Evening star., 1932-05-30
CAPITAL H0N0RS
HEROES OF NATION
CoIorfuI Pageantry AMI
Prayer Recall Deeds of
Valor of Soldier Dead.
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America" and Rev Howard F. Snyder
gave the benediction
This morning the Memorial day
quiet was broken by martial music as
little group of those who bore arms
that this Union might be preserved led
comrades Of later day in pilgrimage
to Arlington.
Other Services Held.
As this mighty cavalcade moved
across the Potomac, those other shrines
of the dead received their mead Of
tribute, and at Catholic University .
huge outpouring at a pontifical military
field mass heard q call to hearken to
the ideals and aspirations of that Cit
izen Of Mount Vernon, who builded the
fabric on which the Nation stands.
There, before an assemblage which
included representatives of this and
foreign governments, DR.. Peter Guilday
bespoke exercise Of those charac-
terlstics of Washington Ito carry US
safely through the turbulent waters
of discomfort and depression which
Almighty God has permitted to sweep
across the face of the Nation"
Archbishop Michael j. Curley was
SSAScA oht Va tilC uIhSo WIuCA Was al =
ranged as the Washington Bicenten-
Soldiers Home Rites.
Meanwhile, at National Cemetery,
Soldiers Home, the annual Memorial
day service was held, marked by the
reading of Gen. Logan's order estab-
fishing this observance by his daugh-
ter Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker. Repre-
sentative Manlove of Missouri gave the
grafton
At noon there we're several indi-
vldual ceremonies at Arlington, pre-
ceding the observance at the Amphi-
theater
Members of the G. A. R., auxiliaries
and affiliated groups held services at
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers of
the Civil War veteran groups of the
World War paid their annual tribute at
the Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier;
Spanish War veterans joined in q tribute
at the Maine mast, and colored veterans
made their pilgrimage to the graves of
two OF their number. James Reese Eu-
rope and James E. Walker.
LEnfant Is Honored.
The Washington Chapter of the
American Institute of Architects placed
a wreath at the grave of LEnfant. who
was eulogized by Charles Moore chair
man of the Fine Arts Commission.
Later this afternoon at Lincoln Me-
moral Cemetery the Charles Young
Chapter, Disabled American Veterans,
colole organization, Is conducting exer-
ciseS
The memories of the battle Of Fort
Stevens. at Br:ghtwood, will be revived
when at 3i5 O'Clock services are held
in the Battle Ground Cemetery in honor
Of those who died while defending the
National Capital from invasion on July
IL and IL. 1864. 1t was at Fort Stevens
that President Abraham Lincoln stood
while troops were advancing from the
north and many were killed In action.
The survivors of the battle OF Fort
Stevens, who were members of the 9Th
Army Corps and who are expected to
attend the services, include DR.. c. V.
Petteys, Alfred Hubert, John M. Kline,
sr: Maj E. r. Campbell. William H.
Proctor and John H. Wolff.
Mai. Gen Amos A. Fries OF the
Chemical Warfare Service and past
department commander OF the American
Legion, will pe the orator Of the occa-
sion. A bugler from the Sd United
States Cavalry Band will call the as
semblage together at 3:l5 and the rais-
ing of the flag and saluting the colors.
under the direction of Mai John Deavy,
and singing The Star Spangled Ban
ner," accompanied by the Sd United
States Cavalry Band, will follow.
Proctor 70 Recite Poem.
DR.. c. V. Pettys will read the orders
of the Grand Army Of the Republic
and Vice Chairman John Clagett
Proctor will introduce John M. Kline.
ST.. chairman OF the exercises. The in
vocation will be pronounced by Rev.
William L. Mayo Mr. Proctor will re-
cite an original poem and Theodore
Hardy will deliver Lincoln's Gettsburg
Address. A feature of the exercises
will be the decorating of the graves by
the public school children from the
neighborhood schools, under the direc-
ton of Mrs Angus Lamond, jr. The
benediction will be pronounced by Rev.
William La Rue. Taps" will be sounded
by bugler and a salute fired.
Throughout the program selections
will be rendered by the Battle Ground
Quartet, composed Of Mrs. Thomas H.
Mullenberg, Miss Catherine Mullen
berg, L. F. Randolph, DR.. A. Owen
Penney accompanied by Harry Whea-
ton Howard. Several patriotic songs
will be played by the band. under the
leaOerSnlp Oh LOUIS .. vdSSeiI lie
exercises are being held under the
auspices of the Grand Army OF the
Republic and the Brightwood Citizens
Association.
$4,000 Hear Wilbur.
This Memorial day was ushered in
yesterday afternoon when $4,000 people
gathered at Sylvan Theater and heard
a return to sturdy nationalism of Wash
ington and Lincoln urged by Secretary
of the Interior Wilbur at the fifth
annual massing Of colors arranged by
the Military Order Of the World War
and the District Bicentennial Commits
sion.
Under bright sky and with the me-
MORALS to the two patriots in the back
ground, the crowd stood at attention on
the grassy slopes while Mr.. Wilbur