The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-31
CITY OBSERVES
MEMORIAL DAY
Graves Are Strewn With Flow
erS Brought by Loving
Friends.
SERVICES AT CEMETERIES
OF IMPRESSIVE NATURE
Veterans of Grand Army, En-
feebled by Age, Forego
Usual Parade.

Reduced in numbers by the passs ge
OF wear bat none the less loyal to the
flag and the custom of strewng flowers
upon the graves of the ''boys OF 81. .;
who have been counted with the larger
force row on the other side. 200 vet
Grams Of the civil war of the state, resi-
dents of Salt Lake. visited the ceme
tories tuesday to observe Memorial day.
Left with many years on their heads,
and feeling the effects of the hardships
endured fifty wears ago. the remnant
Of that Grand Army of the Republic
was taken out Tuesday in automobiles.
Accepting the inevitable approach of
old age. the old soldiers did not take
part in n parade. but Gladly embraced
he opportunity 10 ride
As each wear brings Decoration day.
soIemniiv is added TO the ceremonies of
the day Each wear there are new
graves to be decorated the bows .
with Grant. with Sherman and at Get
fvsbrrg now left. see their ranks rap
idly being thinncd BIZ death, they
locked arms with and courted hundreds
of times on the battlefield, in the prison
or III the hospitals. In many cases
memory is dimmed with age and only
the heroic days are counted among their
"reminiscences.
Tire Cemeteries.
The programme OF the day called for
the assembling of veterans at $3.50
in the morning at Odd Fei
where automobile were waiting to
carry them to Fora Douglas cemetery.
Included in the company were Sons of
Veterans. Daughters OF Veterans. Rey
noIds ard Rice circles. and Ladies OF
the G. A. r. There they did honor to
tho departed ones.
After he solemn exercises had been
performed ut 1.-THE city of the dead
as Furt Douglas the assembled pa
trints returned 10 Mount Oliyet ceme-
1erv. 'There they were met by the Me-
Kean. Maxwell and y. o. Howard posts |
and Mexican corpse. where suitable !
ritualistic exercises were carried out. !
The veterans and the members Of the |
various auxiliary organizations were
conveyed to Mount Olivet cemetery in
about forty automobiles loaned by pa |
triotic citizens for the occasion.
vt the city cemetery the Spanish |
American war veterans and Maxwell |
curns performed tbe solemn services
for the dead.
Long before the hour set for the public |
exercises hundreds OF persons we're show
ing their respect for the dead by decorat- |
ing Of he graves with cut and potted |
flowers. a the City cemetery people be- |
gan 10 arrive shortly after o'clock this |
morning and by 10 o'clock there were |
more than 5000 on the ground.
Many OF those who carried flowers TO
decorate the grave of some loved one
divided them and placed a few on some |
long neglected grave. For on such an oc- |
cesion tilsse is a bond OF sympathy.
Al Mt Olivst friends or relatives of
those buried in that beautiful little spot |
commenced to arrive early and by II |
O'Clock there MAS close 10 1000 people in |
the grounds IT that time there was
not grave in the cemetery that did rot |
have at least a few flowers on 1t.
At Fort Douglas.
The first of The memorial services was
he'd at Fort Douglas and commenced |
promptly at $3.50 O'Clock this morning. |
While not SO elaborate as some held at
the cemetery in the past. owing TO the |
fact shat the regular troops from the |
fort are now on the Mexican border. !
every detail OF the Memorial day service |
was carried out under the Sons and |
circle. Ladies nf tire c. 4. z. This part OF
tho program included the usual ritualistic |
service of each organization Those ia k |
ing raT1 in the exercises went 10 the |
cemetery in twenty automobiles. which |
were furnished by owners. and carried a
number OF nemhers Of the g. 4. R.. the |
All HaIloWs college band and firing |
squad Of ter from that school.
Following music by the. band and the
usual exercises Of the ladies' circles. !
llvercd patriotic address.
These exercises were followed by the |
OF Veterans held their exercises at the
grave OF Cen. p. E. Connor. The fea-
rure OF this part OF the exercise was the
address ~ Judge George G. Armstrong. |
chosen words Judge Armstrong told OF
the sacrifices made by those who had
had made possible united people. and
how II was the wish and hope OF every
one present that the flag remain as it
always had been; without a stain"
ladies' and z number OF others proceeded
At once 20 Mt. Olivet where they arrived
in time 10 take part in the exercises held
there.
At Mt olivet.
Promptly at II O'Clock the services
commenced with the reading OF the open
ing 6. A. r. service By o. F. Davis OF
the Mexican post. This was followed oy
tette composed Of Mrs A. 5. Peters. Miss
Edna DHyer, Fred c. Graham and ]. W.
Curtis. Then came the reading OF Lin
coins Gettysburg address, which was fol-
lowed by the ritualisiic services of the
G; A. r. and the Wornan's Relief corps.
which closed by the singing of Nearer.
My God TO Thee, by the Quartette-
The orator of the day was the Rev. Elmer
J. Goshen. who in 2 twenty minute ad
dress stirred his listeners time and time
again 10 applause Briefly and eloquent
y he told OF the struggle Of mankind
for liberty. from the days OF early Egypt
TO the present time Almost at the out
set OF his address the speaker declared
that mo nation can long be great that
refuses 10 remember that she is a part
Of the whole world and that she owes a
duty 10 mankind
Briefly Dr. Goshen reviewed the his
tory OF Egypt. of Greece and Rome. and
Of their downfall. because they failed to
recognize the equality Of man. He de-
ciared that the birthplace OF liberty was
IN the forests OF Germany. after the bar
harisns had conquered Rome. From these
forests came the Anglo Saxon race. that
was destined 70 live and grow until the
earth Was filled with prosperity, liberty.
peace and love
III we OF the younger generation will
- as faithful 10 our duty were There
men. the day will come when this will
Te the greatest and most glorious nation
that the world has ever known said he
Tic civil war was not fought for opip-
Ions sake. nor for uOlitirx. but 70 iet the