St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-01
muNNEaPOLIs CELEBRATES.
Decoration Day Appropriately Oh.
served at the Falls.


served al the Falls.
Decoration day dawned clear and bright
and the hot sun beamed down on the city
full of people all preparing to decorate the
graves of the brave men who fell during
the cruel war. The ceremonies in the
morning were more impressive than usual
and were witnessed by many thousands of
people. Butler post and the Ladies' Relief
corps, together with the Sons of Veterans,
met at post headquarters at $50, and,
headed by SidwelIs band, marched to
Plummer Post headquarters where they
were Joined by Washburn post. The three
posts then. under command of Col. W. ii.
Sessions, took the motor for Lakewood
cemetery and there decorated the soldiers
graves. The floral designs were beautiful
in the extreme. A broken cross of lilies
and white roses was placed on the grave of
Comrade Plummer by the Ladies' Relief
corps, while on the grave of Comrade
Butler was placed floral anchor with a
large star for its base. The services here
were opened with dirge by the band,
and as.
4 DEEP SILENCE
fell upon the multitude, Commanders
Sessions and Merrill spoke briefly upon
the day which was icing observed, and
were about to be decorated. The division
returned to the city at II o'clock. and two
members each from Washburn, Butler and
Plummer posts were detailed to visit the
graves in the Catholic cemetery On Chicago
avenue.
At 10 o'clock Morgan and Rawlins posts
marched to Maple Hill cemetery, and there,
in the presence of many hundred people,
paid homage to their fallen commander.
The line was led by Capt. NJ. Hoy, as
marshall of the day, followed by Dudley
p. Chase post, Sons of Veterans, detach-
ment of the A. 0. ii. and the posts men,
toned. Lieut.. Helm with platoon of
officers acted as an escort. After the
ceremony of decorating the graves was
finished the Grand Army men drew up in a
hollow square around the grave of George
Il. Morgan, after which the Morgan post is
named, and there listened to an eloquent
address from Col. G. II. johnson.
At the Catholic cemetery on Chicago
avenue thre were no services any more
than the decorating of graves and breathing
a prayer over the mounds. For the after
noon was reserved the grand feature of the
day, and to say simply that the procession
was an imposing one, would not be doing it
justice. Nearly all of the business houses
and many residences along the line of
march were
HANDSOMELY DECORATED
and hundreds of flags futtered in the
breeze. At 1:30 the various divisions
formed. James Eye was marshal, and with
his aides, John Arst, NJ. II. Sessions,
Henry Staples, James Smith and Charles
Harris, had all he could do to keep the
dense crowd back so that the procession
could have space enough to pass through.
Following Isl the order of the procession as
it reached the grounds near the cemetery:
Platoon of Mounted Police.
Platoon Foot Police.
Marshal and Aids.
Sidwelrs Band.
Staff-SonS of Veterans.
Norgan's Camp, Sons of Veterans, Drum
Corps.
Morgan's Camp, Sons of Veterans
Minneapolis Camp, Sons of Veterans.
Butler Camp, Sons of Veterans
Staff First Regiment.
Companies A, B and I, NJ. N. G.
Section q. S. Artillery.
George n. Morgan Post Drum CorDs
George n. Morgan Post
Z. P. Plummer Post Drum Corps
L. ?. Plummer Post.
c. c. Washburn Post.
Levi Butler Post Drum Corps
Levi Butler Post.
Dudley P. Chase Post Drum Corps
Dudley P. Chase Post.
Levi Butler Post Ladies' Relief Corps
George n. Morgan Post Ladies' Relief Corps
L. P. Plummer Post Ladies' Relief Corps
Dudley P. Chase Post Ladies' Relief Corps.
Carriages.
The procession reached the grounds about
O'Clock, followed by vast concourse of
people, which, with the crowd already there,
formed one of the largest audiences ever
seen at similar gathering in Minneapolis.
The grand stand was located on the campus
lust west of the cemetery and was hand
somely draped with the flags of the United
States.
ON THE PLATFORM
were see+ad the sneakers members of the