Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-06-10

the river beneath the bluff roared
was was ever ss enacted on any Memorial Day.
The ceremonies were under the auspices of
U. S. Grant Post, of Brooklyn, which was
escorted by E. D. Morgan Post, of New
York City. The corner stone was covered
of the Chinese Empire, the gift of
form sat Mrs. Q. 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 Camp
OF New York and of the Loyal Legion OF
America. The exercises began at P: NJ by an
Introductory speech by Chairman Henry NJ.
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
by 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 or
the Memorial Day celebration, and, although
the ranks of the veterans were not as full
last year, AMI the Thirty second Regiment
was missed from the National Guard
column, from 1000 30 5000 men were in line.
I The procession was reviewed from a large
stand erected in Cumberland street, about
| midway between Lafayette and Dekalo
avenues and probably not far from 100, 900
persons were massed in the immediate
vicinity. General Benjamin f. Tracy. the
Secretary of the Navy, reviewed the pro-
cession, with General Henry W. Slocum,
General Calvin E. Pratt Mayor Booty,
Commandant Erbean, of the Navy Yard, and
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 Green wood. Mayor
Body presided prayer was made by
Chaplain James J. Kane, United
States Navy, and addresses de.
livered by Congressman Thomas F. Magner
of the Star Spangled Banner" and the
"Soldiers' Requiem" was feature of the
services. The graves of S. S. Cox,
General Thomas S. Dakin, and other
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 placed on the grave
of Admiral David D. Porter. The cere-
mony of decoration began at noon
preceded by a salute by Battery c, Third
Artillery. Following that programme Of
music was performed at the amphltheatre
by the Marine Band and the Mozart Gu b.
The other procession, under Junior Vice
Commander Bickford, of the G. A. R., went
RI Conversational
was by the Soldiers Home Band and the
Farragut Octet; addresses by Senator Gal
finger. of New Hampshire, and Representa-
tive Scott. of llliEois, and poem by De Witt
G. Sprague. The services 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, a poem by Edward M. Tabor, and
music from the Third Artillery Band and
the Mozart Club. Afterward the tombs of
General Logan and General Hunt were
decora ted, and then the graves in the
cemetery attached to the Home. In ali
sc, 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. McClel-
Ian Memorial Association visited Trenton,
N. j., where they decorated the grave OF
'Litt.e Mac" and were accompanied by
several other organizations. Charles Emory
Smith and the Rev Russell II. Conwell de-
livered the orations at General Meade's
grave in Laurel Hill, where Ma jor-General
S. W. Crawford was also present.
At Lanox, Mass, the unwilling of the
beautiful granite monument in memory of
Maior-General Paterson, brought together
many people, The body Of General Pater-
son was buried in the Egieston 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, H., 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 gathering 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-
J hvered 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 crowded with
| strangers, as usual. In the County Court
| house General R. NJ. Henderson, of Carlisle,
| delivered the grafton.
In the City of Mexico the American colony
| celebrated Memorial Day with parade Of
| the G. a. R. and Sons of Veterans.
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