Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-30
AT SOLDIERS HOME
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES HELD
THERE TODAY.
Auditor Andrews Makes an Address
Patriotic Poem and Excellent
Music at Logan's Tomb.


the services under the auspices of the De-
partment Of the Potomac g. A. R.. were
both impressive and extended. Gathered on
the stand at the amphitheater where the SOL
diers who had. many Of them participated
in the great civil war. which was the fore
runner Of Memorial day, their wives and
members Of their families, the speakers and
the master of ceremonies Senior Vice De-
partment Commander Hiram Buckingham
Placed directly in front of the stand was
the choir of st. Pauls Catholic Church,
While to the side was the band of the Sol
dfers Home. On three sides and extending
up the gentle slope to the gates were hun
dreds of the old boys of 81 their friends
and many ladies' The flag fioated every
where, from the breasts of loyal women
and from the hands of patriotic children
from the draped stand and from every staff
where flag could be flung to the breeze
Besides the master of ceremonies on the
stand We're Maj. Gen. Hamilton Hawkins
brig Gen. Williston, Maj. Henry M. Ken
dall, Maj. w. II. Arthur and other mem
bers of the reception committee. Be-
side Gen. Hawkins sat Mrs. John A Logan,
widow of the famous man, who, as com
mander-ln-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic, issued the first order for an OBJ
servation of Memorial day. and to whom is
due the credit for it's initiation. Other la
uieS were scattered about the stand, and
ennldren swarmed on the grassy lawns
cemetery were each ornamented with a
sH all flag, while many of them were more
pretentiously decorated with floral offer
ings
Tomb Of Logan.
The granite tomb Of Logan was mass of
flowers, sent by mill AIRY associations G., A.
X posts and individuals. The walls of the
tomb were covered with beautiful designs,
among them the famous badge of blue in
ID l,
the contribution of the widow of famous
Black Jack" Logan. A wreath of lilies
bore the card of the President of the United
States, there were wreaths from the Mill
tary Order of the Loyal Legion the Legion
OF Loyal Women, the Illinois Republican
Association and scores of set pieces from
u A X posts far and near. The sarco-
phagous was draped in the folds of the
flag for which he fought on many a hard
field and for which he later gave his only
son, who was killed in action In the Phil
lpp1nes nearly two score years after his
father had won fame as a soldier In the
civil war.
Logan Regiment. Union Veteran Union,
division of the Potomac deputed commit
the tomb of Gen. A. c. Hawley of Illinois,
in company with comrades of the regiment
who were appointed for the purpose by the
regiment, carried out orders by placing on
the Logan bier a beautiful wreath of en-
bematfc flowers and evergreens.
Upon arrival at the stand in the cemetery
the exercises were at once begun, lasting
until 1l:30 when the procession headed by
the band and Henry Wilson. Post No. II,
marched back to the Scott building where,
at nigh noon, the ceremony of raising and
saluting the flag took place The choir
sang and the band played the Star Span
gled Banner at the conclusion of which
the Soldiers Home Battery fired the ma
tional salute of twenty-one guns
The parade formed ii front of the Scott
building at $50 o'clock and marched to the
II a-e-' 5to r. f@IJ
order:
United States Soldiers Home Band, COM
mittees and officers Soldiers Home orators
cha plains, poet and reader, st. Paurs Cath
Ole Church choir Henry Wilson Post No.
II, G. A. R.; ]. J. Astor's command, Span
ish War Veterans, veterans of the home
and invited guests and visitors.
Order Of Exercises.
At the stand the following was the order
of exercises: Sounding assembly, 9:45 a.
M. Soldiers Home buglar; serenade, The
Soldiers Dream (Rapley). Soldiers Home
Band; closing with Nearer, My God, to
Thee" choir, band and assembly; calling
assembly to order, H. Buckingham senior
vice department commander; invocation.
Rev. H. Allen Griffith, chaplain. United
States Soldiers Home; baritone solo and
chorus, THE Veterans Last Song" dedi-
Gated to Gen. John A. Logan, Mr.. Ed. Buck
ingham Fox and st. Paurs Church choir;
original poem, "Close Up the Ranks" DR..
Thomas Calver; soprano solo, 1.-THE Rest of
the Brave" (Calver), Soldiers Home me-
mortal hymn, Mrs. Nellie B. Kelser; read
ing Iincolns Gettysburg address, Mr.. Rob-
ert Fl. Wood; Sweet Remembrance (Zim-
merman), Soldiers Home Band; in memoir
lam, Miss Mary Ford; male chorus, Tent
ing Tonight on the Old Camp Ground, -
(tenor solo obligato, by Mr.. p. H. O'Far-
rell, jr), st. PaufS Church choir; Grafton,
Mr.. VIM. E, Andrews; Prayer to the Vir-
gin Gureau), Soldiers Home Band; poem,
Peace Be Unto Them, Nellie Robinson
Stretton; closing prayer Rev. James NJ.
Southgate. chaplain, Soldiers Home;
America, choir, assembly and band; taps,
Soldiers Home bugler
Auditor Andrews Speech.
Mr. Andrews said. In part. that mo-
ment's reflection upon the constellation of
national ensigns will flood the mind with
wonderful suggestions. One reminds us Of
the sufferings of Siberian exiles under the