Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-06-12
DECORATION DAY.
Military and Civic Displays all
Over the Country.
Observances in New York, Phila-
delphia and Washington.

never more general IN New Ork than it was
this year. The parade of the morning, mas
sive, compact picturesque reminiscent, COM
bining the martial strength Of to-day and
what is left of the soldiers of the sixties, was
in every way successful, with young man.
hood in the front. and 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 OF
equal size across the street. In this neigh
borhood the crowd was thickest Among
those on the stand when the head of the pro-
cessiou appeared were Observation-Disclosures
Jones' Mayor Grant, General Emmons
Clark and his daughter and daugh term
law. Mrs. Thomas J. Bell. the leader of the
G. A. r. Women's Auxiliary, of Auburn,
n. Y, General Dan Sickles, General Franz
Sigel, Comptroller Myers and General Robert
Nugent.
The line was led by regulars under the
command of Colonel LOOMS L. Langdon, of
the First Artillery. The first battalion was
under command of Major Huntington. The
second battalion, with the band from
Philadelphia, consisted of six com
panies of foot. detailed from nearby posts,
and commanded by Lieutenant Charles E.
Callahan. The third battalion, under Lieu
tenant w. E. Sewell, consisted OF a number
of companies of blue jackets as an artillery
division. Several companies of sailor boys
in man-o'-war uniform, swhite leggings and
muskets, every man young and erect, started
the hands a-clapping as they rolled by. Their
sailor caps bore the names of the ships Phila,
delphia, Petrol, Lancaster, Vermont, Con-
cord, Yantic and Enterprise. The applause
continued when four more companies of sail
ors detailed as artillery, each company drag
ging machine gun by rope, marched rap
idly past.
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 were 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, ind was
cheered all along the line.
The parade wound up with number o.
boys organiZa lions, including some posts of
the Sons of Veterans, and five companies
from st. Johns College in a p city uniform
resembling that of the State militia. The
whole parade was an hour and twenty min.
utes in passing the stand.
The memorial services at the tomb of
General Grant i'll Riverside Park during the
afternoon were of remarkably impressive
character, and particular significance at
tached to them, because among the part1ci-
pants were many, Confederate veterans,
while an ex-Confederate soldier, General
John S. Wise, delivered the grafton. The
exercises at the tomb were under the direc-
ton of IT. S. Grant Post No 1877, 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
throughout the city. There was generous
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.
Decoration Day was celebrated with equal
pomp and ceremony in other places than
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 day was the Grafton 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
DRY Governor Hill and staff arrived on
special train from Albany at noon, and were
escorted to the Dutchess Club where the
Governor was rendered a reception. During
the parade he rode over the line of march in
an open barouche drawn by four horses.
President Harrison, Secretaries Proctor
and Tracy, Postmaster General Wanamaker
and Private Secretary Halford helped Phila- !
ness was almost entirely suspended, and
while the day cloudy and threatening |
all Of the ceremonies were witnessed by big |
Groves.
The Grand Army posts and tho District !
National Guard celebrated Decoration Day
in due form at Washington City. Early
III the morning the Grand Army |
posts and their military escort as
sembled near Pennsylvania avenue. and at
half-past ten moved along Fifteenth street to
Pennsylvania avenue, thence to Georgetown
and the Aqueduct Bridge, where the parade
was dismissed and the Grand Army posts
proceeded to Arlington to attend the deccra-
ton services to be held there. At Airing
ton a salute at noon opened the memo
rial services. A dlrge was played by the
Marine Band. followed by the rendition OF Il
funeral ode by the Mozart Club. The
line Their 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. The
tomb of the gill unknown dead was elabor-
ately decorated.
pended and all soldiers graves were deco
rated. Services at the soldiers and sailors
the Common were held at 9:30
A. NJ. by z. w. kinsley Post, which also la
ter held services in fremont Temple,
the address being delivered by Mrs. Mary
H. ne observance Oh Gl9 Ody
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 a parade of Grand Army Posts
through the business part of Chicago, ILL.,,
during the afternoon, ending with a review
by General Nelson A. Miles, United States
Army. The parade then broke into
companies and proceeded to the various
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