The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1904, Page 6

'THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1904, * WAR VETERANS PAY LOYAL AND LOVING TRIBUTE TO NATI | THOUSANDS | CHEER THE | OLD HEROES| Regulars and Guards| | Escort Marching | Survivors. Gray Haired Troops Pass Along in ' Review. } San Franciscans paid a loyal tribute | to the nation’s dead yesterday, when | citizens joined-heartily with the regu-| Jars and soldiers of the State in the| beautiful observances of Memorial day. Nature favored the occasion Wwith a clear sky and cool air—invitations that | drew thousands to all the cemeteries | to assist in the simple but impressive honors &t the graves of those that fell in defense of the flag. The familiar sight of the Grand Army man In his uniform of blue and his post badges was seen early on the | streets. Then came throngs of men, | women aud children, flower-laden and | hastening to the cemeteries. The flower | ehops and the street flower markets had a great trade, crowds of customers | ng in line to make their choice of | wal Califorpia’s most fragrant blooms as their tribute to the brave. On all the cars west pound these flowers were car- ried to the burial places, and not a sol- dier's grave in any cemetery failed to receive its share of fragrant, bright- hued blossoms. Meanwhile organizing on Van Ness avenue, at Mc- | Allister street. The turnout of regu- | s and National Guardsmen was in- | tended rather as an escort of honor to| the veterans of the Grand Army of the | Republic than as an imposing military emonstration, but the spectacie, as al crowds of interested | esses and the short parade up the to Geary street was well man- and effective. In the throngs of kers that lined the thoroughfare nearly every woman and child, with many the sternér sex, bore bunches wers in the hands, later to be | d to the cemeteries. Everywhere | as 2 day of flowers. | PAST AND PRESENT SOLDIERS. i ticipants in the parade were | aged Cunning- f the Spanish-American Lieutenant Colonel W. batallion of Tenth In- Twenty First Field Artillery . Colonel Thomas Captain G. W. | s’ Club, Major Sidney 8. | Cap- | ng commandin G. A R ng. W. E. Estes 34, G. A.R,.JH W. F. Tooth- Hilton | 48 G A R of the Mexican War, Veterans, 1. 8. \ Gouid No. 15, George S parade was reviewed at by Colonels Pitcher and O'Neil v Grand Marshal Whiteside. The commands then separated, the regular sing to the Presidio and taking the ceremonies at the National I while the members of Geary posts took cars on | the Ges utter street lines for | the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, where cere- monies were held at the Grand Army plat AT ODD FELLOWS' CEMETERY. A great company of citizens and vet- erans assembled early at the Odd Fel- lows’ Cemetery. Almost every one brought flowers. Here and there an aged woman's trembling hand tenderly clasped a cluster of roses or violets as she leaned on the arm of a stalwart son, whose father had battled in the great conflict of the sixties. Litue children carried blossoms to strew on the graves of heroes they had never seen. Groups of pupils from the pub- lic schools, led bv their teachers, dec- orated many a grave that to them was only an unknown soldier’s last resting place. Grateful hearts united to pay tribute to patriotism. When the posts of the Grand Army reached the cemetery they formed and marched to the Grand Army plat, keep- ing slow step to strains of solemn music by the Tenth Infantrs band, while minute guns were fired by a bat- tery from the Fifth Artillery stationed mear by. The exercises were opened by W. E. Estes, chairman of the day, who Introduced the Rev. J. A. B. Wil- son, who offered the invocation. “The Old Flag Forever” was sung by the California Quartet, after 4 brief ad- dress by Chairman Estes on the pur- poses of the celebration, and then Miss H. J. Hassenmuller read President Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. The oration of the day was delivered by Rev. George C. Adams, who said in part: It is well for us to have been born in this country or who have been brought here in comfortable ships from foreign lands to paus be as we. enjo founders of the American colonies were ai- most without exception men crowded out of