The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1902, Page 3

o y . R THE SAN 'FRANCISCO CALL, Nation’s Chief Makes a Notable Address to Veterans in Sight of Arlington’s Honored Graves Soldiers Who Struggled to Preserve the Union Are Accorded Praise by the Country’s Executive ASHINGTON, May 30.— Memorial Day was Ob- served herc perhaps more generally than ever be- fore. that President Roosevelt would deliver the oration &t Arlington brought to that historic city Lt ad a vast concourse of people. angements were in charge of the Department of the Potomac, and in- ed a parade of all Grand Army of e Republ nd other , the decoration of monuments and es by men prominent 2 national salute was fired “ourth Battery, Unit- ery. e Band and by the marched to the tombs During the decoration | committee chosen v of the Republic liary socleties, the appropriate selec- broke up and the . A touching g of flowers over nfederate dead bur- Meantime a vast t the amphitheater, conducted. The earer, My God, to services. President al was the signal for an d L Gettysburg ad- t Roosevelt followed, and as again greeted with the mmense audience, which limits of the address he was p s of ap- The President spoke as follows: PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS. ander, comrades and you men and the United States who owe your the men of and thank day custom for our country to have holidays in commemoration of and of the greatest crises in re should be but few such 0 increase their number is to em. Washington and_ Lincoln—the 0 @id most to found the Union and the did most to preserve it—stand head iders above all our other public men, ave by common consent won the right to ence. Among the holidays which the turning points in American a significance pecu- y 4 we celebrate the this day, the 30th of £ al clds dear for the great prize of death in battle, who poured out their blood Jike water in order that the mighty national tructure raised by the far-seeing patriotism v ngton, Frapklin, Marshall, Hamilton o t leaders of the revolution, itution, should not might live, who wagered gless ruins. e blue beside you in the g which strong, sad, pe- re the crushing load of na- , performed the one feat, the r rm which would have meant str everything which makes the r ymbol of hope among the ou @id the greatest n on this Western Hemi- ee centuries have passed rs of our coasts were first fur- keels of the men whose chil- and a half of colonial growth e settiement, and now 2 quarter we have been a nation. r four generations of national life ad to do many tasks and some of reaching importance, but the only k was the one you did—the task he Union. There were other crises gone wrong would have , but this was the one crisis in ve gone wrong would have meant disaster but annibilation. For fail- but had you failed in the iron da: loss would have been irreparable, the d etrievable. Upon your success depended e future of the people on this continent 4 much You left us men he right, fought t us much more even for you left us the achieved. You, who or and patriotism, the nd the soldiership he way you did your e PHILIPPINES. ent the army of the United who served among yor in carrving to completion a y trying 'end difficult war not only the honor of the ph of civilization over fcrces jch stand for the black chaos of savagery ariem. The task has not been as diffi- as important as_yours, but, oh, my es, the men in the uniform of fhe s Who have for the last three y and uncomplainingly American cause in the Philippine are your younger brothers, your sons. e shown themselves not unworthy of y are eptitled to the support of are proud of what you did e younger comrades of yours have fought ble difficultles and have received from ‘a very cruel and very e Under the strain of these s 1 deeply deplore 1o eay that some ave so far forgotten themselves nd commit, in retaliation, acts of The fact that for every guilty act by one of our troops a hundred greater atrocity have been com- hostile natives uUpOR our troops, aceable and law-abiding natives aly to us, cannot be held to ex- gdoer on our side. Determined € effort must be made, and ie find out every instance of bar- erity on ithe part of our troops, to punish f it, and to take, if possible, easures than have already been “ TASK IN far zer taken or prevent the occurrence of_ali_suc nces in the future. s it n the Army of the Philippines that Ame sometimes do acts that cause the ans regret? (Cries of “'Oh, ¥ e to time there occur in our and lasting shame of carried on under circum- cruelty and barbazity—a of it The men who Iynchings, and yet about has been dome in the ppines, are indeed guilty of meglecting the beam in their own eye while taunting their brother about the mote in his. Understand me. These Iynchings afford us mo_excuse for re to Stop cruelty in the' Philippines. y effort is being made, and will be made, 1o_minimize the chances of cruelty ocousring, But keep In mind that these cruelties in the Philippines have been wholly exceptional, and have been shamelessly exaggerated. We deeply nd bitterly regret that any such