Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY,:MAY 30, 1896--TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. FAMES CAMPING GROUND (Continued from Tenth Page.) the fall of Rome and its causes, he asked are none of those symptoms of decay ob- servable in America today? Do we alone pess@ss the true elixtr of life? He feared that great danger threatens our country, remarking that crime has tore than kept pace with population; that the refuse from other lands, unkempt, un- washed and unread, now control our great mvnicipalit and that the ballot 1s too often a matter of bareain and sale. The church Itself, he thought, is not free from the general taint, and men are distingu!sh- ing Christianity from Christ. Many are asking, too, whether a constitutional mon- archy, with wise limitations, {s not prefer- able to a republic where license may usurp liberty. We may boast our light, he said. but if we look not wisely on the sun itself it_smites us Into darkness. In the s'gnificance of the memorial serv- fees of the Grand Army of the Republic, year by year, he thought, lies the only hope for our national perpetuity, the only Pledge of safety to the state. Love of country. illuminated by obligation to God, which made a few Dutch provinces that were daunted neither by delay nor defeat, by starvation nor by death, ultimately victorious over Spain and the sea, which made a Wandful of New England farmers withstand the force of the invaders, though the snow at Valley Forge was reddened by their bare and bleeding feet; which inspir- ed thousands to leave home and shop and bank and farm and school and face the cannon’s mouth, until in the grave of the gentlest of our rulers all animosities were forever buried. This alone can fill our youth with high motives and sublime ideals; elevate our press and assure our commerce, and restore our credit and pre- serve our fame. Concine ing Ceremonies. "was sung by lion pronounced by ison of Logan Post, and after “lights out” was sounded by the bugler, the audience dispersed. Rev. Ado- los Allen, ex tor of the First Fresby- 0-1 terian Church, and Commander Kellogg, G. N., were among those present, the latter of whom wore all the insignia of rank to which his position in the navy en- titled him. MT. OLIV T CEMETERY. The Pxercises Were Held in Douglas M. E. Chureh. The memorial exercises for the dead sol- @iers at Mt. Olivet and Graceland were hgld at Douglas Memorial M. E. Church, corner H and 11th streets northeast, under the auspices of George H. Thomas Post, No. 15. The procession was formed at 10 o'clock, at 2d and H streets, and marched from there to the church. ‘The procession was headed by the Second Regiment Band, and marched in the following order: Ttand, forty-six little girls, representing the state of the Union; Sunday school children of the northeast. companies A, B, C and D of the fifth battalion of the second regiment, members of George H. Thomas Camp, members of George H. Thomas Post and the Woman's Rellef Corps. The members of the post wore new and pretty badges of @ neat d sign, and the children carried ing at the church at 10:30 am. the were opened by the reading of emorial orders,” by AdJu‘ant John . Doud. This was followed by a short but Patriotic talk from Commander J. F. Meacham and a welcome to the audience. The choir of Douglas Church was to have Deer present, but was absent, and musle Was furnished by the Second Regiment Band. interspersed throughout the pro- Memorial of Flowers. One of the prettiest features of the pro- grem was the “Memorial of Flowers,” ren- ered by forty-six little girla, represent- ing each state of the Union. They were at- tired tn white, x wore Jaunty caps of red, cach containing the name of the state the Searer represented, and a blue sash around ulders ists. They carried 1 flower: y stood on the plat- and in front of them was a miniature ment built of wood, in which had riven a@ number of nails. T! mon- dedicated to the “unknown.” miss recited j to the cemetery gates. | by no means !acking,and a constant stream a short verse and oftlowers on the monument. i finished the monun with flowers represented “olumbia, and esented by Misses Emma e Howells, May Thorn- ton. Eth2] Thornton, Mabel Burton, Edna Hecker, Ollie Nolan, Liilan Schneider, ttace Houchen, Flores Speak, Josephine Fau Ninette Strieby Maggie Lukie, Evelyn Meach- Juliz Meacham, Grace Killman, Carrie , Mamie Thompson, Floren omip- Mary Scott, Mag, tte hung a bouqu When they hac covered Houchen Ei ec Marguerite Be Bessie Young, Irma McKeldon, Annie Harr, Nellie Det. weiler, e Cole, Olive Hanan Pansy Bur ith Gill, Elsie Speak, Gertrude tie Yost, Edith Switzer, Nina ia Hanft, Jennie Nolan) Sallie ‘rtie Nolan, Louise Hart, Clara he next on the program was “memorial ceremonies” by the officers of Thomas Post. officers who took part were Ccmmander J. F. Meacham, Senior Vice E. Pp B. F. Entreken, Of- Faulkner, Chaplains Han F. Fuller and Miss Rosa Meac is for Past Com- meander Stone E. J. Brookings read an origi e ginal poern, entitled the “Passing of an Arm: ana it Toag.t tenuvely listened to. It is as fol- } jows: * Passing of an Army. ng is the poem read by the author, - Brookings: me days through; ts work is done, and thinner. ut bound tt together— So terribly strange— Sof War's tude tether, t or the wintry w «ther, i er and U are severed by time's closer. change, Days of nnon's blaze, the battle craze, stranger, er? bimetl the ext for which they fought, to wi, or else to die; k life counted nought, k so fitly wrought, v's Hight Will, os years go Dy, br righter. Self w In this And Fr now— attle strife, 1 aglow of shadows of cot stant t faiths that rites of Ti and cle: ave and true, ts its loud tattoo, en and the roll calls few; ! thou art day by day tho” dust thou art; Golden Age— wd seer and sage i pm thy historie page, ‘The cost of their blood-saved heritage, Abd iced thee praise from depth of heart er and ever. flowers, ers, sweet flowers, aud with roses the graves of these dead, shall ve to honor them 30; ith flowers, tears may be shed, anted and prayers are said f the braves of long ago, ‘eW sweet flowers. dust As ye some time, time, : ‘sternal camping ground, ‘Ter will all be in vast array; Tough no drum may roll nor’ bugle sound, Nor War's ‘read presence hedge them round, Perhaps