Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-30

by North Capitol street. by eth street and
by the Mt. Pleasant way. until all the
highways and bywayS were lined with the
pilgrims TO the shrine of the country's
heroes. Most of them carried baskets of
flowers or wreaths over their arms. The
widowed and the fatherless poured forth to
pay tribute to the dead, and true comrades
toiled to make the day bright in the hearts
OF the survivors, despite the lowering clouds
and the occasional bursts of misty rain.
At 1890 the great white stand in the
southwestern corner of the cemetery i'm
mediately back of the Logan Chapel was
well filled with the guests, while the audi
forum in front, with the grass for a car
pet and the thick foliaged trees for a roof
was nearly occupied. The auditors sat upon
benches. On the east of the stand was the
band OF the fourth artillery, while on the
west were ranged the guns of a battery
from the same regiment. which, exactly at
the mid-point of the hour, began to bark
forth the twenty-one shots of the national
salute. When the echoes of the sharp re-
ports had died away the word of command
was given and the three companies of ar
tillerymen, marching as infantry, formed
in line, stacked arms and marched away to
the home to escort the distinguished guests
OF the occasion, the speakers and Cen
Stanley, the governor of the home, to the
stand.
Decorating the Graves.
Presently there filed forth from the stand
lines OF marching men, women and chill
dren bearing punches and bundles of flow
ers. They were like raidng parties, but
they carried blooms instead of guns. Bush
els of daisies, roses and laurel lay stacked
on the ground under great tree in
the rear of the stand, and soon
melted under the charge of col
umn Of ladies, who bore off the flowers to
scatter over the plain white headstones of
the acres in the rear. While this was going
on the band played the Star Spangled
Hammer civ for IL,
ceremony, which was under the charge of
the following ladies': Mrs. Gen. Stanley,
Mrs. Mamie q. Cooke, Mrs. l.. T.. Williams,
Mrs. ID. A. Irwin, Mrs. j. NJ. Holmes Mrs
Joanna w. Turner, Mrs. Gladys Thompson,
Mrs. Kate NJ. Phillips Mrs. Mary E. Cor
ham, Mrs. Bertha =. Rogers, Mrs H. G.
Bell. Mrs. r. A. Smith, Mrs. John A. Logan,
Mrs. L. A. V. Anderson. Mrs. Emma Shell
ton. Mrs. Nora Edgar. Mrs. s. j. Lee, Mrs
Augusta Starkey, Mrs. A. w. Bogia Mrs
Rice, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Rivers, Mrs. G.. b.
Rose Mrs. Quinn. Mrs. Eliza F. Nailor,
Miss Josephine Stanley. Miss Anna
Stanley, Miss Mamie l.. Williams, Miss
l.. L. Williams, Miss Lula Lynch, Miss
Lizzie X. Farquhar, Miss Daisy Old
royd. Miss Agnes Thornton, Miss Elsie
V. Anderson, Miss Mamie Cooke Miss Eva
Katie c. Clark, Miss Maggie G.. Clark Miss
Minnie G. koss, Miss Birdie 5. Waters, Miss
Maidee S. Ever, Miss Pauline II. Ever
Miss Florence j. Hill, Mrs NJ E. Weaver
NJ. j. Hocack, Potomac Relief Corps, No. -
w. r. c., Mrs. Lillian Overacker, president;
Lincoln Corps, No. g. w. +. c., Mrs. Mamie
q. Cooke. president; Henry NJ Wilson Post
No. II, q. y. r., Patrick Ford, commander:
Gen. John NJ Schotield, Garrison, Army and
Navy Union, Frank q. SaXton, commander:
Geo. A. Warren, adjutant; committee from
John y. Logan Camp Sons of Veterans.
The guests were received as they reached
the stand by the following committee: Cen
David S. Stanley, L. S. A, chairman; Capt
Parker. L. S. A.; Lieut.. Col. VIM. H. For
wood, L. S. A.; j. Nj. Holmes, Maj. l.. p
Williams, c. w. Shelton, Jos. L. Hart, VIM
d. Wallace.
Speeches and Poems.
At IL o'clock two buglers from the band
appeared at the rostrum of the stand and
blew the assembly, which was the signal
for the commencement of the exercises
proper. The band played "Inflammatus
and then Marion T. Anderson, the senior
vice department commander of the G. A.
r., called the assembly to order with a few
remarks. He congratulated the auditors
for their pluck in Drawing the threats of
rain, and then introduced the chaplain,
Rev. Benjamin Swallow, who read the in
vocation. The Mozart Club lost a number
from their program between the command
er's address and the prayer, but they did
not mind this, and when the Invocation
was concluded they went to the front of
the stand and sang still Remembered"
steadily and the green arena in front of the
stand was nearly covered with umbrellas.
No one went away, however, but all sat
through the ceremonies.