Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1896, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MAY- 30, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. FAME'S CAMPING GROUND pane Se eS: (Continued from First Page.) terday and decorated the statues of Gens. Scott and Wiison. Post No. 20 Geccrated the statue of Gen. Lafayette. AT SOLDI HOME. oRS’ The Exercises There Tomb of Gen. Services at the Soldiers’ Home cemetery commenced about il o'clock, when a bat- tery of guns from the fourth artiller: under command of Capt. Fred Fuger, es- cortea by a company of infantry from the arsenal, filed into the grounds and took up position west of the amphitheater. By this time a large crowd had assembled and occupied seats on the bencixes under- neath the dense shade of the magnificent big oaks that ornament the grounds. ool children, under the on Jeevraiions, to the aves with flo’ i with a will r cemetery had i There was a ave a small gleamed with the foot of g, and the national colors. e Soldiers’ Home and taken their Then the assem enior Vice Commar gathering to order. Dr. Huntoon's Address. Dr. A. J. Huntoon, senior vice commander, in calling the assembly to order, sald: Comrades of the Grand Army of the Re- was sounded, r Huntoon call- and ed the public, ladies and gentlemen: Agi we have assembled ir. this beautiful city of the dead to pay our annual tril to the of se who surrendered their t the union of states might be A Peaceful Nat templation come to this in serious con- in defense of ain we have 1 cemeter: he princi 3 which nearly four hundred thousand sol- of this republic p themselves a § sacrifice upon the altar of thelr General Huntoon. country that fhe nation might live, rejoic- ing, too, in the thought that by the arbi- trament of war the integrity of the Nation- al Union fs established forever. Again we come together to catch new inspiration, a more earrest spirit of deve nm and to bring curselves into a deeper sympathy with that loyal and patriotic sentiment upon which the safety of this republic rests. Tis sweet and commendable in the na- ture of Grand Army men to give these mourning < jes to © memory of heroic dead, and we cannot too much ad- the wi jom of that great soldier end John A. Logan, who was so strumental in securing that le sr which this Memorlal day was With this in mind, there is, in y judgment, great propriety in holding on | this and on each recurring Memorial dey special service at the ma axleum in which his ashes re “Profoundly impressed by the solemniiy of these ceremon and with the sacred chara ef th s which we are here perform, let us remember that while or is a quality common to American soldiers. we have not at all times found tt hand in hand with patriotism: and by tism I mean a nuine love of coun- a love pu a love for our ty, as it came and let us Was set apart and the memory of jefense under our ‘ars and stripes, end nts of loyalty to the rising integri let us keep in mind, at least cn Memorial day, that there is a wide n between loy, and disloyulty sie defense of one’s countr: this dis: be and ud then he Rt ."" after wv F Paul's urch pronounced en tnveca- Fourth Artillery Band, under hip of Prof. Buglione, furnished ropriate music, together with the Mu- . for the r nder of the occa- read a poem by entitted “A Memorial a de Thomas H. Sypherd 1 the following original poem: " * Lit The Poem, yours Bave made the century cne-third old rave. though seeming but ‘a day come to deck the ino ~ in unseulptur'd cla: eroes elec pin: jes over the sex of graves so lonz? tale, funereal no s fade; = n to us that we prolong with wreaths upon these billocks Not dirges, but trf ‘Th “sols are And anecch ane song shall While ioyat bands ‘sad Braves. phent notes we hea arching on;"" and fags shall il a thousand years, Ga Matt deck “these © was a time when mourn! es were bereft of lover, thefr posts in battle's stern erish days and had Its day; and son; array, darkest nights wore on. vere vacan:, seats forsook s' tasks of prize and fame bereft of stole and book, tofl ard trade and lelsure uptry’s call, eazerly strove for place. gem muster rolls; strange food for powder those: gets rusi"d to face anger'd brother foes. ars of pain and waste and blood for what? uided pride in wrath allegiance broke, And swore ¢ a_spot Z, OF ut one stroke grand fabric by our fathers rear'd. TeGeit We? Slavery’s Keen lash we did not Our fellows did; In all the earth ‘The sun t here Freedom's shrine appear’ no