in neaven’s own peaceful way ‘Teey will have one grand memorial day, Sowe time, some time. S. M. Croft of Thomas Camp, Sons of Veterans, delivered an oration, in which he reterred to the pride each member of the camp possesses that he is the son of a vet- eran. The orator of the day was Representative William A. Calderhead of Kansas. He was introduced by Commander Meacham as a son of the state which gave John Brown, and which had given many sons to the cause of liberty. Mr. Calderhead spoke for nearly an hour, and the speech was re- ceived with enthusiasm. Representative Calderhead’s Address Mr. Calderhead is a veteran and a mem- ber of the G. A. R. He said that he felt some pride in being introduced as a son of Kansas. The soil of that state was bap- tized in the blood of liberty. From that state, then a territory, more men went to the Union army than there were voters. From that hour to this her whole life has been consecrated to the memories of the men who went out and battled for liberty. Mr. Calderhead talked of the struggle of years ago. He said that there were .2,265 battles during the war. The war, he said, was not a question of slavery or of the meaning of the Constitution. It was a question whether the great liberty-loving nation should remain intact. It was a question whether one flag should wave over a united country. If that flag had not triumphed there is no telling, he said, what would be taking place in this country to- day. He discussed the matter of state's rights and civil society. The declared ob- ject of the rebellion was to establish an- other nation. These men who sit before him fought for one ration and against two. They did not fight to free slaves so much as to preserve their country. Foreign Sympathy With the Con- federacy. Mr. Calderhead discussed the conditions of the country before and during the war, alluding to the strong opposition in many places in the north to armed resistance to the secession of the south. There was much difference of opinion in the north, while the south was practically united. The speaker referred to the sympathy ex- tended the confederacy by England, France and other foreign countries, while no such sympathy was extended to the United States. He considered that fact an evi- dence that the struggle was one for lib- erty and for the preservation of the nation. Mr. Calderhead detailed inany brave deeds performed at Gettysburg. He considered that battle as the one which decided the fe of the nation. Had the confederates won the battle, the confederacy would have been recognized by England and France. ‘Those countries were on the point of grant- ing recognition when the news of the re- sult at Gettysburg was flashed across the sea and stayed their hands. The purpose of the confederacy was to establish a con- federacy of states, which ts very different from the principles of this government. He showed the difference between a confed- eracy of states and a union of states. “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” was sung by the audience, and Rev. John L. Walsh pro- novnced the benediction. This closed the exercises in the church. The procession was then reformed and marched to Mt. Olivet and Graceland, where the conclud- ing exercises took place. The fifth battalion was commanded by Major Otto L. Suess. The other officers present were Lieutenants Mock, Shaw, Meyers and Sprigg. Captain Jenkins com: teanded company A, Lieutenant Smallwood company B, Captain Sayers company C, and Captain England company D. The Irish Patriots’ Graves. The Emerald Club will decorate the graves of the Irish patriots at Mt. Qlivet cemetery tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. The speakers will be Congressman Walsh of New York, P. T. Moran and Jno. J. Dolan of this city. CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY. A Parade, Patriotic Addresses, Poem and Flowers Strewn. Early in the morning matters assumed a holiday aspect at Congressional cemetery. The solitary line of street cars running to this city of the dead w: taxed to its ca- pacity, while other public conveyances and private vehicles formed a continuous pro- cession eastward along E street southeast Pedestrians were of men, women and children wended their way there. By 10 o'clock almost every grave within the inclosure had been ap- propriately bedecked, some with handsome and costly floral tributes, others merely Rev. Dr. W. E. Parson. with small American flags. Parties were seated in groups about the grounds, many making a day of it, carrying luncheon with them in picnic fashion. The Parade. The services under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic did not com- mence at the cemetery until noon. They were under the direction of Dr. J. F. Raub, junior vice commander of the Department of the Potomac, and a committee, of which Raub was chairman, consisting of A. nore, S. W. Bunyea, J. Tyler Powell ‘ank M. Allen, the latter represent- ing the Sons of Veterans. The services were preceded by a parade, the particl- pants assembling at the National Capital Bank building, on Pennsylvania avenue be- tween 3d and 4th streets southeast, shortly after 10 o'clock. For a time all was bustle and activity at this point of rendezvous. Flowers were loaded into a big express wagon and dispatched to the cemetery, ac- ompanied by the reception committee— C. B. Nichois, chairman; Marion B. Parker, Sarah D. Leach, Fannie Pratt, M. N. Nich- ols, C. A. Kirby, Jennie Parker, M. Ford- ham, R. V. Campbell, M. W. Fuller and Martha Mundeil—riding in a herdic h. The officer of the day was Comrade A. F. Dinsmore, and he was fully occupied looking after the details of the parade. Finally, the order to start was given, and ded by s’ Home Band, with Farragut Post, No. 10, G. A. R., following. In the rear were carriages containing the orator of the day, Rev. W. E. Parson, D. D.; the peet, D.C wood; the chaplain, Rev. ew. the Farragut Octet, J. S. Smith, director; F. E. Turpin, B. W. Beebe, L. E. Weaver, It. J. Lowry, A. C. Clough, c. E. Myers, A. J. Bussey and W. R. Ben- ham, and the committee repr i ragut Post in arranging the ser’ a . Bunyea, F. A. Lowe, G. R. Cook, A. Adams, George W. Barnes, M. V. B. son, C. B. Nichols, James Wood, J. s. Smith, A. Campbell, G. H. Ripley and John Jost. Small American flags were