Evening journal., 1895-05-27
Remembering THE DEAD
Memorial Services Held By
Grand Army Men Yesterday.
PATRIOTIC ADDRESSES AND SONG

Rev. Thomas =. Terry, william S.
Miles aud Rev Charles r. Hendricks.
TAlIs TO Veterans ofth Late War About
Their brave Deeds and Dead Comrades.
Memorial Day was celebrated bv All
the Grand Army Men and their friends
yesterday afternoon. The number Of
veterans is growing less with each
succeeding year, but the fires or patriot
ism burn Just as brightly IN their hosnms
a. during tho sixties
Yesterday afternoons 80 rvices were
largely attended The stage was adorned
with the hags Of the various posts aome
Of them ragged and torn by the sho' aud
shell Of battle Occupying seats on the
stage were Mayor Shortlidge. Rev.
Thomas r Terry, Rev. Charles y.
Hendricks, William = HilleH, Joseph A
Miller, officers Of the g A. r posts and
the cbols OF Delaware Avenue Baptist
Church
Joseph r. Miller presided In brief
talk he explained the object Of the meet
ing The band played Nearer Nv God
TO Thee, the choir followed with
"America and Rev. Charles +. Hen
dricks offered prayer
The FIRST speaker was William 8
hilles. Bis address was fun Of elo-
quence and patriotism, and be was
interrupted by frequent and hearty
applause. BE gave a brief synopsis OF
the history Of the country. since 1892,
when the effete Of the old. vermont
world came ilocklng here, hoping TO End
wealth aud eternal youtE Then came
the development and Advancement OF the
country people with q race the 6rst
principle, OF which was personal liberty.
Then there came from the South
cloud so big and fierce aud black that II
looked as II God had forgotten us. But
from the North came the sound of many
marc cling feet Men left their work
their homes, and, marching shoulder to
shoulder, met that cloud aud dispelled
H. This meeting, the speaker continued.
should not be held ont of sympathy and
as preparation for Decoration Day. but il
should ne held out or q sense Of duty
The g. A. R. men have proved worthy
citizen soldiers and worthy soldier eiti-
zsns' When they have passed away
their greatest clsim ia history will be
that they lived the same principles for
which they fought.
After the singing Of "Glorla in
Excalsis' by the choir, Rev II. Il. Terry
spoke He said that as the years drift
by the cause OF the trouble in the
sixties is forgotten. but the obligation
that Is owed TO the q A r men should
never be forgotten They we're men.
noble and brave, aud when the WAT was
over they became good snd worthy
citizens The foes thev met were
worthy Of their steel They were brave
men who, though mistaken, fought for
what they considered the right. The
war was war Of principle. and not OF
personal enmity At Appomattox Gen
eral Grant returned TO General Lee bis
sword, ana told ths Confederate soldiers
60 keep their horses-that they would
need them upon their farms General
Lac himself showed as little vindlctivs-
ness He was heard to say thst never
day passed that he did not pray for the
men OF the North
The speaker said it was eminently &c
and proper that such a meeting bs held
90 commemorate the deeds and keen
green the memory OF the lives Of those
who laid aside the times OF home and
work TO fight for their country and
mankind Many Of them lie in nameless
graves to day, but they have not lived in
vain
Rev Charles r Hendricks was the last
speaker. He made a very short address.
saying that he felt honored 10 take part
in the aerviee Of the Ar. He also
pronounced the benedicbion after the
singing Of Coronation and the Doxo
logy.