elsew could we kneel. all Lis course had ne'er bebeid tand up ight ‘twixt right and wrong; Bread acrecge of war, or bloodier ewell'd ‘Tide or grit and treasure Inst eo long. Both pray‘d In faith to that o“erruling Pos y bg foemen think thelr cause de! Quid He have fall'd us fatetal Bi Verish His nane ard men! mougst thoughtful “Vox popull, vox De Lo" ne'er so truo As now; victor and vanquished, now ‘tls o'er, b bail’ the Union with ster view— nder, lovelier thin before. battle of the human rac people by ard for the people rul i republics, Cuba, Trarsvaal, trace lesson from our blood eucrimson'd school. ftermath S the first reaping; our path ping. Where be the sens of fame bern ‘The oges gone nuke pro: Who ed v that strife? lest boust 0 “s timp has uever yet nor shall ‘3 eternal record names more at ded sleeve, Jen wound, old arn’d renown ever told. v'd_ breast eaguas oF graves one U untiniesy ress, d curs to sare. in-urn’d manhood jeir country ‘0 Christ those patriot ‘souls uake mankind snd country one. add 1 sternly swear pure gol be fell still ‘That ratiou'y deep dishonor ts ussar’d their | | address. ‘That shows neglect, or doles a grudg’d repay ‘To those who such a pure Mbation pour’d To Liberty and Union—one for aye. Be ours the land of all beneath the sun A grateful recognition full to shed; Hetora snd gold to living soldier sons, Immertal fame to all her patriot dead. ‘Then fling “Old Glory’ out—crown every grave; Let cannon’s rvar and martial music's blare Emburden sound's remotest throbbing w ‘On this “‘passover’’ day through all the years. Col. Lincoln's Address. Col. Charles P. Lincoln was then intro- @uced to the audience, who greeted his ap- pearance with applaure. He said the mli- itery hero has been eulogized throughout all perlods of human history. The sculptor, the painter and the historian have paid tribute to him. The gathering today was Cc. P. Lincoin, of a grateful and patriotic people come to do homage to thelr departed heroes. No more appropriate iribute could be paid them than by this simple service of decorating their graves. This practice can be traced back to the time of the Greeks, who imposed a law re- auiring homage to be paid to thelr dead soldiery. Their bones were carefully gath- ered, were inclosed in cypress co and, when transported to the sultable places, services were held at which the most noted oraturs spoke of the deeds of the heroes, The establishment of the American me- rrorial service was largely due to John A. Logan, whd, in 1868, when he was com- mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of, the Republic, issued an order that all posts should decorate the graves of their dead. Col. Lincoin spoke in eloquent strain for some time, and concluded with the state- ment that he would not object to the con- federates erecting monuments to their ead, for 2s long as those monumenis stand they should be a perpetual reminder of the unholy attempt against the Union and its signal failure. At Gen. Logan's Tomb. Rev. Walter Hopper, C.S.P., prenounced @ benediction, after which the audience ad- journed to the tomb of Logan, near the gate of the cemetery, where a special serv- ice was held. This service was under the Girection of the following committees: Lo- gan guard of honor, F. A. Beuter, T. W. Tallmadge, 8. R. Whitrey, Wilson Wood Jeff. Thomas, D. W. Houghton, R. D. Good- man, Aaron Stern; committee from Legion of Loyal Wemen, Mrs. Electa Smith, chair- men; Mrs. M. E. Jenkins, Mrs. M. Palmer Crabb, Mrs. McCullough and Mrs. Caroline Nye. Music was furnished by a male quar- tet, led by Mr. Gilbert Clark, after which Representative Prince of Illinois made an Mr. Prince said in part: “Mr. Chairman and fellow-citizens: Vol- untarily, lovingly and loyally we have come to pay our tribute of respect to him who les buried here. Yonder, from elo- quent lips, we have heard the story of he- roism of those who died that our country might remain one and inseparable. “It seems to me it would not be proper here and now to speak at length concern- ing Memorial day. However. {t might not be out of place to speak briefly of the char- acter of the men who made up our army, north and south, of the work they did and of the great good resulting to our country from that fierce, cruel and fratracidal war. They were unlike the soldiery who fol- lowed the fortunes of the first Napoleon. They were not mercenaries. T! were Representative Prince. not fighting for conquest. They were not fighting for