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Theprayer. of the chaplain was follow
ed; by a tribute. to the dead, paid by Gen
eral Sheehari, and. then the California
Quartet sang; ."The Old .Flag - Forever. 7
Lincoln's Gettysburg address; was dellv
eredby H."T. - Larkin, who fought through
monies in honor of those who helped to
make -history for a grateful nation wero
performed. . ;:•*• v
The ; president of tho day was, General
John F.' Sheehari,' and Charles Edelman of
Lincoln Post No. 1 s acted I as chairman.
The ceremonies at the graves '.were open
ed with an invocation by Chaplain' J.H.
Macpmner of the United States a/my;'rwho
appealed to 'the Almighty to bestow his
blessing on the departed as well' as. those
who survive them* '
* <¦ '-¦'¦ public was plainly evidenced in the
floral ] offerings, . . indiscriminately strewn
upon the grave's of the departed heroes.
Decoration day there was celebrated in
the- same manner that it has-for
many years past. Shortly after 11 o'clock
while the guns of* an army battery alter
nated in; the firing of a national salute, a
large concourse of. people .formed Itself
into a pnicesnlon and, preceded by. a band
« f ;!{<¦>; Firr-t Infantry, N. G. C. and mem
bers of different Grand Army posts, slow
ly ; marched -to the burial p.ace of the
army and navy, dead, where formal cere-
THAT the dead lying beneath the
soil within the confines of the Odd
Fellows' Cemetery were not for
gotten yesterday • by a reverent
Solemn Geremonies Are Enacted at
Odd Fe 1 1 ow's Ce m et e ry .
IMPRESSIVE SCENE AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT • THE PRE
SIDIO, AND SOME OF THOSE WHO TOOK PROMINENT PARTS IN
THE MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES. ' V v^
¦ Rev." Dr. George. C. Adams delivered the
invocation,", alter which .the, 'California
Quartet,, sang ... "Tenting , To-Nlght."
Mayor Schmltz .was. "then" presented to the
audience and was given an ovation. When
the applause : had ' subsided the ; Mayor
spoke! as foHov.-^:. ?V lr v > j - \
¦'-"We meet to-night to do'our duty to all
of them. We stopin-our busy,- bustling
day to offer up sacrifices to their memory.
Please God, we wlllnlwuys keep alive the
memory of our. heroes who He in the silent
graveyards, ami you, comrades, do well
to^hpnor your own dead. You are hasten
ing on. day by day, until that time when
you will fold. your peaceful arms and lie
down and sleep in" their silent camp, which
Old-iGlbry guards and love' defends,"* and
sleep: until, that .time when the blast of
the angel's- trumpet will call you. to.parade
before thegreat Captain and be.re'warded
according to your "worth." I : -
MEMORY OF HEROES.
ter Republic last night and lis
tened to" the eloquent' tributes to their
courage and valor, which came with full
hearts from the speakers who took part in
the memorial exercises. Surrounding the
veterans of the two wars were loved ones
who gloried in the knowledge that their
fathers, i husbands j and brothers had an
swered their country's call and defended
the stars and stripes.
The audience was a patriotic one. The
occasion called for Its patriotism, and
¦whenever an orator recalled the Valor of
some distinguished soldier, sailor or
statesman, or whenever the band burst
forth in a familiar patriotic melody, its
applause was enthusiastic*
¦ Rev. J. P. .McQuaide, ct one times chap-
Iain, unattached, to the ireops at Manila,
was chairman of the cvrr.ing. The popu
lar priest was given a cordial reception,
and he spoke in part as follows:
'"It devolved upon me on May 30, 1S0O, to
preside at what was the fir^f Decoration
day. ceremonies in far-off Manila. I men
tion this fact, this evening, because I think
it is weltfffor you and me tp know that
the ashes of those whose graves were-dec
onited on\hat occasion are to-night rest
ing in the of their own country
and commingling with the dust of those
brave men who, in the years of 1SS1 and
1865. when their country trembled for its
very life, when the stars' In her firmament
nickered and were almost extinguished,
knew their duty and were brave enough
to do it. (Applause.) .
< :^^\ RAY-HAIRED -veterans of the
tT' . ¦ Civil War and the more youthful
TJ heroes of . the Spanish-American
\rl Warsat side by side at the Thc-
Strew Flowers on Ocean in Memory
of the Departed Sailors.
Orators Eu logize
Men Who Wore
the Blue.
"The old issues have passed away.
