Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-30

soldiers and sailors who died in the war war
with Spain by the C 9n,i Of he Spanish
XVar Veterans of the District OF SoIuHi
bia stepped forward from the lois iss, ~ AL
veterans and placed peaU''iNl
wreath on the monument
Commander Cox's Address.
Facing the assembled soldiers and ladles'
Commander Cox said:
"Comrades, the duty of today IS oL I'M
pressive significance. We meet TO honor our
dead, and TO deepen our reverence Tor thti'
worth, to strengthen among ourselves tiie
bond of fraternity by recalling the mem
ory of experiences common TO us an. ~ ell
co1rapa q more generous charity Tor our
comrades who are sick or in distress, ana
for the destitute wards of the Chteo spa
ish War Veterans; to renew our pleusS "
;oyaIty to our country and our nag anu 70
emphasize in the minds and hearts OIL az
who NAV unite with US the privilege anu
duty of patriotism. . ~
1T is expected that throughout ~.
services each one will manifest the most
courteous and reverent decorum. Let our
soldierly department be such that we IhaS
worthily honor the comrades VINO nay
departed and whose graves we decorate
the memories we cherish the flag we sa-
Iute and the organization to which we De-
long. :, Att, client
and now comrades, as IN inns SLicLN
canning ground of our nation deao WIN
coIdiorI,, reverence and love we garland
these nassionlcss mounds, let us reCaH 10
memory the men who, in the Tune ol iIesG'
willingly presented themselves as a partl-
de hetWren our country ana us IoeS. Let
no racaII their tolls their sufferings IN nos
nitals their sacrifices in stricken camps,
their heroism in the days OF coililict anu
their supreme fidelity to home ana cOuhItS
and native land at all times and under an
VINO TeIDtil
NAV see that the flag under Whlch
they served, and from the shadoW OF
whose folds they were promoted to rams
eternal camping grounds, may never NC
dishonored; that the country for whose
glory and supremacy they surrendered tne
most sacred of earthly ties may nave tile
feryent and enthusiastic devotion OF every
citizen and that as today we stand at eE-
ery grave as before an altar we may pleuse
our manhood that, so help Us Goa, the
memory of our country's dead shall ever
strengthen and encourage in US all deep
er and more abiding patriotism
The Closing Features.
Rev. George Fiske Dudley. who was chap
lain of the 1st District of Columbia Volun-
teers in the war with Spain, delivered an
Invocation, and the Cavalry Band played
a dirge bringing to conclusion the cere-
monies of the younger veterans of the war
Of 1898 At the order, Break ranks; dis
missed" the Spanish war veterans pro
ceeded to the amphitheater and partici-
mated in the general ceremonies with their
yenera BILE comrades of the great struggle
In the darksome days of the sixties.
pretty feature of Memorial day at Ar
lineton was the decoration of the grave of
the late Capt Edward Brady in the officers
section by a number of misses, headed by
Myrtle and May Mitchell. Capt. Brady Vas
a noted Washington newspaper writer. he
was a brother of Gen. Thomas Brady, and
In the regular United
States cavalry after his graduation at West
Point.
Capt j. Tyler Powell. commander of
Potomac Post. G. A. R., of this city, who
participated prominently in the Arlington
ceremonies today, recalled that in 1852,
when he was small boy. he was guest
at dinner in the great dining hall of the Lee
mansion of George Washington Parke Gus
tbs. He related incidents of the after-dinner
talk, and was proud of such rare honor,
as he termed It,
Each guest at the table had special
colored servant to walt on him or her, ne
said, land the viands were the best the
Alexandria markets afforded, for in those
days old Alexandria as a city was 1T In
this part of the country"
The Army and Navy Union. Commander
Michael Hackett. participated In the pa
rade and ceremonies at Arlington today for
the first time in conjunction with the e. A.
r. and Spanish War Veterans: These sol
diers were headed by the Peddle Drum and
and blue zouave uniforms. and the line pre-
scented fine appearance and was generally
complimented.
Remembered the Maine.
delegation of the Admiral Schley Ma
val Command of the war with Spain,
headed by Capt. Joseph p. McCrink, WIS.,
tied Arlington this forenoon and deposit
ed a pretty wreath of flowers on the
monument at the entrance Of the plot in
the Spanish war section where sleep the
sailors and marines of the Inflated bat
tleship Maine. which was destroyed by
treachery in Havana harbor.
An interesting feature of the cere-
monies at Arlington was tribute from
Cuba to the dead Of the Spanish war.
Senior Rivero. charge d'affaires. accom-
panied by all other members of the Gu
ban legation, went to the cemetery and
placed a wreath upon the monument
which marks the graves of the sailors of
the Maine and also decorated the graves
OF soldiers who fell during the Spanish
war.
Memorial Services.
The committees in charge of the exercises
at Arlington today included:
Department of1cers-A. p. Tasker. depart
ment commander, chairman; B. P. Entrikin.
senior vice department commander; Thomas
H. Martin, junior vice department COM
mander; L. Vanderhoef. assistant adJutant
general; Francis L. McKenna. assistant
quartermaster general: Thomas Calver.
Md. medical director: Rev. Henry 8. Ste
vens, chaplain.
Past department commandefs-Trank n.