The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-05-31
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
MEMORIAL DAY.
How the Day Was Observed
1u the States.

New York, 3O.-Union Square was
thrOnged with people to wi tnesS the
decoration Of different statues and
the parade of the Grand Army of
the Republic. The statues Of Wash
ingtOn, Lafayette and Lincoln, were
almost covered with flowers. The
statue If Lincoln was decorated by
Abraham Lincoln, Post No. Is.
Comrades of the post gathered
around the statue. On the platform
were General Grant, Colonel Grant,
General COchrane and others. At
ter dirge by the band General
COchrane made few remarks ap-
propriate to the occasion and was fol-
lowed by Rev. DR.. Newman who
spoke IF the martyred Lincoln.
General Grant was called for and in
a few words thanked the assemblage,
The post marched around Union
Square and then went up town to
take place in the line of march.
Mayor Low and Hon. Stewart l..
WoOdford received the Brooklyn
procession which was very large
and creditable, and then different
divisions went to various cemte-
teres.
Thousands of people ranged along
the route takeE by the Grand Army
of the Republic in the parade to-day.
The reviewing stand was in Madi-
son Square. The "Old Guard" es-
corted President Arthur, General
Grant, ex-senator Conkling, AttOr-
ney-G General Brewster, Secretary
FoIger, General S. Hazen, General
ingalls,, Mayor Grace, Major Arthur,
brother of the President, and other
gentlemen to the stand, where they
took position and waited for the
procession. The Old Guard, a detail
from the first regiment, and squad
of police, did guard duty around the
stand. Lieutenant DanenhoWer
was also on the reviewing stand.
The head of the procession reached
the stand at 10 o'clock and was two
hours in passing. The procession
was one of the finest seen in New
First in the line was the escort of
the President. When the process
sion passed the reviewing stand,
the President. accompanied by Gen
eral Grant and escorted by the Old
Guard, returned to the hotel. After
the parade different posts marched
to various cemeteries and decorated
dead comrades graves.
Gettysburg, 30-Clear weather at
tracted large crowd here to wit
ness the decoration of the graves of
the Union dead inferred in the Ma
tional Cemetery. Ex-Secretary
Blaine, General Joseph HaWley,
General Crawford, Hon. E. D. Nc
PhersOn and other well known pub
lie men were present. An address
will be delivered by Hawley, proba-
bly, supplemented by remarks from
Blaine.
st. Louis, 30.-Decoration Day ex-
ercises at Jefferson Barracks were
unusually inter esting.
San Francisco, 30.-Memorial Day
was observed here in the usual man
ner, by procession, the decoration
of graves, firing Of guns, displaying
of flags at half-mast and musical
and literary exercises at the Grand
Opera House i'll the evening.
Chicago, 30.-DecOration day is a
bank and business holiday here,
but the number Of persons on the
streets is increased rather than
lessened, aud the air is filled with
martial music, and the streets are
bright with uniforms, banners and
floral decorations, on their way to
the resting places of the hOnored
soldier dead. The air is delightful
and an unusually elaborate pro-
gramme has been laid out for the
day solemn services.
Washington, 30.-Decoration Day
is generally observed. All offices
and departments are closed. The
city is alive with flags, and process
sions of white and colored orders,
and the cemeteries are full of the
living who are decorating the
graves of the dead heroes of the
war. At Arlington the procession.
preceded by the marine band, halted
before the tomb of the unknown,
and the band played a dirge. Hon.
Geo. NJ. Robinson delivered an ora
ton. The graves at the Soldiers
Home, National Cemetery and Con-
gressional Cemetery were appro-
priately honered.