There are new questions of. deep import;
questions which come In part as legacies
of the old and which may tend in some
measure to excite the old feeling. There
is the problem of dealing with a race
which has been emancipated from slavery
and yet not committed to the privileges
of freedom.
"The educational, the industrial and in
some degree the political aspects of this
subject demand the most serious con
siderations. The burdens of responsibility
do not belong alone to eitner of the sec
tions.
"We have outgrown the old conditions
and the old animosities. Why should
we not outgrow the old narrowness? The
old one-sldedness does not mean the sup
pression of Individual convictions or the
stifling of frank expressions, tut why
should It not mean larger liberality of
spirit, greater breadth of understanding:
and higher effort for just, enlightened and
patriotic action? The war of the Union
had come before we could enter upon our
great national development. . The con
flict was irrepressible until the cause was
eliminated. The war was neorstsary to
make us a true nation. Our subsequent
history with all its resplendent advance
ment has been a natural revolution.-' We
had to have the war of sections before
we could wipe out sectionalism and enter
upon real nationality. We had to have
real- nationality before \ye_could become
a 'real world power. \Ve" h*T»! to have
broad world interests-: before we could sit
at*.' the world**, council .table. We already,
dominate the West because we were the
great Western power, but before we could
exercise a voice in the East wo h-»d tu *
become an Eastern power, as .we..- did
when we went to the • Philippines. , And ,
NEW ISSUES HAVE ARISEN.
"The Issues which bred the strife of
sections/have been settled. The reunion
of the sections has been sealed in com
mon sacrifice. In the crucible of a com
mon struggle the lines of sections should
be meltpd and In the new destiny the, map
of the Union should ho longer be divided
into North and South.
. At the conclusion of the ceremony of
decorating the graves a great crowd
gathered in the ampltheater. There, un
der direction of Department Commander
I. G. Kimball of the Grand Army of the
Republic and other department officers,
impressive services for. the soldier dead
were conducted.
PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD.
• Hon. Charles Emory Smith, editor of
the Philadelphia Press, delrverc-1 the ora
tion of the day. He spoke in part as fol
lows:
"The beauty and sanctity of Memorial
day. instead of declining, rather increases
with the passing years. The Grand 'Army
beneath the s<od constantly swells in* num
bers. The Grand Army which survives
approaches closer to the final bivouac.
The old graves lose none of their hal
lowed glory, and new graves add to the
wealth of flower and affection lavished on
the?e consecrated spots. Here at Ar
lington is the center of the nation's trib
ute. If the flower-crowned mounds could
open and yield up their denizens as "they
were in life they could assemble under
these trees overlooking the broad bosom,
of the Potomac and yonder Capitol of the
Republic the largest council of illustrious
leaders of the war that could be mar
shaled at any place. And if they wero
thus assembled they. would recognize that
the Republic has not been ungrateful to
her'defenders. She has been generous to
the dead and to the living. This was
your iust due. You and these who fought
with you did the greatt^t work which has
ever. been wrought for the nation.
BLUE AND GRAY HONORED.
After a short march through the city
the organizations in the parade boarded
the electric trains for Arlington, where
the principal exercises of the day were
held. The procession reformed . at the
gates and a national salute was fired by
the Fourth Battery, United States Field
Artillery, as it entered the ground?. Al
ready the 18,000 graves in the cemetery
had been strewn with flowers and each
marked by a tiny American Uag, women
of the societies auxiliary to the veterans'
organizations having been engaged in this
patriotic work since early. .morning. A'
touching" feature of the ceremony, a fea
ture typifying a country thoroughly re
united, was the decoration of the graves
In that section of the cemetery .where he
the Confederate dead.
The procession marched to the tomb of
the "unknown dead," which had been
beautifully decorated by a special com
mittee, and the Marine band rendered a
solemn dirge. The march was then re
sumed to the section . allotted to the
Spanish War dead, where another dirge
was played.
more elaborate scale ''than ever
before. Business was suspended not only
In the departments of the Government,
but throughout the city. People of all
classes united in perpetuating the mem
ory of the hero dead who in thousand.)
sleep peacefully in the eight National
cemeteries of the District of ¦ Columbia.
Soldier monuments and statues on the
Government reservation were flag-draped;
flags on all of the public buildings were
at half-mast and the national colors
with folds caught in bands of crepe were
displayed from hundreds of private resi
dences. Notwithstanding the absence
from the city of the President, who is
usually a conspicuous figure in the Me
morial day exercises at Arlington, the ar
rangements were elaborate and beautiful.
