The times., 1898-05-31

We welcomed our war-worn heroes COM
From the battlefelds, their valor won;
We have shared with them the joy and
plenty
Fling out our glorious star-gemmed ban
ner,
whose stripes are dyed with their life
And cluster the delicate perfumed petals
o'er, the grave where rests each patriot
And let songs of thanksgiving from the
lips OF the living
Ring praise TO the fame of our hero
crowned dead.
And cover them over; yes, cover them
over,
Parent and husband and brother and
God will reward those dead heroes of ours
And cover them over with beautiful flow
erS.
President Mckinley, Vice President Ho-
bart, and Secretary and Mrs. Gage were
among those present.
Special naval services were conducted
at the tomb Of Admiral Porter.
Judge F. W. Collins delivered a stirring
address, in course of which he said:
1T has cost much-our country, our
| flag, our civilization. How much no
| tongue can tell. We meet today to pay
| tribute to heroes and heroic deeds.
AS we scatter the choicest blooms Of
| Spring upon the mounds meath which the
| saviors of the Republic sleep we shan
| add to our love Of country-the inspifa-
| ton of their lives.
! 1T was something tozbe Greek and live
| in the age of Pericles. 1t was something
| to be Roman and live in the age Of
| Augustus. 1t was pride-protlucing to be a
| frenchman at the time of the Napoleonic
conquests Il stirred Briton's pulse to
/ live in the age of Wellington But. more
! than all these-grander than all these-is
it privilege to be an American citizen
| at this high noon Of historv
What of our present Navy? 1t needs
| none to speak its praise. 1t is its own
| best orator. No. tongue, however tipped
with fire dare hope TO do justice to the
! modern miracle wrought at Manila. 1t
| Is fitting climacteric to the achieve
| ments Of the centuryj For audacity of
! conception and brilliancy of execlltIc-
| the feat of Dewey and his men stands
| alone.
History modern, medieval, ancient. fur
| nishes no parallel.
I'm the future it will be deemed a dis
| tinction beyond expression for the men
| who shared the battle on that memorable
| occasion to be able to say:
I was with Dewey at Manila
But there is a sad prelude to our paean
| of praise. The American heart is touch
ed with tenderness as memory irresistibly
| turns to the proud vessel which one mo-
ment rode the waters of Havana harbor
its lights extinguished for the Nights
| gallant crew asleep in their berths
| dreaming of friends, firesides and fields
| far away-lulled into fancied security by
| the footballs of the watch upon the deck
and the tapping of the waves-in the next
| moment, with appalling suddenness and
| indescribable horror. hurled into eternity
| without opportunity TO strike q blow or
/ offer a prayer.
Il am not in sympathy with servile i'm
| itation of the fads and follies of other
| lands, and would keep our civil;zetit. n
| American to its core, yet in my Judgment
| the time has come when the nations which
| speak the same language, boast the blood
! or common ancestry, observe the same
/ laws and worship the same Deity should
| not again be permitted to drift apart,
but should rather cement the natural ties
| which bind these nations together into a
| lasting alliance
Such a union. founded not only on a
| community of blood, but of interest, would
| hasten the dawn of the glorious era of
universal peace.
Had such an alliance existed hereto
| fore the atrocities of the 'unspea kable
Turk would have been stayed and Cuba
=
tion-.the prey of famine, flame and
sword
| At Soldiers Home
| Second to the services at Arlington the
Soldiers Home Cemetery program at
tracted the largest crowd of the day
Henry Wilson, Post No. IT, G. A. r., vet
| Grams of the home, conducted the services
here under the direction of B. F. Chase
senior vice department commander an6
assisted by committee and officers of the
home, orators, chaplains, poets and in.
| vited guests.
Music was furnished by the Soldiers
Home Band. After the exercises had been
opened with martial music, Rev DR.
| Johnson, chaplain of the Home offered
an invocation, followed by an address by
Commander B. F. Chase
George II. Thomas Post, No. Is. the
| Woman'S Relief Corps, the Sons of Vet.
| Grams and the Ladies' Aid Society united
in impressive memorial services at the
| Northeast Temple, corner H and Twelfth
| Streets northeast ~
| Appropriate memorial services were also
| held at st. Elizabeth's Cemetery, John A
Logan Post; Harmony Cemetery, o. P
| Morton Post; Holy Rood Cemetery an6
Oak Hill Cemetery i4sae s-t tss,.
Excursion and Drill.
The Gonzaga College, Cadets will givs
an excursion and prize drill today at Riv.
er View Boats will leave tha foot of Gay.