The sun., 1919-05-26
THOUSANDS MOURN
FOR DEAD WARRIORS
Memorial Services in Central
Park, in Brooklyn and at
Cypress Hills.
EXERCISES IMPRESSIVE
Father Chadwick, Chaplain of
the Maine, Holds Mass in
Fort Greene Park

Impressive outdoor services IN COM
memoration OF the heroic soldier and
sailor dead were held In the Sheep
Meadow. Central Park. and in Fort
Greene Park. Brooklyn, yesterday. a
we'll a. in many churches More thar
5000 persons attended the memorial
mass held In the Brooklyn park, pre-
csdod by . paseantry OF veterans OF
other wars and Of the present In uni
form. with DELEGATIONS from various
Catholic orders. An altar heavily banked
with lowers had been erected near tn,
Prison Ship Monument and choir o.
100 voiceA directed By Arthur g. someri
OF the Board OF Education. sang III,
"Miserere.''
The band Of the Sixty-ninth Regiment
State Guard. entered the park playing
"Killarney's Lake." and was followed by
the band Of the Fourteenth Infantry. tn,
Thirteenth Coast Artillery and a de
tachmcnt Of the Forty-seventh In
fantry Veterans Of the United Spanish
War Veterans, a contingent OF WorlC
War Veterans, city letter carriers
Knights OF Columbia. the Ancient Or
der Of Hibernians and the Foresters o
America then fled in.
Mgr. John p. Chadwick. who wa
chaplain Of the old battleship Maine
celebrated the masA He was assisted
by the Rev. E ]. Higgins, a nava
chaplain. The sermon. delivered by tn
Rev. E. p Duffy, was on the text, &c
am the resurrection and the life"
At the conclusion of the sermon Their
was an impressive moment Of silence
The thousands hneeled and a tiny silve
toned bell tinkled announcing the con
secration. Then the audience rose an
filed quietly from tho park.
Services in Central Park.
The services in Central Park wer
under the auspices Of the memorial an
executive committee Of the New Yor
County Chapter, United Spanish Wa
tVeterana A handful of survivors o
the civil war had q place OF honor an
beside them stood q veteran OF the pres
ent war, Private Joseph d. Hess, 1ost
Machine Gun Battalion. Twenty eight
Division. A band OF the Hebrew Or
phan Asylum played the national ar
them opening the service. Following
prayer by the Rev. ]. s. Cation of III
Convent OF st. Vincent Ferrer. brie
, addresses were made by william Jonei
commander in chief Of the Spanish
American War Veterans; John Ganno
Of Brooklyn. commander Of the State oil
ganization Of the United Spanish Wa
Veterans, and others.
At the close Aileen Clarity. daughte
, of Patrick NJ. Garrity. n member of III
executive committee, placed flowers o
, mound OF grass symbolic of tho grave
OF the heroic dead. Then taps" wa
sounded.
Fifteen hundred letter carriers, led
Peter J, vanderhoot, president of III
I New York Letter Carriers Association
) marched on Broadway from Sevent,
sixth street to the Cathedral Of St job
, the Divine for their annual memoir,
5 service. A service nag was carrie
bearing 462 stars, six Of them gol
! Postmaster Thomas @. Patten met ii
: line at the church. The Very Rev. How
|. ard Robbins, dean Of the cathedral, az
dressed the men briefly. touching on Ii
death Of the late Bishop Greer The Sci
| vice ended with q brief solemn momen
, in which q delegation carried q wreat
up the main aisle to the altar as "taps
was sounded
Between eight thousand and ten tho,
Z sand persons attended the memorial Sc
, Vices held in the United States Nation
= Cemetery, at Cypress Hills. under Il
= auspices Of the Army and Navy Unto
+, County Clerk William E. Kelly W,
= chairman of the committee having Il
: services in charge, and those who toS
part included the Rev John VI Kelly
the Church of the Blessed Sacramer
: and Chaplain Casper Haffner Of Il
!. Army and Navy Union. Daniel ]. Gri
Z I'm. Sheriff Of Kings county. deliver,
: the Grafton.