The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-31
THE LABOR
OF LOVE.
Veterans Now Await
Another Memorial
Day. "A Complete
Observance.

The splendid weather brought out larg
crowds yesterday to participate In the OBJ
tservance Of Memorial Day by the locu
posts of the Grand Army OF the Republic
There were crowds on the streets, In tn,
cemeteries and every where the veterans
went to scatter floral memorial on tn
graves Of their comrades who fell In tn
tMyttsMar Details from the various post!
Visited all the cemeteries in and aroun,
Wilmington In the morning and decorat,
ed the grave Of ave y known Union soldie
The graves were strewn with flowers and
o. small United States flag was placed a
tho head of each.
After o short parade In the afternoon
| the momb ber3 Of the various posts returned
to their homes. The Wilmington and
Brandywine cemetery was crowded Will
people all day. During the afternoon II
contained more people than ever before on
similar occasion. 1t seemed that nearly
all Wilmington was there.
IN Old Swedes and Lombardy cemeteries,
DUPONT Post visited the grave Of Admiral
s. +. DuP Pont. At DuPont's Green Hill,
and st. Joseph's and Mt. Salem oeine-
tories, Sheridan Post honored tho dead in
Riverview, and Grant Post was at the
Cathedral Cemetery.
The various posts made a good showing
In tho parade. Grant Post as for several
years past, did not turn out as all organi.
zatlon but the members paraded with
other posts most Of them goiug with Phil
Sheridan Post
S,nyth Post marched to the music of the
First Regiment Band instead of the Smyth
Post Band. There are some differences be-
tween the post and the band.
The parade was headed by mounted or
fcers Palmer and Hutton. Then came
comrades F. D. Entriken. Peter McAleer
and W;;J. irwin, band committee OF
Smyth Post No, l, followed by the First
Regiment Band; Smith Post Guard, in
charge Of Captain Jacob Slifer, and the
Smyth Post. In charge OF Post Command.
or William Ball. DUPONT Post No. came
nsxs. headed by the Brunswick Drum and
flte Corps. !The Post.Guard was In charge
Of ". II. johnson, and the Post itself,
10 charge OF Post Commander w. II. Kel-
Icy, ,>The color bearer was, Capt. G, b.
branson, drummer boy Of the Fifth Corps.
Phil Sheridan Post No. 2S was in charge
,f Post Commander Moses Weyl, and the
Post Guard In charge of Thomas Agnew.
Sons OF Veterans Camp No.. 2 was in
charge Of Captain W. S. Mortimer; Harry
Ciark was In charge of Il number Of boys
carrying large flag.
1hs Boys Brigade was in charge OF
Major W. II. Haley. and made fine ap-
Then came oonveyanoes filled with dis.
sDed veterans followed by carriages bear
ng members Of City Council. Board of
and city officials
Among those noticed in carriages were
Mayor McLear; President of Council, G.
M Leitchi President Of the Board of Edu-
,sation, DR.. t. G. Shortlidge; Street and
or, Walter M. McEyilly; Counoilrlen,
Kane, Zebley, Fisher. Loary, Heaiy, Rob-
rtson, Oberley, Watson School Control-
ers, Pyle. Rommel, Hartman, Ross and
F.raim; Balitf Of Council, j. j. Ryan;
secretary of Board of Education, B. Il.
3artram; Clerk Of Council, W. P. Morrl-
on.
Il. A. B. Societies of PHILADELPHIA, held
picnic at Brandywine Springs yesterday
fternoon.
The uniformed employees about the p,
Y. q b. French street station were sup
lied with buttonieres yesterday morn
,g BY the ladies' Of the w. G. L. u, and
ne Railroad Y. NJ. G. A. The button
res bore cards about three inches In
myth and thrse-fourths OF an inch In
,idth on which wRs printed an appropri-
to text
Travel on steamboat and steam and !
'olley lines was unusually heavy during
le day and the street car companies had |
bout all the business that they could
ell handle
By some curious process Of evolution
[emorial Day has become the banner
~ of the year for sports. While grizzied
I'D gray old soldiers with ranks growing
inner each year march to martial music
the graves OF their comrades. outdoor
lmes qf every sort attract their devotess
large numbers. The day is the opening
the summer season of recreation.
The celebration was satisfactory and
mplete. Many business houses were
osed all day. and all of them gave tho
ternoon to their employee The Court
opped computation of stocks and bonds
ID excepting those stocks whose services
Q necessary 10 the enjoyment Of Others
. whole city took q holiday,