Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-30
THE DAY ELSEWHERE
Great Military and Civic Parades in
New York City,
MILES and ROOSEVELT PRESENT
Confederate Graves Decorated in
Cemetery at Germantown, Pa.
THE CUBAN WAR DEAD

and speeChmaking. Memorial day was well
celebrated in New York and vicinity. The
sun shone brightly and a light breeze kept
the heat from becoming oppressive. Early
in the day thousands of eXeursionists were
thronging at the exits of Manhattan Island,
pouring over In ferry boats TO Long Island
and New Jersey, some bound for the sea-
shore, some for the farms and some for the
cemeteries where now, in addition to the
dead of the civil war. there lay in few
instances the dead of the war with Spain.
The graves of these received the same
tender care that for years has marked
those of the older dead.
But though the exodus both from Man
haitian and Brooklyn was of more than
usual proportions, there remained an urban
contingent that did full justice to the pa
rades that filed through city streets. There
were several professions in honor of the
day, but the more important were the mill
tary parade in New York city proper, re-
viewed by Maj Gen. Miles, and the mill
rary parade in Brooklyn, reviewed by Gov
ernor Roosevelt
Big Military Parade.
The New York parade. consisting Of ev-
cry National Guard Regiment in this city,
three companies of regular engineers, eight
batteries OF regular artillery and forty~two
Grand Army posts, started at o'clock and
marched in excellent formation from 57th
where il was disbanded. The National
Guarlsman We're under the command OF
Mai. Gen Roe, the sailors under captain
C. D. Sigsbee L. S. N, and the grand mar
shall was John B. Hyde. a reviewing stand
had been erected in Madison square, anu
from this Mai. Gen Miles watched the
troops swing by % ..,,-
The Brooklyn parade started at 10 o'clock
II inclnded marines several batteries of
regular artillery, the naval militia. Grand
Army posts and other organizations. Gov
crn0r Roosevelt reviewed the procession
from a stand erected near the soldlers anu
sailors memorial arch in the PARK plaza:
As IN Manhattan. the streets were Iull oI
sightseers. and cheers Tor tne FelelallS veterans w WI
coupled with cheers for the younger sol
diers who had won their veteranshtp under
the heat of Cuban sun
Rest Display in Years.
These two parades constituted the pest
military features that have marked Deco
ration day in this city for years.
In Jersey City the chief event was the
dedication of new soldiers and sailors
monument in front of the city hall. This
monument cost about $1,000. A large pa
rade, composed of military and civic organ
izations formed and marched by the CITY
hall. There religious exercises We're per
formed by Mgr. Section, and school chI-
dren sang patriotic songs. The Oration or
the day was made by former Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy McAdoo.
The more serious exercises IN Manhattan
were held in the afternoon in Riverside
Park, under the shadow OF Grant 6 TOMB
There the Grand Army ritual was per-
formed and speeches were made by Govern
or Roosevelt and others.
At New Brunswick, N J., monument
erected III honor of those who went down
in the battle ship Maine was unveiled, after
a parade of the G. A. r. and civic societies.
At Orange. y. j.. there was also unveiled
a soldiers and sailors monument. Judge
Franklin Fort delivered the oratiOn. The
monument cost 5000.
Reception to the list.
One Of the most remarkable features of
the day was the extraordinary reception af-
forded the list Regiment in the New York
city military parade. Several officers of
this organization have been subjected to
inquiry regarding their conduct in Cuba
but the men We're greeted today with such
enthusiasm as has seldom been seen in the
streets Of New York. All along 9Th avenue
the crowd yelled and cheered when the list
passed as they did for no other regiment
Women tore of saShes ribbons and even
caps and waved them IN the air.
Celebration Mt Cumberland. Md
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, May 3O.-Rusiness
was entirely suspended here this afternoon
for the observance Of Memorial day The
exercises were held in the Academy Of
Music instead Of in Rose Hill cemetery. as
heretofore, and We're unusual in that the
United Confederate Veterans took part also
members of the 1st Maryland Volunteers
particularly Company c. All these organ
izations participated In the parade with
Tyler Pos. No 3. G.. A. r.. the South
Cumberland Band leading. The Academy of
Music was beautifully decorated
Congressman George A. Pearre and John
c. Wilson were the orators Rev. DR. c.
Herbert Richardson delivered the memorial
address.
decorated the graves in the various ceme-
teries-
confederate Graves Decorated
PHILADELPHIA, May 30 - Memorial
day was more eIaborately observed in this
city than for number Of years. Cove rn-
ment and municipal Offices We're closed, as
were the schools, and business was general
ly suspended Prominent local orators de-
livered addresses during the ceremonies bv
the G. A r. at the various cemeteries The
trend Of all the speeches was that the war
With Spain had cemented the north an,
Snuth in bond Of fratcrnal symnathv
never TO be again broken
Impressive ceremonies We're conducted in
the National cemetery. Germantown a sib-
urb OF this city, where the bodies of 224
confederate soldiers buried For the
nTst time the graves of the men who wora
The gray Were decorated with flag and a
hCrai emblem by the soldiers Of the north,
ALt Httil u tiit u A II FOUND and marked
with the national colors the graves of other
southern soldiers III Mount MOriah Gem
etery-
Spanish War Victims Remembered
While the veterans of the civil war re-
membered their dead comrades. the men
who gave up their lives in the war with
Spain were not forgotten. All the graves
Of the Pennsylvania volunteers who died
while in service and were buried here were
appropriately decorated detail of Rat
terry A visited Laurel Hill cemetery and
decorated the graves of their comrades
whose deaths occurred in Porto Rico A
wreath was forwarded TO Nyack N Y IN
be placed on the grave of Corporal Harold
p. Smith Of the battery, who is buried
there.
At various Roman Catholic churches mass
was celebrated for the repose of the souls
of the men who lost their lives during the
e,,ar oh A