The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN. FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1896. stood for five hours the incessant assaults of 60,600 veteran warriors. The world’s war Tecord presents no spectacle more sublimely Em“d than that of General Thomas and is command hurling back in crimson spray the terrific surges of the enemy’s mighty | forces. Well may Thomas be called *‘The Rock | of Chickamauga.” At night he retired his command in good order to Chmlandufn‘;’ the prize fought for, capturing on his way 500 of the enemy. General Grant taking command of the Grand Army, General Thomas was appointed August | 19, 1863, to the command of the Army of the | Cumberlaud, as center division of Shields’ | army. This position was held by his command | 8t the storming of Missionary Rioge and | throughout the Atlanta campaign of 1863 dur- | ing simost daily eogagements from May to | September, resulting in the capture of Atlanta | September 1, 1864, i September 27 Thomas was placed in chief command in Tennessee with large discretion- &ty powers. General Sherman, at the begin- ning of his famous march from’ Atlanta to the sen, drew heavily from the forcesof General Thomas. Indeed, his army thus reduced did not at first exceed 25,000 effective men, while thearmy under General Hood was not less than 50,000. The Union army, however, was from time to time increased, £0 that Thomas in his march to Nashville, by skillful generalship, | was enabled to resist successiully Hood at Duck River and Spring Hill, and to inflict a | severe defeat upon him November 30, in the | battle of Franklin. | 1864, December 15-16, General Thomas de- feated Hood in @ great battle at Nashville, utterly destroyed Hood'sarmy as an armyand i\‘ur.fl“cd its straggling remnants beyond the ennessee River. ory was the death blow of the Con- federacy at the Wi The rank of major-gen- eral in the regular army wes now bestowed on Thomaes, Congress at its next meeting ten- dered him a, vote of thanks. Time forbidsa further enumeration of Lis highly important | services to his country. Suffice it to say that ‘‘he died at his post doing duty” in San Fran- Cisco, March 28, 1870. Wéll may it be asked, Wwhen shall we see his like again? General W. T.Sherman says of him: ‘‘Never wavered in battle; who was firm and fall of faith in his cause; who never soughtndvancement of rank or honor at the expense of any one; who was the very impersouation of honesty, integrity and honor, and who stands as the beau ideal of the soldier and gentieman.’” “Let it be added,” said Henry Coppee, his | biographer, “that he was modest and retiring; | that he sought nothing for himself by politic | and pedantic means; that he mever lost & | battie, but won severalsplendid victories; that he did not receive the full merit of advance- ment and praise due to his merits during his | life, and_ thal, feeling this, he declared that | time and history would do him justice.” | General James A. Garfield says: “On the | whole, 1 cannot doubt that the most fitting paraliel to General Thomas is found in our greatest American [Washington]. He re- mbled Washington in the gravity and dig- nity of his character; in the solidity of his | judgment; in the careful sccuracy of all his transactions; in his incorruptible integrity, and {n his extreme but unaffected modesty."” | . All things fairly investigated and weighed | in the scales of justice, the result clearly shows that no one did more than General | Thomas to preserve the life of the Nation. | Decorations annually reared mountains high upon his tomb would be none too much. Yet methinks those lips that bade victory ever obedient to their call to perch upon his | standard wherever it was borne would forbid asingle flower more to be placed on his grave than on that of the loyal private. His soul was too grand, too noble, too pure, | to just too permit the least partiality. Let us bow in deference to that sentiment, and deter- | mine so far as possible that for which we ought to be grateful not only 1o bim but to all who participated in winning the great yictory of freedom. That yictory eniranchised millions of bondsmen, making good the Declaration of Indepengence, that “all men are create equal”; it set at rest forever the unconstitu- | tional “doctrine of States’ rights”; it made us one people—established the integrity of the | Union on the North and South from British America to Mexico and the Gulf, and on the East end West from ocean 10 ocean; it demon- | strated to mankind that “the government of | the people by the people and for the people” is the most wholesome and stable form of government; it demonstrated to the South the | great value of the manufacturing industry; it showed to the world our strength, our re- sources and our capabilities; it eliminated jealousies from the minds of the people in dii- ferent portions of the country; it stimulated | 1 enterprise, made the people more self reliant and stowed them that, to & large extent, they | themselves are the arbiters of destiny: and placéd the United States foremost in the rank of nations. The strength and power, the. extent and | volume, the