The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-31
VETERANS LAY
OFFERINGS ON
c. A. R. GRAVES
Continued from Page Four)

Siocun post ana lts attendant oreaniza-
tions. with the exception OF Gen. A. E
Burnside camp, were drawn up I'm hol-
low square formation Just inside of the
old entrance to the cemetery with the
post officers in line I'm the centre and the
comrades and women OF the relief corps
on the north and east, and the militia
company front on the west all facing in
ward. To the rear OF the line OF militia
men was band.
The Sons OF Veterans did not partici-
pate In the exercises, utilizing the time
In the active work OF decorating the
graves OF departed comrades, under the
personal direction Of Past Division Com
mander Orray T.. Mason. Five OF the
large flower wagons were relieved OF their
burdens, and some 420 graves decked
The post exercises opened with dirge
by the band. A quartet. composed OF
Mrs. Walter Burdick soprano; Mrs. SAM
uel b. Spinning. alto; j. Irving Davis.
tenor, and Samuel Il. Baker. basso. then
sang 1--WE Can't Forget Our Noble Sol
diers" Commander Munson III. Najac
then read an address from the post SER
vice book following which prayer was Of
fered by the post chaplain, William
Crocker. The quartet then sang, Thy
Will Be Done" and then followed the
ceremony OF reading the roll of the COM
rades OF the post who have died during
the year l3 in number. by the adjutant
of the post. As the brief record OF each
was read in turn and the date of his
death pronounced, the record was closed
with roll from the muffed drums
After the quartet had rendered sleep
Comrades. Sleep" the address OF the day
was delivered by the Rev. Herbert G.
Dana, rector OF ST. Mary's Episcopal
church. East Providence, and division
chaplain of the Sons of Veterans OF Rhode
Island. and also chaplain of Gen. A. Il.
Burnside camp.
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Slocum Relief corps, then read Lincolns
Gettysburg address OF 1868, and the ex-
ercises closed with singing "We Shall All
be Happy Soon," composed by Mrs. Sam
uel b. Spinning. by the quartet.
The line was then reformed. and the
procession marched to the grave of Col.
John s. Slocum. where special order of
exercises was carried out by the women
of Slocum Relief corps, under the drec-
ton OF Mrs. Hattie Ford, treasurer OF the
corps. The exercises opened with drge
by tho band. followed with singing,
Still Remembered." by the quartette.
The ceremony OF decorating the Slocum
monument with flowers then took place.
and proved very pretty and impressive
feature. Four little girls In white, Ruth
Sheldon. Catherine Fender. Nellie Brown
and Bernice Brown, walked around the
monument, reciting appropriate verses
and strewing flowers. Mrs. Hattie @.
Wheaton. department president of the
Women's Relief corps then sang THE
Veterans Are Passing on and then the
women OF the codps, bearing the national
colors and other patriotic emblems. all
ing tributes of flowers. America" was
then sung by all, and the ceremonies
closed with the benediction, pronounced
by Rev He Herbert G oI psRsc scu,,. .r.v. ~.
slocum Relief corps per9rmed ritual
istic service 40 the memory OF the un-
known dead. .-.t
TO NAVAL HEROES.
While the exercises the entrance to
the cemetery under the post auspices
were ding on. a detail OF members OF Slo-
Mrs. Annie c. Padelford. the patriotic in
strvYo<ress of the corps, proceeded to the
river bank. and there performed short
but impressive ritualistic ceremony IN
under the Union flag on the high seas
during the war
NORTH BURIAL GROUND.
The exercises at the North Burial
ground were conducted by Prescott post.
No. /, CT. A. r., under Commander VIII
liam II. Johnson. assisted by Allyn *.
Capron camp. No. /, United Spanish War
Veterans. Commander James F. Kane;
the Hospital corps, Rhode Island Nation
al Guard. and the pupils of Academy ave-
nue. grammar school, under the direGttop
OF Principal Herrick r. Young.
The exercises opened with daC by
Fays American band Prayer was offer
ed by the Rev. Edward p. Phenear. Then
came the singing of The Star Spangled
Banner" by the school children; the reci-
tation of Theodore O'Hare's familiar old
poem. THE Bvouac of the Dead" by
Mabel Shaw of the graduating class at
Academy avenue grammar school: sing
of Lincoln's Gettysburg address by Ger
aid Flynn of the graduating class Flow
ers were then strewed on the post lot
by the children. and the exercises con-
cluded with the benediction, given by
Rev. Charles III. Ever. department chap
lain, and the sounding OF taps"
At the close OF the exercises the Grand
Army veterans, the Spanish war men and
the men OF the Hospital corps carried out
the rite of decoration OF the graves OF
their dead comrades. Past Post Com
mander William Frankand had charge
of this part OF the ceremonies. The duty
completed. the members OF post, camp
and Hospital corps responded 10 the
sounding OF the assembly and returned
by special car to the post hall on Wash
ington street, where collation. was
served.
AT ST PATRICK's CEMETERY.
The exercises at the Roman Catholic
Cemetery OF St. Patrick on Douglas ave-
nue. were conducted by a detachment
from Prescota post. No. I. G; A. r., under
Junior Vice Commander Lewis G. De
Wolf. escorted by Company Il, Second
regiment Rhode Island National Guard,
Capt. Joseph L. Reilly.
The detachment and escort proceeded to
the cemetery directly from Exchange
place. and there, after prayer, singing
and an address by Rev. FIR. j. S. Dunn OF
the Church OF the Immaculate Concep-
tion. carried out their pious duty of dec
Grating with flowers the graves where
miniature American flags told that an
American soldier who had died in the
Roman faith. lay sleeping.
The cemetery was crowded with visitors
and the exercises were conducaed In the
presence OF a numerous congregation.
They opened with prayer by FIR Dunn
followed by singing by the junior choir OF
the Church of the Immaculate Concep-
ton. FIR. Dunn then delivered the address
of the day in laudation OF the dead whose
memory the day honored and tribute TO
their surviving comrades.
At the close OF the address the choir
sang Lead. Kindly Light" after which
the decoration OF the graves was per-
formed by the comrades OF the post and
the guardsmen.
When the task was done the militia
men fell into ranks and fired the three
volleys which are the military honors
paid at a soldiers funeral over the flow
er-strewn graves. Taps" was sounded,
and the veterans and their escorts de-
parted.