Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-05-31

! heavily loaded with Il )ral offerings, proceeded
/ to decorate the graves Of the soldiers and
! sailors of the army and navy who lie buried
/ ia the City Cemetery. At the conclusion Of
/ this ceremony the procession reformed, re-
| turned to the city and was dismissed. There
was present great concourse of people, and,
| despite the heat of the day, the people re-
| NAMED until the close of the interesting
services. During the exercises at the cemetery
a squad from Company b, under command Of
! Lieutenant Cook, fired salutes Of minute
| guns, giving 81 guns in forty minutes. Half
| Of the squad was composed of nav recruits,
and hence this is considered good firing under
the circumstances.
BANQUET.
| At . o'clock the Ssrsfield Guard Company
| G) gave banquet to the visiting company
| from Woodland Company F.. There were
/ present the members Of the two companies
aud Colonel Sheehap, and the regimental
staff were also present as invited guests. The
banquet was held in the new banquet hall at
| Fishers restaurant. Speeches were made by
| captain Dalton, who presided, and by Col.
! I. w. Sheehan. Lieutenant Guthrie, Cap
tain easier of Company I, Lieutenant
| Slyrick of Company +, Lieutenant Essen.
mepgsr. and by private Redler of Woodland.
| Between the speeches the First Artillery
band discoursed some fine music. The ban
/ quet being over, the party formed in line and
/ proceeded TO the corner OF X and Seventh
streets, where a dress parade had been or
dered to take place at half-past q o'clock P. NJ.
1t took place as contemplated, but the effect
was entirely spoiled by three of the compa-
MES being late on the ground, viz: Companies
A and 3 and the Governors Guard. The
regimental rules impose fine upon
companies in such cases, and it is
expected that the rule will be en-
forced by the Colonel, as these companies
did not appear on the ground until the parade
was over. After the arrival of all the COM
panies the line was formed and the Wood
landers were escorted to the depot, where
they took the cars and returned home, ex-
pressing themselves as highly pleased with
the reception they had received from the
Sacramento companies. During the day many
words of praise were spoken by military men
aud citizens generally of Company L, the
opinion being very general that they are in
every respect fine company and soldierly
lot Of men, and although tie youngest com
pany in this regiment they now compare IA
vorahly with any military company in the
State.
AT THE THEATER.
Probably the excessive heat of the day, and
its facilitating results prevented a large at
tendance at the entertainment by Sumner
Post last evening at the theater. Neverthe-
less there was fair audience present.
At $50 P. VI. the officers Of tie Post took
their stations upon the stage aud the members
marched in, led by the tffi3tr of the day.
As they gained their seat, they joined in
singing Marching Through Georgia" The
overture was by an orchestra of eleven pieces,
led by Professor J. L. Skinner, and which
played excellenty.
Commander Larkin called to order.
Adjutant Kearney then read The
Memorial" issued from national head
quarters, and the Commander followed
with an address from the Ritual" A cho-
rus Of 30 voice., under direction of Professor
Skinner, sang Camp Fires" This was fol-
lowed by reading of the service provided
| by the ritual for the day, the reading being
by officers of the Post-Commsnder Lirkin,
| oficer J. B. Pierrepont, Chaplain I. S. Moore,
Senior Vice-C Comm snder Bennett, and Junior
| Vice Commander Batemsn. The chorus then
sang with good effect THE Raid" by Bish-
| op, with quartet leading, composed of
| Messrs. Parker and Baillsrgeon. Mrs. Rade-
macher and Mrs Cooley. Miss Matte Patton
then recited The Lost Arm, giving the little
poetic plant with much feeling. Albert
Hart effectively recited the stirring selec
ton, "Our Heroes, and being recalled by
the audience recited THE Union" Mrs
| Rademacher, Mrs. Cooley and Misses Susie
Folger and Jennie Woods then sang the
voc II march, by Heine, ''On to the Charge"
Miss Lucy c. OBriea then read, SO much to
| to the satisfaction Of the audience, An In
cident of Nashville, or Betty McEwen and
the Flag" that the reader was recalled and
made the recipient of q number of hand
some floral gifts. Rev. T. S. Dunn was then
introduced as the orator of tie evening. He
said this Decoration Day " is monumental.
Il is a schoolmsster, to give annually to the
youth of the land lessons in patriotism. lessons
that will not let the boys of the nation sleep,
should the nation again come into peril. This
is not day that appeals to passions or pre-
judicial these are past, and principles
alone rule For principles the soldiers of the
Union died. and who shall dare to say that
the principles are less in Importance to-day
than they were then. We have no word of
reproach for those whe fought against US.
We shall not say they were less brave, or
think that they were less sincere than we.
Never before did valor meet valor, and valor
whip va!or, where vaior was so nearly equal
We do not exult over the defeated-the true
heroes. who surrendered and staid surren-
dered" If this day was intended to keep
alive the passions of the war, he would have
no part in it. We know it is free from
brothers to keep them with us, and make
them live, as they do, with US in peace, res
pect and love, and that is the greatest of
paradoxes. The North and South to-day
have greater respect for each other than ever
before, because they understand each other
better than ever before. We are learning to
live more and more in peace, and work out
the destinies of the nation under one flag and
one Constitution-but this is so because one
of the sides to the struggle was winning
side. That which stirs the heart of the
soldier of to-day is. that he did not fight in
vain. He here read extracts from Thanks
giving sermon by one of the most eminent
men of Gsorgi', one Of the Bishops of the
NJ. E 6hurch South, and President of one
of the leading Southern colleges, in which
the Bishop pointsd out that the people of
Georgia are now more prosperous, are
raising more products of the soil, using
them better, and living in better
houses, and having more homes, than before
/ the war, and this was because of the war,
and the peace the ULion soldiers conquered.
This great Southern man adds: 1T is
| true it costs more to live now, but then
there is more to live for" and he knows how
well he was conquered when he says: This
| is the best Government on earth to live
UNDER" and he thanks God that slavery has
been destroyed, because of our children"
| And this thoughtful, intelligent man says to
his people; Il have new light; l have
changed my views, and thank God for it. "
Let the Grand Army of the Republic be
congratulated on the kind of victory it
has won, and the promise of the great
results to flow from it. Mir. Dunn here
paid warm tribute to james A. Gar
field, as one of the heroes Of the Grand
| Army, and now martyred President.
To the members of the Grand Army he then
addressed himself, recalled their war expert
ences, their wounds, their lingering days in
prison, their everyday pains that remind some
of them hourly of the war for the Union.
The drill such men received in military life
should make them better men and better citi
zsns. He asked them to live for the present
and the future, not for the past, for the time
may come when the country will need their
aid again at least it will always need their
example. Like true soldiers, fud out the
right side Of all questions and take that side.
Be not neutrals. Had the combined cauuons
Of the armies of the North and the South been
trained to sweep out Of existence the thou
sands who in the late conflict sat on the
fence" he for one would not have
mourned over their graves. He begged
the soldiers to be true to themselves and re-
member that soon their graves will be made
and decorated. II, then, they ara true to
themselves, and their God, they will pass on
to greater victories than earth knows Of, and
to the glories of the amending future.
Commander I,arkin then returned to the
people the thanks Of the Fost, and with the
sing of the Soldiers Chorus" from Faust
by the mixed voices on the stage, the enter.
tainment concluded.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
Miss Lizzie Richards OF Elk Grove was in town