The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-31

THE SERVICES AT THE CEMETERIES.

The second annual return of Decoration Day
was celebrated yesterday in the various ceme-
teries and burial grounds in and around the city
of Philadelphia. The exercises at each place
were of grand and imposing character, and
were witnessed by thousands of people who had
assembled to participate in the honors which
were being done to the heroic dead
Nearly one hundred members of Post 161 dis
charged the duty of decorating the graves in
Mount Moriah and the Woodlands and thou
sands of people were present, the majority of
whom waited at Woodlands until the Post had
returned from Mount Moriah. At the latter
cemetery about five hundred graves, all within
one enclosure, were beautifully decorated, and
am Impressive address was made by DIR. j. T.
Walton. The Post was accompanied by three
large wagons filed with flowers, and displayed
n number of handsome silk flags. 1t comprises
a fine body of men, who thoroughly performed
the solemn Office they had undertaken.
Post No. 8, g. A. r., decorated the graves of
800 soldiers buried in Glenwood Cemetery. The
post was in charge of the commander w. A.
Allison; adjutant, David Ginther. The ceremo-
nies were opened with prayer by Rev. James
Neul. quartette choir kindly volunteered for
the occasion and sang the opening, closing, and
decoration hymns, all written for Decoration
day. About one hundred soldiers orphans from
the Northern Home, under charge of A. NJ.
Spangler. Esq, sang hymn appropriate to the
occasion. flag was then placed on each grave
by young ladies, under the superintendence of
Dr. McNichol. The orphan children then placed
u bouquet of flowers upon each grave.
Odd Fellows and Mechanics Cemeteries CON
tain the bodies of about 800 of the heroic dead,
of which 27S are located in Odd Fellows. The
duty of decorating these two cemeteries
signed to Posts and 16l. The former met at
the hall of the Grand Army of the Republic, on
Chestnut street, above Eighth, and having
formed marched, under the command of General
Robert l.. Bodine, to Broad and Race streets,
where they Joined Post 2 under the command of
(lnln nI two hnAi
with escort composed of Company A. BaX-
ter's Fire Xouaves, Captain j. W. Ryan, and
delegation of the Gray Reserves, Capt. Malone,
then proceeded to the Mechanics Cemetery,
after which they marched into Odd Fellows.
Post 10 performed the decorating ceremonies
at Laurel Hill, Mount Vernon, and Mount Peace
Cemeteries yesterday afternoon. They assem-
bled at Grand Army Hail. No 800 Chestnut
avenue to Laurel Hill. The companies of the
Post participating were:-No. 1, Captain Wor
rail-; 2, Captain Robinson; 3, Captain McCarty;
4, Captain Waterhouse 5, Captain Stroud. The
Post was under the command of Major A. r.
Calhoun, Company B, BaXtcr's Fire XOuaves,
and A, B, and K, of Fritz Zouaves, acted as a
guard of honor. The turnout was excellent,
Post 10 numbering upwards of two hundred and
the Zouaves fully one hundred and fifty.
Post No. II, West Funk commandant, left
their headquarters, No 500 Washington avenue,
at one O'clock and visited Ebenezer, Gloria Del,
Union, and Lafayette Cemeteries, and Wharton
under the command of Captain Mason acted us
guard of honor, and were accompanied by
Becks Brass Band The colors with the Zouaves
belonged to Colonel Coils regiment. Ensign
b. j. Bailey, who had carried this flag through
the entire war, very appropriately was the
standard-bearer on this occasion.
Post No. 5, to which had been assigned the
decoration of the graves in the New Philadel-
phia Phanthropic. Machpelah Mutual,
Bishops, st. Paul's and Ronaldsons Cemeteries,
assembled at headquarters, in Kater Hall, on
South street. near Fifteenth. There were about
forty members present. They wore citizens
dress, white gloves, and blue silk badges, having
the name and number of the Post inscribed
thereon.
At Germantown, Post No. 6 of the Grand Army
of the Republic formed into line, and, under
command of Captain James Byram, proceeded
to the several cemeteries III the following ORDER
Fishers Lane, st. Stephens M f. Church,
Trinity Lutheran Church. st. Lukes T. E.
Zion Evangelical Church, Rittenhouse street;
First Presbyterian Church. DIR. KnoXs; HalneS
Street NJ f. Church, Mennonite, Main and
Herman streets; German Baptist Church, Frank
linville; ST. Michaels Lutheran Church, Frank
linville.
The extended programme of Post No pre-
vented them from visiting burial grounds beyond
Germantown, and in order that the graves OF the
soldier dead at Chestnut Hill should receive the
same recognition as elsewhere In the CITY, the
citizens resolved on celebration of their own.
The patriotic men, women and children OF
Branchtown, in connection with their nelghborS
of Milestown, in the Twenty-second ward,
ioined together in decorating the graves OF the
sleeping defenders in and adjacent to those
villages.