Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-30

Rev Frank NJ. Bristol,
Orator
department comma nder and Mr.. Holbrook
was assisted by Fl. H. Bunyea. James
Frank. D. c. Eberly and c. e. Hooks, as a
committee of arrangements.
L ginning early yesterday morning. the
memorial committee of Farragut Post
marked with flags all known graves of vet
Grams of the civil war in the Congressional
cemetery. The number, including both the
soldier and sailor dead, has been estimated
at. between 100 and LOO and the COM
mittee was engaged most of the day in its
labor of love. John Jost was chairman Of
the memorial committee, and those who
worked with him were p. '. CookSey, Geo.
r. Cook, James Wood Convis Parker. P. c.
George, S. w. Bunyea. w. F. BreniZer, A.
F. Dinsmore. Stanton Weaver, B. F. Ora
ham and E. II. Ripley.
Supplementing the work of the veterans,
the members of Farragut Womans Relief
Corps went to the cemetery early this
morning. and with the aid of willing
delegation of public school children from
the Walach, Hilton, Brent, Edmonds, Pea
body, Towers and Lenox schools, they
strewed flowers about the tiny flags on
the mounds
Services Open at 10 O'Clock.
Junior Vice Department Commander Hol-
brook opened the services al 10 clock this
morning, when he called upon the bugler of
the United States Engineers Band to play
the reveille and assembly. In his opening
| address Commander Holbrook gave voice to
| a touching sentiment on the meaning of
Memorial day to the country, and spoke
of the heroic sacrifices to principle eX
pressed in the mounds which dotted the
cemetery all around the speakers stand.
Let us join on this sacred Memorial
day. he said in conclusion, and StreW the
lilies of the north and m PDpliaS Df
the south upon these American heroes
graves. My comrades it seems to me that
| the Grand Army of the Republic has still
mission, duty yet to perform-the build
ing up and strengthening of a fraternal
love among those between whom there
should be no bitterness, but only respect
full love and NATIONAL pride If this
can be done by US, if this is to be the
last mission of the Grand Army of the
Republic before it passes forever off the
stage, it will be its most glorious victory"
Program Observed.
The choir Of the Metropolitan Baptist
Church, Mr.. Gilbert "A. Clark, director, led
in singing Nearer, My God to Thee and
Rev. II. S. France pronounced the invoca-
ton. ITO Thee. o Country" was sung by
the choir: Lincolns Gettysburg address was
read by Col. Samuel r. Strattan: the En-
gineers' Band played The Holy City"
recitation, The American Flag" was given
by Miss Grace Ross. and Mrs Arthur G.
Dunn. soprano soloist of the Metropolitan
Church choir. sang THE Rest of the
Brave after which Commander Holbrook
introduced Rev. DR.. Bristol to deliver the
Grafton of the day.
Grafton by Rev. DR.. Bristol.
The Grafton was delivered by Rev. DR.
Frank NJ. Bristol, pastor of the Metropoli-
tan NJ. E. Church
This happy and prosperous nation
tn1 rxritl md vith all hA
world, once. more bares its brow to the
baptism of liberty and bows its heart to the
sacrifice which liberty has COST he said
These graves, made beautiful by the flow
ers of memory and gratitude that kiss the
sod, tell us at what price our Union and
our liberties were preserved. Well may the
prattling children and sunny-faced youth.
the future hope of our country, come to
these graves today: well may the toiling
man, enjoying the dignity, sovereignty and
well-paid recompense of free labor. come;
we'll may the rich man come whose very
wealth is the harvest of a prosperity made
possible by emancipated toll and free. in
dependent and intelligent industry: well
may the statesman come whose genius.
consecrated to high legislation, stands guard
over the political bulwarkS of the state and
over that contribution which is the pala-
dunn of freedom; well may the learned jul
rist come whose study is justice and equity,
and whose wisdom, judgment and integrity
insure the peoples rights in their equality
before the law; well may the teacher come
whose high mission it becomes to teach
the rising generate the philosophy of our
national greatness in the history of deeds
and men that made the old time splendid
and well may the preacher come who tells
the world the gospel that men was saved
by sacrifice, and that blood divine was the
price of redemption. We all owe a debt to
these mighty ashes of the soldier dead-a
debt no money can pay-a debt no eulogies
can discharge. though every word were
flower and every sentence a garland fra
grant with the souls purest eloquence. We
come to acknowledge our debt; we cannot
pay 1t. Memorial day has threefold sig
niticance. The nation remembers in its
songs and tears, in its love and euloges
the soldier dead the veterans, the men who
saw service and stood up to shoot and to
be shot at in battle, recall the days that
tried mems souls, when in the strength
and glory and hopeful patriotism of youth
they entered the good fight for freedom
and the Union. And the nation, across
these graves of the heroic dead graspS
once more with firm, kindly, sympathetic
hand the hand of every living veteran, and
crowns with fresh laurels of honor and
grateful generation the brows Of these men
whose glory it is that they marched with
these translated heroes to battle and to
victory. The flowers scattered on the
graves of the patriotic dead would wither
as they touched the sod If the gratitude of