very much in evidence, attached to the harness of the horses ard elsewhere. At 11th street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast about a hundred children of the Eleventh Street Independent Methodist Church Sunday school were formed in Ine under charge of the teachers. Each child was armed with a miniature flag and with flowers. As the procession passed, the ch‘ldren took position directiy in the rear of the band, and in thit crder the march was cortinued eastward on E street to the cemetery. A brief halt was made at the gates, and then, with a measured tread, to the solemn notes of a funeral march by the band, the procession proceeded along the pathway between a double line of spectators to a stand which had been erected a short dis- j tance within the gates. The band, the octet and presiding officer, orator, ‘poet, chaplain and others took seats on the plat- form and a wait of half an hour ensued, during which the Sunday school children strewed flowers on the graves, and in a distant part of the grounds a detachment of sailors from the dispatch boat Cushing, now at the navy yard, fired a salute. Promptly at noon a bugler sounded as- sembly from the stand, and when quiet was secured the band played a dirge. At its conclusion Dr. Raub arose and sai Dr. Raub’s Introductory. “Comrades, ladies and gentlemen: We n are assembled here today. to commemorate the nobie deeds, the heroic services, the self-sacrifices of our dead heroes; to strew flowers, fragrant flowers, over their graves and to cause the flag for which they dared and dled to wave over them, and to con- secrate ourselves anew to the cause for which they fought. “Our meeting and the purpose thet brings us togetrer f8 an ‘annual reminder that te make this nation what it is today, to give us the innu-nerable blessings this highly favored land enjoys, more than half a million of ycung men, the flower of our first born, willingly laid Gown their lives. ‘They dicd that the nation might live, and the'r preciovs blood was a rich consecra- tion of the nation they redeemed.” “We meet on this corsecrated ground, amidst waving trees and beautiful flowers, amidst lofty monuments and these silent tombs, on this Memorial day, to decorate their graves with flowers, to show the lov- ing affections we bear the memory of our fallen comruces. It is a beautiful service— one we are glad to perform. We make beautiful end fragrant the mounds under which sleep our country’s defenders, and in so doing we are reminded of the sacri- fices they made and t' blessings we en- joy because of such sacrifices “We recall our associations with them; we recall how, shculder to shoulder, we marched through heat and cold, through sunshine and storm; we recall how these comrades marched into the deadly battle by our sides, how valiantly they fought, and, alas, how they fell. We recall the roll call, when the battle was over, when their places In the ranks were vacant, their voices forever silent. We keep green in our memories and our affections our departed comrades; we keep their names enshrined on the tablets of our hearts; and the recollection of their deeds of valor, their bravery, their sacri- fic and iheir fellowship with us rises like sweet incense to hallow our hearts and homes. And in this sacred presence we renew our loyalty to our country, our readiness and our willingness to defend ‘old glory’ we rededicate ‘our Ives, our fortunes and our sacred honors’ to the na- ticn we love and heiped to save." After the Rev. J. D. Wilson invoked di- vine blessing the Farragut Octet sang the cde “Consolation,” and then Rev. W. E. Parson, D. D., delivered the oration of the day. Rev. Dr. Parson’s Address. Rey. Dr. Parson sald: Once more we are met in our annval decoration festival. It is a season of flowers and beautiful me- morials. Sorrow and rejoicing mingle. We do not want the memory of brave men to perish. The valorous deeds they performed on land and sea are worthy of perpetual re- membrance. Hence, we have this one day in the year, a national holiday, that all the people may join In honoring the dead herdes, They sleep on battlefields; are scattered in unknown graves: are burled in trenches; they lie at the bottom of the their ashes are scattered to the four winds; they rest In quiet village graves; in beautiful city cemeteries like this or in national cemeteries, maintained forever by all the people. | And today there is an outpouring from hearts and homes of flowers, of sentiment, of patriotic devotion, of universal honor, to make It appear that these dead have not died in vain. I reckon {t among the red-letter days of memory—the day when, November 19, 1863, T heard Abraham Lincoln utter those im: mortal words at Gettysburg—at the dedi- cation of that beautiful national cemetery, the first and finest of its kind in the world Edward Everett spoke for two hours. Mr. Lincoln spoke two minutes. At the conclusion of the exercises the famous ora- tor sald to the President: “Mr. Lincoln, you have said more in two minutes than I Was able to say in two hours.” The central monument at Gettysburg has the entire speech of Mr. Lincoln en- graved upon its bese. It fg so full of mean- ing, and so appropriate to such an occasion that I feel it should always be read or quoted at the return of each Decoration day. Let me recall the words to you (for the young need to learn them and the old have their memories refreshed): ‘Four- score und seven years ago our father: brought forth upon this continent a ne nation, concelved in Hberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. “Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any ion, so conceived and so dedicated, can dure. are met that war. We are met to dedicate a portion of it as the final resting place of those who that that nation might is altogether fitting and proper hould do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot con- on a great battlefield of here gave their live It ate, we cannot hallow this ground. he brave men, living and dead, who struggled here ha consecrated it, far above our power to add or detract. he world will Ilttle note nor iong re- member what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on. “It 1s rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us— that from these honored dead we take