They were under the direction of the De
partment of the Potomac, Grand Army
of the Republic, and included a. parade of
Grand Array of the Republic posts, the
Old Guard, other patriotic organizations
and the militia of the district, headed by
the Marine band; decorations of monu
ments and graves and addresses by men
prominent in public life.
The weather was perfect, cool, but with
a brilliant sun from a cloudless sky.
WASHINGTON. May ' SO.-With
solemn and impressive ceremo
nies Memorial day was observed
in the national capital "on a
the grand marshal. George C. King, his
chief of stair. Captain H. Curzons, and
the following aids: Major Philip Per
kins, chief aid; W. F. Cunningham. A. B.
«c"Lristensen. R. Collopy. George Glider
man. John Murphy. D. M. Cashin. Cap
tain A. B. Donnelly. James H. Riley,
Captain "William Irelan. Dr. A. A. Mc-
I^an. Giles T. Noble. H. McLean. J.
Bowden, Benjamin Heath Jr.. John
Rainsbury and Dr. D. B. Plymire.
Two battalions of the Nineteenth In
fantry and a battalion of recruits, com
manded by Lieutenant Colonel Houston
*b4 preceded by the Nineteenth Infantry
band, held the position on the right of
lino, and were followed by a battalion
from the naval training: station la com
mand of Lieutenant Commander A. C.
Aim?". Behind the little fellows from
tlie island naval school marched the
FirjFt Infantry. N. G. C, Colonel Thomas
T. ONei!. headed by its band, and next in
line was Major Charles Janscn and the
First Troop of Cavalry, and the Second
Brigade Signal Corps, in command of
Captain E. A. Sel fridge. Next was a
drum and bucle corps and the Columbia
Park Boy*" Brigade < Major Peixotto).
which acted as escort to the Sons of
Veterans and the members of Camp
Hiehtcr. Spanish-American War Veter
ans.
The left of line, or really the position j
of honor qu this particular occasion, was {
reserved for the Grand Army veterans, j
who marched in the following: order:
Lincoln Post No. 1. T. D. Barnstead.
<-onman<linj; George H. Thomas Post
No. 2. A. D. Cutler, commanding; James
A. Garf.eld Post No. 34. Frank L. Myers,
roaimanding; Colonel Cass Post No. 46.
George \V. Arbuckic commanding; Gen
eral George G. Meade Post No. 4S, John I
V. Sheehan commanding.
The procession formed at First and !
•Market streets nnd moved promptly at |
3:"0. just a* the minute guns began \
roaring forth their salute of the day. j
'I'hc line of march was along Market j
street to Golden Gate avenue, ther.ce to j
Van Ness avenue and Eddy street,
where a review by Color.e! Charles A.
C"olidjre occurred. Along the entire
route of the procession throngs greeted
the veterans and their escorts with
rh^ers and frequently threw flowers in j
-ih«;5r path.
The services under the auspices of tho j
Grand Army of the Republic which took |
place yesterday morning at 11 o>lock at i
th* National Cemetery at the Presidio ;
were of a most Impressive nature and !
were enjoyc-d by a large concourse of peo- '
pie.
The burial Ground.--, which lie on an
«¦««>• slope just back of the park proper.
< oramands a superb, panoramic view and !
• at the extreme upper end had been erect
ed a speakers' stand festooned with flags,
f<jlors aru a great profusion of flowers
cf ererr kind and variety. Just Jn front {
of the speakers' stand was a large pic
ture of General George H. Thomas. The
'remetery v.as lavishly decked with beau
liful roses am 1 Easter lilies placed there
by loving hand?, and every s?rave was
marked by h tiny American flag.
The procfs-ioii war received at the en
1 ranee tn loc Presidio by a 'detail of
UttJted States troops or the Seventh In
fantry. i:nder command of Lieutenant
Brockman. and the -Seventh Infantry
band, under the leadership of W. G. B.
