Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-04
ures on the anniversary

| OF mat great OCCASION
| from which all truly American history dates its
commencement. Today there was oratory
of the starriest description and music
that was Respondent with instrumental
stripes. The old-fashioned cannon was not
there. and the awkward or thoughtless man who
insists or having his arms blown off cut no fig
ure in the proceedings; in their places were a
battery of modern guns, and enough artillery
men to operate them noisilv and safely as
the most enthusiastically cautious could desire.
All that was needed to make the thing complete
was the barbecue.
AT EPIPHANY CHURCH.
| There were but few vacant seats in Epiphany
! Episcopal Church this morning at 9 o'clock.
To be present promptly on time was patriotic
duty. so the Sons of the Revolution ard
the Sons of the American Revolution and the
Daughters of the Revolution were all in their
respective places when the first Fourth of July
services this generation of Washiugtonans
knows anything about were opened in accord
ance with the ritual of the Episcopal church
Rev. DIR. 7. $. Childs, chaplain of the Sons of
the American Revolution, and Rev. DR.. McKim.
acting chaplain of the Sons of the Revolu-
ton, assisted by Rev. Thompson Cole,
conducted the exercises. The ushers were
Messrs. W: v: Cox. H. G.. Kemp, Gailliard
Hunt, A. b. Legare, Peyton Legare, Earnest
Wilkinson, Capt. G. d. Cowles, U.S.A., John s.
| Webb and Pickering Dodge.
THE RELIGIOUS EXERCISES.
"God Save Our Native Land was the first
hymn, sung with patriotic fervor. The other
hymn which was to the tune of .Old Hundred
and which commenced. with one consent let all
the earth to God their grateful voices raise -
rang out in grand volume over the heads Of the
multitude which stood near the doors and on
the sidewalk. The services were brief, but i'm
pressive.
When the benediction had been pronounced,
the congregation moved in professional order
marshaled by Mr.. A. K. Paris, to the Washing
ton monument, escorted thereto by the Wash
ington. Light Infantry Corps and headed
by the Third Artillery Band. Col. VIC. Moore
commanded the Infantry and had battalion to
be proud of. The boys wore their distinctive
uniform-white Austrian jackets, blue trousers
and bearskin shakOs. 1t was an OversWarm
combination for such day. but neither Col.
Moore nor any Of his men seemed to mind it
| very much.
AT THE MONUMENT LOT.
| As the head Of the column reached the monn-
ment, after passing the saluting line OF the
escort, light battery A, commanded by Lieut..
A. P. Robbins, commenced to fire salute Of
| thirteen guns-an operation which was watched
from first to last by large crowd Of people.
| Near the foot of the great white shaft-at it's
northwest corner, SO that the speakers and most
of the audience would be undisturbed by the
suns rays-was a platform. fag-draped
among others, Gen. Marcus J. Wright.
ex-Solicitor General John Goode, Henry Wise
Garnett, Admiral Greer Admiral Roe, Rev.
| DIR. McKim, Rev. DR.. I. S. Childs, George
Washington Ball, Miss Eugenia Washington.
Miss Elizabeth Lee Washington, Miss Noble
Mr.. Meredith, father of Capt. W. NJ. Meredith
| and son of revolutionary soldier
! LARGE ATTENDANCE.
! In front of and around the rostrum was an
audience which no man could number-that is,
he couldn't count it before the formal
proceedings opened up because it
moved around so restlessly and
after the speaking began nobody cared to
mingle mental arithmetic with the dose of
patriotic elocution which was being freely and
/ literally administered. good guesser said
that in all there we're about 1900 men, women
and children.
| There WAS u preponderance Of men, and es-
pecially of old men. Everybody seemed to
enjoy the occasion very much, but the banner
for enthusiasm belongs to those who were
| born under the national colors when
| the stars in the blue field were but few in num-
| Der. They were the folks who before speech
was easy or pedestrianism a success heard from
the mouths of revolutionary fathers and grand
fathers the story that never grows old: the
story Is retoiu To-Day Dy noise anu smoke, winch
on any other day would be voted an inexcusa-
BILE and insufferable nuisance
| THE DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION.
For many of the ladies-daughters of the
revolution-seats had been provided, but fully
twice many of the sturdy descend
ants of colonial womanhood stood up until
the end. and even then had strength enough to
applaud vigorously. With the mothers there
were children, and these little ones were among
the most attentive listeners and observers.