Daily Republican., 1882-05-31

DUPONT Post, No. 2, formed their
| line on Market street in front Of thei r
headquarters in the McClary Building,
about 2 o'clock, and marched up Mar
ket street to the Masonic Temple where
they were Joined by battalion of the
Delaware State Militia. The procession
then moved in the following order
First Regiment Band.
DR.. J. p. Wales, Chief Marshal.
Past A. A, &. s. Redmond Smith,
Judge. Advocate S. A. Macallis-
ter, and Adjutant- General
j. Parke Postles
aud aids.
Co. A. (Ameri can Ritles), 80 men, Cap.
tain Mitchell commanding.
Co. c (DuPont Guards), 36 men, Cap
tain Rice commanding
Co. +, SO men, Captain Munda
commanding.
Firing Party of DUPONT Post, 20 men,
Captain O'Connor commanding.
DUPONT Post, 40 men.
Members of &. A. H. in carriages
Little girls representing the State.
Large wagon filled with flowers.
The line reached the cemetery about
- " SloShj anu bihfob Va ehO oOiuA0Ao
were decorated with flowers and flags By
a detachment of the Post, and the Gus.
tomary salute was fred by squad in
command OF Capt. William OConnor.
While these ceremonies were in pro-
gress Companies A, G and + drew up
in battalion in the western part Of the
cemetery and fired three rounds of
musketry. Companies A and G then
fired salute over the grave of General
Thomas A. Smyth. Company 9 paid
a similar tribute over the grave of Cor.
poral Il G. Hesser, and Company +
gave the salute at several graves in the
Catholic Cemetery
The line re formed near the entrance
to the cemetery and moved out Della.
ware avenue to the Soldiers Monu-
ment, then countermaI ched to West
street and after short parade proceed
ed to the Opera House and dismissed.
Previous to the starting of the parade
the members of the post met at head.
quarters when a blue State flag Of
handsome design and elegant make was
presented to them by Mrs. Case of
Washington, ID. c., the wife of Lieu.
tenant Case, of the United States Navy.
1t was presented by Mrs. Case in person
and received on behalf of the post by
Col. S. A. Macallister.
The post carried an old tattered flag,
that during the war was the ensign of
tie Second Army Corp, Second Divi-
sion, Army of the Potomac. This flag
was carried in the battle at Berksville,
where General Smyth received the
wound that caused his death.
The members of DUPONT Post attend |
ed services at the West Presbyterian
Church in the evening. The exercises |
of the order, followed with singing by
the choir. Department Chaplain Rev.
A. N. Keigwin presided, and addresses
were delivered by the Rev. e. T. Nc
Keever, M. A. Richards and j. H. Nix
on. A poem composed by Comrade j .Os- |
borne, was read by Adj. Edwin Hirst.
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee" was then
sung, and the benediotion was pronoun.
ced by the Rev. +. G. Kline CT the |
Methodist Protestant Church.
SUMNER POST.
The graves of this post were attended |
to by details during the day, and at
Z. 80 o'clock in the evening they assem-
bled at their post headquarters and
marched under the command of Junior |
Vice Commander Raymond Trusty, to |
the A. U. M. P. church on French |
street above Eighth.
The post was accompanied by Camp |
No. 3, Sons of Veterans, and upon their |
arrival at the church the services were
opened by the pastor Rey. Henry H.
Davis. Addresses were delivered by
Past Medical Director Wales, Chaplain |
VanHorn and others. The post rendered
3 vote Of thanks to the speakers and the |
trustees of the church, and the cere- |
monies closed with the benediction by |
Rev. H. II. Davis.
CEREMONIES AT NEWARK.
Reynolds Post, No. 90. A. r., Dept
of Delaware, decorated the graves of
their comrades on the 30th inst, as per |
order. Several committees met at
White Clay Creek Cemetery, where the
form of the Grand Army for decorating
graves was gone through with, which
Is Of an impressive nature, and after
few remarks by the commander Of the
Post they proceeded to Newark where
the remainder OF the P0st was IN walt
ing to decorate the graves there The
Post was formed in line and headed by
a fife and drum corp, proceeded to the
cemetery and paid their floral tribute
of respect to their deceased comrades,
they then took up their line of march
to the Hail, where addresses were made
by Col. w. II. Pnrnell, Fred E. Bach
and Sergeant Daniel Green, which were
suitable for the occasion and highly
The members desire to thank
through the columns of your paper
Miss Ada Moore, Miss Ella Mecanon,
Miss Lizzie Hardness and the ladies Of
Newark for their efforts in procuring
iowers for the occasion. A CoMRADE
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