Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
monies in all the cemeteries, including
orations, and singing by the Sunday
school children.

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NEW York, May 30.-Decoration Da,
was observed to-day with more than tn,
usual pomp and circumstance which ha,
characterized the conmemoration of tn,
event in years past. From an early houi
this morning members of military ami
civic organizations could be seen hurryinp
TO their respective rendezvous.
Immense crowds were assembled Al
Union, Madison and Washington Squares
where the different organizations were
assembling and gathering into hne
The statues of Washington, Lafayette,
Lincoln, Seward and Farragut and the
worth monument were tastefnlly deco.
rated with flowers.
The various organizations assembled
on the streets north of Forty second
street, and marched down Fifth avenue
to Washington Square, where the signal
was given. 1t was estimated that there
were $1,000 men in line. The usual
contingent of iiremen were not in the pro.
cession, as they were placed so far at the
end of the column that they could not
reach their quarters until late in the day
and so they could not be spared for sucl,
| a heightened absence.
The procession, headed by the mounted
| police and followed by the military, in
which was the Fifth Massachusetts, Regi-
| ment of Boston and different posts and
| veteran associations of the G.. A. r.,
| paraded the public streets, marching
thence to Greenwood where an Grafton
was delivered by the Rev. William S.
Haskell, Department Commander of the
q. A. R. OF Maine. -.-.--
The ceremonies were of an imposing
| order. The Boston regiment are the
guests of the Brooklyn Thirteenth and
they will be banpueted this evening at
Coney Island.
The streets were crowded along the line
of march by enthusiastic crowds who
cbeered the soldiers and veterans as they
passed.
A stand was erected at Washington
Square from which Mayor Grace, the
Board of Aldermen and many dstin-
guished guests reviewed the procession as
it filed past.
After the review the National Guard
returned to their respective armories and
were dismissed, and various posts of G.
A. X. Went to the graves they We're
assigned to decorate.
Post No. Ii and Post No. 149 proceeded
to the cemetery of the Holy Cross where
an Grafton was delivered and the soldiers
graves were decorated.
The graves of departed veterans in the
Dutch Reformed Church graveyard, in
Flatbnsh, were decorated with floral
tributes by q. A. r. posts. Appropriate
ceremonies Were held at Cypress hills
cemetery by the James II. Fury Post,
No. 50.
The survivors OF Andersonyille, Libby
and other Southern prisons We're in the
parade and after decorating Lincoln +
statue they went to the Tentonia Assem-
bly, rooms, where they were addressed by
Captain Frank Il. Moran.
The graves of Major-tieneral Montgoni-
cry and the Irish patriot DR.. N. j. Mac
Weaver We're decorated with flowers in st.
Paul's church yard. Those of General
Phil kearney, Captain James Lawrence,
u $. NJ, Chaplain Percival Drayton,
U. $. NJ, Augustus Cowdrey, John b.
oDonnell and George w. Benerdge in
Trinity church graveyard were also deco
rated.
Services for the dead were read here by
Rev. Messrs. Frisbee and Gross. The
graves III t1t INV Cemetery were also
decorated and an address delivered there
by Col. Elliot +. Shepard.
The soldiers graves at Millets Point,
General Dakin's grave at Greenwood,
kosciusko's grave at West Point, and the
soldiers graves in Trinity cemetery were
also decorated with appropriate cere-
monies.
A number of policemen who were mem
beers of the q. A. r. participated in the
procession and decorated the graves OF
their comrades in Cypress Hill cemetery.
II. Honour, a member of the Twelfth
regiment, was sunstruck while taking
part in the parade.