self-aggrandizement. They were men engaged in peaceful walks of life, just as we are now. “They were of our own blood and of our own family. They were from the farm, the shop, the mine, the bar, the bench, the store, the ministry—in short, from all vo- cations of life. They were then as ambi- tlous to gain and acquire wealth, position, place and power as we are now. All of these earthly allurements, for which we go strive, they put to one side and voluntarily went forth to do and to die. It cannot be that these men gave up all and risked their lives for the insignificant monthly pay of- fered by the government. However, I have heard it stated by some contemptible, stay- at-home cowards that these men’ were amply rewarded for what they did, and that they should not receive pensions in addition thereto. “Such strictures upon the brave men who composed our armies can spring only from a low, sordid nature. No, the men who composed that great army were the flower of our country and the highest type of Christian civilization. They were moved by the highest and noblest earthly sentiment —loxe of covntry. They were men, high- minded men, ‘who their duties know, and, knowing, dare maintain.’ Of such was that great army, on the Unton side, led to victory by the greatest generals the world has ever seen. Citizen Soldiery. “In deeds of valor and of heroism, the student of history will seek in vain to find that anybody anywhere has surpassed the American soldiery north and south. Men could not be braver and do braver acts. Our people demonstrated to the world that intelligent, free men, contending against each other, can be transformed from citi- zens {nto soldiers and exhibit the highest type of soldierly qualities. “Fortunate for us as a people that the south failed in its attempt to dismember the Unton. Had ft succeeded, what would have been the result? Two republics of Kindred people, one based on liberty, the other on slavery, occupying what 1s’ now our common country. A little later on each republic would be engaged in rebellion, and each would be again divided and sub- divided, and, us a result, there would be a number of petty Mttle republics. It would only be a Kittle time until, one by one, these lttle republics would fall into the hands of some foretgn monarchy, and the | great republic of our fathers would cease te exist. Forturate, indeed, not oniy for the people of our own country, but for the world, was it that the north succeeded, and that this government ‘of the people, for the people and by the people,’ did not cease to exist. “Out of the bitter experiences of war have come forth the sweet joys of p We ere now a united, happy people. Made so throuxh commercial relations and inter- marriages. This splendid country of ours still continues to be ‘the land of the free and the home of the brave.’ In this coun- try of ours is to be wrought out the great esi problem ever intrusted to man—man’s ability to govern man. It would seem as if Providence had specially set apart say country of ours. Centuries have come an gone befere America was discovered, and, when discovered, the footsteps of the brightest and best of Burope were directed to our country, their future home. Under the dings of Providence we took on a rep % form of government. A Splendid Heritage. “The wise and patrictic statesmen of our early days enlarged our borders until we extended from ocean to ocean and from the lakes to the gulf. We have ever had an honest, rugged, lberty-loving,. composite, manly people. The brightest, the bravest and the best. “We are living, we are dwelling, In a grand and awful time; In an age on ages telling, To be living is sublime.’ “We will here demonstrate that man has ability to govern himself through his own choice. Opportunities are presented here the like of-which the world has never seen. All that goes.to make up a great, prosper- ous people is possessed by_us. This splen- did heritage is ours, given to us by our fathers at a great cost of life and prop- erty. It is ours to use and enjoy and to ee to our children, spotless and unsul- ied. “It is our duty, if need be, to die in its defense. It is our duty to tell to our chil- dren the heroic deeds of valor of these men whose graves we this day cover with flow- ers, and tell them to emulate their virtues, and, if need be, to give up their lives that this great republic may exist. “It seems to me it would be proper, here and now, near the tomb of this great r:an to speak of the part