The National tribune., 1885-06-04
DECORATION Day,
Observance Of the Nations Sabbath
in Different Parts, of the Country.

in Different Parts of the Country.
In New York the city had much the appear
ance of Sunday, the banks and other places
| of business being closed, At the Windsor Hotel
President Cleveland Gen. Mcmahon aud Sec
retaries Endicott as,d Whitney were met by the
Reception Committee OF the Grand Army and
escorted to the grand stand, where the Presi-
dent reviewed the parade. At the stand be-
sides the President and Secretaries Whitney
and Endcott, were Secretary Villas, Gen. Han
cock, Mayor Grace and Gen. Doubleday. Among
the prominent veterans present were Gems
Henry Z. Davies, Henry A. Barnum, John
| Cochrane Charles Z. Stone, Daniel L. Sickles
| and Edward Jardine.
| The parade in Brooklyn was reviewed by
| Gov. Hill and his staff.
At Baltimore each grave in the National
Cemetery was decorated with miniature ma
tional flag and flowers were strewn over them
The Grafton was delivered by Hon. Charles E.
Phillips, of the Supreme Bench, of Baltimore.
At Louisville the tomb of Gen. Zachary Tay-
| lor, which lies about six miles from the city,
| was decorated.
| AT Camden, N. j., the day was generally OBJ
served. Tho headquarters Of Posts No. 5 and
81 were draped in mourning. The floral offer
| ingS were both numerous and beautiful. AT
all other points in the State where soldiers rest
| the usual ceremonies occurred.
At the National Cemetery at Winchester, Va,
a number of ex- Confederates joined in decorat-
| ing the graves Of their late foes.
The militia and Grand Army Posts of Will
| mington, Del, strewed flowers on the graves Of
the soldier dead in Wilmington and Brandy
| wine Cemeteries.
| For the first time there was an imposing cere-
mony at Jacksonville, Fla. The local military
! companies and civic societies escorted Mitchell
| Post, GAR, to the cemetery, where addresses
were made and the graves of both Union and
Confederate soldiers were decorated by 80 little
| girls, representing the States of the Union.
| The citizens turned out in large numbers, and
| the best of feeling was manifested.
! The exercises on the battlefield Of Antietam
! (Sharpsburg, Md were more than usually i'm
pressive. They were under the auspices of the
Grand Army of the Republic and were partici-
pated in by Posts from adjacent towns in Mary
! land and Pennsylvania. Gen. Mcclellan spoke
at some length, reviewing the battle of % years
| ago.
| At Bloomington, Ill., large concourse as
| sembled to hear the Grafton of Gen. John A.
Logan. The General was the guest of ex-Sena
tor David Davis.
At Richmond, Va, Memorial Day was duly
| observed by the decoration of the graves of the
| Union dead at the National Cemeteries near
| the city and Cold Harbor At the invitation
I of Phil Kearney Post, Lee Camp Confed
crate Veterans, sent a detachment to each
place to participate in the ceremonies. Besides
| the closing of the Federal offices, Gov. Cam
eron ordered all the State Offices in the capitol
! to be closed in honor of the day.
| At Milford, Mass, Memorial Day caused the
renewal of dispute which has caused great
! unpleasautness on that day for two or three
years past. The remains of 30 or moro Union
| soldiers lie in the Catholic cemetery connected
with the church of which Rev. Father Cuddihy
| is pastor. This gentleman has constantly pro-
| tested against the GAR veterans performing
the usual ceremony in Che cemetery. He did
| not object to strewing the graves with flowers,
but forbade them being decorated with the
national colors. On this occasion he ordered
his sexton to lock- the gates of the cemetery,
but this did not deter the Grand Army men
| from decorating tho graves of their comrades
according to their custom Wagons were backed
| up to the high iron fence and the comrades
| climbed over. The flowers and flags were then
! passed over, and the comrades did not leave
| the cemetery until the national coors were
flying at the head OF every mound. The Rev
erend Father was extremely angry when he
heard the action of the veterans, and threat
ened to cause their arrest OH the charge of
trespass.
The graves of the Federal dead buried on the
field of Chamette, near New Orleans, were
decorated under the auspices of the various
Grand Army Posts. assisted by the Continental
Guards. The associations of the Army of the
Tennessee, the Army of Northern Virginia. and
the Mexican Veteran Confederate Association
presented large number of floral tributes.
The cemetery is on the field where Jackson
won his famous victory, and contains the graves
of Is 900 soldiers.
In Philadelphia, despite the rain, there was
a general turnout. Flags waved in nearly all
the streets and the people thronged to the
graveyards. Geo. G. Meade Post. No. !, of the
Department of Pennsylvania, Alexander Reed
Commander, and Geo. G. Meade Post, No. 80,
of New York, Franklin Lauson Commander,
numbering respectively 125 and 75 men. re-
paired to the tomb of Gen. Meade, where most
interesting and impressive services were held.
All the Posts of the city engaged in the work
OF decoration and there was not soldiers
grave that did not bear its token of love-
At San Antonio, Tex, Decoration Day was
observed on a scale surprising that of all pre-
viOus years. The procession to the National
Cemetery was an imposing affair, and was par
ticipatcd in by all the United States troops in
the vicinity, including the cavalry and artil-
lery. The Grand Army of the Republic Posts
and Confederate veterans were present in I'M
usually large numbers.
Among the most conspicuous Of the decora-
tons in New York city was that of the statue
of La Fayette at Union Square, which was
adorned with mass of flowers tastefully ar
ranged by La Fayettc Post, No. 40. The flow
ers for this statue alone cost 5000. and were
provided by the Post. The organization is
composed chiefly of veterans of the 9TH n. Y.
The following officers appeared with the Post
on the parade: Commander d. J. Million; S.
V. c., Richard l.. Salisbury; J. V. c.. William
y. Calender; Adi't, l.. Curtiss Bracket; @. NJ,
+. W. Hutchings, jr.; Surg, DIR. II. J. II. Mac
Grath Chap, Rev. j. Il. Smith, ID. D.; o. d.,
l.. L. s. Chairman; o. G., J. III. Malees.
Correction.
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