Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1898, Page 2

FH street, to 13th street, to Pennsylvania avenue, to 13%, street, where the cars of the Washingtoin and Mt. Vernon electric road were taken for Arlington. The procession was bright with flags and nearly every par- ticipant wore a boutonniere or carried a Eouquet of flowers. As the line came down Department Commander Hendricks. h street the 4th Artillery Band broke into a medley of significant a beginning with “Columbia,” changing to “Dixie,” then to “Maryland, My Maryland” and back again to “Columbia.” Owing to their being detailed for duty at other cmeteries, the following posts did not participate in the parade: Farragut, No. 10; John Logan, No. 13; Geo. H Thomas, No. 15; Henry Wtison, No. 17, and Geo. U. Morris, No. 19. AT ST. ELIZABETH. Infinences of the Past om the Present Pointed Out by the Orators. ‘The Memorial day exercises at St. Eliza- beth Asylum were held under the auspices of John A. Logan Post, No. 13, G. A. R., and its auxiliary, the Woman's Relief both Anacostia organizations, have been in charge of the me- 1 services at St. Elizabeth each re- curring Memorial day for the past several years. The members of the post assembled at Masonic Hail, Anacostia, and, escorted by the St. Elizabeth Home Band of fifteen pieces,under the leadership of Prof. Jerome on of Washington, marched down t, and then up Monroe street ichols avenue, to the entrance of the asylum grounds. Here a body of inmate veterans of the institution were in readl ness to receive them and the column moved to Poplar Spring, a shady retreat. over which tower many tall poplars and some large oaks, where the exercises were held. The light stand, which had been construct- ed for t kers, visitors and singers, was li orated with flags and bunt- irg. T . Elizabeth Band was stationed near by the star Before the ceremoni began a committee of ladies from the W. C., No. 7, assisted by a decoration com- mittee of the ladies of St. Eizabeth, decked the graves of the insane soldier dead in the hospital cemetery among the hills outside the institution. The graves in the long un- sed burial plat near Pop!ar Spring were remembered. Dr. W. W. Godding. of St. Elizabeth, and the ns occupied seats on the taft chool children of Anacostia The male and fe- ated under the care of their Only a limited number were mbly was sounded short- Commander J. E. Snow 13. called the gathering Alpheus Davisen of- of all the chap- puld pus In the spirit of hu- for conqu this vor to lift the earth. without de ion and tyranny from wh-trodden people. We Thy will, and humply we lance and b ing upon our ay t efforts result not = the down-trodden ones lib- »piness in this life, but may they result in the spread and free access of Thy Holy Word to the minds of the people of those benighted tslands, leading them to a true knowledge of Thee and the way salvation, which Thou hast pro- vided for all who will come unto Thee through faith in Thy dear Son, who was our prophet, is now our priest and shall be our redeemer and king eternal.” The St. abeth choir then rendered Fi ar Spangled Banner,” accompanied by it. Elizabeth Band. Commander J. E. Snow. Commander J. E. Snow next delivered the opening address, in which he said among other eloquent things: “It is not my purpose on this occasion to enter into any extended remarks upon the causes which led to the late civil war. Enough of this has been written and said to foliy establish the supreme right and that prompted those brave boys in 1, north and west, yes, and those y brave men and youths even in the who espoused the cause of truth, fus- e and right té the honorable position they held. and to a sacred place in the hearts of the entire nation This being true, what more fitting tribute could a gr: tiful year are floral ful nation offer than the beau- remonies which we from r to ont to have, and in the beautiful i upon the graves of roes? ly itis little that we y the task is as nothing when we nto account what they did for us and nation, yes, and for the world, for jare to picture for a moment result would have been had the t been made.” Tr appealed to the youth of the o keep up the Memorial day exer- Continuing. he said: “History, it is said, repeats Itself. War with ali its horrors is upon us, and today while we strew flowers upon the graves of roves who went forth so bravely in * from ‘61 to "65, how naturally are continually harassed by the rtese of the funeral train bear- us our loved ones who have and 2 the present war. same scenes are being en- our land that are still so