England, Scotland, Germany or France. The Piigrims and Puritans came to New England because they could not find room in England to worship according to the dictates of con- science. The same reasons brought Catholics 1o Maryland and the Quakers to Pennsylvania. “The fail of the Stuart monarchy drove thousands of Joyal Scots to America. The wars of Louls XIV in Germany seut over hosts of Germans. The revocation of the edict of Nantes planted Gecrgia, the Carolinas and all the coast north- ward with Huguenots. A SCHOOL OF LIBERTY. All these people that fied from different countries speaking different languages and holding different beliefs, had & common object in coming 1o our shores. They sought liberty. They wanted room to think as they pleased and to govern own Remember that and trafficked in Each section was » blame for slavery and for the civil war ;. that it bred. But the spirit of freedom was | D) #o stromg in the United Etates that, as Lincoin said. it was “Impossible for thix nation to b L T e || the military parade was| | | city | | TLRING £ | | | | | | | | | | | | < LG ETLLERY 7 ) IS To THE THALPZ CEMETERY AT THE FESIDIO wgyeoe e CHAVILEY ENROYTE 720 THE / SCENES AT THE PRESIDIO WHEN SOLDIERS AND RETIRED VETERANS GATHERED IN THE NATIONAL CEMETERY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO DEPARTED COMRADES. - | Surviving Heroes of Many Hard-Fought Battlefields Gather at the Graves of Their Departe Comrades to Extol Their Deeds and Honor Their Memory. METIONEL, - CEMETERY o0 - o % | + | d manding more than its share of territory and secking 1o control the nation. The question had %o be fought out. So men marched from all North year after year, and the mplished. ‘We were not fighting we soon found out, but our own men as brave as we were— and the ruggle was long and bloody. But it was a necessary struggle. and South were fighting to get together in_one inseparable nation. Well might President McKinley. when he was so royally welcomed in the South, claim: God, we are all toget ain’’ 1 recall the remark of a member of the Grand Army the other day. He said to me Don’t talk of ‘these United States’ Say ‘this ‘nited Statee.” It is one country.” —That is what the war was for and what it.accom plished frit of lberty planted by our fore. NG watered by the blood of our buried s still lives to meet the problems of Just as §t has met those Of the past land bought at a great price to-day | We live in a Your work was not in vain. FLOWERS, VOLLEYS, TAPS. The .Rev. Mr. Adams' address was ! followed by a second selection by Miss Hassenmuller, *“The Silent Grand Army.” Then came the most impressive feature of the day, the strewing of flowers on the soldiers’ graves. The aged men who compose the Grand Army of living veterans scattered blos- soms over the remains of the' mem- bers of the Grand Army of the dead, while many an eye in the throng or oniookers was wet with tears of sym pathy. This ceremony was followed by the firing of volleys over the re this being done by a firing party of veterans from Lincoln Post. “Ame: ica” and “The Star Spangled Banpe: were sung by the entire company, the band leading, and the ceremonies closed with the sounding of taps.by a bugler from the Presidio. At the other cemeteries within and in San Mateo County the decoration of graves was intrusted fto smaller parties of veterans from the several Grand Army posts who were assisted by committees -of citizens. Everywhere the cemeteries were thronged by crowds of men, women and children, paying fitting tribute to the dead. B AR EXERCISES AT PRESIDIO. More Than Five Thousand People ‘Witness Impressive Ceremonies. Memorial day was observed at the Presidio by the usual impressive exer- cises. More than five thousand peo- ple were present during the’ceremonies and it is estimated that during the day fully fifteen -thousand people Visited the national cemetery. The cemetery never looked fresher, brighter, or greener. At the head of every grave was placed an American flag, sur- rounded by a great wealth of floral offerings. NoOt one grave was neglect- ed. The place resembled a beautiful the | garden filled with the choicest buds | and blossoms. The soldiers belonging to the p brought hundreds of beau- tiful wreaths, which they