that his state took in the great war. Tribute to®Iilinots. “Illinois rests like a sbield upon the bosom of the nation. The state extends from Cairo, at the junction of the rivers Missi sipp! and ‘Ohio on the south, thence nort ward to Lake Michigan, in length about four hundred miles. “The earf¥ settlers of the southern por tion of the state came largely from Vir- ginia and Kentucky. Their friends ard relatives were there. The graves of their loved ones were there. They were imbued with southern ideas, and every tle which binds heart to heart bound them to their native state from which they came. The early settlers of the northern portion of the state came largely from Puritan stock, and they, too, were bound by every sym- pathetic tie to their New England homes, and were early inspired with New England ideas. This was the peculiar position the State was placed in prior to the war. “The southern portion of the state, po- litically, was not in sympathy with the President-elect, but, fortunate for the state and for the nation, there were two men who had power enough to cause the south- ern portion of the state to go us they de- sired. One of ‘these was the rival of the President-elect, had contested with him at the bar, in the legislature, on the stump, for the senatorship, for the presidency, the brainy patriot, Stephen A. Douglas. The other was a member of Congr with a democratic majority of fifteen thou- sand at his back, the idol of his district. young, ambitious, rugged and honest, who loved his country more than his par! and who, from the first, denounced cession with all the vehemence of his intrepid nature, John A. Logan. The power and individuality of these ‘o men were thrown in favor of the cause of humanity, and they nobly supported the great Lincoln. We of Illinois have a right to feel proud of what she did in the grcat struggle. She gave to the nation and to the world the three greatest characters of the century—Lincoln, the emancipator; Grant, the conqueror; Logan, the volun- teer. Your work, great volunteer, will never be forgotten. Your fame is secure. Each recurring Memorial day your name will be spoken kindly, reverently and lov- ingly by a people whom you loved and for whose interest you gave your life.” Mr. George C. Ross also made a short address, and, after decorating the tomb, the visitors departed. The Committees, ‘The services at the Soldiers’ Home were under the direction of the following com- mittee: . Committee on receptlon—Brev. Maj. Gen. David S. Stanley, U. S. A.. chairman; Capt. D. A. Irwin, U. S. A.; Brev. Maj. R. C. Parker, U. S. A.; Lieut. Col. W. H. Ford- wood, A.; Past Deputy Commander J. M. Pipes, Commander Jacob Moore, Com- rades John J. Glover, W. D. Wallace, Wm. D. Kernahan, William Jones, Neal McFar- land, George Funk, T. W. Tallmadge, Geo. C,. Ross and Wm. H. Decker. Committee on decorations—Mrs. George Van Fleet, president; Mrs. Georgiana Chambers, Miss Lottie Wakefield, Mrs. Laura Orr, Mrs. Jane Bridahan, Mrs. Mary Mangan, Mrs. Sallie Miller, Mra. Mildred C. Rice, Mrs. Gertrude McElwee, Mrs. Mary Young, Mrs. Sarah Campbell, Mrs. Elizabeth Grinder, Mrs. Alice Mrs. Laura Chamberlain, Mrs. Mrs. Laura Wheeler, Mrs. Caroline Funk, Mrs. Cecelia Ford, Mrs. Mary Moudy, Mrs. L. W. McDonald, Mrs. Adelaide Wilton, Miss Nellie Clark, Miss Lillie Boyland,Mrs. Jennie Langley, Mrs. Mary Gilroy, Miss Florence Chamberlin, Mrs. Mary Sullivan and Mrs. Marion Gregory. Grand Army Musical Unton—Comrade E. D. Tracy, director; Mrs. Mary A. Tracy, pianist; Comrades R. H. Boswell, E. H. Brown, D. H. Clark, P. W. Coleman, L. F. Callan, Granville Fernald, J. O. Gorman, Geo. C. Johnston, D. G. Proctor, Harry Player, Geo. B. Rose, L. P. Seibold, H. F. Smith, D. Tracy, Geo. Wheeler, J. C. Windsor; assisted by Mrs. C. Avery, Mrs. Belle Bradford, Mrs. Lucy R. Brown, Mrs. C. A. Bogan, Miss N. R. Bogan, Miss Ruth R. Blazey, Miss Maggie E. Cox Ts. Helen Engle, Miss Etta Gilliland, Mrs. D. W. Hougaton, Mrs. Agnes Howland, Mrs. J. E. N. Ingalls, Mrs, Baltus De Long, Mrs. H. A. Proctor, Mrs. Susie H. Rose, Mrs. H. F. Smith and Mrs. J. C. Osborn, AT OAK HILL. An Eloquent Address Delivered by the Rev. Dr. Stitt. At Cak Hill cemetery the memorial ex- ercises were conducted by Past Post Com- mender J. W. Kirkley of George U. Mor- ris Post, No. 1. At 9:30 this morning the members of the post assembled at their headquarters in Stohlman’s Hall, on N street, and escorted by company H of the Western Hign School, ard headed