The evening times., 1902-05-30


/ cemetery connected with the Govern
mont Hospital for the Insane were Of
more than ordinary interest because Of
| the peculiar circumstances surrounding
/ the death Of the soldiers whose bodies
are buried there.
The ceremonies were appropriate. Dr.
+ A. B. Richardson delivered the address.
st. EIizabeth's choir was present to sup
ply music, and a large crowd was in at
tendance.
Grafton by Mr.. Allies.
The orator OF the day was Mr.. Milton
/ Z. Allies. the Assistant Secretary CT the
/ Treasury who spoke a. follows:
How swiftly the years are passing.
+ To many Of you it must seem but yes
terday when you Witnessed the close OF
that Titanic struggle IN which your com
Fades icu in order that this great Re
public might endure. And yet the period
allotted for q whole generation Of men
mas gone and it is over third Of a cen
tuTy since AppOmattOx set the seal Of a
+ blessed peace and fixed for all time a
unified national existence. Il IS even
third Of century since the brave
/ Logan. whose honoTed name is borne by
this post, issued. as Commarder-in-cf-fcf
OF the Grand Army Of the Republic. the
+ first Decoration Day order. and how
faithfully all these years you old vet
Grams Of the great struggle have kept
the memory Of your fallen comrades
+ II other eyes grow dull said your
communicated in that first order.
other hands slack, and other hearts
grow cold in she solemn trust. ours
shall keep IL well as long as the light
and warmth OF life remain to us And
+ you have, nobIy and sacredIy.
Ranks Growing Thinner.
Your ranks are growing thinner. your
steps fecbIer, but your strength of pur-
I pose. your venerstion for the dead. your
fealty 10 the living. and your loyalty to
/ the cause for which you fought are
sturdieT and stancher as the years brina
you also nearer the last day. You nave
made Decoration Day. this sacred spriae
service. an established thing. Il is as
firmly fixed in the hearts of the Younger
men about to succeed you as it is in
yours You have given to posteritv a
day in the midst Of the most beautiful
season Of all the year when nature is
in her pleasantcst mood and with r1vr-
lad new leaves and DTCfusiou Of flowers
tells the story again and again, there is
no death. This spring is more beautiful!
than rhe last, and the last more beautf-
J Iui than the one that went before it
because today stands on the shoulders Of
yesterday, and yesterday shares in the
glOries and achievements OF TO-DAY
These men who are buried here bel1ng
to yesterday. bat they live TODAY m
deeds and hearts made better because
OF their sacrifices.
Men of a Glorious Period.
Tomorrow. old veteran. you NAV be
called hence to take you place among
those whose grassy sepuichers are be
fore Us. IN what respect viii your
status be different then from these OF
your comrades who died last year. the
year before. or WEG gave up their lives
II the midst of the war whose heroes
you are2 a philosopher has said What
Is Yesterday when it is past. or 10. 600
yesterdays when they are past. OF
three times 10000 yesterdays when
they are paste You each take yuur
place and part in the sameness Of that
ali eternity which we are ever LEI wing
behind us. But there is q distinction
There are groups and classes and epochs
and cons iu that all eternity. and it
was your great fortune TO belong 70 the
most glorious period which has yet
come in the worlds history
You who are living have witnessed
since the close of the civil war q de-
velopment in this Republic which
marked period OF gigantic and stu
peudOus progress for the human race
You have lived in a time when single
years have been as pregnant with great
things as whole centuries before
Wrought a Revolution
"Our inventors and men of genius
have wrought O revolution. There is no
longer any such thing as distance You
dine one day at the Capital and the next
day at Chicago Men now talk with each
other over the mountains, under the
rivers. through the forests, across the
plains. hundreds Of miles. recognizing
the true tones of each others voices
as easily as they do when they sit face
to face There is now scarcely such
thing as pain. for ways have been found
to avoid or soften human suffering The
gloom Of night has been conquered, and
the Intelligence of man mas even sue
ceeded in making subservieut 70 him the
elements OF the air as q means of com
municat ton. We seem TO be on the
verge of the fulfllment Of Tennyson's 5
prophecy
For J dipped into the future far as human eye
saw the vision of the world and an the zv5r-
saw the heavens au with commerce argosies
ui magic sails.
Pilots OF u.a r.rrrre twilight dropping do.vr.
with costly bales