Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-31
IN MEMORY
OF the Departed Soldiers Of
the Nation.
DECORATION OF THE GRAVES
Exercises at the Pavilion = The
Grafton and Poem-The
Parade.

The clouds aud fog which had been hanging
over the city for several days were not present
yesterday morning and the sun shone forth II
its full brilllancy, as if in honor oi ine das
which all the citizens of the United States were
to celebrate Memorial day i'll Los Angeles was
ushered into existence bearing with II none oi
the disagrecable features Of other ehmes,
bot with all the balminess OF south-
ern California spring 1t WIS NOT 10 90
wondered at, therefore, that at an early nouf
tIeritizsiis weie sasn Oh tho stieeni Makins
tl,eir ec,ais,s1aerta nsr dsvoradAg N X
pfUfer l.l.lnA Aer f'.e ssfasea OI tiie noh1fei
d,s;3i L. tiia VEilDas Urin2l"rles wagons
a..d carriage lutien with NV rs o. ~, w
choicest vafeiea were IN their way " tiie
various hail Is loug before the hour appolpteu,
and at o'clock the conir.des were, ready 70
march to the cemeteries wherein lay uiose
who are "gone, but not forgorteu.
Stanton Post met at Masonic Hall, on spring
street. where there ayere flowers III proiusioh,
many q them srranged N aftlso,c Ia
by the laoies Of the Relief CORPS, procesued 70
kosedale Cemetery. where the ser ices were
conducted by L. L Dimlek, Iweiye y, gestEys pstars
day mornings HERALD, were strewn WIN
flowers. .
Gelich Post met in Campbell's Hall aud
proceeded to the Catholic Cemetery, where tne
remains of Dr. Gelich, in honor OF wnom the
post was named, are Inferred. Mrs aeiclcn
mad given orders that an appropriate mamsI,e,
should be transferred on Memorial DaJ Wusn
his comrades might be present and perticipal9
IN the ceremonies on this occasion; RssPi,.e n a
ment work had only Just peen nnasneu ,. ..,s anu
that the marble WORK had not yet been com
menced. The rem lains had been disinteTTe,d
however, aud by the Kindness Of Mr.. sabichi
had been deposited in the Sabiehi family vault,
where kindly hands had already decorated the
casket with the most exquisite Horal embems
and bouquets The members OF the Gelcich
Post, numbering twenty, under the COM
mand OF Captain Tyler, marched TO this vault,
aud here the impressive services of the Grand
Army especially designed for use on Memorial
Day, were read by the officers Of the Post, while
the ladies of the Relief Corps stre@ed more
flowers over the cagket. The company then
broke up into squads, and laden with large
armfuls of flowers, visited all the graves OF sol
diers in the cemetery and deposited on each q
large share OF the lovely blossoms. Close by
the new mausoleum of the Gelcich family, III
which it was intended the deceased should
have been laid to-day large mound had been
thrown up to the memory of the Unknown
Dead, and this, too, was visited by the comrades
and ladies of the Post and even more carefully
decorated than those whose last resting PLACE
was known.
Frank Bartlett Post met at 8 O'Clock and
made arrangements to visit Evergreen Gene
terry. Thirty or more lsdies OF the Relief Corps
arranged the flowers, and seyenty- five veterans
under command OF Major L. s, Butler marched
to the burial place. and laid flowers upon
sixty-six groves Of veterans.
The members of John A. Logan Post, about
seventy y-ive in number, met in q. A. K, Hall on
Main street with large number OF the iaales
OF the Relief Corps AT 10 O'Clock the ine
was formed and the comrades marched 10 For'
Hill Cemetery. The exercises were held at the
monument erected in the memory OF unknown
heroes. Chaplain F d. Seward opened the ex
ercises with prayer, and was followed by Post
Commander W. +. rarble in short address, al
the conclusion of which Captain w. III. Sea
mans delivered touching oratlon. Many
handsome floral pieces were placed on the
graves Of the dead, alter which those assembled
sang the National Hymn.