Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-31
GLORY WTHE DEAD
The Graves Of NJ orovo|
etrewn with Flowors
THEIR VIRTUES REmfmeEnEo


>>S<< <<t<<8s . ~3R<e<4 t4*tto 00V4U 041U -
start. II sss Memorial day - - ~
not rained for nearly twsuly -(our
hours. slowly the old unaa eafheco1
himseif, and frowned n tAs b5nsrno1o
Of his disappointment. Then ~ ~.
Just ~ the fsmous old ~ bsena ~
iachrymal exhibition. tie Nemorin1
day parade started from the cosner C
West Bridge and Turner etroses.
The line OF march hs1 hooa LID uuk
through West Bridge serset = Caaal.
then up Monroe and Fultou stsoo1u, -
turning 70 Powers' opera hcuso - -
way of Division snl Pearl o1rooo.
Elaborate preparations he'd hoon uo1o
along the line of the parade. eoasosly
. window but reflected the nnaaoool
colors, and fiags and strssnsas heaHo1
upon the air in almoa recklsn -
fusion. The only building thAs 1i1n'o
glitter with embien,s of pa1ris1inm -
the postefice- The ons raegsd. dis>v
nAg fiappsd dismaiIy abeus ~ o.
torted weather vane. or eiss hung -
head in the most ab1sct husailtaoioo O
Il it we're the tastsred. disgrooufo1
trapping Of . lost oauso. raGA0r 1hon
the emblem Of great natSon.
The line Of marcia ~oo thronQod ~
expectAnt humanity. Tuo a1mooe -
columns Of spectators yAuged from 60
corner Of Turner and WeGe 1Ft1no
streets TO Fulton Street perk. Tko
process,on wAs announosd 70 oonst
froua the corner at bali -
nine; but like eli proooufono
il Was late. Marshai yu1d 6naily
formed hss var,ous socaetaos il lino 90
the procession moved up Wet 0E11Go
street II was hsaded s. Lleu1snGne
Hurley and . platoon Of police vo1~
lowing thsoe were The noSuhol 60 ~
aides and wurxburg's hoo1. col. W. &.
AcGurrin and Maj. Z. n. 1oe. mouno-
ed upon the trn1ifiooal 1ugy eAnEuoEn,
but looking very olithe ed 6s6oGn{r,
led the local companies q niGAiGno
state troops- First in tie 1ino of MI
ha was Company Z. f0rty-ove -,
Under Capt. 3. c. Beansok FelkeyinG
this wAs Company B. II vas oe9-
maudod By Capt. J. d. KroaDoe, 90
bad thirty-ooven mon - lire. Ihoo
came Company n. WITH thiFty-thpoo
men, under Capt. Theodore LADport
Fox battery. with twenty -four 80 49,
two brass field pleces. brought 40 ~
rear. IL was commanded ~ Oope. J,
p. Babcock.
Order sf tAs q. \. - Pssss.
Following the state militia veso ~
local Grand Army poets. Cuotox. .ChomD-
lin, wasson. Grand Rapido, Lo0ka orl
Union Veterans Union, in the Oder
named. Custer post waa ID ~ O.,
mander =. p. Cookn, end nuGpAogu1
about forty-lise men; clAmptin go
'undes Commander W. L. DaIiey, cd.
tanned about forty msns RaaD6n -
under Commander w. y. John0oo
numbered sixty-three. Tvonty.oino
veterans under Comman1er Moujo>
tock constituted Grand Raplds -
and thirty -seven men uuder o.
mander w. w. Fowler repreoonted Lo-
gan post. The order q ~ 0n1n1
Army procession uns bSOuGht - ~
Union Veterans Unien, thif>pes =
number. under Gel. Henry Glooon.
Following the Grand Array peolo
came Mayor stuart and nies.
damp and equally pAtsictac. nel
their oonversAsion bet0oen 1o~uG
contracts for sewers- Thon came -
ident A. G. Adsit, The Hon. L. q. ~
mer, orator. and the Rev. J. Z. Huso61-
A long procession of haoks ed mr-
riages followed. The pcocsouboa -
an imposing sight ~ il turpod kro0
Canal into Monroe streeen. - uon4
an eye was moist ~ u bro1n
ranks OF the Grand Any -
oontraake1 9TH the ofniunea Mown