added to the flowers that were contributed by the | school children of the city. | The ceremonies were of a most im- pressive character. The procession which came out from town was met at 10:30 a. m. at ihe gates of the Pre- | sidio by Colonel Edward A. Godwin, having under his command four troops of ‘thé¢ Ninth cavalry, the Twenty- ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-fifth7 Stxty-sixth, Sixty-seventh and. Seventieth batter- les Coast Artillery, and the First Field | Battery, Captain C. H. Bennett com- manding. Led by the Third Artillery | Corps band, the stately procession, fol- | lowed by Colonel W. L. Pitcher "and two battalions of the Tenth and Twen- ty-eighth infantries, together with rep- resentatives of camps ana posts of the Grand Army_ of the Republic, slowly wended its way to the cemetery. PROGRAMME WELL | Following was the programme, which | wag splendidly carried out and atten- tively listened to by the immense con- course of people: | ' Firing of minute guns, Fifth Artillery, U. 8. music, Third Artiliery Bané, U. 8. ‘A.; remarks by chairman of the day, F. L. Tur- pin (post commander George H. Thomas Post); invocation. R. R. Bigelow (chaplain George H. { Thomas Post); vocal, ‘‘The Field -of the Grounded Arms” (Longfellow-Parks), Knick- thocker Quartet; Lincoin's Gettysburg ad- dress, Comrade C. H. Blinn; music, selections, | Third Artillery Band, U. 8. A.; oration, John | D. Giah; vocal “Mustered Out” (Maupin), | Knickerbocker Quartet; ““America,” by assem- blage of people, The oration of the day was delivered in a powerful manner by John D. | Gish. It was listened to with rapt at- | tention. He opened his remarks by calling at- tention to the meaning of Memorial day, then drew a picture of the gather- “ng of the storm clouds of war from | the time of the constitutional conven- tion in 1787 down to the bursting of the cyclone in 'tV and '6l. Speaking of the trials endw.>d by the soldiers of the Civil War, e said: 1 stood on 1@ sseet this Memorial day and saw the vetergn flle march past and the tears welled again o my eyes and a lump grew large in my t¥roat, for 1 saw as in review the events of ‘61 HEARD THE ROLL OF DRUM. 1 beard the roll of the drums and saw the flags unfurleG I saw the boys in blue march out with swirging step at their country's call, And I felt, too, something of the pain of those that were left behind. For I heard the mother’s sob, I saw the sister's tears and I knew the seltled anxiety that dwelt in the father's heart I saw the oys for the first time under firs in front of them a few hundred yards away, nnl{ a wall of smoke and around them the bullets pattering like raindrops in the dust. A great terror comes over them, a fear that Is — - CARRIAGE OWNERS WILL RESUME WORK TO-MORROW Reopening of the Stables Is Delayed Owing to the Intervention of Holiday. <> At a meeting of the Stable and Car- riage Owners’ Association yesterday it was decided not to carry into effect the plan to resume business to-day owing to the faet that yesterday was a holiday and the new men, engaged to drive carriages, were unable to secure their badges from the Tax Collector, for which permits will be granted by the Police Commission to-night. To-morrow, however, the employers expect to have all their vehicles, or at least as many as are needed for regular business, in operation. Tt was an- nounced last night by representatives of the Stablé and Carriage Owners’ As- sociation that the- various.establish- ments have all the men they need and a sufficient reserve force to fill. what- ever vacancies may occur after the -carriages resume work to-morrow. The boilermakers and helpers of the Santa Fe road, upon which there has been a strike for several weeks, have issued a circular in which they reiter- ate previous statements made regard- ing their position and conclude with the declaration that they are satisfied that the railroad company is diserim- inating against zed labor and is refusing employment to all union men. i S £ R R R DRAGGED BY A HORSE.