Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30

Dinsmore stepped forward to the front Of the
stand and as the last notes Of the sweet music
we're borne OF under the trees by the gentle
zephyrs he called the assembly to order in 6
brief and graceful address.
Comrades and friehds," he began, eve
gather here today, in the quiet Of this beauti.
full May morning, to place upon the graves OF
our dead the first flowers Of SPRING. tribute
Of undying love and generation for those who
gave up their lives that this nation might live.
II is pleasing to witness on each recurring S0th
Of May the increased interest manifested by
our people generally in the observance OF
Memorial day" It gladdens the heart q
every veteran to see these children with their
rades. 1t teaches the children and youth Of
this nation to remember this day and
it inculcates love Of country founded
upon the best and hottest sentiments
Of their natures. 1t is as well a guarantee that
the work of perpetuating the Union our COM
rades preserved and which ended with their
lives shall not have been in vain, and that the
memory of our heroic dead and the principles
for which they suffered and died win forever
live in the hearts of grateful people.
And SO each year, on the 30th Of May, we
gather to dedicate anew the sacred ground
battle fields, gave their lives that this great
ton might survive"
At the conclusion Of the commanders speech
the hymn Nearer, My God, to Thee" was
effectively sung by the Farragut choir. which
is composed of A. s. Fennell, w. B. Atkinson,
Q. NJ L. Sites, h. Boswell and Comrade J. 8.
Smith, director.
CHAPLAIN Wilson'S INVOCATION.
The chaplain Of Farragut Post, Rev. J. D.
Wilson, then made an eloquent and appropriate
invocation to the God Of war and Of peace and
prayed Him to guard the nation and its people
through nd hal
may arise, and he also expressed the thanks OF
a grateful people for the memory Of the men
who saved the nation in its hour Of peril.
Consolation" sweet and low and full Of har-
mony, was sung by the choir with pleasing ef-
feet, and then the poet of the day, Comrade d.
J. Evans Of the Navs Department, read an
original poem that fitted in well with the time
and place and seemed, as it were ystallization
OF the sentiments of the assembled multitude.
I'VE Deck Other Graves Today was the next
musical selection that the choir sang, and just
as 1t finished, the band, which was stationed
under the trees, started the familiar strain Of
I'm the Sweet By and Bly,
The Grafton delivered by Comrade Il. N.
Howard Of the Post Office Department was .
carefully prepared and well-delivered effort.
Standing, bareheaded and shaded from the
warm sun by the green Of the trees above, this
army veteran reviewed in an able and mastery
manner the causes that engendered the war,
rehearsed some Of the hardships of a soldiers
life and paid hearty tribute TO the boys IN
blue, who suffered, fought and died that others
might live.
DECORATING THE GRAVES.
"America" was sung with will by the choir
and chorus Of Sunday school children to the
accompaniment of the band, and after
a benediction by the chaplain the crowd
scattered around, while the children, the ladies'
committee and comrades placed flowers and
little flags above the grassy mounds that mark
the Last resting places Of many Of the nations
well-loved dead.
There are in the Congressional cemetery up
ward OF 500 graves Of soldiers, and each and
every one. regardless Of their rank and station
while alive, were fttingly remembered in these
memorial services. In this same cemetery,
TOO, lie the remains Of two women whose
memory is dear to every veteran in this city.
These are Mrs. Dinsmore, the founder and
first president Of Farragut Relief Corps, and
Corps, and their graves were covered with floral
GEN. RAwLINs' GRAVE.
The grave Of Major General and Secretary
OF War John A. Rawlins stands directly be-
hind the spot where the stand was
erected today, surmounted by tow
erlng stone shaft and this was also COW
cred with flowers and hung round
with flags and colored bunting. This decora-
ton was done by Rawlins Post, G. A. R., under
the supervision Of C. Il. McEwan of Post No. 1.
Early this morning, long before it was time
for the post to start for Arlington cemetery.
LAWNS Post made pilgrimage to the spot at
the opposite end of the town where lies the
body of the soldier whose name it BEARS
Among the floral tributes at the tomb were
TWO handsome pieces, one from G. A. r. post
IN Massachusetts and one that came all the way
from the Golden Gate.