Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-31
A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

CARDS the weather were those for yester-
day. From o'clock until o'clock
a. m. heavy and black clouds
hung loweringly over the earth,
while q most dlsagreable and drizzling
rain contributed to the unpleasantness. At
8 o'clock the clouds cleared away and fine
weather prevailed throughout the remain
der of the day.
| The work of decorating the graves of the
fallen heroes whose bones lie in Lakewood,
| Lyman and the Catholic cemeteries
was completed by noon, and
the afternoon was devoted to pageantry and
to oratory.
The teachers of the public schools de-
| serve especial commentator for their in
defatigable efforts in assisting in the dec
orative ceremonies.
In the afternoon business houses gen.
orally suspended and proprietors and en-
ployes united IN the ceremonies of the
day.
THE PAGEANTRY.
AT little past o'clock the large pro-
cession 'fell in" on Hennepin avenue, in
front of the City hall building. The col
umn was formed in the following order.
Sergeant Bates in charge of squad of mounted
patrolmen.
| Danz' Brass Band.
| Company A, National Guards, fourty-iour men
| Company B, National Guards, thirty-three men.
Brooks Brigade Band.
| Ames' ZOuaVes, twenty-five men in bright new
| uniforms) Captain Ames in command
! A Squad of the Police under command of Sar-
G. a. R. Color Guard, eight pieces, in command
| of lleut. j. West
George n. Morgan Post G.. A. r. (neariy leo
men.
A band wagon containing young misses in
white.
Disabled soldiers in carriages
Ladies and citizens in carriages
Mayor Ames' little daughter Efiie.
dressed in full uniform, accompanied the
zouave command, and is appropriately
named the daughter of the regiment"
The National Guard were commanded
by Col. johnson. who was aided by Assist
ant Surgeon Fitzgerald, Lieutenant Barn
ard, of Company G acting as adjutant.
The procession took up the line of
march at 1:3O o'clock, and followed out
the programme as heretofore published.
The Ames Zouaves did some excellent
fancy manoeuvres along the line of march,
and companies A and B did creditably
well. At about 3 o'clock the procession
reached the cemetery and formed in front
of the stand which had been erected for
this occasion. Prof. Danz' band opened
THE EXERCISES
by playing dirge. Prayer was offered
by Rev. Mr.. Campbell, and Miss Jessie L.
WILDER recited in admirable style and fine
voice, THE Battle of Chattanooga. Brooks
brigade band followed with America"
oHAs H. DENTON, ESQ.,,
delivered the Grafton of the day. The fol-
| lowing is an extract:
With the presidents first call for troops,
| there sprang into existence the immortal
First Minnesota, with its brave and gallant
Col. German, and with its thousands, and
more, gallant andbrave men. 1t was then
thought to be for the best interests of the
| country that those men, brave and true
though they were known
to be, should for time
garrison the frontier posts then occupied
by regular troops, that the regulars might
be taken to the front. This was not the
choice of either officer Or men of the First
Minnesota, but it was the duty assigned to
them, and they for short time performed
that duty without unreasonable complaint
In two months, however, they, too, were at
the front. where they did their part in re-
slstlng the assaults upon the national
capital, and then, and during their entire
term of service, they helped
to uniform the war depart
ment, and the world, in fact those volunteer
troops, composed as they were of men Of
character and stability, were more reliable
IN the face Of peril than the best trained
fOronS NJ
and file, men who fought from principle
and with a noble motive, could stand
tirmer in case of danger, were drawer and
truer than those whose business and only
aim IN life was to be a professional SOL
der. The war cloud stormed and its fury
increased, and from the cloud poured desc
lation and temporary disaster. And yet in
the midst of all, and ready to brave the
worst in the service of its country, came
the Second Minnesota, with its brave and
gallant Col. Van Cleve, and then, too, made
up of men who, whenever and wherever
tried, were always found true, came
IN rapid succession nine regiments.
five companies and two batteries,
with the different independent and
volunteer organizations that helped in the
war and also took part in the bloody
Indian war that during the same time was
Waged on Minnesota soil. All these proved
a greater drain upon the strength and re-
sources of Minnesota than was made upon
any other state. While most of the vet
Grams Of the war of 1861 who are here to-
day, became the adopted sons of Mime
sofa after the war, every one of US knows
that Minnesota, the state we now love so
well, did her part nobly in the great con-
tlct-that her sons, and her daughters too, |
were as literally infused with the spirit of |
rs as were the people of any other state.
happen to know personally, something
OF the laurels won by the First Minnesota. |
On one occasion the command of Gen. |
Sedgwick, another noble martyr, to his |
adjutant general, Mcmahon, was: ''Put the |
Vermonters ahead and keep everything |
well closed up" The command was obey |
ed, but the First Minnesota was at the |
head too with the Vermonters. The war
cloud spent its fury and vanished. The |
storm ceased and our political skies be-
came, and are clear and bright again.
MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISES.
When the Grafton was concluded. Danz' i
band contributed another selection, a new
arrangement of ''The Chapel on the Hill.''