The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-06-06
MEMORIAL DAY.
Eloquent Grafton by Hon. ". r.

Memorial Day was generally ob-
served Nav 3Oth as a half-holiday.
The banks and principal business
houses closed at noon. The gov
eminent offices also closed At the
same hour.
Commencing early in the after
noon ladies and children could be
seen at Nuuanu cemetery busily
engaged decorating the graves Of
departed soldiers and friends, and
by the time the procession arrived,
the decorations were nearly COM
pleted.
About 5 o'clock the George W.
de Long Post, G. A. R.. left their
post room on the way to the GENE
terry, where the exercises were to be
held.
They were escorted by a squad
of police, detachments from Com
panies A and E, and the Hawaiian
band. When the cemetery was
reached the following programme
was carried out:
The Duty Of Today" ......-.....-...-.
1890. 49,. -..-.--..----P Post Commander
Music.........-.--.. ......- Hawaiian Band
Prayer. $3.50. $1,000. ......... Chaplain
To-day is the Festival of Our
Dead' Commander
Decoration Of the Graves.
$1,000. ................Of Officer of the Day
Comrades, by this Service"....
......-.. .......---.-.....-. .-....... Chaplain
Music. -....... Choir
Address .-..-.... Hon. W. r. Castle
Roll Call of the Dead.-.......- Adjutant
Salute the Dead" Post and Escort
America. 1890. Choir and Band
Benediction------R Rev. E g. Beckvith
Appended is a copy Of the elo-
quent Grafton delivered by Hon.
". r. Castle:
SOLDIERS OF The GRAND Army:
Not in sorrow, but rather with joy
have you come 70 renew the associa-
tons which bound you in life and are
not severed by death. It is well to
revive the memories OF your glorious
past; not for the sake of vain triumph
but to inspire the people with noble
resolves for the life of today, and to
help toward 8 higher life in the fu-
ture. We resd in the sacred story that
SIS the Hebrews entered the promised
land they paused and built enduring
monuments of stone; not for their
own glory, but to cause future genera
tons TO remember the past with its
great lessons, and thus TO assist in
better life for them. Is it not so with
this Memorial Decoration Day? As
you strew flowers and garlands upon
the graves Of the brave who have
passed on with the vanguard you
honor their memories; you bring their |
faces, their noble deeds again before |
you. Once more you are with them |
in the long march, in the night |
watch, around the camp fire. Again |
you spring from sleep at the sound of |
the long roll; you rush to battle. |
Again are you in the midst of the |
smoke and thunder of the fight. 1
Friends are falling, but you rush on /
20 victory, and when the smoke has /
cleared away you are still there, and
these whose memories you honor were
spared with you for another life
than that of q soldier. You cast your
eyes upon this sword and your blood
has quicker flow; a new life thrills
through your nerves when you re-
member its story; how it flashed in
the sun through the terrible scenes of
the wild erness, slowly fighting its way
toward the heart of the great rebel
lion. 1t Joined in the bloody fight at
Cold Harbor; held its place at Cor
louisville, then witnessed and did its
share in the fearful scenes around
Petersburg. Over the mountains in
the lovely valley of Virginia again it
helped in winning the hard struggles
at Strasburg, Cedar Greek, Winches-
ter and other bloody fields till its
proud career was ended at Waynes-
borough. Or you are with the noble
Foote upon the rivers; with him you
are ever victorious. With Farragut
you endure the fierce pombardment,
or your memory goes back to the ex-
of the chase over the spark
ling blue of the mighty deep. You
and we all are moved with pride and
JOY at the recollection of the fine
of our navy. The fight
on Hampton Roads changed the nav
al warfare of the world. How many |
dumb symbols revive the memories {
Of that past till you feel again the !
shock of the fight, the excitement, I
the thrill of battle. Oryour thoughts
turn to the bitter sorrow of capture, I
the weary waiting, the enforced idle I
ness of prison. a world of memories {
food your brain.
old faces look upon one. old forms go g
trooping past, '
and my dim spirit wakes sgain upon the I
verge Of night" 4
To Us in Hawaii has come another / L
stroke Of SORROW. The death of our {
gallant Armstrong brings more than i