—. BOY RUN DOWN BY HORSE DRIVEN AT FURIOUS PACE Young John Dennis Has His Ieg Broken Through Recklessness of Unknown Man. John Dennis, 12 years old, was run over at the Presidio yesterday. His right leg was broken in two places. The accident occurred on the lower drive by the cemetery just after the memorial exercises had taken place. The screams of the boy attracted a tremendous crowd. Mrs. W. M. Creed, with her own chil- dren and the injured boy, were walk- ing along the drive, when, without any warning, three men in a cart dashed around the corner with the horse gos ing at a furious gait, and struck young Dennis before he could get out of the way. Mrs. Creed says she understands that the name of the driver was Schweitzer. At first the man declined to take the injured boy to the hospital, but the crowd raised such a howl of indigna- tion that he finally took him in the cart and carried him down to the Pre- sidio General Hospital, where he turned him over to Surgedn John H. Allen. ¥ The driver 0f the cart then rushed out of the hospital and disappeared as fast as possible. Young Dennis resides with his mother at 257 Minna street. ———e Sacred Heart Commencement. . The annual commencement exercises of Sacred Heart College will be held this evening in the Alhambra Theater. Under the efficient management of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, Sa- Heart College has for upward of thiry years carried on the work of Christian education and numbers among its alumni scores of prominent priests of the archdiocese and many of the foremost professional men of the city and State, RENDERED. almost beyond control. A ' comrade falls groaning, with a great hole In his breast, an- other pitches forward without a sound and lies quite still. The terror grows, they are about to break for the rear, when sudden as a lightning flash all fear departs from them. JE THE FLAG ADVANCING. ey see the flag advancing on the right; bow their heads and bend their shoulders to the storm and they start for that wall of #moke, They are recruits no longer, they are viterans. And so through the long campaigns. March- il day and standing picket at night. Suf- from hunger and wounds and disease, bearing all for their country's sake. -1 { saw them crowning the heights of Lookout Mountain. 1 saw them placing the pomtoons at Fredericksby I saw them lying in the trenches all ‘th three dreary days at Get- tysburg. ' 1 saw the terrible march to the =ea. T saw the withering storm in the Wilderness and the end of battles at Appomattox. And when the last gray head of that gal- lant band had passed me I dried the tears from my eves and squared my shoulders to the world. 1 took a new oath of fealty to my country and_registered again my vows of loy- alty to the flag SINGING IS OF HIGH ORDER. The singing of the Knickerbocker Quartet was of a very high order. As i# usual, the firing of volleys over sol- diers’ graves by a detail of United States troops was the striking event of the ceremonies and many in the great throng were moved to tears. The final number, ‘“‘America,” was sung in chorus, in which every one present stood up and joined in with spontan- eous accord. The mighty volume of voices could be heard down at the camp at the Presidio. Among those that took an active part in decorating the graves and were in attendance during the ceremonies were: George H. Thomas Post No. 2, G., A. R, F. L. Turpin, commander; Associated Veterans of the Mexican War, George Thistleton commanding: ‘Woman’s Relief Corps—Lincoln No. 3, Garfield No. 21, Meade No. 61 and the Ladies’ Auxiliary to Reinhold Richter Camp No. 127, S. A. W. Veterans. The graves of the soldiers from Idaho were decorated by H. M. Levy. Just as the services were concluded an old veteran, a member of George H. Thomas Post No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, was laid to rest in the northern end of the cemetery. The ser- vicesgere of a very impressive char- acter and were rendered especially so by the soft music of the Third band, Artillery Corps. Even after the exer- cises of the day were over crowds of people sat about under the trees in the cemetery, while many families moved to the beautiful woods adjacent, where in a quiet manner they partook of luncheon. A noticeable feature of the day was the number of little chil- dren present. All brought flowers, and the majority carried American flags. The exercises of the day were not the GOOD SHOWING ON THE PROGRESS OF IRRIGATION According to Statistics California | Checks Drunken Man’s Attempt to Ranks First in Number of Farms Watered. WASHINGTON, May 30.