Evening star., 1895-05-30
WEST WASHINGTON.
Interesting Exercises Mt Holy Rood
and Oak Hill.

The graves of the soldier dead in the
West End cemeteries-Holy Rood and Oak
Hill-were lavishly strewn with flowers by
members of the Geo. U. Morris Post. G.
A R., assisted by their friends. The post
formed at 32d and N streets, and marc he'd
to 35th, thence to Prospect, where it was
reviewed by Mrs. Geo. U. Morris. widow
of Commodore Morris, in whose honor the
post was named. and who recently present
ed to the organization a complete standard
of colors. The membership of the post
was almost wholly represented
After the review, the march was con-
tinued to Holy Rood, where exercises ap-
propriate to the day were held. Thirty
graves of Union soldiers have been located
and marked in this cemetery, and these
were covered with floral remembrances.
The post throughout the march was es-
corted by victorious company H OF the
The cadets were in command of Lieut..
Ramsburg.
At Holy Rood.
At Holy Rood the Rev. Father Roccofort,
assistant pastor Of Trinity, said prayers
for the dead and delivered eulogistic re-
marks over the grave of Lieut.. John w.
Gray, eleventh United States infantry. at
whose funeral in 1862, the reverend father
had offlciated.
sistance at Oak Hill from Superintendent
J. Taylor Motter, Assistant Superintendent
Fred Sommerville and Capt. D. w. Hough-
ton. The last gentleman's fifteen years ex-
perience in decorating Oak Hill graves was
very valuable to the post, facilitating the
distribution of remembrances greatly. Not
a grave was forgotten or overlooked out Of
the $50 there. On every mound a small
national flag fluttered In the breeze. The
cemetery looked almost national in the
rumber displayed. 1t was a sight, coupled
with the recollections that the names Of the
dead brought back. that swelled all bos-
oms with patriotism and brought tears to
many eyes. There was no hustle in all the
crowd. Veneration marked every move
ment.
Some Distinguished Dead Mt Oak Hill.
Among the graves of the most illustrious
of the nations dead decorated in Oak Hill
were those of Gen. o. E. Babcock, Capt.
Alois Babo, Rear Admiral Theo. Barley,
Lieut. Thos. Barker. Gen. Jos. K. Barnes,
Admiral John c. Beaumont, Gen. Edward
G. Beckwith, Maj. Geo. Bender, Surgeon
John R. Biglow, Lieut.. w. A. Birchard,
Capt. w. Benton Boggs, Lieut.. Jos. 8.
Brown, Paymaster Lafayette Brown, Gen.
John A. Campbell, Gen. Horace Capron,
Gen. S. s. Carroll Lieut.. Col Isaac K.
Casey. Gen. Joseph Casey. Lieut.. Richard
Chew. Gen. Henry F. Clarke. Gen. Robert
Clary. Sergt. Jas. P. Cox, Capt. w. H.
Degges. Lieut.. Col. Robt. p. Dodge, Gen.
Mckee Dunn Gen. Alex. IL. Dyer, Maj. w.
Mckee Dunn. Lieut.. Frank s: Eastman.
Maj. Robert Eastman. Gen. Seth Eastman,
Commander Thos. H. Eastman, Surgeon
Louis A. Edwards, Lieut.. c. D. Emory,
Lieut. Jas. F. Es=ax, Com. T. S. Ffllebrown,
Commodore Joshua Follanbee. Lieut.. Benz.
Gibbs, ]. r. Gllls of the engineer corps,
Capt. James NJ. Gillis. Col. Jas. Gleason,
Maj. Geo. A. Gordon, Gen. Chas Griffin,
Pay Director J. Story Gulick, Lieut.. Thos.
G. Good. air. Gen. P. v. Hagner, Lieut..
H. G. Harris, Col. John c. Harriss, Capt.
Napoleon Harrison. Capt. H. o. Hertzog,
Col. j. McHenry Hollingsworth, Capt. H