by a full band, began the march to beautiful Oak Hill. The services here lasted but little over an hour. After a dirge by the band, Rev. W. C. Alexander, D. D., pastor of the West Strect Presbyterian Church, invoked divine blessing. A solo, ‘Onc’ Sweetly Sclemn Thougat,” was delivered in. im- pressive style by Mr. Jones, the music reverberating among the trees, which add- ed much to the solemity of the occasion. Rev. Dr. Stitt's Oration. Rev J. B. Stitt, D. D., pastor of Dum- barton Avenue M. E. Church, delivered the oration. In part he said: “The sight of a veteran of our army always stirs my reverence and ad- miration. I at once think of the sacred cause in which he fought, and see him only through the halo with which that cause surrounds Kim. ‘Through what thrilling scenes you have come! We read the story of your deeds, or we hear you tell, as did Othello to Desdemona of ‘battles,’ sieges, Rev. Dr. Stitt. fortunes,’ of ‘hair-breadth escapes from the imminent deadly breach,’ of ‘being taken by the insolent fce,’ and we think we have @ fair idea of what self-sacrifice and cour- age, under such circumstances, really mean. But how feeble fs our grasp of these things compared with yours! “Through the mists of thirty years you look back today to that crisis in your his- tory when, at your country’s call, you took up arms in defense of the integrity of the Union. Your eyes grow moist as you pic- ture the scene of your parting with kindred and friends. And you remember your varied experiences on the march and in camp; the lonely watches by night and Gay; the exhaustion of battle, the falling of your comrades at your side, the awful sights of the field, or, it may be, the hor- rors of imprisonment or of the hospital! What a horrid dream it all appears to you now! But whet a glory has come out of it all, and rests upon you and your work! The country can never cease to honor you. ‘The mounds that shall mark where your ear 19 14 ote 10% ECOSO SO SSOS000 QE GSO9GO008S006 ooce Both lots are from a whose reputation we'll stake o selling entails is his—not ours. you and such never-before-equa Mark What We Say! Men’s SSOSS00 O8Eet Two Extraordina Suits Begin on Monday. In One You Have the Choice of about In the You Have the Choice of about That are Worth $15, $16.50, $18 and $20 for man ufacturer of undoubted standing—upon urown. The loss that this phenomenal Only the credit is due us for bringing led opportunities together. upon your confidence. squarely—fairly, & By i) #By & PB B Be coy BS ours. Call for the proofs. and $15 Ww servants- It did it this-time. without a word. & Gust reposes when death has mustered you cut of service here will be as tenderly cared for. and as regularly strewn with God's symbols of resurrection as those un- der which your departed comrades’ forms lie sleeping. “You have come today to decorate graves. Let me remind you of a sublimer work of decoration to which you gave yourselves when you fought the battles of the war. “The success of the Union armtes deco- rated our century with {ts noblest achieve- ment. There have been other epochs in human affairs, which stand out in the splendid insignia of great events in hu- manity’s progress. All that Greece became to the world of her time, and to after times, had its seed in Marathon and Sala- whose battles stayed the Persian in- ion, and saved to the race a great civilization. And what 18 known in his- tory as the Golden Age of Rome was con- spicuous for what it gave to Its own gener- ation, and to all its posterity—a great sys- tem ‘of jurisprudence. But the present century, While it will also be noted as the age of scientific discovery and invention, will receive from the future historian its greatest distinction as the age in which occurred the emancipation of a race. A Momentous Event. “We are too near, as yet, the event which will give to our White House its proudest memory as the place in which Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipation act. to ap- preciate its magnitude. A thousand years hence the citizens of the republic will be- gin to teke in the far-reaching effects of that movement, as those of the present cannot; just as we of today are only be- ginning, as it were, to comprehend how vital to our present civilization were mov ments and events in the days of the Pha: aohs and the Caesars. The victory of the Union armies in our late war also meant the decoration of the American republic with the distinction of the. world’s