Kansas City daily journal., 1895-05-31
GUNS FOREVER SPIKED.
Significant nnd Appropriate Services at the
dedication of the Confe ieratc Mon
umeHt at Chicago.

Chicago, H., May cH.-The monument 10
| the Confederate dead was dedicated in
Oakwood cemetery to-day IN the presence
| OF an immense audience The ceremonies
| began with the ringing of the Columbian
| Liberty bell and the firing OF a national sa-
lutte by Battery -, Illinois National Guard.
on the lake front Then a carriage parade
OF Noithern ana Southern generals was
formed and moved. under military escort,
to the Twelfth street depot, and thcr. took
trains for Oakwood cemetery. The military
escort consisted of the First regiment,
Illinois National Guard. Under command OF
GCSSiIonel Henry l.. Turntr as well as the
ganiEation OF seventy-iive men, under com
mani OF Captain quincy.
Ihe dedication. ceremones Were opened
win prayer by Colonel Joseph Desha Pick
eetttt Chapla'n Of ths "kMtucNy, Orphan
placed in the chair the Rev Dr " IL
l;olton pastor OF the Centenary Methodist
post No. es, g. R,of Chlcago, who delivered
a brief address on assuming his duties
Rf 1ra Whda 2rnSn b 6y s6nh sn
Henry 4, stanton, Of Kentucky, was next
was closed with an address by bishop
Samuel Fellows.. Of th- Reformed Epsc5-
pal church OF chicago, once a general Of
United States volunteers
Then Then Gamg The hcangfnl ana mpresstye
each corner of the monument stood a
piece presented to the association by the
United states governn"nt, The cere-
guns" and consists In making the ord
name part OF the monument 10 the dead.
following; For cannon No /, Colonel il.
II, Stewart and Miss, lHcy Lee Hi. for
ana Mrs. Albert Akers; for cannon No. 3,
Lieutenant Colonel George Forester and
Miss Laura I; Mi;chsli; foT, .caRHn9n No, !
Miss Belle ArmstrJng, spikins party
Lieutenant Colonel Lee France and Com.
This party Formed in a procession ana
the gentlemen escortlng the ladies passed
through the lines of the Veterans 10 the
General Underwood save the command,
"Consecrate the guns"
Colonel Stewart advanced to the pier.
and with him went Lieutenant Colonel
tC@n'e ana Girrini irnarn Naa, trangpl2r bqt Of
words Of the ceremony: This gun, in haT.
III, itrsi is l9st s9ot on neii Of 81 batitIIe,
SPIKE IN he yep % Of the RaR@n gun PspEe Ps5pia Rs Rs
ggin," commandel General Underwood;
OF the spike, driving II home ana render,
ing goidne, he esnnSn forever ,pn gssIsss
aano @ ,nS Kiss hssSf Hin 'ssf? sai aS This sp6G4 can
battle having been slenced Sd'd foTever 0s e' do 10
conSecrate to the memory of the vallorous
sOlVfIN, we NOW monument as a military
decoration for their bravery and honor
unto death"
The ceremony was repeated at the other
guns by the members of the conservative
party with slight changes In phraseology
The exercises close with the iiring of
three Voleys over the graves of the dead
by the First regiment. Illinois National
Guard, ending with a bugle blare and
taps"
The display of flowers on the graves of
the Confederate and Federal dead was
savannah sent palmettos.
laurel wreaths. New Orleans sent 5OOO |
magnolia blossoms and other tributes came |
from New Orleans and Pensacola A car |
from Charleston contained coo green palm |
ettos, 100 pounds OF Carolina moss branch |
es of cedar, magnolia and laurel. and many |
set designs in laurel leaves, Interviewer |
with the letters. "S, c." the work and |
offering OF the women OF the Daughters |
1f the confederacy and the Ladies' Memo |
rial Association, Of Charleston. Two car |
oads came from Atlanta and included |
roses, palmettos, moss and designs by the |
Ladies' Memorial Association of Atlanta