truth and sincerity of that great beginning to be understood, but the | full scope and sweep of its effects have not yet been determined. The recognition of nations is faintly outlined in the prevailing sentiment, advancing steadily and firmly toward the gov- | ernment of man by men, and with that policy called peace, best maintained through the power of national sirength. The evolutiond which transformed the origi- | nal confederacy and the nnionof States into | a great National Government, with power to maintain itself from every assault within and | without, was the greatest result of the War of | the Rebellion, You determined more fully than the world had ever seen thatall governments of the peo- ple restupon_an organized disciplined jorce. Form may change, but force continues con- stant. Your labors made it possible, through ur organization, to add this principle to ex- ing law. You were the advance guard which cleared up dangers and led the Nation up to the bright clear light of day. The “Norse Ssga” has a myth that those who die in battle fight o, fight ever in the reelms of the upper sky. This Nation holds s a truth that those who died in battle that the Repub- lic might live live on, live ever, in the hearts and memories of their fellow-countrymen. After Mr. Scott’s address the Knicker- | bocker Quartet gained new laurels by singing *‘Soldier’s Farewell.” The announcement was made to mem- bers of Thomas Post that exercises would take place at the Emporium at & o’clock in the evening, and that General W. H. L. Barnpes, the grand old comrade, would | attend. | The audience was asked to join in sing- ing “America,”’ which request received a | hearty response, and then the people pres- | ent were dismissed with a blessing in- | voked by Chaplain Cruzan. The monument in the National Ceme- tery to the memory of the Fifth Artillery soldiers who perished near Sacramento in | the strike campaign, was profusely deco- rated by flowers in wreaths and bouquets. | Not a grave in the cemetery was neglected. | Captain John A. Miller's Comvpany F of | the First Infantry Regiment, N. G. C., | pitched tents on the Presidio, near the | eastern boundary of the reservation, just | northof the car track, and will remain in | camp until 4 o’clock this afternoon. Cap- | tain Miller spoke highly of General Gra- | ham’s kindness in extending permission | to use the reservation. A large number of veterans belonging to | Lincoln Post No.1, G. A. R., were gen-| erousiy entertained yesterday nm:rnoon| by their comrade, Colonel Schlaudecker, at bis place of business, corner Ciay and Leidesdorff streets. The exercises were interesting and the refreshments ample. | Quite a number of comrades from the various Grand Army posts assembled at the Emporium last evening, bat General Barnes did not speak. MEMORIAL DAY PARADE, Thousands Saw the Procession of the Veterans on Their March. s usual the grand parade was the fea- | ture of the Memorial day ceremonies and thousands on thousands of citizens with their families turned out to witness the procession, thronging the sidewalks and windows where an unobstructed view of the marching veterans could be obtained. From 9:30 o’clock, when the first partici- pating organization took its place as des- ignated by the grand marshal, uetil 11 o’clock when the last division turned into Golden Gate avenue, Market street re- sounded with martial music, and the tramp, tramp of the veterans as they plodded over the cobbles resounded from the buildings and mingled with the clat- ter of the hoofs of the aids’ horses'as they galloped to and fro carrying orders and hurrying the divisions ir they lagged for an instant. Flags and bright uniforms made the street a biaze of color. The pa- rade was on the whole one of the best ever seen on Decoration day in San Francisco and was admirably managed throughout* The order of march was as follows: ORDER OF PARADE. Mounted Police. P. Crowley, Chief of Police. Rifle Battalion ot Police, | Commander L. H. Turner. Major Charles J. Evans, Chief Aid. Aids—B. Hayes, Dr. Ciarence L. Heller, T. V. Brown Jr., David Buck, Robert Brown, J. A. McGee, Frank Handley. FIRST DIVISION. First Infantry Band, U. S. A. Battalion First Infantry, U. S. A., Captain . J. O’Conrell, Commanding. * Light Battery F, Fifth Artillery, U. S. A., Cap- tain C. Morris, Commander. U. S. 8. Philadeiphia Band. Battalion Sailors and Marines, U. 8. delphia ana Monadnock. Liefitenant-Commander R.R. Ingersoll, Com- Phila- manding. Naval Battalion, N. G. C. Lieutenant Commander L. H, Turner, Com- manding Signal Corps, Second Brigade, , Captain G. C. Boardman J: manding. First Troop Cavalry, Second Brizade, N. G. C., First Lieutenant C. A. Jenks, Commanding. SECOND DIVISION. J.H. El]e{, Marshal. Alds—Frank Whaley, M. J. Collins, 8. W. Car- penter, A. B. Donnelly. Veteran Firemen’s Band. Veterans Mexican War, S.J. Loop, President. Grand Army of the Republic, T. C. Mastelier, Department Commander, and Staff. Lincoln Post No.1, H.W. Mortimer,Commander. Garneld Post No. 34, R. R. Kiilgore, Com- mander. o Colonel Cass Post No. 46, John O'Neill, Commander. General G. G. Meade Post No. 