in- creased devotion to the cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devoticu—that we here highly resolve that the dead shall not have dled in vain—that the nation shall, under God, have a new Yrth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Words Not Born to Die. There Is one errencous statement in Mr. Lincoln's brief utterance of ten sentences. He says “the world will little note nor long remember” what he said that Jay. On the contrary, the world can never forget it. They are among the few immortal words that were not born to die. He set the spirit forth in which conduct all dedication and deco: ercises, m ex- It is the consecration of ourselves ore patriotic devotion. One of the most and beautiful annual festivals of the Japanese, among whom I lived for some years, is what they call the Feast of Lanterns. It is in effect a Japanese Dec- oration day. For the stone at each grave in a Japanese cemetery is surmountel with what looks like open-work carving; but is really a place in which to set a light. A beautiful sight it is to see all the field Mluminated, and all the stones in front of temples or in graveyards aflame. with Kghts placed in them by loving hands in affe lonate remembrance of the dea It is like our Decoration day observance; and if we could add to our da: time exercises some such evening custom it would beauti- fully round out the day and make the night radiant with a new symbol of our devo- tion as well as of our hope. I offer this as a suggestion to the mem- bers of the Grand Army having the mat- ter of decoration in charge, The Thinning Ranks, One thing is impressed upon our atten- tion as we go on with this work from year to year. How rapidly the number of graves increases! The Grand Army diminishes. The young- sters, who could scarcely carry the gun they shouldered, have grown to be gray- haired men. We are all veterans now. True, there are just as many to render this service. Indeed, there are more hands and mcre flowers than ever before. Though thé procession of veterans is growing shorter and feebler, we find a new generation coming up, in whose hearts burns the same fire of patriotic ardor, It is a fire which cannot go ovt while men care for home, for wife and children; for honor and libevty. This day, now a fixed institution, will do more to keep the sacred fire renewed than any other single in- fluence at work among our citizens. Like the flag floating upon all our school houses, it becomes a perpetual object les- son in patriotism. ‘There are those who affect to cry down this matter of sentiment, who call patriot- ism foolish, and laugh at the old Latin quotat‘on about its being sweet and proper to die for one’s country. Fortunately, the nation’s exister:ce does not hang upon such any close and bind'ng relation. When the time comes the sentiment shows itself. Tomorrow, if the need should arise, a milion of men would take up arms for Lberty, to defend a principle, to fall, if need be, as the men fell in the days of the revoluticn or of the civil war. You cannot kill this spirit by ridicule. It is deep and strong as a gulf stream of sentiment. setting forever in one direc- tion, warmi: all the shores that it aun It ts more than sickly sentimen- talism. The Sentiment of the Day. It is a wholesome sentiment which is festered by the simple rites of this holy cravens. Patriotism is not a mere’ senti | ment. It is a devotion as real and deep tas any human fecling. It is of the same | Kind with love of bcme, of family, or of | the work of strewing the graves with spring day. When this ‘eentiment‘can no longer be fount! the republic is dead. It has pass- ed into the condition described by Gold- smith: “IN fares the land to hast’ning ills a prey, Where wealth acdumulates and men di ‘The same poem in which “he so pathet- feally describes the veteran soldier calling upon the vilage preacher, “The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk’d the night ‘away; ‘Wept o’er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and show’'d how fields were won.” I want to call your attention to the fact that this new day in our calendar is due to the soldier. And more than that, the uses of the day have been widened so that it is a memorial day for all the dead—a Decoration day for all graves. Some one has well said—‘‘Show me the resting place of the dead and I will judge of the living.” And Franklin once said: “I only need visit @ graveyard of a community to know the character of the people.” If this be true, then is“our Grand Army custom to be credited with a large influ- ence in the elevation of sentiment respect- ing the dead, and by a reflex influence we have been lifting ourselves into a nobler consecration to life and duty to the living. Fer it is impossible that this sentiment shall all be wasted, It is for the dead and the living. It touches the life that now is and that which 1s to come. Now, my friends, I want to turn for a few minutes from any further sentimental reflections on the day in order to suggest here an entirely different subject, in the hope, if possible, of making what’ we say in this hour serve some good, practical result, I know that ordinarily the grave is not the place to enter complaints or air grievances, © Ford's Theater Victims, But I want to say a word about a mat- ter affecting some Soldiers, living and dead, concerning which many souls burn with a deep and a righteous indignation, I refer to the course of the government with respect to the men who were hurt in the Ford’s Theater disaster in June, 189 Many of them were ex-soldiers. They were put into a death trap. And that is not too strong a term, for more than a score were killed outright, while more than a hundred were scalped, cut, bruised, shocked and hurt otherwise, more or less seriously. It was a horrible accident and ought not to be asseciated with any furtfler elements of horror or infamy. And yet, as the whole matter stands today before the people, It is a chepter of double-dyed infamy There are m2n who fought for their » receiving wounds, and yet esca: erippled for life in that buildin: harged -because they were no longer effictent cler then followed with a defamatory document, and Congress is now debating whether they shall have a paltry sum each as compensation for in- Juries. It makes a man’s