The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-06-04
THOUGH FEW IN NUMBERS,
Their Hearts are as Stout as in
 Days of Tore.
The Memorial Services Carried on With Eclat After Surmounting
 Considerable Difficulties.

itl tUt VT. A. n. Htii pu Oa'ui"'' morning [" hold the memorial services in Babbitrs hall. but what they lackr' in numbers they made up in enlhus'. asm. h fact they might. and pr"l- ably did. use io each olher King HaI's famous words to his ragged and dispir- iled followers in France: "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers" " And truly they are band of brothers that even the grim Reaper himself cannot disunite. fer as Death with hi. fell scythe from time to time removes some prominent and well-kn"wn tigur from their ranks it but serves tn bring the others closer togr,her. This Was aplly illustrated by Mr. Clark in his address in quoting part of speecl delivered by Col. Boo Ingersoll to tn Eleventh Illinois Cavalry: Il am mol sure we ought to mourn for he dead. It n.ay be death is the greatest gil ever came from Natures hands. ] we could live forever here we woul care n"tl,ing for each other. It is ll' fact that we must die that brings ou hearts together. Were it not for dea'l there would be no love, and withou' love life would be d curse."
 At Babbitl's hall quite number "i ladies and citizens joined the lit,I' band, SD that when the proceediu.s commenced there was Very respect able showing.
 The proceedings were opened b! C"mrade Hoxworlh reading the gen. eral order. after which quartet con. sisting of Professor Wassou and Mrssrs. Elliott. Grlm and Reid yer, effectively sang "Tenting on the OI' Camp Ground" Father Connolly th-I delivered the opening prayer, whicl touched the hearts of all his hearers not alone for his kindly exprrssinn, to the honored dead, but for the loyalt, and patriotism that pervaded ever, sentence. The quartet then sang. ..Silently. Tenderly," which was fol- lowed by an address from Rev. B. NJ. Dauford, who as a member of Ransom Post spoke very feelingly of thei' thinned ranks.
 Then the Rev. Mr. Corsen was called upon. and certainly Flagstaff has reason to congratulate herself upon the acquisition of this talented gentle man. His speech was short and to tn, point, and reflects equally as murI credit on his head as on his heart. A duet, "On. to the Field of Glory" b. Mpssrs. Wasson and Reid. was rem dered in excellent style, the singer. infusing int" it the full martial spirit: and then came the number on the pro. gramme to which all had looked for warrl-the memorial speech of E. s. Clark. 'Twere almost d work oi suprrerrogation to tell the people ol Flag;tatf what kind of speaker MT. Clark is-he is too we'll and favorabh known; but ou Saturday he eclipsed al former efforts. His wEole soul seemed to be in hIs subject, and he did fuI justice to the rnnobIing theme O.! which he was called to speak, inspiring many of his audience. the younger portion particularly, with d desire ,' emulate, if not eclipse, the noble derds and the hearlburning loyalty an patriotism of those whose lnss the, were there to mourn and pay tribut' to their memories.
 A notable feature throughout the proceedings was the ahsenco of thaI acrimony towards the South which il former years SD often marred meeting. of lhe kind, reviving feelings that Ina" best lie dDrmant. and engenderin, strife and ilI.freling between thos, who should be knit closely in the bond. of brnihrllrod. The North and Soul ar. now one and indissolubl,.. and lh, eloquent tributes of respect that wrr, paid to lhe memory of those who fell in support of their convictions, mis. taken though their ideas may have been. will do more t0 cement the bonds of friendship and kindred between the two sections than anything else.
 At the conclusion of he pIucpcdingt in Ihe hall the little band again formed and prorreded to the cemetery, where flowers were strewn upon the graves auh the military salute. that will nevel agaifr -a,,ss,e.a krob- h, th. bosoms oi | in. dnai hapops rus Hrod hr ('U6,ns ny