48, John F. Gog- gin, Commander. Liberty Post No. 133, W. J. Park, Commander. THIRD DIVISION. James Kiernan, Marshal. Alds: Abraham Loan, S. M. Carr, Thomas Wil- son, Edward Waish Veteran Firemen's Band. Union Veteran Legion No. 139, J. H. Harding, Colonel. Fair Oaks Camp No. 15, Sons of Veterans, C. 8. Howard, Captain, Canpy Garrison No. 114, Regular Army and Navy Union. First Regiment, League of the Cross Cadets, W. C. Mahoney, Col Chaplain. Poet. Board of Supervisos Board of Education, Board of Health. Officers of the Deuntscher Krieger Verein. Disabled Veterans. Citizens in Vebicles. Floral Wagons. Surgeon and Ambulance from German Hospital When the bugle sounded “‘Forward” at 10:15 o’clock, a squadron of police on well- groomed horses led the way, showing more aptitude for horseback riding than patrolmen do as a general thing. Follow- | ing came Chief of Police Crowley on a handsomely caparisoned horse, and sitting as upricht and firm in the saddle as of vore, when his horsemanship was the | envy of his subordinates in the depart- ment. Behind bim caime the. police rifle battalion, marching with the precision of | soldiers and presenting a fine appearance. Then came Theodore V. Brown, grand marshal, in the full panoply of his office, with bis chief aid, Major Charles J. Evans, and the following aids: Dr. C. L. Heller, B. Hayes, T. V. .Brown Jr., Davia Buck, Robert Brown, J. A. McGee, Frank Hand- ley. - )l'he first division, led by the First In- fantry band, U. 8. A., attracted a vast amount of attention and no little applause from the sightseers, particularly when the sailors of the Philadelphia and Monadnock marched by. The band was followed by a battalion of the First Infantry, U. 8. A., under the command of Captain J. J. O'Connell, and Light Battery ¥ of the Fifth Artillery, U. | 8. A., under Captain C. Morris. The reg- ulars marched with the swinging pre- cision so noticeabie in American soldiers. The band of the cruiser Philadelphia pre- ceded the sailors and marines, who were commanded by Lieutenant-Commander | R. R. Ingersoll. Scarcely less imposing and workman- like were the ranks of the Naval Battalion, N. G. C., that followed, under Lieutenan The militia boys seemed determined not to be outdone by their comrades in the regular service and carried themselves with the ease born of & determination to shine. The Signal Service Corps of the Second Brigade that followed, under Captain G. C. Boardman Jr., presented a very hand- some appearance. The members of First Cavalry Troop, Second Brigade, N. G. C., under First Lien- tenant C. A. Jenks, with their brilliant uniforms, brought the division to a close as they clatterea proudly by with nodding plumes and clanking sabers. Thesecond division was that of the gray- heads and attracted more attention than all of the rest of the parade combined. Year by year the ranks of the veterans be- come thinner and each succeeding Decora- tion day some familiar faces are missing and their comrades honor their graves, yet | the surviving members plod manfully "to the cemeteries, even though a cane is| necessary to aid faltering footsteps and dimmed eyes scarcely see the tattered ana fadea banners that wave defiantly over their heads as they march. The sound of the soul-stirmng music sends the blood more quickly through their veins, the ail- | ments of age and hardships are forgotten and they live again in the days when the roar of the cannon and the rattle of mus- ketry came daily, perhaps hourly, to their ears. J. H. Riley acted as marshal of the | division,with Frank Whaley, M. J. Collins, W. Carpenter and A. B. Donnelly as s. The Veteran Firemen’s band led the grizzled members of the Mexican Veterans, }v'no were marshaled by President S. J. Loop. Then came Department Commander T. C. Masteller of the Grand Army of the Re- Bubli , with his staff, followed "by Lincoln ost No. 1, H. W. Mortimer commander; Garfield Post No. 34, R. R. Kilgore com- mander; Colonel Cass Post Nc. 46, John O'Neill ‘commander; General G. G. Neade Post No. 48, John F. Goggin commander; Liberty Post No. 133, W. J. Park com- mander. The third division was marshaled b, James Kiernan, with Abraham Loan, flv M. Carr, Thomas Wilson and Edward ‘Walsh as aids. Following the music came the Union Veteran Legion No. 139, under Lieutenant- Colonel Curry of the United States gun- boat Bennirgton, gray, but upright and soldierly still; Fair Oaks Camp No. 15, Sons of Veterans, under Captain C. 8. Howard, youthful, but with eyes that told of their readiness to follow in their sires’ footsteps should occasion demand; Canby Garrison No. 314, Regular Army and Navy Union, and First Regiment, League of the Cross Cadets, commanded Sy Colonel W, C. Mahoney. A lons line of carriages brought up the rear of the procession, in which were the chaplain, orator, poet, reader, members of the Board of Supervis- ors, members of the Board of Education, the Board of Health, veterans whose ailments were too great to permit them to march in the organizations to which they belonged; officers of the Deutscher Krie- ger Verein: citizensin carriages, including Admiral Beardslee and his staff, consist- ing of