The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-01
THE SKIES WEPT
As Veterans Decorated
Graves of Comrades.
The Memorial Day Program
Was Fully Carried Out.
Exercises at Soldiers Monument
and at The Cemeteries.

help them in recalling the deeds Of their
comrades who are dead and the faith in
the sacredness and the Importance OF the
day set apart for them was clearly demon
strated yesterday, when thousands OF men.
women and children came out in spite OF
a drenching rain 10 attend the exercises
and watch the parade.
The Veterans themselves made no com
promise with disagreeable weather. They
had received general orders TO carry out
program and they obeycd as readily as In
the si8ties.
The exercises at Exchange place were
held shortly after o'clock In the forenoon
and opened with the dirge, "lmmOr-
teles, by Reeves. Prayer was offered
by Rev Hopkins Is. Cady, and the regu-
lar salute of 81 guns was fired by Battery
A, Light Artillery, II. /. NJ. Members
from the several posts then stepped from
the ranks and placed offerings OF plants
and flowers on the soldiers monument
and that of General Burnside, while
Bugler May sounded taps In honor of the
dead soldiers.
The Proce ssi.n.
At Q o'clock the parade started and the
line was in the following formation:
Platoon of police, Sergeant Il. T. White, com
manding.
Department Commander Livingston Scott.
Mou ted staff.
Assistant Adiutant General Philip $. Chase.
Department Bugler Charles Z. May.
Chief of staff M. jackson.
Senior vice-Commander samuel ". X. Allen.
Junior Vice-Commander Dr. G. A. Ballou.
Quartcrmaster- General George Il. Chenery.
Surgeon General Or. George Peck.
Chaplain Rev. Hopkins b. Cady.
Past Department Commander Captain Will
liam Il. Stone.
Council OF Administration Patrick Egan.
Officers of the United States army and navy.
Division .commapder, Sons of Veterans,
Colonel Abbott.
Staff officers, mounted, Colonel Bowsn, Major
Congdon. Captain Tabor, Lieutenaiits
. Hammond, Williams, O'Flaherty, Hackett,
Carpenter, Hoxie and oatley.
Reeves American Band, DIV. Reeves, len der; /;
Troop b. First Battahon Cavalry. r. /. NJ,
dismounted, CAPTAIN Maynard, com
manding; First Lieutenant II. f. Page,
Second Lieutenant Il. j. Murphy; 30 men.
United Train OF Artillery, Lieutenant-Colonel
f. W. Tillinghast, commanding.
Mounted staff Major + W. Miaerr Inspector
of Rifle Practice Captain ". ID. Perrin,
Quartermaster Tiilinghast. Adjutsnt viii
liam 4. Eddy.
Non-commissioned staff, Sergeant Major w.
II. French, Quartermaster Sergeant
Streeter, Ordnance Sergeant q. A. Angel
ommissary Sergeant, &. !. Glines.
Company A, Captain =. b. Hunt, First Lieu-
tenant a. Il. Humes, Second Lieutenant K.
=. Darling; Is men.
Company b, Captain Lewis Patstone, Second
Lieutenant Frank l.. Wiggin; Is men.
Company q, Captain Harrington, First Lieu
tenant Casey "a men.
Prescott Post, No: |, Commander Albert G..
Bates Junior Vice Commander Willis &.
Capron, Adjutant W. ii. Chenery 100 mon.
james A. Garfield Camp. No. III, :. of ",
CAPTAIN Charles i. Manohester 20 men.
Parks Continental Band, - pieces; James H.
Parks, leader.
Slocum Light Guard, Captain Forsyth COM
manding; 32 men.
Universalist Cadets Major +. K. Lalkey, Ad.
iutant Chaplin Il. Arnold, Acting Major
Lawrence Miller.
STAFF, Captain 4. A. Cranston. Captain Goff,
Lieutenant Allebaugh, Lieutenant Arnold,
Lieutenant Chapman.
Company A, CAPTAIN J. II. Massey; "A men.
Company Il, Lieutenant Link: % men.
Company G, Lieutenant William X. Potter,
Jr. % men.
slocum Post, No. 10. Commander Henry $.
Olney, Adjutant Eugene A. Ellis; 30 men.
General A. h. Burnside Camp No. S, s. of ",
Captain Frank NJ. Smith, commanding.
Second Lieutenant Lester r. Crocker; IS
First separate Company. Infantry, r. /. NJ,
ePutenant P,an H. "sI " Blunt StnS" second oa,es eo
ant Edward II Turner'S 80 muslSets, 2
-, mnscisns. nus. Ms 70 o.n.onso. ,uo,r..,, =,
smith, Adiutant John II. Francis 80
Ives Post Drum Corps, drums; E. s. Brown,
leader.
Colonel James Barton Camp, No. 10, s. of ",
Captain William II. Addison, Jr., com
manding, First Lieutenant Walter Math
ews. Second lieutenant Willard Hall; 20
United Tram Artillery Drum Corps; o pieces.
Company d, FIRST Regiment; X. /. H.. Captain
a. h Roberts, ,eommandine, First Lieu
ant Charles L. Dodge; 40 men.
Arnold Post, No. Z, Past Post Commander
John T, Drinau, commanding, Adjutant
Charles Mathewson; so men.
Garfield Council, O. L. A. NJ, Marshal Ma
--- eeeH. 40 men.
George H. Brown Post, No. %, Commander
EIt.-tt, ssvIf
Rodman Post, No. II in carriages, Commander
John +. Morris.
Chaplains and orators of the day I'm carriages.
Communicative chiefs staff, in carriages.
Aids-de. Camp from Rhode Island TO com
mander.in chief OF o. A. r., DR. &. O.
Ballou, Robert B; Little, Charles a. Bar
Charles =. Mayes, George Edward Alien,
George +. woodey, Charles r. Dennis,
Thomas X. Ray, Joseph H. kendrick.
Left Platoon Battery A, Light Artillery, II.
!. M, Lieut.. Charles Il. Brown, command
Flower wagons, Past Commander Gilbert
Wilson OF Prescott Post commanding.
At the Cemeteries.
At Franklin street the line was ro.
viewed by Department Commander Iiv-
ingsto Scott and his staff and then after
a short march returned to Exchange place
where the posts were dismissed and went
To tho several burial grounds 10 which
they had been assigned as follows: Pres
colt Post, No |, North Burial Ground and
Catholic cemetery; Slocum Post No. 10,
Rodman Post No IL, Swan Point ceme-
tory; Ives Post No. IL, Grace church
GO cemetery: Arnold Post, No. 4. Locust
Grove and Pocasset cemetery George II.
Brown Post, No. 2a. Oakland cemetery.
AS usual the veterans were assisted in
their work of love and loyalty by the
school children who furnished an abun-
dance Of flowers ana plants and accom-
panied the veterans to the graves.
The chaplain Of the day for Arnold Post
ut the exercises i'm Locust Grove, Pocasset
and 1t. Ann cemeteries was Rev. +.
Il. Cole Of the sons OF Veterans and Past
Commander John T.. Drinan was In
chnrge in the absence of Commander
Iettis
The flowers were presented to the post
by tho pupils Of the Potter's avenue
school, 75 plants: Peace street school,
100 pottod plants; Jackson avenue school,
~ pottod plants; Bellevue avenue school,
60 plants; Vineyard street school, 40
-rtHUrz; Mrs .iuru tUfrUrs of Arlington,
20 ioccs: Arlington school. as plants I;
Miss Loitle Gardner. 2 crosses and bou-
uuets.