5 SERVICES ARE HELD IN ALL CEMETERIES GLIMPSES OF PRINCIPAL SCENES OF MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES IN PORTLAND TESTERDAY. Graves Decorated and Trib utes Paid to Country's He . roes Who Have Passed. 5000 GO TO LONE FIR Shure,a I it-tie bit of Heaiwnfell from out Ihesky one day.-ArKt TITE MOItXlXGr OREGOXIAN. WEDNESDAY, MAY 31. 1916. Soldiers and Sailors Kemembered" by Living Comrades and Patriotic Citizens Dinner Served Veterans by Auxiliary. "Vfo other country but ours has this beautiful custom of annually decorating- the graves of those -n-bo laid their lives on th altar of patriotism," de clared Commander T. H. Stevens, as he opened the Memorial day programme I yesterday morning in Lone Fir Ceme tery to an audience of more than 6000. "Well in the background stood the monument erected to the veterans of the four great wars of this country, and as far as vision could reach from the platform floral tributes had been laid on the graves of silent comrades. "For more than 50 years the Grand Army of the Republic has commemo rated each succeeding 30th day of May in a fitting manner," said Commander Stevens, "and now the custom has be come universal throughout the whole rountry. Only a few years hence and the Grand Army of the Republic will have passed from the battlefield of life to the eternal camping ground, but the need of patriotic inspiration will never cease. 400 I.le In I.nne Kir Cfmcttrr. "Within the confines of this sacred spot and beneath the campfires of these little green tents there lie the smouldering remains of nearly 400 of our comrades, who, in the heydey of their youth, offered their lives in de fense of their country. Now, in honor of their memory, we are here today to place flowers, and, perchance, a tear on their graves as a fitting tribute of love and affection for them." Then came the offertory by Ute Port land Union Band, invocation by Chap lain W. T. Kerr, memorial orders by Adjutant J. XV. Ogilbee, and the deliv ery of Lincoln's Gettysburg address by ft. Kargo. Chaplain J. J. Walters made the principal address. "America," by the audience: bene diction, by Rev. Arthur H. Nichols, and taps closed the programme. It is esti mated that fully 15,000 visited Lone Fir Cemetery during- the day. Nearly every one of the 40.000 graves in this pioneer cemetery received some floral tribute. Following the services in Lone Fir Cemetery dinner was served to the comrades in Orient Lodge Hall, Kast Alder and East Sixth streets. Tribute Paid linknovrn Dead. "We strew these flowers on this monument in memory of the unknown dead of the Nation, who gave their lives in defense of the Union and the institutions of the country," declared Commander XV. R. Owens, who with comrades. Ladies of the Grand Army of ll'l kCJIUU14V aim DLIIVUl I 111 1UI Cll Cll circled with flowers the monument erected to the unknown dead in Mil- waukie Cemetery. After the services In Milwaukie Cemetery the old soldiers returned to the hall on. East Thirteenth street and Lexington avenue, where dinner was served them by Blackmar Circle. A patriotic programme followed. Mrs, K. R. Eisert spoke the words of wel come, and Rev. W. S. McCallagh de livered the memorial address. Services In memory of dead sailors and marines were then held at the Sellwood ferry, where flowers were strewn on the water. Services "Well Attended. Under the auspices of McKinley Post No. 45 and W omen s Relief Corps, me morial exercises were conducted in the Oddfellows" Hall In Montavilla, East Glisan and East Eightieth streets, and largely attended by citizens. Rev. J. C Ghormley delivered the address. Music was by the drum corps. The school sang "The Star-Spangled Banner.' Then the audience adjourned to Brain ard Cemetery, where services to the "unknown dead" and decoration of the graves of dead comrades were held. After the ceremonies in the cemetery dinner was served in the Oddfellows' Hall. , In Multnomah and Mount Scott ceme teries graves were decorated in the morning under the auspices of Reuben Wilson Post, assisted by the other or ganizations and school children. At 2 o'clock memorial services were held in Lents Oddfellows' Hall. Rev. J. J. Walter delivered the address. v Wood mere School gave a flag drill. "Amer ica" was sung by the audience. General Compson Post No. 22, "Wom en s Relief Corps and Ladies of the Grand Army had charge of the services. Ritualistic exercises were held near the old City Hall on Philadelphia street at 10:30, followed by dinner at the Grand Army Hall. In the afternoon a programme was rendered in the hall. Commander S. M. Horton delivered the opening remarks. B. J. Hoadley deliv ered the memorial address. After the programme the Peter Porter Circle, Ladies of the Grand Army, gave a mili tary drill in front of the hall. Arthur "Venville's Grave Decorated. 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