The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-31
SLEEPING BOYS IN BLUE.
COMRADES srREw THEIR GRAVES
WITH FLOWERS.


All the Government Departments.
The Ceremonies at Andersonvine.
Beaufort Thronged With Colored
People-The Days Observance Else
where.
WASHINGTON. May S0.-Decoration day
city. and all the government departments,
district offices, banks, and many business
houses were closed. The day was clear and
pleasant, and large numbers of people at
tended the ceremonies at the various ceme-
teries, while many others went fishing, on
picnics or on excursions. The procession
moved from Fifteenth street and Pennsylva-
MIA avenue at 10 o'clock, up Fifteenth street
to Pennsylvania avenue. and along that
avenue and NJ street to the aqueduct bridge
in West Washington, where the parade was
dismissed. The column was composed of
Grand Army posts, Sons of Veterans, the
district militia and mounted police, and at
its head marched the full Marine band.
Services were held at nearly all the ceme-
tories. Those at the Soldiers Home and
Arlington, under the management of the
Grand Army, were Of an imposing charac-
ter. consisting of music, vocal and
instrumental, decoration of the
graves and orations Congressman
Boutelle of Maine was the orator of the
day at Arlington and Congressman Morse
OF Massachusetts at the Soldiers Home
cemetery.
Special services were also held in German
by large number of German veterans at
Prospect Hill cemetery, where the orator of
the day was d. Skutscb, editor of the Wash
ington Journal
MoRsE's CLOSING WORDS.
At the Soldiers Home National cemetery
lie buried Gen. Logan and 6 $40 officers, SOL
diers and sailors. The exercises were at
tended by Mrs. Logan and Gen. Schofeld,
and other officers of the army and navy.
Congressman Morse concluded his address
as follows:
FELLOW SoLDIERs-We have met around the
graves Of our fallen comrades to-day to do
homage to the old flag; Under other govern
ments than our own, the throne, and the EN-
peror, king, queen and czar who sits thereon is
the object of admiration and the central point
around which the affections of the nation clus-
Ter. Having no such center of attraction in our
own free COVER nment, the affections of our peo-
pie naturally cluster around the old hag-the
nag whose azure blue set with stars symbolizes
the starry armament Of God; the flag for
which our fathers fought the long and bloody
wal. OF the revolution; the flag which Gen.
jackson defended behind the cotton bales of
New Orleans on the plains of Shalumet, send
ing defeat and CONSERVATION into the ranks of
the enemy; the old flag Gen. Taylor carried
into Mexico. that he waved in triumph over the
cities of Buena Vista and Mexico; and that was
baptized anew on hundred fields during the
civil war, fresh within the memory of US all
say, we have met to do homage to the old
flag and to pledge to its defense anew if it need
be, as did our fathers, our lives, our liberty and
our sacred honor.f
cannot close this address without bearing
testimony to the aid the union cause received
from the noble, patriotic and christian women
who, by their prayers and labors, sustained the
soldiers at the front and helped to save the
union. &c. say, God bless the noble patriotic
and christian women of the country who, by
their work, sustained the soldiers at the front.
AN IMMENSE CROWD AT BEAUFORT.
BEAUFORT, s. c., May 3O.-An officer of
the feet said to-day that although he had
just come from Hayti, the black republic,
he had never seen SO many colored people as
he saw on the streets of Beaufort to-day,
and old inhabitants who have spent their
lives among these islands, and have wit
messed the many public gatherings of the
colored people in past years, state that they
also never saw such gathering of negroes
as greeted the officers and men OF the United
States navy to-day. About $50 officers and
men were landed from the Dolphin and
were received by the colored Grand Army
of the Republic post of Beaufort. The
line was quickly formed and proceeded to
the cemetery, where the vast crowds lis
tened to an address by Hon. Il. M. Brayton.
The meeting was presided over by Intend
ant j. w. Collins. The officers have ex-
pressed themselves as satisfied with their
reception.
Tuesday evening the officers will be en-
tertained by the white people of the town
sat ball and reception at the Sea Island
hotel.
AT NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, MAY 30.-The parade in this
city to-day, though not as large as that of
the recent centennial celebration was equally
as fine. Fully 10000 people participated,
and the avenues along the line of march
were crowded with people. Gen. Louis
Fitzgerald and staff headed the column
and were followed by Troop A and the
Sixty-ninth, Ninth, Seventy-frst, Twelfth,
Twenty second and Seventh regiments and
the First and Second batteries. The grand
army men. who constituted the main body
of the parade, carried their war flags and
numerous floral pieces. They we're divided
in eleven divisions, and included in them
were many out of town posts. Grand
Marshal Charles e. Hyatt and a staff of
over 100 men headed this part of the parade.
The parade started at Central park at Fifty
ninth street and Fifth avenue. and
proceeded down Fifth avenue to the review
ing stand at Union and Madison squares.
The parade was reviewed at the monument
by Commander-in-Chief Russell A. Alger,
Mayor Grant, Recorder Smyth, Gems.
Siegel, Keyes, Carter and Hawkins, Con-
gresham j. P. Dolliver of Iowa, ex-Con-
gresham Logan H. Roots of Arkansas, of
Gen. Alger's staff; Emigration Commits
sioner Weber and number of prominent
officers. AS the reviewing party was mov-
ing up to take It's position under escort of
the Old Guard the spectacle as viewed from
the reviewing stand was a brilliant .one.
There was another review at Union square
by the grand marshal and the department
commander of the Grand Army of the
Republic. The parade was then dismissed.
The memorial day parade in Brooklyn
this morning was reviewed by Gov. Hill.
Gov. Albeit of New Jersey, Gen. Alger
aud Mayor Chaplin also participated. The
troops numbered about 10000, and made a
fine appearance.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, May 30.-Decoration day
was clear aud pleasant here, and the day
was observed as a general holiday. All the
banks, exchanges and public offices were
closed, as were also nearly all the business
houses. The decoration ceremonies at the
various cemeteries were largely attended.
All the grand army posts in the city were
assigned to the cemeteries, and there was
no general parade. Late in the afternoon
the Knights of Labor held memorial ser
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