yed to us by memory. and wives, sisters and sweethearts fill the land as did our mot ers and sweethearts thirty-fiv This alone will of necessity nite upon the exercises of to- day all over our great country, and hun- dreds and thousands all over this land, partictpating in the exercises of the usual, cannot refrain from thinking ews may be brought to them loved one any hour, day or 1 say, that over this entire land, ‘from the lakes of the the sout! north to the gulf on nd from ocean to ocean, the of this day, which are always sol- i have a deeper shade of sadness before, 1 a lesson as regards duct toward those who, [us Went bravely the right? If so, son will not be entirely los: : Rev. Charles 0. Isaac. 1 Glory." George am Cushing Camp, Sons of read President Lincoln's Gettys- s. “Columbia, the Gem of the was next rendered by the band Charles O. Isac, pastor of the Ana- ey of Wit burg add: Ocean, Re costia M. E. Church, then delivered the oration of the day. He spoke in part as foiows: “We meet today under pecullar cond{- tions. After thirty-three years of peace we and face to face with grim visaged war. War st best is demoralizing, cruel, destruc- tive and to be deplored. It engenders bit- terness. drains treasuries, sacrifices lives and desoiates homes: these and a thousand ticw in its train. While all this is as one has said, there are worse things than war, there are greater things than money; and, we may add, there dearer things than lif things then death. be avolded if possible. No nation should engage therein until every possible resource has failed in order to maintain peace, un- less that peace is secured at the expense of the principles of*righteousness and jus- tice. If ever a nation was justified in tak- ing up the sword, truly our nation was, and that from the highest code of national mo- rality. It was not for greed nor glory, not to vindicate national honor nor to avenge pe} 1 wrongs, but to shield the helpless, protect the weak, relieve the oppressed and rescue the perishing. Such a course should find approval among all civilized na- tions, and is an emphatic affirmation to the question, ‘Am I my brother's keeper?’ The orator spoke of God's hand being in position and said: “This vicarious attitude ef our country toward Cuba is in marked contrast to the attitude of European na- tions teward the oppressed, persecuted and murdered Armenians a few years ago. No wonder these nations now look on the scenes en don our shores with admir- ation and envy.” He spoke of the neglect and cruelty prac- iced by Spain toward Cuba. “The history of Spain,” he said, a record of cruelty and oppression. trail is marked with blood. Her rulers are preud and arrogant. Her people are igno- rant, vicious and cruel. She has constant- ly sought to block the path of human prog- r to strangie the spirit of liberty and burden others. for her own support. She has been a blot upon civillzation, a_para- site on her own possessions. Her pride and extravagance have brought her to bank- ruptey, and she is now ready to fall to pieces by the weight of her own corrup- tion. The cup of her iniquity is full; the handwriting on the wall is against her. As avions have no posihumous existence, 4 is now entering into judgment with her for her dark record of crime and Llcodshed. Fearful indeed will be the reck- oning. Against the cruel oppression of Cuba by this doomed natién our country has from time to time raised its voice and entered its protest, but all to no purpose. Patiently, kindly and yet firmly our na- tion continued its kind offices as a pacifier until recent conditions became such that to be silent was to sin, to remain neutral was impossible. Then spake our nation as with a voice of thunder: ‘This cruelty must cease, Cuba shall be free.” This was no idle boast nor meaningless threat. The great American heart was moved, its patri- etism stirred and from every part of our beloved land came a hearty and immediate response to the nation’s call for arms, and today the sons of Columbia are hastening to their appointed places to fight a foreign foe in behalf of a down-trodden people. The issue is joined, the battle is on and to the God of battles we appeal. Political differences,” said the orator, “have been laid aside, personal or sélfish considerations lost sight of in the supreme thought and deliberate purpose to sustain true national honor and redeem national pledges." The speaker paid a tribute to the news- papers of the country. “The American press is American,” he said, “however diverse in political senti- ments or economic questions, it