Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-30
TRIBUTE PAID TO HEROIC DEAD
in ClTY'S MEMORIAL, ExERcISEs

mat was once the bulwark and pride of M
patton.
,,,ns rebellion and the Vera Cruz inoidan.
share In the city's remembrance OF tbais
xafriotfo services. Every cemeter, n..
holds a soldiers grave and every non,,.
vnent OF statue TO a military hero is hs,ns
visited. and every memorial stone or tablet
adorned by grateful hands. while frore
vine street pier hoated floral ships in rnsra'
cry Of those sea heroes who went down with
fkeir ships In the naval BATHS for the a..
fAnse OF their country.
GRAND ARMY ON THE MARCH
some OF the Grand Army posts naraasa
frorn their headquarters. under escort ~
sailors and marines from the navy ward
National Guardsnen and Spanish war sur.
vivors and various patriotic organizations
Most of them made the journey 10 ths
cemeteries in carriages. Patriotic speeches
and services were held I'm all ceretartas
and the graves, already flag.marked were
further decorated with growing plants
George q. Meade Post, No. 1. In add.
zion to visiting North Laurel Hill, sent a
wreath to be placed on the tomb OF General
Grant in Riverside. New York General
Grant was member of Meade Post Post
No. went to Monument Cemetery, Sur.
vlvors of the 72d Pennsylvania Volunteers
Bsxter's Fire zouaves, also visited Monu.
rnent Cemetery, where Colonel d. W. C.
Baxter. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Hes.
ser and other comrades lie buried General
Hector Tyndale Post, No. 16O, decorated
the grave of General Tyndale In Central
Laurel Hill, and the tonlbs of other soldiers
A that and Mount Peace Cemeteries.
Colonel Fred Taylor Post, No. 10, went
70 odd Fellows and U. s. Grant Post, No
& TO Mount Moriah Robert Bryan Post
No. 80. decorated the graves of negro sol.
diers in Olive Cemetery, and John w. Jack.
son Post, No. 81, performed similar serv.
ice at Eden and Merton Cemeteries
Thirty-fve young women, the Memorial
pay Girls Of Anna NJ. Ross Post No %,
d. A. r., accompanied the veterans of that
organization today In n street parade from
headquarters Hutchinson street and Gi.
rard avenue, to Monument Cemetery, where
they Joined in maching salute at the
grave OF Miss Ross, who was an army nurse
and founder of the first soldiers home.
The Memorial Day Girls are the grand.
daughters, neces and other female relatives
of the post members.
Following exercises at Miss Ross grave,
the veterans, and their escort proceeded to
American Mechanics Cemetery, where the
customary memorial services were held and
the soldiers graves decorated
Phiiadelphia's Veterans OF Foreign Wars
toined in the celebration, their program In.
Guiding parade this afternoon to Fair.
mount Park, with memorial services, to
which Governor Brumbaugh, Mayor Smith
and other State and city officials were in
vited.
SAILOR DEAD REMEMBERED.
Most picturesque of the many observ.
ances were the exercises of the Naval Vet.
erans' Associations at Vine street pier.
At 0 O'Clock the Naval Forces of Penn
sylvania, the Naval Veterans Association
of Pennsylvania and the Spanish War
Veterans formed on Broad street between
Arch and Cherry streets and marched to
Broad and Locust streets.
From the Union League the parade was
reviewed by Captain Robert Lee Russell,
eommandant of the Philadelphia Navy
Yard Lieutenant Commander William Lit
tleheld, aide to the commandant; Lieuteu-
ant E. s. Moses, of the battleship Alabama
Captain L. Feland, commandant of the
Marine Barracks; Captain Durell, of the
battleship Connecticut Colonel John A.
wiedershelm, George Stevenson, George P.
Morgan and Captain Samuel e. Meigs.
Mayor Smith, Captain Russell and William
G. McEvan, of the Naval Veterans Asso-
citation, made addresses at the pier exer-
cises
The combined bands from the Marine
Barracks and the Navy Yard headed the
procession. Battalion Commander ]. w.
Hayward and a detail of United States
Bailors and marines were next In line.
First Lieutenant r. s. Keyser commanded
the marines; Lieutenant f. w. Lake, the
Forces of Pennsylvania were In command
Df Commander 7. 7. Nelson, Jr.
From Broad and Locust streets the pa
rade countermarched TO Chestnut street.
thence to 5th. where a halt was made at
Hall; thence to Delaware ave-
hue, to the pier.
After speeches and music the Mayor and
the vterans cast the floral boats and other
towers adrlft in the river The sailors
fred salute of 21 guns.
Major Benjamin Chew Tilghman. Jr'
Camp. No. 61, United Spanish War Veter-
ans. participated In the parade and pier
exercises. In the afternoon the camp
from the Sd Regiment Armory to
trinity Lutheran Cemetery, where 1t dec
'rated graves.
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
John wanamaker was orator at the me-
norial services at Meade Post in the audi
orIum of the Y. M. G. A.. 142l Arch street
his afternoon. The post marched from |
Broad and Arch streets to Locust. hating |
It the Union League, and thence marching |
o the Y. NJ. C. A. Building.
Colonel William L. Curry Post No. 10.
assembled at noon in its hall, 2Oth ana
Carlton streets, and marched TO broad |
street Station It went by train 10 Fern
yood Cemetery returning to It's nan TOT
)atriotic services later In the afternoon.
Colonel e. d. Baker Post, No. 8, as
Iembled at headquarters, l4l7 Columbia
venue, at 1880 p. M, marching to Bethany |
Evangelical Lutheran Church. 2Sth street |
nd Montgomery avenue, where services
gere held. Escorted bya company from the
ID Regiment, NJ G. p, the post proceeded
o Glenwood Cemetery.
Mayor Smith was the principal speaker
4 fiag.raising and patriotic demonstra-
ion this afternoon at ST Elizabeths "a
oehial School. 23d and Berks streets FOL
owing a parade of the children ana the
arlsh societies. the Rev. John ID. Mcguire
N. D., rector of the church, offered the
avocation and blessed the flag. James a.
supreme knight, presented the
ag on behalf OF Archbishop Ryan AS
ambly. fourth degree, Knights OF coium.
us. p. II. Lynch accepted on behalf OF
he parish and City Solicitor John r
.onnelly delivered the oratlon. After the
favor had spoken, the nag was raised 70
he top OF the steel mast. So feat high, whlch
ias presented to the school by local couh-
Us OF the knights of Columbus,
Colonel James Ashworth Post, No. ssA.
eeorated the graves in the cemeteries OF
rankford. Holmesburg and Torresdale our
ag the morning, and In the afternoon held
parade with Kearney Post./No. bb, 70 Ee-
ar Hill Cemetery, holding services al the
rave OF Colonel Ashworth. The Rev. ulad-
lone Holm, OF Rehoboth Methodist Episeo-
81 Church Commander Thomas simpson
.djutant b. F. Hrus and John Gilmore were
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