The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-06-05
DECORATION DAY.
The Graves of the Blue and the Gray Honor
ed Alike.

The beautiful custom of decorating the graves
soldiers with flowers was observed in this county
last Saturday, with more zeal perhaps, tnan eve
before. No distinction was madeline graves O.
the dead Confederates being as tenderly dressed a:
were those of the Union soldiers.
1850 A. M. a procession was formed at Centre
M. e. Church, which was composed of Wann Post
G. A. R., Warren Camp, Sons OF Veterans and de
tachment of the jackson Guards OF Bel AIT, L
GERS of Wann Post are as follows: Commander
John Axer: Senior Vice Commander: James M
Reynolds Junior vice Command6er Il t B mgS
Harkins; Surgeon, Alex. P. Jones; Sergeant Major
M Krouse John T. Harkins was Chief Marshal
The officers of Warren Camp are as follows
Captain, B. F. Carman; lst Lieut.. John nj. Ban
Eugene Tucker; q. NJ. Sergeant Ellis Pennington
Sergeant of the Guard, G: Edwin Tucker; Color
Wm. PurceiI; Principal Musician, Mortimer Har-
kinS. Chaplain, John p. Axer.
The graves decorated at Centre were those OF
Daniel W. WsnD, of the Union army.
Friends Meeting House.-Barclay Vail and
Edmund a9oPes; on ne hn Unio1 & W. Will
The procession. headed by the Forest Hill Cornet
Band, DIR. +. p. Smlthson, leader, marched TO
Rock Spring Cemetery. where beautiful ADDRESS
was delivered by Col. E. H. Webster, formerly in
command of the Seventh Maryland Regiment U.
Here the graves decorated were those of Major
VIM H. Dalam, John A. Holland, VIM. I. Wann,
Capt. K. e. Duvall, John T. Raitt, Joseph Robin
son. Capt. Wood. of the U. s. Admy Lieut.. Fred.
Mccormick, of the u. s. Navy.
From Rock Spring the procession Wended It's
way to Cooptown M. Z. Church. at which place the
graves of the following were sought out ana de-
corated:
John Pennington, Howard Whitaker, VIM.
Harvard, James n. Amos. Thomas Carman,
John England, all of 1872: Oliver Carman, Henry
Clark, Alex. Patton. Alfred Holland, of the
Union army; VIM. Mason, of the Confederate
army.
The procession halted at Stokes Mill. at noon,
and partook of lunch near fine, bold spring. up
wards of 100 vehicles were in the procession.
Bethel Church was reached shout 2P: M Inc
handsome edifice was crowded with interested
spectators. An appropriate address was deliver
ed by the pastor Rev. VIM. G. Stull. Inc excel
lent choir. under the leadership of MIR. d. A.
Cairnes. sang several appropriate selections,
among which was Dropping From the Ranks"
Rev. Mr. Baumgardner sang touching song.
1.-The Unknown Grave"
The graves of the following named soldiers were
strewn with flowers:
Robert Kirkwood, James Clendenin and Major
Robert Glenn, of the Revolution; Elisha Meads.
VIM. Amos, Thomas Bay, VIM. Wiley. Col: An
drew Turner, Edward NJ Guyton, VIM: Kirk
wood, James Luckey. VIM. Glenn, Thomas
Hutchins, Thos. Hope, Nicholas Shaw, James
Beatty, Robert 7. Henderson, James Nelson,
James Rampley. Zenas Hughes, Henry Long,
VIM. Brierly-aI of 1872; DR.. Joseph Robinson,
James Vance, VIM. Kirkwood, j. Henderson
KIrkwood, Archibald Kirkwood, Robert Kirk
wood. of the Union army; Samuel George
Cairnes and Fred. Seaford, Of the Confederate
army.
Richardson