has loyal- ly rallied to the support of the government. Indeed, it ha# educated the public to such an appreciation of the great questions in- volved that the people were far ahead of legislative enactments and were impatient of delay.” The speaker in closing showed the clear connection existing between the past and the present. “It was only by the sacrifices of the past,” he said. “that present results were obtained. It is as the sowing to the reap- ing. Human freedom, constitutional liberty and personal happiness are the products of the toil, heroism and sacrifice of the past. Today we have a united nation, one that is respected and feared by the nations of the world. There may have been a question in the minds of many when viewing the fear- ful sacrifice of biood and treasure in or- der to preserve the Union whether it was rot too great a price to pay, but recent events have settled that question forever. Great as was the cost of its preservation it is worth all it cost and Mr. more.” aac had concluded, the St. E oir sang “Sleep Thy Last Sleep. x y. Godding, superin- tendent of St. Elizabeth's, next spoke, and read an original poem. When Rev. Dr. Godding. Dr. Godding prefaced his poem with a few words of congretulation on the occa- sicn and the place, with apology for his poetry as afar off from the real article. As an example of true poetry, and poetry that would live and that was up to the oc- cesion, he quoted with effect a single line frem Byron’s Childe Harold: “The morn ts and then read his own, as follows: np, the ‘Dewey’ morn"— Decoration Morning, 1898, The year awakes; the birds proclaim ‘The advent of the spring. In flame ‘Vhe roses burst to make old earth A briddl bed for life's new birth, The south wind stirs among the trees; A siren whisper on the breezo Is calling life away from To springtid> joy aud summer air. Life's tide comes back with swelling waves; What seek y= bere among the graves? Yo fair who strew with terder blooms These grassy mounds, memcrial tombs; Fond hearts that yearly come to keep ‘The tryst of love where heroes sleep, Whose souls long since have ceased from strife; Look up, and know their risen Hfe. ‘They are not there. those souls that bore That flag, that banner to the fore. A little dust, a simple stone, ‘The closing of a Ufe well done, And that tells all the story here. But Ufe immortal endeth ne‘er, And see, beyond the sunset’s bars, Again the azure and the stars! To us they Icave un honored name; A sacred trust to keep; a fame ‘To grow and brighten with the years; A day hallewed by love, not tears, That comes to deck these graves anew, And teach ns how « Ife that’s true, Lest nobly here, fs found again Where all earth's Jetsons are made plam. Now, hosts encamp about us, lot The terts ure pitched, the watch fires glow. Again with stars and stripes unfurled ‘The boys are marching round the world. Our country calls, ho, there! make way For boys in blue, for boss tn gray! ‘They're side by side, and, moving so, Ou: hearts go with them where they go, One country now, one flag above. No. not in conquest, but In love; Tu help the weak, undo the wrong, Go» forth and make the succor strong. Foz union then, and now for right, Battling together in our might, Once more “Old Glory" to the fore, Strike home, end smite the Spaniard soret © daughter of the seas, as fair Aa Eden; in thy sumer air ‘Thou wert a dream of heaven! But now, With dust and ashes on thy brow, ‘Thou leat ‘neath the tyrant’s heel; Are nations dumb to thy appeal? Ah. no, we bear it, and there comes Across the seas the roll of drums. In ranks the men are forming fast, Our eagle mounts upon the blast, ‘The trumpet thrills, we feel once more ‘The martial tread we heard of yore, When—then, as now—victors to be, ‘The boys went marching to the Aud shouts go up—they’re heard in Spain, “Remember, remem-ber the Maine. ‘Tu> stars and stripes sweep o'er the seas, And lo, that flag flung to the breeze Is flying still where tyrarts quail As Dewey pours his fron hail, And Morro’s Castle meets its fate ‘When Sampson thunders at the gate; Nor sball tts stars be furled TiU Freedom's torch shines round the world ‘Then come. sweet Peace, a ransomed land Shall welcome then thy healing band, When beautiful upon the hills oO TrVACH ft THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1898-14 PAGES. se ~, MEMO RIAL a DE 9 MLN 1, Thy feet return, to cure earth's ills, To end our fightings, hush our strife, And wake for us that nobler life, When men their spears to ploughshares turn And arts of war no lenger learn, At the conclusion all present joined in singing “America Lights Out’ was then sounded by the bugler, and the gathering dispersed Choir and Comm The St. abeth choir w: the fotlowing on this occasion Mrs. Orford French and Mis =. Den- nison, Ida Edelen, Nellie Robey, Motlie Holmes, Lala Mattingly and M. T. Quaid; alte es Mary Gouger and Alice Green; tenors, Messrs. Evander French and E. 