leader- ship. “From the time of the formation of our government the thoughtful people of the old world have been looking to this coun- try as to the greatest of all theaters—if not the final theater of, all time—for test- ing man’s capacity for self-government. Here the hopes of mankind for all that is best and noblest in human possibility have been finding their center. The wisest mis statesmen of Burope have watched, and are watching, our history, to the intent of discovering whether or no we have found and are developing the true; secrets of lb- erty, equality, fraternity. France began the experiment in the eighteenth century, but the reign of terror ‘Was’ the confession of its dismal failure. And up to the out- break of our civil war we, as a people, had been wrestling with the same problem, but with ill success. Then if was that a great prophet came to us with his message, de- claring as if God’s voice was uttering the words, that ‘the nation could not exist half slave and half free.’ The war cut the knot we had been so long and vainly try- ing to untie, and with a new birth of free- dom the nation began its illustrious ca- reer, and forged quickly to the front amongst the governments of earth, “You builded better than you knew. To save the Union you battled. What you did was to make possible for your country a destiny with Which none of the empires of the past can be compared. We look in vain for a parallel to the leaps and bounds in true progress which the United States of America has made in the thirty years since 1865. In the matter of Increase in population, wealth, influence during that time, our nation has been the wonder offf the world. It is not surprising, therefore, | that our cousins across the sea are get- ting bewildered, not to say neitled, at our growth and claims; not surprising that Europe should be considering if the time We might claim these Suits at and $15—and YOU'D BELIEVE IT, because we never have humbugged you—never have misled you—never have preyed We have talked to you honestly— But, indeed, nouncement is dry some such extravagant claims will be made in the feverish effort to counteract the effect of this offering of ere not philanthropists. 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And by worth we mean—CAN- NOT BE MATCHED IN QUALITY OF FABRIC—HON- ESTY OF MAKING—CLEVERNESS OF FASHIONING They ARE worth $15 PRICES. Bought under dif- We Gladly Give Them Our Guarantee. They warrant your entire confidence. They will command They are all-wool Cheviots—W ors- teds and Cassimeres—in splendid effects—handsomely trimmed —and tailored with all the care possible. them ourselves they couldn't be better made. came. It was worthy of us—and worthy of you—and we've lost no time in putting it before you. your highest satisfaction. ng---The end is when the last one of the suits is sold. sible to shut us in between the two seas and between Canada and Me “Thus far, but no further!’ ch ‘pent: up Utica’ can ‘contract our powers.’ ‘Amer- ica for Americans’—not in a narrow, partl- san sense—is our ‘manifest destin: From where the ice king holds his court in our northern hemisphere to where Cape Horn juts out into the seas, and westward from where the Atlantic washes our eastern coast, to where the waters of the Pacific roll, ‘Old Glory’ shall one day be the only flag recognized as supreme. American Citizenship. “And not the least amorg the results brought about by the war in which you fought has been the decoration of Ameri- can citizenship with a new and sublime meaning. It was the boast of the ancient Roman that his civil immunities were of incomparable worth. The appeal to Caesar, in his case, meant appeal to an invincible and world-embracing state. His freedom, his citizenship, was guaranteed to him wherever he might be. “There was a time when our own citizen- ship did not mean so much as that. But when the event of Appomattox Court House occurred, civil Hberty took cn a new aspect and was baptized with a new life. The flag of the stars and stripes caime to stand for more than it had ever before, and now, wherever it floats over our lard, or else- where, it represents a power that confers upon its people all the rights which God in the constitution of human nature and society purposed man snould have and ex- ercise. “There ts to me a pathos in this scene and In this memorial service which cannot be expressed in words. There must come a time, not very far away, when the chief actors in the work of