cruelties #hould have been committed, no matter how no matter under what provocation, by rican troops. But they afford far less jus. tion for & general condemnation of our « than these lynchinge afford for the con- demnation of the communities in which they have taken place. In each case it is well to demn the deed, and it 15 well aiso to re~ from including both guflty end innocent in the same sweeping condemnation, In every community there are people who €ommit_acte of well-nigh inconesivable horror ®nd baseness. If we fix our eyes only upon The announcement | patriotic orgaai- | Music was ren- | Upon arriving at Arling- | nd marked ‘the | the deaths of those who | I address to-day and your com- | task which has ever fallen | were to inherit this fair land. | for over a | r point atonement could have | e future of mankind os a | in | these individuals and upon their acts, and if | we forget the far more mumerous citizens of | upright and honest life and biind ourselves to their countless deeds of wisdom and justice and philanthropy, it is_easy enough to con- demn the community. | this land which we it we fixed our eyes purely upon its police | recora and refused to look at what it had ac- There is not a city in | fomplished for decency and justice and char- ity. " Yet this is exactly the attitude which has | been taken by too many men with reference to our army in‘the Philippines; and it is an at- titude both absurd and cruelly unjust. SEVERITY IN WAR. The rules of warfare which have been pro- mulgated by the War Department and accepted @s the basis of conduct by our troops in the field are the rules laid down by Abranam Lin- coln_when you, my hearers, were fighting for [ the Union. ~‘These rules provide, of course, for the just severity necessary in war. Tne most destructive of all forms of crueity would be | to show weakness where sternness is demanded | by iron need. But all cruelty is forbidden, and #il harshness beyond what is called for by need. Our enemies {n the Philippines have not | merely violated every rule of -war, but have made of these violations_their only method of | carrying on the war. We would have been Jjustified by Abraham Lincoln’s rules of war in | intinitely greater severity than has been shown, | The fact reaily is that our warfare in the | Pmlippines has been carried on with singular | bumanity. For every act of crueity by our | men there have been innumerable acts of for- | bearance, magnanimity and generous kindness, These are the qualities: which have character- ized the war as a whole. The cruelties have | been wholly exceptional on our part. | . The guilty are to be punished; but in punish- ing them let those who sit at ease at home, who walk delicately and live In the soft places of the earth, remember also to do them com- mdh Jjustice. Let not the effortless and the untempted rail overmugh at strong men who with blood and sweat Yace years of toll and days and nights of agony, and at need iay jdown their lives in remote troplc jungles to | bring the light of clvilization into the world's dark places. The warfare that has extended | the boundaries of civilization at the expense of barbarism and savagery has been for cen- | turies one of the most potent factors in the | progress of humanity. Yet from its very nature it has always and everywhere been liable to dark abuses. It behooves us to keep A vigilant watch to | prevent these abuses and to punish those who | commit them: but if because of them we | filnch from finishing the task on which we | have entered we show ourselves cravens ani | weaklings, unworthy of the sires from whose loins we sprang. There were abuses and to spare in the Civil War. Your false friends then called Grant a “butcher”. and. spoke of | you who are listening to me as mercenaries, as ‘“Lincoln’s hirelings.” Your open foes— as in the resolution passed by the Confederate Congress in _October, 1862—accused you, at | great length and with much particularity, of | “contemptuous disregard of the usages of civil- | 1zed war”: of ‘subjecting women ana children | to “'banishment, imprisonment and. death”; of “murd “‘rapine,” of “‘outrages on wo- | men,”” s cruelty,” of “‘perpetrating | atroc: uld be disgraceful to sav- ages”: and Abraham Lincoln was singled out for special attack because of -his ‘‘spirit of | barbarous ferocity.”” Verily these men ‘who thus foully slandered you have their heirs to- | ay in those who traduce our armles in the | Philippines, who fix their eves on individual | deeds of wrong so keenly that at last they ‘become blind to “the great work of peace and | freedom that has already been accomplished. INSURGENT CRUELTIES. Peace and freedom—are there two better ob- Jects for which a soldier can fight? Well, these are precisely the objects for which our | soldiers are fighting in the Philippines. When | there is talk of the cruelties committed in' the | Philippines remember always that by far the greater proportion of these cruelties have been | committed by the insurgents against their own pecple—as well as against our soldlers—and that not only the surest but