New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31
MAYOR LOW ADDRESSES VETERANS
Points to City Monuments as Examples OF
Soldiers Valor and Patriotism.

Mayor Low presided last evening at the exercises
held in Carnegie Hall under the auspices Of the
memorial committee OF the Grand Army of the
Republic. lie introduced by 2. H. Murphy
chairman of the committee. as who stands
FOR honesty in pubic affairs" and received
with hearty applause. The Mayor thought that a
service held IL memory Of the heroic dead should
&c begun with prayer After prayer had heen
offered by George Z. Strobridge, Mayor Low said
in part:
A. the upper end Of Riverside Drive stands The
tomb Of General Grant looking out upon me Sffat
beautiful Soldiers and Sailors Monument, 9edI,
Gated year ago to-daE II Is as % deIita led
a statue to the great commander GENERA 80
the life of the city moves come to the statue Tue
rigging when he went into Mobile Bay Passing
by ni99 Square aT w fa ne w faee With him
Lafayette. ! might have said we passed me ~, ioiu
ment of General Worth. showing no" me sti ~
of our soldiers was displayed on Mexican sou. ~
the Cit. Hall Park we see the par ne 1SeiStai
i wish had lives 10 siEe for my c9nnI3f the
berofs1a and PATRIOTISM Of the people from the
days of the Revolution tn now. ne ILu ~ bI,si
ness or seeks pleasure in our parks. VINO ooeS U'
feel inspiration and new love 2l g0u.riI
and saw the Grand Army men pass by cou!a nor
heir members grow older and their ranks grow
thinner. But I like to think the multtuof 81 mel
assure them in the name of the city. that lne
gratitude OF the city never so great as II II a.
this hour, ana il is an increasing s'a''uu7 S
There was something in the procession winch
must brought Inspiration even 70 lle oit
eT9rc oP the Spanish War. that they hap tNt-
dence that the generation was OF ", IN - M
spirit as their own. and that men hteraHE pE Ie
thousand answered the summons Wiell II ~.
And with them the boys in schools dri! Una
and forming companies II seemed 20 me 'i'd'
there was the promise Of the future -. --:.,
This I am SIRE is the significance of Memorial
Dsv We recall the valor and sacrllces OF tIoSe
who have gone not so much with a sense OF per
who made possible this united country Win an rs
power for good in shaping the destiny OF me "o-
After the reading Of a memorial poem by Ma
thanfel Ward Fitzgerald Miss Mary Mansfield sang
Spring" by Van der Stuchen For an encore She'
sang The Star Spangled Banner" The Grafton
was delivered by Genera Thomas J. Stewart corr
rnander iE chief Of the Grand Army OF the Re
public.
After expressing the appreciation of the veterans
of the enthusiastic reception they received on
Memorial Dav General Stewart recalled the days
Of the Civil War from the firing on Fort sumter;
shot that heard on the coast OF Maine at.u
n countries gratitude was centred on
the treat and mighty. but in this land gratitude
So long as flowers bloom he would he honored. ana
would be remembered all the years, 50 long as
nine should last General Stewart PAID a teh h
tribute TO the unknown dead and declared there
was no rrander hero drawer man than the prl-
The General urged the need Of the hour vas was
AT the Preside md the market place with the 9e,
votion of the soldier. The nation neeueu ~ a..
soldiers example It needed Christian homes IN
which were God-fearing Christian men anu
The exercises ended with the singing Of "Ameri-
ca in which the audience Joined