—An irriga- tion bulletin issued by the Census Bu- reau to-day places the total area irri- gated In California at 1,703,720 acres, and it is stated that remarkable pro- gress has been made in the State in ir- rigation since 1899. In 1802 there were in operation 6017 systems, with an ag- gregate of 7010 miles of main canals and ditches, the total construction cost of which was §23,772,167. Irrigation was reported on 30,404 farms. The figures show that in the number of irrigated farms and the total construction cost of irrigation systems California holds first rank, and in the total area irri- gated the Golden State is second only to Colorado. —————— HORSES MAKE TUMULT DURING THE FUNERAL a Hearse in Which a Dead Man Is Carried Wrecked by a Team. / LOS ANGELES, May 30.—While the body of Manuel Depinto, who was killed by being run over by a South- ern Pacific train, was being borne to the grave in a hearse to-day, the ve- hicle was struck by a trolley car. It smashed the rear wheels and caused the horses attached to it to run away for a short distance. The casket re- mained in the vehicle. The funeral procession was halted until a new hearse’ could be procured and the march t> the cemetery resumed. ———————— LOOSE LIVE ‘wmzx.n‘— ¥or several hours yesterday a wire ca; 5000 I3 the " courtyard of the i no one came in contact | of Phelps Squadron only attractive feature, as was evl- denced by the immense throngs of people that visited the cemetery in the afternoon bringing floral offerings in commemoration of the day. The weather was soft and mild and the day perfect. R S REMEMBER NAVAL REROES. Interesting Ceremonies With ¥Floral Tokens on the Sea. The beautiful and impressive cere- mony of slrewing floral tokens on the bosom of the ocean, in whose calm depths naval heroes are at rest, was conducted yesterday by the shipmates | No. 12, United States Veteran Navy. The army tran port tug Slocum was placed at the dis- position of the veterans and their friends, and a few minutes after 7 o'clock steamed away from the Fol- som-street dock flower laden and with colors floating to the breezes. The Slocum carried about 200 passen- gers, and music was furnished by the United States Marine band of Yerba Buena station. As the craft steamed | down the bay patriotic airs were play ed, and when the party arrived at the | Golden Gate thes ceremonies com- menced. Seats had been provided on the stern of the craft, and when the tug swung about just outside the en- trance to the harbor Captain Thomas A. Nerney, who acted as master ot ceremonies, called attention, an¢ the band rendered the first musical num- ber on the programme. Shipmate C. M. Price delivered an opening prayer, and the Sons of Veterans’ quartet, con- sisting of Miss E. A. Wolfram, Mrs. W. F. Buswell, D. D. Wolfrarh and J. Orr, sang “Lead, Kindly Light.” Captain F. G. Wisker delivered an address, which was as follows: Shipmates, we are assembled to-day to honor our heroic dead. The duty of this hour is of impressive significance; by it we are reminded that the sacrifices of our fellow shipmates have not been in vain; that we have a united coun- try strengthened by the memory of experlence common to us all; that we inculcate with a comprehensive reailzation the preception that there Is no North or South, no East or West- but one common country and flag, and em phasize to the world the great principles of patriotism. Men of unfon and national Integrity died that the country might live; that the grand inheritance bequeathed to us by our fore- fathers might remain unbroken: that the union of all must be one and indivisibie. i And now, as we gather within the sounds of the waves which were in life the hero's joys, and In -death his shroud; as we strew garlands of earth’s fairest adornments upon the billows in tender memory of our heroic dead, let us recall their virtues, thelr priva- tions, their fidelity to duty, and pray that the counfry for whose supremacy they died, shall live until time shall be no more. At the conclusion of Captain Wis- ol ker's address the band gave another | selection and Chaplain P. H. Mass de- livered a patriotic oration. The speaker | reviewed the great naval encounters which have led to the nation’s victory since independence was declared. He spoke feelingly of the heroic_dead and of their loyalty to their land. When Squadrop, the strewing of the flowers and the firing of the minute guns be- gan. ‘The band played a solemn air, and while the twenty-one guns mak- ing the national salute were being fired those on board dropped garlands | and fragrant flowers to the surface of the sea. At the sound of the first gun a flag-mounted tripod was lowered and released from the stern of the vessel, where it bobbed about om the waves. When the tokens had been disposed of the Lord’s prayer was recited by the | chaplain and “taps” sounded by Lieu- tenant Arthur McKee. Then the Slo- cum started homeward, stopping first at the Presidio and then at the Trans- | port dock. he had finished the audience, led by the quartet. sang “America,” and Mrs. | Charles M. Price was called upon for | a recitation, “Memorial Day.” | Then, under the direction of Com- | mander Jokn J. Foley of the Phelps | | | P 230 BT ARE ENTERTAINED. VETERAN Enjoyable Luncheon and Impromptu | Music Please Crowd of Guests. One of the most pleasant incidents of the Memorial day celebration was the luncheon given yesterday afier- noon by the Relief Corps to the mem- bers of General George G. Meade Post No. 48, G. A. R., their families and visiting veterans. The hall at 102 O'Farrell street was crowded with guests all afternoon and ample jus- tice was done to the spread of gnod things that burdened the four tables. The - president of the corps, Mrs. Bessie Johnson, and the commander of the post, William F. Whittaker, welcomed the guests graciously. There was no set programme, but im-| promptu songs and piano selections | rendéred by Miss Kate McCormick and Mrs. Bowley added enjoyment to the occasion, while to the entertain- | ment committee and its chairman, | Mrs. Kate J. Wood, are due much of | the credit for the success of tae af-| fair. , Among the visiting veterans were Senior Vice Commander Colonel C.| Mason Kinne, Past Commander Riley of Colonel Cass Post No. 48, Com- mander Herm:un of Oscar F. Lot Garrison No. 101, Army and Nav Union, and Commander John A. Dag- gett of John A. Dix Post, San Jose. quWS SECRETARY STRIKES A DISTURBER Reach the Roosevelt Carriage at sburg. { GETYSBURG, y 30.—As the car- riage containing the President, Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary Loeb and Miss Carew passed on its way to the ceme- tery during the Memorial day exer- cises to-day, a red-faced man, ap- parently under the influence of liquor, rushed out from the sidewalk on the President’s side of the vehicle and thrust his hand toward the carriage. “Stand back!” cried Secretary Loeb, but the man still came on with his hand outstretched and reached the side of the carriage. His other hand. Loeb thought, might hold a weapon of some sort, for it was in his pocket. The secretary, seeing his warning un- heeded, struck the man heavily on the neck. The blow was sufficiently pow- erful to pitch the disturber backward over the ropes strung around the cor- ner of the sidewalk and he disappeared in the crowd. —_———— MISS ROOSEVELT VISITS FAIR IN SPITE OF RAIN President’s Daughter and Friends Are Entertained at Exposition by President Francis. ST. LOUIS, May 30.—Miss Alice Roosevelt and her friend, Miss Alice ‘Warder, and Miss Irene Catlin, whom they are visiting, braved the rain to- day and visited the exposition. They | had been warned by anonymous letters. were entertained at luncheon in the west pavijon by President Francis and the members of his family. To-night the German national pavilion was the scene of splendor, being thronged with invited guests in attendance upon the mm:mmuon. given in honor of Miss Roosevelt hy German Commissioner Lewald. B. —— MURDEROQUS ATTACK MADE ON A PRIEST Anarchists Attempt to Kill Clergyman, but Are Frustrated by Police. PHILADELPHIA, May 30.