The San Francisco call., 1898-05-31
Joins in the Services at the BiVOudC of the
 Dead.
HOnOrs Paid Departed Heroes at the National and Other
 Cemeteries.

I to the sailors of the Civil War. I'm
 Union navy. better supplied, achieved re
 beIs beIts e1lisdd out or all proportion to the nun
 aye, even out of all proportion tC | the cost of the two branches of tn, | service: Certainly no one knows bette 1 or the blows delivered by the United 1 States, navy during the Civil War, and 1 may be that without them we should have had two governments where we nov have one, and that Wheeler and F,itz 1 hugh Lee would be to-day commanding
 army corps on the South side of a line Of forts and custom houses running l across this continent from east to west while Brooke and Shafter commanded CT | the Northern side of the line. Let us unite, my countrymen, in the prayer that in the war we are now waging for lib. erty'S and humanity's sake our soldiers and our sailors may continue to be have sprung, and that the future of oul | beloved country may be as bright as is the promise of to-day.
 PHILADELPHIA, May 30.-Not since
 the year of it's institution has Memorial
 day had more impressive observance
 than that of to-day. At the Lincoln
 monument, in Fairmount Park, ser vices were held by George G. Meade
 Post No. l. after which the post visited
 the grave of General Meade. An ad-
 dress was delivered by Archdeacon
 Cyrus D. Brady. At Laurey Hill Gem
 ClcIS dCIlSIdl 0dIllSl ClChl6S WdS the
 orator of the day, and an address was
 also delivered by General St. Clair A.
 Mullholland. At the tomb of Anna M
 Boss, in Monument Cemetery, marked
 honors were paid. Colonel Fred Tay-
 Tor Post No. 13, after attending the
 services, marched to Odd Fellows
 Cemetery. In the parade was 8 pony
 phaeton containing two little girls, one
 dressed as America and the other as
 fy7c nd A AP
 sixty-five pupils of the public schools
 decorated with the national colors of
 the United States and England, was
 also a feature.
 CHICAGO, May 30-In addition to the great number of graves of Union soldiers 5000 Confederate dead lie buried in cemeteries here. Not one of them, Northerner or Southerner, was overlooked to-day After the cere- monies at the cemeteries to-day there was magnificent parade in the heart of the city. The line of march was ablaze with national colors. The city has never before on Decoration Day seen such an outpouring as greeted the old soldiers to-day. Practically the the veterans and cheer the volunteer defenders. The parade was com posed of six divisions, and was partici- pated in by about all the military or ganizations, secret societies and march ing clubs of the city. The cheers were loudest when the Ninth battalion of colored soldiers, under Captain Mar first to go out under the new call and the only representation which this city will have in the call for 75,000 volun- teers. One of the features of the par ade which drew forth demonstrations from the crowd was the tattered pen nant of the ill-fated battleship Maine which was borne in the ranks.
 CLEVELAND, May 30-The Me- morial Day exercises to-day eclipsed in many respects all former events of like character in the history of Cleve- land. The present war with Spain has increased the general interest in the Memorial Day exercises and as re- suit number of civic and semi miliA tary organizations marched in the Decoration Day parade for the first time. Appropriate exercises were held and the graves of the dead in all of the various cemeteries were profusely strewn with flowers.
 PITTSBURG, Nav 30. - Memorial Day was more generally observed in and vicinity than for many years, due, of course. to the war feel at the grave Of Lieutenant Jenkins of the Maine, but the naval reserve fired a salute. The day passed without &C., cident or special incident.
 CINCINNATI, May 30-Owing to the now In progress for the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic here next Sep tember, the local posts are unusually active and gave the largest parade to- Jay ever known here on Memorial Day. Starting at a. m. the line of march extended over the principal streets and then special trains took all to Spring Grove Cemetery, where the usual exer- cises took place.
 GETTYSBURG, Pa., May 3o.-The memorial exercises held at the National Cemetery here to-day were participated n by more people than ever before. The school children, members of the Ladies' Aid Society and the people generally 5trewed flowers over the graves of the soldier dead. Congressman George J. Benner of this district presided and the address was delivered by Hon. Webster Davis, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
 LEXINGTON, Ky, May 30.-For the first time since the war the Confeder- ate veterans joined with the c. A. R in observing Memorial day and decorat- ng the graves of Union soldiers. The ceremonies at the cemetery were most mpressing.
 NASH LILLE, 1enn., May 30.-Ihe graves of the Federal soldiers in the National cemeteries near Nashville and were decorated to-day.
 CHATTANOOGA Tenn, May 3O-On account of the volunteer army en- ,amped on ground where thousands of Union soldiers buried here lost their ives during the Civil War, the Decor ition day exercises to-day were unus- Ially impressive. The 13,000 graves in | 10 National Cpr7atorU vvaro oororod | with flowers and flags. At D. m. a | ong procession formed and to the | strains of martial music furnished by | he Fourth Ohio Regiment Band | marched to the stand in the cemetery | where the exercises were held. The | annual oration was delivered by Cap l ain Henry A. Castle of Washington. | ). c. The benediction was pronounced | y Frank M. Bruner, chaplain-in-chief | if tha C. 4 2 and a xal11to