The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-31
THREW FLOWERS OVER THE
GRAVES OF BRAVE SOLDIERS

Continued from page L.
CARNATIONS going to the particular
cemetery to which they had been as
signed.
Governor Wells and his stat. Colonel
Bubb and his command, the q. A. II.
veterans. the Woman's Relief CORPS. the
teamsters with the school children. and
the children from St. AIMS oorphanage
proceeded to Mt Olivet. The Spanish
war veterans. the Indian war veter-
ans. two companies OF the Twelfth in
fantrv. the Maxwell post. Woman's
Relief Corps. and Helds band pro-
ceeded to the city cemetery. The fort
batteries and the women of the c. ~
K. and two companies of United States
infantry proceeded to the fort ceme-
terry.
The statue Of Brigham Young was
draped with floral designs, and a num-
Der Of school children stationed along
the street Just below the statue threw
flowers in the path Of the old soldiers
as they reached that point of the line
of march. Each cemetery was crowded
and the services were most impressive.
At Mt. olivet.
At Mt. Olivet the graves of the dead
were covered with flowers, and those
of the soldiers were decora ted, each
with a national flag. The services were
conducted by the 6. A. r., and they
were opened by the reading of the c.
A. r. general order directing the OBJ
servation of Memorial day. The order
was read By Adjutant J. NJ. Bowman.
after which PRAYER was offered by
Chaplain D. n. Corser. Liucoln's Get
tysburg address was read by Adjutant
Bowman.
The Woman's Relief Corps conducted
their exercises, after which Mrs. Plum
mer sang "The Flag Without a Stain,
accompanied by the Twelfth infantry
band. An eloquent grafton was dellv-
cred by Judge c. c. Goodwin, and the
services closed with prayer by the Rev.
Mr.. Koepsel Tattoo was sounded, and
a salute of three guns was fired by the
battery al the fort.
The decoration of the graves at Mt
Olivet afforded a pathetic sight that
deeply moved many Of those who saw
it. In one corner of the cemetery is a
plot filled with mounds, at the heads of
which only narrow boards with a name
serve as monuments--it is the burial
place of the INDECENT.
Flowers For Them.
While beautiful floral designs were
being carried by fond relatives to the
graves of their departed, d few women
and children, of ordinary attire and
bearing perhaps only a bunch Of wild
flowers in their hands, stole silently to
the plot in the obscure corner, and,
with loving hands, laid their tribute of
wild flowers on the grave Of husband
or father, and fingered over the name
tho 7ifH1o ID
children from st. AIMS Orphanage also
went to Mt Olivet, and after strewing
flowers on the graves Of the soldiers,
went TO Calvary cemetery. where they
decorated the graves of those who had
helped establish a home for them.
The services at the city cemetery
were no less elaborate and impressive
than those at Mt Olivet. They we're
conducted by the woman's Relief
Corps of the Maxwell post, G. A. r., as
sisted by the Spanish and Indian war
veterans.
AT City Cemetery.
Around the monument to the I'M
known dead several hundred people
had already gathered when the Relief
Corps arrived. The graves had been
prOfusely decorated, and the United
DtoNSo mas 4AOdLCQ dE nan ABOVE
the plot dedicated to the unknown he
roes.
The services were opened with a Sc
lection, Flee as a Bird. by Hauer-
bach's band, followed by the ritual to
TO the unknown dead. Rev. p. ". Pin
/ kerton OBLIGATED in the capacity Of
cbaple in. The beautiful strains OF
Nearer, My God, to Thee" were
played by the band and sung by the
women OF the Relief Corps. W. d..
Ritter, the orator of the day, delivered
an eloquent address. America" was
played by the band, and a salute of
three guns was fired by the national
guard battery.
At Fort Douglas.
At the fort cemetery the services
were conducted by the women of the
G. A. r. Many beautiful flowers were
taken TO the cemetery by the women,
and each grave was decorated. and a
flag was delivered by Chaplain Mar
win of the fort. and d salute of three
guns was fired by the post battery.
The graves Of the soldiers We're not
the only ones to receive attention in
the memorial services. Early in the
! morning people were at the cemeteries
with flowers, and almost every grave
/ showed proof of the thoughtfulness of
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