Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-31

| duty as lie puts a flower above the sacred
DUST so may We to-day get n tonic for patr
| otism as We view these graves and remem
Der the larger national service of which thi
! is part.
This, take it, will be the wisest as for til
| heeting moments The monuments we erect
the flowers We strew, and the eulogies W
| pronounce can add little to that which al
ready proclaims the glory of the dead, but /
We can rise to the high purposes and nets o
duty as citizens then we shall add somethin:
to :he real monument of the soldiers.
On the Southside the Veteran Legion, G
A. r., the Sons of Veterans and Ladies o
the G. A. r. all Joined in one service il
the various cemeteries on the Southsid,
hills. The principal one was at the Metho
dist gra1e eyard, where Joseph Langitt wa
the orator of the day. He said:
We assemble to-day under pleasant au
spices, tinged though they be with sadness
We meet in the bright sunshine in the in
cense laden air, among beautiful flowers
and under the smile of Providence to com
memorate that which has been the theme O
thousand earnest panegyrics.
1t Is pleasing to reflect that in our year SC
full OF busy cares and duties and the thou
sand happenings of the times, there comes q
day when one thought, one feeling, one
sentiment animates us all - when from
Northern pine to Southern palm the air Is
full OF mourning for the dead, of tears and
thoughts too deep for tears; lull of pride for
mighty deeds; full of thanksgiving for bless
ings secured 70 us, and sweet with the odors
OF memorial flowers-a day when
The Flood Gates OF Memory
are opened and its billows bear before US,
crowned with high achievement, linea.
ments and forms over which the grave has
no power-those whom we loved and lost
amid the storm of battle-a day when, with
the griefs that we have known covered by
the lapse of 80 years, We can reverently
brush the dust from the great urn, recount
with pride and satisfaction the story of
heroic struggles, and pay back with. DEATH
less fame and ma tchless deeds of those who
sought the battle in their pride, hewing a
path to glory rs they fell"
shall leave to others with lOftier ina gina
tion and more fervid speech to picture out
the story OF theirlives, their struggles, their
heroic deaths. 1t is enough for us to-day to
commemorate their virtues, mourn their
loss, and lay our floral offerings upon the
quiet turf that hides their clay.
He was followed by "Will Deck Their
Graves With Flowers" E ghteenth Street
Choir; taps, bugler; benediction. Rev.
Frank Foster.
Committees headed by the following
chairmen then visited the various ceme-
teries and placed flowers on the graves:
SouthSide and ST. Joseph's, John C. Sias;
Old Methodist graveyard, W. T. Powell;
ST. MichaePs and ST. Peters, F. Lang
becker and n. Solters; St. Paul's, Joseph
Mcdonald; Zimmerman's, John P. Will
helm; Concord, j. Henline; st. Wendlin's
and outer ST. Paul's, W. Bisner and Ollie
ShawEen.
Colonel W. II. Moody Post Exercises.
Colonel w. H. Moody Post, 155, Mt.
Washington, held Memorial Day exercises
yesterday morning in their hall, Grandview
avenue. The hall was packed to suffoca-
ton, and the stage was decorated with flags
and flowers. The programme carried out
was: Selection, Post 155 choir, Miss Min
ME Mertins, Miss Lou Taylor, Mr. David
Myles, Mr.. Arthur Hollis and Miss Jennie
Naysmith organist; prayer, Rev. E Will
liams; Decoration Day, Post 155 Drum
Corps; reading orders, Jacob Soffel: ad-
dress, Post Commander d. H. Speer; ''Tent-
ing Tonight - Thirty-second ward school
"Cover Them Over With Beautiful Flow
ers," Post 155 choir; flowers; violets, Com
rade Jacob Nelson; daises, B. NJ. Hoffman;
geraniums, w. J. McIlvaine; white flowers,
A. c. Nevin; "Sleep, Comrades Sleep"
school children; bugle call, taps and bene-
diction by Rev. E. Williams.
Alter the exercises details of comrades,
visited the West Liberty, Mt Lebanon,
Allegheny and Southside cemeteries, and
decorated the graves of their dead fellow
soldiers.
In the Southsfde Cemeteries.
Lieutenant E. r. Geary Post 236, of
after escorting Patterson Post
l51 to the old Methodist graveyard, pro-
ceeded to the Southside Cemetery, where
they held appropriate ceremonies. The
programme carried out was: Reading of
orders Adiutant Thomas E. Jones; address.
Post Commander w. H. Gould; vocal selec.
ton, church choir; prayer, chaplain;
placing of fowers-violets, Richard Jones:
laisies, Abraham Kaufman; geraniums.
William H. Barrett; white flowers, ID. w.
Smythe. Franklin 1. Gosser, Esq, the
orator Of the day, then delivered an ad-
lrcss
CHARTERS and jennings Cemeteries were
visited by the West End posts of the G. A.
R., who carried out the following pro-
,ramme: Reading orders, Comrade A. J. |
IcQuitty. Post 215; song, Mustered Out"
Chad Stevens School; prayer, Rev. J. r. |
Urge, band; prayer, Rev. R. E. Williams:
ong. Post 153 Choir; address, R. Evans,
Post 153; address, Frank Case, Post 215;
ddress, j. A. Gould, Post, 215; address,
!. H. Williams, Post 153; song, Thad
stevens School; oration, Major E. A Mon
Doth; song, Post 153 Choir.
Major Montooth on the Days Memories.
Major E. A. Montooth made an address.
lie spoke of the memories of the day and
hen said:
The North and South to-day are united
,eople. The South erred in this, they now
re satisfied We, of the North we're the
ictors, we can be generous, as we have
een just. The ties that bind US together are
ally growing stronger: We have now
nifty of interest, a singleness of purpose
ha t bids us to forget and forgive. Year bv
ear the sad story of 1851 and 1865 is becom-
ny DINNER, and let us hope to carry with it
IL ill feeling, and in time be forgotten.
eier particularly now to the causes that led
o the Civil War. But there is something |
he outgrowth of the war; that can be re-
allied and always shonld be recalled and
hat is the duty we owe to the brave men
rho lost their lives through devotion to the
ar of their country. Their deeds of hero
SIN should be written in letters of gold |
'ur children and our children's children
hould be taught to revere their memories |
'en. pencil and chisel should tell this story
f their devotion throughout all time to
ome Next to love to Him to whom we owe
0 much. there ranks, one step below, a love
( country. 1t means love of home with all |
s tender and halowed associations; it
leans father, mother. brother. sister, wife
nj children. These make home: home
lakes country, and country means the far
nat floats over them and protects them alI'
In Minersville and Oakland Cemeteries.
The services at the Minersville and Oak
md cemeteries were conducted by Post
81, G. A. R.; Hampton Battery, Camp
So, Sons OF Veterans, and the children Of
,iChth, Ninth, Eleventh, Thirteenth and
wards. Commander John Brown
,ade the address at Oakland and Rev
harles E Lock delivered the oration. He
poke long of the freedom of the negroes
nd made strong plea for their better ed.
cation. He said the Government ought