the only effectual way of stopping them is by the progress of the American arms. The victories of the Amer- | ican army have been the really effective means Of putting a stop to cruelty in the Phiiippines. Wherever thesk victorles have been complete—- |and such is now the case throughout the | greater part of the islands—all cruelties have | ceased and the native is secure 1n his lite, | his liberty and his pursuit of happiness. Where | the insurrection still smolders there is always & chance for cruelty to show itselt, Our soldiers conquer; and what is the ob- | Ject for which they conquer? To establish a | military_government? No. The laws we are now endeavoring to enact for the govern- ment of the Philippines are to increase the power and domain of the civil at the expense of the military authorities, and to render even more difficult than in the past the chance of appression. The military power is used to ge- cure peace, in order that it may itgelf be sup- planted by the civil government. The progress of the American arms means the abolition of | cruelty, the bringing of peace, and the rule of | law and order under the civil government. Other nations have conquered to create {irre- sponsible military rule. We conquer to bring | Just and_responsible civil government to the conquered. But our armies do more than bring peace, Go more than bring order. They bring | freedom. Remember always that the independ. ence of a tribe or & community may, and often | does. have nothing whatever to do with the | freedom of the individual in that tribe or com- | munity. There are now In Asia and Africa scores of despotic monarchies, each of ‘which is independent, and In no one of Wwhich is there the slightest vestige of freedom for the indi- vidval mar. Scant indeed is the gain to man. kind from the ‘4ndependence” of a blood. stained tyrant who rules over abject and bru. talized slaves. But great is the gain to hu- manity which follows the steady though slow introduction of ‘the orderly liberty, the law- abiding freedom of the individual, which is the only sure foundation upon which national independence can be built. Wherever in the Philippines the insurrection has been definitely and finally put down, there the individual Fil. ipino already enjoys' such freedom, such per- sonal liberty, under our rule, as he could never even dream of under the rule of an *‘independ- ent” Aguinaldian oilgarchy. The siowly learned and difficult art of 12- government, an art which our people have taught themselves by the labor of a thousand Years, cannot be grasped in a day by a people only just emerging from conditions of life which our ancestors ieft behind them in the dim years before history dawned. We belleve that we can rapidly teach the people of the Philippine Islands not only how to enjoy but how to make good use of their freedom: and with their growing knowledge their growth in sclf-government shall keep steady pace. When they have thus shown their capacity for real freedom by their power of ' seM-government, then, and mot till then, will it be possible to decide whether they are to exist independently of us or be knit 1o us by ties of common friend- #hip and Interest. When that day will come it is not in buman wisdom now to foretell. All that we can say with certainty is that it would be put back an immeasurable distance if we should yield to the counsels of unmanly weak- ness and turn loose the fslands, to see our vie- torious foes butcher with revolting ¢xuelty our betrayed friends, and shed the blood of the most humane, the most enlightened, the most the wisest and the best of their own for these are the classes who have already learned to welcome our rule. WORTH OF THE WEST. Nor, while fully acknowledging our duties to others, need we forget our duty to our own country. The Paclfic seaboard is as much 1o us as the Atlantic: as we grow in power and prosperity so our interests will grow in that farthest ‘West which is the immemorial East, The shadow of our destiny has already reached to the shores of Asia. The might of our peo- ple already looms large/against the world-hor. izon; and it will loom ever larger as the years g0 by. No statesman 'has a right to neglect the interests of our people In the Pacific; in- terests which are important to all our people, but which &re of most importance to those of our people Who have built populous and thriv- ing States on the Western elope of our coun- tinent. ‘This should no more be a party question than the war for the Union should have been a party question. At this moment the man in highest office in the Philippine islands is the Vice Governor, General Luke Wright of Ten- nessee, Wwho. gallantly wore the gray in the Ctvil War ané who s now working hand fn hand with the head of our army in the Phil- ippines, Adna Chaffee, who in the Civil War gallantly wore the blue. Tnose two, and the men _under them, from the North and from the South, in civil life and in military life, as teachers, as administrators, as soldlers, are laboring mightily for us who live at home, Here and there black sheep are to be found oo you did. * * * tery. Californians Garland Soldier Gra\{e'sfi"and- Cast Flow- ers to Waves That Cover Sailor Dead. OS ANGELES, May 30.