Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-05-30
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Decoration Day Exercises L.

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Washington. May 30.-The speaker
of the day at the memorial exercises st
Fort Stevens, where Gen. Jubsl Early
was about to swoop down upon the
national Capital in July, 1864. was Hon.
Leslie NJ. Shaw, Secretary of the Treas
ury. His remarks were confined al.
ost entirely to q description OF that
epgsgemept, the result OF which was
the saving Of the city of Washington
from csE ture by the Confederate forces.
The dead OF t1e civil and Spanish wars
were given homage tt the national cap
ltal today. TIE President and bis Cab.
met, the officers Of the army and the
organ 2 itioDs OF the veterans and the
public by thousands, WITH flowers and
flags, made pilgrimage 10 the ctme'
1 teries where lie The soldiers and sailors
who were killed or died !duriog thote
wars. At Arlington, wb Gle near 3.WO
soldiers are buried, were hello t1e primer
pal exercises OF the day. PresideLt
Roosev 1t made a fervid speech 10 re-
membrsuce Of the dead. The Pres =
dent in his speech painted 10 vivid
colors Washington, Lincoln and Graft
aud spoke feelipgly oil le men who hao
died or been killed 10 the war between
the States aud that with Spain. he
then spoke OF the war In the Pbilip-
pines and tho cruelties reported 10 those
far way islands. His remarks were
explanatory or In defense Of the course
of the administration. Among ttner
things be said the South during the
civil war had charged the federal army
with barbarian, ADD ssid The lynchings
which occur in the oouI try are far
more bfu al than the aots which are
reported 10 the Philippines.
at the conclusion OF President
Rooseve,t,'s speech Colonel Ell Tor.
renee, com snder.in chief OF the q. A
R. delivered an address, followed by
the eiusiug vi America and the bene-
diction. A feature of the days pro.
Qrsmme was the unwilling at Arlington
of O monument to Col. Edgar OConnor,
OF Wisconsin.
Gettysburg, Pa, May 30.-Oae of tae
principal eveIt5 of the celebration oil
Memorial Day was the speech OF Hon.
VIM. Dudley Faulke OF the q. 8. Civil
Service Com mission, 10 which he took
strong ground for the retention OF the
Philippines and the spread Of Ameri-
can institutions 10 those islands.
B,siug his argument largely upon TIE
Declaration Of Independence, he main
tanned that it, statement that govern.
mept derives us jOst powers from the
consent of the governed" ls not more
literally true than the statement t1st
all men are created equal. 10 coDclu-
sion Mr.. Foulke said be would extend
the H. q dence OF this country to the
uttermost limits OF the earth. Know.
log IS do that America lie blest beyond
ali other nations, want to see the
world fall more and more under her In.
fuence and under her dominion
Newport, r. L. May 80 After q
lapse OF 122 years France today honor.
ed her countrymsp, buried In the land
be came to help free. Upon the grave
Of Admiral Carolus Lu Devious d'Arssc
de 1ornsy, today Lieutenant Colonel
Meax Saint. Marc, personal representa-
i've OF President Loubtt, laid q wreath.
The Rocbambeau mission, under escort
of President Roosevelt's commission
arrived on special train at z 40 q. m.
Governor Kimhs extended O welcome for
the state, Mayor Boyle for the city, snd A. b.
Gardiner for the Cincinnati Society Of Rhode
Island. Escorted by u. =. troops and sailors,
the visitors went TO Old Trinity Churchyard.
The grave was decorated and the Catholic
burial service read by Father Keenan,.