departed loved ones, the members entered their carriages and were driven to the old Presbyterian cemetery in Georgetown. where they were re- ceived by the Clan-na-Gael association No & After brief exercises of a similar character to those held at Mt. Olivet, the graves were strewn with flowers. Among these were the graves of the wife and son of T. Wolf Tone of 88 fame. The com mittee in charge of the arrangements were as fol- lows: James Bellew, James Linskey, John Connell, Peter McIntyre, W. H. Murphy, and Messrs, But ler and Kennedy, Masonic Decoration. Acommittee of Lafayette Lodge, No. 19, F. A A. M., consisting of Messrs. K B. MacGrotty, Al- bert F. Fox, 0. W. Longran and Henry 8. Merrill, to Jay decorated the graves of the deceased mem- bers of their lodge, as follows: Congressional Cemt'y. Glenwood. Cemt'y. Frederick Sheridan, B. C. Major, B. ¥. Palmer, H. A. Merril, J. M. Grasste, Jos. Clark, N. H. Robbins, A.C. Givandau, .¥. Bryan, Charles C. Ewer, 3. H. Stalley, R. L. Jones, Chauncey Smnith, F. McGlathery, James Welch, . 8. Jo! Tr. J. Hunt, mond, HL. Fisher, Johan T. Clements, L. H. Partridge, joratio R. BH. Day. Albert G. Mackey. HW Cemty. Prospect Hill Cemvy. H. B. Bishop, William Langran, @ H Baxty, Richard Joseph. LF. Bellefeutle, Bock Creek E A. Zevely. Decoration Day Notes. “What will become of M 8r. porter veteran. “That’ qa tion, T sapuces, though, the organization and the custom will be perpetuated as the Society of the Cinet was That perpetuated. society, you know, was originally formed of officers who served. in the revolutionary army. thelr ranks were thinned out by death, in the eldest sons of members, and ‘with evergree! bre find Fovomao depot this morning the to carried about 438 persons, and to Pen Mar about 480. At9:20 o'clock train left with the ‘School and their friends for Carlin’s Springs, Va. The party numbered from 250 to: ‘At the National: -,0n the 7th street road, the grounds were Gecorated with flags and flowers, and the graves wero properly placed beds will shorten s man's life. He says: If. mere magnet exercises an infiu- ence ou sensitive persons, that earth's magnet- ism must certainly make tteelf felt on the ner- WHEELMEN ON PARADE. A Mille of" Bicycle Riders Passing Threugh Fifth Avenue. THE GATHERING OF THE AMERICAN LEAGUE, THE BUSINESS MEETING, THE PROCESSION AND THE DINNER. From the New York Times, May 29. The third annual meet of the League of American Wheelmen, otherwise known as bi- cycle-riders, was had in this city yesterday, and many of the riders displayed themselves in a parade. The league was formed tn Newport on May 30, 1880, and has rapidly Increased in mem- bership. The report of the corresponding sec- retary, read at the business meeting of the or- ganization yesterday morning, showed that in the past year 912 members of bicycle clubs had applied for admission and 223 persons not at- tached to any clubs. There are now 2,131 mem- bers in the organization. The majority of the ‘ates in the union arerepresented. Massachu- setts has the largest mew®ership, numbering 518, and New York comes next, with 360. Out- side of America, England has 11 members, Bel- gium 1 and Germany 1. The New York city clubs are the Citizens’, New York, Ixion and Harlem wheelmen. The first-named has the largest membership, while the last is distin- guished by being composed of boys. The meet- ing yesterday took place in Riding hall, at No. 214 east S4th street. The following officers were elected :—President, N. M. Beckwith, Cit- isens' club, New York; vice president, W. H. Miller, Columbus club, Ohio; corresponding seo- retary, Frederick Jenkins, Citizens’ club, New York; recording se treasurer, A. 8. Hibbard, Mil- waukee club; , W. V. Gilman, Nashua ee H.)club. The reports of joers the different of- were heard, and, after avery hot debate, the Wheel, of this city. was chosen to be the of- ficial organ of the organization. There were 45 clubs +P haar in the meeting, with a total vote of 601. The parade was the feature of the day. It was expected that 1,000 men would be in line, and there were about 750. The line was formed on the weat side of Fifth avenue, the head of the column being at 60th street. The 7th reziment band was stationed at this point, and played a Rumber of lively airs while the procession was passing by. The procession was divided into three divisions, and | yoga & great variety of uniforms. About 10,000 people were gathered along the sides of the avenue, and they were re- warded by seelng sere picture. As the men ranged themselves by their wheels, tacing to- ward the middle of the street, the line stretched away nearly to 18th street, and when the pro- cession got under way,it required thi marters: of an hour to pass any given point. After a long delay the parade at 8 o'clock. The men moved out in double file, the lent, Mr. Beckwith, a tall man ona vel 1 bieycle, lead- ing the way. With the jent was his staff, composed of Messrs. Miller, Parsons, Sholes, Gilman, Hill, Pope, Pratt, and | Weston, all officers or former officers of the league After Them came the first division, commanded