The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-18

man, sympathetic man, kind and
brotherly, even to the erring, unfalter-
ing in duty and over-abounding charity
for the poor and distressed.
OF his record as a, soldier in the civil
war we are all justly proud. He served
his country in her distress nobly and
well, and was faithful even unto the
going down of the sun
At the age Of "a years, on the Sth Of
April, 1862, he enlisted in the service
OF his country, in company c, of the
Twenty-fifth regiment, Massachusetts
volunteers, in command of Col. Edwin
Upton of Fitchburg, with A. b. r.
Sprague as lieutenant colonel, and with
Capts. Josiah Pickett and ]. NJ. Dren-
nan as captains of this regiment, it has
been truthfully said: 1t saw more ac-
tive service and lost more men than
any regiment that went out from Wor-
cester county"
He served in this regiment, the
Twenth-fifth, during the " ar, and was
mustered out Oct 20, 1866. His regi-
ment was with the Ninth corps of the
army in the Burnside expedition in
North Carolina and other places. He
was in 20 different skirmishes and bat
ties, including Kingston, Whitehall,
Goldsboro, Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor
and Petersburg.
The most important battle in which
he was engaged with his regiment was
Cold Harbor, where $4,000 men were
either killed or wounded.
During this battle, which was one of
the Severest of the war, he was in the
famous charge led by our own Gen.
Pickett and in which the regiment
suffered such terrible loss,
His comrades in arms speak of him
n aIl re = 1orN
best soldiers and finest men.
All honor to such men, living or dead.
All praise to those men who upheld
our country's flag and who gave their
lives in their nations defence. Never
may the day come when they shall be
forgotten. Never may the day come
when we as a nation and people shall
be unmindful of their heroism and self
sacrifice.
But it is not as a soldier alone that
we are permitted to speak of him to-
day.
He had learned in war, as in every
place, the divine art of serving, and so,
in 1868, he was appointed as one of the
guardians of the city, and served in
this capacity unit! his death. He has
the record of having seen more police
service than any member of the force
at the present time. OF his record as a
policeman it may be said that in this
most responsible and often times diff
cult position, surrounded by many tri-
ais and dangers, he discharged the du-
ties assigned him with signal honor
and ability, and that in every place of
responsibility where he was sent he
never fiinched or wavered. but was
faithful, conscientious, firm, and yet a
gentleman, kind and considerate,
even to those whom he was
obliged to arrest and imprison, having
the confidence, the esteem and affec-
ton, not only of his superiors, but also
of all his fellow officers.
l need hardly say how beautiful was
the life of our departed friend in the
home of his love and joys, how dear
the wife and children and grandchildren
whom God had given him. How true
and lovable he was in all the compan-
ionships of life, how calm and self
possessed, how pleasant to meet, how
unpretending, and yet how sincere and
cordial, how fraternal! We shall miss
his manly form, his cheerful, sunny
greetings in all the walks Of life But
missing him we shall be the better for
his living.
We shall know all the better as we
go out from this presence today and
from these solemn and impressive SER
vices how to live and discharge the du-
ties assigned us, how to be thoughtful
and upright among our fellow men, as
he was; how to discharge even the I'M
pleasant duties of life, and yet be com
passionate and gentle; how to make
others better and happier
May we all come to the end as he
came, ready to live or to die-with the
armor all on, untarnished by rust or
neglect; with nothing to regret: with
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bGssful hereafter
70 this bereaved wife and compan-
ion, who for so many happy years has
shared in the life of the noble heart
that is now silent in death, we extend
the sympathies of all who knew and
esteemed the departed. The children
and the grandchildren Of this devoted
father, fort whom he had such an af-
lection, have left them a rich legacy.
even the legacy Of a noble and honored
lie, the benediction Of a Christian
father and the example and memory of
a true patriot.
The members of the Grand Army of
the Republic present with us today who
have so faithfully served their country.
and who must ever be held in the high
est regard by all true patriots, will not
soon forget their genial and brotherly
comrade. May the setting sun of an
honored and unselfish life in the service
OF your country shine upon you with
unwonted beauty and blessedness and
your last days be your best.
The guardians of our city. the asso-
c1ates of the departed in duty and re-
SponSlbility, the men to whom we owe
SO much but whom we so often forget
are present with US today to bear wit
ness to the worth OF a true friend and
brother and bid farewell to one whom
they all loved and respected We pray
God to bless and comfort you.
your Fellowship together has been de-
nghtful. May you live to emulate his
example and share with him in the re-
wards of the faithful.
The members of the honorable fra
ternity, the Damascus lodge of the
knights of Pythias, share in all our
sympathies today in the loss of one of
your honored members. May your
knighthood Ike his, be one of honorable
service. And so departing, bidding fare
Wen to these earthly remains, looking
forward, looking upward may we still
1nd something useful and honorable to
do and to be and receive at last a well
come among the enrolled above crowned
forever crowned, with the faithful.
The police were Joined at the church
by delegation from Post TO- G. A. r..
including Jerome Stone John Leach
John Ryan, Charles Allen, Fred Bart
lett, and John Reed of Co. C. of the
Twenty-fifth Massachusetts, of which
Mr. Garland was a member during the
civil war: L. G. Manning, A. E. Stearns
of Co A, Twenty fifth regiment; Wal
ter s. Buggy, and Fred N Gates of Co.
K, Twenty fifth: Gen. A. B. r. Sprauge.
Gen, Josiah Pickett, Col. James N.