St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-31
mYRTLES ON MARBLE,
Mem ory's Immortelles Laid
on the Gravestones of
Brave Dead.
"a
Annual Observance Of Memo
rial Day in the Usual SO
Manner. q
ne
Cemeteries Buried in Flowers
Laid Tendeply Above d
the Dust.
Dedication Of the Soldiers
Rest in the Lutheran
Cemetery. -

holiday appearance and more of the
solemn commemorative character, and
a more serious tone prevades In the OBJ
servance of the rites over the departed
soldiers of the civil war; and aside from
the appearance of the old soldier with
his badge OF service and the civic organ
izatlons in parade, the appearance of
the city is more that of a Sabbath. Yes
terday dawned balmy and fair.and early
in the morning the selected committees
rendezvoused at post halls and proceeded
to the cemeteries of the city TO designate
the graves of the dead heroes with small
flags and flowers. The committees
having the decorations in charge
numbered about 150 veterans, and
they repaired . to the several
cemeteries in carriages to bedeck the
graves OF the 400 buried there. These
ceremonies were completed i'll the early
morning. During the day business was
generally suspended in the city, and
during the afternoon thousands of clti-
ZenS went out to the cemeteries and
added to the floral decorations until i'll
many cases the small mounds were COW
cred by tokens of love and esteem.
At Calvary cemetery services were
conducted by Rev. Dr.. Hebron, Of the
cathedral. Right Rev. Archbishop Ire
land was the orator of the day there, land
paid high tribute to patriotism and
American citizenship. The cathedral
choir, under the leadership OF John
Gehan, sang several selections. After
this the graves were visited and further
decorations were made.
Lutheran Soldiers Rest
In addition to the usual exercises of
decorating graves OF the soldier dead
at the various cemeteries Of st. Paul
Yesterday, soldiers rest was dedicated,
and marble vase was presented to the
G. A. r. of Ramsey county at the Lu-
theran cemetery. Detachments of
Acker, Garfield, Gen. Ord and Gettys-
burg e. A. r. posts, WOmen'S Relief
corps, Sons of Veterans, Regular Army
and Navy Union and host of their
friends assembled in large numbers to
witness the ceremonies, listen to the
speeches and assist in decorating the
graves.
The ceremonies were begun by re-
marks by Rev. Gausovitch, the Lutheran
minister, and by the trustees OF the
Lutheran cemetery. After reading the
letter donating the soldiers rest by the
Lutheran cemetery to the u. A. H.,
Comrade Charles j. SteeS, OF Acker
post, made the following remarks: once
more are we assembled to pay tribute
TO our noble dead, our companions
who have received their final
orders from the great Creator. our com
mander-in. chief above, for their muster
Init
provides a headstone, such as you see
around US, for the grave of every SOL
dier, sailor and marine throughout the
Union who fought for this. our eoun-
try, and there are over 400 graves so
marked in the cemeteries at st. Paul
and in Ramsey county. The state OF
Minnesota provides the sum OF $50 for
the burial of every deceased soldier OF
the late war, the Indian war or the
Mexican war who may die without
having sufficient means to defray his
funeral expenses. This is to prevent
any soldier who fought for his country
from finding a last resting place III
pauper's grave. and speaks well for the
generosity and patriotism OF our state
legislators and the esteem in which they
bold their c0untry's gallant defenders.
With view OF having these dead
heroes as near each other as possible
when the bugle sounds the last reyeille
and the soldier answers his last roll call,
the idea suggested Itself of reservlng
suitable place where they might lie TO-
gether. Application was made to the
trustees of the four different cemeteries,
and the result is that we have a sol
diers' rest in each-the Lutheron, CAL
vary, Oakland and st. Paul cemeteries
with total capacity for over $50
graves, and in which are already buried
thlrty-six veterans, and not one single
soldier is known to occupy pauperS
grave in Ramsey county today.
When l called upon and made known
the object of my visit TO William Lin
deke, the president of the board OF
trustees of the Lutheran cemetery, he
placed his hand OH my shoulder, and
looking me in the eyes, said: when
this government was assailed and our
country was in danger, you boys went
to tue front to protect it and light Tor 1T,
and, if necessary, die for 1t, While we
remained at home attending to business.
Go out to the cemetery and pick out the
incest lot in it, and you shall have it.
Nothing is too good for the brave boys
who fought and suffered for their coun-
try"
After the formal reception Of the
soldiers rest and vase by the comrades
of the &. A. r. the same will be placed
in charge of the ladies' of Gen. Ord
Women's Relief corps for decorating
purposes on Memorial days-in the
future-to ever keep fresh and green in
memory our soldier dead. as well as
their graves in choicest plants and flow
er5.
The Presentation.
Hon. Albert Seheffer, who is mem
Der of Acker yost, presented the flower
vase-Which is of beautiful Tennessee
marble and stands four feet high, and
was filled with choice f1owers-On be-
half of the donor. Dr.. Chester &. Higbee,
| who is also a member of Acker post,
and who was unaYoidably absent at
tending a medical congress in Chicago.
Mr. Scheffer spoke eloquently and in
complimentary terms of the generous
and large-hearted spirit of Dr.. Higbee,
and the magnificent gift which he
placed to adorn the Soldiers Rest at
Lutheran cemetery. He also spoke
eloquently of all Minnesota troops, and
paid great tribute to the gallant bravery
| of the First Minnesota at Gettysburg.
DR.. Gotwald received the Soldiers
| Rest and vase in behalf of the G. A. r.
| of Ramsey county. and in touching
| words thanked the lutheran minister,
| Rev. DR.. GauSovitZ, and members of the
| board of managers of the Lutheran
| cemetery for their generous gift in the
| magnificent plat of ground which was
| donated by them to the e. A. r. of
| Ramsey county. He also thanked in
| fftInU forms tho renerositv of Comrado