Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-06-02
MEMORIAL DAY!
Appropriately Observed
in this City.
The Graves Decorated With
Choice Flowers.
Judge McFie's Magnificent and Pa
triOtic Address.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS.

many citizens assembled az the
knights of pythlas hail az $50 O'Clock
10. m, with baskets Of flowers, after
which they proceeded in vehicles to
FalryicW cemetery.
The Relief Corps went through there
with the beautiful ritual service 20 thu
order around the monument erected by
ihc Grand Army Of the Republic TO
the Unknown Dead"
captain Chumbcflln, with nrlng
squad from the Guards fired the aa-
lutte after the ceremonies by the Relief
Corps
Tho graves u an soldiers were then
strewn with flowers st the different
cemeteries, az follows
Fairview Santiago Hubbcll John
Johnson Adam Hoffman Samuel -.
Bcadlc. John Martin, s.. D. Crowley.
Ben. stevens. A. Rutherford. y. B.
Booth, Milton stapp. ~. r. Wiley J.
NJ Thomas. -. NJ. Lyon, r. d. Prcis-
nyr, +. Bartul0nc, Melchior Werner.
Francis white. capt. VIM. Scott Geo.
Morris. Judge John oaks. .. G. Mar
shall Frank Menkr.
santa Barbara John Dcvne, VIM.
Brown. Ambrose Armlio. Juan Crlsto-
bal ArmiJu. Frederick Grerniug. h. II.
sullivan. Leon Dubois
san ignacio-M Milton Ayrcs. James
Campbell. Charles walker
The graves ~ the old soldiers who
died during the past year. We're also
decorated
Ia the afternoon. IN accordance with
the published progrcm. the people of
the city assembled at Robinson park on
west Copper avenue and listened TO "a
grand Memorial day address from
Judge John Il. McFic. synopsis 90
which .s given below.
ADDRESS OF JUDGE MFIE
Comrades and Fellow C,uzens-Thlr-
ty-tWo years ago that courageous ana
patriotic volunteer. General John 4.
Logan. while commander. in-chicf OF
tdc Grand Army 90 the Republic, IN
Juguratod the ceremonies la which we
engage to-day, ia honor OF our own and
the nations dead And to-day the pa
triotic people of the greatest nation ON
earth bow in niienCr around the graves
of our fallen heroes. A grand sigh, Is
presented here to-day Comrades OF
the %. A. r.. representing J23.O00-0ld
veterans OF the civil war union and
confederate, enemies ~ forty years ago
now stand together AS friends or this
Memorial Day. vieing wiki each other
Ina honpriug the dead soldiers. by scat
,rriug sweet ana beautiful flowers upon
their grass-grown graves There Is
present also the brave young soldiers
of the Spauish-Amvrlcan war. Joining
u the common purpose. but also TO
SEE that the ncW-mhdr graves VI their
comrades are not forgotten. / see also
the noble women OF the Relief Corps,
representing $4,000. whose busoms
swell high with emotion as the scenes
of This day recalls 60 them he sad hour
when the uEht ln the home went out.
They. too, with mingled pride and sad
ness pride uf their patriotic relatives.
sadness fur the loved and lost join
earnestly iu the work Of nonoring the
nations dead. And then that &c may
Boz known that the whole people of the
nation viii never allow the memory nor
The brave deeds OF our dead soldiers
Co De- forgotten, / see before me The
men, women ana children Of this beau
lful clty. in silent reverence. tcsufying
their love and admiration for the noble
men who yielded up their lives FOR their
country.
Ana when I remember that this
solemn but beautiful scene has lts
counterpart all over the nation to-day
thank God Tor the privilege I now
have Of prouaiming myself au Ameri-
can citizen
Memorial Day carries us back to the
birth 90 the republic. The grave OF
Washington. the grave OF jackson, the
grave OF Lincoln, ;he grave OF Grant
and the grave 81 LaWtOu are an fresh
90 us to-day, ana the graves OF all
our soldiers must hr Fcpt green wheth-
vr they are soldiers OF the revolution.
ot The war of 1872, the oiyil war OF the
spanish war The soldiers grave,
wherever found. b. a sacred spot to the
loyal American citizen.
Some uf the brightest pages OF Amer
lean history are those relating 90 war
% viii not be- improper. therefore, Tor
me to refer to some facts concerning
The wars Of the nation. ln order tina
Wy may have some idea Of the extent
Of the destruction Of human ME. and
the sacrifice made fur the life OF tne rec
public. I'M, Franco rrusslan war was
one cot the greatest of foreign wars
IN, Germans took ,s5 800 soldiers into
France. uf this number 2s2g were
killed Or died of wounds "a loss 0f 81
per cent la the Crmesn war the al
lied armies lost 5,2 per cent. la the
war uf is66 the Austrian army loot 2G
per cent But in the American u.vil
war the Union army alone lost a. per
cent. while the Confederate army lost.
10 ls estimated. nearly per cent len
the cNl war during the SIX months |
following the an day OF May, 1884 the |
Union army alone lost more men in |
Killed, ended ana missing than the |
German army lost during the entire |
Frhugo-lruasian war u21.sg1J
There were only twenty four land !
battles fought during the reyoluti,uary
war ana the total loss Ia killed ana |
wounded ia those battles was %. lea, Of
which s.iyi were on the American side |
aud 1895 ON the British la the bat |
tle OF Lexington. the nrst battle OF that |
war the loss on both sides was only |
jl. There We're only forty four land /
battles Fought during the war OF 1872, |
ana the total loss was 1865 -AmrH- /
can logs. British 1878 The battle
1f New orleans was the greatest and
last battle OF this war This battle
lasted but one hour bur la that time
the British lost 1900 The American
loss was thirteen seven klllod and six
" ouuded
hut 10 b. only when we reach the
1vil war that we ma the appalling
loss OF human NE. There we're g 500
"O men enlisted In the Union armies
.eiuced 10 a a-year basis. fully $500.
poo. confederates, COO. 600. total about
100000 OF the Union soldiers s5s. ses
were KILLED or died ~ wounds or other
.uuaes during the war 81 these o.
.as we're killed and isOis were MORALLY
Wounded during the war. while 2ig as