Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-05-30
10000 GRAVES DECORATED
At the Arlington Cemetery
Where Many Soldiers
Are Buried.

an audience numbering thousands. I'm.
mediately after delivering the Grafton
of the day the President unveiled
monument in the Naval Cemetery by
the Army AMI Navy Union to the
memory of its dead comrades.
Carnations for Mekinley's Tomb.
Canton, Ohio, May 30.-Pfesident
Roosevelt's Memorial Day tribute to
the memory of William Mckinley was
a handsome wreath of white carna.
tons and hydrangeas. The floral piece
was taken to the tomb of the martyred
president by Mrs. Mckinley this morn.
ing. Vice President Fairbanks sent
remembrances also and Judge Day re.
membered the day with another floral
piece.
Cheered Veterans in New York.
New York, May S0.-Memorial day
was celebrated in this city with a pa
rade in which members of the Grand
Army of the Republic and several de
tachments of the United States troops
and marines took part. The weather
was ideal and great crowds lined the
route of the parade, cheering the vet
erans as they went by.
10000 Graves Decorated at Ar
llngton.
Washington, May 30.-The Memorial
Day exercises in this city were on an
elaborate scale. As in the past the
principal exercises were at Arlington
where an immense crowd gathered
Twenty Thousand graves were decor
ated.
Day Generally Observed in Chicago
: Chicago, May 30.--Decoration Day
in this city was generally observed
A majority of the business houses
were closed for part and many fol
the entire day. Services were held in
all the cemeteries under the direction
Of the different grand army posts and
the graves Of every man known tC
have taken part in the Civil War OF
the late war with Spain was appro
priately remembered.
(, Frisco Remembers Honored Dead.
san Francisco, May 3O.--Memorial
Day was observed in San Francisco
in an impressive manner. A military
and civic procession proceeded
through the Preside grounds to the
national cemetery on the hillside fac
ing the Pacific where appropriate ex
ercises were held. In memory oi
those who perished ait sea, flowers
were strewn on the ocean by United
States Tug, Slocum. Later there was
a sacred concert in the park attended
by thousands from the various tent
cities and unburned portions of the
city
Presidents Speech.
Following is the address delivered
by President Roosevelt before a dis
tinguished assemblage;
This day Is Ehallowed and sacred In
our history, for on this day throughout
he land we meet to pay homage tc
the memory of the valiant dead whc
fell In the great Civil War; No other
men deserve so we'll of this country
as those to whom we owe lit that we
now have country. Moreover, the
men Ito whose valor we owe 1t that the
Union as preserved have left us q
country reunited In facts as we'll as in
name. They have left us the memory
Of the great deeds and the self-devo
tion alike of the men who wore the
blue and of the men who wore the
gray In the contest where brother
frought brother with equal courage
with equal sincerity of conviction
with equal fidelity to high ideal, az
it was given to each to see that ideal
Moreover, 1T Is a peculiar pleasure
to speak today under the auspices ol
the army and navy union, of the
union which is meant to include the
officers and enlisted men of the regu
lar forces of the United States. Elk
actly as there Is no other body Of mer
to whom In the past we have owed st
much as Ito the veterans of the Civi
War, so there is no other body of mer
among all Of our citizens Of today wht
as a whole deserve quite as welq o.
the country as the officers and en-
listed men of the army and the navy
Of the United States. Every man wht
has served we'll and faithfully, afloa
or ashore, in the service of the Uni
ted States, has shown that he posses
ses certain qualities which entitle hin
In peculiar degree to the respect o.
all his fellow-citizens, while every mar
who ds now in the service cannot but
feel himself upltfted by the though
that In any time of future crisis 1t may
be that the honor Of the whole nataor
wall depend upon his bearing. There
rests upon each Of you a tremendous
burden Of responsibility, and therefore
to you belongs the proud privilege o.
bearing that load Of responsibility
we'll.