Dr. Hawke, Fln{vaiemennnt Storey and Flag Secretary Willard. Others in carringes were Presiden: of the Day H. W. | Mortimer, L. Alver French, Mrs. Lillian Plunkett Ferguson, Rey. P. Rev. E. R. Dille. The line of march was out Market street to Golden Gate avenue and along that thoroughfare to Van Ness avenue, where the procession maneunvered, the military organizations presenting arms as the vet- | erans marched by and went their way to the cemeteries. AT THE 7Y CEMETERIS Solemnly Impressive |Services Over the Graves of the Dead. H. Macomber, The memorial services at the several City cemeteries were peculiarly solemn and impressive. In all there was a wealth of flowers, whose gay and briiliant colors were in strong contrast to the sepulchral white gravestones marking the last earthly resting vplace of the dead, Long before Theodore V. Brown, Grand Marsbal, the arrival of the Grand Army of the Re- public posts the homes of the dead were thronged with ladies, gentlemen and chil- dren, nearly every one of whom bore some inaividual floral tribute to lay upon the grave of a departed soldier, sailor or friend. Everywhere were stacks of flowers of vari- ous hues and varieties, and it was remarked by H. T. Hobbert, a grizzled veteran of Lincoln Post No. 1, that during his fifteen years’ experience as chairman of the decoration committee he had never before seen such a profusion. They came in wagon-loads from the public schools and the churches, and were picturesque witnesses to the sacredness in which the community holds the day. . were at O1d Fel- The formal exercises lows’ Cemetery, under the auspices of incoln, Garfield, Cass, Meade and Liberty posts of the G. A. R. At the Masonic Cemetery the decoration of the graves was ezi&ecinllfimn to by Garfield Post No. 34, at Laurel Hill by Meade Post No. 48, at Calvary Cemetery by Cass Post No. 46, at Golden Gate Cemetery by Liberty Post No. 133; but at the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery the services were of a general character and emblematic of fraternity, charity and loyalty. Buried here in the Grand Army plat aione lie the bodies of 128 soldiersand sailors, who shed their best blood in the defense of their country. Thousands of Grand Army men died in 1895, and each | year the number of the survivors grows | smaller, but the observance of Memorial day will be continued by a grateful people long after the last war-worn and weary veteran has been mustered out. It was midday waen the Grand Army column yesterday arrived aL the cemetery. Amid the booming of minute-guns the old soldiers, with arms reversed and colors draped, marched slowly through the taste- fully decorated gateway and at the plat where they are buried gathered reverently around the graves of their fallen comrades !and halted. After ‘“Nearer, My God, to EThee," played by the Veteran Firemen’s | band, an earnest prayer was offered by the Reyv. Dr. E. R. Dille. “Twenty-five years ago to-day,” said Commander Henry W. Mortimer of Lin- coln Post and chairman of the day, “'this marble shaft, the monument to Califor- nia’s patriotic dead of the War of "the Re- bellion, was dedicated by the Grand Army of the Republic upon an occasion similar to this, and to-day we are again assembled to perpetuate the memory and offer our tribute of flowers to a Nation’s heroes. ‘‘As with bowed heads and reverential mien we gaze upon these grassy mounds wherein repose al! that is left to remind us of those heroes, all over the land, in cities, villages and 'bamlets, colomns’ of veterans may be ' seen wending their way to these silent cities of the dead where re- pose 8o many of the heroes of that magnifi- cent army called into existence by our | beloved commander-in-chief, Abraham Lincoln, who, his own life’s work accom- plished, sleeps with those other heroes who, hike himself, laid down their lives on | the altar of their country’s welfare, who | died that the Nation might live. J *‘Each advancing year makes this anni- | versary more deeply impressive, because the greatness of the object for which these 1 men fought and died becomes more appa- rent. In our war we comoressed into four terribly full years more sublime deeds than fill centuries of the history of all Eu- rope. We know that history does not show anything to compare with therecord made by the American volunteers from 1861 to 1865. “We are here to-day on this hallowed spot, where so many of those who make a Nation’s history are peacefully reposing, | our hearts filled with gratitude to these atriots who gave up their lives that the Nation might live, to deck their graves } with beautiful flowers, symbolic of purity. i The deeds of our fallen comrades are en- | shrined in our hearts forever and their names are recorded upon fame's immortal | tablet. The day wiil soon come when our | country’s defenders, who loved the dear | emblem of true liberty, will pass away. Promise them to stand by the Natlon and | to keep it forever the land of the free. Can you forget how we toiled and con- | tended to uphold untarnished the red, white and blue? Will you protect every star from dishonor? Remember that we | saved this great Union for you.” | . Lillian Piunkett Ferguson read an orig- inal poem, of the quality of which t‘ke !'5- lowing stanzas are fair samples: o S0 blue the sky, 80 sweet the air With breath of coming June, The morning smiling everywhers A weicome 0 the noon; . 