San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-30


Our ranks are thinning day by day;
The roll OF missing larger grows;
The lines beyond the misty gray,
Who In their silent camp repose,
Our slender files outnumber far,
And that sad hour is closely
near,
When the last soldier Of the war,
VIII answer the last roll call
here.
May we, when death the summons
sounds,
To join these old comrades of
ours,
Find peaceful rest, where Ger our
mounds,
The hands of love may scatter
flowers,
And may the old flag OF our love,
Which DER US now in splendor
waves,
Float ever in the air above
And cast its shadows DER our
graves.
The decoration Of graves then
followed.
the resting place of Thorwald
Olsen, late commander of Belknap
Post, G. A. r., and commissary SER
geant at Fort Sam Houston, was
chosen as the memorial grave. Ser
vices were held over this grave and
rituals were read by Commander
Mahlin, OF the Belknap post; Com
mander Frank Fuller, of Crook
post, and Colonel r. M. Moore, of
Ord post, G. A. r.
ID. S. Stanley camp, Union Vet
eran Legion, "a mem bers, decorated
the grave of Comrade Charles A.
Nichols, who was killed some
months ago, in street car acct
dent on Aveune G.
Memorial services were also held
over the grave of Horace II. Fry, a
Confederate veteran, located in the.
City cemetery. After the ceremony
the children and young ladies in
charge Of Miss O'Connor and Mrs.
Kline, who had gathered around
the grave, decorated it with flowers
and roses.
There were also decorated the
graves Of many unknown fallen Of
the late war, and in the adjacent
cemeteries graves of soldiers and
civilians were decorated by their
families or friends or comrades.
The closing salute was then fred
by the battery, and "taps" being
sounded the return was made to
the city and the parade was over.
The celebration Of the day will end
with the grand entertainment to-
night in Mission garden pavilion.
NOTES.
The fire department turned out
strong, the chief driving a double
team.
Street car service was better
coming than going, though there
were plenty Of cars.
The Ord cadets were composed of
the following pretty young ladies,
in charge OF Mrs. J. p. Kline:
Mamie Worthy, Lille Fahey, May
Jones, Lulu and Myrtle Smith,
Emily Little, Laura Frink, Dollie
Lindsay, Cordell Brooks, Belle Glib
son, Nora Still, Emma Balcom,
Bertha Best, Annie Piper, Annie
Bates, Matte May Anderson.
Col. Arthur Macarthur, marshal
of the day, is the youngest officer
in the army, Of his rank.
Col. J. F. Wade is the son of the
famous Ex-senator Wade of Ohio.
Orator Peck served in the 36th
Wisconsin.
Several Photographic views OF
the great group were taken by an
amateur.
Flowers and roses were very
scarce, and only few graves were
remembered with them.
A few drops of rain fell, just as,
the crowds were returning to the
city, but it soon stopped, and ev-
erybody reached home dry.
The infantry wore the bayonets,
for the new guns in today's parade
and they were a source for many
queries. They resembled a dirk or
dagger.
A salute was to have been fred
over Comrade Olsen's grave, but
it did not take place, as the new
guns Of the infantry have not yet
arrived.
A new and interesting feature in
the observance of memorial day
was the participation in the pa rade
of large number of children and
young ladies in charge Of Mrs. J. P
Kline and Miss O'Connor. They
were lined along both sides of the