The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-31

history OF the County,. namely, Grant.
Toms. saeriSar and sherman
FarsteanShfp was the cause Of the war;
ara rot enmisy % the South against iaa
North. and K. before the buSls sounded
me call 70 arms, the question Of war CT
mace had been left 10 the vote OF the
-aassaS. that terrible four years period
would never have heen recorded
The war was due 70 the irgaca-
e-y o. leaders. and we were
south. ixnoranEiy. If such a great man
as cen. Thomas. Virginian. took weeks
ard months 20 decide whether his duty
Law wf.h his state and hearthstone or
NTH The great country thar educated hirl.
II win se easy 20 understand how fgno-
ran. the masses were on rae qnestfon and
rovw readily they were led BY the leaders.
IovaItv was at the foundation Of the
sxer~i~es Of the day. The dead heroes
ra-o IovaI TO the constitution OF the
United States. Flowers were being
strewn today in honor o. the loyal citizen
soldiers not only TO honor the dead but
70 honor the surviving veterans who. at
the close OF the war. instead Of, as they
~onIS have done. declaring a dictatorship
nv force Of arms. laid down their arms
AMI again became citizens and remained
toyaf TO the constitution OF the country.
The sneaker did not believe in having
ore monument alone for the soldiers OF
the Union who fell in the war but
thought the monument should be erect
Cd in the memory OF the blue and the
gray. not one TO perpetuate any one sec
ton OF the country 10 the sacrifice or
another which can only tend TO engender
a feeling that should have been forever
buried at Appomattox. The aim OF the
nresent generation should be toward Sc
curing a union OF North and South In
every sense of the word and not the erec-
ton Of a monument for either Union or
Confederate. The youth Of the country
should be educated in the Christian fell
lowshfp of all sections alike.
Thrilled With Music.
Miss Fannie Ferguson next sang with
exquisite feeling and pathos VIII Garlic
toms beautiful poem. Cover Them over
With Beautiful Flowers" This gave so
much satisfacti ton to the audience that
they insisted on an encore. for which
Miss Ferguson sang Columbia, the Gem
OF the Ocean," in which the audience
Joined in the last chorus with hearty
good will.
Miss Constance Hall. a bright, intelli-
gent, talented young lady. next recited
with good voice and great fervor the pa
thetic poem, You Put No Flowers on
Papa's Grave"
The exercises closed with the entire au-
iienee heartily singing America and
after the sounding OF taps" Comrade J.
]. Moss dismissed the audience with a
benediction.
Exercises at the Graves.
The services at the G. A r. lot in Lake
View cemetery were ritual in character
and all the flowers used in the theater.
together with several loads left at the
various post headquarters. were scatter
ed about the many graves in the plot
The Perfection quartette took the place
of the children and the Sons OF Veterans
furnished the firing squads
The exercises at the graves commenced
at about 3:45 with the following fl charge:
Commander. J. NJ. Wrestling: chaplain.
Major S. W. Clark: officer Of the day,
James Alexander; commander of Sons OF
Veterans DR.. f. Weldon Young. The fir
ing squad was detail from Gen. George
H. Thomas Camp, No. ]. S. OF v. in com
mand OF ]. f. Brown.
The joint burial service OF the Grand
Army and Sons of Veterans was used
over the graves at the Grand Army lot,
after which the G. A. r. and Sons of Vet
Grams proceeded to decorate the graves of
all the dead veterans in the cemetery.
After the services over the graves OF the
veterans. the Sons OF Veterans went to
the graves Of two of their number. L. H.
Mclaughlin and Moritz Koch. which they
decorated and over which they fred the
regular salute to the dead
The Joint burial service, first in use
yesterday. is the work of Dr. F. Weldon
Young. surgeon general of the Sons OF
Veterans of the United States, and has
been adopted as the official ritual for the
entire order and was also first used yes
terday all over the country.
Details from the various militia com
panies were at the cemetery also, decor
ating and firing salutes over the graves
OF their departed members.