Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-31
SOLDIERS OF ONE COUNTRY.
The Veterans of Both Armies United on
Decoration Day.

! RICHMOND, VA, May 3O.-Decoratior
DAY was observed here by a parade of col.
Ored military and civic societies. which
proceeded to the National Cemetery below
the city and decorated the soldiers graves
with flowers. Phil Kearney Post No. 10.
q. A. r., went to Fort Harrison this morn
ing and decorated the graves in the ceme-
terry there, and this afternoon, under
escort OF Company d, of the First Virginia
regiment, proceeded to the cemetery near
Richmond, Company D carrying with
them beautiful floral contributions. This
was done in Acknowledgement of the
action Of Phil. Kearney Post, which
ON Confederate Memorial day went to
Hollywood Cemetery with the First Vir-
glnla Regiment, and placed magnificent
monumental floral design on the grave of
General George E. Pickett. Lee Camp No.
l confederate Veterans also formed part
OF the escort and contributed floral offer
mgs. The custom house, post office and
banks were closed.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-Decoration dav
was observed here in the usual manner.
All public business was suspended and
the city was comparatively deserted. the
greater part of the population being drawn
TO the cemeteries in the suburbs
A procession was formed in the forenoon
composed of the Grand Army Posts and
bands of music, which marched to the
National Cemetery at Arlington, where
the most extensive preparations had been
made for the celebration. The programme
then occupied nearly the entire afternoon.
and included the decoration of the graves
and monuments, music. the reading of a
poem and an OratiOn by Major Lambert,
of Philadelphia.
At the Soldiers Home Cemetery the pro-
ceedIngS were under the charge of Cen
eral Sturgis, Governor of the Home. Cen
erals Sherman, Sturgis and Ayres headed
the Decorating Committee. The proceed
lngs here were nearly a counterpart of
those at Arlington, with the addition of a
salute freddy the Second Artillery.
Services, on a smaller scale. We're held
at all the cemeteries in the vicinity, which
are old enough to have been used for in
terment during the war.
In New York the services began at ! 80
O'Clock in the morning. All the banks.
exchanges and public buildings were
closed, and professions, speeches and
decoration ceremonies have continued
all day and are in progress tonight.
At Cincinnati, Baltimore, Cleveland,
Boston and Chicago the services
were even more impressive than
IN former years. In nearly
every town and city in the North large
enough to have burying ground services
have been held. The celebration in New
ork was more general than ever before.
President Arthur reviewed the process
sion from stand erected in Madison
square. Several members of the Cabinet
occupied the stand with him, as did also
General Hancock and number of other
officers of the army and navy.
PETERSBURG, May 30.-Federal Memo
rial day was observed here by the closing
of the different government offices. This
afternoon the graves of the soldiers buried
IN Poplar Grove Cemetery, near this city,
and those of the National Cemetery. near
City Point, were decorated with flowers.
A large number of persons participated
in the exercises.
NEW ORLEANS, May 30.-The graves in
Chalmett Cemetery were decorated to-day
by the Grand Army OF the Republic Posts
and Committees of the Association of the
Army of Tennessee and the Mexican war
veterans. A heavy rain interfered with
the ceremonies