Evening journal., 1898-12-20
INTERESTING SERVICES.
WILMINGTON G. a. r. MEMORIAL
EXERCISES LAST NIGHT.

HELD IN DUPONT POST ROOM AND
ADDRESSES MADE BY REV. o. C.
BUDDlNGTON AND ROBERT II.
RICHARDS - COMMANDER LID
DELL PRESIDEs - SEVENTEEN
VETERANS DIED LAST YEAR.
The annual memorial services OF the
Wilmington posts OF the q. A. r. were
held in the room Of DUPONT Pest, No.
2, laet evening.
There were seventeen veterans who
an1wered the lac. roM call OF the year,
Gr1 seventeen vacant chairs draped in
black represented the cOm0des who
tud rlased away since the lust memoir
ial exercises The chaigs represented
The following comrades, who have died
during the paet year;
John MAgee, John B. Mccain. Will
liam r. Day. Daniel Haley, George
Ruth, William d. Sparks, of Smyth
Post, No 1 William Houck, Patrick
CathCart, John Dougherty, John Malli-
son. Captain Nathaniel Bayne, Anderson
Fielding, John Jenkins, ]. r. Day
George harrison. George w. Gregg, Of
DuPOnt Post, No. 2; and Robert j
Handy, Of Phil Sheridan Post, No %.
Department Commander Robert Lid.
deh presided over the ceremonies. and
the devotional exercises were conduct
ed by Chaplain B. d. Bogia. Addressee
were made by Robert H. Richards
ard Rev. o. G. Buddington.
Mr.. Richards said in part: "These
memorial services have demonstrated
the fact that the remprseless flight OF
time is fast decimating your numbers.
Ere the fun cycles Of fifty more years
have been completed In all human
probability, every veteran Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic shall have been
mustered out for the last time When
we contemplate this thought. our
hearts are filled with emotion; our
minds naturally revert to the glorious
services rendered by the patriotic COM
rsdes who have recently dropped from
your ranks, and by yourselves.
"Thirty-five years ago tonight the
Army Of the Potomac was lying in
Winter quarters on The Rapidan river
in Virginia. Antietam, Fredericks-
burg, Gaines Mil, Charlottesville,
Gettysburg were history. You know
how the First Delaware bore the brunt
CT the fight. and left a third Of their
number on the field at Antietam You
know how the Second Delaware, by its
reckless bravery. won for itself the
nickname in the Army of the Poto-
mac of the Crazy Delawares.' You
had then been through eight cam
paigns, and We're awaiting the break
ing Of Spring and the advent Of Grant,
the Napoleon Of the West to lead you
through the Wilderness, past Cold
HarbOr, TO the cTOwning glory of Ap-
pomaUox. Truly we can say with par
donable pride, that to no body OF sol
diers from The State of Delaware was
there ever affixed a stigma Of dis
honor.
"But the saddos. thing Of those daye
is the fact that, in the prophetic words
Of the great Webster. you beheld this
iand 'drenChed in fraternal blood Bro
ther fought against brother; friend
against friend, each with the thought
NAAt A1 was haAAAlAt ANl Ailf lAkuA= anu
the gladdest thing of these days, the
priceless legacy Of the Spanish war, Is
the reunification Of the North and the
South, the obliteIation forever from
the map Of this country OF Mason and
Di1on's lne. as a mark OF sectional di-
vision.
"Such an organization as yours, gen.
t,omen, having for It's motto the words
'Drctherhccd, Charity, Patriotism and
such an occasion as this are among the
strongest safeguards of our republican
Institutions. They serve TO kindle In
the breast Of the younger generation.
the patriotic fire that burned in thi
days OF '6l, and which still shoulders
in your hearts, ready to leap into flame
az the nations summons
Samuel Lewis. OF Smyth Post; petel
z. Ayars. for DUPONT Post, and Will
liam A. Reilly, for Phil Sheridan Post
delivered the eulogies over the vacant
chairs.
The service c'osed by the veteran:
rising, and carrying out the prescribed
ritual, after which the 'Doxology" wa
sung
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