—Simple yet impressive ceremonies marked the observance ‘of Memorial day here. The morn~ ing was gray and cloudy, but the weather did not prevent great crcwds attending the ex- ercises at the cemeteries where the na- tion’s dead are burifed. At Central Park the Seventh Regiment Volunteer Associa- tion held a brief and impressive memorial service before Soldiers’ monumeat, in honor of the comrades who gave up their lives during the Spanish-American war. The members of the association marched to the monument laden with a wealth of floral offerings. Captain Fredericks of Troop C, N. G. C., delivered the memorial address and as the buglers blew ‘“‘taps’ the volunteers filed silently by the monu- ment,” each man flowers at its base. At Rosedale Cemetery, Stanton Post, G. A. R, was in charge of the service and at Evergreen, Bartlett-Logan and Kenesaw Posts placed flowers on the flag- marked graves of the dead soldiers. A pretty feature of the ceremonies was the presence of hundreds of school children, who formed in double line at the gates of the ecemeteries and presented wreaths to the veterans as they marched between them. . Memorial exercises were held in‘ the afternoon in Simpson Auditorium, under the auspices of the G. A. R. The veterans assembled at 1:30 o'clock and marched to the auditorium in a body. The pro- ‘gramme included addresses by the presi- dent of the day, B. N. Smith, Rev, J. L. Pitner, R. J. Adcock ‘of the Sons of Vet- erans and W. W. Widemann of the ser- vice men of the Spanish war. 8 D2 Tribute to Sailor Dead. SANTA MONICA, May 30.—Honor was paid to-day to the memory of the sailors of the United States navy who lost their lives at sea. Following the precedent es- tablished last year, a stmple service was held on the bluff overlooking the ocean, after which garlands and wreaths of flow- ers were given to the waves, in tribute to the dead. The pretty ceremony was in charge of Hopkins Naval Veteran Asso- ciation and the Naval Reserve, who, to- gether with a great crowd of interested spectators, gathered on the end of the Santa Monica wharf. A portion of tne burial service was read, three volleys were fired by the Naval Reserve, ‘‘taps” among them; but taken as a whole they rep- resent’ as high a standard of public service as this cbuntry has ever seen. They are doing a gredt work for civilization, a great work for the honor and interest of this nation, and above all for the welfare of the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands. All honor to them:; and shame, thrice shame, to us if we fail to uphold their hands! The applause accorded the President as he concluded was long and continuous and as he took his seat some one in the crowd cried out *“Three cheers for our brave President,” whereupon a mighty shout went up from the throats of the thousands crowded into every available space to hear him. General Eli Torrance, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, followed with a few remarks and then the services were brought to a cloge with the playing of “America” by the band, the choir and the assembly joining, and benediction by Henry S. Stevens, des partment chaplain. Imigediately after the memorial exer- cises at the amphitheater the monument erected to the memory of Colonel Edgar O’'Connor, of the Second Wisconsin Regi- meat, was unveiled in the presence of a number of his comrades. The address of the occasion was delivered by Representa~ tive John J. Jenkins of Wisconsin. At Soldlers’ Home, at Battleground Cemetery, near the site of old Fort Stev- ens, and at St. Elizabeth's, where lie countless numbers of veterans who lost their reason as a result of military service and who were buried in the asylum grounds, and at other cemeteries, appro- priate services were held. Secretary Shaw delivered the oration at Battleground Cemetery, while his assistant, M. A. Ayles, made the address at St. Elizabeth's. Representative Washington Gardner of New Jersey was the principal speaker at the National Cemetery, Soldiers'’ Home, where, too, there was an immense gather- ing of comrades and relatives and friends of deceased soldiers. VETERANS HONOR MEMORY OF THEIR FALLEN COMRADES NEW YORK, May 30.—Memorial day was observed with impressive solemnity in this city. Crowds attended all the ex- ercises, the weather being fine. An im- pressive parade of G. A. R. posts, Na- tional Guard regiments, United States regular troops and bluejackets and ma- rines from the navy yard was reviewed by Licutenant General Nelson A. Miles, Rear Admiral Barker, acting Governor Nixon, Mayor Low, General Howarfland General Brooke. A soldiers’ and sailors’ monument, said to be one of the costliest of its kind in the world, was unveiled in Riverside Park. Memorial services were held in the aft- ernoon at Grant's tomb in the presence of 5000 people. President Roosevelt sent a wreath of 10ses and the Chinese Minister, Wu Ting Fang, a bed of roses, PHILADELPHTA, May 30.