Passaic City record., 1892-06-04


their. salute. No more striking scene
was ever enacted on any Memorial Day.
The ceremonies were under the auspices OF
u. S. Grant Post. of Brooklyn, which was
escorted by E. ID. Morgan Post, OF New
York City. The corner stone was covered
of the Chinese Empire, the gift of
the tn Chinese Consul. On the plat
form sat Mrs. U. S. Grant, the only
member of her family present. Other guests
were Colonel David S. Brown, Senior De-
partment Commander De Lacy, General
Wager Swayne and Brigadier-General
Louis Fitzgerald. There were also present
members Of the Confederate Veterans Gang
of New York and of the Loyal Legion OF
Introductory speech by Chairman Henry M.
Calvert, of Grant Post. Commander Top.
ham then read the ritual of the Grand
Army of the Republic, ami the assemblage
was led in PRAYER by Rev. Mason
Gallagher. The first GRAFTON was delivered
bv General Horace Porter. While he was
speaking a violent rainstorm came up,
but audience and speakers alike
held their ground. The next speaker was
Colonel Charles Marshall, of Baltimore, Md,
who was formerly chief of staff of General
Robert e. Lee.
In Brooklyn the parade of the military
and veterans was the principal feature OF
the RANKS OF the veterans were not as full as
last year, an l the Thirty second Regiment
was missed from the National Guard
column, from 70J0 to 5000 men were in line
The procession was reviewed from a large
stand erected in Cumberland street, about
midway between Lafayette and DeKalb
avenues, and probably not far from 100000
persons were massed in the immediate
vicinity. General Benjamin F. Tracy. the
Secretary of the Navy, reviewed the pro-
cession, with General Henry w. SIocum.
General Calvin E. Pratt, Mayor Boody.
Commandant Erbean, of the Navy Yard, ard
W. w. Goodrich grouped around him. The
memorial services at the various cemeteries
drew large numbers in addition to the dele
cations Of veterans assigned to them. From
1000 to 5000 persons were grouped around the
Soldiers monument in Greenwood. Mayor
Body presided, prayer was made by
Chaplain James J. Kane United
States Navy, and addresses de.
ivered by Congressman Thomas F. Magnerf
and Colonel M. ]. Cummings. The singing
of the "Star Spangled Banner" and the
SOLDIERS Requiem" was feature of the
ssryseS rhn.g The grayes nsf, Of g. ns : osSa Cox
veterans and friends of veterans in
Greenwood Cemetery were specially deco
rated. At Cypress Hills, in the National
Cemetery, a company of forty-two young
women and girls, dressed in white, assisted
the veterans in decorating the soldiers
graves with flowers.
At Washington, there were two general
professions, one to Arlington and one to the
Congressional Cemetery. At Arlington a
beautiful floral ship was placsd on the grave
of Admiral David D. Porter. The cere-
mony of decoration began at noon,
preceded by salute by Battery c, Third
Artillery. Following that programme OF
music was performed at the amphitheatre
by the Marine Band and the Mozart Club.
The other procession, under JUNIOR vice
Commander Bickford, of the G. A. r., went
to the Congressional Cemetery. The music
was by the Soldiers Home Band and the
Farragut Octet; addresses by Senator Gal
ilnger. of New Hampshire, and Representa-
tive Scott, of Illinois, and a poem by De Witt
c. Sprague. Theservices at Anacostia, over
the Eastern Branch, recalled pathetic mem-
ries. the graves covered being those OF
1000 veterans who died insane. The vet
Grams at the Soldiers Home engaged
in their Decoration Day exercises at 10 A. NJ.
They heard an address by General Cyrus
w. Blu ssey, Assistant Secretary OF the In
terror, poem by Edward M. Tabor, and
music from the Third Artillery Band and
the Mozart Club. Afterward the tombs of
decorated, and then the graves in the
cemetery attached to the Home. In all
30, 600 graves were decorated.
At Philadelphia the thirty six posts of the
Grand Army of the Republic celebrated
Decoration Day with the usu1- ceremonies.
Members of the General George B McCle.-
Ian Memorial Association visited Trenton,
N. j., where they decorated the grave of
Little Mac" and were accompanies by
several otiser organizations. Charles Emory
Smith and the Rev. Russell Fl. Conwel de-
livered the orations at General Meades
grave in Laurel Hill, where Major General
S. W. Crawford was also present.
At Lanox, Mass, the unveiling OF the
beautiful granite monument in memory of
Major General Paterson, brought together
many people. The body of General Pater-
son was buried in the Egleston family lot in
the church yard. Colonel Walter Cutting
represented the State. Professor Thomas
Egleston, the donor, presented the monu-
ment to the town.
At Chicago, Ill, brilliant flags and stream
ers floating from tall buildings with the in
spring spectacle of thousands OF paradlng
veterans and militia helped to dispel the
gloom of the overcast sky that marked Me-
mortal Day. At Waldheim Cemetery the
graves of the Anarchists, Spies. Parsons and
Lingg, were strewn profusely with flowers,
and the spot was made a gathe ring place for
hundreds of sight seers and others
In the Miami (Ohio) Valley the impressive
feature Of Memorial services was the cere-
monies at the Ohio Soldiers Orphans Home,
near Xenia. The usual address was de-
livered by the Rev. George w. Collier, the
venerable chaplain OF the Thirty fourth
Ohio Infantry during the war.
At Gettysburg, Penn, the Decoration
Day services on the battlefield were marred
by rain, but the town was crowded with
strangers, as usual In the County Court
house General R. M. Henderson, of Carlisle,
delivered the oration.
In the City of Mexico the American colony
celebrated Memorial Day with parade OF