Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-30
TRIBUTES TO THE BRAVE
Seeing That the Graves of The Dead
are Kept Green.
Beautiful Floral Emblsms OF Love
for the Soldiers.
The Blue and the Gray Alike,
TOuChingIy Remembered.
At CHICAGO.

the soldiers oy ths veteran ORGANIZATIONS
of tie city occurred to-day. The marching
column, composed of Posts of the Grasd
Army of the Republic, was the largest
every seen on the streets Of Chicago on q
similar occasion. Ransom Post, OF st.
Louis, was in line, having come as the es
pscial guests of the Posts OF this city. Ac-
companying Ransom Post was General
William L. Sherman, who marched in the
ranks on the right of the leading
four. he vas quickly recognized bg the
large waiting crowds on the street and was
wildly cheered. Gen. Alfred q. Terry was
also one Of the msrchers ana was cheered
along the route Gov. Oglesby, accom-
panied By several other gentlemen occu-
pied the only carriage in the column. The
veterans in line numbered four thousand.
The column proceeded to Rose Hill ceme-
terry where the chief ceremonies OF The day
occurred. This afternoon the veterans
will parade second time when they will be
accompanied by the police and State mill
tsry commands.
The marching ceased after arriving at
Rose Hill and they paused in front Of the
monument erected TO the memory Of Gen
ersl Ransom. After several preliminary
speeches Gen Sherman said:
Comrades OF Ransom Post Grand Army
Of the Republic, and friends We have
come from our homes in st. Louis beyond
the mighty Mississippi to lay our h1wers
upon the grave of comrsds who pershed
in his fight for the right. Geuer al
Ransom, who, when only 20 years old, was
a corps commander, who died in Rome,
Ga, in 1864, and whose body was brought
10 this beautiful cemetery for burial. We
honor KIM. because be was brave man,
and because he WAS type OF these young
men who defended our country with their
lives. The General then gave briet re-
view of his life and situation. He came
West while young, and was here when the
war broke out Northerners could no.
understand why q peaceAole and order
ly election of Mr., Lincoln could
be made the pretext for
q civil war, for Mr. Lincoln was q native
OF Kentucky aud honest himself No hon
est man looking back 10 70 years ago can
declare that his election was the cause OF
the war The man who said We are
not enemies out friends. We must not be
enemies did not desire a conflict. But
nevertheless treason, naughty and proud
resolutions through cur country and even
invaded Congress, the army aud the
navy, tbs Confederate government was set
up at Montgomery but it was not
ultil the information flashed acrSss the
nation that Federal tort had been fired
upon that the people swoke to action.
Farmers left their plows in the furrow,
the carpenters deserted the shops and law
yers left their Offices to JOIN IN the light tor
the Union. Ransom was one OF these.
The speaker concluded ferVent eulogY Of
Ransom with these lines: "Hou did your
duty Ransom as soldier and met with as
patriotic aud noble On end As did ever a
martyr and We, your comrades, strev these
flowers on your grave IN the hope that they
will tend 10 perpetuate this beautiful cere.
mony and help keep your memory aud the
memories. Of others sacred. Comrades
then strewed flowers on the graves.
Daring the afternoon Gen. Sherman,
Gen. Oglesby and other prominent person
ages reviewed the marching column from
a balcony of the Board OF Trade. The
poIice, seven hundred strong, tock the
hgad Of the line. They presented a very
Gne appearance. Never before in the his'
tory Of the city we're they accorded such o
welcome as inst ct to day. Their mag
nifcent precision aud splendid drill Vas
much admired, but probably in memory OF
their recent record they were roundly and
wildly cheered along the route. Ac
conpsniug them was the trst police
patrol wagon ever constructed and IN rec.
ognition Of its aid In causing the efficiency
of the force, its appearance was made the
occasion for cheering Following the
police were the local military commands,
the veteran organizations bringing up in
the resE. The
EA CoNFEDERATE VETERANS
to the mum Der Of 100 met o. their assembly
room at No. $50 Washington, at o'clock
this morning, and With the American Hag
at their head, formed on line and marched
10 ,hs fremont House, where the floral
tributes, large and small, we're gathered
mn and ths club marched to the Illinois
Central depot, where they TOOK the train
for Oskwood cemetery. 4 number otthe
members were accompanied by
their wives and children, who
bore in their arms protusion
of cut flowers and growing plants The
scene wss touching one. The most no.
ticeable piece Was = broken pillar composed
of flowers. At its base was sSnner OF
snow white silk inscribed I'VE tenderly re-
member our dead; from the EXConfeder'
ate Association Of Chicago Beside this
was 9 magnificent croas OF aoWeFs tuiiY
six feet high, next to which was banner
OF blue silk bearing the inscription, we
honor the brave; from the Ex Confederate
Association OF Chicago" The train
reached Oakwoods shortly before noon
From the depot the ex-Contederates
proceeded 10 :hs plot Of ground in which
the Union dead ere buried, sIt which Is
marked by 9 monument surnoupted 6y q
statue oil : ssljier at parade rest" ac,a
the flower cross sss borne a1d silently de-
posited at the base of the statue. Flowers
rA,a scattered over the graves, and the
NOW large PROCESSION moved toward the ex'
trems sSath end of the burying grounds
where in beautiful esoye lie the remains
of 4SO Confederate soldiers In the cen.
tre of the graves is small mound aud
win ihe exception of one hesdstone, this
is the only aSu2pent to mark the
resting place Of those who dieSin the south
,ra cause. The members Of the sssocia
ton gathered sropnd the mound and while
thew uncovered their hesds the floral pillar
was reverently brought within the cirei'
and placed on the mound.
PRESIDENT FoRREsrER
then addressed the assembly in the follow
inc words: IN ell ages, at ali times, IN al
lands, alsorg sll peop!c VAl0r aud hero':u
have been admired. tslhers poin
With pride to the spoI vteF$
their sons were slain in defense OF thel
country and their sons to preserve II
store their fathers memory mark the spo
where they died for liberty With lsstinl
monumeaS. So we come today. my com
rsdes. quietly and ostsntatiously to pa
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