Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-05-30
MEMORIAL.
BY Ruth Raymond.


oh. weave them a garland of beautiful
flowers,
All bright with the sun and the dew.
And cover the bed of those heroes of ours
Who died for the red, white and blue"
Then offer a prayer for the soldiers who
Sleep
To home and to country so true;
Their name and their fame let us honor
They died for the red, white and blue.
Last evening practically all the ar
rangements for the proper observance
Of Memorial Day, this afternoon, mad
been completed, and this afternoon the
delegations Of veterans from the city
Grand Army Posts will proceed to the
various cemeteries and there strew with
flowers the graves of their dead COM
rades. The composition Of these de-
tails for the cemeteries was given in
last Sundays Register. The details
will start for the various cemeteries at
two o'clock in the afternoon, and the
formal memorial sevices provided by
the G.. A. R. Manuel will be fully car
ried out. At Mt. Zion cemetery. which
will be under the particular charge OF
Stevens Post. there will be an address
by T. NJ. Garvin. Esq The southern
portion of the city usually leads in
popular interest in this matter of OBJ
serving Memorial Day, and there will
doubtless be a large number of people
at Mt. Zion cemetery if the weather Is
good. Those in charge Of the exercises
at all the cemeteries urge citizens and
particularly the ladies, to attend the
services, and it is hoped there will be
a general response to the invitation
There will be no distinction made be-
tween the graves of Union and Confed-
crate soldiers. All flowers intended for
the use Of the veterans should be sent
to I. o. o. F. Hall this morning, and in
no case later than noon.
Yesterday afternoon the committees
of veterans appointed to visit the vari-
GUS schools Of the city carried out the
duty assigned them, and with them. in
several instances, were a number of
parents. The exercises were OF
a suitable nature, and were
very interesting. The day was known
as Patriotic day, and is becoming quite
a feature of Memorial week in many
cities and towns.
The Soldiers Monument. on City Hall
square. was beautifully decorated, last
night, by committee from the G. 4. R..
and VIII present a very handsome aD-
pearance this morning. despite the rain
which fell G5out midnight.
The following extract from the Chau-
tauqua Tribune, relating to the proper
observance of Memorial Day. Is pub
lished by request of the veterans:
We hope none of cur citizens will
indulge in any unseemly sport such as
base ball. races. or any light entertain
ments on Memorial Day. This day is
set apart in memory of our dead. those
who gave up their lives on the battle
field, in the loathsome prison cell. on
the weary march, in the suffering hos
pital, by land and by sea. that the coun-
try we all love so well might live. Let
the young and the aged abstain from
public exhibitions of pleasure on that
sacred day. Remember the cost. the
suffering and the horrors which were
paid as price for the blessings we en-
JOY to-day. Memorial Day is not for
pleasure nor for sport. 1t is for an
other purpose. 1t is intended to in
crease our love of country, to inculcate
lessons Of patriotism, of duty of love
for the old flag, of peace and good will
toward all men"