The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-31
STREW FLOWERS OVER THE
GRAVES OF BRAVE SOLDIERS
Salt Lake the Scene of an Imposing Demonstration
in Honor of Memorial Day.
Greatest Military and Civic Pageant Ever Witnessed Upon Similar
Occasional the Cemeteries

I There was hardly a man among the
number upon whose head the SHOWS Of
the winter Of life had not fallen, many
marching with limping tread. which
bespoke some wound sustained in his
country'S cause or the Pickering glow
OF physical strength sapped by hard
ships and privations endured many
years ago.
Indian Fighters There.
Following the veterans were the SOL
diers Of the Indian wars of tlsis state
forty ia number. Hauerbachs band
headed the section composed Of the
spanish war veterans. under command
Of Colonel j. o. EystrOm and the
Patriarchs Militant, 7. o. o. f.. under
command Of S. ". Lewis. Following
IN carriages. accompanied by mounted
escorts. were Judge e. c. Goodwin
orator at Mt. Olivet; Mrs. Anna C0l-
burn Plummer, sOlOist al SIT Olivet:
William Ritter, orator at City cemetery;
Past Commander Alh. Rev L. IT,
koepsel, Miss Flora Drehner, Miss
Maude McCOrgan, vOcalists, and Major
Logan. The women carried floral de-
signs for the graves AT the cemetery.
In other carriages We're J. J. Meyers,
Rev. DR.. Ptnkerton, President Larkin
OF All HallOws, Professors Hopkins,
Gameheart and Bower, Mra Heath.
Mrs. ". 3. Lawrence. Miss Wolcott,
Miss Tatlock, Register Hobbs and fam
lily, army ambulances and children
from St. AIMS Orphanage.
One Of the most imposing features of
the parade was the section Of light
horse artillery, composed OF the
Twelfth and TWeuty-secOnd batteries
from Fort Douglas. There were go
men in the section and each battery
had six guns. drawn By six horses
each. The artillery pieces were driven
up Main street two abreast. but formed
in single column at Second South and
heightened the parade considerably.
Major Califf and staff headed the sec
ton Of artillery.
National Guard in Line.
The second section was headed by
the officers Of the national guard. Cen
eral John Q. Cannon and staff, Colonel
sam Park. Colonel 7. D. Ford, Colonel
II. NJ II. Lund. Colonel ".
r Beer, Major Benedict. Major
r. J. Glendenning and Major
A. T. Williams Then followed
Captain CreeneW aid. After these came
the First regiment Of the national.
guard. followed By the cadets from AM
HalloRs. under command Of Major II.
Mccormick. The cadets were forty in.
number.
Next were the High school cadets,
seventy-fiye strong, commanded by
Lieutenant Alex Thomas. The battery
Of the national guard artillery came
next. commanded by Captain Grow.
They were followed by the cavalry
troop OF the guard, forty men strong.
The last section was composed Of
about fifty wagons filed with children
and members Of the various labor or
CARNATIONS Of the city. The wagons
carrying the school children we're gaily
decorated with flags and bunting, and
the little ones carried flowers in their
hands with which 10 decorate the
graves at the cemeteries. The section
of wagons was in itself more than two
blocks IN length.
On the Line Of March.
The line Of march was preserved az
first arranged. The procession moved
up Main street from Market 10 Second
South thence west to West Temple
street thence north to First South and
east to Main. up Main 70 the Brigham
Young monument, counter march back
on Main 70 Second south and east on
Second South 10 State street where
the procession divided, the various or
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