The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-01
BELOVED DEAD OF THE BLUE.
THE NORTH GARLANDS THE
GRAVES OF ITS SOLDIERS.

The Day Generally Observed Mt the
National CapitnI-The Bronze
statues of Heroes on Land and
which They FOught-The Most Inn
posing Ceremonies of the Memoir
iaI at Washington Held at the
National Cemetery at Arlington.
ChattanOOga's Ceremonies.
Washington, May S1.-Memorial day was
generally observed in Washington The
Senate adjourned over the day, and the
House held only fifteen-minute session.
All the departments and the business
houses were closed and the day was given
I'D to patriotic observance and tributes to
the heroic dead. The bronze statues of
the nations heroes on land and sea in
the government reserves and parks were
shrouded in the flags under which they
fought. At 10 o'clock there was an i'm
pressive parade of the Grand Army of the
Republic and other patriotic organiza4
tons.
At II o'clock the several posts held me-
mortal exercises in the various cemeteries
The most imposing ceremonies, of course.
were at the national cemetery at Airing
ton on the Virginia side of the Potomac.
opposite Washington, which was, before
the war, the estate of Robert f. Lee the
confederate chieftain.
Here bivouac almost 80 900 of the nations
dead, 1000 whose identity will never be
known. being buried in a single grave.
Among the most famous heroes buried be-
meath the spreading oaks and elms are
gen. Sheridan, the great cavalry leader;
Admiral Porter, the hero of Mobile bay;
Gen. Harvey, and Gen. Ricketts,
The exercises at Arlington to-day were
made particularly memorable by the pres
ence of President Mckinley They began
at u o'clock, with a national salute of
twenty-one guns from the light battery,
Fourth Artillery United States army The
beautiful ceremony of strewing flowers on
the graves followed.
Led by the Marine band, the Grand ARMY
Of the Republic, and other organizations.
which had formed in front of the old Lee
mansion, marched to the tomb of the un-
known dead, where the band played a dirge
While the massive monument was being
decorated.
After this the procession separated.
From gentle hands and loving hearts the
graves of the vast army beneath the trees
received their tributes of flowers The or
CARNATIONS and guests afterward gath
cred at the ampRitheater which was i'm
pressively decorated where the exercises
took place.
The programme at the amphitheater
opened with the buglers sounding AS
sembly. After the Funeral March" by the
Marine band, the Burial of the Dead"
was sung by the choir.
Thomas S. Hopkins, department COM
mander called the assembly to order. The
Rev. w. H. Blake invoked the divine
hessing. The choir sang again and then
Representative Dolliver of Iowa, deliver
ed the Grafton of the day. This Grafton
was followed by music and a poem deliv-
cred by DR.. Thomas Calver Hon. Web
ster Davis assistant secretary of the in
terror, followed with an grafton, and
Beethoven's Funeral March of Dead
Hero was played by the Marine band.
Among the distinguished guests on the
stage besides the President, whose appear
ance was greeted with an uproar of APP
plause were Vice President Hobart, Sec.
rotary of State Sherman, Senator Allison
and number of the delegates to the In
ternational Postal Union.
Special services were held afterward
over the tomb of Admiral Porter, at
which Admiral Walker presided
At the Soldiers Home cemetery the
services were conducted by Henry Wilson
Post No. H. G. A. r. Special services
were held at the tomb of Gen. John A.
Logan under the direction of a sub-com-
mittee composed of the Logan Guard of
Honor and a committee from the Legion
of Loyal Women