The record-union., 1894-05-31
OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY.
Cemeteries Made Respondent With
Beautiful Flowers.
Grand Army Veterans Decorate Their
Comrades Graves-A Wealth
of Floral Tributes.

trast to the usual weather on Memorial
Day. which is apt to be of the melting
kind
The beautiful ceremony of decorating
the graves Of departed soldiers and
others commenced on Tuesday. and be-
tween 4:30 P. NJ. and $40 2. NJ. more than
go vehicles passed through the gates OF
the City Cemetery for that purpose. es-
terday morning the work was resumed,
about 800 more carriages of various sorts
passing in for the same purpose
Over 5000 graves in the cemetery were
decorated and many Of them very hand
someIy. Superintendent Ficks and all
his men had been working hard to make
the place look as attractive as possible,
aud had fully succeeded. No grass nor
weeds married the walks, and everything
was fresh and green, the cemetery never
having looked so we'll on such an occa-
sion. Over 5000 people passed yesterday
through the front gateway, which was
decorated for the first time since the arch
was constructed.
The Masonic burial plat was made beau
tiful by flowers. showing that a great
deal of work had been done on 1t by Its
superintendent. The printers, Pioneers
and odd Fellows plats looked well also.
The character of the floral pieces through
out the cemetery far surpassed in beauty
any seen in former years. There had
never before been such preparations
made for Memorial Day, and local stone
cutters have been very busy in keeping
up with orders received. a handsome
Scotch granite monument to Major Ennis
was erected on Monday, The Chesley
tomb was nearly finished, and many other
improvements were noticeable.
BY noontime the streets were thronged
with crowds of men, women and children
waiting to witness the procession, while
the cars running to the cemetery were
crowded for hours before The parade
started. superintendent Kingsbury Of
the Electric Company had anticipated the
rush of visitors, however, and put several
extra cars on that route.
AT l:30 o'clock the Grand Army Posts,
Ladies' Relief Corps and Edward Roby
Circle. Ladies OF the Grand Army Of the
Republic, assembled at Grand Army
headquarters, in FOresters' Hall, on |
street. between Seventh and Eighth. The
members OF the Posts marched TO the
e cemetery, while the ladies rode in car
riages.
The line was composed of the Grand
Army Drum Corps, the Boys Brigade,
aud Sumner, Warren and Fair oaks
Posts, the Ladies' Relief Corps and Ed
ward Roby Circle, Ladies of the Grand
Army.
Arriving at the cemetery they sur
rounded the monument on the plat of
ground where their departed comrades
are buried, and proceeded with the eXer
cises of the day.
W. b. Maydwell, Adjutant of Sumner
Post, who was Adjutant OF the Day, read
the orders from National and Department
Headquarters calling for the observance
OF Memorial Day.
Commander w. H. II. Wiley of Sum-
ner Post then read the beautiful ritual of
the Grand Army. after which a prayer
was read by the Chaplain, Colonel Z. KEEL
logg.
4 firing squad from Company G, Sec
ond Infantry, y. g. c., under command
of Sergeant Dan. McCarty, fired a salute
TO the dead soldiers.
The national anthem, America" was
then sung by the members of the Grand
Army and the spectators, and was fol-
lowed by benediction by Rev. j. II.
Reider.
Reveille was then sounded by Wallace
Renwick of the drum corps, and the vet
Grams and others left the cemetery which
they had made beautiful by depositing
quantities of flowers on the graves OF
relatives and friends.
on account of the absence of band the
exercises were considerably shortened, as
music is usually rendered at intervals
during the ceremony, as provided in the
ritual.
The officers who officiated at the exer-
cises were: Officer of the Day, Frederick
Barrows; Commander, w. ii. H. Wiley;
Senior Vice Commander, j. S. Jones;
Junior Vice Commander, j. II. Cooley;
Chaplain. G. Kellogg; Adjutant. w. b.
Maydwen. d. J. simmons was Grand
Marshal and a. ID. Hurd, Chief Aid.
Following were the committees of the
cises, both in the afternoon and evening,
were carried out:
Sumner Post, No. 3-W. II. H. Wiley,
c. kellogg, w. b. Maydweil, NJ. 4.
Gates. Warren Post, No. 54-Joseph S.
Jones. a. d. Miller. George S. Herr, a.
D. Hurd. Fair Oaks Post, No. 120-J. II.
Cooley, George w. Ficks. NJ. D. Bronson,
n. II. Murray. Sumner Corps-Mrs. j.
II. Lindner tPresidentl, Mrs. c. l. Will
ley, Mrs. Lizzie G. Hull, Mrs. r. T.
Mitchell. Fair Oaks Corps-Mrs. S. L.
Burns (President), Mrs. Mary G. Dunn,
Mrs. j. Bronson, Mrs. Mary c. Jordan.
Edward Roby Circle-Mrs. Z. II. Wag-
goner (Presidentl. Mrs. Kimball, Mrs. c.
L. Shirland, Mrs. Belle S. Herr.
All OTHER CEMETERIES.
Nearly all the graves at the Catholic
Cemetery were decorated, some very
handsome flower pieces being noted.
Quite a number who were members of
the National Guard are there inferred,
and were not forgotten by their COM
rades. A committee from the several
companies visited the cemetery and dec
GRATED their graves handsomely.
The HeIvetIa and Jewish Cemeteries
also showed that the dead were not for
gotten.
EVENING EXERCISES.
a large number assembled in the even
ing TO listen to the exercises ct the Metro
politan Theater, and an excellent pro-
gramme was offered TO them.
Neale's Orchestra opened with an over
ture of national airs, after which the
President of the Day, w. b. Maydwell,
made a few remarks, saying that twenty
six wears ago General Logan, the Grand
Commander OF the Grand Army, issued
an order setting aside the 30th day OF
May for decorating the graves OF COM
rades with the. flowers OF spring. Since
that time the custom had been Kept up
and flowers strewn on the graves of the
heroes who died that we might live. 1t
Is a yearly recurring lesson OF patriotism
TO the youth OF our c0untry-a reminder
OF, the deeds OF those who died that our
flag might float over an undivided ma
ton, without a slave within its borders.
He could not close, he said, without re-
ferring to the exercises that have been
held during the past week in the public
schools of this city, which were most
gratifying to lovers of their country.
He was not unmindfuI of the time and
trouble it had taken to prepare them and
hoped that, as long as our schools shall
stand, such exercises may never be
omitted. He thanked the children OF the
schools also for the flowers thew had
brought TO the members of the Grand
Army of the Republic with which to
decorate their comrades graves. He
also thanked the citizens for their support
and encouragement and assured them
thai their kindness was appreciated.