Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30

ID. The services were held in the chapel
at Glenwood at 1870 o'clock. The pro-
gram follows
sounding of assembly, Glenn II. Dorsey
reading memorial orders. Adjutant Sam
uel Beight; invocation, Chaplain William
III. Van Honn; America audience;
q. A. r. memorial ceremonies. officers
OF George H. Thomas Post: reading of
Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Adjutant
Samuel Beight. Solo-''Tenting To-
night Glenn H. Dorsey: address, John
W. Langley. Solo-"Cover Them Over,
Miss Agnes Creme Preston Recitation
How Sleep the Brave" Charles F. Tan
sli4' Nearer My God, to Thee audi
ence' benediction. Chaplain William H.
Honn; taps, Bugler Glenn II. Dorsey.
members of the Sth Battalion, section
OF the Columbia Turnverein, placed flow
ers over the graves of their comrades in
the civil war in Prospect Hill cemetery.
ooi. John A. Joyce was the principal
speaker. bugle call and the sounding
OF the old drum used during the war by
the oth Battalion. concluded the services,
foilowlng the exercises at the cemetery
the turner's assembled at the Columbia
Iurnverein Hall, 92S NJ street northwest.
and listened to a number of addresses
by members of the sth Battalion.
Gushing Camp, No 80 Sons of Vet
Grams, had charge of the services at Holy
Rood and Oak Hill cemeteries. Repre-
sentative John P. Farr of Pennsylvania
delivered the memorial address al Holy
Rood. The program of the services fol-
lows:
| Call to order. c. o. Howard, command
er; prayer, Rev. Hubert Bunyea. reading
of general orders. the secretary, song.
America audience; reading Lincoln S
Gettysburg address, Maj E. r. Camp
bell; address, John r. Farr: song. The
Star Spangled Banner" Mrs. Eleanor c.
Scott; benediction. Rev. Edward NJ. Cor
bett; volley. firing squad High School
Cadets: taps and reveille.
The program of services at Oak Hill
follows: Call to order. c. Q. Howard. COM
mander: prayer. Rev. Hubert Bunyea
call to attention: reading of general or
ders. the secretary; reading of Lincoln s
Getty sburg address, G. G. Jewell; song
E: Albert Lang: benediction. Rev. Charles
w. Skinner, superintendent Industrial
Home; volley. firing squad High School
Cadets, taps. reveille.
At Harmony cemetery the services were
conducted under the auspices of Frederick
Douglass Post, No. l, G. A r. The pro-
to order. Charles r. Douglass: invocat ton
Chaplain Thomas Lynn; national anthem
choir: address; firing salute, LIST Separate
Battalion. District of Columbia National
Guard: singing, choir: strewing flowers
by children: benediction.
Services at Capital cemetery were held
at $50 o'clock Besides decorating the
graves of civil war veterans, the grave
containing the unidentified remains OF
victims of the Terra Gotta wreck and
the grave of Hinton Rowan Helper, the
writer, were decorated.
At st. Elizabeth.
For the first time in the history of
Memorial day exercises the ceremonies of
of soldiers
lie buried in the cemetery of the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane were con-
Quoted by the Spanish War Veterans.
ago when the G.. 4. r., through Depart
ment Commander Bioodgood requested
Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, No. 1, to
perform this duty.
Commander Hintenach opened the ex-
ercises. He thanked the soldiers of 81
and 10 for 'bestowing the mantle upon
the boys of '9S,'' and he continued: I'VE
will hereafter cheerfuly do any duty
which may be assigned us by our gray
haired veterans of the great civil war.
Flowers were then strewn. after which
Comrade Sigmund Dirnfeld, the orator of
the occa sion, said
Some forty-four years ago the Grand
Army of the Republic through its com
mander in chief. instituted the both OF
May of each year as the proper time to
lay tributes of flowers and to decorate
with our glorious Stars and Stripes the
graves of their comrades who have heard
the solemn taps for the last time, and
who have wandered into that great beyond
whence no man ever returneth. 1t is a
fitting season of the year for this act of
affection.
The boys who fought in 1851 to 1861
are justly worthy of a nations thankful
remembrance. They helped to keep our
beloved country from dissolution and con-
sequent ACKNOWLEDGMENT and destruction
Theirs was indeed noble cause. The
boys who sleep here, although not breath
ing their last breath surrounded by low
ing families, ended their days under cir
cumstances which should enlist our great
est sympathy How sad was their end
and becoming it Is that we should lay
tributes of love upon their eternal rest
ing place"
At the close of the address patriotic
hymn was sung by Henry Nolda. Taps
were sounded by j. Graf after which
the camp repaired to Arlington.