—The feature of the Decoration day exercises in this city was the unveiling of the memorial bronze bust and pedestal erected in the ostoffice to the memory of President Mc- inley by the Philadelphia letter carriers and postoffice employes. Postmaster Clay- ton walrhflel received the - gift from James O’Sullivan, chairman of the local Carriers’ McKinley Memorial Assoclation. Former Postmaster General Smith deliv- ered the oration, at the conclusion of which the letter carriers’ chorus of sixty volces sang ‘‘Lead, Kindly Light.” A band of forty pieces, composed entirely of postoffice emploves, closed the exercises with “The Star-spangled Banner.”” The bronze bust and pedestal cost over $20,000 and stands on the first floor of the south corridor of the postoffice building. CHICAGO, May 20.—A parade partici- pated in by veterans of the Civil % city. =0 Spanish wars was the feature of the morial day demonstration in this - SAYS THE ARMY IS laying "his tribute .of | SATURDAY ‘MAY 31, 1902 OOSEVELT UPBRAIDS UNJUST CRITI OF TROOPS AT WAR “Peace and freedom—are there two better objects for which a scldier can fight? Well, these are precisely the objects for which our soldiers are fighting in the Philippipes. When there is talk of crufi-:; ties committed in the Philippines, remember always that by far the greater proportion of these cruel have been committed by the insurgents against their own people—as well 'as against our soldiers—and that not only the surest but the only effectual way of stopping them is by the progress of the American arms. The victories of theé, American army have been the really effeclive means of putting a stop to cruelty in the Philippines. Wheraver these vittories have been. complete—and such is now the case throughout the greater part of the islands—all cruelties have ceased, and the native is secure in his life, his liberty and his pursuit of happiness. Where the insurrection stiil smolders there is always a chance for cruelty to show itself.”—Extracts from the speech of President Rousevelt yesterday at Arlington Ceme- were sounded and the school -children strewed the waters ‘of the. Pacific with their floral tribute. At the National Sol- diers’ Home nine companies of veterans paraded in full uniform and decorated the graves of their departed eomrades. Gov- ernor John L. Beveridge delivered the ora- tion in Memorial Hall. ) Flowers Given to Bay Waters. SANTA CRUZ, May 30.—AMN- business houses and public buildings were clesed here to-day. This morning a large crowd assembled on vhe,’whar! and beach to participate in the ‘ceremony of -strewing flowers on the waters of the bay. in honor of the memory of sailors lost at sea dur- ing the Civil War, Judge Lucas F. Smith delivered an address. This afternoon lit- erary exercises were held in the armory, Rev. E. D. McCreary being the orator. Afterward a procession ‘'formed, with Grand Army veterans, ploneers, the Wo- man’s Relief Corps, the: Naval Reserve, Avalon Company of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, and school children in the line and marched to ‘Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, where the,graves of soldiers were, covered with flowers. bl - Flag-Raising at Vallejo. VALLEJO, May 30.—The ¢bservance of Memorial day here under the auspices of Farragut Post No. 4, Grand Army of the Republic, was imposing. The procession covered several blocks and a battalion of marines from Mare Island, under com- | mand of Captain J. T. Meyers, and a large dclegation of children from the Good Templars’ Orphans’ Home were conspicu- ous features. The principal exercises of the day were 'held at the Grand Army plat in Union Cemetery. Rev. George N. Annes of Napa delivere the - oration. Later there was a pretty flag-raising cere- mony at the city park. lemorial ser- vices were held at the cemetery on Mare Island, Rev. M,' L. Macfarlane delivering the oration. d y i SALINAS, Ma; appropriately’ observed 1 this Bvery place of business was closed. J. B, Stoed. man Post No. 56, Grand Army of the Re- public, and the Women’s Relief Corps, es- corted by troop C, National Guard of Cali- fornia and the Drill Corps of the Red Cross Soclety of Salinas, composed of twenty-four young ladies under the com- mand of Miss Beatrice Porter, marched Services ‘were held ‘In. many churches. SAILORS ALSO REMEMBERED., ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 30,—The graves of 16,000 soldiers were decorated in St. Louis to-day, despite the threatening weather. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 30.—The prin. cipal feature of the Decoration day exer- Clses here was the unveiling at Forest Hill Cemetery of an imposing shaft erect- ed by the Daughters of the Confederacy of this city to the Confederate soldiers Wwho died at the battle of Westport, for- merly a suburb 6f Kansas City. The day l\'as beautiful and thousands journeyed o the cemetery. FORT LEAVENWORTH, XKan., May 30.