Show decoration DAY how the chief cities of tha the country commemorated the dead Coni comrades rades I uy by NV U telegraph to tile tri dl washington N G T may 30 A decoration DWA daiy is generally n e r observed all oali c cos r and nd departments aro closed tile city ia is al alivo ive with hags flags there aro are professions processions process sessions ions of white and colored orders r and the cemeteries arc are full of the living who aro are decorating tile graves of ofilio the dead heroes of the war at arlington the pr procession oles stoll preceded hy by t the I io marino larino band halted bc be fo foro ro the tomb of the unknown a and lid tile band played adidge lion goo M robinson delivered tile oration tho graves at the soldiers home national Kat ional Congress congressional iona cemetery were appropriately lion ored new YORK yorm may 30 union square waa was thronged thron gea ged with people to witness the decoration of ofilio the statues and ind parade of the grand army of the republic the statues of washington lafayette and lincoln were almost ali covered with floN vers T alie I ic statue of lincoln was decorated by post Abri abraham bain lincoln no W 13 11 file comrades oft ofilio post gathered around tile statue on the platform were gen grant col grant gwi cochrane and others after it 11 dirge ly by the band gen oil cochrane made a re few w remarks appropriate to tho occasion and was followed by rev dr newman who spoke of or tile martyred marty red lin lill coin coln gen grant was called forand for and in few words thanked the assemblage tile post marched around union square Squar cand and then went up ill town to take place in ili the line of mayor low I ow all and lion ilon stewart L I woodford reviewed the brooklyn procession which was very largo large and creditable and then the dif different divisions went to tile various vatious cemeteries ries NEW may 30 thousands of pool people le ra ranged n ed along tile bouto taken by the grand A army amy of tile republic Ke public in parade today to day the reviewing stand was in madison f square tho the old glaid arthur geal grant ex senator conkling ill J attorney kt torney general brewster sec secretary act iry folger gen hazen aeril I ingalls n alls mayor grace major arthur b brother ther of f th alie c president dont and oilier other gent gentlemen lAllen to the where tile aliey took position and waited for the procession the old guard a detail fro from inthe the first reg regiment and a squad of police did guard duty around tho stand I i cut Dinen danenhower hower was also on iho tile reviewing stand tile head lead of abo procession alie stand at 10 sock and was two hours passing il the procession was one of the tile I fi lost ever seen in new york first in m the lie line lino was tho the escort of ofilio tile president when the procession passed tho reviewing vii ig g stand tile president accompanied co compa till an nied ld by geal grant and ind cs es sorted av by I the lie old guard returned to th the hotel after the parade the different posts marched arched in to tho the various cemeteries and ind decorated their dead comra comrades desgraves graves 30 army COO strong decorated the craves graves today to day speaker keifer was unable to attend may 30 the clear weather lias has attracted a large crowd here to witness tile decoration tion of the graves gj Cof of tho Union dead interred in the rational nal CyM tery ex decro tan tari blaina Bla inc gen joseppi hawley Haw lcy benl and other well known public albric men were present an ad address dress will bo be delivered by hawley probably supplemented ted by remarks from blaino maine |