The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-31

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great stone that marks the grave of
the namesless dead of the civil war, so
Arlington was the spot to which the
bulk of the Union mourners turned their
steps --a is-
At 8 O'Clock in the morning the
members of the G. A. r. gathered at
Fifteenth Street and Pennsylvania Ave
nue. for the start. The-line, once formed.
proceeded to- Sixteenth Street and back
down Fifteenth Street. to the cars
on Pennsylvania Avenue and Thirteenth
Street, where cars for Arlington were
waiting
The programme was scheduled to open
at the cemetery at noon with the music
of the national salute. and by midday
a large crowd had gathered.
Little children, intent on strewing the
armsful of flowers they had brought,
mingled with the old veterans. The
warm day had coaxed out small army
of gayly dressed young women. and the
green mass. of trees and grass was en-
livened by the bright colors of summer
costuming. Conspicuous in the panorama
of color was the brown khaki of the
regular army, and the bright red saddle
blankets OF the artillery troopers de-
tailed for police duty added motion to
the picture.
The programme was opened on time,
and after the echoes of the national sa-
Lutte had died away the line of march
proceeded to the tomb of the unknown,
where a specially delegated committee
piled floral tributes. The decoration of
the graves of the individual dead fol-
lowed.
Spanish War Veterans in Line.
The veterans of the Spanish war had
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the cemetery, and in the interim be-
tween the decoration OF the tomb of the
unknown and the continuation of the ex-
ercises at / o'clock, the Spanish war SOL
diers led by the band of Fort Myer. went
for a special service to the Spanish war
section.
Al the head of the column Secretary OF
State Bryan marched, taking his place
with the Spanish War Veterans by vir-
tue of his having been colonel of the
First Nebraska during the Spanish war,
but he did not figure as a speaker.
BY the time that the strains of Chopin's
Funeral March by the Marine Band
heraIded the opening of the afternoons
exercises, the amphitheater was crowded
and the people were banked three deep
around the edge of the theater. Rev. DR..
James Shera Montgomery, of the Metro
politan Methodist Church. was the prin-
cipaI orator of the day. taking for his
theme Universal Peace"
After the audience had sung Nearer,
Ny God to Thee Thomas H. Mckee,
department commander, called the as
sembly to order. and the invocation was
pronounced by Rev. y. H. Holmes, de-
partment chaplain. The days orders
were read by Osborn H. Oldroyd,. assist
ant adjutant general, and Past Depart
ment Commander George H. Siaybaush
read Gen. John A. Logan's order, estab-
fishing Memorial Day.
Comrade George II. Lillibridge, hale
old veteran, with a strong tenor voice,
sang a tenor solo, 'Daybreak at Apo
mattox" Comrade Lillibridge also. lead
in the singing by the audience. He Is
well known as the composer of a number
of songs Il
The reading of President Lineoln,s Get
tysburg address, by Charles B. Hanford.
was the next number on the programme
and was followed by the reading of a
poem by Mrs. Isabel Worren Ball, ma
tional senior vice president, w. r. c.
Grafton bv DR.. montgomery.
The Grafton of Rev. Dr. Montgomery
was followed by remarks by Department
Commander Mckee. the pronouncepaent
OF the bendiction by Chaplain Holmes.
and taps by the Marine Band. Rev. DR.. 1
Montgomery said. in part:
We lift our eyes from the brow of
earth. away from these solitudes, and We
behold the fullness of life, the big pros
pect of an ultimate triumph, our own
Capital City. Here. in the tunuIt of hu-
man nature. in the discipline of contest,
in the great university of life, she chaI-
lenges both intellect and heart. and min ,
listers to the country and the world. God
bless her, May her gates ever be open
to allow all their fullest inheritance. and
har litra
ernment just and humane, God-fearing
and man-serving, born of righteousness, !
and wearing the crown jewels of the |
Father of all.
Since that day on which the mighty |
armies of the blue and gray. We're dis |
solved another generation has been born !
and is now pursuing the industries of !
peace. On this Memorial Day the
heroism of the American soldier should |
teach this manhood and womanhood the |
patriotism of peace. They should arise |
to a new consciousness of social obi |
CATION and civic. duty. We face great |
responsibilities. and may it be asked |
Where is now thy God?' Our God is not |
Of gold or silver. There is always pres
snt with us a higher mission than to be |
the richest Stay your minds here and
OWN that national greatness is not ma
terial, but intelligence, integrity. respect
for law, generous philanthropy, and /
loyalty to the fundamentals OF the Holy
Bible.
- Civic duty is with us The burdens
If the city are tremendous. Here are the
breakers of human beings surging round !
with their polyglot speech, foreign
tongues with their strange ideas of priv
lege and liberty. Here is the burden of
poverty, the burden of ignorance. the
burden of sin unspeakable. We hear
the voices of these monstrous burdens
rhe call TO service falls upon US from
The tops of the topless heaven. Thrust
yourselves into these problems Politics
you say? Politics never hurt charac-
\ :er; it is the lack of character that hurts