El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-30

in the stand Capt. T. J. Besll delive ed
a brief and appropriate address.
"As long as America can honor her
dead heroes and the great pr rinciples for
which they died, so long will this re-
pu bile live," said he. "With Amer
ican sold ers armed with American
guns, this country Is tnvinciole. The Q
American soldier has not his peer in
ness and devotion to principle, as we'll
as capacity to endure the most terrible
hardship. And there is not one of
you old gray heads but would be
ready atthe call to take up arms again
and follow into the battle. should this
glorious country of ours be assailed by
foreign foe.''
At the conclusion of Capt Beail's
speech Mrs Capt Pitt, of the Salvation
Army. sing a hymn. Then The band
played q dirge, while the flag was
slowly lowered to balf msst, where it
will remain through the day.
The parade was then reformed, and
returned to the court house where it
disbanded.
The committee from the G A r and
the confederate veterans proceeded to
the cemeteries and the graves of the
following veterans we're decorated with
out flowers and small flags.
CoNCoRDIA CEMETERY
G. A. R.-Henry Schultz, corpora al
Goth N Y battery; M NJ Spencer, cor
poral 4th Indiana Battery: Lloyd Free
born, 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry: VIM
Walker. corporal Company c, 92od
Illinois Vol; Jas Springer, regiment
unknown: Oliver Crowther, Sergeant
33rd Wisconsin Vol: Alex Hudson.
lieutenant End Illinois artillery; L E
Mckinney, lieutenant 33rd Indiana
Vol: B S McManus, 9th Indiana Vol;
Stevens, 124th Indiana Vol: David
Spencer, 36th Iodiana Vol; Royal T
Whitney, company B, 9th Maine
Confederate Veterans-B 81 Davis,
Gustsve Holland, A Won Baldow, job n
Sellman, Col rhrsilkill.
EVERGREEN CEMETERY.
G. A. r. Simon w. Pom roy: Ere
Boas, company D, 123rd Pennsylvani q,
w. 6. Wright. company G, 5th
Michigan, b. F. Gasty, company G, 5th
California, T. T. .Cooney, regular army.
civil war.
Miss Maggie Hempel recited ga
Soldiers Grave" very impressively at
the grave of Simon Pomeroy.
SALUTE AND TAPS.
At each cemetery a detail of six men
of the Border Rifles under the COM
maud OF serge ant fir ed salute ofthree
volleys after which the trumpeter
sounde ed taps.
It was an inspiring scene when the
veterans united and decorated the
graves alike. Judge Kemp and Gene raj
Malioy took particular pains to see
shat no grave was overlooked.
VETERANS IN LINE
The following veterans Of the G. A.
r. were in line:
Gen G Malloy, OP Owen. F E|
Tusten, w T Kitchen, W N Villas, TT
b Logan, j N Smith. Il S johnson, Fl
D Featherly, Moses Dillon, II D Gull
lard, @ Nj McConaughey, j 81 Ware, E
Lowe, G G Briggs, John D Davis,
G Wilcox p Dunsck, VIM johnson, q
A Cole, w q Robinson, b Mackie,
John Baugh.
EX EXCONFEDERATES.
The following members of John G.
Brown Camp No. 46S United Confede-
rate Veterans: w Kmp, P F Ed
wards, Jas II White, 81 F Stacy, A L
Justice, T ] Beall, J T Neesom. BF
Msj jors, Jake Catlip, Cald we'll, J M
Ellis, s Noodle, B Clark, Vim Mar:
tin, Joseph Msgoffin, Creswell.
The firing squad from the Border
Rifles were: Sgt Bernauer, Corpl
Green, Privates Smith, Schulz,
Sparks. Baird and Delxado.
Consul Msllen, Mayor Magoffi
Judge Harper and Captain Rosslio IL
menez Castro, of the Mexican army.
occupied carriage In the parade.
The Mexican war veterans psrticip-
ating in the ceremonies were r J
Carr, OF Clint, Tex, and 1 Weston, of
this city.
MAJOR w N Villas was in command of
the Spanish American war veterans.
The flags on the court house and the
Mexican consulate were at half mast
all day.
TONIGHT'S CEREMONY.
Tonight at $50 there will be q most
impressive ceremony at the plaza tn at
OF 10 wering the flag. Everybody Is urg-
ed to attend.
EUGENE CASEY'S GRAVE
Special Dispatch to the HERALD
LAS CRUCES, May 3O.-The Colum-