The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-06-03
AT ARLINGTON.
The President Attends Ceremonies at
Arlington Cemetery.

Washington. u. C.. May 30.-The ma
tional capital devoted itself to the OBJ
S"ryancc of Decoration day. The de
partmentS were closed, public and pri
vate business was suspended. the streets
wer" filled with marching veterans, ma
tional guardsmen. military and civic or
ganlZatOuS. all moving toward the Ar
lingtOn National cemetery. Soldiers
home, Congressional and other Genie
terieS, where appropriate services were
held and the graves of the silent army
of the dead were Strewn with flowers.
There was added significance to the Cere-
monies of today. for to the memories of
Civil war were added those of the Span
American conflict. which had swelled
the list OF soldier and sailor dead.
Tho parade started early in the day,
travcrsinG the principal streets. Aside
from the many Grand Army posts and
veteran organizations, represented in line,
the fun strength of the National guard
Of the district and s,f the naval battalion
turned out. The bluciackets from the
dispatch boat Dolphin were also in line.
The ceremony at Arlington was notable
hy the presence of the President and
members of his cabinet and of many
leading officers of the army and navy as
we'll as officials prominent in public life.
1t began at noon with the firing of
national salute. The services were two
fold. the veterans of the field gathering
navy met i'll front OF the historic Lee
mansion. The decoration of the graves
WdS solemn and impressive feature of
til" exercises, in which the entire gather
INK joined. The procession formed
south of tn" mansion. and headed by the
marine band marched through the long
avenues Of white tomhs At the great
stone catafalque which marks the rest
ing place of hundreds of unknown"
dead, the procession halted and the band
played dlrgc. while tender hands
draped the monument with the national
c"l"rS and festooned il with flags and
flowers. Returning to the amphithcater
th" formal exercises began with the
sounding of the assembly by buClc and
III" reading of the order of service by
Gen. Calvin Farnsworth, department
commander O.. 4. X. and presiding Off
Ger. These consisted of patriotic music
tn" reading of Lincoln's address at Get
ty~hUrG, original poems breathing the
patriotic spirit and an Grafton by Web
>tcr Davis, assistant secretary of the in
teriur.
III" naval ceremony III front of the
L." mansion was unique in presenting a
review of the navy from its inception,
the several speakers treating Of its glo-
ric~ during the Revolutionary period. the
War of 1912. the war of 'G1-65. and the
Spanish American war Senator Thurs
ton Of Nebraska spoke Of the navy dur
ing the Civil war; the scant and anti
quatrd material ont of which formid-
ah" asSemhlagc Of fighting ships was
created. and Of the many historic en-
coantcrs Of that period. 1t was a
recital of the heroism which
these naval conflicts inspired, and
Il tn" many historic encounters
# thHt period. 1t was n recital of the
icroiSm which these naval conflicts in
~pr"d. and of the gradual upbuilding of
III American navy which is at once the
pria, of the United States and the won
Ter and dread of Europe" The achieve
mcutN of our navy during the late war
were cloquently pictured Ivy DR.. Frank
Briutal. while Assistant Attorney -Gener-
Il H"ugh and pr. Mabry discussed other
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