The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-03
yERMS-BY NAT.
MEMENTO MORl.
,,,.s to the Dead Soldiers Of the Union
by their Surviving Comrades
of Butte.
n.eoration Day Generally Observed :
Full Report of the Intereres'ins
Ceremonies


r,r tbc seventeenth time since the clos
.ho Rebellion, the surviving members @
w., Grand Armies OF the Union met III al
lions of the country to do honor to tn
n,orv of their departed comrades, in tn
,aorvance of the beautiful ceremonies O
,t;on Dav.. In Butte the occasion
Observed with more than usual eclat
~ tbe entire population aided with thei
,..oce and support in making it an even
p IN b, remembered. The weather wal
' ,,;t;,us and at an early hour the streets
p thronccd with people in holiday attire
w., fine moving masses and the ehantlsOmely J
,n.,r,ted buildings gave the thoroughfares
animated appearance. Although The
,",ro,ou Of the graves took place at III
oorr hour, by committee appointed fol
Cha nurpose, the parade and otherexercises
~ not begin until l O'Clock. and LASTED
.u after 4. In honor OF the day the
h,.iuess houses, with but few notable ex
,t;ous closed during the hours named.
'BIuDiNGs DECORATED.
rho following buildings on Main street
decorated Yesterday: Centennial HO-
"a with flags and bunting on the verandah
,;nh looked very handsome. Thomas
nanoop of the Tropical Palace outdone
ali with bunting and floral decorations.
u. toot the eye of the passer by; Clark d
,,.ob;a's bank, Sands & BOyce and E. l..
panuer had their flags floating from the
hOlIsetops,
Dark street was not to he outdone by it's
;ahhors r. Kelly had his front hand
an,oeIv decorated with bunting and flags
,rh;,h looked very pretty, as also several
","r,bonts displayed flags. In all, the city
had = holiday look.
THE EXERCISES.
!, accordance with the programme the
.nnmttee selected for the purpose met at
tbn hcadularters where a large quantity Of
a,uers had been sent by comrades and
',tbor friends. At / l o'clock the committee
took vehicles and proceeded to the cemetery
where they performed the mOurnful duty
..siguel them, fairly covering the graves
With flowers, after which they returned
IN the city. The entire ceremonies were
,,uder the direction and control OF
Lincoln Post No. e, and were carried out
in excellent style. About / O'Clock the men,
lprs of the Post began to assemble at head
marters and at 1:3O there were about
sixty in attendance when they moved to
Main street and took position.
THE PARADE.
,lttle later all the invited organization
which were promptly on time were in posi-
ton and the procession was formed in the
following order:
Chief Marshal, l.. f. Holmes and staff,
Amphitheater Band, the Union Guards,
CAPTAIN Reynolds 40 men, the Emmett
Guards, Captain Branagan Az men; Hook
and Ladder Truck, handsomely deenn.4 4eslv-
drawn by 40 men in charge ofChief Engineer
Wd,arty and Foreman Churchill; Hose
Comnany No. B. +. B., 25 men uniformed,
in charge Of CAPTAIN McNlurphey; Uniformed
Rank i. of p, 30 men, Sir Knight J. Carter
Smith in command Patriotic Order Sons
of America, 20 men, Lincoln Post q. A. r.,
60 men, Charles II. Warren in command.
The procession moved through the
nrinrinal streets and received the cOmmen-
dation OF the hosts who thronged the
streets it being agreed by common consent
tn at it was by all odds the finest display
ever seen in Butte.
THE AMPHITHEATER.
had been proi,lsely decorated and festooned
for the occasion, fine portraits OF Lincoln
and Grant being among the features. When
uuiet had been secured the :issemblage was
called to order by the presiding officer and
the exercises opened with fervent prayer
by the chaplain. The Post then rendered
the Star Spanglcd banner after which
.hljntant j. j. York read the orders for the
day. The Welsh Glee Club sang in Il most
beautiful manner The Faded Coat of
Blue" The public exercises in accordance
with the prescribed services which includes
the browning of the Cenotaph were next
rendered, Colonel j. ID. jerks browning the
monument. REST, Comrades, Rest" was
then rxqllisitely rendered, and the chair
man introduced COmradc c. {. Frost, pas
tor of the Baptist Church, who made the
following address:
ADDRESS OF {. c. FROST.
Comrades of the Grand Army of the Re
pubir:-I am reminded just now OF an incl
dent read in boyhOOd. A band OF school
mates pledged each other that one night
each year they would meet together so long
as any should live. And the story tells us
how year by year, as often as the annlver-
sary eve came around, they came from
whatsoever place might be their home to
greet the living and drink to the memory OF
those departed. One night, an old man,
bowed and feeble, the last one left alive, en-
tered the banquet hall. Long he waited,
Int none Others came, and when the morn
Ing broke he was found still sitting in
his chair, the glass yet in his hand from
which he had drank to the memory OF those
gone on before, but his spirit had flown to
loln them in another world. So we set
apart this day in memory OF our fallen
comrades, and year by year our number
grows less, while upon all our heads gray
hairs are fast appearing. Soon but few
will he left alive to honor this scene. But
whom the last may be | trust they will
prove true, and that the camp fire OF the
spirit world may show none traitor to the
memory OF those who stood side by side on
the line Of peril and death.
THE MONUMENT NAPOLEON.
There stands in the city Of Paris tall
monument crowned with the statue OF Ma
loeon |, cast from cannon captured IN the
almost endless wars of the past century;
while from base to capstan winds spiral
chord representing the victorious march OF
armies Thus France perpetuates the mem-
"ry its victims on the field OF battle.
We do not stand to-day beneath the turn
Ing spire that boasts of conquest. Our ban
hers do not bear the names of battle fields
upon which we were victorious. This is a
gay sacred to the memory OF those whose
"'aped up minds speak of devotion; ana
"eglve one thought, not to dreams OF glory
VI BOAST OF power, but in honor to the true
and brave. If any denounce the observ-
ahce OF this day, they mistake its spirit and
nspulpose. Our gathering is not to exult
over the downfall Of one portion OF our
country before the other, but to honor 10y
al'y; to deepen the impressions made by
VERY sacrifice upon the altar OF liberty; to
leach leach our children that patriotism is not
nnhg "f the past-that the spirit OF '76 is
not dead, and to show our cOuntrymen
shat true hearts can do in any time OF ma
'Ional peril.
from earliest ages, since first desire for
,ln ,l,plIs or conquest compelled the sons OF
uIn" or country to band themselves to-
s''her TO resist the power that would invade
"tohqllcr, the most eloquent teacher OF
pma'rl"tlsm pa has been the eulogy pronounced
a'ove the dust of sleeping warriors, and
mFN's % OF deathess courage and devotion to
'"e country's cause, sealed with
THE pm uI cpD ~, JI,E