New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-31
KEEPING GRAVES GREEN.
,rcop.r,oN DAY WAS OBSERVED.


.v parade REVIEWED BY THE PREsiphNA AM
WITNESSED BY GREAT CROWDS.
r.wa. . general Observance OF DECORATION
~ the city yesterday. Nearly oil the business
houses closed da u1s " bunting
the c"y nsna there were about Us many flags at tui
snost "A at haf-mast, the former Deing puI w ~
nsIv nv ianitors without just appeclallOh VI .nV
day. The services ~ 'no '0"'''
From military point OF view the pasaao Vas at At
ri the finest the city has seen for several years
AIDE streets where the various divisions were 10
fn,m we're crowded Before the hour fixed Tor the
column to move s;.Do was stand al" at the Worth
e rraen 'ns and the one opposite the Fifth
H %anms Hotel The regiments aud batere: com
posing the First and Second havs below Forty
Srsf'st. The divisions of the Grant Army OF tne
Rennbc formed III the side streets on either sac OF
t i;as9S.,t shortly S before 10 o'clock tie
head OF the procession moved down 70
T T% ..eyenth-st There was then delay OF OF
nearly half an hour inc fresaen stand At 1918
g. m. the Precedent ana party sncI Eth kvenne
Twenty-third-st. entrance OF the fil'p Esn"ntsd
Hotel and entered d nassseded by platoon Of po
Gs '1 the oIS party along wsnsy
thrd-st to the reviewing stang h;s son and Msyor
rage Were Il. sscond Secretary Of State Fenghuy
sen and Attorney GENERAL Brewscr IN ,8e in the
General hanc11ed m;ral Cooper and Commodore Up
sSur: in the fifth, General Lloyd Aspinwai . ana
General George A. Sheridan Un ioy Tna
sssnG II and staff Governor Pond Of
Wisconsin. and the members of General Hanc1cks
and Admiral Cooper's stats. Governor |le'o'anu
W" Th sA signal was given and the column INN
was at once SCI bon m mG the procession
were Maor-i;eneraI Shaler and staff: Then came
the First Brigade Brlgadier-General William i u,
Ward Rsomeat H presented sharp cor
iIsst to the I'D TEen followed the 10Th and 9th
and the Stating S%n Bpssds Was
Commanded Nv Br1gadler General Louis FitzgeTad:
It was headed by the 9TH Regiment. me 69 St,
Regiment came next and was ioIowed 2y nao oi
n . Ear,e hronght M the rear The Veteran Corps
of the 22d and Odd Regiments acted as an escort
the LIST Regiment Veterans, pennsylvania Na'ioNai
There was a considerable space between the rear
of tie National Guard and the head OF r inc
was headed by Maj # James b Horner, Grand Mar.
shall and numerous staff The First DIVISION was was
tn sca.pre of this part 1T n ine f.
6tb limited States ARTILLERY 1t consisted OF four
COMPANIES of the 9TH United States Artiliery, lou
companies of United states otner Vessels
Of The North Atlantic Squadron, aud Pioneer Corps
Following the Naval Brigade was tne io IN most Most
III
ohccrpa-the soldierly appearance OF the Teg g;
ment or the presence of the Rev. Henry Marn
Beecher among the stan OF NTH tner
marshas and Stats. Many or the EtaIu A,nS
posts carried the old tattered flags which they naa
we're veterans With arnless sleeves and lol;
loved by carriages containing old SOLDIERS VINO nau
lost leg. The third and fourth DIVISIONS Thav
made mn in GOOD part of uniformed veterans lney
,nara fallowrd by a large truck filled with flowers
drawn 10y eight black horses. The presence OF ,ne
old flags some of them torn by shot ana sbeii us
Scarcev To adhere to the stats, the signal lot
an outburst of cheering and the waving Oh haho-
kerchefs. .., ,. ryt, oye
to and through FOurteenth-st, around Ohi3n
SouaIe and down Canal-st. to Broadway, where the
parade dismissed, tie various ui . n,mS
nosts nrocecdipg Dy the nearest route 10 the various
cemeteries Grand Marshal liOrner anu MS AUS
dined together at the Hotel Brunswick alter Inc
parade.
AT UNION AND MADISON SQUARES.
The decoration of the Lincoln Statue in Union
Square was begun at midnight: p1t T"s no. 0U IN
sented by members OF the Old Guard was ihe sore
decoration of the figure itself. while Tor the i0ur
surmounted with the word Emaneipator III req,
was suspended on the east or front opposite was
knapsack of ivy leaves, win rolled gia hm, 81
blue immortelles, bearing tine woIdS tribute OF
Post 49," OH the south side scroll OF IVY Uore the
inscription Our unknown dead.
The exercises began at 3 a. H.. ana ABOUT inc
nnsts On the platform were Post Commander
Joseph Forbes, who presided Generai John Npcn-
Nswmsn' Fire Commissioner Cornelius Van Colt,
Naval Officer Charles X. Graham. John ID. Lawson.
General Henry +. Treman and Algrrnon S. Sulll-
van. General Cochrane delivered short address
The baud played drge. and General Horace Tor or,
fer then deIive, ed tribute to the memory OF LIN
coin. General Schuyler Hamilton closed the exer-
Cises. :. A.
festoons of green leaves and flowers. which spread
out over TIE tall figure and dipped; apparently into
almost shs e1 buried IL ows s The words Post
IA r." heightened the effect. Inc fost marched
to the square and formed aSOu as
ing with the Marseillaise and the chaplain conduct
The base of the Washington Statue was almost
invisible because of the high festoOns OF flowers
and leaves which apparently sprang up from the
fence about it. Beds of flowers, pots OF plants
floral flags and shields were arranged arouhu 'ne
pedestal in profusion. u.,
The Worth Monument was gracefully festooned
OF laurel decorated ne Cd 't aI
American flag and the base OF inc monu'h'1l. WA
bordercd With solid bank of cut, fiowers Farr;l
gut Post, No. rs, G. A. r., mad charge OF me Deco
ration Of the FaTaent Monument: Inc Post re-
ceiyed from Mrs Farragut beautiful horse shoe
roses and lilies of the valley. wreath Oh s,iil ia,
and laurel was placed across the Statue ana tns
pieces were all tastefuiy arranged by Major Beatty
OF Farragut Post
CEREMONIES IN THE CEMETERIES.
Greenwood Cemetery was visited yesterday bJ
thousands of women and children bearing nOwer
with which to decorate the of their relatives
Long before the Posts of the Grand Army appeare.
for the more formal decorations many OF the RraVe
had heen adorned with these offerings of the per
sonal friends of the dead soldiers. The column de
tached from the Brooklyn procession arrived a
Green wood at about 1880 p III: A light ram tina
eat in sent the women under the shade Of the tree
and compelled General Tray y. the 1s, G Rsn
Marshal, to leave the cemetery; ine iItn hegi
The 1rana 1 Army Posts that followed were Brook
Ign, No. 327, G. X: Warren, T. s. pakin. Gnsh9lng
and Rankin. The Hancock Legion ant
the War Veterans of the 4sth neg,