Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-29
THE SILENT SOLDIER.
The Memorial Day Exercises Tomorrow
Services at the First Church


honor to those who gave their lives
that the union might be preserved,
will as usual be appropriately OBJ
served. In the morning the process
| sion will form on Twentieth street
under the direction of Chief Marshal
Gaetjer and Aides McHugh, Lloyd
and Gilmore, and proceed down Sec
ond avenue to Court House square.
where the usual exercises will occur
about the soldiers monument The
address of the dav will be delivered
by Hon. Richard Yates, of Jackson
Vile. In the afternoon the services
at the National cemetery on the isl
ands will lie conducted by Vent
post, of Davenport. The Grafton will
be delivered by Gen. b. 4. Beeson.
The soldier Dead.
Following Il custom observed for
several wears. Il post decorating COM
mittee Will in addition to the usual
services at the county soldiers mon
ument decorate the graves of the
sleeping soldiers in ChiPpiannOck
cemetery. The records in the hands
of Captain j. VI. Beardsley show that
the soldiers Inferred there are:
\. Is. Buford. brigadier general;
- Meatyard. lieutenant and assis-
| tant adjutant general: Thco. Edison.
maio OF ordnance corps. |. :. A;
John Morris. major l26th Illinois;
Thomas Morris. first lieuten-
ant. II. 10Th Illinois: l.. W. Pad
gett. l. 126th Illinois: Andrew Fred
crick, II. 1Z6th Ill: George Graham,
| II. 31th H.; Smith Graham. Il. Goth
| H.; James McCord, captain: John
Clement. James W. Bracket. sur
geon 9th III. cav: John Dcitz, ser
gcant Company a. 9th III. cavalry;
Thomas Mccartney: Chris kirber.
second lieutenant II. 126th Ill. Peter
IStrupp. a. 9th III. cavalry; John Sar-
lgent. Confederate army; Daniel
Knittle, Thomas Yates, George Hell
sci, William Hoffman. brigadier gen
,eral [. :. A: Joseph Kelley. Joseph
Eaton. lieutenant \. 37th H.: John
Green, James Green. l.. NJ. Haver-
stick. captain +, 130th Penn: Judge
Benedict. j. +. Copp. captain F.,
seth III: stephen Spencer. VIII
liam c. Blackburn. captain y. 9th
H.. cayalry- Joseph II. Knox. lieu
tenant X. 9th I'll. cavalry; r. II.
Nermillion. William Trouble. Louis
Martin (colored). Jack Bcardslcy (col-
ored). Herman WoIford. captain II.
37th H.: Wesley Swain. Henry De-
Santo. Napoleon Woods (colored) +.
1922: Col. NJ. HandShaw. +. 43d H.;
George l.. Nash. {. 2lst Iowa: David
Hitler. captain y. 9th Ill. cavalry;
George W. barrow. Jacob K. Phil
lips. George Wylks. II. S1th H.:
Gabriel Bollman. l.. 18th III. cavalry;
James Linton. \. 93d Ill: Mat
thew McCullough: David >hircs.
\. esd III: Thomas +. Davis.
David Rettig, \. 9th III. cavalry: \.
NJ. Crane. \. 18th H.: NJ. q. Stanley.
F. S9th Ill; W. Il. seymour, captain
II, 10th Ill; August Herkert. 9TH
Iowa cavalry; Menas Exner, list Ill;
George W. Pilgrim. y. 37th. H.:
John W. Lahitf. X. 5Sth III: Clement
Bradshaw, A. 9th III. cavalry: Fritz
Gall. a. 9th III. cavelry; Frank Full
singer. a. 9th III. cavalry: \. Van
Camp. l.. 18th III. cavalry; Charles
l.. Mccarthy. X. 5sth H.; Thomas
Clark (colorcd): David Beck. c. 1O2d
Ill: n. Mccormick. NJ. GoSs. William
Kaiser. Samuel Thurman. H. c..
Whitridge. 43d Ind: p. 0. Moore.
Frank Evans. Captain j. b. Davis, G..
f. Tegeler. Jacob Ihrig.
sunday Memorial Services.
The Memorial services at the First
NJ. f. church yesterday morning.
were conducted by the pastor. Rev.
+. W. Mcrrcll, and were very largely
attended. John Buford Post. q. y.
| r.. John Morris Camp. :. OF V. and
the Woman'~ Relief corps. net at
Grand Army hall at 10 a. IN. and
marched to the church. The inter
ior of the handsome structure had
been profuselv decorated with plants
and flowers, the national coiors be-
ing artisticaIlv draped about Ser
vices were opened with prayer by
Rev. +. W. Merrell. which was fol-
lowed by music and a responsive SER
vice. The congregation then united
in singing America" after which a
double male qUartette rendered Sc
lection. Rev. Merrell delivered an
eloquent and stirring sermon appro-
| pirate to the occasion. in which he
paid high tribute of respect to the
nations honored dead. and from
their self-sacrifcing devotion drew
an example worthy the emulation of
the young men of today. His re-
marks were listened to with the
keenest interest and deeply i'm
pressed his hearers.