12rdmann. They marched to the iron gates
at the approach to the ccrete.ry. where
they Iialted and stood on cither side, prt
scntinjr arms as the veterans marchei
through. Major A. C. Duc^t w.ir fn
* hargc *of thu ir.iiitJiry ceremonies of tbc
The programme waa as followr: *
Firing minute suns by Twtnty-foiirth
Lattery. United State.-. Artillery; barytone
bclo, "The Tear." Sfvenlh Infantry band;
remark* by TV>?t Commander A. b Out- j
lor, chalrroan of the day; invocation by
the chaplain. Rev. M.'C Harris; Voo.il
nuinberi . "Silent Tents- of G< - a»i," by
Knickerbocker Quarts;; recitation, "Lin
coln's Gettysburg Adui^s-:." Miss LfUiaa
Quinn: patriotic song. "Ol-* Glory," Fc^ r 
rnth Infantrj' band; oration. Rev. George
C Adams; vocal number, "Ccx-er Our
Comrades With Flowers," Knickerbocker
Vuartct: paraphrase. "Jerusalem the
Golden." Seventh Infantry band: firing'
volleys over eoldlers' graves by detail of |
United States troops' cf "the Seventh In- 1
fantry; "America,", quartet, chorus* and
band: "St3r-Spanclcd Banner." Seventh I
Infantry band; "Taps," by bugler United
St;it«*s arm;% .-"
.The entire services wrre of an'attrac
tive and appropriate nature and were lis
tened to throughout t with . profound In
terest. Post Commander A; D. Cutler's
:*3dres5 r.as very brief.- as were his re
niarks Introducing the 'different speakers.
Miss Lillian Qulnn of the Alcazar The- J
aier recited "Lincoln's Address" in a
charmins manner and v.;as warmly ap
plauded.
The chairman introduced the orator of
the day, the Rev. George C. Adams, who
was received with applause, and made* a
etirrics addrccs. , ¦•;"-,
MEMORIAL services were held
in the morning on the ocean
in memory of' the brave men
who had died in the naval ser
vice of their country.
Punctually at 7 o'clock the Slocum, un
i dor command of J. L. Smith, which had
i been placed at the disposal of Chairman
; C.«arles Edtlman and>Captain T. A. Ner
j ney of the naval militia, steamed 'from
i the transport dock with men and women
representing military organizations and
descendants of heroes who had fought for
the everlasting union of the country.
The weather was all that could be
wished for the- solcnm ceremonies. The
water was calm and peaceful and toere
was scarcely more than a breeze ovor,
the wide expanse of ocean. Not until the
ocean was reached did the ceremonies be
gin. Even there the sea was not rolling
and resembled more a great placii lake
tlan the mighty ocean.
Comrade P. II. Maas stood in the ccn- .
t:- of a group of his countryman and
women and opened the impressive service
for the dead, reading from the ritual of;
the G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans. Com
rade Edelman and Captain Nernjy fol
low td t each reading a part of the ser
vice, during which the minute gun In
charge of Ensign J. F. Murphy fire.i a
salute of thirteen ehots. The singln,; of
the hymn. "Nearer. My God, to Thee."
followed the readlnsr gf the. service for
the dead, and with tno measured firing i
of the salute aud while voices were raised !
in the tones of the national anthem, j
"America," gentle hands drT>ppe<l baskets!
of flowers upon the calm bosom of the
Pacific.
Simultaneously with the strewing of the
flowers oa the ocean and as the minute
gun fired its seventh salute a raft in the
form of a triangle and bearing the stars I
and stripes was lowered, and in 'the I
midst of the flowers, which for many
yards covered tne surface of the waters,
floated gently beyond the Golden Gate.
During- the lowering of the flag-decked
raft to the ocean Mrs. Addle' Ballou read
a poem, "Strew Flowers on the Water."
and Bugler McKee of . the. naval -militia
eounded "Teps." and again voices Joined
in a mighty singing . of "America." It
was a ceremony worthy the memory > of
the gallant dead— a tender, soulful tribute.
This was the second time, in the his
tory of California that such a- ceremony
had taken plaeo on the waters. .Last
year a little band of patriots was or
ganized and a few went out on a launch
to inaugurate In these parts the solemn
exercise that has taken permanent hold
of the community. The organizers were
Charles Edelmau. Captain Nerney, Petor
Maas, Albert Lane, Comrades Nourse, Mrs
Carrie S. Robinson, Mrs. Georgia Hodg
man and Mrs. Catherine. Barnstcad.
Assisting at the ceremonies were:
Ladies* Auxiliary. Camp Reinhold Rlch
tcr, Spanish War Veterans— Mrs. Maud
Uollister. president; Mr?. T. R. Hamil
ton, secretary, and Mrs-. Mary Hubcr and
Miss Florence Sinclair. Representing the
Ladies of the G. A. It.— Mrs. Addic Powis.
Representing Seven Pines Circle, Indies
of G. A. R.— Mrs. Martha Finch, Mrs.
Gussie M. Price ana Miss Pauline Schaff
rey. Representing Appomattox No. 5—
Mrs. S, II. Wilson. Army nurse. Thirty
second Regiment. Wisconsin Volunteers-
Mrs. Addie Ballou. Representing Lincoln
No. 3. Woman's Relief Corps— Mrs. Millie
A. Rainsbury, chaplain, and Mrs. M. J.
Parollni. secretary. Representing General
George G. Meade Relief Corps— Mrs. F. S.
