Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-31
Features of It's Observance
in This City.
Services Held at the Various
Cemeteries.
Bartlett Monument Dedication and
COmrade Cards Speech.
The Grand Army Posts Turn Out Aided
by the Woman's Relief Corps and
Sons OF Veterans.

none were more interesting than those
under John A. Logan post, No. 139,
G. A. R., held at the City cemetery.
The ceremonies opened with the singing
of America by children of Miss Eleanor
joys class of the Spring-street school.
Rev. j. III. Phillips offered prayer, and
was followed by Ex-Governor Gosper in
five-minute talk on patriotism. The
young vocalists OF Miss joys class sang
the Soldiers Movement Hymn, and
then came short address on John A.
Logan, Soldier, Patriot and Statesman,
by L. A. Sheldon; a. recitation on Our
Noble Dead, by Fred L. Reardon; a
song by a quartette composed of Mrs.
Tarble, Miss Ahers, Walter Williams
and George Hanna, was one OF the best
things ON the programme; ]. A. DON
nell, another five-minute man, gave an
address upon The Starry Flag; memo
rial service by the post took up a few
minutes, and then a firing party from
Company A, of the Seventh regiment,
N. G. c., stepped forward and fired the
salute to the dead. The quartette came
next on the programme, with an adap
tation of Carleton's Cover Them Over
with Beautiful Flowers; then W. A.
Seamans gave five-minute address
upon Our Honored Dead. After The
Vacant Chair had been sung by Miss
joys pupils, Rev. J. A. Phillips uttered
the benediction, and the ceremonies
closed with "taps" by George Fitch, OF
the Seventh regiment bugle corps.
RosEDALE CEMETERY.
Two hundred men OF Stanton post, in
command OF Commander Haskins, ass
sembled at Rosedale cemetery, at 10
O'Clock yesterday morning, for the pur-
pose of decorating the graves of their
dead brethren in arms.
The soldiers burial lot is on the
browning point of the cemetery, and is a
large square space inclosing twelve
graves. A flag at half mast hoated from
the tall pole on one side of the lot, and,
as the veterans marched to this spot,
each bearing flowers, they halted and
broke ranks, after which they dispersed
in squads over the cemetery,
A Dugle call sounded by Bugler o. r.
Thomas assembled the veterans before
the graves, when 200 school children
from Rosedale school, in charge of their
teachers, passed before the veterans and
deposited the flowers which they bore
in their hands on designed mound con-
structed at the foot of the flag mast, in
symbolical representation of the resting
places of the dead soldiers. The graves
of the soldiers in the plot we're also
decorated during this interval, after
which the bugle again sounded, and
Commander Haskins opened the ritual
and commenced reading the decoration
service. At it's conclusion Chaplain
Rev. Cobb, of the post, offered the
prayer as prescribed by the ritual and
the commander resumed the ritualistic
address.
The president OF the Stanton Relief
corps, Mrs. E. K. Alexander read The
Bivouac of the Dead, and Miss Pearlie
Gleason recited You Put No Flowers on
My Papa's Grave, in her usual effective
manner. An address followed by Mr..
Jesse Hardesty, after which the salute
to the dead was fired by twelve mem
bers of the National guard, the chaplain
led in the Lords prayer, the assemblage
sang America, and the ceremonies were
over.
FRANK BARTLETT MONUMENT.
The entire city seemed to have turned
out to attend the dedication OF the
Frank Bartlett monument, erected by
Bartlett post in Evergreen cemetery.
The cable company ran trains of three
cars each, and hundreds were obliged to
walk who could not be accommodated
by the extra trains.
All the G. A. r. posts in the city were
present, and many of the prominent
citizens of the city.
Chaplain the Rev. Comrade Holloway
opened the services with prayer.
Commander Sherman then read the
ceremony prescribed by the ritual, and
Mrs. Beeson rendered The Star Span
gled Banner. She was followed by Past
Commander George E. Gard, who de-
livered the following address,
PAST COMMANDER CARDS ADDRESS.
Past Commander George E. Gard de-
livered the following address,
COMMANDER, COMRADES AND FRIENDS
Obedience to orders should always be
considered the first duty of the soldier.
1t is not, however, sole obedience to
orders nor strict compliance with inn
posed duty that brings me here today,
neither is it in pursuance alone of inyi-
tation that you have come; but rather
have we all been prompted by the gen.
erous impulses of our hearts to assemble
here this afternoon for the purpose of
participating in the ceremony of the
dedication Of this monumental shaft,
which is intended to commemorate a
valor on sea and land that is illustrious.
The granite com posing that shaft may
crumble to earth, but the memories of
those in whose honor it has been erected
will live on, lasting monuments of en-
during fame. Grand men were they,
builders of a temple of fame that will
live pictured in resplendent form when
yonder rock-capped hills shall have
crumbled to valley dust.
This time, my friends, is sacred by the
almost living presence of those who,
from out the prison pens and hospitals,
from camps and battlefields. have
joined that innumerable army OF those
who muster today on the parade ground
of heaven.
With what veneration then should
we attempt expression of their eulogies;
with what reverence should we unfold
those historic rolls OF honor, records of
tears, Furnished with recollections that
sweep our heart-strings with touch of
tenderness sublime, reminding US Of the
valiant deeds. the answering courage,
the self-sacridcing devotion, the buried
hopes of our comrades who have an
swered their last roll-call upon earth.
How dear to US OF the Grand Army
of the Republic are the remembrances
that encircle the sacred memories of