decorating our sol- diers’ graves will not be eoldiers who them- eelves fought for our country’s life, but their children and their surviving country- men: for death will have claimed the last member of the Grand Army of the Repub- lic. A million men were sent back to the walks of private, civilian life when the re- bellion closed. But thirty years of time's mowing has cut down tne human wheat then standing in the field until the sheaves yet to be gathered are comparatively few indeed. You cannot but feel a tinge of sadness in -your hearts today as you re- member how your ranks have been thinned since you came from the field, and how soon, at the farthest, it will be When you, too, shall join your comrades in the iand of peace. “Let me assure you, for your country, and in its name, that your heroism in {ts behalf shall be held in everlasting remem- brance. You may transmit to your fami- Nes when you go hence very little of material store; but your part as a Union goldier in the great rebellion will be a legacy to them of untold value, and your children’s children to the latest generation will count themselves honored in having come from the stock in which such heroes were found.” Some Good Music. The quartet, composed of Mrs. Kelser, Miss Muir, Mr. Jones and Mr. Skerrett. sang “Thou Art the King Immortal.” After another selection by the band the quartet rendered that beautiful hymn, “Lead, Kindly Light.” A soprano solo “Flee as a Bird,” was given by Mrs. Kel- ser, after which benediction was pronounc- ed by Rev. Mr. Queen of New Jersey. With the assistance of the ladies of the post the graves of all the soldier dead in the cemetery were decorated. In all, there are 230 graves In the cemetery which con- tain the bones of those who served in the late war, the majority of whom in life were commissioned officers. The grave of John Howard Payne, the author of “Home, Sweet Home,” was not forgotten, and not only the Grand Army people, but almost ses “Saks’ Corner.” papas If we had made The chance DBDGIGIDIIDDIIIIVOHS 0HH9GH 9GHGHDHHOHODSD isitor to the cemetery placed a floral offering to the memory of the deceased. AT HOLY ROOD CEMETERY. Rev. Father Zimmerman's Patriotic Tribute to the Dead Heroes. At Holy Rood cemetery the services w very simple. of George U. Morris Post, and, after the ceremonies at Oak Hill cemetery, the post and escort marched to Holy Rood. The serv- ices at the cemetery were conducted by Mr. Rudolph Ullmer ,assisted by Messrs. Potter, MoCarthy and Williams. After entering the grounds the command marched up to a shaded central knoll, from the center of which the address of the day was delivered. Father Zimmerman’s Oration, e Rev. Father Zimmerman, assistant pastor of Trinity Church, delivered the oration, and his remarks were very appropriate, en- gaging the attention of the crowd during the entire time he was speaking. “There is a striking similarity between priests who consecrate themselves to the service of God,” said he, “and soldiers who are the arm of the state. Both display the same virtues, discipline, obedience and courage; both by word and example, and, if necessary, by inflicting punishment, help to maintain peace and order, and both try more to prevent lawlessness and disorder than to punish it. Hence the great sym- pathy of soldiers and priests is easily ex- plained. Their virtues are manly. They abhor sham and sentimentality. Many soi- diers of olden and modern times had tq lend themselves to ambitious whims, and become the unwilling instruments of in- triguing statesmen. The soldiers of this country have never been degraded. They have ever fought for a noble cause, the de- fense and glory of their country. They have ever enlisted the sympathy of the civilized world that has furnished recruits alike for the war of independence and the great civil war. But is the great civil war of the years 1861-65 not an exception? Has this war not brought unavoidable woes to the United States? Streams of blood were shed and many precious lives were lost, but we must not dwell on the worse, but the good, results of the struggle. As the cru- saders raised the people of Europe, so the civil war furthered civilization and progress made the nation united and strong. The thirty years’ war of Germany was really disastrous, because it sealed the disruption of Germany; the civil war was beneficial because it cemented the union of the states. Strength of the United States, “It is remarkable how a strong united nation