—An at- tack supposed to have been instigated by adhrchists has been made upon the Rev. Antonio Isoeri, rector of the Church of St. Mary Magdale di Pazzi. During a pageant in honor of the church's patron saint a band of men rushed to the priest’s carriage, the lead- | er leveling a revolver. He and three others were captured by the police and the rest were driven off. The Italian quarter was for a time wild with ex- citement and the crowd threatemed vengeance on the prisoners. The priest The cause for the attack is not known. | These letters were communicated to the police, who were on hand and frus- trated the attackers. 5 h ——————— SAN JOSE WOMAN'S CLUB SELECTS NEW OFFICERS‘ Mrs. A. P. Murgotten Wins the Votes of the Members for the Position of President. SAN JOSE, May 30.—The Woman's Club has elected Mrs. A. P. Murgot- ten president for the ensuing year. She succeeds Mrs. W. C. Kennedy. Other -officers are &s follows: Vice president, Mrs. Catherine Bingham; directors—Mrs. T. Kirk, Mrs. Hugh Center, Mrs, Fred Bangs and Mrs, W. Hill, the latter two being re- elected. The other directors, who hold over, are Mrs. J. W. Davy, Mrs. C. F. Fleming, Mrs. Paul Shoup, Mrs. A. E. Osborn and Mrs. W. C. Kennedy. The president and vice president are ex-officio members of the board of di- rectors. | more heartily cheered than its decla jtory to write it deep in ON’S DEAD GRAND ARMY LISTENS TO GOL. IRISH -ty 3 Well-Known Orator Tells What the War Settled. Says It Was Fought to Give Labor Freedom. g The Grand Army of the Republie closed its noteworth obs: ance of Memorial day with a great mass meet- ing last evening that filled every seat at the Alhambra Theater. Hundreds were turned away because of the po- lice prohibition agai standing in the aisles. In spirit as well as in volume it was one of the heartiest demonstra- tions of patriotic enthusiasm even seen {in San Francisco. The theater was beautifully decorat- ed with flags, flowers and evergreens. On the stage were many handsome floral pleces presented by women, friends of the local posts. Among the well known Grand Army men that | occupied chairs on the stage were A. D. Cutler, chairman of the evening; Cdlonel C. Mason Kinne, senior vice | commander of the Grand Army; ex- | Judge Henry C. Dibble, Colonel John P. Irish, Post Commander F. L. Tur- pin of George H. Thomas Post, Gener- al E. S. Salomon, Major J. A. White- side, Horace Wilson, John Vining, Samuel Carpenter, G. H. Johnson, Di J. G. Crawford, Senior Vice Depart- ment Commander Stoner, P. H. Mass, Judge R. R. Bigelow, George C. King, | General John F. Sheehan, D. A. Bend- er, John C. Burns, George P. McCord, E. W. Woodward, J. H. Coburn, Louis M. McCall, Rev. J. H. Macomber, | chaplain U. A., retired; Rev. J. B McQuade and Frank Smith. The exercises were opened with the playing of national airs by the orches- tra of the First Regiment, N. G. C. Chairman Cutler then introduced the Rev. o offer- ed an eloquent in tion, calling for the divine blessing upon the surviving patriots whe had defended their coun- try in time of danger. Longfeliow's ‘Sail On, O Ship of State,” was well sung by the Elks' gquartet to the musie of Kratz. A letter from Mayor Schmits, Father J. B. McQuade, w e who was on the programme for an ad dress, was read. The Mayor regrette his inability to be present. He ex- pressed his sympathy with the objects of the meeting and his admiration for the Grand Army and the heroic work it represented. Two charming voe | selections, “Till We Meet Again” “1 Sing B 8 rendered by and Mrs. R. artington, rewarded with well earned applau Lincoln’s Gettysburg address was read by Comrade Dr. J. G. Crawford of Lin- coln Post. who ADDRESS BY COLONEL IRISH. The oraticn of the evening was an eloquent and moving address by Col- | onel John P. Irish. Received with great applause and frequently interrupted by cheers, Colonel Irish spoke of the causes and meaning of the Civil War, with especial reference to the bearing of its lesscns upon ‘present day prob- lems. No part of the address was tion of the right of every man to labor, even though others declared he should not. The speaker said in part: It is 4 great pleasu to speak of men and to men wijose deeds are written In the book of glory. = Next spring forty years will have passed since our great civil struggle closed, and the diviston of those on v side of the line is larger than tb A1 on on | this side. In a while there will be no jragd Army of the Republic. Will the mem- sorvices of the men who fought the | war be treasured when that time comes® It is a solemn