'T. ttee, composed of Sopranos, Davis; be rs. Orford French and McDevitt ‘oration committee pointed from St. Elizabeth was composed of the following ladies of the institution: esdames Mary Repetti, Barry, Ryan, Skidme 8. ¢ rench, Harnish, Ayers and Norton. No. 7, cemetery were Smith, Anderson, The members of the W. R. 0 attended St. Elizabeth Mesdames North, Frisbie, Grant, King, Simpson and Dony. The arrangement committ from John A. Logan Post, No. as follows: James H. Dony, chairman; J. T. Harshman, H. W. Eno, Alpheus Davison, A. Gertman, F. M. Taylor, C. Roby, T. J. Putnam, Dr. E. H. Grant, W. H. Peck, C. F. Walson and A. B. Frisbie. The officers of this post are: James E. Snow, com- mander; John T. Harshman, senior v commander; Henry W. Eno, junior vice commander; Dr. Edwin H. Grant, surgeon; Thomas J. Putnam, quartermaster; Al- pheus Davison, chaplain; W. H. Peck, ad- ant; F. M. Taylor, officer of the day; Chas. F. Walson, sergeant major; James H. Dony, officer of the guard, and Adolph Gertman, quartermaster sergeant. The fol- lowing ladies from William B. Cushing Ladies’ Aid Society attended the St. Eliza- beth exercises: Mesdames L. J. Allen, Lena Allen, E. R. Davis, M. B. Parsons, Annie D. Keithley and Misses M. D. Allen, Sophie Stammel, Ottelia Stammel, K. E. Weber and Brown. CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY, Graves Decorated by Little Ones With Flowers. Picturesque Congressional _ cemetery never looked more beautiful than it did today when its thousands of graves were bedecked with loving floral tributes placed there py little children, whose labor brought back to their memories stories of the long civil war, in which grandpa had taken an honorable part. Early this morning the children and their parents could be seen making their way toward the cemetery, which skirts the An- acostia. They carried great baskets of flowers gathered as they grew wild in fields about the city or from Ittle home gardens where they had been given tender care in order that they might be dedicated to the memory of the patriotic dead on the na- tion’s day of mourning. All these floral tributes Were placed .o form a massive mound near the center of the grounds and as the noon hour approached they were distributed among a hundred eager little ones, who remembered every grave within the enclosure. The services of the day were to begin at nocn. A large stand had béen erected on an elevated site, where it commanded a view of the hills on the opposite side of the river, and where a cooling shade was se- cured from the fine old maples that had stcod as sentinels there long before the civil war filled thousands of graves now beneath them. On this site gathered a tre- merdous throng, and the occasion received an added solemnity because many in that gathering had husbands, sons, brothers or fathers lately called into the service of their country, now only awaiting the word of command to risk their lives as the heroes of the civil war had done. The March. Those who were to conduct the services had formed in line of march on Pennsyl- vania avenue between 8d and 4th streets southeast, and reached the cemetery short- ly before 12 o'clock. They were headed by the Mount Pleasant Field Band, J. C. Churchill, director, this organization being closely followed by @ body of Sunday school children from churches on Capitol Hill. Then came a hundred veterans, many gray and bent by the weight of years and others walking with difficulty as a result of wounds they received a generation ago. ‘These veterans were members of Farragut Post, No. 10, G. A. R, ‘The services were under the direction of J. B. Carter, junior vice department commander, who was chairman of the committee on arrangements, thé other members of that committee being A. F. Dinsmore, E. H. Ripley and 8. W. Bunyea. ‘The ceremonies were opened: by -the bugler sounding assembly, after which the band played “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” Com- Gor and Rev. William H. Black delivered vv. a deli eaecnee Octet, ft Ji a of James 8. wan B. “Sarshoiste me For services rendered, good and faithful; An obligation both binding and grateful, A contract but just and equitable, The adjustment of which is most honorable. New