Arizona republican., 1914-02-17
IN MEMORY IF
 SUNKEN MAINE
Imposing Street Demon stration Followed By Impressive Ceremonies In Arlington Cemetery Marks Observance.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCHl

i WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-An m- posing street demonstration, follow 1 ed by impressive ceremonies at Ar i linSton National Cemetery, marked i the commemoration here today of the i sinking of the United States pattle- 1 ship Maine in Havana harbor. that historic event which startled the whole world and famed into flame war fever which eliminated in the ] Spanish American war
 l Although sixteen years have passed since that day in February, 1898, when the Maine was literally torn to 1 pieces and 260 of her officers and crew perished, yet each year seems 1 to bring added veneration to the 1 tragic event. Heretofore the annual | tribute has been for those who lost their lives in the explosion, but to- days exercises, while centering about 1 the graves of the Maine heroes. took on a larger significance in including all those of the land or sea forces ! who had sacrificed themselves in the i line of patriotic duty
 Large bodies of cavalry, artillery. | sailors and marines began assembling 1 through the morning for the street i parade leading to Arlington The l forces included the troopers stationed l at Fort Myer the artillery with their 1 long line of rumbin9 field pieces, i large attachments of blue jackets and 1 marines from the warshps and ma rine barracks in this vicinity, and the 1 full strength of the National Guard 1 of the District of Columbia. Many i patriotic societies also participated 1 and in the line of march were car 1 riages bearing the Commander in 1 Chief of the G. A. R, Washington ! Gardner of Albion, Mich; the Com mander of the Spanish War Veterans John Lewis Smith; the head of the 1 Army and Navy Union. H. ogden 1 Lake, and others prominent in civic and patriotic affairs
 | Great crowds lined the streets as | the procession moved through the l downtown section and across the l Aqueduct bridge. which spans the Pc | tomac river. leading to Arlington 1 Crossing the bridge. the parade halt i ed to witness novel and impressive 1 feature of the days ceremony-the
 unloosing on the river below of sent adrft down the historic old stream. making it's way slowly sea l ward until lost to view-a memorial
 to the unrecOvered dead, not only of 1 the Maine but Of other times and l places
 l Arriving at Arlington, all about were seen the mute reminders oT the 1 Maine's glores On one side were 1 the graves of the sailors recovered 1 from the wreck of the ship and l brought home by the government for | final burial here. In the foreground 1 lay d huge cylinder of tapering steel l rusty and indented, but still pre-
 serving the stately outlines of the | foremast of the Maine. This too had been brought back from the 1 tangled wreckage, to he erected and unveiled later in the spring or sum | mer, alongside the graves of those i who in life had seen the flag whip ping from it's tOpmost point At
 either side of the mast lay two
 great anchors of the Maine Today | l flowers. two large wreaths coming 1 from the White House. and others l from patriotic bodies and citizens. 1 As the parade made it's way slowly 1 through the grounds. salvo of ar 1 tillery greeted the raising of the flag | to full mast. The invocation of the l day was delivered by Bishop Harding,
 protestant episcopal bishop of Wash 1 ington. The exercises included ad-
 dresses by MT. Lake, Col. John Me | Elroy, commemorative address by Mrs Ida M Galloway. past presi-
 dent general of the United Spanish
 War Veterans Auxiliary, and the re
 citing of the Recessional by Mrs. Isa :
 bel Worrell Ball. chairman of the
 | executive committee.
 An impressive feature of the clos
 ing exercises was the sounding of
 taps-the final good -night-by many
 l buglers widely separated at remote
 points throughout the vast cemetery,
 one after another taking up the dy-
 ing echoes and passing them along
 from point to point like old time
 | signalling of war days.