80 peacetul is the scene, 50 tair, ‘That it would almost seem Thedread alarms of battie were | The memory of a dream. e TRt Hle e Our soldiers sleep: above, no sound Disturbs their calm repose. They sicep: in silence deep, profound, Unheeding frlends or foes, No trumpet call, no hurried beat | Of drum can mar their rest; | They may Dot feel the blossoms sweet That to Lheir graves are pressed. | They sleep. And yet we love them 80 ‘That we would fain belleve They waken long enough Lo know The reason why we grieve: That with unseen but s-eing eyes They look into our own Through all the tangled wreaths of bloom With ali their mounds are strewn, Our dear and martyred dead! For them No_faltering numan tongue Can chant a fitting requiem; ‘The song will ne'er be sung, Nor vet how sweet. nor yet how grand, Nor reverent its notes— Nay, though it echoed through the land From sixty million throats. - . - = - “ iy Forgiveness, friendship. love and peace; O, nation of our pride, We pray the blessings ne’er may cease For which our heroes dled. In grateful homage bend we here Above their hailowed sod Forgetting ul save this: One flag, One country and one God ! +“My Country 'Tis of Thee’* was sung by the atdience, and the oration of the day was then defivered by the Rev. J. H. Ma- comber, United States Army. An idea of | its general drift is given in the annexed citations: Comrades of the Grand Army, lad: and | gentlemen, and fellow citizens, we are assem- bled here on this, our Nation's holy day, notto advance the interests of partisanship, nor for self agrandizement, but for a holy purpose. Forgetting for the day party, creed and sect, | we mingle and commingle a8 is being done in | | like gatherings all over the Nation thatwe | may bear some humble part, that we may share | in the honor of payiug a proper tribute to the | memory and patriotism of our loyal dead. On | Memorial day the peopft of this Nation gather at the shrine ot thelr treasured dead to show that they are not unmindful of the faithful services rendered and the costly sacrifices | made by the thousands who went down to the | grave to the music of the battle march and cADNON’s TOAr. ‘Who, on the altar of heaven-born patriotism, 1aid as & free-will offering for their countr: good, home, friends, service, all. In the pri ence of great events, great heroism, men all most instinctivly seek to embody their grati- tude in some lasting memorial.” Our grand American Republic was threatened with dis- ruption and ruin, but by the devotion and death of her loyal citizen soldiery she escaped that calamity, ana Memorial day"is the monu- ment_reared by a grateful Nation and es lished as 8 medium tnmuih which the event shall be kegt inmind. And we E:.rn that this is not without classic precedent—not in exact form, but similar in purpose. The history of our memorial day in its in- cipiency is most beautiful and touching, In graves of our Union dead were scatiered throughout all the Southern States and no one did them honor. Inthe springof that year the lately emancipated colored men, with a lofty recognition of the vicarious sacrifice of ma%mun dead for their emancipation, with a lovegthat shone more brightly because of their poverty and humiliation, with & tender sympathy almost sublime, gathered from field and the wild flowers in their fragrance and beauty and under the cover of night_they stole softly to the last resting place of our fallen herocs and with teardrops glistening on their sable faces with tender hands isid thereon their floral offerings, thus expressing the gratitude they could not express in words. More imposing and stately, but never more lovingly and devoutly and with more pious veneration, will the services of Memorial day rformed. Where no loving kindred eould and where no otherhands would at that time, unbidden, unknown, moved by no other mo- tive than lpurm patriotism and truest grati- tude, soul deep, those simple-hesarted men then and there all unconsciously inaugurated & memorial that shall never die, but shall grow more and more as the years roll on and our Nation continues to exist. s This Nation can never forget the saviors of our Union who, with the battle-field for their bier and their own blood for their winding- sheet, buried in graves made sacred be- cause of the deposit—the conquering heroes in the fratricidal war. When their labors, their courage, their endurance, their sacrifices are remembered the immense cost at which their work was done is apparent. Comrades, fellow- citizens, ell, let us be faithful to impress upon the minds of all, and especiaily the children and youth of our land, the importance of the day, and as the years roll on of keeping up this ceremony; let us see to it, my friends, that this sacred, tifl.