Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30

veterans men without badge or uniform.
but who bore with pride the scars of the
great conflict in which they had been on
the losing side. f-
The day was not all that could be desired
for a Decoration day ceremony. The sky
was overcast and no one could tell what
moment the heavens would burst forth and
pour down their rain on the assemblage
The crowds were quite as large and the en-
thusiasm as great any previous oe-
casion.
The Noon Gun
1t was just IL O'Clock when the boom
of the first gun of the national salute, fired
by the 4th Field Battery. stationed at Fort
Myer, signalad the heginEsing Of the cere-
monies. The members of the various posts
of the Department of the Potomac assem-
bled about the mansion with the Spanish
War Veterans. and headed by the Marine
Band marched to the tomb of the un-
known.
On arriving at the tomb the escort was
drawn up about the iomb and while the
band played Nearer My God to Thee"
offerings of flowers in every conceivable
form We're placed on the great stone bier
beneath which sleep the bones of thou
sands of the soldier dead.
Gathered about the tomb were the wives
and daughters of the dead of the civil war
and of the Spanish war.
At the conclusion of the Services at this
place the procession moved toward the sec
tion of the cemetery where lie buried the
men who fought in the Spanish. American
war, headed by the band playing the Dead
March from Saul, The Grand Army men
and Spanish war veterans then adjourned
to the amphitheater, where the services
were begun with the sounding of assem-
bly, by a bugler from the cavalry at Fort
Myer.
Services in the Amphitheater.
At the conclusion of Chopin's funeral
l., l1t,,
had been sounded. Judge Ivory G. Kimball,
! tomac. G. A. R.. called the assembly to
order The hymn Nearer, My God, to
Thee" was then announced and was sung
by the Memorial day choir and the au-
dence.
The stand amphitheater and stage was
crowded with a distinguished company
when the ceremonies began. Near the
speakers stand were seated Mr. Charles
Emory Smith, Gen. Nelson A. Miles Col.
John "A. Joyce. Assistant Secretary II. A.
Taylor of the Treasury Department. JUS
tice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United
States Supreme Court. Justice Hagner of
the District Supreme Court. Auditor An
derson of the Treasury Department, Aud
itor Brown of the Navy Department. Solic-
itor O'Connor of the Treasury Department.
Maj. John Tweedale. Gen. w. s. Shallen-
berger. second assistant postmaster gen.
eral Mr.. Edwin Madden third assistant
postmaster general eX-GoV. Bourne of
Rhode Island. Maj. Richard Sylvester Mrs
Cushman K. Davis Mr.. Henry A Castle
and others Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was in the
cemetery during the ceremonies but did
not occupy a seat on the stage.
In calling the assembly Judge Kimball
spoke of the fact that another year had
passed and that the veterans again gather
to honor their dead.
After the singing of FLOWERS and Peace"
tWard, Rev. II. S. Stevens chaplain of
the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R..
pronounced the invocation. Adjutant Cen
eral b. Il. Chase then read the orders of
the day after the memorial choir sang
Still Keep Their memory Green. CWard).
At the conclusion of the reading of the
orders the band played the ''Infiammatus"
from Rossinis Stabat Mater. Colonel John
A. Joyce then brought forward to
read original poem.
The verses were written especially for
this occasion and concluded as follows: