Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-31
TIE SOLDIER DEAD.


Tributes In New Haven YesterdaY-t
I'm West Haven, Birmingham, AM
sonia. North Haven and Bridgeport.
Decoration day was commemorated in this
city in the usual fitting and impressive man.
ner. In the morning the G.. A. R. posts as
sembied and marched to the State House, and
whom the duty had been assigned marched
to the different cemeteries and deeked with
flowers the graves of their dead comrades.
The signal was given by the City Hall bell
and simultaneously the deckingof the graves
began in the different cemeteries In West
Haven and Westville the comrades decorated
the graves of the soldiers before coming to the
city to participate in the memorial parade.
There were many people at the Evergreen
and st. Bernard cemeteries witnessing the
honors paid the dead. At 8 O'Clock in the
afternoon despite the overcast skies and rain
laden clouds there we're thousands of people
assembled on and about the old Green wit
Messing the formation of the line for the me
mortal parade. Promptly at 3:15 the parade
was started by Chief Marshal Morgan. The
parade was O an imposing one, although
composed almost entirely of the
Grand Army ! and the regiment of
Boys from the SCHOOLS. Frlnclpai.@ Loomis,
of Washington school, had charge of the
boys. The Sons of Veterans escorted the
veterans, Admiral Foote post leading, fol-
lowed by Fl. G. Nerwin post and Won Stein
wehr post Fred. Fl. Waldron, A. d. Bald.
win, VIM. s. Wells, Major R. P. Cowles, 81.
G. Higgins, Ralph Wright, J. F. Brannigan,
Charles Weidig.and j. Blair were assistants
to the chief marshal all mounted. The
American band furnished fine music, and the
various drum corps in line acquitted them
selves finely. There was q company of col
ored boys in the Line, the Delaney Guard,
each carrying'a wooden musket. All of the
veterans in line bore flowers, mostly carrying
mostly purple llacs, with a sprinkling of
white llaes, lilies of the valley, etc The
procession moved over the prescribed route
of march, viz: From Temple to Chapel,
Chapel to Church, Church to Elm,~- Elm to
York, York to Chapel, Chapel to Orange,
Orange to Grove, Grove to Grove street GEM
etery. After the decoration of graves in the
cemetery the Grand Army formed a hollow
square around the monumento of Col Henry
G. Merwin and the Grand Army memorial
service was conducted under the direction of
Commander Lewis e. Brown of post II. AZ
ter the service the line reformed and marched
down Grove street to Temple, down Temple
to the Green and was dismissed.
The programme in full at the cemetery was
as follows:
Charge, by Lewis B. Brown, Commander Admiral
Music, 'safe in the Arms of Jesus" by Second
Prayer. by Chaplain W. F. Smith.
Address, by L. B. Brown, commander.
Tribute and charge, by J. J. Brennan, Commander
p,.zo Henry q Merw in post post; w 1o.
salute to the dead By the firing squad, under the
Hymn, america bv Second Regiment. band, ac-
companied by all singing.
Benediction, by Comrade Rev. P. s. Evans.
Nothing occurred to mar the occasion, and
there was no rainfall during the exercises.
There were about {. 1000 people in the Grove
street cemetery. The elegant tribute to the
unknown soldier dead was greatly admired
by all. This year the graves were strewn
with flowers by the veterans, which lessened
the labor of preparation materially. About
1900 small baskets were used to carry the
flowers in to the graves. Mrs. Elizabeth
Shepard was chairman of the ladies' floral
committee, serving thus for the twentieth
time. The committee we're Mrs. Louisa
Goodrich. Mrs. Hemingway, Mrs. Wells,
Mrs. Bertha Bishop, Mrs. Mary Gessner, Mrs.
Rowley, Mrs. May Davis and Mrs. Phebe Eos
ter all of Admiral Foote post
From the Henry @. Merwin post Mrs Mary
Matthias as president was assisted by num-
Der of ladies, among whom were Mrs. B. E.
Brannagan, Mrs. Hattie Bartholomew, Miss
Hattie Ball, Mrs. Charlotte Wright, Mrs. May
]. Brockett, Mrs. Eliza E. Munson, Miss Net
TIC dlu6 anu Mre. JeuA1o OauQS. 1n6 LaQl0S
Aid society of Nathan Hale encampment was
by Ida P. Beeehsr, president,
Alice CLARK, secretary, and Misses Lillian
Peck, Edith Peck, Lena Bradley, Florence
Kenny, Sarah N. Beecher, Annie Russell and
Annie Dillon.
Comrade Shepard, chairman of the COM
mittee, had general direction of the work.
Of the special pieces the Ladies' Aid society,
Nathan Hall encampment, presented beau
tiful floral cross five feet high mounted upon
a base. b. G. Merwin post presented fine
floral tribute for the grave of Lieutenant
Colonel Merwin. An unknown friend sent a
beautiful piece for the grave of the late City
Engineer G. E. Fowler Other notable con-
tributors were Prof Wsyland, Mrs E. c.
Read, Mrs. Julia F. Mansfield, Mrs. Prof.
Dexter, Mrs. DR.. G. Rawling, Mrs. w. E.
Whittlesey, G. P. Augur. Will Smiths
''Kids," Mrs. D. Osborn, George Rowland,
Mrs. William II. Singleton, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs.
Alexander Doran, Mrs. George G. Goodwin
and Mrs. Mary Matthias.
The names Of other contributors of flowers
will be found upon our fourth page.