shill the nincteenth century close, With nation to nation in harmony repose? Or shall the survival of the fittest prevail And eliminate the weaker In every detail? Bussey, John Pur: F. S. Hayes, H. E. | Smith, Harry ‘McEifresh, Harry Redfield J. Lowry, rendered with splendid ‘Consolation; a selection fitting the ion. : Gen. Van H.,Bukey was the orator of the ay, and deiivered’a brief address. He touching tribtite to the dead nation’s and recalled their deeds of valor in fitting words. ‘Then what of our vaunted civilization, After musical selegtions Lincoln's Gettys- | Bich should be the guardian angel to every na- burg address jyas, read by Col. James H.] ton: Stevenson with splendid effect, and Dr, Foster peace and good will among mankind; Cc. Adams read’ a metiortal poem. Give an impetus to pursuits of every kind, ‘That the struggle for existence be made More feasible to men of every trade; That fellow man near home and abroad, inging and chafing under the tyrant’s sword, May breathe the air of freedom, a divine right, And see the clouds of oppression dispelled by vight. 0 God! from ‘Thee we invoke Thy ald ‘That Armenia, Crete and Cuba be paid ‘The ransom thot Justly belongs to them— Whe privilege to live as freemen. And may the opprersor’s hand be staid, That devastation and carnage may not be made Upen a people so helpless und in need Of assistane ‘gainst which the powers decreed. “When the long yours have crept slowly away, Even to the dswn of earth’s funeral day; When at the rrcbangel’s trnmpet and tread Rive up the faces ard furms of the dea When the great world its last judgment awaits; When the blue sky shall swing open its gates, And our long columns march silently through, Pas: the Great Captain for final review Then for the blood that hes flown for the right Crowns shall be given, untarnished and bright; Then the glad eer of each war martyred son Proudly shall hear the good judgment “Well done.” Blessings for garlands shall cover them over— Parent and husband and brother and lover; God will reward thoee desd heroes of ours And cover them over with beautiful flowers.” The Conclusion. The services were concluded by Rev. Mr. Black, who pronounced the benediction. Committees in charge of the ceremonies were: Committe: of Farragut Post—F. A. Lowe, Jas. Smith, Dr. A. C. Adams, Stanton Weaver, B. F. Graham, P. C. George, C. Dr. Adamw’ Poem. We assemble again on this hallowed spot, With emotions that spring direct from the heart, To keep green in memory the heroes of war Who here lie entombed from near and far. That generation after gcneretion, as time rolls on, Will cherish the brave deeds of father and son, Who sprang to arms in thelr country’s defense, With victory and the grave their sole recompense. On this beautiful 30th of May, Hcnored by the nition as Memorial day, All nature resplendent with beauty and grace, We bring decorations to this consecrated place. Widows and orphans with friends assemble 11 multitudes from homes, not to dissemble, With garlands cf love and affection strew, That loyalty and patriotism be taught anew. On this slope of this eastern shore Ltes Congressional as of yore, Where our ferefath rs fought and bled, Where the ensmy was routed and fled, Where the naticn's honored rest, From their country’s service, best; Where, in yonder corner, too, Marks the graves of patriots not few, Whose love of counuy was steadfast, Whese life went ont in a blast, Are here mingled with boys in blue, As if to give to Congressional anew An additional page to {ts history, That its story with its mystery Will be continuous in time Until the end of mankind, “Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with gatlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent, by might and day, Slceping the years of manhood away; Yeora they had marked for the Joys of the brave; Years they must waste in the sloth of the grave. AU the bright layrels shat promised to. bloom Fell to the earth whey, they. went to. the tomb. Give them the meed they have won fp the past; Give them the hdfors their merits forecast; Give ‘them thy chnlptcfd* they won in the strife: Give them the ld@réle they lost with their Itfe. Cover them over—yes, cover them over— Porent and husbapd-emgi brother and lover; Crown in your heart tise-dead heroes of ours, And cover them gyer with beactiful flowers."” And thus does America;bonor her dead, Not as Greece sao Rome of old, it is said. With funeral pile gid Jubiiont shout; ‘That the spirit Pe Wafted to regions without. To fates and sudtées was ascribed, While herds ‘and flocks their grim