The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-05-31
IN MEMORY OF
PATRIOT DEAD
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Continued from page Five.
Johnson. with a detachment from the
post. went 10 St Patrick's cemetery on
Douglas avenue and decorated graves Of
veterans.
AT SWAN POINT
To decorate the graves OF the boys In
blue who have gone TO attend their las.
muster call the members of slocum post,
No. 10: Slocum Light Guards; Gen. A. T.
Burnside camp, Sons of Veterans;
womans Relief corps and Rodman post,
No. H. went 10 Swan Point cemetery after
the parade and placed the floral tributes
OF affection upon the graves OF the
soldiers buried there.
Rodman post proceeded TO the ceme-
terry in it's carriages and went to the rest
ing place OF Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.
n member OF that post
At the Burnside grave Rev. Clay Mac
Cauley, commander. led In prayer. and Col.
Daniel r. Rallou delivered a eulogistic ad-
dress to the comrades. The monument
was decorated and the benediction was
then pronounced by Commander MacCau-
ley The comrades returned TO the city.
At II o'clock the cemetery bell began 10
toll and with muffled drums the Slocum
Light Guards. leading the procession.
which included Slocum Post. No. 10: Gen.
A. f. Burnside Camp. Sons OF Veterans.
and the womans Relief Corps, marched
through the big gate.
Forming -ifi-haiiew square -tttst-irsttfe
the gate. the program was begun. The
hand played a dirge. Singing. mo More
the Bugle VIII Call Them" by Mrs w.
\. Burdick. soprano; Mrs s. p. Spinning,
alto; ] Irving Davis, tenor. and William
/. Congdon. bass. was followed by an ad-
dress from the service book OF the Grand
Army by Commander Christopher B. Lit
tie
Prayer was offered by Chaplain Isaac
Crocker and Adjt. r X. Ellis then read
the roll OF the past years dead. Thirteen
names were called or as having laid down
life's burdens and az the calling OF each
name the muffled drum rolled
Singing. sleep. Comrades. sleep" bv
the quartet came next. and Rev. Charles
NJ Melden OF the Mathewson street NJ f.
church delivered the address OF the day.
William Finneran OF the Federal street
Grammar school read Lncoln's address.
Gettysburg, 1868 and the singing. Not
Forgotten by tho quartet. closed the ex-
ercises for Slocum Post
The graves were then decorated rie
decorations on each being a handsome
evergreen wreath with crossed flags in
immortelles
FOR UNKNOWN DEAD.
The column reformed and the organlza
tions marched 20 the grave OF Col John
s Slocum, where the Woman's Relief
corps decorated the grave with an appro-
pirate program
A dirge by the band. singing by the
quartet and corps benediction by Rev. G
NJ Meden and taps" comprised the ex-
ercises. which were interpreted with an
interesting ceremony conducted by four
little girls Regina Sandman. Bernice
Brown, Nellie Brown and Ruth sheldon.
the first named recitiuR while tho others
unveiled large wreath on tho grave
Following the ladies ~ Slocum Relief
Corps No s. dedicated an urn 20 tho un-
known dead. Mrs Hattie Ford. who had
the quartet OF little girls In charge lead
ing I'm the exercises and speaking earnest
" feF- the unknown victims -,,f tirr wur
Flowers were sprinklcd aboft tho urn.
and Department Chaplain Norris spoke
for the Grand Army in recognition OF tho
Relief Corps work Mrs Annie r. Mar
chant. president Of the corps. conducted
the exercises
GRACE CHURCH CEMETERY.
Ives post. No r. O. A r. stephen
J. West commander. conducted the fol.