Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-30
The Dead at Other Cemeteries-Deco-
rating the Statues-The Parade-The
Observation-Disclosures Of the Day.

gated in the cemeteries, where memorial ex-
ercises were held. The general program was
as usual, but the ceremonies were of more than
usual interest. The parade of the G. A. R. in
the morning was made more imposing than
customary by the presence of the District ma
tional guard as escort. Formal decoration-day
exercises were held in the Soldiers Home and
Congressional cemeteries in the morning. In
addition, detachments of the Grand Army Wis
lted other smaller cemeteries and placed flow
ers on the graves of soldiers buried in them.
The exercises at Arlington began at noon.
The day was made especially memorable there
by the unveiling of the Sheridan memorial and
the dedication Of the monument erected to
Gen. Gabriel II. Paul.
The Decorated Monuments.
The various monuments which adorn the
CITY were nearly all decorated by committees
from the Grand Army Posts and in one instance
an additional honor was paid. The exception
was in the case of the statue of Gen. John A.
Rawlins, situated at Ninth street and Pennsyl-
avenue. The bronze figure had been beautified
by flags and flowers and at about o'clock this
morning John A. Rawlings Post No. 1 marched
past the counterfeit of the man it delighted to
honor and silently saluted it.
Kit Carson Post No. 2 hung flags and wreaths
upon the equestrian statues of Washington
and Jackson
Lincoln Post No. 8 attended to the statue of
the great lberator in front of the city hall.
o. p. Morton Post No. and Chas p. Stone
Post No. IL did their duty by the Scott statue
Loving hearts and willing hands from Meade
Post No. placed tributes on Pap Thomas
figure at 14th street and Massachusetts avenue,
and on Greenough's Washington.
Dupont's statue was decorated by members
of the John F. Reynolds Post. No. 6, and Gar
fields memorial received every attention from
Garfield Post, No. T.
Burnside Post, No. s, had no statue of their
own hero to beautify, but they performed that
pleasing duty for the statue of Mcpherson.
Charles Sumner Post. No. 8, decorated the
Lincoln emancipation statne and also that of
Greene.
Farragut Post, No. 10, cared for its own and
did 1T well; the statue of the admiral was
really beautiful.
The Great Parade.
Grand Army hall was the scene of much ac-
tivity this morning. AS early as s o'clock and
long before the hour of 10 arrived most of its
rooms were filed with members of the various
posts who were waiting the signal to fall in for
the great parade Shortly after o'clock the
crowd commenced to assemble The various
committees who had been assigned to decorate
the statutes of military and naval heroes re-
ported to headquarters that their labors of love
were over. On the sidewalk in the vicinity of
one. Hundreds of veterans congregated there
and discussed everything from the firing on
Fort Sumpter to the heavy masses of cloud
which threatened rain. There was an infinite
variety of martial material. Some of the sur
vivors-most of them, in fact-were clad in the
regulation blue; some wore their best clothes,
and few of them evidently didn't have any
best clothes" worth mentioning; but they
were none the less loyal and none the less
brave. Time had dealt kindly with great
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heavy hands upon not a few. Empty sleeves
swung idly in the light summer breeze and
crutches were numerous. The manned, the
halt, aid the blind were all there; all ready
and willing to pay the annual public tribute of
affection to the men whose
Whose bones are dust
Whose souls are with the saints, we trust"
Old comrades who had not seen each other
since last Memorial Day-exchanged affection
ate greetings. 1t was pleasant reunion; a
Grand Army 1--WE feast.
THE PROCESSION STARTS.
1t was 11:3O when the head of the lengthy
column left 18th street and Pennsylvania avenue
and moved toward the Aqueduct bridge. Fol-
lowing the platoon of mounted police and
astride of sturdy roam horse was Chief Mar
shal Col. Fred. Brackett,a fine-looking specimen
of the model military equestrian. Behind him
came his staff, composed OF A. j. Huntoon, Il.
w. Tallmadge, Newton Ferree, James NJ Mil
Ter, o. II. Ross, DR.. Florence Donahue, and
Roger Bells. The two latter attracted good
deal OF attention; DIR. Donahue because he
was mounted on fiery little buckskin, mustang
and Col Bells because he rode skifully, albeit
he is minus the whole of one leg. Then came
the national guard of the District of Columbia,
commanded by Gen. Albert Ordway, and very
clean and soldier-like the boys looked. The
signal company, under Lieut.. ]. NJ. Field, was
next. and following close upon their heels was
the National Guard band, led by Bandmaster
August Schroeder, successful military musi-
cal organization, viewed from any standpoint
and judged by any standard.
Nobody would have recognized the Washing
ton Light Infantry corps, disguised as it was in
the plain blue blouses and trousers and brown
leggings of the militia, had not Col. w. G.
Moore been at its head and Adjutant Loeffler
not SO far away. 1t was the same old infantry,
however, when it came to solid marching. The
first, second and third battalions of the first
| regiment were commanded. respectively, by
Maj. W. N. Dalton, Maj. g. R. Gary and Ma.
| L. B. Harrison.
Lieut. ID. o. Leech, in command of the am
bulance corps, was on the left OF the first regi-
ment, and his command was judiciously scat
tered throughout the column.
At the head of the second regiment was Col.
Cecil Clay and the National Guard drum corps,
fourth, fifth, SIXTH seventh and eighth bat
tallons, commanded respectively by Major E.
r; Campbell, Major J. A. Long, Capt. J. W. F.
Williams, Major G. A. Fleetwood, and Major F.
@. Revells.
THE TWO FEATURES OF THE PARADE
came next-the light battery Of artillery and
and the troop Of cavalry. Capt. Arthur Bates
was responsible for the appearance and move
| ments of the gunners and he had nothing to be
| ashamed of. Everything was in frst-class
order and the drivers had excellent control of
the well-kept horses which were engaged in
hauling the valiant caisson decorators
The nodding saffron-tinted plumes of the
cavalry. and their jangling equipments
aroused positive enthusiasm, aud Lieut.. H. 8.
Barbour seemed well content with the recep-
ton the public gave his command.
The orator, the chaplains and the poet occu-
pied carriages Immediately behind the cavalry
and Just in advance Of that combination Of in