work’ applied, Their deeds were-recorded in metal and stone, To fire the ithe youth alone, Throughout this broad land from shore to shore March mighty L_more, Poying tribute f at, rly their own; With tokens of from America’s soll sown, With reverence, ‘and meagureless; With love and ‘affection withont excess, ‘That the valiant scns of sixty-one and five Shall keep the pages of history alive, With achtevements unequaled in the past, ‘That freedom and equality be planted fast, That all naticns bew to thelr supremacy And inherit them as their final legacy, Ambition and conquest were not their goal: © Capt. Michael Mahany. Parker, R. J. Nicholson, James Wood, M. V. B. Wilson, G. W. Mockable, Geo. A. Henderson, G. R. Cook, H. H. Bunyea. © Ladies’ committee, W. R. C.—Mrs. C. A. Kibby, chairman; D. M. Price, Mrs. Mc- Denald, Grace M. Lowery, Miss Wilkinson, E. A, Chambers, Julia Roberts, C. B. Nich- ols, Jennie Bevars, Mary P. Ripley, Gen- evia Dalton, Annie M. Dykes, Jennie Par- ker, Emma Kibbey, Mrs. Campbell, Miran- ae W. Fuller, J. Lizzie Bradley, Mrs. Wall- e. AT SOLDIERS’ HOME. Ne Cannon, but Intense Patriotism Under the Trees. For the firet time in many years tHe serv- ices at the Soldiers’ Home cemetery were not opened with a salute of artillery from the Washington barracks. The artillery- men are elsewhere ir the line of duty to- day, and the old veterans of the home missed them. Services commenced at 9:30 o'clock, when the parade formed in the grounds of the home and marched to the One country and one flag inspired their soul. cemetery. The line was headed by Senior To preserve these intact they strained every nerve | Vice Department Commander B. F. Chase, And crowned: themaelves with glory, the advance | Commander Jacob Moore and Comrade ane oere: Nelson Hough, the order being as follows: Taree: enit thidty’ years Tavs Soune'ghc | bans Soldiers’ Home Band, committee and off- cers of the home, orators, chaplain and ‘The veteran makes this ennual pilgrimage, t; invited guests; Henry Wilson Post, Cementing the: ties of comradeship with age. fo. 17, G. A. R.; veterans of the home and iy pee 4 pata: Ri Dr, johnson opened with prayer, in 43 that in the frat to last. ev. Dr. re ‘When eternity was tut ® step in advance, which he int a blessing upon the Pres- His valor ne’ef wavered, e'en tho’. bis last chance. ident of the United States, and prayed for ‘More than two. million names, all told, Opening Address. ‘Shall receive the homage that is dug bs ., Mr. B. F. Chase made a brief opening ad- ‘Zo the Living as weil te the dead, tea, @resa, in which he gave fitting expressica to blage together upon this occasion, ani veiced the hope that the American peopic would neve- cease to pay tribute to the memory of their soldier dead. Miss Lilian E. Calver sang a solo, “Rest of the Brave,” and Mr. D. C. Haywood read Lincoin’s Gettysburg addre Dr. Thomas Calver then read the poem of the occasion, entitled “Memorial Day.” Mr. Thos. Calver. Mr. Thomas Catver’s poem was as follows: A soldier of old on his pallet lay dying, ‘One morn of a Jovely Memorial day, And various scenes throtigh his visions were flying, Of days that had brightened or shadowed his way. He thonght of his ehildhged, bis father and mother, ‘The farm where the years of his boyhood! were spent, ‘The cottage, the garden, his sister and brother, The school where together each morning they went. He dreamed of the shady wood, ecol and inviting, The flowers that were lovely and sweet by its side; The bridge on the mill stream, its green banks niting, The sunbezms that glistened below on the thie; The moss-covered mill, with its groaning and clut- | spears into prun ter; The children whose faces looked back from the pool Their steps on the bridge, with its musical patt As over it gaily they tripped to the school. He dreamed of the face and the form of maiden : Around whose sweet being his fancies were chained; Her eyes bright and tender, her red lps, love- laden; The Kisses he sometimes so stealthily gained. He dreamed of bis youth and its fondest ambition; The home be had planned for the girl of his beart The coming of war and a patriot's mission That bade bim from love and ambition te part. He dreamed of the battle; ‘The tolls and privations a soldier must know; The roar of the cannon; the musketry’s rattle; The boys that so bravely confronted the foe; The steel-bristling ranks, Mke the waves of the ocean That halt and retreat but for mightier sweep; The crash of the charge and its maddened commo- tion; The pang for a moment; the sinking to sleep. marches; the bivouac; the