The San Francisco call., 1896-05-31
AT THE CEMETERY.
Hon. Fred v. Wood Delivers the Ad-
dress of the Day at Mountain View.

Hon. Fred v. Wood Delivers the Ad-
dress of the Day at Mountain View.
OAKLAND, CAL, May 30.-On arriving
at the cemetery the procession was re-
formed and then marshaled to the plot.
Chaplain James Curry opened the exer-
cises with blessing.
The saluting the flag was carried out by
forty scholars of the Durant School, who
sang America"
Captain w. B. Thomas read Lincoln's
address at the dedication of the monu-
ment on Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg, de-
hvered July 4, 1864.
Hon. Fred V. Wood of the Sons of
Veterans spoke as follows: -Four years
ago to-day, on this hallowed spot, it was
my solemn task to address you in memory
of your heroic dead. Many of the forms
| that stood here then with uncovered heads
| bowed in sorrow are resting here in peace
full sleep under this green sod. The OBJ
| servance of the same beautiful custom
that brought them here then brings you
here to-day to strew with flowers the
| graves of departed comrades in arms.
"As you stand here to-day by these
graves in silent meditation, your minds
are carried back, back to the times OF a
| third of a century ago. Again you live
| over the days of 61-'65 the stirring events
which were the prime cause of bringing
you here to-day to this city of the dead,
although you come without the pail. In
your minds, fancy again you see the i'm
| mortal Lincoln clothed in life and inaugu-
rated President. You hear the mutter-
| ings and the dark forebodings OF war. Y ou
see the sky at midnight hanging over Fort
Sumter illuminated by flash OF light.
| You hear the echo of the first cannon shot
that thundered across the water from Fort
Moultrie. That single shot that shivered
the mightiest republic that the sun of
heaven ever shone down upon; that ar
rested the onward march of civilization
and changed the history of man; that
summoned to arms 100000 men; that
set State against State, church against
church; father against son and brother
against brother; that engulfed the land
in a sea of blood; that left woe and desc
lation in every home and unsettled civil
lizaton.
"In the observance of this, your day of
mourning, you not only honor these brave
men resting here, but you teach a lesson
teach them that nothing is more glorious
than that man lay down his life for his
country and if this lesson be not taught
OF what avail are all of your victories? II
this lesson be not learned by the rising
youth OF to-day, then must the great
question of loyalty TO our country's flag
be fought out again at the point of the
bayonet. Greed and avarice are to-day
prompting and encouraging a sentiment in
this country that old soldiers have already
been paid too much for their services. Such
a sentiment would have found no response
at the close of that mighty struggle. Aye
well you remem Der that at the close of that
victorious conflict you passed in grand
review at the seat of our National Govern.
ment as a last martial demonstration
The army of Grant, with its heroes o.
many a hard-fought battle; the army OF
Sherman, which VIGOROUSLY cut thor
oughfare from Atlanta to the sea; the
army OF Sheridan, that noble army that wa,
shattered and scattered at Winch ster, ano
yet under its dashing leader snatched vic.
tory out of the very jaws of defeat; the
army of Thomas, which met the force: