Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-30

| ana your companions by their deaths. Not
| we only. but humanity, can never be suffi-
| ciently grateful to you. For in saving this
principle you saved progress. you saved
your country. YOU saved civilization, you
saved the future. you saved liberty, you
saved humanity. 1t was principle which
| you saved: 1t was principle which made the
| work great. 1t was principle for which your
companions died. And after unparalleled
progress which has followed it is this prin-
/ cipe which still constitutes our greatness.
Symbolic of Unparalleled Glory.
| What day is this for you! Upon the
sacred soil of Arlington. bathed in the
| brightness OF Gods sunlight. and the
dome of the capitol in view, the bright:
ness Of the day symbolic of the unparal-
| leied glory of our country-what day is
| this for you!
II do not believe that America Is with
| out problems. / see dark shadows ever
and again cast themselves across our ma
tional pathway; great economic and So
| cial questions that ere long may press for
| solution. But 1 look to the spirit of 81
and 9S for salvation and 1 charge you to
| see that there shall be in the country SO
much civic virtue that men will not only
die for the country, but that all men shall
be compelled to live for it. That our
laws and our institutions must be treated
with respect, that the chief magistrate
| must be duly honored and that, while our
| broad liberty may permit men profoundly
to differ with the President of the United
States, it does not permit either the press
| or Congress to speak unexpectedly of
him.
And so shall we hand down untarnish-
ed to generations yet unborn our great
liberty and benign institutions and per-
petuate the work of the heroes whom we
commemorate today.
The exercises were closed with the singing
by the Takoma choir of Beneath the
Laurel America" by the entire assembly.
benedicton by Rev. DR.. Donald C. Mcleod
and Taps" by the bugler
Graves Of Distinguished officers.
The grave Of Gen. Joseph Wheeler. just
south of the. mansion, was specially and
beautifully decorated by the Spanish War
Veterans, as well as by other friends. AS
yet the grave is only marked by a small
pine slab painted white and bearing the
inscription:
Joseph Wheeler, Brig. Cen. U.S.A. Maj.
Gen. U. 9. Vols Prominent on the mound
were sheaths of olive and laurel.
Sheridan Monument.
The monument over the grave of Gen
Phil. Sheridan was beautifully decorated.
The burial place Of this great cavalry leader
of the Union army is situated near that of
Gen. Wheeler. who was a great leader of
troopers In the southern army On Gen.
Sheridan's grave was floral G. A.
r. badge. memorial from Gen. Phil. Sheri-
dan Post. No. IA. G.. A. r., and the flag de-
sign-of the Military Order Of the Loyal Lee
gfon.
The grave of Gen. Horatio G. Wright was
decorated with a big red and white flag;
bearing the Greek cross of the 9th Army
Corps. and many floral tributes.
The grave of Nal Gen. George Crook was
prettily decorated by the Society Of the
Army of West Virginia.
Arlington Notes.
Among visiting comrades Of the United
Spanish War Veterans who accompanied
the District department officers in the serv-
Ices at Arlington was Capt. Orville G. Vic
tor of L. Bordman Smith Camp, No. Is.
Rochester. n =. the largest camp Of Span
ish war veterans In the United States.
Capt. F. s. Hodgson and Lieut. D. "
Chisholm. late of Company G., LIST District
OF Columbia Volunteers, as a committee OF
that company, placed handsome floral Offer
ings on the graves Of the three departed
members OF that company-Corporal Geo.
F. Shilling. Geo. B.. Graves and Socrates
Maupin. The committee representing this
company-the old Morton Cadets-each year
places remembrances on the graves OF their
deceased members.
On duty at the refreshment tent of the
Lineal Society Of the Spanish War Vet
Grams were the following ladies: Miss A.
r Ferris. Mrs: L. M. Ferguson, Mrs
Mrs. p. Dolph. Mrs. Barnes, Mrs Conway
Mrs Harlan, Mrs. Driver Mrs Brooks
Mrs. lawson. Mrs. 0'Neill, Miss o'NeiIi
Mrs. Clark,
Richard ]. Harden Camp paraded forty
members, Capt. c. J. Harlow In command
The camp marched in a body to the grave
Of Lieut.. Harden, in whose honor the
on his grave. Lieut. Harden served DUR
Ing the Spanish War with Company A. 1st
D. G. Volunteers.
Miss LAURA Collision sang, in the amphi-
by Dr. Thomas Calver. She was accompa-
MED on the organ by Prof Bischon
the Ladies Ct the Ldneal Society OF the