He dreamed of his waking, the foe swiftly flying; The cheers for the triumph wrought out of the fray; The sorrow he felt for the dead and the dying; The pity he felt for himscif as he lay; And then of the joy and the passion of glory; That swept through his veins like the rarest of wine When thinking that he, then #o helpless and gory, Had aided to hurl back the enemy's live. He dreamed of his pain and bis long convales- conee; The years that he struggled for life and for health; His learning the fateful and sad evanescence Of hope of a future of love and of wealth. He Creamed then of years passed in peace and contentment, With dear ones who loved on bis plensure to wait; Though crippled and poor, never feeling resent- ment At draughts he bad drank from the chalice of Fate. He dreamed of the hours, merry, Enjoyed with bis comrades of camp and of field, And those be had fought, who resentment would bury In laughter and joys the oce: He dreamed of Grand Azmy e¢ retrospective and fons might yield. mpinents and meetings; ‘The songs and the tales of the march and the fray; The hearty good will and the cheer of the greet- ings, And many a lovely Memorial day. Memorial day, with its sad solemn pleasnres— The speeches; the music; the beautiful flowers— When voices of thousands, in grandest of meas- ares, The requiems sing through the bright, vernal hours. The day when the heart of this greatest of 1na- tions Is mourving her braves who have jonrneyad away. And gi to her dead ber profound adorations— ‘The Nation's dear, sacred Memorial day. He dreamed of such days and the proud exulta- tion He ever had felt as their dawning returned; No wealth could have bought the tuiumpbant ela- tion That through all bis being in cestasy burned. Each march and eack song and each specch was a tender® Of bonor to him no misfortune could stay, And all of the fragrance May's roses could render Was borne to bis soul on Memorial day. As dying be lay there u band’s martial measures Aunounced that his comrades for duty had met His face was illumed by the sweetest of ple ures, To think that bis ccuntry would never forget; And then as the rapturous music was ringing More gentle and hushed as it drifted away, His soul on the pinions of glory was winging Its way to its God, on Memorial day. Representative Connolly. The oration was delivered by Represen- tative James A. Connolly of Illinois. Mr. Connolly saii he had attended the memor- fal exercises every year since the day was established, but never before under cir- cumstances which impressed him so much as today. “We meet in an inclosure,” he said, “where a full army corps are resting in silent. ranks... Among them was his own brother, who at eighteen years of age gave up his life to his country, now sleeping under a rose bush a little way off. In front of him the speaker saw the mausoleum of John A.. Logan, the black eagle of Illinois, one of the greatest commanders of the War. This is the first time since Memorial day was instituted when we have met with the war clouds hovering over us: Hereto- fore we have assembled with the drooping and draped in memorial folds. Today we meet with Old Glory waving to the breeze and calling for her warrior son: as in the days of ‘61. The response wil come to the Call as it did in those days. “It doesn’t take much to make soldiers of American boy said Mr. Connolly. In “61 the boys went to war for love of coun- try and out of patriotic sentiment. We were not seeking conquest in those days; we were not trying to extend our domain over the islands of the sea; we were con- tent then to rest between the breastworks of the Atlantic and the Pacific and take care of the country God had given us. No man who went to war in ‘61 regrets it now. No man would today exchange the right to wear the Grand Army badge for wealth, to have been gained by staying at heme and attending to business. The Grand Army badge is the title of nobility of the republic. Mr. Connolly made a plea for liberality in pensions for the soldiers of the civil war. He recalied that when he visited Wash- irgton at the grand review after the war, he marched under a great banner stretched across Pennsylvania avenue, which bore the legend: “The only debt this nation can —— pay is the one she owes her sol- jers.”” the sentiment which brought the assem: | not mean to discourage the sold! j sed in war. After the wants the boys to follow it. “Let us hope that the military spirit may flag starts, not become too strong in the land,” said Mr. Connolly, “neither that we should beat our swords into ploughshares and our — Lerenze