The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-31

lion mas assembled 10 ATTEST anew Its
gratitude to heroic defenders And
as we stand upon the border land be-
tween the living few and the many dead,
and offer our best tributes of honor and
affection, there come to us from all these
decorated graves answering messages of
Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty.
Veterans of the Grand Army: The
principles upon which your noble organi-
cation is founded are in harmony with
human sympathies, with the emil ghtened
impulses of Christian era, and with
that Unborn love of country will never
| die.
Fraternity, by the freside, and by the
campfire is beautiful and helpful, but
brethren and comrades are types only of
the great brotherhood of man.
Charity is that best name for deeds of
self-denial, done to relieve the ills and
tighten the burdens of this life, golden
mintings of the heart which bring their
own reward, "blessing Him that gives
and Him that takes.''
Loyalty, even when misdirected, when
it is but blind devotion to error, or the
desperate cause of individual ambition,
discloses grains of good, and wins its
need of praise; but when, as in this land,
upon the heights, in the pass, and on
the plain; it has battled for the right,
and through victory laid the broad
foundations of good government, and
suffered not the ancient landmarks of
the Union to be removed, it is worthy
to be commemorated by monuments of
| marble and granite, and the votive Of
ferlngs of Memorial Days.
In closing the audience, band and
quartette joined in singing America -
and the audience were dispersed with
the benediction.
At Westbrook.
Tee fair and bright morning of Decor
| alton Day called out hundreds of our
| people to witness the parade and the
memorial exercises at the cemetery.
1t seemed as if a larger number of people
gathered about the Evergreen Monument
on the hill to observe the commemor-
| alton exercises than ever before since
| this beautiful custom was established.
AT nine o'clock the procession formed
in the square at the West End in the
following order:
Platoon of Police in charge of City Marshal
Portland Cadet T. R J; dl0u 81 ojeces-A n
Whittemore, leader. Ter " -
Cloudman Post, G. A, r., 50 men-G. A. Hunt
westDrook Drum c 6orps a5 pieces-A Sweet
Westbrook Fire Department, 80 men-Chief
Marshall Leighton.
25 High School Boys, in charge of Principal
Small
Carriages containing disabled veterans, clergy
men, members OF the city government and
citlzenS.
The line of march was through Bridge
street, to Brown, to Main, to Brackett,
to Cross, to the cemetery. Rev. A. N.
Davy began the exercises with prayer
followed by dirge by the band, decor
alton of graves by squad of veterans
under command OF the officer of the day
George Debeck, and the general exer-
cises of Cloudman Post at the temporary
Monument of Evergreen, participated
in by Commander Hunt, and Chaplain
Debeck. A dirge by the band closed the
services.
There are 33 graves of soldiers in this,
the old village cemetery. Different
squads of veterans had been sent to de-
corate the seven graves at Woodlawn
cemetery and the three at the cemetery
on the county road.
At the close of the parade dinner
was furnished the veterans and the
musicians at the G. A. r. banquet hall
by the young people of the Christian
Endeavor societies. Throughout the
entire line of march of some two miles
in length throngs of people had gathered
on the different streets to see the
veterans once more in soldierly array.
There was a complete cessation of
business of all kinds throughout the
city. The stores were open but few
hours in the morning and the manufac-
tories were closed for the entire day.
In the evening Rev. Matt S. Hughes of
Portland delivered most able and in
teresting address to large audience in
the West End Congregational church.
The audience room of this edifice was
beautifully decorated with national
colors.
At Cape Elizabeth.
One hundred and fifty graves were
decorated at Cape Elizabeth yesterday
under direction Of Marshal Small. In
the afternoon Rev. Mr.. Ross, Rev. Mr..
Kelley land Fred Smart delivered ad-
dresses in the Congregational church.
and Comrade Noah Knight read the roll
of honor.
Notes.
The fire laddies had the square roped
Off SO quickly that they caught the crowd
mapping. and for once there was plenty
OF room for services and manoeuvres,
1t required 700 wreaths to commemo-
rate the graves of buried comrades in
this city.
), Flowers were exceedingly scarce,
there being an absence of those we'll
known spring flowers, lilacs, syringas
and snowballs.
Monument Square was brilliantly
lighted by electric lights last night,
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