blood boil to think his government could take any other position in such a matter than the one demanding ample and generous reparation. Let me tell you how a corporation, that we ordinarily reckon a soulless concern, proceeds in similar c! uMs tances. A ministerial friend of mine ‘was hurt not long ago in an accident on the Penn- sylvania railroad. He was painfully hurt, but not seriously; not nearly as badly hurt as some of these pocr fellow tumbled three stories at Ford's Theater. The r tcead. paid liberagly 2pll hospital expen: without gy pressure, paid a sp nurse, his wife’&? Kotel bill in’ th same city, while attending upon her husband, fave the man passes over the road for the sumMer for himsyIf and wife, and also paid him in full for, ailiclaims’ the generous sum of $3,500, hat was fair and just treatment from % cbrporation without a scu But this. government proposes to put an old soldier in jeopardy of. life, break arms, ‘his ‘ribs, put out an e sealp im, discharge him for inethe: then publish him as “discharged fo: conduc and them ask him to a paper in full for al}claims on the receipt of a few hundred ‘dollars (which up to this date the Congress is still doubtful about voting). « _I think that Nere. by the grave of the dead, where som. pyobably lie buried who Ww Kill in thay an, janahle. blunde mey ‘after all be thd proper place at whic to utter our indignation over such treat- ress, which the other 0,000 to a man scalped years ty a band of Indians, votes a small amount to men who were scalped by the blunders of those in authority But we must not protract these exerc There are other duties in the day. Com: rades, we pay a loving service once more, which in turn some day other hands and other hearts will do for us. The years are slipping aw almost Incredible t been born since the close of the clyil war. The ranks are thinning and closing up. “Lights out’ is the only command left, and we hear that almost daily. But there is! another muster. Another roll call. An- other captain. Another host which no man can number. Another banner, whose folds are ample, whose’ word inscribed over all is love. y. It seems a generation has you and I be in that grand army tg ver of one who is alwa in the ties of friendship, love After the rendition of Schumann's ing hy the band, and the singing of @ inemorial hymn by C. E. Myers, assisted by the octet, Mr. Db, “, Havwe read a poen: The remainder of the program ino} ded s tions by octet and the band. The b diction pronounced by Rev. Mr. Wil- son, and the singing of by the assembly, with band closed the exercises. THE accompaniment, CITY OF THE DEAD. Beautiful and Impressive Ceremonies at the Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington ts well called a city of the dead, for beneath the trees and sod of this historic inclosure rest the remains of more thar 12,000 of the boys in blue. The larger Proportion of the graves are suitably marked with the names of those who rest within, but there are several thousands who were picked up on the battlefields and buried without being Through the efforts of the nat ties wich had their o n the civil war not a sin- gle mound was left unremembered today. The beautiful resting place of the dead was the Mecca for a vast throng today. From early in the morning on till noon the toad from the Aqueduct bridge past Fort Myer to Arlington was crowded with ve- hicles of every description, from handsome private carriages and natty bicycles to big furniture vans carrying scores of those Who wished to be present at the exercises, The road was dusty, and the hills were Steep, but the crowd was a good-natured one, and every one seemed to be animated by the true spirit of the occasion. Arlington never looked more beautiful than it did today. All traces of Thursday’s big storm had been removed. The grass was trimmed until the sod was one vast stretch of velvet sward, and the trees were in the radiant begut% of early summer. It Was a fitting therter’ for the services In re- membrance of tHbs who gave their ves that the nation might live. In the crowd that wended its way to the cemetery were nfan¥ to whom the battles of Gettysburg ana of Bull Run were living memories. There fwere many of the younger generation. whos¢ fathers took part in those mighty conflicts, an& there were others to whom those nams ate but part of the his- tory of the ninétzehth century, but who sought to show the respect for bravery and devotion to fatherland. Decoration gt the Graves. Through the forengon the historic man- sion was the resting’place for many, who stopped to admird'the beautiful view across the Potomac, whtle Hundreds of energetic men and patriotic wemen were engaged in flowers and placing a little flag on each mound. It was no small task to collect evough flowers to decorate so many graves, but the merrbers of the Woman's Relief Corps, the Legion of Loyal Women and the Ladies of the G. A. R. did noble work and their efforts were crowned with complete success. ‘The headquarters of the differenc organizations yesterday were busy places, and all day long scores of women were at work making prevarations, assorting the floral offerings and arranging the cam- paign for today. The contributions were of the most generous sort, and those upon whom devolved the welcome task of deck- ing the graves were not hampered by lack of material. Among the handsome dona- tions which were especially appreciated were those which came from the White House. There were two superb wreaths, which were sent at the direction of the President himself. One was intended for the grave of the late Secretary Gresham, while the other was‘sent to be placed upon the stone which marks the burial place cf More than two thousand of the unidentified dead who were found on the great battle- fields of the war. Besides these there were two mammoth boxes of the finest of hot house flowers sent by the President to Mrs. Johnson, the president of the Woman's Re- lef Corps, to be used by her as she migat think fit. Some Great Soldiers of the War. The graves of the great soldiers of the war, whose names are closely identified with its historic victories were all suitably marked with beautiful floral emblems. The last resting place of General Sheridan was decorated wiih set floral pleces, one of which was sent by the Loyal