Rowley, Miss Amy Johnson and Miss Vio
let Saltcr; Mrn. F. D. Parson. Mr?. M. C.
Babin. Mrs. E. T. Ktifisnian, Mrs. II.
Hilderbrand, Mrs. C. R. Pressley, Mrs.
P. II. Maas, Mrs. O. A. Eggcrs, Miss
Walda Engers, .iss Kmi Eggers. Miss
Reuther Eggers,- Miss Francisca Eggers,
Mies Margaret Sohlke, Mrs. Simpson,
Mrs. Wcodworth, Miss Ray Reynolds and
Mr?. D. W. Agnew.
Among the men were Charles Edolman.
chairman of the committees; Captain
Nerney. Charles M. Price, National As
sociation of Naval Veterans; E. J. En
sign, National Association Veterans*
National Guard: J.' K. Smedley, Lincoln
Post No. 1; D. O. Keefe, P. de J31eeker,
Gunner D. J. O'Hearn. Naval Reserve;
Ensign J. F. Murphy, Naval Reserve; P.
II. Maas, past post commander Lincoln
Post. G. A; R.. No. 1: H. Schaffner, brirj
adier general Uniform Rank, Knights of
Pythias; Dr. Joseph G. Crawford, .C. B.
Pressley. John Hefi'ernan, Garfleld : Post
No. 34; Henry Meinken. M.'J. Orr, H. A.
Schneider and »W. F. Fraser.
¦¦ '» ? ¦ — — — — ¦ "¦' . ".
Flowers for Naval Dead.
SANTA CRUZ. 'May, SO.— Decoration. day
v.-iis ;rr>*'7>r!." ?<¦'?• observed hero. Busi
ness was tus-VKiiJci'. \ f nn morning me
morial exercises were h'clil :.l ih: : wlmrf
in honor of the naval dead. Flowers were
thrown on • the water. This afternoon
there was' a parade and afterward liter
ary exercises at tl*f armory.- District At
torney B. K. Knight was the orator.
NOTHING more quickly inspires
tlic public mind with a feeling
of patriotism or more im
presses it with the respect
due the nations fighters than
a turnout of the military force?, and
yesterday's parade was particularly de
monstrative of these facts. As the
veterans of civil strife of nearly forty
years a?o, enfeebled by ago and un
steady in step, passed in review of the
populace, with tattered banners flying
in Hie breeze, they presented a striking
contrast to the younger and more sturdy
looking soldiers who preceded them in
the procession. Death is at harvest in
the ranks of the Grand Aru.y of the
Republic, whose numbers yesterday
r.ere far less than in the parade a year
euro.
Although the ceremonies of yesterday
•wrrc of a, solemn nature, the appear
ance of the war-stained veterans, fol
lowing the younger soldiers, frequently
incited the people along the line of
march to applause, and often they
cheered the gray-haired men in blue.
The parade was interesting, as well
as impressive, in that, it was represent
ative of the past, the present and what
may be termed the future of the mili- j
tary of the country. A platoon of po
lice. In command of Sergeant Gleason, I
>d the procession, and behind it came
Solemn Rites Over
Both the Blue
and Gray.
Regulars Escort
Veterans to the
Cemetery.
Nation's Dead Are
Remembered at
Capital.
Minute Guns Boom
a Requiem for
the Dead.
MEMORIAL day was fittingly celebrated throughout the
. city yesterday. The graves of the soldier dead were
garlanded with flowers . and ceremonies of a patriotic
character were held in the city's silent acres. The survivors of the
Civil War marched as in bygone years, but their ranks were
; thinning arid their footsteps faltered on the way. Orators re
called the valor of the veterans 6f • the .Civil War and the young
men who fought in the late Spanish-American War. The latter
also decorated the graves of those; who fell in the far-off Philip
pines, victims to the enemy's bullets or dread disease.
It being a holiday the marts of. trade were, closed, and the
people, taking advantage of the beautiful May day, journeyed
into the country and sought recreation. Athletic games of all de
scriptions attracted thousands.
Only one accident, marred the day. This was a collision be
tween a Fillmore-street eJectric car and a Haight-street' cable car.
The motorman lost control of his car and it crashed into the
cable car, injuring nearly a score of passengers.
BLOSSOMS ARE SCATTERED BY REVERENT HANDS
OVER GRAVES OF THOSE WHO DIED IN WARFARE
SAN FRANCISCO. SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1903.
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