The evening times., 1896-05-30

such heroes as those mourncd by this gov
eriment, be passed to u review Of tho
Grand Army organization and its history,
| giving Ito that great leader, that most
| conspicuous of the volunteer generals Of
the war, John A. Logan" the credit If
having first appointed Memorial Day.
The exercises at the Home were In charge
of DR.. A j. Huntoon, the department senior
vice commander, who, as presiding of-
ficer, made the opening address. His re-
marks touched upon the fidelity with which
the order he represented, and the general
public as well, had maintained the custom
OF annually paying tribute to the memory
OF those who surrendered their lives for
the preservation OF the Union, and also re-
'ferred in fitting terms to the principles in
defense Of which four hundred thousand
soldiers were sacrificed.
He admonished his hearers that ole re-
suit of such gatherings for such a purpose
should be the Inspiration OF participants
with n more earnest spirit OF devotion 10
those principles, and that all should be
brought into deeper sympathy with that
loyal and patriotic sentiment upon which
the safety OF the republic rests.
The order OF exercises, preceding the
principal address, included a salute by n
section Of the Fourth Artillery, Capt. Fred
fuger Ia charge. u procession OF veterans
and others through the grounds to the
| Speakers stand, where an impressive inyo-
cation was Offered by Rev. &. ". Williams
of st. PauI's Protestant Episcopal Church.
Col. Lincoln, Upon being introduced, said
| in part
| GREAT nEEn2 NEAnPI ITEn
From the day the Israeiitish hosts sang
| their song of delivcrance from Egyptian
bondage and despotisin, an appreciative
people have with memorial services express
ed their gratitude and exhibited their fond
remembrance of their defenders and pro-
tectors. In the twelfth chapter and four
| teentli verse of Exodus 1t is written: And
| this day shall be unto you for IL memorial"
Thus we see the Scriptures enjoined and
| appointed days for memorial observanres.
AS great heroes are worshiped, great
deeds. great events and noble actions are
memorialized. And time cannot effacc that
which should be revivified, if annually the
great good accomplished the success achiev-
| ed is placed before the bencficiaries in
these strikingiy beautiful memorial ser
vices.
The old soldier as a rule is an honorable
! man and would promptly resent the charge
OF exhibiting, 10y his demands upon the gov
| ernment today, u less interest in its pros
| perity than when he checrfully offered
his services in its defense. And such men
do not and will not forget either the iib-
erality or ii!,eraiity of those who have faith
fully or unfaitbfully represented them in
the iaw-making and executive branches of
the government, their services and saori-
| fices saved from destruction, and reDdc-ed
| secure for all time to come.
All the old soldiers OF the North ask OF
| their recent antagonists is that they shall
| leave the past where ii was left at Appo-
! mattoX, and that they march shoulder TO
/ shoulder withtheiIrin building UP the waste
| places, and Participate with them in tie
| progress, the prosperity and glory of our
| commun country. = If they must, occasion-
| ally lessen the speed we are mn king, that
| they may repinc for the moment over their
! failure; II they must erect monuments to
| those who sha red in their defeat, let as
| not 90 seriously object: for these mont:-
mems, 80 long as they shall remain cannot
| but be constant reminders tn them of their
| foolish and un'oly effort and their signal
failure to destroy. .
| THEIR deeds WILL LIVE.
Fellow-ctizehs, these men whose graves
we decorate today are said To be dead, yet
| they have but gone before, ami are living
and breathing the purer atmosphere Of
that everlasting werld and all will c,n-
tinue To live, if No.. on this terrestrial and
transient sphere OF ours, they viii live in
the minds Of the multitude who continue
| filling the inches we now occupy, and will
so live lust sn long as history is written
and history is read just So long as God
in his power permits ''the sky to have a
star or the ocean a tide
| The exercises were iHterspersed with
vocal and Instrumental music OF a SUI
| perlor order. among other meritorious
| odes rendered by the q A. X. Musical
| Union being "Cotnrades, Good Night by
Renhardt, words by ] Z. Rankin, ID. H.,
LII. D., and Americas National Anthem"
words by John Treanor, music by A L..
| Trcgina of the United States Marine Band
and an address by cx-Congressman Thomas
j. Henderson of Illinois. The speaker paid
a glowing tribute to the memory OF Gen.
Logan. Tie benedction waspronounced by
Rev. Walter Hopper.
! EXERCISES AT LoGAN's TOMB.
Under the supervision of Senior Vice
Commander Huntoon and a subcommittee
composed of the Logan Guard of Honor and
a delegation OF the Legion OF Loyal Women,
special services were held at the tomb
OF Gen. Logan, located at an attractive
| spot near the inclosure and within the
| national cemetery.
There was very appropriate pro-
gram, the principal feature OF which was
a brief but eloquent eulogy of the dis
tinguished volunteer by Congressman
George w. Prince of the Galesburg, H.,
district.
The people of Illinois hOnorcd Gen. Lo-
gan in his lifetime with n devotion to his
| interests that was unsurpassed ard unsur-
passabie. Now that he is dead they revcr-
ence his memory with equal fervor. and it
was therefore fitting that citizen OF his
State should ofiiciate in tie services at
his tomb today.
Mr.. Prince was not Eeglectful of ether
heroes. dead and living, but the principa:
thought was in memory Of him whose SER
vices in war and in statecraft were the
pride of his State.
Added to his eloquence was tender
tribute in the same line by Comrade George
c. Ross, also OF Illinois.
The musical features. vocal and instru
mental. were furnished by the Fourth Ar
tillery Band and by a splendid male quartet
led by Mr.. Gilbert Clark. The Grand Army
Musical Union also rendered selections.
The tomb was the receptacle for large
number of handsome floral pieces and mum
berless bouquets reflecting quite as elo
Quently the homage of the dead gene
thousands of friends as could have beer