Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-09-01

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FRED J. VOUGHT. CO. L, 3rd WIS. VOL.
The memorial exercises in honor of
Fred j. Vought, of Co. L.. 3rd Wiscon-
sin Vol. who was killed in battle in
Porto Rico Aug. II, was held here
Saturday and will long be remembered.
The exercises which were under the
ausplcies of the local Camp VI. w. A.
OF which he was member were held
in the rink which was tastefully decor
ated for the occasion with bunting,
flowers and evergreens. The picture
lof the soldier hero appropriately
draped with American flags and banked
with flowers occupied prominent posi-
ton at the front of the stage.
The members of the NJ. W. A. wear
ing.mourning badges and headed by the
band with muffled drums acted as es-
cort to the family of the deceased SOL
der.
The flags all over Gown were at half
mast and all the business places closed
and even the rink was none to large ITO
accommodate the concourse OF citizens
who came out to do honor to the men,
DRY of our dead hero. .one of the two
Wisconsin boys. among all who went
from this state, who were called to lay
! down their lives in battle in defense of
the flag which is the emblem of liberty
throughout the world.
Miss Mary Mcqueen who presided at
the organ rendred the Dead March in
Saul as the procession was entering
after which Rock of Ages was sung in
feeling manner by the choir, Then
followed prayer by Rev. H. G. Todd
and another song, Light After Dark
ness, by the choir.
County Superintendent Higgins on
the part of the NJ. W. A. in few
well chosen words stated the object
OF the gathering, and referred feel
| ing to the soldier hero as neigh
| Dor and brother and rendered the SYM
| pathy of the neighbors of the camp to
the Borrowing relatives, He then in
troduced the Rev. H. c. Todd who de-
livered the principal address of the oc-
casion.
Lack Of space prevents us giving an
extended resume of his remarks. It
was an inspiring address, full of patri-
otis-a and fittingly appropriate to the
occasion. He spoke in glowing terms
of the heroes of the war and the grand
principals, the good of humanity, the
extension of freedom and the universal
peace for which they fought. His re-
ference to the particular occasion that
broughtus together was especially feel
ing and touching. Thelarge audience
gave him the.closest attention through
out and would have been glad to have
listened longer.
| The exercises closed with the beauti-
full song Cover Him Over With Flowers
| which was well rendered ny male
quartet.
To the relatives ard family this fit
| ting demonstration in memory of a son
and brother could be but sad occas-
ion and yet especially to the soldier
father, it must have been glorious
consolation that if his son must die, it
was at his eountry's call and under the
flag and for the principles for which he
himsels had periled his life and so he
roically defended generation ago;
and this tribute on the part of neigh
bors and friends could not but be
flight consolation for the fact that they
could not have the melancholy pleasure
of witnessing the last sad rites by which
his body was consigned to the tomb or
of watering his grave with their tears.
This would have been great satisfac
ton, but it was not to be. Just two
weeks before all that was mortal of
Fred J. Vought had been returned to
Mother Earth. Not in his own native
soil of Wisconsin but in that of Porto
Rico, the land to free which he freely
gave his life blood, does his body