The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-31

III 4~~'A CAA4-A1- la was ODSGANGu Al
H Salt Lake yesterday with a dem
onstration such as has probably
never before been witnessed in this
city upon a similar occasion. Actual
ed by the high impulse that makes a
nation pause to drop a tear Of sorrow
upon the graves Of its departed heroes.
The pOpulace turned out en- masse in
the city and paid eloquent tribute to
the fallen soldiers who rest in their
final sleep.
Bent and gray-haired veterans. upon
whose battle-scarred coUntenances the
hand of more than half century's
time had plOWed its burrows: younger
veterans of a more recent conflict and
golden-haired children marched to the
resting places of the departed. and
with q tender thought for him who
slept beneath, planted a flag by the
tomb and scattered springs beautiful
flowers over the grass covered mound.
Old Glory, beneath Whose stainless
folds the heroes fought and died. float
ed at half-mast from every staff and
dropped its stars and stripes above
the dust Of the dead, while the touch
ing strains Of Nearer. Ny God. to
Thee" dimmed every eye with glisten-
ing tears.
Was an Elaborate Parade.
The parade of soldiers and. citizens
was without doubt the largest and
most elaborate one that was ever seen
in Utah upon Memorial day, it being
surpassed. perhaps. only by the dem
OnstratiOn upon the return of the
states volunteers from Ne battlehelds
OF the late war. The procession was
over mile in length. and was par
ticipated in BY perhaps 1000 persons.
including men and children. there be-
Ing about fifty wagons of the latter.
The grand spectacle presented by this
mighty concOuTse of soldiers and cit
liens, marching through the streets of
the city, was one that VIII live long
in the memory of those who saw it.
Citizens in untold numbers. who had
not a place in the line Of march.
thronged the sidewalks and streets
along the entire course Of the process
sion, and followed it to the cemeteries
With their bOunteOus contribution Of
flowers.
At each cemetery imposing services
were held. and dark drove from the
grounds those who would have tsrried
still longer over the monument that
bore the mare Of rels ti+-e 0r freud.
The entire exercises Of the day were
carried ont without the occurrence Of
an incident 10 mar the beauty or sol
emnity Of the occasion.
Order Of the Parade.
The. parade, the opening exercises Of
the day, started from Main and Mar
ket streets at $3.50 a. m. just twenty
minutes late. The procession was
headed by a platoon of police under
Sergeant BurbidBe, followed by Grand
Marshal Frank II. Clark and his aids;
Lieutenant Robert g. Sleater. Captain
f NJ Bishop. NJ N. Kaighn, ". p.
Rowe. Captain John F.. Critchlow.
Louis b. Eddy, Captain J. Wash Young
and Major p. Mccormick Governor
Heber VI. Wells and his staff followed
in carriages, accompanied by mount
ed escort.
Following the governors party was
the First regiment band of the Twelfth
United States infantry. Colonel T. W.
Bubb. commaudsnt at Fort Douglas.
and staff; Lieutenant Colonel II. 7.
Haskell. captain c.. II. Barth Captain
r. l. Hirst Captain T. s. COcheu.
headed the first battalion OF the
Twelfth infantry. stationed at the fort.
Marching Nth hating tread. behind
the regulars, were the gray veterans
of the O. A. r.. the Mexican and Max
we'll posts, numbering about seventy
four men. The spectacle presented by
these old soldiers was a pathetic one.