St. Paul daily globe., 1886-06-01

first composed of veterans, the second of
militia. the third of Catholic societies, and
the fourth of civic societies. 1t was $50
o'clock, half an hour after the appointed
time, when the procession was ready to
move to the cemetery. On the march the
line was made up as follows:
Four mounted police and sixty police on
foot, commanded by Lieut.. Morgan; the Fort
Smelling band; Chief Marshal A. R. McGill;
Chief of Staff j. J. McCardy and the following
aids, j. H. Wood, A. Pugh, Adjt. ID. B. Will
son, 25th Infantry, Lieut.. George Andrews,
25th Infantry, Lieut. Peter Leary, Jr., 4th Ar
tillery. Lieut.. G. p. Ahern, 25th Infantry.
The first division, commanded by Mark D.
Flower, with ]. I'll. Beebe and Perry Stark
weather as aids consisted of Brcher, Ord,
Winthrop, Acker and Garfield posts G. A. R.,
in all 2e0 men; the Sons Of Veterans with
drum corps; wagon with flowers, and car
riages containing the orator of the day, Gen.
Fairchild, Mayor Rice, the singers. chaplain,
etc. The second division, preceded by the
First Regiment band, and commanded by
Charles D. Parker, with d. L. Kingsbury and
E. Corning as aids, consisted of the
First regiment, under Col. Bend,
l25s men; the Norwegian infantry, 20 men,
Emmett Light artillery 36 men, and two field
pieces, and the St. Paul cavalry 35 men. The
third division, preceded by the Great Western
band, and commanded by Capt. M. ]. O'Con-
nor, with William O'Gorman and j. d. Wood
as aids, consisted of the following Catholic
societies, in all $50 men: st. Peter, st.
Clemens, St. Adelbert, st. John, st. Wenes-
laus, ST. Francis de Sales, Union Franchise
ST. John Baptiste, st. George, League of the
Cross, Knights of st. John, Ancient Order
Hibernians, Crusaders. The fourth division,
was led by the Metropolitan band and COM
manded by A. V. Teeple, with j A. Jackson
as aids. 1t consisted of Selected Knights A.
o. U. w. "a men, PatriarchS Militant 25 men,
detachment of fire department 30 men, Scan
dinavian Good Templars, three lodges 80
men, and citiz ems in carriages innumerable.
The line marched down st. Peter street to
Third, down Third to jackson. up Jackson
to Seventh, along Seventh to Broadway
and thence to Oakland cemetery. All
along the line of march there was perfect
throng of spectators, the sidewalks and
even the streets, yards and windows of the
houses being alive with people who showed
their interest in the proceedings. Not less
than 10, 600 people were
ASSEMBLED IN OAKLAND
cemetery to listen to the observance of the
one day in the year that is distinctly
Grand Army day. The speakers stand
had been erected in the northern part of the
cemetery in slight hollow, the grassy
Swelis of ground furnishing sort of
was covered by an immense flag and was
handsomely decorated with the national
colors. On the stand were seated Gen.
Farchild, Mayor Rice DR.. Murphy, Gen.
Sanborn, Marshal A. r. McGill. Col. c. d.
Kerr, E. Corning, Rev. Clay Macauley,
Rev. NJ. n. Gilbert, who presided; also
Miss Lenora Austin, Mrs. Fairchild and
Mrs. Albert Scheffer. At $50 o'clock Gen.
McCardy announced the dirge by the Fort
Smelling band, which was followed by
short prayer by Rev. NJ. n. Gilbert. The
whole assemblage then sang Nearer My
God to Thee, " led by the quartet OF Messrs.
Munger. Wood. Gehan and Donahue. and
accompanied by the First Regiment band.
The hymn produced grand effect. Gen.
McCardy then read the e. A. K. depart
ment order designating Monday, May 81,
as the day to be celebrated, as Memorial
day occurred on Sunday. Gen. Lncius
Fairchild, department commander of Wis
consin, who lost an arm in the service. was
then introduced as the orator of the day.
He spoke for half an hour. being frequently
interrupted by applause.
Gen. Faircbild touchingly spoke of the pur-
pose of the Memorial day observances and
the purpose of their establishment He
thought that when after another quarter of d
century had passed and but few old comrades
were left the day would still be observed with
all the patriotism and enthusiasm of to-day.
He recalled the condition of things at the
breaking out of the war and spoke earnestly
of the ability of the American people to drop
the implements OF war and return to the
peaceful duties of citizenship. Concerning
the recent outbreaks OF socialism he said:
/ believe our government to be the best
and our people the best, the happiest and
most blessed on earth. believe, also, that our
government can be improved and that our
people will improve it. have great conf
dence, my countrymen, that we will see to it
that our laws are just and that we will obey
them. We have all watched with dismay the
recent outbreaks in some neighboring states,
growing out of sO-caled labor troubles. We
have seen organized bodies of men arrayed
against the officers of the law, and bidding
them defiance. We have even seen, l am
sorry to say, some bloodshed. sad sight,
and one unbeeoming free people. 1t seems
to me, though, passing phase; thing to be
deeply regretted for itself, but fraught with
no danger for the future. We are, my friends,
essentially law-abiding people. We are, too,
when aroused, people distinguished from all
others, above all things, by our good sense.
1t is not possible that such people will bring
anarchy and destruction on itself by defying,
instead of supporting, its own laws. In
other countries, riot, bloodshed, and some
times revolution, have resulted from the
eImity between classes-the rich and the
poor. These cases have always been, how
ever, in countries where the rich were the
| law-maklng class, and the laws were unjust;
| where hereditary rich GLASS plundered the
/ people by unjust taxatfon and when violence
4 resulted naturally from generations OF
wrong. They were born of oppression. Nc
| such state of laws exists here. We have nc
| hereditary rich class. The wealthiest meu
| of the country to-day are, almost without ex.