Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
SERVICE At ARLINGTON
Veteran Soldiers StreW Flowers
Upon Graves of the Dead.
THE MUSIC AND ADDRESSES
Gen. Burt, Representatives Jenkins
and Dawson the Speakers.
VALOR OF AMERICAN SOLDIER
Garrisons of Army and Navy Union
Visit Arlington Cemetery Yes
terday Morning.

Men who faced the battle blasts in the
civil war. the war with Spain and the
instruction in the Philippines, in common,
with those who have worn Uncle Sam s
blue and khaki in times of peace. assembled
IN the great amohitheater in Arlington
cemetery yesterday afternoon to pay tribute
to the soldier dead of the nation. The
imposing exercises were held under the
auspices of the Army and Navy Union. and
had not the skies been overspread by lower
ing and threatening clouds, with rain at
intervals, ii Is predicted that the attend
ance would have been much larger. How
ever, the auditorium was comfortably filled
when the hour to open the service arrived.
The assemblage was called to order by
Col ]. Edwin Browne. national commander
of the Army and Navy Union. who served
with honor in the civil war The program
was then opened and. ii is said. for the first
time in the history of Arlington, a choir
composed solely of male voices sang. The
members, of which there were seventy-five,
belong to the chancel choir of st. Paufs
Roman Catholic Church, and the voices
blended in the sweetest harmony in the
different numbers.
The organizations participating in the
services were Col. Theodore Roosevelt Gar
rison, No. "A; Gen. William f. Barry Garri
son, No. 26; Admiral David d. Porter Gar
rison, No. 6, and Gen. Guy V. Henry Gar
Music was furnished by the band Of the
18th United States Cavalry stationed at
Fort Myer. The exercises opened with an
overture. American melodies. by the band,
and at its close Commander Browne intro
duced Chaplain c. c.. Pierce of the army,
who delivered the opening prayer. This was
followed by the ritual of the Army and
Navy Union. which is interspersed with
sacred music in which the band and choir
Joined.
Gen. Burt's Address.
The choir then gave vocal selection.
National Commander Browne then intro
duced Gen. a. S. Burt, L. S. A, retired,
who spoke on THE Army" He said that
he not speechmaker. but that as he
had been forty years in the army and had
never dsobeyed order, he obeyed the
national commander of the Army and Navy
Union who had commanded him to make
address on this occasion. He said the
United States army officers and men are
not appreciated and yet no country In the
world could boast of more loyal and eth-
cient service. In the past twenty years, he
said while some people had decried the
army, 1t was the first body called on when
calamity threatened. He recited the noble
deeds of the army when the Mississippi val
ley was flooded and thousands were rem
dered homeless by the raging waters of the
Mississippi
Gen. Burt then referred to the riots of
1871 and told how the army, when all civil
branches of state and city had failed, had
brought peace and order out OF chaos
which threatened to reach serious proper
lions. Referring to recent calamities, he
took up the San Francisco disaster and told
of the bravery and work of the troops In
the devastated city. The army Is not an
army" he said. TT is a national police
force-the right arm of the Supreme Court
of the United States.
Following the address of Gen. Burt the
choir sang a new hymn, Thou Did'st Build
the Starry Night" written by Maj. s. N.
Byers, author of ''Shermans March to the
Sea"