The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-05-31

Day parade for the nrSI tlHlf.s eApprO-
pirate exercises We're held and the
graves of the dead in all Of the various
cemeteries were profusely strewn with
flowers
AT PITTSBURG.
PITTSBURG, May 30-Memorial Day
was more generally observed in Pitts
burg and vicinity than for many years,
due, of course, to the war feeling. There
We're no special decorations at the grave
of Lieutenant Jenkins. of the. Maine,
but the Naval Reserve sfTRdf a salute.
The day passed without accident or
special incident.
AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, May 30.-Owing to the
arrangements now in progress for the
National Encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic here next Sep
TENDER, the local posts are unusually
active, and gave the largest parade to-
day ever known here on Memorial Day.
Starting at 8 a. M, the line of march
wendell over the principal streets and
then to Spring Grove Cemetery, where
the usual exercises took place.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, May 80. - Not
since the year of it's institution has
Memorial Day had a more impressive
observance than that of to-day. At
the Lincoln monument in Paramount
Park services were held by George c.
Meade Post, No. l, after which the post
visited the grave of General Meade
An address was delivered by Archdea-
con Cyrus T. Brady.
At Laurel Hill Cemetery General
Daniel E. Sickles was Orator of the
Day, and an address was also delivered
by General st. Clair NJ Mulholland.
Colonel Fred Taylor Post, No. 10,
after attending services, marched to
Odd Fellows Cemetery. In the parade
was pony phaeton containing two lit
tie girls, one dressed as America and
the other as England. A float capable
of seating sixtyfve pupils of the pub
lie schools, decorated with the national
colors of the United States and Eng
land, was also a feature.
AT DENVER.
DENVER, May 30.-Veterans of the
Union and of the Confederacy marched
together in the parade to-day and dec
Grated the soldiers graves in the vari-
Gus city cemeteries. Before the parade
the veterans assembled at the Capitol
grounds, where they received floral
tributes from thousands of school chill
dren. In the procession besides the
veterans were the remnant of the Colo
RADIO National Guard now in the city.
uniform rank and civic societies, and
the police and fire departments. This
AFTERNOON concert of patriotic songs
was given at the City Park, and it was
repeated this evening. Memorial exer-
clses were also held in several halls
AT LEXINGTON.
LEXINGTON (Ky.), May 30.-For the
first time since the war the Confederate
veterans joined with the Grand Army
OF the Republic in observing Memorial
Day and decorating the graves of Union
soldiers. The ceremonies were most
impressive - - 9t:5# e
AT NASHVILLE --s -
NASHVILLE CTenn.), May. 30.-The
graves of the Federal soldiers in the
national cemeteries near Nashville and
Murfreesboro were decorated to-day.
AT CHATTANOOGA.
| CHATTANOOGA, May 3Q-On ac-
count OF the volunteers camped on the
ground where thousands of Union SOL
diers buried here lost their lives dur
ing the civil war, the DECORATION Day
exercises to-day were unusually i'm
pressive. The 13, 900 graves in the Ma
tional Cemetery covered with
flowers and flags. At 3 sp.~ m. a. Iona
procession formed, and to the strains
of martial music furnished by the
Fourth Ohio Regiment Band, marched
to the stand in the cemetery, where the
exercises were held. The annual ora
ton was delivered by Captain Henry
A. Castle of Washington, d. c. The
benediction was pronounced;rby Frank
NJ. Drummer, Chaplain-ih- Chief of the
G. A. r., and a salute was fired over
the graves by a detachment from Camp
Thomas.
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
INDIANAPOLIS Qnd.). May 30
Memorial Day was generally observed
here to-day. Ex-Judge 9G?TW Howe,
who delivered the principal address,
dwelt on the close relations between the
North and South, and advocated the
returning of the Southern flags.
AT DETROIT.
DETROIT (Mich), May 30-Memor-
ial. Day was celebrated as usual here,
although the absence of the young
militiamen who hitherto escorted the
veterans in their parades was keenly
apparent. Mayor Maybury and others
made addresses in the Auditorium, and
exercises in honor of the nations dead
were held.
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.-The
Memorial Day celebration in this city
was observed with greater enthusiasm
than usual, owing to the presence of
$4,000 volunteers from many Eastern
States, who have gathered in response
to the Presidents call for volunteers to
fight in the war against Spain.
The parade was a most impressive
one. Grizzled heroes of the civil war
acted as a guard to the rising genera
ton of warriors, and as they marched !
along the thousands of people who had
gathered to witness the union of the |
old and new fighting forces greeted |
them with cheer upon cheer, and sa-
luted them with volleys of California |
flowers.
The volunteers who participated in
the parade We're: First Colorado In |
fantry Thirteenth Minnesota Infantry, |
Sixth California Infantry, First Wash |
ington Infantry and Troop A of the |
California National Guard. The Utah |
Volunteer Light Battery fired the ma
tional salute at the cemetery.
Interest in the volunteer regiments |
which marched in the parade centered |
between the Minnesota and Colorado |
men. Both regiments turned out in full |
strength The Colorado volunteers had |
the right of line. The volunteers turn
ed out in light marching order, and |
were very enthusiastically received |
The crowds gathered on the sidewalks !
went almost wild when the volunteers