Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY!
Appropriately Observed
in this City.
The Graves Decorated With
Choice Flowers.
Judge McFle's Magnificent and Pa
triotic Address.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS.

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Memorial day was appropriately OBJ
served in this city yesterday.
The members Of the q. X. Warren
post, No. s. woman's Relief Corps and
many citizens assembled at the
Knights OF Pythias hall at $3.50 o'clock
a. m. with baskets Of flowers, after
which they proceeded In vehicles TO
Falrview cemetery.
The Relief Corps went through there
with the beautiful ritual service Of the
order around the monument erected by
the Grand Army of the Republic TO
the Unknown Dead"
Captain Chamberlin, with a nring
squad from the Guards. fred the sa-
lutte after the ceremonies by the Relief
Corps.
strewn with flowers at the different
cemeteries, as follows:
Fairview-santiago Hubbell, John
Johnson. Adam Hoffman, Samuel Il.
Beadle, John Martin, N. ID. Crowley.
Ben. Stevens. A. Rutherford, N. b.
Booth, Milton Stapp, II. s. Wiley. J..
M. Thomas, ID. M. Lyon, r. Il. Preis-
ner, +. B~artolone, Melchior Werner.
Francis White, Capt. VIM. Scott. Geo.
Morris, Judge John Oaks, ]. G. Mar
shall, Frank Menke.
Santa Barbara-John Devine, VIM.
Brown. Ambrosio ArmiJo, Juan Crlsto-
bal Armijo. Frederick GreeniRg. Z. II.
sullivan. Leon Dubois.
a Ignscio-Milton Ayres. James
Campbell. Charles Walker.
The graves OF the old soldiers who
died during the past year.. were also
decorated.
In the afternoon, in accordance with
the published program. the people OF
the city assembled at Robinson park on
west Copper avenu and listened to a
grand Memorial day address from
Judge John r. McFie, a synopsis OF
which is given below:
ADDRESS OF JUDGE M'FIE.
Comrades and Fellow Citizens-Thlr-
ty-two years ago that and
patriotic volunteer. General John A.
| Logan, while commander-in-chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic. an
a%ugurated the ceremonies In which we
engage to-day. in homo OF our W and
the nations dead. And to-day the pa
triotic people of the greatest nation on
earth bow in silence around the graves
of our fallen heroes. A grand sight IL
presented here to-day. Comrades OF
the a. A. r., representing 2 ,ooo-old
| xataraAa 80 she rfx,iI xyar nninn md
confederate, enemies OF forty years age
nov stan together as friends on thi'
Memorial Day. vieing with each othei
In honoring> the dead soldiers, by scat
tering sweet and beautiful flowers upor
their grass-grown graves. There u
present also the brave young soldiers
OF the Spanish-American war, Joininl
in the common purpose, but also t
see that the new-made graves OF theil
comrades are not forgotten. | see alst
the noble women OF the Relief Corps
representing $4,000. whose Blossoms
swell high with emotion as the scenes
OF this day recalls to them the sad houl
when the light In the home went out
They, too. with mingled pride and sad
~ness-pride OF their patriotic relatives
sadness for the loved and lost-joir
earnestly in the work Of honoring tn
nations dead. And then. hat II ma!
be known hat the whole people of tn
nation will never allow the memory no
the brave deeds of our dead soldier
to be forgotten, l see before me tn
men, women and children Of this beau
tiful city, In silent reverence, testifyinI
their love and admiration for the nobl
men who yielded up their lives for thei
country.
And when l remember that thi
solemn but beautiful scene has II
counterpart all over the nation to-da,
1 thank God for the privilege l nov
have of %prollaiming myself an Ameri
can citizen.
Memorial Day carries US bsck to tn
birth Of the republic. The grave o
Washington. the grave OF Jackson, tn
grave 81 Lincoln. the grave OF Gran
and tie grave Of Lawton are all fres
to Us to-day, and the graves OF a.
our soldiers must be kept green wheth
y er they are soldiers OF the revolution
OF the war OF 1872. the civil war or tn
|, Spanish war. The soldiers grave
wherever found. is a sacred spot TO tn
loyal American citizen.
Some OF the brightest pages Of Amer
lean history are those relating TO wal
II will not be improper, therefore, 70
me TO refer TO some facts concernin
the wars OF the nation, In order tina
we may have some idea Of the exter
: OF the destruction of human nfe, an
: the sacrifice made for the life of the re
= public. The Franco-Prussian war wa
one OF the greatest OF foreign war
: The Germans took 7S7, 800 soldiers In
France. OF this number 2s,277 wei
L killed or died Of wounds-a loss OF 3
per cent. In the Crimean war the a
b lied armies lost 32 per cent. In n
war OF 1866 the Austrian army lost
per cent. But in the American CIV
war the Union army alone lost a. %
n cent. while the Confederate army los
il Ia estimated, nearly . per cent.
the civil war. during the six month
following the 4th day OF May, 1864. Il
X Union army alone host more men
l. killed, wounded and missing than Il
10 German army lost during the enti
Franco-Prussian war Q27, S97)
a There were only twenty-four lar
a battles fought during the revolutions
a war, and the total loss In killed al
,e wounded in those battles was 22.42S.
which s,497 were pm the American 81
=. and 1895 on the British. In the ba
"a tie Of Lexington. the first battle Of IN
war. the loss on both sides was on
y S57. There were only forty-four lal
battles fought during the war of IS
and the total loss was 29,s5s-Amel
can. 1929; British. 1878. The bat
~, OF New orleans vas the greatest a
:. last battle OF this war. This bat
~ lasted but one hour hui in that III
u the British lost 2.OOO-The Americ
loss vas thirteen. seven killed and
81 wounded.
Is But II is only when we reach I
ne civil var that we hnd the appalli
70 loss Of human life. There were ESQ
600 men enlisted In the Union armiel
reduced to a S-year basis, fully ego
q 900; Confederates, 800, 900; total abe
5000, 900. OF the Union soldiers 1853,
IT. were killed OF died OF POUNDS or oil