The Washington herald., 1908-05-31

Gray haired men, many Of them bear
ing the scars OF battIe-veterans of the
civil war-marched side by side yesterday
with the men who helped TO make Cuba
free, and they all placed flowers on the
graves Of the men who fought and died
in the wars Of 1861 and 1898.
1t was fitting that IN the Capital City
Of nation Of brave men-men who make
the best soldiers OF which the world
may boast-that Memorial Day OF 1905
should have its standard set by the vet
Grams Of Washington.
No more auspIcious observance of
Memorial Day has been witnessed in this
city than that Of yesterday.
Heroes of both wars lie buried in the
national cemetery at Arlington, in the
soil made sacred by the bones of both
Union and Confederate warriors and the
rapidly dlsintegrating bodies OF the sons
OF both the North and South, victims OF
the Maine disaster or the shot and shell
Of the Spanish blockhouse OF ship OF war
President at Arlington.
President Roosevelt. Ambassador Bryce.
Ambassador Jusserand. Ambassador Ma
bucO. Baron Takahira. and Minister WI
Ting~fang. were among the visitors 10
Arlington. The President left the White
House soon after 10 o'clock. accompanied
by Maj. Charles Loeffier and reached Ar
lington about II o'clock. He placed
wreath on the tomb of the unknown dead,
and carried flowers TO the monuments
erected to the memory Of Gen. Philip
Sheridan and the Spanish war veterans
The foreign visitors were seated in the
stand directly in the rear OF the speakers
and in the amphltheater.
AS the veterans strewed flowers over
the graves Of their dead comrades and
listened to the flow Of oratory, memories
Of a great national struggle were re-
called.
In every cemetery were gathered patri-
otic throngs. Almost every hand bore
wreath, and over every marble slab at
some time in the day bent a form. per
haps that Of a fellow-comrade. perhaps
that Of a little child. and on the grave
was placed a fragrant tribute.
To Arlington. Congressional. Oak Hill,
Lake Forest, Holy Rood, Battle Ground.
Mount Olivet. ST. Mary's. Glenwood. ST.
Elizabeth, Prospect Hill. Rock Greek,
and Harmony cemeteries journeyed the
hosts OF patriots. bearing garlands and
wreaths and flags, and with these they
decorated the graves Of the nations dead
At 10 o'clock In the morning veterans of
the Grand Army Of the Republic and OF
the Spanish War, ard the Army and Navy
Union formed IN line OF march at Penn
sylvania avenue and Fourteenth street.
and. headed by The Marine Band. the Ma
tional Guard Band. and detachments
from the District Militia. began the pa
rade through the city. Old and young
crowded the sidewalks and watched the
soldiers march up Fifteenth street TO the
Avenue, to Seventeenth street 10 r
street. to Twelfth street. thence back 10
Pennsylvania avenue, 20 the Arlington
street car station. where the bodies
boarded the cars for the National Gene
terry.
FOEmhNlOn OF BarHde.
The line was formed as follows:
John Finn. officer Of the day at Arlington; G. c.
Rausch and Charles a. Sidman officers Of the
guard. detachment Of mounted police: Brigade
Band. District Of Columbia National Guard. Donald
G. Macleod. leader Fourth Battalion. Nationa,
Guard District Of Columbia MAJ Anton Stephan
commanding: United States Marine Band Lieut.
w. II. Santelmann leader; OlJ Guard Capt James
NJ Edgar commanding. department commander; de-
rHwnn- NnNfan liz
commanders; members Of the staff Of the com
mander in-chief: Johr =. Rawlings Post No l
Samuel w. Snow. commander; Kit Carson Post
No. ?, John Middleton. comma nder; Lincoln Post
No. }. w. Ii. RAYMOND. commander; George G.
Meade Post. No. s. William J. Breed commander
L. ). Grant Post. No. 6. Burton r. Ross CON-
mander James A. Garfield Poet, No. : John G.
Maynard. commander, Burnside Post No. g. H. L.
Dean. commander: Potomac Post No. Il. John H.
Randolph, commander PHI. sheridan Post No. IA
Charles +. Garrette. commander: Lafayette Post
No. 20 George H. Fehl. commander: Frederick
Douglas Post. No. q. b. +. Davis commander
Charles Sumner Post. No s. r. ID. Goodman, com
mander.
Farragut Post, No. 10. A. F. Dinsmo7e. COM
mander; John A. Logan Post, No. l3 A. b.
trisbie, commander: George II. Thomas Post
No. IS. Edward Webster. commander: Henry vii
| son Post No H. Thomas Day, commander; George
L. Morris Post. No. 10. Asa H. Eedney. com
mander assigned for memorial services at
other cemeteries other than Arlington and did not
appear in the parade.
Drum Corps Of the United States Marine Band
United Spanish War Veterans. Department oE the
District Of Columbia; the department commander:
the department officers and stsn past department
commanders; Camp No J. D. J. Leahy commander
Camp No. 2. w H. Henderson. commander Camp
No 3 Samuel C. MaWson, commander; Camp No
{, O. Sears. commander: Camp No. s. j. s. SuUi
van, commander; Camp No. Z Eugene Dolernan
commander Camp No. g. Charles s. Piper cum
mander.
The Regular Army and Navy Union-NationaI
| Officers. Garrison No. /. John G. Maynard con-
mander
Army and Navy Union-Gen. William F. Barry
Garrison, No 8 Gen. Andrew s Burt commander.
Admiral David d. Porter Garrison. No 6 Dr.
Thacker E. Lee. commander; Col Theodore Roose-
welt Garrison. No. a. A. F. Broacker commander
Many Witness Ceremonies.
Thousands made the trip to Arlington
to witness and participate In the exer-
cises there. At noon a cannon sent out
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