Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-06-01
GRAVES on THE LOVED ONES
ENCIRCLED WITH GARLAEDs
OF SWEET FLOWERS.
THE PROCESSION A LARGE ONE,
Old and Young Soldiers in Line Of
Msfch-Grand Army Veterans
Lead the Procession Many
Citizens in Carriages
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day;
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and lave for thu Qrav

Tears and love for the Gray.
FRANCIS NJ. FINCH.
The celebration Of Memorial Day,
one of our most praise worthy GUS
toms, and one which has done much
to soften the bitterness which the
civil war sngendered between the
North and South, was q great success
in Mexico to-day. Soldiers Of another
war, the Spanish American, which did
much to unity the North and South,
we're also present and In line with the
Blue and the Gray. 1t was but more
clearly eyinced that the old soldiers
are not citizens of the North OF South,
but the citizens Of e reunited coun-
try, over which the stars and stripes
float In grandeur and serenity.
The stars and bars + no more, the
oonfedeiacy ia no more; there is no
North, no South, no East, no West
but one splendid country, the greatest
which the sun shines on.
The men who fought for the preser-
walton or the dissolution Of the Union
met as brothers to bedeck the graves
Of our heroic dead with fragrant flow-
ers-discriminating not between the
soldier whose funeral requiem was
sung by Northern bullet or Southern
shell.
In proof of this compact, followed
sons of both, sons who enlisted to
fight side by side.
Leaving things military and casting
the eye over the citizens in the line OF
to-day's parade mi could see almost
every lodge In the city represented;
they, too, have dead in the cemetery;
they, too, bore flowers to the sepul-
cher and bedecked the graves OF their
dead. No prettier sentiment could
be carried ont.
At 2 O'Clock this afternoon the
streets surrounding the square pre-
sented quite a military aspect. Bodies
OF men Q marching to Promenade
street, where they formed in line west
from Washington street.
Marshal Plunkett assembled the
men with great military tact.
The line Of march to the cemetery
was over the following streets: On
Promenade street east to Jefferson
north to Monroe, west to Depot street
south to Liberty, west TO cemetery
Arriving at the cemetery and just
after entering, the ranks of the q. A
r. divided and allowed the other or
CARNATIONS to march between tho
files; the other organizations did like
wise and when the movement hat
been finished the ranks reformed BY
the @. A. n, beginning the movement
A hollow square was then formed ant
Rev. s. ID. butcher delivered the ad'
drosss This discourse was an excel
lent one and each person present wa
deeply impressed by is-words. The
ranks were then dismissed and thu
graves were decorated. The retnrl
march was made over the followinl
streets:
On Liberty to Western Avenue
north to Promenade, east to Clarl
Avenue, north to Monroe, east Il
Washington, south to Jackson, cas-
to Jefferson, south to Promenade
west to Post Office, where the col
umn brokeup.
This, the first union Memorial Da,
ever celebrated in Mexico on so larg'
a plan, was indeed q fitting tribute
; The day will be thus observed TO
years to come. Next year the ar
, rangements will be completed Il
, time for everybody to take part.