—The remains of the late General Hen- ry Leavenworth were interred to-day at the National Cemetery at Fort Leaven- worth with imposing ceremonies. Several descendants of the general were present, besides a number of distinguished men, and the parade that preceded the exer- clses at the cemetery was one of the largest military and civil functions ever witnessed in the West. General John C. Bates, commanding the Department of the Missouri, presided over the exerciges at the cemetery, and the or- ation was delivered by State Senator T. Dumont Smith. Governor Dockery of Missouri also delivered an address. NOTED MEN IN PARADE. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 30.—Two inter- esting figures in the Memorial parade to- day were former Governor Alexander Ramsay, the only living ‘‘war Governor,” and the one who tendered President Lin- coln the first troops at the outbreak of the rebellion, and Colonel Colville, who led the First Minnesota Regiment on its famous charge at Gettysburg. This afternoon at the Auditorium Hon. D. Wi Daler delivered the oration of the day. - CINCINNATI, O., May 30.—Memorial day was observed here by a general sus- pen: of business, a parade and the decoxrn.llon of graves in the different cem- eteries. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 30.—The feature of Memorial day in’ Milwaukee ‘was a monster )gnru.da in the afternoon. SARATOGA, N. Y., May 30.—Gregory Cottage, where General Grant died, was decorated by members of the G. A. R. o-day. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 30.—The graves of 14,000 soldlers in the Natlonal Cemetery here were decorated to-day, in- cluding ‘about 200 veterans of the Span- ish-American war. ' KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 30.—Memorial services and decoration of graves were «conducted at the National Cemetery this afternogn. . DOUQXEV!LLE. Ky., May 30.—Flowers were strewn on the graves of the Fed- eral sailors :and Spanish war veterans at Cave Hill Cemetery this afternoon. ‘ATLANTA, a., May 30.—A ‘special ay ‘carried the Atlanta posts of . A. R. and their friends to Marlet- | ta, Ga., where the graves in the National Cemetery were" dec_lo'?tea. LT LAKE CT SA . Utah, May 30.—A E’nrnde,/w_hlch included the regulars from 'ort Douglas, the state guard and vari- ous other civic and military orgunlzutlor&. :‘vxs the feature of Memorial day observa- on here. 'FRENCH MISSION . HONORS MEMORY OF DE TORNAY - NEWPORT, R. I, May 30.—Having honored “in Washington the memory of the Count de Rochambeau, the members of the French mission came to 'Wport to-day to ‘offer a tribute to the memory ot the Chevalier de Tornay, the com- mander of the fleet of ‘war vessels which conveyed the Rochambeau soldiers to Newport, their landlnq'-vlue. The tribute FIGHTING FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM UST at this moment the army of the United States, led by men who served among you in the great war, is carrying to completion a small but peculiarly tryingand difficult warin which isinvolved notonly { thehororof theflag but the triumph of civilization over forces which stand for savagery and barbar- ism. The task has not been as difficult or as important as yours, but, oh, my comrades, the men in theuniform of the United States whohave forthe last three years patiently anduncomplainingly championed the American causz in the Philippine Islands are your younger brothers, ‘your sons. They have shown themselves not unworthy of you, cnd they are entitled to the support of all men:who are proud of what | Veterans placee a special design on the, out to Odd Fellows' Cemetery. There, af- -ter the ritual services of the Grand Army ‘were given the graves of all veterans were ecorated. "A conspictious feature in the “line 'was the -presence of several ex-Con- federate soldlers marching with the Union veterans. i e Blue and Gray Mourn Together. ./ SAN DIEGO, May 30.—A notable feature of the Memorial day observances here was thecunion of the blue and gray in the ex- ercises at the graves. Major Hugh Gwin, commander of the local camp of Confed: erate veterans, marched into the cemetery with Commanders Burt and-Palmer of the Grand Army, at the head of a proces- sior; composed of both Union and Confed- then joined in decorating the graves of the Union and Confederate dead. Judge M. L. -Ward delivered the memorial ad- ;ire!! in the Methodist church this morn- ng. Santa Fe Machinists Walk Out. SAN ‘BERNARDINO; "May 30.—The en- tire force in the Santa Fe shops at The Needles went f'"' on strike this morning and the machine shops are closed. The cause of the strike was the refusal of the. Santa Fe company-:to grant the de- mands of the men for an increase in wages from 30 to 40 cents an hour. In this city there is renewed agitation in regard to the boilermakers’ strike, as the com- pany has refused to abolish the blacklist. The men say they will walk out unless the clause in their demands is agreed to. S S Healdsburg Ladies in Charge. HEALDSBURG, May 30.—Memorial day was fittingly observed in this city. The ladles of Roanoke Circle, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, had charge of the day’s events, which began with a procession to Oak Mound Cemetery, 222 school children” and twenty-five veteran soldiers being in the line. Literary exer- cises took place in Lure Grove, adjéining the cemetery. LM S Burt Estes Howard Speaks. SAN JOSE, May 30.