« holy day, does not degenerate into & mere holiday and picnic occasion. No grander pilgrimage can be entered upon than this, laden with gratitude and devotion, sweeping the whole Nation into its ranks, bringing with them their floral offering, lift- ing us all for the day at least, out of our sel- fisfineu into a purer, nobler, kindlier realm of feelingand thought. To the old soldier whorlr- ticipated in all that experience of the four dreadful though glorious years, itseems as if it were but yesterday, We almost hear the roar of cannon, the bursting shell, the rattle of musketry, the hiss, the whirr and thud of the miunie ball, the manly cheer on the one side and the yell on the other, and these in fre- quent repetition until the final victory came and we returned in peace snd quiet’to our homes. But, alas, how many of our brave comrades we left behind. I say tous who were there, when we recount these experiences, it seems but yesterday; but when we see before us men in midale life who are rallying their forces into their grand organizations to perpetuate the principles for which we fought when we are gone, the Sons of Veterans, the Army and Navy Union and kindred societies, and find them relating to tneir sons the story of grand- &’s valor and patriotism in the War of the Re- gel{inn, we are reminded that time is passing; and when we recall some of the glorious prin- ciples that were established and” perpetuated, when peace came. Perhaps it may, after all, be seid that these thoughts wauld come with better grace from another than an old soldiew, but who, after all, has a better right to speak on this subject than an‘old soldier? 1 thank God that I was able to give to my countsy three years of efficient service in the war, and al- though wounded in the head at Cold Harbor and shot through the body &t Petersburg, and was & ‘boarder at Hotel ‘de Libby for three months, T am stili alive by the grace of God. Thank God we can say in the language of the fmmortal Webster, in his speech concerning the Union, “When my eyes shall be turned to bebold for the last time the sun in heaven may I not see it shining on the broken and dishon- ored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent, and on & land rent with civil feuds or Jdrenched it may be in fraternal blood. Let this last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gor- geous ensign of our ReY‘ubUc, now known and onored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophieststreaming in their original luster, not a stripe erased or pol- luted nor a single star obscured, bearing for its motto mo_such miserable interrogatory as What is all this worth? nor those other words of delusion and folly, Liberty first and Union afterward, but everywhere spread all over in characters of living light, blazing in all its ample folds as they float over sea and over land and in every wind under the heavens that other sentiment dear to every American heart, Liberty and Union now and forever, one and inseparable.” There came next a dirge by the band, the strewing of the graves with flowers by comrades, a parting salute of three volleys fired oyer the graves by a squad of twenty men of Lincoln Post, under the command of J. H. Wilson, the officer of the day;a benediction pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Dille, and, finally, ‘“taps,” {sounded by . the bugler and signifying that the lights are out. The shaft of the monument, in front of which was the firing squad, stood upon rising ground and was twined with ever- greens. The flag beside it floated at half mast. The speakers’ stand at the foot of the slope was wrapped in the folds of the National colors, and between it and the monument, at the head of the slope, were the white rows of headstones, flanked with flags and decorated with flowers. GARFELD PUST GREETED Patriotic Services at the Geary- Street Temple Last Night. Special memorial services were held at the Geary-street Temple last night in honor of Garfield Post, G. A. R. Rabbi M. 8. Levy delivered a patriotic address, in which he paid a high tribute to the dead heroes of the civil war and to the survivors of both sides who now in perfect f;liowship unite in observing Decoration ay. 4 ‘The altar was beautifull¥ decorated with silken American flags. Upon an easel and deeply indented in a frame of mourning was a large picture of Garfield, and on either hand were smaller pictures of equal- ly martyred. Lincoln and of Grant, the greatest figure of the rebelhon. A great throng was already in the tem- vle when the veterans entered two by two as the big organ-pipes ina mighty wel- come rolled out ‘-Marching Through Georgia,”” The music was a notable feat- ure of the evening. Beginning witk “*To the Memory of Our Departed’ the choir ng four pieces, concluding with America,” in which the whole congrega- tion united in a resounding chorus. The other pieces were * Lord, What Is Man?""and *Rest, Spirit, Rest.” veterans marched out the organ pealed forth u medley of National airs. The choir was made \|go( the following persons: Mr. Sandy, bass; M. Jones, tenor; Miss Rose Adier end Mrs. Buner, sopranos, and Mrs. Burges and Miss Juli- ette Levi, alt's, Mr. Bretherick of the Unitarian church was the organist. During his address Rabbi Levy said: Few of these historical war