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Show I memoriaTday i WELL OBSERVED M Parade of Veterans, Accompanied by Children With Flowers For the H Dead, Is an Impressive Sight Special Car Conveys the 1 Feeble to the Cemeteries Thousands Decorate Hj the Craves. " i Hj Broeze-flauntcd flngs at half mast, Hi tho slow-timed march of the veterans H of 'Gl, the quicker strldos of the sol- 1 dfers of tho Spanish war, and tho pn- H rado of children bearing fragrant Hjl flowers to the graves whero tho hon- Hjl orojl warriors sleep In eternal peace, Hr marked the observance of Memorial Hl The solemn colebration of the day H was conducted under tho auspices of f tho DIx-Logan post of the Grand H Army of the Republic and tho post H was ably assisted In the work by tho Hji Woman's Relief corps and tho Ladles H of the 0. A. R. Tho Spanish-Ameri- H can War Veterans and a small de- Hl tachmont of tho state militia took part H in the observance. One of the prin- H cipal features of the decorative cxer- H ciscs was the parade of children,, H! about two hundred 'boys and girls H1 marching to the City cemetery this H morning and assisting in the strowlng B of flowers on the graves. H The procession formed at tho City m Hall aliout 10:30. About thiity-flvc H members of tho G. A. R. post wcro H in line and were lead by Commander H T M. Prr-shaw, who was assisted In H the forming of the procession by J H !. Wear, .cnior vice-commander of H the department, and Mrs. iKate To- H ponce, of tho W. R. C, who was in H charge of tho children. The march H was lead by tho Spanish War Veterans H who acted as a military escort for H their aged comrades. In the center H nf tho procession marched the long H column, of school children, each bcar- H Ing an American flag and a bouquet H of flowers. H No hand played. The shrill voices H of bugles, the boisterous rattle of H drums, tho quick clatter of military H feet, the click of guns, ihc hurrahs H and turmoil of civilians lining the H streets things which make the call H of war were all missing. Old eyes, H dimmed by the tears of time, might """"""" liavo seen in the solemn march vls- H Ions of the stirring scenes of the H sixties; might have seen in the faltor- H Ing step of the aged soldlors the H firm precision of the boys who H marched south In '61. But to others H who watched the flowered procession H it was more symbolic of poaco than M of war. M A number of the old soldiers, who M In past years marched to the ceruc- tory with their comrades, were forced to rido In the special car which was waiting to carry the enfeebled. Others rodo In carriages and autoa. At the cemetery tho lines of tho Spanish Veterans opened and tho Civil War VeteranH marched to tho front between the parted ranks. Tho regular ritual services of the G A. R. were conducted In the midst of the soldfcrs' graves. The buglo taps were sounded. The firing of the three Bhots the last historic rites of the soldier sol-dier took place and then tho children chil-dren with the flowers bogan the loving lov-ing task of decorating the gravos. Tho work of drilling these children child-ren was performed by Mrs. Toponco and Mrs. Virginia Mathews. The part which they took In the whole proceedings proceed-ings showed careful tutoring and displayed dis-played a personal and patriotic interest inter-est which had been awakened in their minds. In the City cemotory forty-two graves were decoratod Thirty-four of these were the graves of Civil War veterans and eight of Spanish-American war veterans. When the decoration decora-tion of tho mounds was complete the soldiers and children dispersed to their homes to meet at the City hall at 2 o'clock this afternoon. This afternoon the Mountain View cemetery was visited by tho same organizations and by the Ladles of the 'G. A. R. There 52 graves wero decorated. Two of these wore the graves of Spanish war soldiers and the others veterans of the Civil wnr. While tho Ladles of the G. A. R. held no services at the City cemetery, ceme-tery, they took a very active part in tho services at Mountain View. Both Lincoln and Grant circles were represented, rep-resented, the two organizations working work-ing together President V. Way and President King were in charge of tho services. At tho completion of tho ceremony at Mountain View, tho various organizations organ-izations and other taking part in the ceremonies boarded street cars and tiavoled to tho Ogden river bridge on Wasblngton avenue. Flowors were strewn on the waters of the river as a tribute to tho dead of the navy. This service concluded the regular memorial program of the day. Thousands visited the cometories dwlng the day, to decorate the graves of relatives and friends |