The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-08
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Warning sFactfsns Of the North
80 the sestA sAoulaearl to shoul-
Der staad Veterans Of the Bl.e
y ana Gray Oh Antietan's Field.
President AtsKiniey and other
sPrsninent5 Persons, Atte.d the.
Dedication . Uausaal Interest in
Memorial nay services.
Hagerstown, Nd, June 1.-Another
link in the chain which binds together
the once warning factions Of the North
and South was forged yesterday by
the dedication Of a monument erected
to the memory Of men who wore the
gray us we'll as those who wore the
blue, and who died in mortal combat
on the bloody field of Antietam. The
event. which is probably without a
parallel in the history Of the world,
was graced' by the presence Of the
president Of the United States, &C.
companied by many members of his
cabinet, a score or more Of United
States senators, twice as many men,
bers Of the house, the governor Of
Maryland and prominent men from
all parts Of the country. There were
also present hundreds Of veterans who
fought for 'the lost cause" and thou
sands who fought for the side that
proved victorious. Side by side,
shoulder to shoulder, they stood with
uncovered heads throughout the cere-
mony Which marked tile conveyance
OF the monument from the State Of
Maryland to the national government.
All animosities forgotten, they listened
to the simple stories of those who told
of the herOtsln of the dead and of the
desperate struggles of those who sur
viNed the battle and still live to tell
the many incidents of the day of
| Carnage and Strife.
A great crowd Of others who had
come from the adjoining country to
witness the spectacle and to greet the
chief executive of the nation, aided by
their presence the impressiveness of
the ceremony and added to the sig
niticance of the occasion. 80 The dedi-
catory ceremonies were opened by
| Col. Benjamin E. Taylor, who intro
duced Gen. Henry Kyd Douglass, di-
rector of ceremonies. Prayer was Of
fered by Rev. B. Il. Clarkson. who
was followed by Gov. John Walter
Smith in an address of welcome. Col.
| Taylor. as president of the Antietam
| Battlefield Commission of Maryland,
then presented the monument to the
national government. and the Hon.
| Elihu Root, secretary of war, in q
brief address, accepted it on behalf Of
the United States. Then followed
short addresses, mainly of remit
niscent character, by Generals John
B. Brooke, James Longstreet, Orlando
B. Wilcox, J. 3. Duryee, Senators
Foraker, Burrows, Daniel and others,
who were prominent on the opposing
sides in the great struggle. These
We're followed in turn by Hon. George
B. Mcclellan of New York and other
members of the United States senate
and house Of representatives. This
concluded, the band played "Hail to
the Chief" and Gen. Douglass intro
duced President Mckinley who de.
livered the address of the day. The
exercises closed with benediction by
| Rev. William Dame.
ConfederGtes Participate.
| Vicksbnrgs Miss. -. Memorial. ..day
was celebrated with fits usual success.
The graves. Of 10000 federals in the
national cemetery were sstrewn with
| flowers. Tile local CAMP of Confeaer..
ate veterans .%participated.:.. -. A great
crowd OF negroes from the. surround
ing country. ,can1ah nil day in the
| cemetery, converting the place into n
fvast picnic ground. A number of
fights occucred.th hut no aones-Was seri-
ously hurt.
Services at iChickamaiaixEa.
Chattanooga, sTenn.-The graves Of
1860 Civil war veterans and 1863 SOL
diers:who died in the encampment at
| Chickamauga Park two years ago
| An addr SIS was. delivered by Gen.
Xenopl,on Wheeler On behalf of the
G. A. Il.
| In Fhr-OK Manila. T.
Manila, p. /. = Memorial day was
observed here as q general holiday.
Military ceremonies We're held at the
various stations and salutes were fired
from the forts at Santiago and Ma
Mia. \ military escort proceeded to
the Malate cemetery, where the graves
of United States soldiers were dec
Grated and an address was made by
the chaplain. Memorial exercises
were also held in the theater, after
which number of addresses were
delivered. interspersed with vocal and
instrumental music. The observance
of the day was very successful.
In south Dnlxota.
Sioux Falls. S. ID. Memorial day
i was observed with unusual interest
in all parts OF the state. Veterans of
the Spanish-American war partici-
pated quite generally in the services.
Patriotic addresses formed a feature
of the ceremonies in most OF the towns.
q In North Dakota.
Fargo, N. D.-Never before, has so
much interest surrounded Memorial