Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-05-30

A1S iSuhSA AAoN eseS
hurrylng hlther and thither in the per-
Torrance OF their sacred dusies.
Ample preparations had been made
by the officers and members of Phil
Kearney post and the various commit
tees Designated to carry i the designs
of the day and the work of the later
hours OF the forenoon was merely in
contamination of those preparations.
Long experience In this branch OF the
ex -soldier's calling gave system to all
proceedings and in she hustle which
centralized itself at Grand Army hall
there was the discipline which practice
alone can bring and few false steps were
made.
Halt past one O'Clock in the afternoon
the prescribed hour for the assembly
at the headquarters of the ex-soldiers
and at that hour the conelave gathered
at the common rendezvous and the for
NAL exercises were inaugurated.
THE PROCESSION.
Promptly at 80 the procession was
formd in front OF memorial hall, on
Douglas avenus, in the following order:
The Yankton band.
Yankton fire Departments.
Martial band.
Sons OF veterans sixty In number.
Flower girls.
Firing squad.
Phil Kearney post.
Womsn's Yelief corps, in carriages.
Officers OF the day.
VIM, M. Powers, assisted by Aides W.
e.. M%nnroe, A. NJ. English, F. u.
Wyman and M. T. Woolley had charge
OF the cavslcade, and soon after forming
the line of march as indicated in the
memorial day orders was taken up. The
start was witnessed by about 1000 peo-
| Pile, the sidewalks, streets, windows and
| verandahs in the vicinity being filled
/ with humanity.
From the city the procession wendell
it's way via the Douglas Avenue bridge,
over the hills north of town toward the
cemetery, q long line of carriages and
pedestrians bringing up the rear.
Every different section of the process
sion wat well filled, particularly Phi
Kearney post. some seventy veteranl
being in line. Conspicuous among
these was John Lannig, who wore
sailors suit. In the line OF old soldier
were General j. B. Pattee, of Canton
and General O. Il. Campbell, of Scot
land
The aons Of veterans section containe'
the following boys and young men:
Boyer Bremner, Chas Lofier, job
and Peter Mcdonald, Chas Virgil
Hurry Wright, Jacob, Charles and Jess
Bartlett, Frank Hobbs, Harry and e
Iven Oh, Will and John Murphy, ALI
and louis Carr, Geo. English, Georgt
Frank and Fed Osborn, John and Tor
Stewart, Earl Loflsr, Eugene Kar
Walter Joy. August sherer, Ezra, Scot
and John Mcintyre Will Ward, Lytl
/. Land Lee Wyman, Fred Gross. Ralpl
Williams, Fred and Grant Donaldson
Herb s. Wooley, Ed Boyles, Will Sal
a gent, Fred Howard, Don, Tsueman an
Sheldon Ward, Mac Burt, Peter an
Will Lamssy, Earl King, Paul Stubl
n and Guy Taylor.
The flower girls though few in nun
ibef, we're very attractive in white dress
q and beaming faces. Each one carried
large boquet, which she bestowed vii
loving hands upon some honored gray
The flower girls we're:
Anne Schlegermich, Sarah Kinc'
Nellie Wilcox, Georgia Hopping, Eft
Hopping, Katie Stlenbaeh, Annie I've
son, Cora Wilcox.
hi The procession was imposing In si
,r and appearances and as it march
r. through the streets the entire populs
was out to view its passage. A iol
% line OF carriages and wagons filed SLOW
along in the wake OF the processic
X bearing men, women aud children to {
Or cemetery. There was never a more spr
taneous outponring Of the people.
The procession halted at the site
the old cemetery, where there are ye
II few graves and among them those OF SCI
ia soldiers, which were covered with fout
Passing on to the cemetery enclosure
the ceremonies were performed in
eordance with the prescribed rules
the Grand Army OF the Republ
i. There are resting in the Yank
Ia cemetery the remains of the follow
I'd, ex-soldiers:
j, B. s. Todd, William Pound, '
liam Trip, Isaac Stockwell, Truman
Pratt, o. l.. Bancroft, g. A, Weiter,
F. Gray. John Solberger, ID. B. spras
W, A. Moran, John McManam
Charles Grantson, Michael Fisher, J,
at Bradley, George Hall, August Kai
i. J. M. Faust, Nj. West, George
Tassel, Owen Bartlett, 0. r. Brot
F. Nsitzel, 81. Brisbine and Geo.
hays.
or these G. w. Hays, O. L. Bsncl
g. a. Wetter nnd Truman L. Pratt !
died dufing the past year.
DECORATION CEREMONIES.
The first gravee visited were tinol
8. Solberger and D. M. Sprasze in
old cemetery. The FIRING squad,
3, sisting Of Charles Wright toficeE o