The Indianapolis journal., 1899-05-31

There religious exercises were performed by
Mgr. Seton and school children sang patri-
otto songs. The Grafton OF the day was
made by former Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy McAdee.
The sarcophagus of General Grant in the
tomb at Claremont was covered with flowers
this afternoon after impressive ceremonies
by Z. s. Grant Post G. A r.. Of Brook
lyn, an address by Governor Roosevelt and
presidential salute of twenty.one guns flred
which lay in the Hudson just below the hill,
with all her battle flags flying. More than
ten thousand persons witnessed the ceremony
and crowded Clarement in the vicinity of the
tomb. "A large stand had been erected on
the east side of the tomb. covered with red.
white and blue bunting and a flag draped
over. the railing. Above the stand columns
OF the outside OF the tomb were festoons
or large flags. Here the ceremony was con-
Quoted.
After Commander p. f. Parsons had made
a short address Governor Roosevelt was in
troduced He had arrived with the officers
military secretary Major Treadwell, Adju-
tant General Avery ID. Andrews and other
officers Of the guard. General a. w. Clous,
or Governors island. and Colonel III. d.
woodruff, acting commissary general of the
regular army. represented the army. Gov
ernor Roosevelt received an ovation when
ne arose TO speak. He delivered an eloquent
eul0gy on General Grant. OF him he said:
Mercy and peace go hand in hand: III
General Grant had shown mercy at Fort
Donelson 1t would have meant years of de-
struction and desolation, and II he had not
SHOWN mercy at AppOmattox a breach or
peace would have widened between us and
brethren which never could have closed"
Continuing. he said Here / stand in this
beautiful spring weather in our own beloved
country and State, with quiet peace pre-
valling, while in the tropical. whitening heat
or the philippines, fighting for the glorious
nag with the same motive you Grand Army
men fought with in 1864, are your sons and
their nero comrades. Those men have
right to demand that you think of them,
not with maudlin sympathy or regret, but
Small, indeed, be my respect for an
American unless bound by ties of family
and dependence, If he did not welcome the
chance to serve under Otis and Macarthur
and follow gallant Funston, as they follow
the nag that you and their fathers fol-
lowed to victory in the civil war Let us
make our voices felt In the Philippines that
We stand behind the men who are doing all
tney can to honor the flag as you did,
and remember, when victory comes, as ii
VIII, That heavier task by far is upon US
the task of peace. When order is restored in
Keep order there, and bring prosperity with
this order. We must learn by lessons of
which .Hhdh we are not proud no less than of
afraid to face facts as they are. whether
they are or not pleasant.
learned few days ago that there
is an Alaskan town which does not care to
consider itself a part of the United States,
but wants TO be declared part of Canada
because the United States government would
not take the trouble to provide for it's proper
government. Every good American should
bow his head in shame that such request
should be made because Of the neglect of
the United States government Let every
man do all in his power and with all his
Iorce 10 see that every colony over which
the flag waves, as WELL as at home, be so
governed that the people of those colonies
VIII believe 1t to be great thing to have
the chance to live under that flag
AT new Brunswick a monument erected in
honor or those who went down in the battle
snip Maine was unveiled, after a parade of
the @. A r. and civic societies
n ole H.
or soldiers and sailors monument The
monument cost 5000.
Governor Roosevelt presided at Memo
rial day meeting held tonight at the Metro
politan Opera House. The meeting was un-
der the auspices of the G.. A. r. and the
house was crowded, a number of Grand
Army men having seats on the platform
Gen. Nelson A. Miles was among those
present and he, together with Governor
Roosevelt was given a rousing reception
Governor Roosevelt delivered a brief ad-
dress in which he eulogized the Grand Army
men Prof. Alonzo Williams. of Brown Uni
versity. also delivered an address.