question and one of vital im- portance to this nation. That civil war of ours was the greatest com- bat in modern history. In spirit it was a no- ble t and was nobly fought out to ns of lasting value. The ignobie fea- the conflict were mostly confined to remained at home both in orth and in the South snd abused and strued the motives and acts of the other The soldlers of the North and the sol sid diers of the South had no rancor toward one sad proved the valor of their and were ready to testify to the ith which their opponents fought for hey deemed right. If all the political questions growing—out of the war could have been left for settiement to the men who fought it they would have been solved more quickly and have left fewer scars. 1 pray that my country may never have an- other war. But, after all, we gained much by this combat. We have settied some things that greatly needed determination before liber- ty could be firmly established in this country. One of the things settled by the civil war was that labor in America should forever be free. (Applause). THE WAR MADE LABOR FREE. This question was the final cause of the war. Though the South heid that labor was dishon- orable, a thing for siaves, the North was de- termined that its free workingmien should no longer be subject to the stigma of Southern re- proaches and the shameful disadvantage of siave competition. Lincoln correctly appraised the situation on the eve of the conflict, when he declared that for one-half of the natfon to be slave and the other half free was no longer endurable; the United States must all become free or ail slave. I roud the other day a debate in the United States Senate during the early fifties in which those able, bitter Southern Senators, Toombs and Yancey, contended that there could be nu proper dignity in a community where a white man put his hand to manual labor, and that because labor ,was left in the South €0 the blacks that section was destined to be dominant in_this nation. (Laughter.) Senatcr Dodge of lowa replied: *T hawe al- ways believed,” he said “that civil war was impossible in this country, but after hearing the declarations just uttered here I am cons vinced that civil war is inevitable. I for one am _here to testify that all my life 1 have sladly put my hand to manual labor, and not only did § deem myself honored thereby, but I received the respect of my neighbors for it." And Senator Broderick of m‘{mu was even more emphatic in pointing ouff the irrec- oncilable difference between the fgctions on the question of free labor. “Standfhg in this chambe . “and looking at these nobly earved pillars that support this great roof, how can I sit still and hear dea nounced when I remember that my father wus. a stonemason in New York?' (Great applause ) This_irreconcifable difference no longer ex- ists. The war has brought our _countrymen of the South to the same point of view with us regarding the dignity of labor and the necessity of its. freedo: Let it bring us to the same point of view regarding the right of every man to work free from the dictation of any other man or of any milllon of men. (Prolonged cheers and cries of “That's tiue Americanism.”") You ave right, my frien icanism. We fought the this is true Amer. st war in his- the laws and prin- elples of our nation_ and the people of this sountry, North and South, mean it shall stay there. They are of one mind in thelr deter- mination that this question, once settied, shall stay settled. Question of free labor was the cause of the war, and the conflict, de cided that all workingmen in America must be free. (Cheers.) But if we must have an- other war to make this plain, them millions of tree men will shoulder their guns and go forth giadly to preserve the foundations of our Government. We must have every man protected in his Mberty or we shall have no Country. mo nation, mo free government. (Pro- longed applause.) The “Star Spangled Banner™ was prettily sung bv Miss Florence Ray- field, a girl of tweive, and the meeting closed with the singing of “America’” by the entire audience, the gray-haired veterans leading most heartily. BENEFIT FOR ST. JOHNS. ; St P et by the: Caldwen Callons ot s t € Iwel of tor: and Ac . hl’“ hundred people attended [.’ Jobn's