The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
FLOWERS FOR THE DEAD.
Graves of Our Departed Heroes Dec
Grated by Those Who Keep
Their Memory Green.
MEMORIAL DAY IS FITTINGIY OBSERVED
Grand Army of the Republic Hemeni-
hers Its Comrades and Honors the
Resting Places of COnfederates-
The Day Was Very Generally OBJ
served All over the Country.

washington. May jill ne hdlloiai
capital devoted itself to the observance
OF Decoration day. The departments
were closed. public and private business
was suspended, the streets were filled
with marching veterans, national
guardsmen, military and civic organiza-
tons, all moving toward the Arlington
; National cemetery. Soldiers Home
Congressional and other cemeteries,
where appropriate services were held
and the graves of the silent army of the
dead were strewn with flowers. The
ceremony at Arlington was notable by
the presence of the president and mem
bers of his cabinet, and of many leading
officers of the army and navy, as well as
officials prominent in public life.
There was small but impressive
service in connection with the cere-
monies at the cemetery which passed I'M
noticed by many of the thousands
there. Following the suggestion made
by President Mckinley in his Atlanta
speech, the graves of the $50 con-
federate soldiers, inferred in the ma
tional cemetery, were decorated with
unsparing hands as were those of the
union dead.
At the Tomb of Grnnt.
New York. May 31.-The sarcophagus
ofGen. Grant in the tomb at Claremount
was covered with flowers Tuesday
afternoon after impressive ceremonies
by L. 5. Grant Post, &. A. r., of Brook
Ign, an address by Gov Roosevelt and
presidential salute of 81 guns fired from
hn T,,s al III
which lay in the Hudson just below the
hill, with all her battle flags flying.
More than 10000 persons witnessed the
ceremony and crowded Clarcmont in
the vicinity of the tomb. A large stand
had been erected on the east side of the
tomb, covered with red, white and blue
bunting, and a flag draped over the
railing. Above the stand on the col
umns of the outside of the tomb were
festoons of large flags. Here the cere-
mony was conducted.
At the Lincoln Monument.
Springfield, H., May 31.-Under
bright blue sky memorial exercises
were held Tuesday forenoon ut the Ma
tional Lincoln monument by the G.. a.
X. and auxiliary bodies preparatory to
the decoration OF the graves of the sol
diers of the civil war buried there. Adj
dresses were made by Maj. John II. In
man, department commander of the G.
a. H.; United States District Attorney
j. Otis Humphrey, and Mrs. Julia T. f. |
Iobdell, of Minneapolis. past department
president of the Ladies of the &. \. II. of
Minnesota, who on behalf of the G.. A. |
X. posts of Minnesota presented beau ,
tiful silken United States flag, which |
will in the future envelope the sarco-
phagus of Lincoln. In the afternoon
the Spanish war veterans decorated the |
graves OF their dead comrades.
In Iowa.
Davenport Ia. May 3l.-Grand army |
posts of Davenport, Rock Island and |
Moline, H., joined i'll the afternoon
Memorial day exercises at the National
cemetery, Government island. Eldred
5. James, of Clinton, was the orator
For the first time the graves Of over
! 900 confederates who died while inn
prisoned on the island during the war
were decorated with flags by the grand
army men, in common with 400 union
soldiers sleeping in the National Gem
etery.
In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, May 31.-Memorial day
was more deliberately observed in this
city than for a number of years. Gov
eminent and municipal offices were
closed, as were the schools, and bust
ness was generally suspended. Promi-
nent local orators delivered addresses
during the ceremonies by the G.. A. T.,
at the various cemeteries. The trend of
all the speeches was that the war with
Spain had cemented the north and
south in a bond of fraternal sympathy
never to be again broken
In Nebraska
Omaha, Neb., May 31.-Memorial day
was more generally observed through
out Nebraska than ever before. Owing
TO the strong sentiment against it,
there was an almost entire absence of
sporting events. At McCook a beauti-
ful soldiers monument was dedicated.
In this city lengthy procession
marched 10 Hanscom park, where APP
propriate exercises were held. At the
cemeteries the graves of union and con-
tederate veterans and two who died
during the Spanish war were deco
rated
In Minnesota.
ST. Paul, Mimi, May 31.-Memorial
day was generally observed throughout
Minnesota, business being largely sus-
pended, and TIE veterans of the civil
war We're aided by the veterans of the
Spanish war in decorating the graves
OF the dead. The parade in this city
WAS long one. and the graves in the
different cemeteries were covered with
flowers. Hon. +. II. Kane was the ora
tor of the day.
At Gettysburg.
Gettysburg, Pa, May d.. Memorial
day was observed at the National Gene
terry here with the usual elaborate cere-
monies, and the graves of fallen heroes
were decorated by school children and
veteran soldiers of the civil war. In
the parade, Pennsylvania volunteers
who served during the war with Spain