Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-30
THE CITY OF THE DEAD.
he"uti1ui ana Impressive CeremOnfe
at the Arlington Nntioual ca.n.t..

benutfful and Impressive Ceremop1as
at the Arlington National Cemetery.
Arlington Is we'll called city of the
oead' for beneath the trees and sod of this
historic Enclosure rest the remains of more
thar 1900 of the boys in blue The larger
proportion of the graves are suitably
marked with the names of those who rest
"ith1n' nut there are several thousands
VINO were picked up ON the battlefields and
buried without being identified. Through
the efforts Of the patriotic societies which
mad their origin in the civil war not a sin
gle mound vas left unremembered today
Inc beautful resting place of the dead
was the mecca for a vast throng today.
FROM early in the morning on till noon the
road from the Aqueduct bridge past Fort
Myer to Arlington was crowded with We
hicles OF every description. from handsome
private carriages and natty bicycles to big
furniture vans carrying scores Of those
who wished to be present at the exercises
Inc road was dusty, and the hills were
steep' plit the crowd was a good-natured
one, ana every one seemed to be animated
by the true spirit of the occasion.
Arlington never looked more beautiful
than it did today. All traces Of Thursdays
big storm had been removed. The grass
was trimmed unth the sod was one vast
stretch of velvet sward and the trees were
in the radiant bs4utS of early summer. 1t
was fitting theeteT for the services in re-
membrance of th5sec who gave their lives
In the crowd that wended its way to the
cemetery were many to whom the battles
OF Gettysburg ana Of Bull Run were living
memories. There iWeTc many of the younger
generation whose fathers took part in those
mighty conflicts. ana there were others to
whom those names are but part of the his
tory of the nineteenth century, but who
sought to show the respect for bravery and
devotion to fatherlahd
Decoration 81 the Graves.
Through the forenoon the historic man.
sion was the resan g place for many, who
stopped to admire THE beautiful view across
the Potomac, while hundreds of energetic
men and patriotic women were engaged in
tie work of streWing the graves with spring
mowers and placing a little flag on each
mound. 1t was small task to collect
ehouSh MOWERS to decorate 50 many graves,
put the members of the Womans Relief
Corps, the Legion OF Loyal Women and the
Ladies of the G. A. r. did noble work and
their efforts were crowned with complete
success. The Headquarters Of the different
organizations yesterday were busy places,
and all day long scores of women were at
work making preparations, asserting the
Moral offerings and arranging the cam
paign for today. The contributions were
of the most generous sort, and those upon
whom devolved the welcome task of deck
ing the graves were not hampered by lack
Of material. Among the handsome dona-
tons which were especially appreciated
We're those which came from the White
House. There were two superb wreaths,
Whlch were sent at the direction Of the
President himself One was intended for
the grave of the late Secretary Gresham,
while the other was sent to be placed upon
the stone which marks the burial place Of