Legion, and another by Phil Sheridan Post, No. 14, G. A. R. The grave of Admiral Porter was also buried in flowers, while the grave of General Gresham, above which no monu- ment has yet been erected, was one mass of blossoms. The tomb of the unknown dead wus draped in the stars and stripes, and hung with garlands, The exercises of the day were of the most impressive character. As usual, they were held in the big amphitheater, and con- sisted for the most part of music and an elaborate oration. The latter was delivered by Representative Brosius, and the lesson he sought to inculcate on the subject of the duties of citizenship was highly appreciated and was thoroughly suited to the occasion ard the crowd. The vocal music was ren- dcred by the Mozart Club, under the leader- ship of Mr. J. H. Hunter, and the instru- mental music was by the Marine Band, Prof. F. Fanciulli, director. Those Who Participated. By noon all the graves in the cemetery had been appropriately decorated. The Woman's Relief Corps was assigned to the task of decorating the tomb of the urknown dead, Sheridan's grave and a portion of the officers’ section. The Legion of Loyal Women took the other portion of the officers’ graves, and the ladies of the G. A. R. also had a section of the tombs to look after, so that among them ail every grave in the vast inclosure was remembered. Among the prominent people who took part in the exercises was Mrs. Florence . Barker of Maldes, Mass., the first na- ticral president of the Woman's Relief Col Jack Burst, past quartermaster general of the G. A. R., was also an hon- ored guest and a prominent figure during the exercises of the day. Secretary Herbert attended the exercises and s shown every courtesy by those in charge of the program of the da A detachment of the sixth caval was assigned to duty in the cemetery and patrolled the drives, keeping the big crowd In the best of order. Promptly at noon the light battery of the fourth artillery fired the national sa- lute of twenty guns, a bugler from the Marine Band sounded the a mbly, and the march to the amphitheater was com- menced. The officer of the day was Cap- tain James B. Carter, and the officer of the guard was Lieutenant R. met Smith, Tomb of the Unknown. The procession, consisting of members of the G. A. R. and W. R. C., L. L. W., L. of G. A. R. L. A. S., 8. of V., ex-soldiers and sailors, invited guests and the general pub- lic, formed at 12 o'clock in front of the Arlingicn mansion, headed by the Marine Band. The line of march was then taken up to the tomb of the unknown, where a halt was made and the band played a dirge during the decoration of the tomb. At the tomb the Woman's Rellef Corps held a brief memorial service, which commenced with singing of the hymn, “Nearer, My God, to Thee." After the regular form had been gone through with the crowd sang a hymn, which was used today for the first time. It was sung to # famillar hymn tune and was as follo vs: : Bring we now our garlands fair. Lay them gently on the sod; Roses swect and lilies rare, Trucst types of love of God. Fought they long and fought they well, Bravely laid their young lives down Far from home and friends they fell, Theirs the cross and theirs the crown. The benediction was pronounced by Mrs. Florence E. Barker, and after the veterans and the Sons of Veterans, who acted as a guard of honor, had marched around the tomb, the procession was continued by the main road to the amphitheater, where the xercises proper were held. "While the crowd was belng seated the Marine Band, stationed some Httle distance off, rendered appropriate mi ic. The amphitheater was beautifully decor- ated for the occasion and hung with bunt- ing of every description. The rostrum was draped with flags, and an organ was sta- tiowed near at hand, which was used for the accompaniments to the vocal selec- tian: The services at the amphitheater com- men with an elegy, “Departed Heroes,” by Fanciulli, rendered in admirable style by the Marine Band, after which the Mo- zart Club sang Warner's chorus, “Then Gather Flower: The assembly was alled to order by De- partment Commander John Me¥iroy, in a brief but ¢ i S$, an] the invo»a- tion was py ys H. 8. Stev 2 departmen ber Song” was rendered Band, at the conclusion of which Assisiant Adjutant General G. M. Husted read the orders and the roll of deceased comrades. “Our Braves,” by Kellar, was sung by the Mozart Club to the accompaniment of the Marine Band. ‘The poem of the day, entitled “BR. Arlington,” was written and read Thomas Calver. A cong, “Daybreak at Appomattox,” was sung by the author, Mr. George H. Lille- bridge, accompanied by the Marine Band. The oration of the day was then delivered by the orator, Representative Marriott Brosius of Pennsylvania. It was an elo- quent and able effort, and aroused the au- dience to a high state’ of patriotic en- thosiasm. Mr Brosius said in part There can be no more fatal delusion than that civil government in this republic drop- ped from heaven or was specially created by miracle, and will continue to run. by divine agercy without the ald of American citizens; or, in other words, that Provi- dence takes care of children, idiots and the United States. This idea fs incompatible with good citizenship. Those who enter- tain it submit to be governed by others when they ought to govern themselves. They are in politics like the philosopher who, when informed that his house fire, coolly replied: “Go, tell _m tiful Mr. Dy Representative Brosius, ernment may be on fire, politics corrupt, municipalities reeking with wrongs, yet they calmly say: ‘Go, tell the politicians; we take no part in political affairs.” This it not civic heroism, hut base, ignoble and shameful cowardice, unworthy a heritage which is the legacy of heroes. Some of the claims of good citizenship re- quire a good deal of heroism to meet man- fully, for example, to refrain from that ignoble bluster and bravado in which heroes never indulge, which is summed up in that word of foreign coinage and of ill omen, “jingoism.” There is nothing more dis- creditable to a powerful nation than to ad- vertise its readiness to fight and whip any nation on the slightest provocation. Noth- ing so belittles us as a nation as to keep our prowess on dress parade, and with “tom-tom” resolutions declare