The Portland daily press., 1895-05-31
reformed and took the train for the city

. Clty Hall was literallyEpacked- large
number of the G. A. r. men were pres
ent, and with the ladies of the Rellef
corps, occupied reserved seats.
Among the gentlemen on the platform
were Mayor Baxter, Capt. H. Fl. Shaw
hev. DR.. d. B. Randall, Rev. G. D. Lindsay,
Rev. DIR. Theodore Gerrish, Department
commander Green, Rev. DIR. jenkins.
Commander Edward G. SWEET OF Bos-
worth Post, Commander Davis of Thatch-
er Post, Rev. W. M. Kimmell, Rev. DIR. q. W.
Parsons and others
Rev. W. M. Kimmell, pastor OF the
Church of the Messiah, offered prayer.
Chief Marshal H. H. Shaw, then deliv-
cred the opening address. He said that
every Memorial day recalls the thought
OF war, and man has always been the
most destructive fighter on the face OF
the globe, forced to be so by circum-
stances. 1t carries with it a destruction of
life and and limb and property until
one side or the other is forced to sur
render. Capt Shaw gave a vivid picture
of what war is like by supposing a
hostile army advancing landward on
Portland, and the pouring in of troops
over both divisions of the Boston &
Maine, the forming of the line of battle
from Sebago and Brunswick to the sea.
That portion Of his address was vivid
bit of word painting and held the clos
est attention of the audience.
He then took up the subject of pen
sions, and said that Puck this week, had
cartoon Grand Army men were bound
to notice. 1t shows long line of Grand
Army men with the faces of bummers
marching under banner labelled "We'll
there is dollar in the treasury.
Uncle Sam is shown, hat in hand, a
begger with the piteous appeal of ''I'm
busted. " That is an appeal Grand
Army men will not neglect. We will
say: "Dear old Uncle Sam, we love
you still. We know that your affairs
have been badly managed, but cheer up
Uncle Sam. we saved you once when
you was in a worst fix and likely to
lose your entire farm. Then we gave you
managers of our own and you prospered.
We gave you Grant and Garfield, and
Arthur and Harrison, and then Uncle
Sam instead of being poor you had $1o0,
100000 on hand The other people came
in and now they talk about that $160,
000 600 pension bill. Say you pension de-
nouncers for how much money would you
have taken the place of the Maine boys
at Gettysburg, or at Cold Harbor? Fol
how much money would you have tax,
en- the place of the 1st Maine Artillery
at the charge of Petersburg, when out
of $50 men $40 went down in 10 min.
ues? We did the best we could for Uncle
Sam, and cheer up now, next year we'll
send our own big Tom Reed. We know
him and know that he will manage YOU
affairs well for you" (Applause.)
The Cecilian Quartette then gave "We
Deck the Graves Alike Today" and re
sponded to very universal recall
Rev. Dwight Galloupe was then intro
duced.
REV. MR.. GALLOUP'S ADDRESS.
1t seems almost like work of superer
ogation for any man upon any occasion
to attempt to teach the sons of Maine the
worth of patriotism. You would hardly
thank me if I should take it upon myself
at this time of all times, to incite you to
ardent memories of your brave dead
upon whose graves you have this day
left both flowers and tears flowers
whose unstinted fragrance speaks O.
unselfish devotion and unregretted sacri
fee; tears whose silent bitterness tell
more eloquently than spoken words O
that aching void within your heart.
which but deepen with the lapse of time
Upon the public square of your beauti
full city, where all men may see, you hav,
reared, in deathless bronze and storiec
marble, most noble incarnation of thost
grateful memories which, year by year
have broken forth in, tears and flowers
Long after the willing hand and gener
Gus hearts, which made possible thi
splendid monument, have crumbled int
dust-shall it endure, lifting its majes
tic front to greet the dawn of the twenti
eth century-telling generations yet un
born that SO long as bronze and marbl,
can endure SO long will loyal Portland re
we're her soldier dead
To the true American every day is {
memorial day. Each morning as h,
goes forth to his daily toil-each night al
Re returns to his peaceful hone~h,
thanks the God above that this "govern
ment of the people, by the people and fol
the people has not perished from tn,
earth;' and each time at the ballot boz
he exercises the sovereign right,of suffrag,
his heart goes out in deep thanksgiv
ing to that martyred host which has writ
ten as with its life blood, upon every
fold of the unconquered "stars ant
stripes" the fearless watchword of oul
Republic: Liberty and Union, one ant
inseparable, now and forever !"
And so, it seems to me, we are toda,
simply doing collectively, publicly and ii
a formal way what each day we do infor
mally and as individuals
| Nevertheless, it is most appropriate
that once year, in the radiant spring
time when the Easter lilies whisper to u
of the Immortality of all good men, thai
the nation should publicly honor its de
parted heroes should deck with flowers
its hallowed shrines of patriotism should
lead it's children to the sacred city of tht
| dead
"Where sleep the brave, who sink to rest
''By all their country's wishes blest-''
and pledge them there to love and defend
forever the liberty and union which thei
fathers, by sword and blood, have mad,
forever possible.
But you will forgive me if TONIGHT
speak but briefly of the dead. / beIiev,
that these memorial occasions should no