by F.G. Bourne. It was composed of the fol- lowing clubs: New York, 25 men, in uniforms of cadet gray; Massachusetts, 38 men, in uni- forms of dark blueand white caps; New Haven, 25, dark blue; Philadelphia, 15, dark blue; Essex, of Newark, 12, dark bine brass but- tons; Germantown, 10, seal bi corduro! a a si ee Po —— green; Brooklyn, and ; Cincin- nati, blue and black, Buckeye, blue and yellow, Cleveland, blue and cardi: in one squad num- bering Albany, 23, in white corduroy; Mil- waukee, 8, dark gray; Ariel, Sever oe) , dark bine; Péquannook, Bridgeport, 18, blue flan- Del coat and cap. blue ings, \y trousers; Thorndike, (Beverley, Masa. 5 Scranton, , 8, dark — biue; Mount” vernon 8, and blue; 7, blue cloth Portland Wheel- blue cap and stockin, y trousers; Orange, N.J., Wanderers, oa een cordu- To; The second division was com- as follows, under the command of W. R. Springfield, Mass., 13, cardinal; Rut- , blue with silver buttons; Lancaster, Pa., 4, gray flannel; Hermes, (Chicag: 20, brown; Mountain, (Johnstown, Pa., 1, gray cap, coat and trousers, and lilac stockings; Brunswick, (New Brunswick, N.J.,) black and ta, Pa., 12. dark blue; Hudson County Wheelmen, (Hoboken.) 12, seal brown. corduroy; Boston Ramblers, 9, dark green with silver badge on cap; East Bridgewater, Conn., 5, dark blue; Citizens’, 40, blue corduroy with white helmet; Ixion, 10, black and blue; Elmira, 6, cadet gray, blue stockings and gray helm Alpba, (Bethlehem, Pa..)8, seal brown and gol Americin Star, Gaile? 14, blue flannel; = American Star, (Smithville, N.J.,) 10, blue flan- nel; Lennox, N. ll, blue flannel coats and cadet gray trousers; Cheshire, Conn., 2, black Jersey, black stockings. gray trousers, red and black caps; Lehigh University, 8, with straw-colored helmet; Poughkeepsie, 1: gray flannel; Binghampton, 7, black, with silver buttons; Pennsylvania, 20, bine and old gold; Lowell, 4, black snd gray; total, 228. The third with white caps; Buffalo. 3, black flannel with silver cord on caps; Rochester, 4, dark green; Providence, 7, black; Kings Count) , 42, Beal- brown corduroys; Plainfield, 10, biue; Paw- dark ; Frankford, Penn., 21, black; Harlem Bicycie, 18, bera of the league not attached to any club, un- der command of 8. T. Clark, and numbered about 125. Before starting the line was reviewed by the President and his staff. The line of march was around the grass-plot at the Fifth avenue en- trance to Central Park, up the avenue to 116th street, to Seventh avenue, to Central Park, the west drive to 59th street, back to 72d street, the Riverside drive, and up to Mount Tom, Arriving there, the wheels were stacked, and the forces formed in a group on the hill-side to be photographed. While they were forming the buglers of the various clubs played fanfares, and Mr. Oliver, the staff bugler, did some difficult work, which drew forth rounds of plause. Park Commissioner Viele was “Proust ones lon which is eer and photo- grap! ith the group. After this the league disbanded to prepare for the dinner at the Metropolitan hotel. During the parade a num- ber of the wheelmen indulged in the cheerfal exercise of taking *theaders,” and some of them failed to “bob up serenely from below.” Twenty bicycles were broken in this process, but no one suffered anything worse than a good shaking. Some of the wheelmen, who rode the com- fortable and exceedingly stable tricycles, smiled softly when their friends “took a tumble.” At the dinner, which took place at the Metro- politan hotel in the evening, about 500 persons Were present. A letter from President Arthur , Hall, state geologist. and Law- son N. Faller. John Kelly, who was expected, failed to appear. The cars stop between stations, and befere “ Ladies and gentlemen, as you may have noticed, we have stopped at an unusual place on the road. You are, of course, all curious to know the reason of rF UTE Hl fe : By i i i a i i ii i BE ir if i i i i i if | i ij i ‘The Sensations of a Miner Imprisoned inaShaft With Flames Overhend. From the Salt Lake Tribune. Superintendent Hall met with @ thrilling ad~ venture at the burning of the ore house up in the Ophir district the other day. He thus re lates his experience: “I was at work down about 190 fect trom the mouth of the incline, an@ when I first heard the noise I thought it wae Some visitors coming down, so I took my can- die to show them light. When I got out into the incline to my amazem I saw the ore house was on fire, mouttrof the inoline then having the appear. ance of being a solid wall of fire. My first tm- pulse was to try and rush through, but I found this impossible, and as the smoke began rushing down shaft I was compelled to retreat to the lower part of the mine and awaited the fate 1 thought surely was mine. It wasa peculiar sensation, sitting underground 200 feet, a build- ing and about 40 bushels of charcoal, ore sacks, blacksmith outfit,etc., burning overbead. I came to the conclusion my chances for escape were not very Siattering and I was feeling very ner- vous, 80 I groped my way up towards the mouth of the shaft and was just in time to see a