The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-31
A TRIBUTE OF FLOWERS.
DECORATION DAY GENERALLY on
SERVED IN THE STATES.
A Great Parade and Great Crowd at New
York-Coxeyites Decorate Peace Mon
ment in Washington.


years. The principal feature-the great
parade-started at 3 o'clock at Thirty
ninth street and Fifth avenue. Before
o'clock the throng began to assemble,
and the streets were alive with men and
women. who came to join the line OF
march or to watch the soldiers as they
walked down the avenue. Owing to the
amount of work done by them recently,
Gen. Fitzgerald did not order out any
OF the regiments of the State Nauonai
Guard During the morning the houses
along the line Of march were decorated
In national bunting. and the bands that
marched through the streets 10 the rem
devious inspired the patriotic spirit and
fired the ardor OF the citizens,
THE PARADE.
The Grand Army of the Republic COM
posed the bulk Of the parade to-day, but
old organizations made up the greater
number of those In the line of march.
There were United States regulars, seven
companies OF them, 4 battalion from the
engineer corps, three companies OF ma
rines and seanen from the Il. $. 5. Mar
blehead. State troops and cadets marched
with the soldiers. veterans and boys
from the parochial schools:
The weather was all that could be
desired, the skies were almost cloudless
and a gentle breeze proved refreshing
TO the paraders and spectators. IL was
estimated that 1000 people were IN llne'
Ii took more than an hour for them 10
pass the reviewing stand at Madison
Square, and they passed without stops Oh
any kind. The line OF march was taronB-
ed all the way by spectators from fhty-
ninth street down Fifth avenue to WASH
ington Square. where the last OF the
paraders were disbanded at 11:30 O'Clock.
The tomb OF General Grant at Riverside
Park was covered with flowers by u D.
Grant Post 81, q. A. K. Hon. W. "a. q,
Tenney delivered an Grafton on the lie
and worth of this statesman.
RYLIGI0Us CEREMONIES.
Besides the parades and the decoration
OF graves, the programme Of the day was
marked with civil and religious cere-
monies. many OF them being imposing.
AT Greeley Square. the newly-namsd m
angle at Thirty-second street and Broad
way, the printers unveiled their statute
OF Horace Greedy.
With solemn ceremony the church Of
St. GabriePs. on east Thirty-seyenth
street was consecrated. Mgr. Sato.li
lead in the ceremonies. assisted by Arch
bishop Corrigan and Bishop Mcdonnell,
and Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia,
delivered the sermon.
A. Day Observance I'm Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN. May 9O.--The celebration
OF Memorial-Day In Brooklyn began at
sunrise this morning. and continued all
day. With the first streaks of daylight
Rankin Post. No 10, G.. A. r., hoisted
the Stars and Stripes above Fort Greene
at Washington Park, ard fired Il salute
Following this, the two leading features
of the celebration were the military and
civic parade and the exercises at cypress
Hill, the national cemetery. The parade
was made up Of six divisions. Major VI.
G. Shattuck acted as Grand Marshal. Jhe
parade formed on Bedford avenue, near
Broadway. at $3.50. and marched to Pros
pect Park. The ceremonies at the Nation
al cemetery consisted of decoration Of
graves. delivering of speeches and nrlng
salutes. Mayor Schiren made IN address
In English and then in German. Henry a.
Powell delivered the Grafton. WIN Carle-
ton read an original poem entitled our
Union Soldiers" The choir then sang
"Oh. Change Not the Flag Until I Die"
written by VIII Carleton. At the conclu-
sion of the singing Father Sylvester Ma
lone pronounced the benedicuon: While
these exercises were going on. friendS or
the dead soldiers placed flowers on their
graves. AT Greenwood. ceremonies were
held at the grave OF Henry Ward Beecher
by Company G., Thirteenth kesiment.
Mrs. Beecher and large number OF mem
bers of the Plymouth church we're pres
ent.
Elaborate Decoration at the Capital.
WASHINGTON. May elaboration
Day in Washington is always accompanied
by memorable ceremonies and picturesque
accessories. The luXuriant flowers ana
foliage plants which the public gardens
supply in such abundance (and when, Dy
special direction Of the President were
this year placed at the uncontrolled dis
pOsal OF the decoration committees), aided
By the profusion OF laurel bloom ana
other beautiful Wild flowers with which
the woods around the city at this season
OF the year are frescoed, made IL an easy
matter 10 leave no grave unmarked by
floral token. Other decorative points or
advantage were supplied by the statues
of dead heroes with which the public
Of dotted.
Sherman and Sheridan are still uncOm-
memorated In this manner, but Porter,
Farragut, and Dupont, Lincoln, Garfield
Thomas, Rawlins, Mcpherson, and many
other berOe, of the Union are all perpet-
uated In bronze or marble. as are also the
heroes OF preceding histOry-W ashington,
Jackson. Lafayette. Won Steuben, and
scott. The pedestals OF all these statues
we're draped with national flags and
wreaths were laid at the feet or the hon
Ored ones.
Historic Arlington. across the Potomac.
with its many ilustrious graves-sheri-
dan. Crook and Others-and its thousands
of honored dead, is only one OF a belt
of National soldiers cemeteries which
girt the city and at each OF which ap-
prOpriate exercises were neld. upon
Sherldan,s beautiful tomb in Arlington a
saddle Of roses and ivy and many other
afectionate tributes were laid by MS
former comrades. General John A. Lo-
gan's mausoleum, at Rock Creek, bore
~
exquisite exotics, and not the least nota-
BILE OK the exercises Of the day was the
recitations at the tomb OF Mr.. Ferry, the
tragedian, and, by special request OF
Mrs. Logan, Of Mrs. Clara Bell Browns
stirring poem, THE War Cry OF Logan.
At the Soldiers Home, where the sur
vivors OF the war are surrounded by the
remembered dead, at the Congressional,
at Graceland and ST. Eizabeths ceme-
teries, and at many other places, where
the soldiers OF the war lie buried by
thousands, the exercises OF the day
music by the Marine and other military
bands, orations. poems, singing by train
ed bodies OF sweet-vOiced children, and
prayers and other religious observances,
were scarcely less impressive than the
ceremonies in the vine-ciad arena at
Arlington. round which the chief interest
on Decoration-Day usually centres. The
District militia mustered on Pennsylvania
avenue and headed the procession, which
started about | L. VI. The O.. A. r. and
other organizations followed and marched
out 10 Arlington.
The day was observed with a nearer
approach to universally than for many
years. All the departments were closed
and business generally suspended through
out the city.
isr usiiu Obscrvarcs In Pbllndsi phla
PHILADELPHIA, PA, May g0.-Memo-
rial-Day was observed with all the pomp
and ceremony Characteristic Of Phi!ade!-
phia. The weather was bright and cheer
ful. and the Grand Army men and other
patriotic citizens turned out en-masse TO
DO honor to the memory Of fallen heroes.
The graves were extensively decorated. In
the cemeteries the singing OF school chill
dren, mingled with the beat OF munied
drums and the booming OF cannon, while
without the marching OF veterans to the
martial strains Of. numerous bands form