d. re free from the double bitterness that the of the vic- tory, dearly bought by the blood of the people, accrues only to the titled few. How different is the message winged by our Decoration day. No potentate has ordered its institution. The people of their own iree will and choice conse- crated it to its noble uses. Legislation giving it the character of a legal holiday ratified only what the people had done before, What is the thought which is salive in the flowers we plant on the graves of the departed heroes That we live in peace for the death they fought. Heroism 18 not vet extinet. Among all classes and under all climes are to be found those willing to risk life and limb when duty calls. The brave of Gettysburg and Appomai- tox died that we might live. The war they waged was uot to be compared to European wars, & foreruaner of & still greate and havoc and hatred, but our war w way to eternal peace. There is no triumph in the memories of Decoration day. The flowers and flags that we have placed on the graves of our departed proclaim to the world that the people of America are not ungrateful. Deco- ration day is & new consecration to the duties of our constitutional life. It proclaims a les. son of patriotisir that no other Nation has the privilege to understand or to apply. TEN COMPANIES AT MASS League of the Cross, Six Hun- dred Strong, Visits the Cathedral. The League of the Cross Cadets turned out 600 strong yesterday for requiem mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Shortly before 8:30 o'clock the youths in full uniform and wearing their sabers at their sides entered the church two by two and took seats along the main aisies. The whole central part of the cathedral soon presented an unbroken body of youthful soldiery assembled for religions™ service, Hundreds of other worshipers occupied every other available seat, and the galleries were filled with people. Father Mulligan of St. Mary’s Cathedral celebrated the mass and Father Ryan of St. Bridget’s officiated as deacon of the mass, while Father McDonald ot St. Peter’s acted as sub-deacon. Father Joseph Byrne of St. Mary’s was master of ceremonies, It had been the intention to have Father Philip O’Ryan, director of the bug: of the ss Cadets, preach to the reziment upon the observance of Memorial day, but as S00n as mass was over, shortly after 9:30 o’clock, the cadets had to leave in order to be in time to participate in the general pa- rade of the forenoon. ‘When the Memorial day parade was over the cadets dishanded and scattered to their several homes for luncheon. At 1 o’clock companies A and I took t| lec- tric cars for Holy Cross Cemetery in San Mateo Coun 'hey were accompanied by Father O’Ryan and by T. H. Failon, a member of the executive committee. Two full companies were represented, A |'to the headquarters As the | under the command of Captain Drady and I under the command of Captain Hag- erty. * Arrived at the cemetery, the cadets visited the graves of Hugh Meehan. oncea member of Company A, and C. Sheflield, to whose memory Compan l‘yald special tributes, Each grave was filled with floral tributes and over each a prayer was said by Father O'Ryan, after which the follow- ing rifle squad from Company A fired a volley to their only departed comrades: Sergeant Giesting, Corporals M. Leonard, Benjamin _ McKinley, Steele, Privates Whitney, Maguire, W. Smith and J. Bros- man. Last night Company A left this City on the 11:30 boat for Sausalito, ana from Mill Valley the cadets tramped to the top of Mount Tamalpais to see a Sunday morn- ing sunrise from the mountain summit. Companies A and I purpose to go camp- ing together immediately after the Fourth of July. They will visit Agua Caliente, in Sonoma County. In anticipation of their friendly intercourse during the summer encampment Company I recently gave a reception to Company A that the members might become acquainted with each other. Company A intends soon to return the favor by entertaining Company I — - SALUTE THE FLAG. Bands of Hope March With Fife and Drum. Nearly 200 boys and girls of the Bands of Hope had a spiendid time yesterday after- noon dedicating a new flag. The children assembled at 1 o’clock in Mozart Hall. Under the charge of Mrs. S. W. Kerrizan, their leader, they marched of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union_on McAlls- ter street, near the New City Hall. They were preceded by a drum and fife band, and on arriving at the house they found a number of members of the organ- ization waiting on the steps to receive them. Joseph Knowland of Alameda had do- nated to the W. C. T. U. a handsome new flag, as well as a flagstaif and a bulletin- board. As soon as the children drew up opposite the headquarters the flag was raised and the little ones gave it the salute, nlle'l; which they joined in singing “Amer- ica. These patriotic exercises having been gone through the children were pho< tographed and went into the house, where they were feasted on ice- cream, cake and lemonade, under the care of Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Carver and a number of other ladies, who ad- ministered to their wants. Literary