The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-31
A Union Of Hearts and a
Union Of Hands.
UNKNOWN DEAD REMEMBERED.
The Statues Of Washington, Lincoln and
Lafayette Wreathed in Flowers.
CEREMONIES AT THE CEMETERIES.

dead soldiers has never been more generally observed
than it Ms yesterday In fact, Us the years pass on
the memories OF those who gave their lives away for
those who live to grow more tender and sacred
This atesod by tho great tributes that were paid
in flowers by the vast procession Of veterans and c-
zen sou.ery; by the immense multitude which filed
the streets; by the flags that hung-many OF them at
half masl--irom thousands OF buildings public aud
prvate by the suspension OF business on the part OF
many OF the merchants and the generally quiet and SUBJ
dued tone that pervaded tho city Doubtless there
many aching hearts among the widows and children
of soldier dead they looked on the pageant and
many fearful thought went back to the days when,
in pride OF manhood, they who sleep on battleheds
and in the cemeteries marched to the music Of the
Union. There some compensation to the be-
rcaved in the thought that nations gratitude was
being outpourcd. Wreath and flower everywhere
symbolized this feeling II the dead could realize the
honor that follows bravo act and patriotic devotion,
.hen, indeed, the ceremonies OF the day would be
complete. IL is additional pleasure in recording
the events OF The to note that honor paid
10 those who died on the other side that the
gray az we'll as the blue remembered,
and that not few OF the known resting places Of Con-
lederatc soldiers were marked by tender hands Time
Is assusgng many griefs. wiping out many antago-
nsms, and the great American heart regardless OF
latitude generous enough TO take into its boundess
sympathy even those who have gone down in strug-
gle against it. These decoration days are healthy.
They are instructive and suggestive, aud this year
particularly there has been exhibition OF feeling
that must be gratifying to everybody who finds in
flowers the delicate expression OF for those
who have gone beiore-ior those who died ''with
their feol to the foen The day was beautiful,
and nature could not have loaned from her great
repository hours in which crowded moro OF
melancholy pleasure and solemn opportunity than
made use OF by the hundreds OF thousands who
assembled TO give expression 10 the sacred character
OF the OCCASION. If result of these anniversaries
new thought shall be stimulated and the people OF the
North ana South shall be brought into closer
munion n will be grand contamination OF peace. 1t
will be erander still II the day shalt become religious,
or in other words an occasion when our emotions and
our memories, our loves anu sympathes will cluster
around the monuments Of all the dead. without excep
lion, and there bestow themselves in evergreens ana
lowers.
Tng PROCESSION.
The arrangements for preserving order about the
grand stand at the Worth monument. where the pro-
cession to be reviewed, very poor. stroug
detachment OF men IRON the Seventh regiment
formed in irregular sort of
skirmish line, rather than Gordon of
tinels, TO keep tho people back, while large
knot of unemployed policemen stood in careless at
Objectionable feature than this that about
dozen soldiers with fixed occupied the lower
steps OF the grand stand and dragooned the people
around them In very unwelcome way. few nm
utes after eleven O'Clock the commanding general and
First division stan rode by the stand IN good STYLE
and an hour and quarter afterward the Eighth
division Of the procession closed the order Of march.
The Separate Troop cavalry furnished the division
headquarters escort and the Washington Gray troop
looking and soIdiery, opened the advance OF tho
divisions which passed in the following order Third
brigade General Vivian In command, composed Of
tho Eighth regiment, Colonel scott; the Seventh,
Colonel Clark, and the Sixty-ninth Colonel
Cavanagh; Battery B, armed with six.poundcr
brass guns Isix guns aud six caissons,, formed
in column by section. The First brigade came next
under the orders OF General Ward II was composed
OF the Twelfth regiment Colonel Ward; tho Twenty
second, Colonel Porter; and the Fifth, Colonel Spcn
GER Attached TO this brigade was Battery X, armed
in the the which preceded 1t. and
formed IN column by section The horses OF this bat
tory were OF all coors and sizes Tho Third brigade,
led BY General vimar, was organized from the
Seventy FIRST regiment Colonel voso; the Eleventh
regiment. Colonel Umbekant, and the Ninth rcsi-
ment Colonel Hitchcock. The Third cavalry, headed
by Colonel Budkc. brought up the Following the
National uard were the eight divisions into which the
various posts were divided
MONUMENT
The monument erected to the memory OF General
Worth decorated by the veterans OF the Mexican
war. The ratings enclosing tho shaft were concealed
oy evergreens and owerA The shalt itself presented
! mass OF roses, dahlias aud cvergreens artstically
iestooned from the base TO Its summit. The panels
commemorative of the different battles In which Gen.
eral Worth participated wero screened from view by
evcrgreens which formed the backg ground for ex-
quiscly arranged Shields stars aud wroalhs OF differ
emily tinted flowers
AT balf.pas eight A. N. the veterans. Col. William
Lam Titball President OF the Association were cs-
corted into the space tho north side Of the monu.
ment, where arrangements had been made for the
delivery Of an Grafton by Colonel r. d. Thorpe the
Character and services OF General Worth, whose ro-
mains arc deposited beneath tho monument. Among
the veterans present were General Joseph Hooker,
General Sslas Casey, General Gibson commander OF
Fort Wadsworthh General u. !. viec, Colonel George
w. Patton, Colonel Pinto, General Ward g. Burnett,
General J. H. Hobart ward, Marshal Of the A socia.
ton, and Colonel kcrrigan. Colonel Turner, com
Inandcr OF tho kimDall Post introduced Colonel It'd
ball. who, alter few pertinent remarks, presented
luaed TO tho history Of General WORMS rapld promo.
tion, no having boon commissioned from the ranks,
rece,vug Two brcvets, end made aide 10 the Comman-
dcf-ln-Chicf, General Scott, before he twenty
years Of Ugc The principal events In the life Of the
Ilustnous soldier we're pictured by tho speaker, VINO
spoke oil HIM as one OF americas greatest heroes.
LINCOLN STATUE.
Abraham Lincoln Post No. IL, under the command
OF Mr. Joseph Forbes, took charge Of the dccora
oil several Of the statues IN the public squares Chef
among these was that Of the martyr. President The
CEREMONIES were specially interesting. The exercises
Ut the statue we're begun by Hon Robert H. strahan,
the presiding officer, who briefly stated the ohlect Of
The meeting, after when the Rev. H. H. Garnet
prayed. poem, written by Major y. i. Prouant,
then recited, which was followed by music and an
Grafton by General John Cocnranc, one OF ibe com.
nanders Of the SIKH Army corp; a wreath Of laurel
wa- then placed on tie brow OF the statue, children
meanwhile singing appropriate songs. The floral dec
oraiIons were very handsome consisting Of u base oil
towering plants, icrns, palms aud various
cxotcs. The pedestal was almost hidden IN
evergreen. On two SIDES OF u written
IN nowcrs tho words Emancipation" and Tribute Of
Post No I3r Ga the other Two SIDES large stars
OF flowers and American shields, while IRON the upper
corners silk flags were flung 10 the breeze ~
happy continuation OF good taste AMI beauty ana
thou gathered long after the procession TO enjoy
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