Daily Republican., 1883-05-31
HONORING THE DEAD.
Graves Strewn with FlOwers-Im.
pressive Ceremonies.


Y pressive Ceremonies.
e Eighteen years have passed since IL
t fratricidal strife that rent our countr
e ceased, and the events Of those day
0 have passed into history. The destru
tion of the Union was ayerted, and
: united prosperous country handed dow
r az a sacred heirloom to future gener:
g tions.
, The men who in the baptism of fir
and blood stood between their love
country and the besom of destruction
) are rapidly passing away and eac
Z year there are additional molnds /
s our cemeteries, and fewer hands left t
. honor them.
Those who still survive are fast ar
preaching that bourne from which II
traveller returns" and the step is NJ
longer firm or elastic as in days of yore
while the once raven locks are becomin
whitened with the frosts of many win
, ters, still the memory of the heroic dea,
is treasured in their hearts as strong a
ever, and each thir,ieth of May find
them making their way to the place
where their departed comrades sleep
and strew their graves with flowers.
The custom was originated shOrtl,
after the close of the war, and each yea
it seems to be more generally observed
Yesterday was holiday in this city
and at noon almost all the workshop.
and places Of business closed, so as Il
afford all an opportunity Of participat
Ing in, or witnessing the ceremonies. A
large number Of buildings were deco
rated with flags, and from noon until
night Market street and Delaware ave.
nue. were thronged with people.
The rain in the morning, that threat.
ened an unpleasant afternoon, proved a
blessing in laying the dust, and the
bright sunshine, which followed, SEEM
ed to be more cheerful by being preced-
ed by the shower.
The procession was formed shortly be-
fore 2 o'clock, on French street, right
resting on Fourth, in the following or
der:
| Platoon Of police in charge of Chief
Hawkins and Sergeants Mcconnell and
Adams Chief Marshal Wales with aids
McNair, Ross, Smith and Swiggett, and
Colonel Wood of the FIRST Regiment d.
'. M. First Regiment Band Major
Curtis commanding First Battalion A
Company, American Rifles, with 36
men, Captain Mitchell and Lieutenants
Hobson and Smith; c Company Du-
Pont Guards with 26 men, Captain Rice
and Lieutenant Wickersham f Compa.
ny, Postles Rifles, with 10 men, Lit. p.
j. Babcock Smyth Post Drum Corps
l6 pieces, in charge of James Lynn !;
Smyth Post Guard with 16 men, Cap
tain Edward r. johnson and Lieuten-
ant Jacob B. Sifer Smyth Post, IS
men, Commander u. Pickles, and Vice
Commanders Perry and Vanderlip
DUPONT Post Drum Corps, 13 pieces,
in charge of +. Peterson ; Post Guard,
70 men, Captain O'Connor and Lieuten-
ant Osnond ; DUPONT Post, No. 2, SO
men, Commander Litzenberg and Vice
Commanner Schrack {; DUPONT Post,
No. "a, Drum Corps, twenty-five
pieces ; Post "a Guard, sixteen men,
Captain DuBarry and Lieuten-
ant Callahan Post "a, 80 men, Com
mand Cooley and Nice-Commanders
Cunningham and Belcher Post No. 1877
Drum Corps of ten pieces Post No. 1877,
seventy men, Commander Acker and
Vice-Commanders Kline and Wagner;
carriages containing Past Department
Commander Tanner, Eli Crozier, Past
Commanders King and Coleman of
Baltimore, Comrades Stout, McLaugh-
lin, Cox, Macallister, Gallagher, Long,
and other soldiers, and a delegation of
ladies from the Smyth Post Auxiliary
Corps Seals wagon, loaded with flow
erS.
The line moved at 215 o'clock to
Fourth street, down Fourth to Lom-
bard, COuntermarched to French, down
French to Front, TO Market, to Tenth,
to Delaware avenue, to the Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, where the
graves We're decorated and number of
salutes were fired. The services of the
Grand Army were performed at the
grave Of General Smyth, and a number
Of beautiful floral decorations laid upon
the mound.
The crowd at the cemetery was i'm
alense, and although the gate keepers
to prevent any entering
except those provided with tickets,
they found their efforts unavailiug and |
the people poured i'll like II mighty
flood.
When the line reformed to leave the |
cemetery the Brook yn Post fell out,a as
the members, who bad been on the cars
all night, and marching the greater
part OF the day, were exhausted. The
Of the column marched out,
'o", any .t aio".u VIZ, ne ',''',eio nio'u
,aol',' 'no't,1 ~ "''', ~ 'e,eh'h' ~
halhe.' ,'i' ani W. h'es''l n s,anu ilau
ncoi' oi1c.'" III :n' "oouS o'' 'iie oa,hS
VI 'no ni''''s "iue, anu uehtlai IAN
''ei, .ne o'a'oi VI 'ne uaS, Win t'Iose
''c'p! ins 'he o'hcr carriages were url-
yen W 'llc slo' nIu Wai'eu solhe 'lme
'oi ,,. NV az "a va. VI ~ W. o,.'.
Fihai4J MAYOR o"lsse', fode over ana
'aiu tne ii'te'ihs "o"ia nave 10 DC
lil'''eu, as ~ h'u grown 20 Ia'e 'la'
ne N'siti''g fos,s would not nave umr
10 huehd, ana fos' OF 'llS clty, ana
nor Wlsh 10 come Wl'hoN' 'neln'
I'll Crnzler, OF "" the People, was
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