makes up for the loss of lives and property, as we see in the United States after the war. Germany required more than 200 years until it became united. Those men who gave their lives did not suspect how great a benefli they bestowed on their country. They simply obeyed the call of duty, but they are not the less to be honored by us, because they fearlessly rushed into battle, throwing away their lives. It is the duty of the descendants and fellow citizens of these heroes to cul- tivate the arts of peace they have gained, to fight for their country whenever their services are needed, and to imitate their generosity and charity. This was a pecu- Mar feature of the late war, that the sol- diers arrayed against each other never forgot that thcy were fellow citizens, and | ever strove to vie with one another in charity and mutual respect. Thus they have left a noble exampie for their de- scendants, and helped to bridge over the chasm that had divided the norih and the south,” In the cemetery there are the graves of over a hundred gallant soldiers of the war, and every litiie mound was remembered. The cemetery was in charge | Outside of the playing of a dirce by the band there were no other services. AT ST. ELIZABETH'S. Many Participated in and Listened to Rev. Mr. Smfth. The exercises at St. Elizabeth's Asylum were witnessed by a large number of peo- | ple, and were conducted almost solely by | the officers and attaches of the instivution. | Soon after 9 o'clock this morning the officers of the hospital, officers and mem- | bers of John A. Logan Post, No. 13, G. A. | R., and a large delegation from the Wo- man’s Relief Corps, auxiliary to the post, | Went to the cemetery, where so many Un- | ion soldiers lie buried, and decorated their | graves. After completing their duties there, | most of the persons went to the beautiful | Srove attached to the institution to attend the concluding ceremonies. Here a stand, which was handsomely decorated, had been erected, and an abundance of seats for the audience provided. While the people were assembling the Bt. he Ceremontes | Elizabeth's Band, composed of twenty \ pieces, and under the direction of Prof. Anderson, rendered “America” and other patriotic airs. | At 11 am. the bugler sounded the as- | sembly, and this was followed with en invocation by Rev. Dr. John Chester. The St. Elizabeth's Chorus, under the direction of Prof. E. T. Davis, leader and organist, sang “Honor to the Fallen True. The oration was by Rev. Frank Hyatt Smith. Rev. F. H. Smith’s Address. After paying a high compliment to Dr. W. W. Godding, the superintendent of the asylum, in whose absence he said he was privileged to address the assemblage, say- ing of him that “wretchedness of body and of mind was the first claim to his sym- pathy and skill.” Mr. Smith said that while the occupants of the graves about them may have worn the blue or the gray, they now wear the white, and if their intellects were curtained, that curtain has now been with- drawn in the presence of Him who is light. While our land contains no such ivied monuments as are frequent beyond the seas, the more it is needful that we should honor our patriot dead. He who looks down into the purple lighted crypt, where reposes the Corsican who shook the worlé, it is true, leaves the scene subdued with awe, but he who faces the tomb of the silent man of Vicksburg 1s inspired by higher motives, and is in the presence of rarer dust. “If we have,” he exclaimed, “no Westminster, with ite stately memor- jals to scores of illustrious dead, and its long drawn aisles and fretted vaults; yet thousanads of our patriots sleep today ‘In that cathedral boundless as our won- der, Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supp! Its choir the winds and waves, thunder, Its dome the sky.’ It ts well for the proud ship of state to pause one day each year end cast the radi- ance of her light over the track of vicisei- tude she has sailed, for only by @ study of the past can the probable future be known. | The Fourth of July commemorates the na- tion's incarnation, while the 80th of May commemorates its redemption, and surely, he thought, the redemption of a nation fraught with lessons paramount and pro- {found. So, to the inquiring mind today | there comes the question, Will the great Ir founded by the fathers and Te: jw cr sons, endure? Is it proof disintegration of time? Afe that have been, and are lessons for us? Referring to (ached on Bleventh Pasa) its orga