The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-05-31
FLOWERS ON
ALL THE GRAVES



cemetery yesterday afternoon. Chairs
were placed about thg graves of voto-
rams aud the members of the Grand
/ Army took seats. a stand, drapgd iu
/ American colurs was erected for the
orator of the day Henry j.. Hightou.
There was singing boy "a large chorus
of little boys and girls led by Mrs
Annie b. Tucker The chorus opened
/ the services with THE Lord is My
shepherd. The ritual service was
read 10y Post Commander Robert Nell
SON and l.. l.. La Pierre. chaplain. Of
iered prayer
Miss Lena T.. Wh.tforl delivered au
eloquent ,ulogy of the Grand Army
button and Mrs. Alapal accompanied
10y the government band. sang Nearer
My God to- Thee" Comrade r. j. Greer
recitsd LiucoIu's Gettysburg address
and bass solo was sung 1y Mn. Butt
/ ler
Henry T.. Highton delivered .n ..u.
queut address, taking for his text Che
I idea expressed in Zlchulah.
Said the prophet to The angel. What
be these two olive branches which
/ through the two golden pipes empty the
/
And the angel answered: "These are
/ the two auoiuted ones that stand by
the Lord of the whole earth"
Forty years after the close of the
! Civil War" said the speaker " the
North and the South standing by the
Lord of the whole earth. hold towards
cath other the olive branches through
the golden pines of which the oil of
peace is pouring over "a united land.
They are "auointed ones" waving to-
wards humanity over the vast oceans
that swell the chorus Of aspiration. the
Flag that typines the most ancient
hopes ana the mightiest achievements
Jhat I'VE IN history
Continuing the orator spoke Of the
vast service done for all mankind by
! the Grand Army, ln the cause OF liberty
In conclusion he eloquenuy expressed
the opinion that the c. A. r. as am
organization, should die with its last
member ut should be left intact UNI
I'll its last member responds TO the
roll call of the Almighty There, in
the dim sphere of continued life, the
veterans of the civil War, who have
put away their mortal cerements, await
their comrades, And, when the Grand
Army Is inally dissolved, and the last
veteran floats through the ether 10
JOIN his departed brothers, may his de-
parture be surrounded, not by the sha-
doWs OF fear and ignorance, but by
the shining halo Of a purified country
ana OF perfected citizenship.
me man IS noble and MS Tame ioIds
in
The orb o the earth
After the Grafton Adjutant John W.
Francis read the roll call OF the dead
VINO lie III ihe o. A. H. plot mere Ihi
list Is as Follows;
c. w. Munson, A.. ~ Y. nifty.
George Shipley, Surgeon 4. $. n.
Edward Harris, b. Bird n. y. nifty.
James W. Ramey, ~ ohio Vols.
John McCabe, u Rhode Island Art.
George /. Rabcock. a Mass. Vols
Charles Wilson, Pri, \, 4th n. Y. cav
e. l., Harvey Pri, p, ~ Mass Vols.
c. G. Williams, Pri., *, cal. Vols.
James f. DAILY, Prir A,9N. y. Vols.
j. f. Loyejoy Mate T.. $. y. ship
Tallapoosa.
5. J.. auckland, Pri., 3 Mass H. a.
j. F. Noble PrL, c. / Mass Il. a.
- T. james, oeiBl' {, - rem NolH'
Jonathan Austin, Capt, II, IS \. Y. |
Vols.
Joseph lllu'il' m J. ~ Mass Eols'
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