The record-union., 1899-05-31
Impressive Ceremonies at the Various
National Cemeteries.
Big Street Pageants at New York,
Brooklyn, Washington, Fh1Ia-
deIphia and Other Points-Fa-
triotic Address OF Hon. Henry
Watterson at Louisville-Graves
of Dead Soldiers in the Philip
pines Decorated.

NEW YORK. May 30.-With holiday
making, parades, the flying of flags,
sports. of all kinds the usual decorat-
ing of graves and speech making, Mem
orial Day was well celebrated in New
Y ork and vicinity The sun Shone
brightly and a light breeze kept the
heat from becoming oppressive. Early
in the day thousands of excursionists
were thronging at the exits of Manhat-
tan 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 GENET cries,
where now, in addition to the dead of
the civil war, there lay, in a few in
stances, 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.
There were several professions in
honor of the day, but the more import
ant We're the military parade in New
York city proper, reviewed by Major
General Miles, and the military parade
in Brooklyn, reviewed by Governor
Roosevelt. The New York parade, con-
sisting of every National Guard regi
ment in the city, three companies of
regular engineers, eight batteries of
regular artillery and forty-two Grand
Army Posts, started at 9 O'Clock and
marched in excellent formation from
Fifty seventh street down Fifth avenue
to Washington arch, where it was dis
banded
The National Guardsmen were under
the command of Major General Roe, the
sailors under Captain c. d. Sigsbee, U.
s. N, and the Grand Marshal was John
B. Hyde reviewing stand had been
erected in Madison Square, and from
this Major General Miles watched the
troops swing by.
One of the most remarkable features
of the day was the extraordinary recep-
ton accorded the Seventy-first Regi-
ment in the New York military parade
Several officers of this orgarizosi
nave been subjected to Inquiry regard
ing their conduct in Cuba but the men
We're greeted to-day with enthusiasm
that has seldom been seen in New York.
All along Fifth avenue the crowd Yell
ed and cheered when the Seventy-first
passed as they did for no other regi-
ment- Women tore off sashes. ribbons
and even caps and waved them in the
air As the Seventh Regiment of the
National Guard which did not go to the
war, passed the reviewing stand Of the
Manhattan parade several persons be-
gan TO hiss. The kissing grew in vol
ume until it almost drowned the cheers
with which the friends of the regiment
tried to- tide this unfriendly demonstra-
ton.
Inc Brooklyn parade started at 10
O'Clock. 1t included marines. several
batteries of regular artillery, the naval
militia. Grand Army posts and other
organizations. Governor Roosevelt re-
viewed the procession from a. stand
erected near the Sol liers' and Sailors
Memorial Arch in the Park Plaza. AS
IN Manhattan, the streets were f1Il of
slgntseers and cheers for the veterans
We're coupled With cheers for the young
er soidlers who had Won their veteran
snip under the heat of a Cuban sun.
these two parades constituted the
best military lectures that have mark
ed Decoration Day in this CITY for
years
The more serious exercises in Manhat-
tan We're held in the afternoon in River
SIDE Park, under the shadow of Grant,s
tomb. There the Grand Army ritua1
was performed and speeches were made
by Governor Roosevelt and others.
AL New Brunswick, N. J., a monu-
menf erected in honor of those who
went down in the battleship Maine was
unveiled after parade of the G. A. r
and civic societies.
AT Orange. N. J., there was also the
unvelling of soldiers and sailors,
monument.
In Jersey City the chief event was
the dedication of new soldiers and
sailors monument in front of the Citv
Hail This monument cost about Sl9 :
'ooU. "A large parade, composed of mill
tary and civic organizations. formed
and marched by the City Hall. The
rehgious exercises We're performed bv
Mgr Seton and school children sang ro
triotic songs. The Grafton of The dav
was made by former Assistant secca-
tary of the Navy McAdee.