The San Francisco call., 1905-05-31
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Many O1-gaufsahonsJ Join
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in memory of the men who, at the call
of their country, fell on the field of bat
tie. And not alone were those who died
in the uniforms of their country remem-
bered. for during the nations Memorial
day hundreds of people visited the cities
of the dead to lay tokens of loving re-
membrance on the graves of dear ones
called by death.
a dual Memorial day celebration was
held this morning at Mountain View and
ct Marys cemeteries, the exercises be-
ing conducted under the auspices of the
Grand ARMY of the Republic, the Ma
tional Guard of California, the ladies OF
the G. A. r. and the Woman's Relief
Corps.
The organizations participating in the
celebration formed at 10:30 this morning
at the gate of Mountain View Cemetery
and marched to the soldiers plat. headed
by the Thirteenth. United States Infantry
Band
The parade was under the command of
Grand Marshal Frank w. Gushing and
the following acted as his aids: w. F.
Dunno, senior vice division commander
Of the United Spanish War Veterans; F.
NJ. Farwell, past commander of Appo-
mattox Post, G.. A. r.. Gilbert Shepard,
past commander Lookout Mountain Post
G. A R.; II. A Longfellow, senior vice
commander E. D. Baker Camp, Sons of
Veterans.
IMPOSING PARADE.
The organization formed in the follow
ing order: Company F, Fifth Infantry,
n. G. c.. Colonel E. D. Baker Camp No
!, Sons of Veterans; Logan Post No. g.
G. A. R.; Camp E. H. Lfscum, United
Spanish War Veterans; Camp John Nc
Cord, United Spanish War Veterans; Ad-
miral D. D. Porter Post, G. A. r.; Com
pany A, Veteran Reserve, N. G. c.; APP
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mattox and Lookout Mountain Woman's
Relief Corps; Colonel John B. Wyman
Circle, Ladies of the G. A. R.; Ladies
Auxiliary Spanish War Veterans and
Ladies Aid Society, Sons of Veterans.
The ceremonies at the soldiers plat
began with the raising of the flags at
half mast, the audience remaining un-
covered as the Stars and Stripes were
unfurled The invocation by the Rev.
A. T. Needham, commander of Admiral
d. D. Porter Post, G. A. r., was fol-
lowed by a brief address by G. A. Nor
ton, the president of the day, who, in
concluding his discourse, said:
I'VE are assembled here to observe
Memorial day. We, the survivors of that
grand army that after four years OF
tremendous conflict bequeathed to future
genera tons a government by the people
and for the people. and firmly establish
ed the right of man to own himself, are
here to pay loving duty to those who
have departed"
The members of the Memorial Club Of
the Oakland High School sang I'm Me-
moriam," after which Lincoln's Gettys-
burg address was read by W. III. Van de
Mark Of Lyon Post, G. A X. At the
close of the reading the Choral Club of
the Polytechnic High School sang my
Own United States
REV. w. III. SCOTT SPEAKS.
The address of the day was delivered
by the Rev w. H. Scott, retired chap
lain of the United States army. The
speaker reminded his audience that
the observance of Memorial day was no
idle ceremony, for the day should be
ever considered as one set aside for
honoring the memory of those heroes
who have given their lives that the
honor of our country might remain un-
sullied.
In the course of his address the
speaker, who was himself one of those
who answered the country's call to
the flag. said:
During those dark days the storm
and waves beat high, and many be-
came faint hearted. The captain, the
immortal Lincoln, and many OF the
crew perished, yet the noble craft
weathered the blasts, and now rides
HlOI6 pEOQuly llidiA WV va NAAS ~N~-A
of prosperity.
Those we honor to-day, who now
sleep beneath the turf or the oceans s
waves have helped us to erect the
glorious superstructure of universal
freedom upon the foundations of our
republic, and have cemented 1t with
their vital blood.
Let us complete that grand temple
OF civil liberty, and make it the
Worlds Temple Of Liberty.
The ceremony ended with the placing
of flags on the graves of the dead by
the members of Colonel e. d. Baker
Camp, Sons of Veterans, and the strew-
ing of flowers by the children of the
public schools.
The same exercises were repeated at
the new soldiers plat the address be-
ing delivered by Major e. A. Sherman.
who was introduced by w. R. Thomas,
commander of Appomattox Post, as the
hero of three wars, and would be of
four. should there be another war.
AT ST. MARY's CEMETERY.
The Memorial day exercises at st.
Mary's Cemetery were conducted under
the auspices of Company N, League of
the Cross Cadets. who marched from
the gates of the cemetery, headed by
their own drum corps. At the close of
the exercises in Mountain View Gene
terry, the members Of the Grand Army
ioined the cadets in the ceremony at
the soldiers plat in ST. Mary's Gene
terry.
Brief ritualistic ceremonies were
conducted at the graves by the Rev
Father J. B. McNally. pastor of St
Patrick's Church. He was assisted by
the Rev. Father Dempsey of st. Mary's
Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton.
At the close of the religious cere-
nnony the address of the day was de-
livered by the Rev. Father McNally,
who said in part:
What are we doing here to-day?
We are performing a bounden duty,
keeping alive the memory ofSpur noble
dead defenders, who were serftinels en-
the watch towers of our God-given lib
erty. Every echo of my voice Is as a
rocket, to go heavenward, to sound an
alarm, to burst in the elements of the
High God and to come back, falling up
ON the youths of our city as luminous
sparks from the grand old soldiers
lives.
May they be seen and sought after
with the hope of this result, that the
rising generation of our American
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