Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-31
Comrades Meet Beside
Graves of the
Departed
Children Lovingly Cast
Flowers Upon the
Ocean Waves
Soldier Dead Are Honored by Living
Heroes Who Gather in Fast Thin
ming Ranks at Tomb of
Brothers
THRILLED again by the sound G

fife and drum, the old coldiers,
some with tottering steps, marcheo
together once again yesterday to do
honor to their dead-marched together
again with their ranks thinner and
some with more feeble steps than last
year, and all realizing that another
year will thin the ranks yet more.
Laden with beautiful blossoms, the
most beautiful that could be secured,
the soldiers wended their way to the
cemeteries to decorate their comrades
graves and to adorn the monuments to
both the known and the unknown dead.
Old men with the memories of the past,
young men, veterans of the later war,
and children with wondering faces
hardly realizing the meaning of the
ceremonies flocked to the cemeteries
in the morning and heard the Gettys-
burg address by the immortal Lincoln
read and the volleys fired and last of all
the taps sounded again for the dead.
Simple and Impressive
Simple but impressive were the cere-
monies at the cemeteries where the
graves, "the silent tents of green" were
almost hidden beneath the many BIOS
SONS, each grave with a small flag at
its head marking the place of one who
fought and bled for his country.
Nor was Los Angeles and inland
points alone in the observance Of the
day, for all along the coast the mighty
waves were strewn with blossoms In
memory of those who gave their life
on the water for their country.
Yesterday afternoon the Civil War
Veterans and the Sons of Veterans held
a service in Simpson auditorium which
Al odn Ia q
at Central park and at 1:15 O'Clock
formed in line and marched to the audi
torium with part of the vigor of the old
days when they marched to the battle
field.
At the auditorium impressive cere-
monies were held.
Calls Solemn Roll of Dead
Many were the flowers laid upon the
graves of the old soldiers at the burial
plot in Evergreen cemetery yesterday
morning in remembrance of their SER
vices in the war and the day set apart
for memorial exercises.
Bartlett-Logan and Kenesaw posts
held exercises at their respective burial
plots. Surrounding the large monu-
1rent of the Bartlett-Logan post about
200 of the $50 veterans who remain
gathered yesterday. Commander r. G.
Clark had charge of the exercises. w.
n Ervine chaplain of the department
of California and Nevada, opened the
exercises with an invocation. Com
mander Clark spoke feelingly of the
departed comrades in brief address,
Following which Captain Sam Kutz per-
formed the impressive ceremony or
reading the names of the members of
the post who had died the past year,
who were as follows: Thomas ]. Wat
ers. stephen ]. Hill, Thomas j. Winn-
gate Henry Clay Cooper, William Rec
for Gardner G.. Symons, D. G. Sillman,
william H. Morris, Thomas F. Homer,
Edward H. Morgan, Jacob D. Fyke,
Samuel A. Hughes. Henry M. Sill,
Charles A. Keller.
Comrade Keller died only a few days
ago He was one of the charter MEM
bers of the post. Comrades John Davis
and G. N. Lockwood are the surviving
charter members who were present yes
terday.
Children Bank Flowers
The Bartlett-Logan Relief corps. in
charge of Mrs. Mary Walters the presi
dent conducted an impressive ritualis-
tic ceremony. The children banked the
monument with flowers under direction
of w. Shock, officer of the day. The
salute was fired by Rosecrans camp,
Sons of Veterans, in command of Major
r. r. Munsey Music was furnished
bv the veteran Fife and Drum corps.
Commander D. ]. Young had charge
of the exercises of tie Kenesaw post
TT the monument About fifty veterans
participated The monument was
banked with many floral tributes by
the children as they marched around 1t.
Chaplain Cline opened with an lnvo-
cation. Captain E. M. Hamilton maze
a touching address.
Kenesaw Relief corps then held It's
exercises, directed by Mrs. Daniel
Jones. The firing squad under COM
mand of Capt. e. Scott fired the salute;
Four members of the post have dled
during the past year.
The Veteran Fife and Drug corps
gave the signal by martial music at
lis o. m. for the beginning of the pa
rade from Central park to Simpson
auditorium. which was led by platoon
of police followed by the Veteran Fife
and Drum corps
Col w. S. Daubenspeck grand mar
shall, and his aides, George c. Somers,
j. S. Kline, Fred E. Munsey, Joseph
Quad James e. Brockway and r. N.
Rodgers led the third division.
Then came Bartlett-Logan posi-
Kenesaw post and Stanton post, Rose
Grams camp, Sons of Veterans, Roose-
welt camp United Spanish War Veter-
ans These were followed by carriages
occupied by army nurses.
At the auditorium the following pro-
gram was carried out:
Reveille-By Comrade o. i. Thomas
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