The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-07
OUR HOu0RED DEAD.
The Memorial Temple Above the
Remains OF EX-PrGsident
James A. Garfield.
Decoration Day Fittingly Oh.
served ThrOug hOu6 the
North and South.
A Nation Does Honor to u Ma
tiOn's HerOes-PrOiuse FIora!
Tributes q Love.

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Cleveland, Ohio, where at least 2OO,-
900 people gathered to assist IN and
witness the unveiling OF the memorial
| monument to James A. Garfield
President Harrison, Vice President
Morton, Gen. Sherman and many
other distinguished government Off
cials were present. The procession
was Veryimposing, consisting oftwelve
divisions, the veterans holding the
post OF honor.
The memorial is Il colossal structure,
towering l65 feet above an emnence
IN the cemetery which overlooks the
city and surrounding country. The
ediffCe cost $3.50, 900, of which amount
one. half was contributed by the peo.
pie OF Cleveland, the remainder com
ing from every state and territory in
the Union and from many foreign
lands.
Ex-President Hayes, presided at
the speakers stand and alter America
had been sung by the memorial Cho.
rus, he spoke as follows:
Fellow Citizens: James Abram
Garfield, a native OF Ohio, u brave
and patriotic Union soldier, a states
man and scholar and President OF
the United States, having died in the
path OF duty, his COuntrymen OF all
the states and territories and OF the
| District Of Columbia, and especially
his friends and neighbors OF the city
of Cleveland and OF the Western Re
serve, aided by many good people in
| other lands, have erected this memo
rial and enduring structure TO perpet
uate his memory to future genera.
! ions. This noble purpose has been
ftIy embodied by the eminent archi
tect, George Keller, III the memorial
structure which will now be dedicated
in the presence Of tbls sunCounted mul
titl,de ot witnesses.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Leonard then in
voked the divine blessing, after which
ex. Gov. Jacob ID. Cox, OF Cincinnati,
delivered the Grafton Of the day. 1t
was q mastery as we'll as an eloquent
effort, and received rounds OF ap-
plause during its delivery. As his
voice died away, the hymn, at Is
! the Lords Own Day." set to sad,
! mournful strain, was sung by the
Temple Quartette. Grand Command
or Sir Knight Henry Perkins then an
nounCed that in pursuance Of the duty
assigned by the grand Commandery,
| they had assembled to dedicate the
memorial with knightly honors
Turning to the SIR knight stationed in
the east, he asked:
"Is it well in the east?''
The knight replied:
The sGnbeams IRON the eastern sky
Flesh from these bloc ks exalted high.
Aid on their polished fronts proclaim
! Our worthy brothers widespread fame. "
Grand Commander-Slr Knight, is
1t well in the west?
The Sir knight replied:
The chastened sun adown the west
| Speaks the same voice and sinks TO rest
No sad defeCt-nO flaw to shame
Our worthy brothers. lofty fame"
Grand Commander-Sir Knight, liz
1t well IN the south?
The Sir Knight replied:
Glowing beneath the fervid noon
| This granite dares the Southern sun,
Yet tells that walls OF fsrvid flame
Our worthy brothers well earned fame. ="
| Proclamation was then made by
| grand generalissimo, SIR Huntingdon
| Brown, that the memorial OF their it,
lustrious Sir Knight James Abram
| Garfield had been dedicated to the
uses designed, and proclamation was
made by the Templars to iour points
of the compass, while the Flag With
out Stain" was rendered.
AT GETTYSBURG.
Large delegations from WashinQt on,
Harrisburg, Baltimore, New York and
many other cities visited the hist oriC
battle ground OF Gett tysburg on me-
mortal day.
The congressional train, bearing
the members OF the senate and house,
stopped at the railroad cut on the
| lirat days field. Here the statesmen
lett the cars, and Hon. Edward NC
Pherson, Clerk OF the national house,
welcomed them on behalf Of the G t.
tysburg Battlefield Memorial Associa-
tion, of when he is a director. Coz.
BatChelder, government historian oil
the battle, then took charge OF the
party, and explained in terse but
graphic language tine battle OF the
first day, the death OF Reynolds and
the retreat OF the lst and llth corps
through the town. From here the
train re- e'urned to the Round Top
branch and passed on along the very
center Of the battlefield to Little
Round Top. Here the party dis,
Rembarked and ascended Round
Tops, where the valley Of the
shadow Of death" skirts the
hills at this point. Col. Batchelder
detailed the engagement along the
FEDERAL left, bongstreet's assault and
Farnsworth's death. Again resumlng
the cars, the return was made 10
Hancock station, where, after de,
sCilbing the charge Of Pickett and the
wounding Of the Second corps com
mander on the third day, the party
took carriages prepared for them and
drove through the Soldiers: National
Cemetery and over Culp's hill to The
Baltimore pike, and thence to the
town.
While congress was meandGrIng over
the battlefield the regular decoration
day exercises in the National cemetery
took place. There was II usic by the
choir, dropping From the Ranks
Grafton by Senator ingalls,; music,
80, Starry Flag" and a benediction
by Rev. &. A. Hay, d. d., OF Gettys
burg.
At CHICAGO.
Decoration day WAS generally OBJ
served i'm Chicago. Business was sus.
pended. The day was bright and
warm. In the morning the Grand Ar,
my posts OF the city gathered at their
respective head quarters, and, led by
bands OF musicians ana carrying
wreaths and flowers, roceeded to the
various cemeteries where the graves
I OF the soldier dead were decorated
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