our purpose to vindicate the national honor and pro- tect the national interests, ail of which goes witnout saying in every nation under the sun. For a great big country like ours, magnificent in its power and resources, its dignity and grandeur, to indulge in mere bravado, to foment a spirit of war at home and provoke it abroad in anticipation of differences which may never exist, keep- ing a peaceful people in “the midst of alarms,” retarding the revival of business, and hindering the restoration of confidence long since due, is discreditable in the last degree. I do not mean to countenance the thought that we shall falter when unusual exigen- cies ‘lay their high commands upon us. But it is as heroic to be silent when there is no duty to speak as to be heard and It Really SESE SS SLES LES ey yh 2, 2 Se ENS up or down business=== Try us ona Summer Serge Suit, Blue or Black—colors : guaranteed—Any price, $13—or $15—or $18. SEES SES SSS i felt when speaking and action are due. Formidable events may make it a duty not to equivocste, but to speak out with reso- lution and dignity befitting a people senst- ble of their rectitude and conscious of their power, and then to suit the action to the werd. For example, when it becomes the clear and manifest duty of this republic on grcunds of national honor, interest and right to curb the will of Spain in Cuba, let declare our purpose in unmistakable terms, and send to the struggling people of that queen of the southern seas the joy- ous message, “Cuba, thou art free.” But meanwhile let us not indulge in redomon- tade, mouthing defiance to Spain, and with breggart tongue make the United States ridiculous in the eyes of the world. It is the uty of a nation to be ready for war when war must come, but it is brutal an¢ Wirbaric to precipitate armed collision between nations except as a last resort Let American citizens have the heroism to avold war as long as possible, to hold out the olive branch to all the world, and ap- peal to the sword only when commanded by overruling necessity, a necessity which can only exist when our honor, our liberty or our po! fons are assailed. Let us afiopt the sentiment of Sir Philip Sydney as an American doctrine that shell hoid equal rank with the Monroe doctrin “That when offered by the hand of neces- sity, not otherwise, must war be accepted. The Evils of Jingoism. In this expression ef my own I am sure I voice the views of the Grand Army of the Republic, despite the adverse criticism of them from the President of Harvard Col- lege in a recent interview, which in its im- plications was as unkind as it was untrue. The surviving soldiers of this republic, nerth and south, with life and fortune will uphold the flag, the honor and integrity of this ration whenever assailed, but know- ing what it means, what it costs in the blcod of man and the tears of women and the anguish of both, they regard with dis- favor, if not abhorrence, the jingoism that would precipitate the horrors of unneces- sary war for wanton glory waged. In the same direction another glory ra- Giant with light from heaven waits upon the heroism that will keep the American people in the vanguard of the nations in the agitation of the grandest undertaking new engaging the thought of the Christian world, -stablishment of an internation- al tribural of arbitration. On this realiza- tion civilization builds a great hope. Sol- dier and sage, pher and statesman ng forward the splen- @id consummation. ‘The millenium will visibly advance on carth when by common ccusent the sword shall rust in its sheath and the canron’s brazen tongue be dumb, and the nations of light and leading en- gage with each other to keep the peace of the world by providing the means of com- posing all international differences by ar- bitrat : The enlightened sentiment of mankind deprecates war, and surely the American jeople, who have tasted of its bitterness, teatructel rience in the stly hor- will memory of its rors, its terrible compensation lag in the movement ence of Christen to its continus an sentiments are being exc ; flying to and fro oppo Chri among civilized people like mighty shuttles weaving a web of con- cerd among the nations. Let the United States keep the lead in this great crusade ‘The honor of Ameri- tvice to the hum, ent. It is the gate Let us be t for the world’s peace. ca and her greatest = race le in that of mercy and ble and p, and usher in the glorions told: “When the war drums beat no longer and the battle flags are furled, In the parliament of man, the fede the world. ‘Then, too, in another direction civic hero- ng. rsevere until we open it to mankind day by poets fore- fon of iem is necessary to protect the Institutions of our country. We must guard the gates of Ellis Island, through which a gulf stream of humanity pours a perennial flood upon our shores. Let the torch of liberty light up the composition and | eter of the incoming hosts and a wise di%erentia- tion admit, to divide with us our opporiun!- tles and share those conditions of intelli- gence, prosperity and moral worth which are the stalks on which bud and bloom man- kind's greatest blessings, all who come with an honest purpose to rerounce their alle- giance to the land of their birth, and to assim'late with us, and become in soul and substance, aim and aspiration, members of this splendid composite nationality, made up of the mingled bloods of the best races, and refuse all beside. Our gates must be closed and barred to those who can give no promise of a higher destiny than to fill our jails and almshouses, to waste the gifts of freedom, defile the altars of liberty and law, fan the flame of discontent and aid the law- less to mar the success of our free institu- tions and tear the clustered stars of glory from Columbia's brow. The limits of this occasion will not admit of further illustrations. Your owa minds will supply what I must omit. It 1s most suitable, however, on this occasion and in this presence to allude to two illustrious examples of heroism which will shine down the axes with supernal splendor. One of them I have already mentioned—General Lee's memorable speech to his army, coun- seling them “to go home and be goo: cit!