New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-31
THE DAY At WASHINGTON
APPROPRIATE EXERCISES AT ARLINGTON
AND ELSEWHERE.
FLOWERS FOR THE GRAVES OF eHBnIDAN AND
LoGAN-A MONUMENT TO GENERAL
pAUL UN ' EIBEU'
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Washington. May 3o.-Mcmorlal Day here dswned
with eaden skies AMI breeze which portnnded ram
later the clouds vanished but rCappcard before tho
formal exercises Arlington had ended and gave Tho
veterans and their friends a thorough voting AS
Washington during tho for tho preservation OF
The Union was a main centre Of military operations
an now twenty. four years afsrwsrd, II Is chief
cs,+re NJ the annual services which recall the toll
the struggles and the supreme sacrifices OF tho men VINO
laid down their llvos in the cause OF American nation
atty aud human freedom. in tho eigh'y NauouSI
cemeteries which guard the ashes oil men VINO uoh pr
that calre are tho graves OF more than 5loOoo Coh
soldiers and more than $4,000 OF tho TABLETS over
those graves arc marked with that word Of sad sgnih
canoe Unknown" an Official" word and not happy
one to place ovor the scpulchrc OF patriot within
radius OF sixty miles from Washington lie ten OF
these cemeteries with the graves OF 81 900 Union dead
about one-sixth OF the great army which Hes on
tombed undcr the shadow OF the stars ana STRIPES DC
tween tho shores OF Long Island and the DAMS OF the
RIO Graude and the Golden Cato. On the hoiEhS Oh
Arlington lie buried l6 900 Union deah-ah HhS GeS'
than Washington ever Commanded. yonuer d tI'"-
crioRsburg the aggregate exceeds 5000; at NleA
andra, $500; at Culpcppcr, 1865; al Ah"o."'
400; at Soldiers Home 800; at BARS hl"H' "h'''
tho gallant DaNer FILL rs. not oil OF these graves
were decorated today. but at every cemetery memorial
c1cr,ses wcrc held and the ceremonies were unusually
solemn and Impressive
Tho Grand Army OF the Republic hnd concentrate"
its efforts upon Arlington, and the ceremonies 'h'''
yerc upon a larger scale than elsewhere Attorney
General Miller vas the representative OF The Adninia
trarion at that plaU,. General ID. : Alexander was
the orator OF the day. and tho poem was deN'rcn pS
Eugene f. Ware. OF Kansas. The invocation WIS m'4t
nv Glsbop Hurst ard sppropriat" music was TH"'r''
nv tbe Marine Band and tho Mozart Club, ana sa'u''
was arrd by battery Of artillery General SherHah
tomb was specially decorated by the ladies oil inc
Potomac Relief corps, and Monument 10 Haon'l w.
Paul was unveiled with an appropriate ahdroSs U!
Chief Justice Charles Drake
At the soldiers Home, Major S. 3 Rock"'"h a'
uvorcd an orailon and ,oon"l be"it l. sWs eu' ~"
an original pocIr while SIMILAR oiiocS were p'tIo''u,H
:, ,ho congressional Cemetery by tho Hon W. W
=, ~ ,,d Gcorc, H. Fleming rep chN'iy, , -.
iYy.,,r-, v.rr. ,frWn Owe" I'ucfa L@-'' '"''O ~
committee of tho Logan Guard nl I''nI; -, 81,
~ 81 Matthew Church mass wa ''I-ultI 49," = -
.,e,ncE Tor tho r,puse Of tho soul OF Hon'Th Hirt[
a. all for tho soldiers HhO itu "a IA NG. IL'
uan "' ID GcrcT,I sheridan occupied TIC family pow
a. sheridan va, not prCsHut on account OF s'h.hs
The attendance al Arlington WAS unN"au9 a.
.,J In Iud Il A number al distinguished PrI-"I'
Si",-se,r Mr. and Ms Mckee and IT. 80 ." nv
n huc House arrived shortly DOOR "'I a,' S.nr,l
. hou1uot OF flowers watch va place. on -, -
., DSIt,'s crave General Schonc'1 ana HiaN' =
49, CawyCr and Maudcr<"n. CFil 'rNiot '4t,,hs
,,,,sr lyman and Patent Commissioner Ml''hri "s''
also present. $1,000, ,..orIc t.n kcrs To-day
o." the A ntictam battlefield To- 'aEn par Ia W'
n'cnra,iotI DAy ccr~m'hlrs. AW'hE t'rnt
nDcnr."rnfaiycs NcC0mas, 81 MARYLAND. bn't'TWlrM'
80 Shto Uaynr of PENNSYLVANIA, h"trnah' OF OGh"
C;ser OF Iowa, and Cheahe. OF Indiana"