The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-05-30
THE DEAD
HONORED.
Deeds of the Men Now
Beneath the Sod
Remembered.


Whence the fleets Of iron have fed,
Where the blades Of the grave-grass
Asleep ON the ranks of the dead
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgement day;
Under the one. the Blue.
Under the other, the Gray.
No more shall the war-cry sever,
Or the winding river be red
They Danish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves Of our
dead
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day;
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray.
This is Memorial Day and the comrades,
children aud friends Of the men who up
held the nations honor where astir early
The various G, A. R Posts Assem- bled
at their rooms at o'clock this morning.
Smyth Post first visited Asbury oeme-
terry and assisted by the children Of No. Z
school held services and scattered flowers
On the graves.
Old swsdes, Riverview and the Whining
ton and Brandywine cemeteries were WIS.,
tied and the graves strewn with flowers.
salute was fred over the grave of Gen
eral Smyth.
Dupont Post visited DuPont's banks
and decorated the graves Of Admiral, Cap
tain and General DUPONT.
The graves Of other soldiers were re-
menbered Sheridan and U. S. Grant.
Posts visited the Cathedral cemetery and
the Wilmington and Brandywine ceme-
tories. The graves Of colored soldiers
were decorated.
Thousands Of people stood along the
streets this afternoon to view the memoir.
ial day parade Tho parade was one Of
the grandest ever seen on Memorial Day
In Wilmington. The parade was COM
posed Of the following organizations.
THIRD DIVISION.
Brunswick Fife and Drum Corps, four
Admiral s. F. DUPONT Post, No. g. ool-
onel John 7. Rodgers. Commanding
Eden Lodge, l. Q. O. f., headed by
Ferris Industrial School Band,
FOURTH DIVISION.
General Phil Sheridan Post, No. 20,
Colonel e. B. W. Frismuth. Com
Fife and Drnm ma U6rn.' s,,tssn n,.o.s
Sons Of Veterans.
Legion Of the Red Cross,
FIFTH DIVISION.
General Grant Post, No. 10, in carriages,
L. G. Grubb, Commander.
Disabled Soldiers in Carriages.
Board of Education in Carriages.
Tho route OF parade was as follows:
Down French to Third, to Market, to
Eleventh. to Delaware Avenue counter
march around Soldiers and Sailors
Monument, in Delaware avenue to Gar
field Monument where the Chief Mar
shall dismissed the different organiza-
lions.
Patriotic exercises were held in tn pub
lie schools yesterday at school No. 10 the
exercises were attended by large num-
Der of Its patrons and friends. Among
those present were Miss Mary c. l. VIII.
iams assistant supertendent of schools
Mrs A. ID. Warner and Mrs. Robinson,
Of the educational committee of the New
Century Club John S. Rossel, William
G. Baugh, assistant adjutatn- general and
quar- ermaster- general OF the Department
Of Delaware, G. A, r. and William A.
Moystin, ex- department commander, and
Thomas Il. O'Donnsll. The programme
as printed In 1.-The REPUBLICAN," Of
Saturday last was we'll givon by the pup.
lis, John S. Resell delivered the GRAFTON
Of the day and for three-quarters of an
hour spoke upon the lessons OF the con-
flct, holding the closest attention of his
young hearers.
At the conclusion of Mr. Rossell's able
discourse, William G. Baugh, assistant ad-
jutant General of the Delaware, G. A. r.
spoke brify of some experiences in March,
Ing Through Georgia, amt the children
were highly entertained by his reminis-
cences. William A: Moystin, former de-
partmsnt commander, also spoke briefly,
and Miss Mary g. l. Williams commended
the pupils for their discipline and delight.
full entertainment.