Vand hooks, words hav oth plougt to call up fend our George D. Rugele then addressed th Home, n. Ruggles, in his address, sa Tt ts the profession arms rather than any other calling in life that develops for us in all its purity the attribute of noble, self- sacrificing, loving comradeship. It is born of association in the garrison: it is tured and brought to perfection thr close association in campaign, through good fortune anéd through adversity, through sunshine and through storm, in the on the march, in bivouae, on the Ipn 1, through privattons and sacrfice mid scenes of danger, of con- flict, of suffering and of death. We know that it continues with us through life; for aught we know, amid the ever-increasing hosts upon the eternal camping ground be- yond the further shore, it may abide fe ever. We know that the grave of a com- rade is dear to us. I know that the grave of my old colonel, who died in my arms many, maay years ago, and whose body lies where we placed it upon the the Mississippi, is dear to me as the & of my own father upon the Hudson. spired and impelled by this spirit of loving comradeship, we come today to decorate the graves of falien comrades. In their lives We may not have known many—in- deel, some of us may not have known any —of those who sleep beneath these sods; but it matters not. We lay upon their graves the garlands of our affection, for they were all of our family—they were our brothers. Had General Logan not been the hero of successive wars: had he not been the patriot and the statesman that he was, we would still cherish his memory from A. J. Gunning. the single fact that it was he—our com- rade—that gave to us the beautiful institu: tion of Memorial day. May the great of the univer Keep alive within our breasts the tender sentiments t ani- mate us today, and transmit them to our children and our children’s children to the remotest generation, so that the graves of the defenders of our country may be membered and be honored so long as the starry flag shall wave, so long as the earth and the sun and the stars shall be without end! Other Exercises. The services were interspersed with music from the Soldiers’ Home Band and the choir of St. Stephen's Church. Touch- ing reference was made to Gen. Logan, an& his mausoleum was thrown open to the Public and lavishly decorated with flowers. Mrs. John A. Logan sat during the cere= monies on the speaker's stand. The monuments in the cemetery were draped with the stars and stripes, and each soldier's grave stone was decorated with an American flag. Those who contributed to the service cf the day were the following: Committee on reception—Brig. Gen. Geo. D. Ruggles, Brevet Brig. Gen. R. Ber- nard, Col. W. H. Forwood, Maj. F Ladd, Gen. D. 8. Stanley, Maj. ~ Cc. Parker, Capt. D. A. Irwin, Sergt. Maj. Thomas Evans, Supt. F. B. Jones, James Cantwell, Wm. Grant, Sergt. Wm. Kerna- han, Sergt. James B. Thomas, Sergt. Jos. Maas, Sergt. Alexander Campbell, Corp. Wm. D. Wallace, Corp. Thompson R. East, Commander Jacob Moore, Past Comman- der Patrick Ford and Nelson Hough. On_decorations—Lafayette Relief Corps, No. 10, W. R. C., Mrs. Brideham, presi- dent. The members of St. Stephen's choir are as follows: Sopranos, Miss Teresa Ma- chen, Miss Susie McDermott, Miss Mary Hayes, Miss Henrietta Morrison; alte Mrs. Cora Dessez, Miss Elena Gillen, Mia: Cora Trodden, Miss Margaret Gowans; tenors, dames H. Golden, Charles H. So- ran, D. L. O'Brien, W. P. Hughes; basses, T. W. Gross, W. E. Abbott, Carl Reid, John Arendes; Mrs. Abbott, organist; Prof. ‘W. P. Hughes, director. NORTHEAST TEMPLE. Combined Celebration With Interest- ing Addresses Today. The 800 graves in the cemeteries of the northeastern section were placed in charge of George H. Thomas Post, No. 15, B. P. Entrikin, commander. These cemeteries, Glenwood, Prospect Hill, St. Mary's and Mount Olivet, were looked after by a com- mittee, consisting of Commander Entrikin, Comrade T. B. Crisp and Capt. Roy L. Whitcomb of the George H Thomas Camp, Sons of Veterans, they being assisted by the members of George H. Thomas Corps, No. 11, W. R. C., and the Ladies’ Aid So- ciety, as well as by members of the post and of the camp. The graves to be deco- rated being located in four cemeteries, it was determined to follow the usua! custom of holding the memorial services at some central point, and they tovk place, there- fore, in Northeast Temple, 12th and H streets northeast. At 10 o'clock this morning a procession of the various bodies, together with the Sunday school children of the section, formed at 8th and H streets,