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


fully realized than 10y the members Of the
q \. r. who today accorded their young
comrades the unusual privilege Of having
ON the main program an orator of their
own. whose duty. as set forth in the pro-
gram, was To eNtol and celebrate in elo-
uuenrt the deeds of those who fought and
died iu cuba, in the Philippines and China.
To-day "a Young man who had bravcd the
heat of the tropics, with its iusIdlous poi
son, to defend his COuutry's honor, assumed
tie duty OF reading LiuCClu'S Gettysburg
address. long considered the privilege of
the gray haired soldiers who wore the blue
iu the war of the rebellion. and all the peo-
pie whether or not they claim klnshlp with
men who fought ana died in any OF the
wars. joined with the comrades Of the dead
In celebrating their virtues and accomplish
meuts. Cosmopolitan Washington could
not have turned out a mon" cosmopolitan
crowd than that which filled the shaded
walks and drives at Arlington today.
The people commenced to pour through
the gates by 9 O'Clock this morning. The
management of the Washington. Arlington
and Falls Church electric road and of the
Washington. Alexandria and Mt Vernon
electric road made extra arrangements Tor
the accommodation of the throng. and
there was little of that CroWd!nS that has
heretofore been associated with Memorial
day. Everything was in readiness for the
veterans when they arrived at the Gene
terry after the parade in the city.
Starter at Noon.
L was exactly noon when the first gun
OF the national salute. fired by the Sd Bat
terry of Field Artillery, L. S. A. signalized
the beginning of the exercises of the day.
The veterans formed In lire in front of the
mansion and preceded by the 18th Cavalry
Band. Principal Musician Augsburg, di-
rector. marched TO the tomb of the IN
known dead.
Here the procession halted. and a com
mittee of ladies' of the Womans Relief
Corps decorated the great stone sepulch7e
with bright nosegays. TIL" committee m
Guided: Ida J. Hart chairman; Mrs. Den
Fuller Wright Mrs. Ella S. Knight. Miss
Emile S. Hyer. Mrs hItyyu =, OOu Mrs.
Julia c. Burnett. Mrs. Edna NJ. Ricketts,,
Mrs. p. E. Miller Mrs. Vivian Staley. Mrs
Ida NJ. Gala way. Mrs X. NJ. q. Pealer and
Mrs. Catharine Il. Scheel
While these exercises We're being con-
Quoted the crowds converged toward the
amphitheater. where the principal exercises
were to be held
Sound Of the Assembly.
The exercises at the amphitheater were
opened with the sounding of assembly by
a trumpeter from the 18th Cavalry. After
Il selection by the Marine Band thesentire
audience sang Nearer. My God. to Thee"
The assemblage then called to order by
Commander a. p. Tasker of the Department
OF the Potomac. G. a. r., master of cere-
monies keller's American hymn was then
sung by the memorial choir. under the di-
The choir includes in Its membership:
Mrs ] Hammond Brewer. Miss Annie E.
Grgsby Miss L. Pearl GrIgsby, Miss Ella
G. Howison sopranos; Miss Mabel Z. Grigs-
nv Miss Martha f. Howson. Mrs. Firgte
Thompson Mrs. Minnie Wood, altos; MIR.
J. Hammond Brewer. Prof George II. Lille
bridge, Mr. Raymond Lewis. tenors; Mr.. T.
w. Richards. Mr.. Ross James. Mr.. stephen
Howison, basso; accompanist, Miss Minnie
Price.
Bishop Earl Cranston OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church then pronounced the In
vocation. and after the singing or Wlnch
and Palard's memorial hymn by the
choir.
Col l.. Vanderhoef. assistant adjutant
general of the department read the orders
Tor the day, the Marine Band played the
"Iiammatus' from Rossinfs "Stabat
Mater with great feeling and expression.
Col: De witt c. Sprague then read an orig
lpal poem. The BivoUac of Arlington. y
Mr.. Robert II. Ware of the Spanish War
Veterans was then Introduced to read Lin
coins Gettysburg address Mr.. Wood has
a resonant voice and he pronounced the
immortal words OF the martyred President
with great emphasis and effectiveness. Mr.
I.illibridge sang "Daybreak at Appomat-
tox.' the music of which he composed. and
the words were written by DIR. Thomas
Calver. a medical director of the Depart
ment OF the Potomac.
The orator of the day. Senator Joseph
BENSON Foraker Of Ohio was then intro
duced. Senator Foraker made an eloquent
address, In which he paid high tribute "a
the yalor of both the men who wore the
blue and those who wore the gray. He
said In part:
Fellow Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen
This day belongs to our soldier dead; no,
of one war, but of all our wars; and par
ficularly here. in this cemetery. where or
these shafts and stones we read names that
iIlumine so many periods of our history.
But while 1t belongs to all who have al
any time or place upheld the flag on land
or on sea, yet It had its origin In the sor.
GRO filled he bea ~
the nation as II emerged from the civil war
stricken with grief but crowned with glori
GUS triumph.
For these reasons II Is no disparagement
Of others to speak here today chiefly Of that
conflict. its character and results.
We have reached the time when this car
/ DO done dispassionately.
We no longer see regiments, brigades
divisions. Corps. or even separate armies,
but only one mighty and invincible host
wearing the blue, and relentlessly pressing
pn and on and ever onward, through sue
6ess and adveraity alike. from battlefield u