New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-06-01
OLD SOLDIERS REMEMBERED
New Ulm Citizens Observe Memorial Day
with Feeling Interest.
A Procession and 0rations are among the
Features Of the Celebration.
The Graves of Old Soldiers Decorated and
Marked With Flags.

Every celebration of Memorial Day
breaches an eloquent sermon; every flow
er strewn over the grave of a veteran
tells of sentiment that will last even
though the flowers may fade Pretty as
it is as a custom, sweet as is the task OF
weaving garlands about the tombs of the
departed, still it teaches lesson-a les
son of gratitude and duty. It is hero
worship to be sure, but it is a hero wor-
ship that is ennobling. The men whose
deeds are commemorated on this day
were men who were not afraid to Gle
that we might enjoy the blessedness Of
peaceful union land the nation that would
not honor such heroes does not deserve
to live.
In New Ulm it is plain that such is
the general feeling. Early in the morn
ing, as the sun peeped above the horizon
and revealed the earth clad in its richest
garb, the citizens repaired to the beautiful
resting place of the dead and covered the
graves of their friends with modest flowers.
Each flower with its face turned towards
/ the sun to meet its smiling brightness,
Seemed to speak of lasting love, and the
whole cemetery,now transformed into a
wilderness of flowers, presented view
that caused one almost to forget the dead
and think only hope and the living.
{ AT ten o'clock in the morning the pro-
eession formed and marched through the
principal streets to the cemetery. At the
head of the line was Marshal A. j. Eek
stein, assisted by L. G.. Vogel land follow,
ing them came the Concordia Band, Com
pany A, school children, orators, Hecker
Post, Burg's Battery, city officers and
citizens in carriages. Arriving at the
cemetery the band played a requiem and
the school children sang .'How Sleep the
Brave" Then Judge Webber was intro
duced and delivered the address in Eng
lish. Every word showed the earnestness
of the speaker and for brief address it
was eloquent and appropriate. The
speaker said
For more than twenty seven years the
voice of hostile cannon has not been
heard in the land. The great heroes, who,
having won eternal fame at the head of
their respective armies, Signed the artic-
les of surrender at Appomatox, sleep the
eternal sleep. Thousands of the great
army before that time had laid down
their lives upon the battlefield, in the
hospital and, amid filth and starvation,
in the loathsome prison. Other thous-
ands since that time, have answered the
last bugle call and repaired to the last
camping ground.
To-day all over this great nation, the
gray-bearded veterans and the citizens
aid and young meet and decorate the
graves of the dead, and recall the noble
deeds performed and the grand resulrs
achieved by the peerless armp that fol-
lowed the stars and stripes in that histor-
ic contest,
War, considered in its most favorable
light, partakes much of the nature of
barbarism; and we hope that the day is
not far distant when international dis
putes shall be settled as individual dis
putes are now settled, by the science of
iurisdependence and ethics. But so far
as the Northwas concerne dny settle
ment of the dispute which led to the Re-
bellion was impossible. Every conceiv-
able concession, save separation, was pro-
posedby the North and rejected by the
South, Separation was, of course, not to
be thought of, and the war came, and we
know the result.
The honors or dishonors Of war con-
sist of three kinds, the motive for enter
ing the contest, the ends achieved and
personal bravery in the bloody fray. For
personal bravery, every Union soldier
comedies that those who wore the gray"
are entitled to equal honors with them
selves and there honor to the south ends.
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