The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-31
Graves of Soldiers ut Crown Hill,
GreenIawn, Holy Cross and other
Cemeteries Decorated.
ADDRESS BY WILLIAM WARNER
FORMER G. A. r.. COMMANDER
SPEAKS AT CROWN HILL.
Twenty Thousand People in His Aud
observation-disclosures Soldiers
Not Forgotten.

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ices at the different cemeteries. Addresses
| by prominent citizens, ritualistic services Of
the G. A. r. and the strewing of flowers
and evergreens over the graves of the SOL
| diers Of the civil war constituted the cere-
monies at Mount Jackson and Greenlawn
| cemeteries in the morning, and at Crown
Hill and Holy Cross cemeteries In the after
noon. The beauty of the day attracted an
unusually large Memorial day crowd TO
witness the tributes to the memory of the
| Nations defenders, and at Crown Hill
alone. it is estimated not less than 10000
people were present At the smaller ceme-
teries probably 10000 were present. The
| business houses down town were closed
| during the afternoon. as were all the public
| offices; and the city bore an aspect of
| quiet respect to the memory of the dead.
Citizens generally. as well as the members
of various organizations. visited the GEM
eteries to place flowers on the graves of de-
parted relatives and friends. Flowers were
seen everywhere in profusion, and at Crown
Hill particularly the wealth of blossoms
strewn over the green sod was a spectacle
| of beauty.
| The main observance Of the day was at
Crown Hill The great burial ground never
smiled in more sereae beauty than yes
terday, when the veterans of the Grand
Army paid once more their tribute of love
| and respect to the army sleeping beneath
| the flowers. At o'clock the procession
| formed at the east entrance Of the cemetery.
After the platoon of police and the mill
| tary band that led the way came Chief
Marshal T. C. Clapp. his chief of staff,
Col. Russell B. Harrison, Adjutant General
| X. NJ. Smock, Assistant Adjutant General
! Carey Mcpherson, and the aids-Col. V. NJ.
! Backus, Gen. John +. Ward, Gen. r. S.
Foster, Col. NJ. G.. McLain, Col. II. c. Me-
grew, Col Charles Z. Wilson, Capt. w. E.
| English, John w. Scott, Samuel Laing, w.
| II. Taylor, Capt: Frank Clark. Fred {. Col
| Inns, William w. Post. II. III. Tanzy, l..
| w. Cooper, Frank McCrea, George I. Col
| Inns and d. ID. Huey.
The four Indianapolis companies of the
| Indiana National Guard and the Indian
| apolis battalion of the L. r. X. of p.
were next in line. Following were the
1. o. U. r.. K Of p the indianapolis
Men. and the Father Mathew Boys Bril-
| gade.
Under the command of Judge John L.
| led by George II. Thomas Post, No. ~.
| Martin Delaney Post, No. 20, George II.
Chapman Post, No. 209, John f. Ruckle
| Post No. 165, Joseph r. Gordon Post, No
i PSI, Major Robert Anderson Post, No. $780,
| and Alvin r.. Hovey Post, No. $50, were
next in line. The German Veterans As
ISOLATION. unattached veterans, the span
ish-American war veterans and organiza-
tons Of the Sons of Veterans brought up
| the rear of the procession.
ADDRESS BY MAJOR WARNER.
| At the speakers stand, erected under the
spreading branches of a great tree near
the burial plat the procession halted and
| the members of the G. A. r. massed them
selves around the stand. Back of them,
| the other organizations stood, and people
generally made up the remainder of the
vast crowd that listened to the eloquent
| grafton of the speaker of the day, Major
/ William Warner, OF Kansas City, past
| commander-in-chief of the @. A. r., and
| that witnessed the simple, yet touching
/ ceremonies that closed the days Observ-
| ance. Prominent among those on the
| stand was Senator Charles w. Fairbanks
/ who was recognized with many evidences
/ OF pleasure by the veterans that made up
/ a large part of the audience. Gen. r. s.
| Foster, General Smock and others of local
prominence had places on the stand.
| Major Warner spoke from notes, and
| such was the appreciation OF his hearers
that there were frequent cries of Go on
/ Go on" when after he had been speak
/ ing some time he signifed desire not to
/ encroach further upon the time of the audi
/ ence. Many times during the speech there
/ was enthusiastic applause. His narration
/ OF the work of the soldiers in saving the
| Union. his description of the disbanding
/ of the forces of the North after the close
/ of the war and his earnest tribute TO the
memory of President Mckinley, called
| forth many bursts of applause. Major
/ Warner said:
| "A grateful people-East West North
i and South-this day pay their tribute of
! love to the memory of the brave men who,
/ in that greatest conflict of arms indicated
/ their manhood: the men who went out but
, did not return; the men who gave the last
| full measure OF devotion to their country.
| When we worship God we think of them;
| when think of them we worship God.
| These silent mounds that mark their
/ last earthly homes are the Nations temples
1 OF fame. What could be more fitting than,
| on each recurring Memorial day, a day
| around which cluster so many sacred mem
| cries. that eager. loving hands should
| strew the sod that wraps their clay with
the choicest flowers of spring? To the
| surviving comrade of these our honored
/ dead. who is hard pressed in the battle of
| life. discouraged and about TO fall by the
wayside, out OF the past there comes a
| voice of wondrOus sweetness, saying: "A
| grateful people will care for him who shall
| have borne the battle
This promise made by the immortal
| Lincoln, two score and eight years ago,
| should not be kept to the ear while ii is
| broken to the hope. 1t is we'll to honor
| the dead; II is better TO care for the living.
| The noble deeds of our comrades dead are
| an inspiration and a loving memory; the
| pressing necessities of our comrades living
| are a lien on the noblest attributes of our
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| THE helping hand extended TO the living
| will count for more in heavens chancery
| than stately monuments erected 10 the
/ dead. Deeds that warm the cold clothe
| the naked and feed the hungry will en-
| blazon the book OF remembrance when
| monuments shall have crumbled into dust
| Such deeds open in each heart a little
| heaven.
"Of this practical charity only a few
| days since the United States gave TO the
| nations of the world object lesson. OF
! all peoples, Americans were the first 10
! succOr the stricken and perishing ones in
| the French and British West Indies.
! Americans are mighty in war. unrivaled
| in commerce. and swift in charity-a char
| ity that knows no degrees of latitude or
| longitude.
| I'm every age there has been and in
| every age there will be great questions
| that can only be settled by the arbitra-
| ment of The brave and righteous
/ deeds of heroes have ever received the
| highest need of praise. Fondly as we
| may hope, fervently as we may pray for
| the time when nations shall learn war no
| more. yet in the horizon OF the world we
| see no signs of the dawn OF the millennium.
CIVIL WAR INEVITABLE
1.-The civil war was inevitable. In agony
Lincoln prayed that the cup OF war might
not be pressed 10 the Nations lips Did
ever mortal man plead with more fervor
than ne for the preservation OF the Union
| without bloodshed?
| The Apostle Paul. as he stood in the
| midst NJ Mars hin rIaadfpU NTH tba 49,.