—Five thousand peo- ple attended the Memorial day exercises at Oak Hill Cemetery this afternoon. Ser- vices were held this evening in Victory heater, under the au'n}plces of the local rand Army posts. The principal ad- dress was by Burt Estes Howard of Stan- ford University. French republic were mingled with the American emblem. ~Through the streets the members of the French mission were escorted by a large body of sailors, ma- rines and soldiers to take part in the Vvarious features of the programme. When the dLanFulshed foreigners ar- rived at the railroad station here from New York shortly before 9 o’clock they were recefved by the Governor with his staff, the Mayor, the members of the City Council and other special committges. General Brugere placed the wreath of France upon De Tornay's grave. Other N THE PHILIPPINES Troops March Through Streets of City and to Graves of Their Departed Comrades in Arms At Odd Fellows’ and National - - Cemeteries Solemn Services Are Held for Heroes Buried There HE air was fragrant with the breath of flowers yesterday. On the graves of the dead and on the sea flowers were strewn in tribute to the departed. Memor- ial day was observed through- out the city with solemn ser- vice. Ceremonies were conducted at many of the cemeteries and all were visited by varlous organizations or ‘the families and friends of those asleep in the tomb. At 10 a. m’ the parade started on its way, led by a squad of police in full-uni- form.Following closely came Colonel H. T. Sime, grand marshal, in Khaki and rid- ing behind him were his chief of staff, Captain A."J. Kelleher, and his chief aid, Major Sidney Loop, his alds being Captain A. B. Donnelly, John Murphy, W. J. Wat- son, John Kainsbury, Captain A. C. Ad- ler'and Lieutenant A. G. Wells. The ar- tillery followed, commanded by Lieuten- ant Colonel G. S. Grimes, who rode in advance with his staff. The Coast Artil- lery was .under :command of -Major C. ‘W. Hobbs. Under him were Company One Hundred and Five Captain L. R. Bur- gess; Company “Twenty-eight, Lieutenant . C. Lewis; Company Twenty-nine, Lieu- tenant Hinz, and %mpany Ninety-two, Caprain B. M. Koehler. ARTILLERY IN LINE. The Eighteenth and Fifth Batteries of Field Artillery followed, the Eighteenth being under command of Capt: D. J. Rumbauglf and the Fifth under Captain J. L. Hayden, The navy band stationed erate veterans. The two organizations [-2¢ the training school on Yerba Buena Island headed the second division con- sisting of -apprentices from the United States training ship Pensacola. The Na- tional Guard comprised the fourth division of the parade. The battalions_were com- manded by Majors George Filmer and Thomas J. McCrea. Next came the First Battalion of Artillery and the First Artil- dery band. The artillery was commanded by Major H. P.'Bush. Troop A Cavalry, Capiain ".Charles Jensen, followed the artillery. The fifth division consisted of the offi- cers and crew of the United States steam- ery Marion, commsahded by Captain Thdmas A. Nerney. Veterans of the Mexican war, in car- riages. formed. the sixth division. Fol- lowing them came the various posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, march- ing fully a thousand strong. After them came the Girls’" Choral from James Iick grammar school, in wagonettes. The military company of the Columbia Park Boys’ Club formed the seventh di- vision. Adjutant’ General George Stone and staff (representing Governor Gage); Brigadier General R. H. Warfleld and staff; D. E. McKinlay, orator of the day; Mrs, Clara Brown Bell, poet of the day, anr; Chaplain J. H. Macomber, U. S. A’ (retired), in carriages, formed the eighin ‘and last division. PARADE IS REVIEWED. Colonel G. S. Grimes reviewed the pa- rade at the corner of Polk street and Golden Gate avenus, after which the vet- erans marched to Odd Fellows’ CmflfiA Over in the firemen’s plat in Laurel Hiil Cemetery the graves of fire heroes were covered with flowers. The remains of Chiefs Fred D. Kohler, David Scannell and F. E. R. Whnneg lie buried there, and also_those of H. D. Claffey, first foreman of No. 3 hose; Fred Rosecamp, first fore- man of hook and ladder No. 1; Jere J, Kelly, first foreman of engine No. 2; Captain James Riley, assistant chief ergineer; W. D. L. Hall, first fore- man of Monumental Engine Company No. 6, and others. A memorial mass was sung at St Mary’s Cathedral at 10 ¢’clock for the re- pose of the souls of the deceased members of the League of the Cross Cadets. The Rev. Charles A. Ramm was the celebrant. Father O'Ryan, chaplain of the regiment, was present. At the end of the services Archbishop .