small — of giant powder burn, it gave out a ight yellow glare, and that intermixed with the deep red flame was beautiful to look at, but under the circumstances it struck me with terror. “After the first excitement was over J began to plan and watch for a chance of , but I was again compelled to retreat down tl earnestly wishing the roof would quickly cave in, as it would give more circulation and my chance of getting out of my fi prison would be more favorable. ‘1 did not have vj to walt, for soon it fell in with a crash, then 1 could see sunlight once more. I thea began vigorously fanning the smoke with ® sack and calling out to see if any one had come, but got no answer. I began to feel faint, as the heat was intense, so 1 returned to the lower-part of the mine, almost exhausted. “A sleepy sensation overcame me. I knew what this indicated. so 1 aroused myself and determined to make a bold dash for Ife. I cured an ore #ack and luckily T hat ageion can of water. I made an opeulng tn the sack large enough to see through, soaked it with water, pulled it over my head and made the final rush. I was successful, but it was rather @ warm journey. When I came in contact with the fresh air | fell down completely exhausted.” Stine lncos moor hr THE KNEE-BREECHES Boom. From the New York World. “You may say what you please,” sald a fash- fonable tailor , yesterday to a reporter of the World, a8 they looked at a company of stous fellows in bicycle uniform, “but kneo-breeches are the coming thing.” “That depends on the size of the legs in the future, perhaps.” “By no means. It's bound to come, slimecalves or fat ones. I tell you the longtegged trouser business has seen {ta day. The most trouble some thing about making a pair of trousers ip to get a fit at thefoot. There isn'tone man inten who hasa foot upon whicha trousers’ leg will fall and bend gracefully. The instep is too low or too high, the foot is too long for the size of the leg or too short; something is the matter nine cases out of ten. “Then there's the matter of knees, which has caused more men to commit suicide than womeg or wine ever did. To have trousers that bag at the knees—is anything more maddening? Yet bag they will.” WHY TAILORS FAVOR IT. “Yes, [know that knee breeches lost in the contest that arose about this subject fifty or sixty yearsago. But that makes no difference, That wasa time of boots and thin calves. Nobody wears boots now. And our legs have got bigger. Men have to wear garters anyhow to keep thelr socks up—a sort ofa male, compromise kina of ® garter. Why not be honest and wear a real honest garter.” “But Oscar Wilde and Miss Kate Field tried to start this boom.” “That's the reason it didn't go. Nobody bat dudes would do what Wilde did, and the spindle- shanked dudes don’t want knee-breecher, of course. I should say not! Miss Kate Fieid— what does she know nbout it? She couldn't do anything but talk and men weren't going to show thelr legs Just because she wished to see them.” “Stout. sensible, muscular fellows must take ‘up the boom and it'll go. You may count on the tailors. They're tired of this ankie-trousers kind of business.” THE WHEELMEN ARE WILLING. A bicyclist from Boston said that the sugges: tion was not anew one to him. There has even been talk at the Hab of forming a club “to en- courage the universal enlargement of calves, preparatory to the reintroduction of the fashion of knee-breeches,” and it is a bicyclist move- ment. It was a universal remark among the ladies yesterday that the wheelmen's uniform was “‘so nice.” How much their shapely calves had to do with this verdict can, of course, be only guessed at. But the ladies knew what they were talking about. The reporter asked a gentlemen's furnisher what proportion of his customers wear garters. “Two-thirds, I should say. You're right about it. Socks are an awful nuisance. ‘hy, Isupply at least twenty men with stockings and garters who go the entire porcine or none in this business. They wear ‘em like women, to prevent the annoyance of socks.” WHY THE DUDES WON'T. Athin dude was asked his opinion of knoe breeches. “Aw! but it isn't the thing, yerno.” “Make it the thing.” “It Isn't good form on the other side, yerno.” “Hang the other side. Make it good form here.” “The fellows—aw just won't do it, yerno.” “Would youdo it?” “Aw?” ““Wonld you?” “Why not?” “Aw—good-day, yerno.” o> —___ Ht Warn’ » Minch. From the Detrolt Free Press. Soon after we left Meridian, on the way acrogg to Vicksburg.a solemn-looking old chap came into the smoker and groaned and sighed and took like a man terribly distressed, and when asked him where he seemed to feel it the wi he replied: “Gentlemen, there is a powerfal good-lookit woman in the next car. and she has tal hands of a human hyena.” “No I" shouted three or four voices at onoe. “Yea, indeed, He's a wicked-looking wolf sheep's clothing. If I mistake not he He'sa and, and a of his love, and the giddy thing has right into the lcouldn't bear to see any longer, and so I came in here. \Uemen, some of you have -. 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