- zens.” The other ts the no less memorable utterance of the Union’s silent chieftain, “Let us have peace.” I bring these splendid utterances Into conjunction bec: in the life of the nation one fs the fruit of the other. From the heart of the republic, and doubly so from Arlington's hallowed grounds and from this assemblage, bathed in the memory of our martyred dead, is lifted the prayer, t us have peace; let us be good citizens.” From the he patriots everywhere attuned to the choirs prolong the joyful chorus, uz: ‘1 the spirits of our herole dead send’ back the swelling anthem, “Let us have peace; let us be good citizens.” A Nation of Men Builders, This is the radiant hope that gilds the dawn of our second century. Its realiza- tion will come as the achievement and con- quest of the human mind and heart, of capacity and courage, of heroism and hon- esty, of the highest and best over the lowest and worst. Our need then is to realize the thought of Lowell and become a nation of men builders. We must not nourish demagogues and starve statesmen. We must rear civic heroes, citizens who shall be wise to guide, heroic to defend and strong to save; great citizens built takes a daily visit to keep fully in touch with the new- ness of our selections---Our repu- tation of being always open to bargain opportunities-- cutting mo caper- magnet to draw wusward the “plums” of the woolen market- No matter if the mercury runs you can count on finding this store abuz with Plertz and Mertz, Price Makers. % Re ge aa quantity -acts as a on such models as ed Lincoln, “The kindly, man, The birth of our own soll, the first Ameri- can,” our martyred and saint- earnest, brave, foresecing whom his biograph describes as ja s stalesman’s craftine @ politician’s mean r with great felicity sman withor a a politician without ; @ great man with- a Christian with- -D; a ruler without pride of wer; an ambitious man without and a successful man without out a great man's vic preten: cut vhael was drawing his figures too small, Michael Angelo sketched a co- lossal head before his eyes and taught him his fault. Such citizens, such examples of civic heroism are the pressing nee! of the hour to sketch the duties of cltigenship in their t Proportions and lift up the standard of civic virtue. Holland's gh ing lines declare its urgency: ‘God give us men; a time like this de- mands . Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office can not kill: Men whom the spoils of offic “hes can not Men who possess opinions and a will; sa who love h ynor; men who will not ie: Men who can stand before a demagogue, And damn isis treacherous flatteries withe out winking, Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fox In public duty and private thinking.” When I contemp] the supre our citi; hip of this lefty stan: character and exe patrictism; the thronement in public life of ‘uns loyalty hg ability and stain'ess r, upon my imagination, thi in the vanguard of the |. at the head of the procession of the nations. I see a land without a elave, and a church without a scourge; the home of freedom, where intellige is without price and conscience without a mast. where cvery pe man’s child sits down with the rich man’s at the rcyal feast. of knowledg, nd every man is a_ bre where government_is the express ima the peonle’s will, in whose expre lowliest is the peer of u every man is a king; where the gard the poor and the poor rest rich; where toil is h nerable and labe fairly rewarded; where poverty is the ex. rpticn and pienty the rule; where the exe actioas of government are least and jus- tice lightens every burd-n; where every homes a temple where honor reigns, com- fert smiles, and hope and love cheer; wh law customs and principles of people tind a common object in the comfort and culture of the human faz where “Force with right for a master, = with courage for a jeader. intelli- ce with honor as a sovereign, con- nee with duty es a despot, civilization with liberty as n. light as the ser- vant of igne heroism as the slave of truth a ited in the service of the commonweal, whicn is the supreme gocd. This re of our coun which I han walls of your memory today, is sy whe glad fulfillment will come when the hichest civie virtues are enthroned in our political life, when the laws express the highest reason and the best co: when civic hereism is the listing lory of our citizenship peace z 1 heroism was in war whe th. nee the x of the citizen and that good sense is the conscience of the nation is s\ when the best ard fittest rule by common consent, when capacity and courage take first rank ard the civic hero is king. All hail the coming sovercign. Long live the A song, “The Rest of the Pray Fanciulli, was sung by Miss Lilian Halley, accompanied by the Marine band. The Mozart Club sang “Our Noble Land," by Bristow, after which the Marine Band play- ed Chopin's “Funeral Marca.” The semblage was dismissed, with the beney tion, by Rev. H. S. Stevens . During the afternoon members of the Woman's Relief Corps served luncheon to more than a thovsand veterans. r headquarters were established in the bs ment of the Arlington mansion, wh they dispensed hospitality to the old diers, who felt the need of such refresh- ment afier the long and trying experiences of the day. > REGATTA AT NEWARK. Rowing Trial i, nts Course. NEWARK, N. J., May 30.—The mile-and- a-half rowing course on the Passaic river, between the Erie and Midland railroad bridges, never looked prettier than it did today when the trial heats were catled in the annual regatta. The races, with thi exception of the eight-oared, was one mile straight away. The eights went over the tull cours First trial heat junior singles—Won J. Patrick, Newark Boat Club; J. Gott, Passaic Boat Club, second; M. K. Phillips, Oneida Boat Club, third. Time, 6.10. econd heat—Won by H. G. Scott, Penn- sylvania Barge Club; J. J. Coburn, Insti- on te Paxsnlo tute Boat Club, second; John Hex k, Vauna Boat Club, third. Time, 6.10 2-5. Te Meet at Boston. The Supreme Council of Royal Arcanum at Savannah Wednesday rnanimously se- lected Boston, Mass., as the place of mec ing next year. ___NEW PUBLICATION NEW NOVE READY ABOUT MAY 29. George’s Mother, STEPHEN CRANE, “Author of “THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE,” &o, Large 16mo., cloth; 192 pares. i3c. EDWARD ARNOLD, PUBLISHER, 70 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK! at