New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
DECORATING THE GRA YES.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WOODRUFF
SPEAKS AT GRANTS TOMB-AT
JOHN A. DIX'S GRAVE.

early in the afternoon for the services whlch were
held there under the auspices of y. s. Grant Post
No. 327, G. A. r. Among the floral decorations
were wreath from President Mckinley, another
from the Loyal Legion, one from Grant Post. G.
A r.. of Brooklyn, and from the Society of the
Army of the Potomac. Below the bluff the
battleship Texas. which began the ceremonies with
salute of twenty-one guns. AS the guns echoes
died away the people sang America" Commander
John E. Baker. of Grant Post, then read part of
the Grand Army OF the Republic ritual, and prayer
was said by Chaplain A. Stewart Walsh Com
mander Baker then read Lincolns Gettysburg ad-
dress and the post band played a National air.
Noah Tbbetts chairman of the Memorial Day
Committee. then introduced observation-disclosures
Timothy Woodruff. who delivered the address of
the day. Myles OReilly the officer of the day,
and Commander Baker then read OF the
ritual, and the people joined in singing the Doxo-
ogy. The ceremonies closed with the bene-
dcton by the Rev. George f. Strobridge. Mr.
Woodruff said in part
Memorial Day sad in its memories beautiful and
sublime in its purposes, dawns again to bless us
by hallowed associations. The tears of the widow
Of the Nation, awakening its fondest recollectons
Of the noble struggle of those who have gone be
fore and its deepest sympathy for the silent suf-
fering of those who have been left behino. To-day
grind Of years but with hearts stn stirred by the
slght or nutterng flags and the strains OF martial
mighty dead pay tribute to the memory of the
the bivouac the march the camp and fed of battle
Grants obscurity at the beginning of the war
close The ArmS n of hs Potomae e had
charged against Lees inpregnable works, only to
Suffered @ defeat Alter the undecisive srugge in
cry, Another retreat:' No! The brave Army of
The great captain thrilled his heroic ranks by the
command, BY the left flank, forward" Lee then
his strength seif-reiant al and unwavering in his
h mam & OF T set 5 m
dealt crushing blows upon the thinning lines of
until ts fang of
down forever at APponattox . x
serious homey ED % face Of Liz Tncon se' We f6oW Ht him
auguTstion till after the second ina m ton, he
falls; falls by the h hand ID OF OF the the assassin We see him
Repu5c against the efforts @ to disrupt TIT" it, We see
Graas at nS at Shiloh at ks @ the m
blue to victory that the Stars and Stripes may float
does to-day under the laws Of the State from every
schoohouse in Southern Alabama. We see the doors
they have since done to Hayes and Garfield, to A.
statesmen who have made illustrous the pages of
all of whom furnished to the country the ultimate
mind that planned the ultimate heart that feared
The customary service on Memorial Day at the
grave of General John A. Dix. In Trinity Cemetery
One-hundred-and-ffty -ffth-st. and Amsterdam
ave-. was held there yesterday afternoon by the
members of John A. Dix Post No. 1885, C. A. R..
women and children The Service. which was con,
Quoted by Commando Edward Payson Cone be-
gan with the laying Of floral wreaths and tributes
on the grave. Then followed prayer by the post
address delivered at Gettysburg in 1868. The Rev
Jesse Lyman Hurlbut made address, after which
e fsE he snd
bers of John A. Dix Post for the reverence which
they have annually shown to the memory of his
father.
Oliver ITilden Camp went to Woodlawn Cemetery
and held services over the graves of Major Oliver
Tilden and H. z. Colling. after which they deco
rated the graves of the veterans buried there.
In Trinity Churchyard the graves of several pa
decorated. The tomb of the martyrs bore a wreath
from the Sons of the Revolution and a bunch of
lilies from the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton, in memory of General Guy V Henry one OF
the heroes of the with Spain. Alexander Ham
ilton's tomb, the south side of the graveyard
bore wreath of immortelles from the Grand Army
of the Republic post of that name. On the almost
indecipherable brownstone slab that marks the
grave of Charlotte Temple lay bunch Of lilies and
maidenhair fern Washington's statue the steps
Of the Sub-Treasury was decorated with wreath
from the Sons Of the Revolution.
The grave Of Captain James Lawrence in Trinity
Churchyard, decorated yesterday by Naval
Post No. 516 G. A. r. and Farragut Squadron No
!, Port Of New York. Captain B. D. Blanchard
commanding the squadron delivered a patriotic
address, in which he referred the personal valor
and sterling qualities of Captain Lawrence after
mentioning the early battles of the American
Navy In speaking about the achievements of the
American Navy he said:
We look back with pride and give thanks TO our
Great rather in Heaven. 1t He who guided
our ships and helped officers and sailors and
gave them fair winds and bright skies, that blazed
the pa to victory for our Navy.