The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-06-05
Washington.
STREET PARADE AND INTERESTING cERE-
MONIES AT THE CEMETERIES

MONIES AT THE CEMETERIES.
Memorial Day was very generally observed
at the Capital Of the Nation. The parade in
the morning moved in the following order:
detachment of mounted police; the Marine
Band, then Department @. A. L. flags.
Union Veteran Corps, Captain s. Il. Thomson,
commanding Custer Camp. Sons Of Veterans, Cap
tain IL j. Clifford, commanding.
Department ofiicers.-D. S. Alexander, COM
mander n. n Brooks S. v. c.; s. A. III. McEirn
J.y. C.; Florence Donohue, medical director: Rev.
Benjamin Swallow, chaplain.
Official static. H. Ingram assistant adjutant-
general; Amos j. Cunning, assistant quartertnas-
ter-general; Charles Matthews Inspector; Dennis
oiConnor. chief mastering officer.
Aids-de-C anp.-Almes f. Medford. Hanson E.
Weaver, Vim. Il. Brown, d. z. Anderson, Richard
Henderson, n. b. Prentice, Thomas Hynes, w. w.
Winship, jos. Burroughs, VIM Howard Mills, 81.
NJ. Holland.
Assistant inspectore.-Asa l.. Carrier, NJ. D. Mon
tis, Edward Renaud
Past Department commandment. H. Ct. Rich
ardson, VI fn Gibson, s. S. Burdett.
John a. Rawlins Post, No. j, George Holmes
commander. Is men; Post No. drum corps; Kit
Carson Post, No. 2, j. @. 5. Burger commander, 80
men; Lincoln Post No 3, J. n. Pipes commander
100 men; o. =. Morton Post No a. James Butcher
commander, 80 men; Marine drum corps; George
o. Meade Post. No 5, j. X. Dowd. senior vice COM
nlander, 80 men; John i. Reynolds Post, No. 6, @.
w. Sherwood commander % men; James A. Gar
field Post, No. Z, w. o. Drew, commander 30 men /;
Burnside Post. No. 9, G. r. Crandall, commander,
70 men; Charles Sumner Post, No 8, William G..
Hail, commander, SO men; Farragut Post, No. 10,
William AYinans, commander, - men.
SERVICES AT ARLINGTON.
Services were held at Arlington, the Soldiers
Home, the Congressional cemetery, and the
battle-ground cemetery. Among those present
at Arlington were Secretary Lincoln, Post
master General Gresham, and number of Con-
gressmen, including Representative Taylor, of
Ohio. Commander Alexander called the assem-
blage to order, aud VIII Carleton, the poet,
read the Memorial Day poem, entitled the
Loves Of the Nation" The address was de-
liyered by General Stewart L. Woodford, OF
New York. He said:
In all ages men have come with flowers and song
and praise 10 mark the graves and honor the
names of dead heroes. Among such graves we
stand to-day, such heroes we too, would honor
Men have never died for better than that in
which these fell. Courage and suffering have
rfpened into harvest of life, love, and gladness
Peace Tegns III all the land. Our Nation lives
| Our flag is in the heaven. Beneath that flag there
clanlss no letter and there creeps slave. The
Nation lives because these men have died. Around
this great city these men built living rampant
with their bodies, and let Him who watches over
Us hear this -essage from the living to the dead
AS the night is gone and day is come 60 ia the pas
SION OF war re.
THE SOLDIERS HONE.
| at the Soldiers Home large number of PEG
| pie assent ID, and the new pavilion, which
| was profuse'T decorated with flags and bunting
| was well filed. A national salute was fired by
4 WIG 'iEhb bat1Sk9 az ~ Ciock, anu Tue assem-
| bly, was called to order by Comrade E. A
Truell, q. :. T. The exercises consisted O
music by o Second Artillery Band and al
octette cher; poem, entitled Soldiers
| Home,p by General William Henry Browne
| the Grafton, by William 7. Price, of Wisconsin
and the decoration of the graves in the GENE
| terry.
The Congressional cemetery was visited b,
1900 or 1000 people, and all of the soldiers
| graves which it contains about 40 in number
were decorated with flowers BY committee o