exercises followed the icecream, and the children, who had been especially trained by Mrs. Kerrigan, took quite a prominent part in the proceedings. r. Knowland made a speech to the children, who, by the way, almost filled the house, and they responded by singing a temperance song for Mr. Knowland. Dr. Mary B. Mallory gave the youngsters a talk on “Why we celebrate this day.” Mrs. Nellie B. Eyster talked on *‘The Star- spangled Banner.” Little Mabel McCoy sang “A Thousand Years,”” Arthur Bird gave ‘‘Drake’s Ad- dress to the Flag,” L. B. Mallory sang “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and Miss H. Lorrimer and Miss Ruby Irvinfi also recited, while the little children tool part in a dialogue. Altogether the Bands of Hope spent a very pleasant Memorial afternoon. S LINCOLN POST BANQUET. Grand Army Men Enjoy a Feast and Toasts In the After- . noon. After the Grand Army had performed its mournful duties yesterday Lincoln Post returned to the City and partook of a col- lation prepared by Comrade Colonel Schlaudecker of the Bank, on Clay street. Colonel C, Mason Kinne presided at the table, flanked by Department Commander Masteller, Post Commander Mortimer and many other members of the post. Speeches were made by Colonel Kinne, Captain Mortimer, General Masteller, Lu{onels Robinson and Lyon, N. J. Brady and many ‘others,and the occasion w one long to be pleasantly remembered by the members of Lincoln Post. A delicionus menu was prepared in American fashion, all the dishes being American and the wines Californian, Eas At Holy Cross Cemetery. California Garrison 101, Regular Army and Navy Union, sent a detail under com- mand of Past Commander J. F. Fitzgerald to Holy Cross Cemetery to decorate the graves of their comrades buried there. After decorating the graves the League of the Cross Cadets fired three volleys over the dead. Trumpeter Molitor of the gar- rison sounded taps. BY PATRIOTIC PUPILS, Memorial Day Observed Friday in All the Public Schools. It was a gala day on Friday with the thousand teachers and the forty thousand pupils of the public schools of San Fran- cisco. The afterncon was devoted to the celebration of Memorial day, which falls this year upon Saturday, a school holiday. In a circular addressed a week or so ago to principals Superintendent of Schools Babcock said: “To my mind there is no day that should come nearer to the patri- otic heart of the Nation than should Memorial day, and 1 hope you and your teachers will make it an occasion to im- press upon the pupils the important les- sons that the day suggests.” Conformably to this timely adrvice, the flags upon a!l’ of the schooihouses—prim- ary, grammar and high—were displayed at half mast. The classrooms were banked deeply with flowers and evergreens, contributed by the patriotic children, for use to-day in deco- rating the graves of the gallant soldiers. In all of the schools there were appro- priate songs, 1ecitations, etc. A company ol boys—a hundred strong—from the Lin- coln Grammar School, will participaie in the parade to be held to-day at the Pre- sidio. Principal Elisha Brooks of the Girls' High School belongs to the Georse H. Thomas Post of the Grand Army of the Republic and his students burned with the sacred fires of patriotism. W. W. Stone, also a Grand Army of the Republic man, is principal of the South San Fran- cisco Primary School. Following is the programme of songs, recitations, essays and addresses: Son, Cover them over with flowers,” school; ‘“‘Bugle Call of Gettysburg,” E. Eggers “Memory's Banas of Earth,” Dounie Todd “Many Flags of Many Lands” E. Fitchen} “Mount Vernon Bel school; “Freedom'’s Flags,” Eugene Peguil “Sherman’s March to the Sea,” school; *“Abraham Lincoln,” George Rasmussen; “Departed Braves,” Agnes Hennessey; *‘Soldiers’ Reprive,” Josie Rahl- “The Ble and the Gray,"” Luey Hansen; attle Hymn of the Repubiie,” school; ‘Bivouac of the Dead.”” M. Roche; “The Un- known,” 'Jnh Hipcken; “Flowers for the Soldiers,” May Molem; ‘‘Memorial Day,” Herman 1m ,” Eu- Following is the programme of exercises rendered at the John Swett Grammar School, of which Albert Lyser is principal : Song, “Star-Spangled Banner’; *Origin of Memorial Day,” Dora Savage; “Decoration Day,” Herman Kronenberg: ‘‘Our Dead,” Wil- liam Norton; song, ‘“Mount Vernon Bells”; “Blessed Are They That Mourn,” Sadie Men- delsohen; “The Blue and the Gray,” Amy Garoutte; some impromptu verses, Hal- tie Moulton; “You Have Put No Fiow- ers on My Father's Grave,” Lydia Valencin; “God’s Acre, Gus Lenore; “Our Country,” Roy Clarke; song, “The Red, White_and Blue”; “The Spirit of '76.” Ger- trude Mordecai; “How Slvep the Brave?” Bell Murphy; “Seedtime and Harvest,” Gertrude | Nutson; song, “The Old Kentucky Hnme"i “Individual rity the Hope of the State,” Joseph Golden; “The Deatir of Lincoin,” Celia Morris; “Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Ad- dress,” Herbert Fowler; dier, Rest!” Celi; Celler; song, “‘Good-night”; song, ‘““America.” At the Edison School, of which Miss Chalmers is principal, all the classes par- ticipated in patriotic observances. 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