The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-01
WAS FAIR MEMORIAL DAY
WEATHER MAN WAS KIND TO THIS
SECTION YESTERDAY.
SERVICES HELD IN NORFOLK
Old Soldiers Marched to Prospect Hill
Cemetery in the Morning and Deco.
rated the Graves-Address by Rev.
J. w. Turner In Afternoon.

rated the Graves-Address by Rev.
j. w. Turner in Afternoon.
Memorial day opened bright and
clear in Norfolk and but for an occa.
sional struggling cloud remained so
until well along in the afternoon. So
far as the weather was concerned, 1t
was an ideal day for the patriotic ex-
ercises. The morning was cool and
walking was not eXhaustng. but the
muddy condition Of the streets and
roads, enroute to the cemetery, made
il necessary for the line of march to
follow sidewalks as far as possible.
AS early as $3.50 the fife and drums
began playing in front of the G. A. r.
hall, the headquarters Of Mathewson
post, and patriotic citizens represent
ing all stations Of life began to as
semble in the neighborhood Of Nor
folk avenue and Fourth street.
At 10 o'clock the fife and drum
corps went to the city hall and escort
ed the firemen, sixty strong, to the
G. A. r. hall where the old soldiers
and ladies OF the w. r. G. fell in.
About twenty-five veterans of the
civil war, some feeble and blind, 9th
ers yet spry, and twelve ladies joined
the ranks, and to the tap of drums
and music of fife marched forward to
Thirteenth street. At Thirteenth the
fire laddies opened ranks and with
uncovered heads allowed the soldiers
and ladies to pass and enter busses
and carriages The firemen then led
the march followed by many vehicles
to Prospect Hill cemetery
At the entrance of the cemetery the
firemen once more opened ranks. The
soldiers and ladies fell in, passed to
the front and marched to the monu-
ment which was erected in honor of
the unknown dead. Here a hollow
square was formed and the ritualistic
exercises proceeded.
Commander ]. C. S. WELLS, who is
also chaplain, read the beautiful pa
triotic words of the ritual, after which
Adiutant w. II. Widaman read the
list of dead soldiers and members of
the w. r. c.
llt SOlultIS ilt do lOlloWS'
VIM Isham, First Michigan battery;
Major Joseph Mathewson, Eighteenth
Connecticut: James Pheasant, One
Hundred Ninety-first Pennsylvania;
John P. Sullivan, Gen. Grants cypher
clerk; Daniel Desmond, New York
cavalry: VIM. S. Glass, One Hundred
Forty-first Illinois volunteers; Daniel
Palmer, U. S. navy; VIM. Bishop, llli-
nois volunteers; John Kyner, Seventy
third Ohio; Geo. Brady company and
regiment unknown; Uriah Gregory,
Forty-third Wisconsin; w. H. Rob
erts, physician Twentieth Ohio; John
Bondurant, Fifty-first Missouri; D. A.
Amarine, Twenty-third Iowa. Capt.
Plummer, Sixteenth Ohio; Capt. Hill,
unknown; John Gieger, Mexican war
veteran; Geo. Gordon, company cook;
Geo. Davenport, First Ohio light ar
tillery; ]. W. Smith, Forty-second
Ohio; VIM. Winter, unknown; VIM. H.
Lowe, unknown; Thos. ]. Harter, CON-
pany A, Forty-frst Illinois.
OF this list VIM. Winter is buried in
the Lutheran cemetery.
Following are the deceased members
of the w. R. c.:
Mesdames Powell, La Fargo, M. Kin
dred, NJ. Corrivan, j. Green, D. A.
Amarine, VIM. H. Lowe, Glass, Robt.
Allen, Glenn, G. Wilkinson, VIM. Bes-
wick, ]. T. Wilds, Fred Landhoff, c.
w. Braasch, S. w. Hayes, WELLS, and
A. McGinnis.
After the benediction by the chap
lain the adjutant ordered the veterans
to fall in in squads of four and pro-
ceed to decorate the graves Of the
heroes who offered their lives to pre-
serve this glorious union and those of
the loyal women who so nobly stood
by their companions in the dark days
of war.
At the expiration of thirty minutes
during which the veterans, ladies OF
the w. r. c. and numerous citizens
had made the already beautiful GENE
terry look like vast flower garden, the
various divisions were assembled
around the monument of the unknown
dead at the call of the fife and drums
The firemen and many citizens
marched back to the city while the
soldiers and ladies took carriages
Between Seventh and Eighth street
on Norfolk avenue the firemen were
lined up and a picture taken.
Afternoon Services.
Public services were held in the Con
gregational church in the afternoon al
2:30.
Members of Mathewson post w. R
c., and many citizens assembled al
the G. A. R. hall at 1870 and at pro
ceeded to the church. The auditorium
was comfortably filled with loyal cit
liens eager to listen to the glowinG
tributes and eloquent words of Rev
]. w. Turner and the singing of pa
triotic songs by mixed double quar-
tet.
In the course of Mr.. Turner's re
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