Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31
HEAR THE SUNSET GUN
Memorial Day Visitors Re-
main Late in Arlington.
AMBASSADORS PRESENT
War Veterans Meet at Rough Riders
Monument.
ARMY AND NAVY UNION ACTS
Committee Decorates Individual
Graves-Wreath for Tomb of
the Unknown-Other
Exercises.

Memorial day visitors remained at Ar
| linston until the sunset gun had doomed
| at Fort Myer and many individual graves
were decorated. Among those who jour-
neyed 10 the cemetery yesterday after
moon and participated in the services in
,he amnhitheater were Ambassador Bryce
of Great Britain. Baron Takahira. the
Japanese ambassador: Gen. Nelson A.
Miles. Gen. George II. Harries. Judge
Ivory G. kimball. who was congratulated
on the success of his efforts before Con-
sress in the passage of the bill TOR
new and magnificent amphtheater at Ar
lington: representatives from the Chinese
embassy. Gen. John NJ. Wilson. Gen.
Candy and others.
When it was reported that President
Roosevelt had visited the cemetery
large number Of persons proceeded to the
Rough Rider monument. the tomb of the
unknown and the Sheridan monument to
inspect the floral pieces he had placed on
the three monuments.
The District Department of the United
Spanish War Veterans, after holding
services at the monument erected by the
Colonial DANES to the dead of the war
with Spain. proceeded to the monument
erected in memory of the Rough RIDERS
There impressive services were held. Col.
congrat ulated Mrs. Allyn X. Capron on
her work in bringing about the erection
of the monument to the dead of the regl-
ment in which her husband, Capt. Capron.
had been an officer. losing his life IN the
Santiago campaign. Department Com
mander Edward l.. Cosan then presented
to Mrs. Capron life honorary member
ship certificate in Richard j. Harden
Camp No .. L. s. w. V.
The Spanish War Veterans next held
| tio hot Nai section
Decorate Individual Graves.
A number of individual graves other
than those mentioned in The Star yester-
day were visited and decorated by a de-
tail of members of the Army and Navy
Union, U.SA.. and in each instance an
army trumpeter sounded taps In the
detail were DIR. T. E. Lee, John j. Strain.
w. ]. Johnson. Sigmund j. Block Frank
A. Butts Eugene Smith. Thomas A.
Green ]. Ash. VI. J. Donelly. BENJAMIN
John Daily. C. w. Blush. Alex II. S.
Burche, A. F. Springsteen and Patrick
V. Brien.
Mrs. Ada H. Weiss. on behalf of the
National Auxiliary. Ladies of the Union
Veteran Legion with headquarters at
Philadelphia, placed large floral wreath
on the tomb of the unknown. Mrs. Han
nah Sperry. president of Auxiliary o.
L v. L. also placed a tribute on the
| tomb. under which lie buried several
thousand soldiers.
A number of former members of the
4th United States Volunteer Infantry
Immunesl assembled about the grave of
Col. Petit. T.S.A., late commander OF
that regiment. at Arlington Yesterday
afternoon and formed the Col. James A.
Petit Memorial Association" Capt. Lee
| NJ Lpscomb was elected president. John
| j. Duffy secretary. Daniel c. Eberly
| trea surer. the foregoing. with Homer j.
| Locking and John II. Ryan. to form the
steps will be taken to erect memorial
! monument over Col Pettit's grave. the
| shaft to be formally dedicated next Me-
| mortal day.
number of soldier friends Of the late
| Capt Henry Foster. who was a member
| of both the G. 4. r. and Spanish War
Veterans accompanied by Mrs. Louise
| Foster. widow of Capt. Foster. visited
his grave. Brief services were held. a
| company flag planted and the mound dec
Grated with floral pieces.
| The flower boat of the Grand Army.
| which had been prepared by stephen
| Whitney. was set adrift in the Potomac
| yesterday after brief services.
| At the memorial services at Forest Lake
| cemetery yesterday the Invocation was
by Rev L. G. B. Pierce of All Souls
| Church and Rev. James Many of East
| Washington Heights delivered an address
| instead Of Rev. Samuel H. Woodrow.
who was unable to be present. The music
was furnished by Mrs. William keye
| Miller.
At Government Hospital.
The prelinnaries in Anacostia yester-
| day to the memorial services at the Gov
| eminent Hospital for the Insane con-
| sisted of a gathering Of veterans in Ana
! costa Masonic Hall. corner of Jackson
| and Pierce streets. the participation OF
the band Of the asylum there in con-
/ cert OF patriotic airs and the forming OF
line of march TO the asylum Previ-
| ously the members of Logan Relief Corps,
| No. !, We're conveyed to the asylum GEM
| eteries in carriages for the purpose Of as
/ sistng in the decoration Of the soldiers
! graves
| Commander A. b Frisbie and the mem
bers Of John A Logan Post. No. 3D. G.
/ y. r.. under the direction of which the
| exercises at ST E.lizabeth's took place,
assembled in Masonic Hall, where the
| flags and banners of the post we're IN
! furled Al the parish hall of the En-
| manuel Protestant Episcopal Church.
Washington street, the boys organiza-
tons that had a place in the line OF
| march formed. In the meantime go
| children from the Anacosta schools met
al Masonic Hall and We're sent to the
provided by the asylum.
! When the signal for the march TO begin
| was given. the procession moved along
some of the main streets of the town 10
Nichols avenue. In the line were the
| members of the ST. Elizabeth band. mem
bers of John A. Logan Post. the repre-
! sentatives OF the Boys Brigade, the
| Junior Order of Rechabites. the Boys OF
| NooGcraft and other organizations. ac-
companied by fife and drum corps In
all nearly 2tD boys were in the march-
The procession moved to the asylum by
way OF Pierce street. Harrison street.
Monroe street and Nichols avenue. Al
the main entrance 10 the asylum 4tO
former soldiers. veterans of severa! wars
stood II line 10 receive the visitors Inc
march 10 Poplar Spring. where the serE-
ices took place. then began.
Along the River Front.
The observance of Decoration day aions
the river front was general this year the
majority of the offices of the wood coal
Ice and lumber firms being closed all day
and the others closing in the afternoon
The day was generally observed as holi
boats up as soon as the necessary WORK
vas done and allowed the crews to spenc
The holiday ashore.
At tie steamboat offices all the employe:
who could he spared were allowed 10 e
for the day. and only those actually ne
ed TO handle the business of the arriving
and departing steamers were kept or
duty
For the first time In several years tht
[ 5. S. Puritan was not dressed in her sig
n0lnrS he onlv additional decoration