Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-31

falls short again. Well do I remember
when company was being organized. A
father and 17-year-old boy were in dis
pute as to who should join the army and
go to war. as they termed it. The mother
and 3-year-old daughter and sister were
present. and the father thought the boy
too young and liable to yield to tempta-
ton. The son, thought the father, could
best care for the mother and sister.
Finally they left it to the mother to decide
and she told them she could take care of
the family and they could both go to war
Both of them signed with the Seven
teenth New York. Tell me about the
government settling with that mother for
Sc per month. There is not union sol
der who would not have given all the
money of his entire service TO have been
fifteen minutes somewhere else at some
time. No. this is not settled by money.
The government owes Us that we shall be
cared for. fed and clothed, and laid away
in a cemetery and headstone to mark
our resting place. That's all our country
owes us and if it pays Us less it is unfit to
be country.
THE TREE OF LIBERTY.
The tree of liberty planted by the faith
ers and watered by your blood and to be
protected, and destined to grow until It's
top branches and leaves are visible to
all the human race and all shall
sit beneath it's shades. That's the
destiny of our country. Our grand coun-
try shall rise to our praise"
The speech was certainly one OF the
finest ever made in the city, and was high
" APPRECIATED by the immense audience.
II was an occasion that the finished orator
feels most at home The audience was
ready for a speech. and expecting rare
treat in that line it was not disappointed.
Col. Stewart announced that Prof.
Rogers had consented to sing ''Gen. Scott
and the Veteran" 1t was given in an ex-
ceIlent manner and had wonderful effect.
1t may be of interest to observe That the
first song given by the professor, "a
Tribute to Sheridan" is one ne mas recent
| ~ composed, has it copyrighted, and ne
will have the music out in a few weeks.
| After singing the Doxology the audience
was dismissed by Rev. Harmon, after
which the crowd proceeded to the ceme-
tery. The city railway had thirty-two
| cars in waiting. These were filed and
many hundred conveyances were utilized.
IT is estimated that not less than ten thou
sand people went to the cemetery. This
is A much larger crowd than ever partici-
pated in the ceremony before
+ There were flfty-seven graves decorated,
the names of the honored dead are as fol-
| lows:
! J. Ledford.
| J. Marshall.
w A Turner.
| - ShirwoOd
E. w. Pedergrast-
Geo. w. Denis
| E. Travis.
B. Fl. Reed Co. E, One Hundred and
Nm, Fisher, Co. C, Ninth Ohio cavalry.
Thos. Baker, Co. G, Third Wisconsi
Isaac McMurdy, Co. I, Eighty-third
James White, Co. F, Tenth Kansas;
| B. W. Hunter. Co. B, Forty-fourth In
diana.
Henry Addison, Co. a, Thirty-irst Il
linois.
airy.
julius Junkerman.
Chas E. Warriner, Co. G, One Hundredth
Geo. w. Hayden, Co. B, Forty-ffth Hi
nois.
" II. H. Lawson. Co. H, Eighth Illinois
George W. Williams, Co. c, Second Wis
| consin.
Furman Price, Co. A, Third Illinois cav
". A. Reese, Co. G, 9Th Pennsylvania
cavalry.
J. w. Brown.
c. c. Allison.
Henry Bolick.
4. Skinner.
B. s Dean.
S. E. Tencher, Co. B, 14th Indiana.
George b. West.
John A Williams.
Henry Nichols, Co. Z, 2Sth Iowa
H. Hilderbrand.
Joshua Bidwell.
A. d. Quimby.
Henry Groin.
James Davis, Co. a, Ninety-third Ohio
| infantry.
f. B. Philleo.
John Carroll, Co. K, Sixteenth Kansas
| cavalry.
John B. Preston, Co. K, Thirteenth
! Kansas.
Chas. E. Sullivan, Co. X, Second Colo
Lewis High, Co. E, Fifteenth Ohio, and
second lieutenant Sixty-fourth Ohio.
Edward kurran.
Aaron Mote, Co. D, Thirty-ffth Indiana
infantry.
- eager.
Frank Mccullough.
Harry w. Vigus.
Capt. w. S. White, Fourth Ohio cavalry.
- McCutcheon.
| Fred Sommers.
James 3. Lawrence.
VIM. Quinnell.
D. A. Cushman.
c. V. Jacobs.
The newly made grave of DR.. j. B. Law
renee was given special attention as many
personal friends strewed upon IL the cholc-
est of flowers Not a grave was ungar-
landed 1t may be well to note that there
are few graves Of southern soldiers in
the cemetery and those are never forgot
ten by parties in the city who attend the
decoration ceremonies every year.
THE SOLDIERS CIRCLE
The new soldiers circle in the Maple
Grave cemetery was decorated by Cover
nor Anthony. The Garfield post is max
ing arrangements to raise money to erect
a granite monument on the plat. a fai1
will probably be held for that purpose this
fall
Last evening a number Of old time
friends of Governor Anthony called upon
him at the Metropole and spent an hour
very pleasantly. He leaves for his home
this morning.
RAsE BALL