Ceremony in the Building Well Cemetery Memorial Day was observed on Saturday by the American community by means of an Impressive ceremony which was held at 830 am, in the Bubbling Well Cemetery, when, in addition to a large crowd, detachments of the Fourth U, 8, Marines and of the American Company of the Shang-hal Volunteer Corps, and the U, 5. Marine Band were present.
'At about 830, the parade formed "Avenue 'Foch, with mounted troopers of the SMP. at its head. 'They were followed' by the Marine Band, detachments of the Fourth U.S. Marines, a naval contingent, and members of the American Company. 'The procession marched down Avenue Haig and Bubbling Well Road into the cemetery, being joined en route by veterans of the' Spanish-American War, Most of the latter were formerly cabin boys and cooks who acquired their American citizen ship when they served with Admiral 1698, tol Dewey in the Philippine Islands in
In the cemetery, the troops made impressive spectacle as formed three sides of a hollow square before the graves, while a Marine bugler sounded "Taps." Mr. Clarence E, Gauss, U, S, Consul-General, was master of ceremonies, the invocation being given by Dr. F, L, Hawks Pott. A solo, "The Home Road," was rendered by Mrs, A. M, Dunlap, Who was accompanied by Mr. Henry Francis Parks, Mr, J. B, Powell then delivered the address, when he pointed out that although the celebration of Memorial or Decoration Day, which grew out of the Civil War,' was originally a strictly Northern custom, it gradually became more general, until one now observed Union and Southern graves being decorated at the same time by Gray, the descendants of the Blue and the
Appropriate music during the ceremony was provided by the band of the Fourth U, S, Marines, the Benediction being pronounced by the Rey, E, W. Luecock, Volleys, in saint to the dead, were fired over the graves by riflemen of the American Company, 8, V.C,, the graves them~ selves being decorated and covered with flowers by members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Women's Club.
"The Star Spangled Banner," play ed by the Marine Band, brought the ttle ceremony to a close.
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