Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-05-31
How THEDAY WAS HONORED
Memorial Day Observed as
Usual at Salem.
FIVE THOUSAND At The SQUARE
A Grand Assemblaye at Reeds
Opera House in the Even
ing.

1t was a clear cool beautiful day,
The city was crowded with people.
The exercises held in the city drew
out on unusual attendance. The
cars made regular trips both
ways and carried thousands to the
Rural and Mission cemetries. A de-
tail was sent to both to decorate the
graves.
THE PROCESSION
was formed by B. and H. Co.'s
Oregon National Guard marching
from the armory, led by the Second
Regiment Band in full uniform.
Sedgwick post and visiting Grand
Army men were ranked in fours OIL
Chemeketa street. B. company OF
the state militia then counter
marched and the veterans filed out, (,
the company acting as eccort. The
procession proceeded up Commercial
street to Marion square. 1t was well
ordered in all respects.
AT MARION SQUARE
Sedgwick post two hundred strong
marched inside the rope enclosed
square which surrounded the speak
ing stand. The color bearers with
color guards took place on the plat
form. Marshal of the day MajoI
Williams and Lieut.. Stolz occupied
either flank Of the stage, which was
draped with colors and on it stood
The customary monument to the
unknown deadn Commander
Bachelor assisted by the committee
composed of Comrades Crossan,
Lockley, Sauuderson were in
charge of the exercises. The banC
played "Columbia" aud every body
got into comfortable attitudes.
POST EXERCISES.
Adiutant Lockley read the me-
mortal day orders from national and
state headquarters, at Albany, n. Y
Babies all over the grounds, which
we're crowded with five thousand
people seemed to resent the silence
Of the band, and during the inter
walls of the music, displayed their pa
triotic impulses by best use of theil
lungs. Commander Bachelor vel.
coined all present to join with the
veterans in the keeping of the day
THE RELIEF CORPS
occupied the place of honor in front
of the stage, and twenty little girls
dressed in flowers with wreaths,
were their body guards. Senior
vice commander Crossan responded
with the appropriate passage from
scripture for the many Junior vice
commanders. Brown read the re-
sponse for the army. Other respOn-
ces were in honor of peace and the
nation. All was well rendered, and
tho veterans are good public readers
THE CROWD
was immense but good natured and
reverential. There is no trouble tC
get flowers in Oregon at any time Of
the year but Memorial day is also il
the midst of the floral season and
the display was lavish. Roses, wild
flowers, French pinks, pansies, dog
wood and the gayest of gay artificial
products of the milliner's art on al
the ladies hats. For peaceful peo
pie, a quarter of century since any
war, there was a remarkable display
of warlike valor in the uniformed
veterans and armed militia men.
CLOSING SCENES
Messrs. Parvin, Cooke, Muttor
and Rev. Lee of Seattle sang
Memorial day ode "Those Heroes ol
Oursu and then the officer of the day
deposited the floral emblems in
honor of the unknown dead. Th'
twenty children now marched anC
covered their grave with flowers
The veterans then marched over the
stage and each deposited his bou
ouet Oh the same grave announcing
the regiment and state he enlisted
Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, predomi
mated, bnt there were representa-