The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-12
EuIogies Pronounced Over
Those Who Died During
the Past Year.
DEEDS OF vAL0R EXPLOITED.
Touching Sermon Delivered by the
Chaplain of the Associa-
ton.


the association to set apart one day in each
encampment to memorial service in
commemoration of those who have an
swered reveille before the Great Com
mander, since last they met on the tented
field in encampment. The following was
the roll of honor: William II. Lewis
United States navy, ship Laurence, of
Ventura; f. w. Robinson, private Second
Heavy Artillery, Ohio, died at Anaheim,
April, 1895, member of Malvern Hill
Post No. 131: John A. Kooken, Company
E, One Hundred and Fifty-second Penn
sylvania Volunteers. died December 10,
1894; Harrison Miller, Fourteenth Michi-
gan Volunteer Infantry, died July IS,
1895, at Pomona, aged "a; D. A. Ripley,
Company A, Tenth New York Heavy Ar
tillery, died October, 1884, Luther J. Cro-
well, post commander of John f. Godfrey
Post, Pasadena; Josiah Ravens, Godfrey
Post, Pasadena, died since camp opened :;
John Luce, Pasadena; j. A. Kelly, Pasa-
dena. The Ontario Post reports no death
of members during the year, but announces
the death of Andrew II. Chandler of
Candy Post No. 8, st. Paul, and
Comrade Whitney of Massachusetts,
Post, whom they buried. ]. R. D. Say, COM
mander of Major Eddy Post, Santa Paula,
of the One Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, died March s, 1895;
Captain John Reardon, past post COM
mander of John A. Logan Post; S. NJ.
Marble, chaplain of Starr-King Post No.
81 died August Is, 1894; Robert Carnahan,
installed commander of Major Eddy Post,
Santa Paula, to fill vacancy caused by the
death of Comrade Say, died June s, 1895;
E. D. Webster, Company g., Seventeenth
Illinois Infantry, died at Yountville, De-
cember, 1894; Comrade Rev. Robert Ora
ham Thompson, of Sedgwick Post No. II,
Santa Ana, died August 7, 1895, aged 70.
Comrade Graham was chaplain of the
Sixty fourth Ohio regiment during the
war, was chaplain of his post at the time
of his death and had made all prep
arations to visit the camp when death
came.
After singing and prayer the Rev. Will
A. Knighten, chaplain of the association,
delivered an eloquent discourse, taking for
his text the third verse of the sixth chap
ter of Esther: "And the king said:
What honor and dignity hath been done
to Mordecai for this?" After describing
the life and character of Mordecai he asked
what honor had been done the Nations
soldiers. His answer was that, by setting
apart two twin days of patriotism
Memorial Day and Memorial Sunday
when we honor them, first, by setting apart
and dedicating to their memory National
memorial day, and second, by the strew-
ing OF flowers on their graves and decorat-
ing monuments to the unknown heroes
who sleep in unmarked graves on Southern
battlefields, we do further honor by re-
counting their deeds of valor, comforting
the family of the veteran, bestowing PEN
sions and building monuments. His deeds
of valor were many and on various fields
of strife. They were those of self-sacrifice
on leaving loved ones and home, with all
its comforts, for the long and weary march,
the bullets, shrieking death. They were
those of hardships endured without MUIR
mur-marching, camping, fighting and
sometimes praying in storms and swamps
weary with all the ills and ailments flesh
is heir to. There was valor in the fare
wells at home, valor in the hospital.
The chaplain spoke on the day as one of
sorrow, of the many dear ties broken,
many homes made desolate, of the anxious
search for the precious dead in unknown
graves. They died that we might enjoy
freedom, but the sorrow was Just as keen
to those left to mourn. The speaker drew
number of eloquent historical lessons
from the confetti giving US a united
country, teaching loyalty to the flag and
free and fair ballot. Wars for principle
always foreran progress. In the grand re-
view on dress parade of the veterans at
their homecoming were men who had not
slept under roof for years, who had ira
versed more country than the legions of
Caesar, who, coming home, found farms
grown to weeds, the shop moss-grown by
the years of strife. and who began again
life's struggles without word of COM
plant.
"How can we," said he, "ever repay
their labors and sacrifices? Only by being
as patriotic ourselves as they were. Then
patriotism meant something more than
words"
He gave James G. Blaine's magnificent
tribute to Secretary of War Stanton: ITO
the Nations trust he was sublimely true
for more than three years; INCREASINGLY he
labored, never doubling, never thinking of
self" He paid glowing tribute to Grant
and Logan and the volunteer army, the
backbone and sinew of the country. In
his summing up, statistics of those who
were lost were given: The Wilderness
costing 10000, Spottsylvania Courthouse
10000, Gettysburg $4,000, Shiloh 10000. In
these four battles alone were 12O,OOO lost.
Christ died for each and each died for his
country. OF the ESQ, 900 Northern heroes
who went to the front 100000 were killed
and 100000 more disabled The Union
soldiers fought eleven battles week, often
more than the meals he got.
There was dress parade at 4 O'Clock
this afternoon. Illinois still leads in num-
bers, with Iowa close second. Tonight
a sacred concert was enjoyed by vast au-
dience and Sundays services a. Camp
Fort Fisher were at an end.
AT midnight last night the militia bows
made second attack on the camp, lively
skirmish taking place, and ending in a
drawn battle. The roster of the regular
army and navy unions veterans is as fol-
lows:
J. c. Price, Company L, Fourth Cavalry; Al |
bert Ames, Company E, Ninth United States |
Infantry; G Troop Second and Company D, 17s |
regulars; Joe snider Company 6, Fifth United |