, 1890-05-31

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the admiration ofthe world. Memorial day
is aIrenewal of pledges of loyalty, of bonds
of b r,therhood. of that indefiuable some
thing which makes men stand shoulder to
shoulder in times Of trial. Its observance
is essentially Of a military nature, but 1t
is meet that the living should repair once
q twelve-month to the tombs OF their
dead and strew heavens flowers abou: the
graves.
PERFECT WEATHER.
The day was lovely throughout. The
skies were cloudless and the suns beating
rays tempered by a delightful breeze that
considerably refrained from d~allyiug with
the dust.
AT THE FORT
In the morning a special train carried
Reynolds post, G.. A. R., company H
girl guards and a large number of citizens
to Fort Russell. The visitors were re-
ceived in military style and escorted to
the Russell cemetery, where tie graves Of
more than $50 veterans were decorated.
H BIG PARADE
The parade of yesterday afternoon was
an extremely pretty turn out, one of the
neatest ever seen here. Under the direc-
ton of shief marshal. Gen. Miner, the
column formed at Sixteenth and Eddy.
1t was but a few minutes after
the hour designated for moving
when the bugle call sounded. The
various divisions fell in without
confusion. Gen. Miner with these aids,
was at the head: Lieut.. Durfee, Col. W.
l.. Kuykendoll. Maj. Frank II. Clark,
Maj. John Talbot, NJ. p. Keefe, M. z.
Hanni6n. The 18th infantry band, at
full strength, led that regiment. Eight
companies of infantry, in dress uniform
and with fixed ~bayonets, were In line, the
following officers in charge: Co. A, Capt.
Van Horne; Co. B, Capt. Green; Co. c,
Lieut.. Nickerson; Co. E, Capt Clarity;
Co. f, Capt. Bennett; Co. G, Lieut..
Druen; Co. /, Capt, Roberts; Co. K,
Lieut.. Clay. The 18th includes a fine
looking lot OF men, well disciplined. and
they never appeared better than on yes
terday. The regulars march well. They
are not stiff, but yet maintain an upright
ness that conveys the idea of soldierly
learning. Col. Ofley commanded the
first division.
Uniformed secret societies followed the
18th. These were the Uniform Rank,
Knights of Pythias, Canton. NJ. P, Al
lemania lodge and Cheyenne lodge Of /.
o. o. +. The Canton has a rich and
handsome uniform and drills splendidly.
Capt. Whipple was in command. In
helmets, long coats and with swords the
Knights, in command of Capt. Schnitger
were quite dashing. A. d. Kelloy di
rected the movements of the division and
sat his horse like a major.
The Cheyenne FIRE department and the
Irish Benevolent Society made up L. W.
Warlaumont's third division. LARGE
delegations of the Pioneer Hooks, Du-
rants, Clarks and Alerts were in line
under their respective foremen. Nearly
fifty members Of the Irish Benevolent
Society 10 white gloves and regalia turned
out and they elected favorable remarks
all through the parade. The Union
Pacific band, which did just a little better
than aver before, led the third division.
1t Is no d~isparagemeut to the visitors to
say that the Union Pacific was az good a
band as the column had.
Col. N. j. 0'Brieu was commander of
the fourth division. Capt. Stitzer's Co.
b, w. N. G., came first. Forty men in
the fetching gray. were in line. The
company has improved in marching.
Nearly 100 veterans, mostly members of
John +. Reynold's post of thIs city, made
the march. The old soldiers walk along
in an independent, social way as enjoyable
to the spectators as to themselves. Gen.
Fisher, Rev. S. A. Bright and Mai.
Sitter were in carriage. Ac ing
Mayor Hebard and councilmen and city
officers were also in carriages. Citizens
riding and afoot closed the column.
The line Of march was east on Sixteenth
to Capitol avenue, north to Seventeenth.
east to Seymour, north to the cemeteries.
AT THE CEMETERIES.
Tremendous crowds gathered at the
cemeteries and decoration of graves was
never more general or elaborate. The
Seventeenth remained at parade rest out
side, the societies entering and placing
tributes on the graves OF dead members.
Wagon loads Of flowers had been taken
out in advance and nearly every member
of each organization carried q bouquet.
Salutes were fired by a squad for the
veterans. Reynolds post has a large lot
with a fine monument in the city cemetery
and a flag foated here. Dirges were
played by the bands. Hats were made
at the Catholic, Odd Fellows and city
cemeteries. Many of the private decora-
tons were beautifulindeed.
Many fingered at graves, but hundreds
followed the procession back to town. The
march was south on Seymour to Eigh-
tenth, west to Warren avenue, south to
Sixteenth. west to Eddy and dismiss.
The troops marched to the depot and
boarded the special train provided for
them.
IN Il EVENING.
The Methodist church was filled last
evening to hear Rev. s. A. Bright's ora
tion. The speaker gave war incidents
and drew lessons of the struggle. Rev.
Cowhick opened with prayer and pro-