Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-30


fields of the war. Besides these there were
| two mammoth boxes of the finest of hot
house flowers sent by the President to Mrs.
| johnson. the president of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps, to be used by her as she might
think fit.
Some Great Soldiers of the War.
The graves of the great soldiers Of the
war whose names are closely identified
| with it's historic victories were all suitably
marked with beautiful floral emblems. The
| last resting place of General Sheridan was
decorated with set floral pieces. one Of
| which was sent by the Loyal Legion. and
another by Phil Sheridan Post, No. IA. G.
| A. r. The grave of Admiral Porter was
also buried In flowers. while the grave Of
| General Gresham above which no monu-
nient mas yet been erected, was one mass
| dead was draped in the stars and stripes,
and hung with garlands.
The exercises of the day were of the
most impressive character AS usual, they
| were held in the big amphtheater, and con-
| sisted for the most part of music and an
| elaborate grafton The latter was delivered
| by Representative Brosius, and the lesson
| he sought to inculcate on the subject of the
! duties of citizenship was highly appreciated
! and was thoroughly suited to the occasion
| ard the crowd. The vocal music was rem
dered by the Mozart Club. under the leader
| ship of Mr.. j. H. Hunter, and the ipstru
mental music was by the Marine Band,
Prof. +. Fanciulli, director
Those Who Participated.
By noon all the graves in the cemetery
had been appropriately decorated. The
Womans Relief Corps was assigned to
| the task Of decorating the tomb of the
| unknown dead, Sheridan's grave and a
| portion of the officers section. The
| Legion of Loyal Women took the other
portion Of the officers graves, and the
| ladies of the G. A. r also had section
| of the tombs to look after, so that among
| them all every grave in the vast Enclosure
was remembered.
| Among the prominent people who took
| part in the exercises was Mrs. Florence
e. Barker of Maiden, Mass. the first
ticral president of the Woman's Relief
Corps Jack Burst past quartermaster
general of the G. A. R., was also an hon
orei guest and prominent figure during
the exercises of the day
Secretary Herbert attended the exercises
and was shown every courtesy by those
| in charge of the program of the day.
detachment of the sixth cavalry was
assigned to duty in the cemetery and
patroed the drives keeping the big crowd
In the best of order
Promptly at noon the light battery Of
the fourth artillery fired the national sa-
lutte of twenty guns, bugler from the
Marine Band sounded the assembly, and
the march to the amphitheater was com
| menced. The officer of the day was Cap
tain James B. Carter. and the officer Of
the guard was Lieutenant r. Emmett
Smith.
Tomb of the Unknown.
The procession, consisting of members of
| the G. A. r. and w. r. c., L. L. W., L. of
G. A. r., L. A. S., 8. Of ", ex-soldiers and
Sailors invited guests and the general pub
lie, formed at II o'clock in front of the
Arlington mansion, headed by the Marine
Band. The line of march was then taken
up to the tomb of the unknown where a
halt was made and the band played dirge
1pcDrn of ba ba
tomb the Woman's Relief Corps held
brief memorial service. which commenced
with singing of the hymn, Nearer My
God. to Thee" After the regular form had
been gone through with the crowd sang q
hymn. which was used today for the first
time. 1t was sung to familiar hymn tune
and was as folio VS.:
Bring we now our garlands fair
Lay them gently On the sod;
Roses sweet and lilies rare
Irucst types of love of God.
Fought they long ana fought they well,
bravery laid their young lives down;
Far from home and friends they fell,
Ihelrs the cross and theirs the crown.
The benediction was pronounced by Mrs
Florence f. Barker. and after the veterans
and the Sons of Veterans, who acted as
guard of honor, had marched around the
tomb. the procession was continued by the
main road to the amphitheater. whore the
exercises proper were held. While the
crowd was being seated the Marine Band
stationed some little distance off, rendered
appropriate music.
The amphitheater was beautifully decor
ated for the occasion and hung with hunt
ing OF every description. The roStrum was
oraped with hags. and an organ was sta
tioNed near at hand, which was used for
the accomplishments to the vocal selec-
ti0ns
The services at the amphitheater COM
menced with an elegy, Departed Heroes"
by Fanciu!li. rendered in adrirahIe St1,Ia
/ Marine of
Fart Club sang Warmers chorus, Then
Gather Flowers
The assembly was called to order by De-
partment Commander John McEiroy In a
brief but eloquent address, AMI the inyo.a
ton was pronounced by Rev. H. S Stevens
department chaplain. Schumann's Stun
Der Song was rendered by the Marine
Band. at the conclusion of which Assistant
Adjutant General G. NJ. Hustled read the
orders and the roll of deceased comrades
Our Braves" by Keliar, was sung by the
Mozart Club to the accompaniment of the
Marine Band
The poem of the day. entitled 'Reautifu1
Arlington was written and read by Mr..
Thomas Calver
A song, "Daybreak at Appomattox. was
sung by the author. Mr.. George H Lille
bridge, accompanied by the Marine Band
The Grafton of the day was then delivered
by the orator Representative Marriott
Brosus of Pennsylvania. 1t was an elo-
quent and able effort, and aroused the au-
dence to high state of patriotic en-
thustasm. Mr. Brosius said in part:
There can he no more fatal delusion than
that civil government in this republic drop
ped from heaven was specially created
by miracle, and will continue to run by
divine agency without the aid of American
citizens; or, in other words, that Provi-
dence takes care of children. idiots and the
United States. This idea is incompatible
with good citizenship. Those who enter
tain it submit to be governed by others
when they ought to govern themselves
They are In politics like the philosopher
who. when informed that his house was on
fire, coolly replied: go, tell my wife; 1
never NEEDLE with household affairs" Gov
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