The sun., 1900-05-28
h NATIONS DEAD
|HONORED BY VETERANS
Of GRAND ARMY
Rm m)riaI Services Held Yester-
day Afternoon at the
Opera House.
sHBRIDGE WAS NOT THERE
pyor of philadelphia Disappointed
Large Audience, But They
Were Entertained by two
Local Speakers.-Ap-
peal for Flowers.

Memorial services of an appropriate
azure we're held in the Grand Opera
8buse Yesterday afternoon by the Grand
&lny posts of this city in honor of their
H&d comrades.
E1he services were largely attedded by
Dbl families and friends of the G. A. r..
Intl an excellent program was rendered.
Pater L. Ayars, past junior vice COM
|hpnder, presided, and addresses were
|nD e by Rev. l.. w. Long, pastor of
H Heenhill Presbyterian Church, and
Mses Bullock.
I&s:embled on the stage were Depart
hfnt Commander William A. Reilly and
Nj fl, past department commanders, past
Efnmanders and Epworth NJ. L. Church
Ehoir who furnished the music.
"a IN each side OF the stage the banners
BIZ tie different posts were displayed end
I'D stage c merry represented gard, n
Idfne The Sons Of Veterans dressed N
|H ir uniforms acted as ushers and took
pp the Offering.
|Arhe services were begun by the choir
Ia audiance sill ging "My Country
'Es Of Thee" after which Rev. John
-udpG, vi IGldh ANOlluC
|at Church, led in prayer.
~ Peter b. Ayars in brief address well
,0ned the audience and said that they
xere disappointed in not having the
Bn. Samuel II. Ashbridge, Mayor of
n Philadelphia, present, as they had ex-
)Cted HIM but for some reason he did
lm come. Mr.. Ayars added, however,
TN the q. A. h. was never at a loss for
rHnds and called on Rev. Z. w. Long
d make an address.
iRev. Long began his address by ask
Qg those present to not consider that he
Ibs taking Mayor Ashbridge's place.
3"We are in the presence" said Rev.
Sng, "of men who have been through
be war and believe this afternoon are
8ssing through another. We are here
d view the long line of men who gave
Heir lives to their country.
lone after another fell by your side
Id you were called to step in and take
Heir places. One here and there were
pjcked out and fell on the battlefield and
ySu were spared to return to your
h6mes and take up where you had lett
I'll believe that in the history of oul
@vil War, and il may be said the late
y |ar with Spain, there were occasions
wlen certain men were at the head ano
BIZ force Of circumstances God brought
these men together, which gave us {
mick and decisive victory"
Rev. Long concluded by saying that
" must not dwell too long on these las
q ecnes. as there is work for us that il
ID be done.
i Moses Bullock, who was through the
late Civil War in a Delaware Regiment
Mas called on and made very patriotic
#dress. Mr.. Bullock, in concluding hi
address,, said that if we live until mex
Wednesday we will decorate the grave
n the noblest men who ever lived OF
Il he face of the earth since tie Revolu
dpnary War.
An appeal was made for all those VIII
ARve flowers that they can give to assis
N decorating the graves to send them t
8heridan Post, No. 8 East Ninth street
Aupont Post, No. 504 Market street, o
6myth Post, northeast corner Third AM
Aarket streets.
After the singing of the doxology th
Mnediction was pronounced by Rev. j
W. Easley.
The Grand Army posts attended Dela
Ware Avenue Daptisv Churcn last nlgh'