The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-06-17
DECORATION DAY.
military and Civic Displays all
Over the Country.
Observances in New York, Phila-
delphia and Washington.

hininp the martial strength of today and
what Is left Of the soldiers of the sixties, was
In every way successful, with young man.
hood in the front, AMI the graybeards and
their children and children's children bring
ing up sturdy and cheerful rear.
The reviewing stand was erected at the
Worth Monument, with another stand o.
equal size across the street In this neigh
borhood the crowd was thickest. Among
those on the stand when the head Of the pro-
cession appeared were ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Jones Mayor Grant, Gcueral Emmois
Clark and his daughter ano daughta:-in-
law. Mrs. Thomas j. Bell, tbs leader of tho
@. A. K. Women's Auxiliary, Of Auburn,
Il. z, General Dan sSic,sles, General Franz
Sigsl, Comptroller Myers and General Robert
Nugent.
command of Colonel Loomis L. Langdon, of
the First Artillery. the first battalion was
made up Of seven companies Of marines,
under command Of Major Huntington. The
second battalion, with the baud from
lPhiladelphia, consisted of six com
tpsnies Of foot detailed from nearby posts,
and commanded by Lieutenant Charles E.
Callahan. The third battalion, under Lieu
tenant W. E. Sewell consisted OF number
of companies of blue jackets as an artillery
division Several companies Of sailor boys
In man-o-war uniform, white leggings and
muskets, every man young and erect, started
the hands a. a-clapping as they rolled by. Their
sailor caps bore the names Of the ships Phila.
delphia, Petrol, Lancaster, Vermont, Com
cord, Yantic and Enterprise. The applause
continued when four more companies OF sail
ors detailed as artillery, each company drag.
ging machine gun by a rope, marched rap
Then came the State militia, and, as usual,
they captured the popular heart. The entire
First Brigade was out, with General Fitz-
gerald and staff in the lead.
) There wers forty-six posts in the Grand
Army line. which was led by Grand Marshal
George Chapel and staff. Old Gen. Daily,
who does not look his ninety-four years, was
one Of the guests in carriages, and was
cheered all along the line.
= The parade wound up with number o.
bows Organizations, including some posts OF
Che Sons Of Veterans, and five companies
from st. Johns College in pretty uniform
resembling that of the State militia. The
whole parade was an hour and twenty mln-
utes in passing the stand.
The memorial services at the tomb OF
General Grant in Riverside Park during the
afternoon were Of q remarkably impressive
character, and particular significance at
tached to them, because among the partlci.
pants were many Confederate veterans,
Wills AN e1-Confederate soldier, General
John S. Wise, delivered the oration. The
exercises at the tomb were under the direc-
tion of U. S. Grant Post No 327, G. A. r,
and it was through that organization that
the Blue and the Gray were brought to-
gether.
In Brooklyn nearly all Of the big stores on
the principal thoroughfares were closed, and
business very generally was suspended
display of bunting. While possibly the pa
rade was not so large this year as on former
occasions in Brooklyn, the crowd that came
out to look at it was greater.
q Decoration Day was celebrated with equal
pomp and ceremony in other places tnan
New York, Every Town and village in the
suburbs had its parade or memorial service.
Memorial Day exercises were conducted at
Rhinebeck, n. Y. on an elaborate scale by
Armstrong Post. The principal event Of
the Gay was the oration by Vice-President
Morton.
Decoration Day in Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
was observed in more fervent spirit than
usual, because Of the additional celebration
Of laying the corner stone OF the State Arm
ory. Governor Hill anil staff arrived On a
special train from Albany at noon. and wers
escorted to the Dutchess Club, where the
Governor was rendered reception. During
the parade he rode over the line of mercl in
an open barouche, dra wn by four horses.
! President Harrison, Secretaries Proctor
and Tracy, Postmaster-General Wanamaker
and Private Secretary Halford helped Phila-
jdelphis to celebrate Decoration Day. Busi
ness was almost entirely suspended. and
while the day was cloudy and threatening
all Of the ceremonies were wltne:se1 by big
crowds.
a Tho Grand Army ooStS and tne District
!. National Guard celebrated Decoration Day
In due form at Washington City. Early
In the morning the Grand Army
posts and their military escort as
sernbled near Pennsylvania avenue and at
half-past ten moved along Fifteenth street to
Pennsylvania avenue, thence TO Georgetown
and the Aqus6uct Bridge, where the parade
was dismissed and the Grand Army posts
proceeded to Arlington to attend the decora-
ton services to be held there. At Airing
ton q salute at noon opened the memo
rial services. A dirgs was played by the
Marine Band, followed by the rendition OF
funeral ode by the Mozart Club. The
line then moved with solemn music
past the tomb Of the unknown dead"
and the participants separating, decorated
the graves. Mrs. General Sheridan had
charge Of the floral arrangements. Tae
tomb Of the gill unknown dead was elabor-
stely decorated.
At Boston, Mass, all business was sus-
pended and all soldiers graves were deco
rated. Services at the soldiers and sailors
monument on the Common were held at 9:3o
A. n by E. W. Kinsley Post which also Ia
Der held services in fremont Temple,
the address being delivered by Mrs. Mary
A. L:vermore. The observance Of thu day
was general throughout Eastern Massachu-
setts. At New Bedford new feature was
introduced in each cemetery, where all the
graves were decorated simultaneously at the
sound of bugle.
There was parade Of Granl Army Posts
through the business part of Chicago. H.,
during the afternoon, ending with review
by General Nelson A. Miles, United States
Army. The parade then broke into
companies and proceeded to the various
cemeteries, where memorial services accord
ing to the Grand Army OF the Republic
ritual were held. The Abraham Lincoln
decorated by the children of the Lincoln
, School.
The Grand Army OF the Republic and tho
Sons Of Veterans joinel in an imposing street
parade at st. Louis, No, and then with thou
sands Of citizens of all classes went
to the National Cemetery, at Jes.
ferson Barracks, twelve miles below the
city, where nearly twenty thousand Union
and Confederate soldiers lie buried. All
alike were strewn with flowers to the &C
gcomeanient Of solemn music and salutes OF
artillery. Ransom Post held memorial
services In Exposition Hall in honor
of General Sherman and his grave in Cal
vary Cemetery was decorated with wreaths
of flowers by the Ladies' Relief Corps OF the
Post. The statue OF General Grant, in
Twelfth street. and tn, graves and monu-
ments of all other soldiers in the various
cemeteries Of the city received like honors.
! At An?ersonville, Ga. Colonel j. F. Han
SON. of Macon, an ex-Confederate soldier.
memberof the Pan-American Congress- and
one of the most prominent men in Georgia,
S.E- tho Dncoraiinn Dav o16raSS