The New York herald., 1922-05-31

men from washington Heights who dice
in the war and bears the inscription:
Erected by the people of Washing
ton Heights and Inwood in commem-
grafton of the men who gave their
lives in the world war.
The Catholic Boy Scouts observed the
day with a field mass at the stadium OF
the City College. There were 1,2Od
scouts and about 1000 spectators.
A field mass for the soldier dead OF
the Chelsea district was celebrated In
Chelsea Park. Twenty-eighth street ano
Ninth avenue, under the auspices OF
Knickerbocker Council. Knights OF Co
lumbus. About 5000 persons witnessed
the ceremony, which was preceded by
procession from the Church OF st. John
the Baptist in Seventh avenue. A grouI
of gold star mothers attended.
On the East side at Seward Park,
Hester and Essex streets. what was SAID
to be the first Memorial Day celebra-
ton held in that section attracted
crowd of moro than 5000. including
about 500 veterans.
State Senator Downing read prayer
and speeches were made by Magistrate
Max Levine, Representative Isaec Siesel
and others and the pupils of Public
School 62 sang patriotic songs. the spec
tators 1oining in. A stand of colors
was presented by Mr.. Levine to the
Hebrsw Veterans East Side Post OF the
American Legion.
"They do not need our praise. They
do not need that our admiration should
sustain them. There is no immortality
that is safer than theirs. We come mol
for their sakes but for our own, thai we
may drink at tho same springs OF In
spiration from which they themselves
drank"
This was the tribute paid to the deai
of the civil war by Grover A. Whalen,
Commissioner of Plant and Structures,
in an address last night at memorial
services held by the Grand Army OF tn
Republic at Carnegie Hall.
In Trinity churchyard the graves OF
men who died in the first war that
America knew, were decorated as usual
with flowers and flags. Betsy Ross
flags floated In front of the monument
to Robert Fulton, inventor of the steam-
boat: over the last resting place OF
Andrew Hamilton and in a scors OF
other places.
In St. Paul's churchyard also the
day was observed fittingly. and within
the chapel the pews once occupied by
Revolutionary patriots were draped
with flags. Exercises were held at the
monument of Major-Gen. Richard Mont
gomery. who fell I'm the attack On Que
bac At a service In the chapel the
vicar, the Rev. Joseph p. McComas. in
his address declared that the United
States is still a religious land In that 1t
had declined to attend a conference
(senoa) "at which the Russian Bolshe-
vik Government. which had broken up
the family, slain the righteous and at
temple to dethrone Cod" was to be
recognized.
$4,000 in BROOKLYN Parade.
There were 1900 in the parade in
Brooklyn Civil war veterans had the
position of honor. They numbered 37o.
and of these 275 decided to ride. feeling
that the heat and the long march would
be too much for them. Oldtimers re-
called that there were 1900 G. A. X.
men in Brooklyn once upon a time and
40 posts. Yesterdays veterans repre-
sented twenty posts.
A small group that attracted consid-
erable attention consisted of nine Of the
Red Legged Devils of the old Four
teenth Regiment, which left for the
front by way of Fulton Ferry in 1861
The oldest was Capt. Ray Cardona, 50,
and the youngest. George Smith. 70.
OF interest to those who remembered
the Spanish War days OF 1898 was the
appearance of Admiral Schley Post,
United States War Veterans. with the
Admiral Sampson Post marching close
behind. The Schley veterans carried
the U. S. S. Brooklyn's flag. 20 by 80
feet
There was a big contingent of vet
erans of the world war in line, and thay
also got a warm welcome. The 1oGth
Infantry marched. the Fourteenth In
fantry, the l05th Field Artillery. 10lst
Cavalry. Second Battalion. Naval Mill
tia. and the Twenty-seventl- Division
Signal Company. t
The parade began at the fountain in
Bedford avenue, passed through Bed
ford avenue, to Washington avenue, to