Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
ORDERS PROM ULGATED
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO AT
TEND ARLINGTON CEREMONIES.
Unite Elsewhere With Other Similar
Bodies Where Possible
Instructions to Camps.


| honor their memories with sacred song.
| Grafton, poetry and the placing of fragrant
flowers on each sacred mound.
Commander Joseph l.. May of the Fourth
| Immune Camp. No. 3, United Spanish War
Veterans of this city, last night issued or
derS to the members of that body. The
orders were countersigned by Adjutant r.
H. Wood. and are, in part, as follows:
The members of this camp reques ted
to assemble at these headquarters on Me-
| mortal day. May 30 dressed in the uniform
of this organization, service uniform. or
dark clothes, to proceed to Arlington. to
pay tribute to our honored dead. The hour
of assembling will be announced later.
Every comrade possessing organiza-
ton uniform is requested to wear It and
white gloves to do honorary guard duty at
the tCmbs and amphitheater at Arlington.
Our ladies' auxifiarles will serve refresh
| ments free on the grounds.
The commander has to announce that
the past year has been severe and many of
our comrades have moved to the great city
of the dead, and it Is fitting that we should
assemble at the feet of our brave and hon.
ored dead and there pay tribute to their
memories.
This year our organization will be more
prominent in the services at Arlington; two
OF our comrades will take part in the pro-
gram. while the officer of the guard and
the members of the guard will be Spanish
war veterans. We are the natural and
legitimate successors of the G. A. r. and
VIC icSpoHSioiIty Oh lneSe services will in
time be ours. SO 1t becomes us to get ac-
quafnted with the duties and patriotic SEN
timents involved
his camp will complete final arrange
ments at its meeting Wednesday, Nav u
at I19 9th street northwest and yoII are
urged to be present. Other important bust
ness VIII also be attended to-
General Orders Received.
Commander S. Clifford Cox of the depart
ment OF the District of Columbia and the
other department officers have received
from Commander-in-Chie William e Eng
ilsh and National Adjutant General Russell
b. Harrison general Memorial day orders
which VIII be read to the seven camps in
this city. The order says:
Inc soidlers and sailors of the nation are
ever It's accepted and chosen heroes Iiy-
ing' they receive the honors their sacrifices
fherlted- Dead, their comrades and fellow
citizens sadly and reverentIy place what is
mortal at eternal rest and enshrine on the
| tablets OF memory their deeds and sacri-
fees.
The beautiful month of May is also the.
anniversary of our response to our coun-
uys can and at this time our thoughts
naturally turn to the comrades who have
answered the last 'rofl caff and have ia SOD
INTO the presence of their Supreme Com!
.rnander! = - . - = ; ~ -, :
7. ITO honor he memory Of brave men
who are no longer -HithjAus Nav, yn has
been set apart as Memorial day on @thftt
day. with hallowed thoughts we gather in
broken ranks TO follow the beautiful Gus
tom or recalling their deeds and sacrifices
u u to strew with.'howers the graves. the
sea and the waters which flow to the sea
oehealh which lie in peace our comrades.
Nature Performs Office.
While it will be physically impossible. to
place flowers on the graves of all our COM
rades of the Spanish war owing to their
beng so widely scattered, we are cousoIed
by the thought that. nature. covers the
graves of those buried in Cuba the Philip
pine Islands, Porto Rico, Hawaiian Islands
and other distant lands with a perpetual
canopy of green verdure and foliage and
that in the beautiful blue waters of the seas
over which they followed our nations flag
rest the soldiers and sailors who, from ne
cessity or accident, lie thus buried far from
home and friends
Memorial day will be Tuesday May 80
1873. Camp commanders in their localities
VIII arrange for the appropriate observance
OF the day In localities where no camp
exists comrades should organize for the
purpose OF observing the beautiful custom
that not only honors the soldier and sailor
but lmpresses by acts, which are more in
iuent1al than words, patriotism and self
sacrifice on the rising generation.
while the object of this order Is to make
provision for the Strewing of flowers on the
graves of Cur comrades of the Spanish war
on land and in sea, we realize that the Span
lsh war is only one of the many wars and
conflicts in which this country has en-
gagged. Each war has produced men equally
as brave and sef-sacrificing as the lound-
ers of this great republic 1t is, therefore.
appropriate and fitting that our camps as
far as II is practical to do SO, should join
with other patriotic organizations observ-
ing the day in decora ting with flowers the
graves of all soldiers without regard to
the war in which they engaged. Our
camps north, south. east. and west are
therefore requested to appropriately strew
with flowers the graves of any and all SOL
diers who lie buried within the jurisdiction
of their service
Instructions to Camps
I'm these beautiful memorial services
camps will follow the printed ceremonies
which will be distributed from these head
quarters and will place at the foot of the
graves of all comrades of the Spanish war
a small United States flag. If distance
and time will permit flags with the name
of the camp, its number and department,
flags with the letters u. s. w. W
thereon may be obtained through national
headquarters for this purpose. The in
formation in regard to obtaining these
flags is conveyed in general order No o.
Camps having ladies' auxiliaries will in
V1te them TO cooperate IN the ceremonies
of Memorial day and in assisting I'm the
procuring and distributing of flowers upon
the graves, the seas and the waters that
flow to the sea. Camps should in every
possible way give suitable rec ignition to our
mothers, wives and sisters for the honorable
part they bore and the sacrifices they made
in connection with the Spanish war.
ut is recommended that In accordance
with established custom. every camp should
attend divine service, as camp. on the
Sunday preceding Memorial day, and invite
their ladies' auxiliary to accompany them.
The camp or camp commander. in selecting
the church for such purpose should request
the clergyman to deliver an appropriate
and suitable sermon that will not offend
the religious views of any comrade who at
tends.
Where there are other organizations
founded on military service observing the
day, camps are authorized to unite with
them in joint memorial services proper and
suitable to the OCCASION.
EYpEGTE0 To RETIRE