Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-30

In watch the remains Of as many veteran.
rested. The few graves of those who died
| IN the late war with Spain were cared for
Tor the first time on a Decoration day
The stand from which the services vera
TO he conducted was erected on the ele-
waited site which IL has occupied for sew
eraI years and from which a splendid view
of the river was secured. 1t was simply
decorated with flags.
The Program.
Assembly was sounded by the bugIer
and the Mount Pleasant Military Band
played Nearer. My Coo. to Thee" Com
rade Grunwell called the assembly to order,
and the Invocation was pronounced by Rev.
Geo. H Maydwell pastor of Waugh Chapel.
After the playing Of The Stars and
Stripes Forever" by the band Post Com
mander Stanton Weaver addressed those
assembled about the stand. referring to the
patriotic purpose which had brought them
together. and Mr.. Thomas H. Mckee ora
tor of The day delivered an address that
embodied a splendid tribute to the brave
men who had in different periods left
home and friends to maintain the honor
and standing OF their country among the
nations of the globe Among other things
he said:
The history of our country is the his
tory of man-history Of the human family.
IL Is as old as the race belongs TO all
climes. 1t belongs to US. II belongs to this
day.
Our civilization is not an accident 1t
is the product Of all the sacrihclal suffer
ings OF The millions. who. through the ages
were willing TO dare and do for the good of
others what the tyrant had denied
In the building Of states the leaders az
thought. and they who shaped the des-
TIMES Of the times in which they lived, went
before the multitude and by heroic deeds
prepared the way for the generations that
were TO come.
They We're men of destiny They came
nm . no had
the mist. They were seen and known but
not understood.
IF we trace the progress Of this new
civilization under which We now live in
its westward conquest, We behold traces Of
its dazzling glory along historic paths.
"A country in which progressive liberty
Is alive must not fix its boundaries.
IF we follow in The footsteps of our
fathers We must, like them. go forward.
They left behind them the traditions and
the spirit which had controlled the thought
ard the progress of the middle ages. and by
their first pubic act enthroned the one idea
of universal liberty.
Is that idea of universal liberty ever TO
be Giro umscrtbed by the boundaries of en-
pire? Our fathers made answer No.
America rises pyramid-lke out of the
desert that has hindered the worlds adj
vancement. From the heights of her oppor-
tpnity she chants freedoms airs to all man
Kind. In that far-off vision we behold how
she has caught and charmed the souls of
the listening world.
The rattle of the American misket and
the booming OF Dewey's cannon have
pierced the quiet of 1900 years of degen-
eracy in the orient. The stars and stripes
marks the way of liberty on both hemi-
spheres today. They never can do less.
The United States has touched nothing
which she has not adorned and improved
Soldiers and citizens. we have never known
defeat. We never shall"
Other Exercises.
Farragut Post Octet sang The Vacant
Chair" and Past Captain George KeithIey
of Gushing Camp, Sons OF Veterans, read
Lincolu's Gettysburg address J. Tyler
Powell read The Beautiful Badge"
The services concluded with the musical
selections. and the benediction, pronounced
by Rev. DIR. Maydwell.
Those taking a prominent part in making
the arrangements for and conducting the
exercises follow:
Committee of Farragut Post-A. R.
Grunwell, Junior vice department com
W WsI,n sss5T@"p; a. a Lowe: W
Cook. /. J. Melchoir. E. n. Gron, L. II.
Ripley. S. W. Bunyea James Wood. b. F.
Graham, NJ. V. b. Wilson. r. ]. Nicholson,
A T. Maupin. II. II. Bunyea, John Jost,
John Shaw.
Committee of Farragut Relief Corps-
Mrs. Julia Roberts, Mrs. Mary p Ripley,
Mrs Lizzie Bradley, Mrs. Jennie Bevens,
Mrs. Mary Campbell, Mrs. Mary Bnshe,
Mrs. Mary Price. Mrs. Genevieve Dalton
Mrs. Fannie Pratt. Mrs. Clara Kaistrom'
Mrs. Mary Mcdonald, Mrs. Grace Lowry.
Mrs. Annie NJ. Dykes Mrs. Amelia Daniels.
Mrs. Jessie Br7Iner. Mrs. Miranda w
Fuller.
Officer Of the day. A +. Dinsmore.
Narragut Post Octet-John Green. John
Purvis Harry McElfresh, A. J. Bussey. L.
Turpin, F. s. Hayes, R. J. Lowry, E. Ii.
Thomas, Harry Redfeld.