- Riordan spoke of the beauti- ful custom of remembering the dead and exhorted the youthful soldiers to upright_lives. Rev. William Rader delivered the Mem. orial day address at San Quentin yester- day. There was appropriate music and the address was enthusiastically received. Early in the morning the steam launch from the U. S. S. Marion went out to sea in charge of Captain Nerney and Lieu- tenant Kammerer and strewed flowers over the ocean, while Chaplain Charles Ecelman read the burial service for the dead. A salute of ten guns was fired, a fitting tribute to the heroes who have passed away and now rest4n the sea. McKINLAY PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE NATION’S DEAD The Grand Army plat at the Odd Feil- lows' Cemetery was surrounded by a large and sympathetic ecrowd almost all day. Few if any of the people who went to the cemetery where the graves of those who died in the Civil War are located without a floral offering, with the resuit that flowers appeared in such profusiom that there were few spots in the plat une covered by fragrant blossoms. The sight was an affecting one, particu= larly as the plat was surrounded by the comrades of the deceased veterans, who felt that each memorial day found them not less eagerfbut less able to render their tributes to the memory of their com- rades in arms. Promptly at 12 o’clock noon the com- memorative ceremonies commenced with the firing of twenty-one guns, the ma- tional salute. Roncovieri's band -played “Nearer, My God, to Thee” with great ef- fect, and J. H. Macomber, chaplain, U. S. A., retired, pronounced the invocation. He referred to the blessings enjoyed by the Continued on Page Seven. Wreaths were also placed and the proces- sion then moved to the Casino, where the parade was reviewed. The visitors later Wwere driven about Newport and then a luncheon was served at the Casino. —_— At McKinley’s Tomb. CANTON, Ohio, May 30.—Many beauti- ful offerings to be placed on the tomb of the late President McKinley - were re- celved here last night and to-day, includ- the White House at Washington. Mrs. McKinley took the flowers to Woodlawn and had them arranged: about the tomb. - The formal celebration in Can- ton began at 1 o'clock by direction of the G. A. R. The Spanish-American War tomb. The G. R. placed at the tomb the flag of the order and a cluster of flowers taken at random from the supply provided for all their dead comrades, making no distinction in favor of the late President. Lt i g Services at Manila. MANILA, May 30.—The military forces observed Decoration day as a holiday. There were impressive services at the American Cemetery, though the bodies of only a few soldiers are now buried there. of the clvillans. It was thought inadvis- able to declare the day a public holiday. A Wreck of Maine Decorated. HAVANA, May 30.—The officers “and crew of the United States gunboat BEagle Gecorated the wreck of the United States banks, public offices and many stores be- ing closed. There was a parade in the ing a large crate of choice flowers from |° The American Club decorgted the graves |, battleship Maine to-day. President Palma and the Society of Veterans sent wreaths. o oy Stockton Mourns Her Dead. f STOCKTON, May . 30.—Memorial day ‘was generally observed in Stocktqn, the Twenty—yes, even fifteen—years ago the automobile was not considered seriously as a means of locomotion. Time has wrought a change. Modern inventions and improvements have made it practicable. possibilities. Just so in the commercial world, modern im— provements place all sorts of manufactured mer- chandise before people at lower prices than twenty . years ago. In bygone days a tailor-made suit was con- sidered a luxury, afforded by ony the wealthy. * How different now! mornln‘ under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic, and graves of sol- dlers were decorated at Rural Cemetery. Exercises were held at the cemetery, where Judge E. 1. Jones of the Superior Court delivered the oration. This evening there was a reception by the Women's Relief Corps, with a patriotic programme, Fairfield Graves Decorated. SUISUN, May 30.—Memorial dav was appropriately observed in Suisun. Exer- cises held in the afternoon were largely attended. Attorney C. P. Stévens of Benicia delivered an eloguent address. Afterward the Woman’'s Christian Tem- rance Union, members of the local post rand Al of the Republic, school chil- dren andr:lt{eu comyed to the Fairfield Cemetery and decorated the graves of soldlers. —_— Tribute to Fifty-Six Heroes. BAKERSFIELD, May 30.—Memorial day was fittingly observed here to-day, the gsve- of fifty-six soldler dead in the rsfleld cemetery being decorated by the members of Hurlburt Post, G 3 of the Rep: cf held this evening in Arm Hall, at_which Hon, Char} o les N. Sears de- | livered an address. of ] ce to its naval hero was paid ing upon the tomb of De Torpnay’. % ity urchyard, ath it e of laurel, t by sident Loubet. i Ne s 'streets bore the b ‘woma Memfiy. ‘but 33; colors 5ot u':‘: A To-day you do not marvel at its Why, we sell a good suit made to your measure for only $10.00, and the cloth is all. wool, while the workmanship is careful y done by experienced tailors. Modern marufacturing and merchandising make such a value possible. May we give you samples of these $10.00 Suits? » A plentiful quantity is free for the asking. We have many neat, light patterns for summer wear. 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