The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY
CEREMONIES.
Remarks Of President Harrison
at Philadelphia.
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Early in the morning the Grand Army
posts and their military escort paraded. At
Arlington salute at noon opened the me-
mortal services. G. w. Atkinson of West
Virginia delivered the oration. At the
Congressional Cemetery there were services
and the graves were decorated. Still an
other body of army officers and old soldiers
formed at the Soldiers Home and proceeded
TO the cemetery of the home and afterward
to the grave Of General Logan, where there
were special exercises. and an address was
delivered by General Raum and others. At
other cemeteries there were ceremonies of
the same character.
The President. accompanied by Secreta-
ries Proctor and Tracy. Postmaster General
Wanamaker and Private Secretary Halford,
went to Philadelphia.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA. May 30.-Busidess in this
city was almost entirely suspended. Pres
ident Harrison and party arrived here at
II :15 o'clock this morning for the purpose OF
taking part in the ceremonies of Memorial
day. The President and members of his
Cabinet were the guests of George G. Meade
Post, G. A. r. The President passed down
the platform between rows OF comrades of
the post drawn up on the sides without the
gates. A great crowd set up a hearty cheer,
to which the President responded by rails
ing his hat. Drawn up outside the station
was the historic City Troop of cavalry,
which from tie day that Washington en-
tered this city to take his inaugural oath has
acted as an escort to every President who
has been the guest of Philadelphia. The
party entered carriages, and, preceded by
the escort, took up the line of march for In
dependence Hall. The entire route was
profusely decorated with bunting and lined
with crowds of people whose repeated
cheering compelled the President to go
over most of the route with his hat in his
hand. When Independence Hall was
reached the President was introduced to
Mayor Stuart, who in a brief speech well
coined the President, and the latter replied
as follows:
THE PRESIDENTS REMARKS.
"Mr. Mayor, comrades of the Grand Army
OF the Republic and fellow-citizens: | es-
TEEN It great pleasure to stand in this his
toric edifee in this city, to take part to-day
as a comrade Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public in these most instructive and inter
eSting exercises which have been instituted
10 keep alive In our hearts the memories of
patriotic emotion. 1t is eminently apprO-
pirate that we should stand for little time,
before We 90 to the graves of our dead, in
this edilice, where the foundation for the
declarations of independence and of civil
government were made and put into that
course Of development which has brought
our nation to It's present position Of pros
Influence Of
the earth.
PERPETUAL PEACE.
81 have recently, in an extended trip, been
able 10 soc what the flower is of the seeds
that were planted here. We are here, in
Philadelphia, a community instituted upon
principles Of peace anu good will among
men, and yet in community that had
given conspicuous illustration of the fact
that the fruits of peace may sometimes be
made to be defended by the valOr of its so-
dIers. on did not at all depart from the
great lessons which were taught by the
founders OF this great colony when, uniting
with your comrades from all the States you
went into the field to hold up this banner to
maintain peace which should be perpetual
and ali peryading in all the States. Obedi-
ence to law is the first element of domestic
peace and social order. You went out TO
maintain that, and have established, as |
believe, again in the affections of all our
people the old flag of our fathers, and have
settled perpetually the question of loyal
submission to the Constitution and law in
all the States. 1t has been settled TO the
great contentment and happiness of all our
people.
WORTHY OF HONOR.
81 appreciate most highly this generous
welcome which you have extended to me-
and shall take part in these exercises of the
day with a sense of their fitness and of the
t..I.i .iah has
have never been able to think CT the day as
one Of mourning. | have never quite been
able to feel that half-maSted flags were
appropriate on Decoration day. | have
rather felt that the flag should be at the
peak, because those whose dying we COM
memOrate rejoiced at seeing it where their
Yalor placed it. We honor them in Joyous,
thankful, triumphant commemorations OF
what they did. We mourn for them as CONF
rades from whom we have departed, but we
felt the glory of their dying, and the glory
of their achievements covers all our grief
and has set them in an imperishable roll of
honor"
After the President had concluded the
doors were thrown open and for an hour the
Chief Executive shook hands with a large
number Of people. At the conclusion of
the public reception the President took the
train for Laurel Hill Cemetery. where he
took part in the ceremonies over the grave
Of General George G. Meade, the hero Of
Gettysburg.
AT LAUREL HILL.
At Laurel Hill Cemetery, as the Presi-
dent passed between the lines Of the posts
and under the battle flags, he reverently re-
moved his hat and bowed his head
in honor of the memories they
represented. Along the entire line of
march to the stand immense crowds
of people gree.e the President
with silent demonstrations of respect. Az
ter the usual Memorial day exercises Com
mander Sanger stepped forward and intro
duced Comrade Harrison as an hOnored
guest Of the day. AS the President stepped
to the front of the stand he was greeted
with cheers by the assembled multitude. In
his speech he said In part:
LOVE FOR THE FLAG.
"We rejoice now that grateful Govern
ment has gathered together the scattered
dust Of all these comrades and placed them
in beautiful and safe places of honor and
repose. / cannot but feel that if tney could
speak 10 us to-day they would say, Put
the flag at the top of the mast
tour of States, and nothing so impressed
and refreshed me as the universal display
of this banner of beauty and glory. 1t
waved over every school-hOuse. 1t was in
the hands of the children, and, as we sped
across sandy wastes, at some solitary house
SOME one MOuIu come 10 tn6 QOOr ana wave
it ia royal greeting.
A BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE.
1.-TWO years ago | saw sight that has been
ever present in my memory. AS we were
going out Of the harbor Of Newport about
midnight on dark night some of the Off
GERS of the torpedo-station had prepared for
US beautiful surprise. The flag at the top
OF the station was unseen in the darkness
OF the. night when, suddenly. electric
search-lights were turned on it, bathing it
in flood of light. All below the flag was
hidden and it seemed to have no touch with
the earth, but to hang from the battlements
Of heaven. 1t was as If heaven was ap-
proving the human liberty and human
equality enjoyed by that flag.
EQUAL LAWS.
"Let us take on this occasion new draught
OF courage; make new vows of conservation
Let us not forget that as good children and
good patriots 1t is our duty always to obey