Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-01

ing the national authority, the
integrity of its territory, and
the principles of freedom and JUS
tice, and were ready and eager to lay
down their arms as soon ms the great
object was attained. While the draft
was resorted to in a very few States to
fill the last call for troops, yetit is strict
| ly true that taken as whole, the Union
army was a volunteer army and when
the grand object for which it fought was
attained, they returned to their former
occupations and normal avocations, with
out SO much as causing ripple upon
society or the administration of civil law.
To the thoughtful Statesman of the Old
| World this was the final test and the
grandest exhibition of the strength of
our institutions, the genius, virtue and
patriotism of our people.
Thirdly: base the claim OF the
American officers and soldiers who fought
for the Union to perpetual fame aud re-
memhrance upon the fact that they
fought for freedom, for liberty, for the
principles of justice and equity, for the
trinity of Liberty, Equality add Frater.
nifty, that forms the keystone to the
great arch Of true political principles, as
Faith, Hope and Charity form the key
stone to the great arch OF moral virtues.
The memory and fame of the American
officers and soldiers who fought for the
Union will be forever linked with the
cause of freedom and justice, and will be
in history's page inscribed beside the
names Of the long line of martyrs and
heroes who constitute TIE worlds bright
est merit role. Oh, Liberty. Liberty.
Liberty, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity,
ttou art the triune god of my idolatry.
When bow the knee to aught but the
Infinite and the Eternal. it shall be at
thy white and winged feet, beautiful
whether on mountain or on plain.
Temples have been erected to the
sun, affairs dedicated to the moon, but Oh
OH greater glory. to thee. not only
hands that built, but hearts and martys
through all the long and bloody ages of
tyranny and oppression. were true. A
dwelling thou hast, too wide for walls,
too high for domes-a temple whose
floors are the vast spaces of human his
tory-rites transpiring in presence, to
the kindling Of nations and races.
Then, my comrades. we may pass
down to the tragic terminus Of our re-
spective lives, ''for the end Of every lfu-
man life is tragedy as deep and dark
as ever was woven from the warp and
wool Of mystery and death" We may
pass down to this final tragedy in our
lives, confident that future ages will see
to the preservation of our memory and
watch over our name with the same
jealous care that the race has watched
over the name and memory Of the heroes
and martyrs to liberty of the past. That
these friends with US to-day and The
friends with our comrades in all parts Of
the broad land, their children and their
childrens children will perpetuats our
memory, jealousy guard our name and
with them in the future, the onward,
ever onward and majestic sweep of our
history, our grandeur and our destiny.
After the address of Gen. Pile the
quartette sang Cover Them Over With
Beautiful Flowers" in most exquisite
manner.
"Cover them over with beautiful flowers,
Deck them with garlands, those brothers OF
Lyin SO silently By night aud by day.
Sleeping the years Of their manhood away.
Give them the need they have won In the
Give them the honors their future forecast;
Give them the chaplets they won In the
Give them the laureis they lost with their life
CHORUS.
Cover them over. yes, cover them over,
Parent and husband. brother and lover,
Grown in your hearts those dead heroes OF
Cover them over with beautiful lowers
When the long years have rolled slowly
Fen to the dawn OF earth's funeral day;
When At the angels loud trumpet and tread.
Rise up the faces and forms of the dead,
When the great world It's last Judgment
When the blue sky shall cling open its gates.
And our long columns march silently
Past the Great Captain for final review
CHORUS.
Blessings for gsrlands shall cover them over,
Parent and husband, brother and lover,
God will reward those dead heroes OF ours,
Cover them over with beautiful flowers"
At the conclusion of the song the
band played a funeral dirge, the bene-
diction wac pronounced by Chaplain
Chichester and the decoration Of graves
10 the City Cemetery was made in a
most lavish aud beautiful manner, the
graves and monuments being literally
buried with flowers. Following lie the
list W
John J. Behn, Cal. Vols; George R.
Furman, Co. II, Seventh Cal. Vols; II.
Jones,i Ninth Mimi. Vols; W. II.
Kerns, Major, Pa, Vols; F. w. KIM
ball. U. S. Navy; Samuel Mckee,
Captain, First y. s. Cas.i Thomas
IO'Connor, Cal. Vols: H. r. Ryan,
Cal. Vols; j. b. Smith. Co. f. One
Hundred and Forty-sixth N. Y. Inf;
T. s. Stairway, Surgeon, 0ne Hundred
and and Second III. Inf; w. H. Scott,
U. s. Vols. I. wilhardt, Cal. Vols; +.
Burreli. ~ ~
After the DECORATION the great process
sion and the multitude Of spectators re-
turned to the city and dispersed to their
several homes.
OTHER OLD HEROES.
In addition to the graves Of soldiers
in the late war whose graves were deco
rated, kind hands and loving hearts
took care that the sod which covers the
remains of other heroes should be
marked with tokens Of atfectionate re-
membrance, to keep green and fragrant
che memory of their deeds. Among
these were the graves Of Captain Alex
ander Bell, veteran in the Mexican
war. He was pioneer Angelefo, and
when Fremont arrived in California
Captain Bell gave him three months pay
for his men and $4,000 besides, to bear
his expenses. Not cent of this was
ever received back, or even asked from
the Government. Captain Bell also gave
the Court House hill to the city for
school purposes. He was Sheriff OF this
county and was killed in the Juan
Flores rebellion in 1883.
| AThen there was the grave Of James
Barton, lieutenant in Captain Bells
regiment in the Mexican war. He
also came here at an early day and
succeeded Bell as Sheriff of Los Angeles.
be was murdered by crazy man in Ne
gro Alley.
Another Mexican War Veteran whose
memory was refreshed by placing flow
ers on his grave was w. G. Getmo, who
served under Gen. Scott in New York
regiment. He was afterwards Lieu.
tenant in the Rangers in the Murietta
troubles in this county.
By the by, the widow Of Captain Bell
still lives here in Los Angeles at the ad.
vanced age Of upwards Of 90 years. She
is provided for by the estate Of the gall
liant old hero so long dead.
1t is far from uncommon on Memorial
Day to see many people not connected
with the army posts at present in any
way who go. to the graves Of friends and
decorate them with flowers in loving
memory.