The Washington herald., 1912-05-31

bers OF the Eighth Battalion
Cushing Camp Ceremonies.
Cushing Camp, No. %. Sons Of Vet
erans, had charge OF the services at
Holy Rood and Oak HIH eemeteriss.
Representative John p. Farr Of Pennsyl-
vania delivered the memorial address at
Holy Rood The programme Of the serv-
Ices follows:
Cau 70 order. c. o. Howard. COM
mander; prayer, Rev. Hubert Bunyea;
reading OF general orders. the sscre-
tary; song. America" audience; read
ing Lincoln's Gettysburg address, Mai.
z. R. Campbell: address, John r. Farr;
song, The Star Spangled Banner.
Mrs. Eleanor c. Scott: benediction, Rev.
Edward NJ. Corbett; yolley, firing squad
High School Cadets; taps and reyeille.
The programme Of services at Oak
Hill follows: Call to order, c. O. How
ard, commander: prayer, Rev. Hubert
Bunyea: call TO attention.: reading Of
general orders, the secretary: reading
OF Lincoln's Gettysburg address. g. G.
Jewell; song z. Albert Lang; benedic-
tion, Rev. Charles W. skinner. supeTin-
tendent Industrial Home; volley, hr-
ing squad, High School Cadets; taps,
reveille.
At Harmony Cemetery the services
were conducted under the auspices OF
Frederick Douglass Post, No. 1, G. A.
r. The programme follows: II m.
calling the assembly to order, Charles
r. Douglass: invocation Chaplain
Thomas Lynn; national anthem, choir:
address; hring salute. First Separate
Battalion. District OF Columbia Nation
al Guard; singing. choir; strewIng
flowers by children; benedlction.
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 81. EIIEabeth'a.
For the first time in the history Of
Memorial Day exercises the ceremonies
Of decorating the graves OF the soldiers
who lie buried in the cemetery Of the
Government Hospital for the Insane were
conducted by the Spanish War Veterans
This arrangement was made some time
ago when the q. A. R. through Depart
ment Commander BloOdgoOd. requested
Gen. Nelson 4. Miles Camp No. TO
perform this duty.
Commander Hintenach opened the ex-
ereiseS. He thanked the soldiers Of 81
and 50 for ''bestoving the mantle upon
the boys OF 'sS." and he continued: We
VIII hereafter Cheerfully 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 occasion. said:
Some fOrty-four years ago the Grand
Army Of the Republic, through its com
mander-in-Chief. Instituted the SOth 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 be-
yond whence no man ever returneth. It
is a fitting season Of the year for this
act Of affection.
The boys who fought IN 1851 to 1855
are justly worthy Of a nations thankful
remembrance. They helped to keep our
beloved country from dissolution and con-
sequent dismemberment and destruction
Theirs was indeed a 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 ii is that We should lay
tributes OF love upon their eternal rest
ing place"
At the close OF the address q patriotic
hymn WIS sung by Henry Nolda. Taps
were sounded by ]. Graf. after which
the camp repaired to Arlington.