Evening star., 1937-06-01
STEVENS TRIBUTES
END OBSERVANCE
Senator SchWeI|enbaCh
EuIogizes Officer and Fallen
Comrades Here.

With services on the District of
Columbias only battlefield, in front
Of Fort Stevens, now Battle Ground
National Cemetery, three days OF
local observances of Memorial day
came to close late yesterday.
Standing in the cemetery in which
lie 40 Union soldiers who fell as they
advanced from Fort Stevens toward
what is now Waited Reed Hospital
to drive off the attacking Confeder-
ate army of Maj Gen. Jubal Early.
Senator Schwellenbach of Washing
ton eulogized the memory OF Maj.
Gen. Isaac ingalls, Stevens, for whom
the fort was named
I'VE meet today" the Senator said,
"at the site of Battle Ground Gene
terry. Here lie the bodies of those
brave men who, in 1864, gave their
lives that the Capital of their Ma
ton might be protected.
Name Honor Leader.
Fort Stevens was just few rods
from here and was given its name
in commemoration of the bravery OF
Maj. Gen. Stevens, whose life was
sacrificed upon the altar of his coun-
try's cause in the nearby town OF
Chantilly, Va, September l, 1862. He
was the first Territorial Governor Of
Washington State"
Gen. Stevens, he related, was a
Kraduate of West Point and was COM
missioned a lieutenant Of engineers.
;,,
the Spring of 1861. when Fort Sumter
was fired upon" the speaker continued
land he hurried to Washington and
was appointed colonel of the 10th
Highlanders, New York volunteers, and
In the first battle of Bull Run the
regiment suffered heavy losses. Later
he was commissioned brigadier gen.
eral and took an active part in the
battle of Chantilly. AS his men were
picking up their dead and wounded
under cover of darkness they found
the body of Stevens, covered by the
colors of his beloved Highlanders.'
The assemblage was called to order
At $50 pm. by bugler. followed by
the raising of an American flag and
salute, under the direction of Maj.
John Deavy. Francesca Della-Lane
sang the "Recessional," accompanied
by the Navy Band, led by Assistant
Leader Alexander Morris. r. ]. F.
McElroy read the orders of the Grand
Army of the Republic and Vice Chair
man John Clagett Proctor introduced
John M Kline, sr., commander Of the
of+
who presided.
Original Poem Read.
The invocation was pronounced by
Rev. William E. La Rue, after Which
Proctor read an original poem, The
battle-ground Dead" and Talbot o.
Pulizzi recited Lincolns gettysburg
Address" Everett F. Warner recited
The Star Spangled Banner; the
children from the public schools in the
vicinity of the cemetery decorated the
graves Of the 40 veterans of the Battle
Of Fort Stevens, under supervision of
Mrs. Angus Lamond, jr. After the
benedlction, taps were sounded by the
band, and salute fired by soldiers Of
the 18th Brigade, U. S. A.
Several of the surviving members
Of Kit Carson Post, G. A. R., were
present on the platform. Department
Comdr. Kline, in the course of his
remarks, said he was the only survivor
of the 9Th Army Corps. He read
telegram of regret from Nine. Julia
Cantacuzene, granddaughter of Gen.
q. S. Grant, who could not attend
The G. A. R. Committee in charge
included Department Comdr. Kline,
Proctor, w. F. Dorsey and John T.
Ryan.