The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-30
ANNUAL TRIBUTES
! FOR WARRIOR DEAD
President Joins Thousands in
Capital In Honoring Nations
Heroes. i
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Joseph Joseph, A. A. D ), cspts. Thomas 4.
J. Costinett. otto G. Hauschiid, and "
w. Thayer. and Major N: w. ,i Lryom:
from. the Sylvia were Capt James -
Meade, United states Marine Corps y.
Roy Hrice, Sons of Confedernte vet
Grams. and Sergeant Norman M. snaw'
services at the ampitheater at Ar
Iington began at 1 o'clock with an as,
sembly call by a bugler OF the unteo
States Marine Band.
Amphitheater Program.
Capt. John Middleton, officer OF the
day, presented the flag, the Rt.
Rev. Alfred Harding. bishop OF wash
inRton, gave the invocation; ii.
v. speelman, past eommander-in-ch chief
OF the Sons of Veterans. read the
order establishing Memorial DAY.
Lincoin's Gettysburg Address, and the
national quartet and the United states
Marine Band furnished the music.
The benediction will be pronounced
by the Rev. w. II. Gotwald.
AT $3.50 o'clock a parade began at
Soldiers Home. The parade formed
at the Scott Building with Col. Stan.
ton Weaver. senior vice department
commander. GA. r., in command. 1t
marched to the speakers stand under
escort of the Soldiers Home band,
John S. Zimmerman. director
In the parade line were the reception
committee and officers OF the Soldiers
Homel comrades OF the a. A. r.. La
fayette Corps, No. 10. women's Relief
Corps; Col. John Jacob Astor Camp.
No. u; 8. w. y. veterans Of the
A memorial choir. directed by Mrs.
Nellie b. kelser. sang.
The Rev. H. Allen Griffith. chaplain
OF the home. gave the invocation, Con-
gresham John r. Farr. of Pennsyl-
vania, was the orator Of the day and
the Rev. Father Whalau.. chaplain Of
Soldiers Home. gave the benediction.
Cemetery Services.
Memorial services were held at the
Congressional, Glcnwood. Prospect Hin.
and st. Mary,s, Harmony; Northeast
Olivet, and other cemeteries.
Congressman j. A. Frear was the ora
tor at Congressional. the Rev. Richard
r. Riedel at Glenwood. Nelson J. Book
er at Harmony, the Rev. Paul X.
Hickok at Oak Hill, and ii. V. speel
at Holy Rood.
An unusual feature OF the days cele-
bration will be that tonight when a
laurel wreath. thirty feet in diameter,
Will DC pidCeu tne DdSe Oh tne w HSn-
ington Monument and motion pictures
showing the countrys national parks
will be thrown on the screen thus
The pictures are displayed bv the Yu.
reau Of Commercial Economics. :,
Scores Of floral boats were set afloat
on the Potomac river today to mark
the watery graves of the sailors who
went down with the Maine and the sub
The little boats. each bearing the
name of a branch OF the Army and
Navy Union. were released by forty
young women on board the United
States gunboat Sylvia. which fired
q salute to the dead as the tiny flower
bedecked craft drifted down stream to-
ward the ocean,
The Sylvia left naval militia head
quarters. Seventh and Water streets.
at 9. o'clock this morning. and proceed
ed up to the Aqueduct Bridge, thence
returning to the vicinity of the High
way Bridge, where the floral boats
Following this ceremony the forty
young women and others on the Sylvia
were taken to the Virginia shore in
launches. and then go to Arlington
where they will participate in the exer-
clses in the Maine section Of the Ma
tional Cemetery.
A parade along Pennsylvania avenue
In which Rear Admiral w. #. Benson
and Maj. Gen. George Barnett partici-
pates was another feature of the Army
and Navy Unions commemoration ex.
ercises.
Form at 8 O'clock.
The parade formed at Four-and-a-
half street and Pennsylvania avenue al
8 a. m, and the line of march extended
70 Twelfth street and the Avenue.
There the marchers embarked on cars
and went to Arlington.
Among the organizations in the parade
was a battalion of sailors and band
from the Presidents yacht, the May
talon of Engineers and band from
the Washington Barracks. all the local
garrisons Of the Army and Navy Union
the Army and Navy Union Rife Club
the Confederate Veterans of the District
who rode In automobiles and several
other naval, military and civic bodies
The speakers at the memorial exer-