The times., 1899-06-05
HOMAGE PAID TO
Dead COMRADES
Impressive Services Held in
Carroll Institute Hall.
DR.. Stafford's EulOgy Before the
Union Veteran Legion.
Beauty and Resources of
the Country.

Encampment No. 60, Union Veteran
Legion, assembled in Carroll Institute
Hall last night to do honor to deceased
members with appropriate memorial ser
vices. which were concluded by an eloquent
address by the Rev D. j. Stafford. D. D.
Ten members of this encampment have
answered the last roll call since May 20,
1898, and ten vacant chairs were draped
with crepe and crowned with wreaths of
laurel. symbolic of victory and honor. One
chair was draped and crowned in honor
OF the patriotic women of the war. On
the roll of honor were the following names,
and when they were read muffied drum
response sounded a mournful farewell:
Paul Brodie Adam Fischer. John |.
Thompson. William BlasIand. Charles
Gulager, Ransom G. Ball, George H. Rob-
ertson. Thomas C. Fletcher. George 7.
Ribble, James D. Compton.
All the seats in the hall and gallery
which had not been reserved for members
of the encampment were filled early in the
evening by the ladies' auxiliary and
patriotic friends. At s O'Clock the en-
campment, under command of Col. II. d.
Norton, formed at leHlu II -otieelS
and marched to the hall. The officers of
the day occupied seats on the platform.
which was tastefuly decorated with
American flags and the beautiful silken
banner of the legion.
st. Patricks choir. under the direction
of Prof. NJ. Mama. rendered several ap-
propriate musical selections, the soloists
being Mrs. NJ. Mama and B. A. Ryan.
The sounding Of the Assembly by
bugler called the meeting to order, and
an impressive opening ceremony followed,
participated in by the officers OF the day
Nearer, My God, to Thee was sung
by Mrs. Mama, when Colonel Norton brief
ly set forth the object of the assembly
Calvary was sung by Mr.. Ryan, and an
| invocation pronounced by Chaplain Wom-
ersIey.
The reading of the roll CT honor witn
muffied drum responses, and the placing
OF laurel wreaths on the vacant chairs,
was followed by the Song 'Tenting on the
| Old Camp Ground" by Mrs. Mama and
| choir.
| A memorial address. reviewing the past
and admonfshing veterans to fraternize
more closely in the future. delivered
by Past Colonel Butler Fitch, and Dr. Stat
| fords eulogistic utterances and benedictior
concluded the meeting. which was dispers-
ed by the sounding of taps" by the bugler.
DR.. Stafford said, in part: Il rejoice and
| feel proud to be allowed to participate in
! this solemn and beautiful service. ] have
never assisted at a service so absolutely
( touching and beautiful 1t is fitting that
! the comrades who have passed away should
| be crowned with wreaths of laurel, SYM
bols of victory. Their names shall be read
and mentioned with love and reverence by
those whom they have left behind. and they
shall be regarded as those who have died
on the field of honor.
1T IS a great thing for man to have
| had part in great historical action. and
| one which Will be beneficial to humanity
| for all time. To have had part in an ac-
tion that is calculated and intended7to to per-
| petuate and enlarge the liberties Of the
| world is a privilege that is, considering
| the whole human race, given to but few.
But | say that whatever the sacrifices
that were made in fighting and dying of
men, and the weeping and agony OF wives,
mothers. and children, it was worth 1t all
1t is meet. therefore, that they who were
called on in the odrer of divine Providence
TO participate and die for this end should
| nave their names held in reverence and
pronounced in benedicton, and that we
should meet here together to crown their
vacant chairs with the laurel of victory.
They are the benefactors not only of this
I'VE should likewise remember the he
roic women. The wives who gave their
husbands. the mothers who gave their
sons, and the sisters who gave their broth
ers. 1t is meet that we should also crown
them for they knew their duty to their
country and nobly performed it,
DR.. Stafford recalled the struggles of
the Revolutionary war. and made the
point that ours was the first government
founded on the inalienable right OF man
to be an integral part of his government
He declared with emphasis that it was
not egotism to say that We liberated the
world. This sentence met with hearty
applause. He continued to show how we
were watched by the crowned heads of
the Old World, and how as our Government
grew and expanded and became refuge
for the oppressed. these monarchs were
compelled to recognize more and more the
rights of their subjects. The speaker
paid glowing tribute to the beauty and
resources of the country and declared
that its attractiveness was ordained by
Providence that it might be the ideal ma
tion of the earth the liberatOr and civil
izer OF the world To carry out this
ideal, he said it was necessary that the
Civil War had to come. The nation had
benefited by it. The nations had been
established through it so that no power
could shake it. No power can tear down
the majestic editce of liberty which 1875
built up and which 1861 perpetuated for all
time. This flag viii always float, a sym
Dol of justice, a symbol of equality a
symbol Of right. symbol of liberty-the
greatest, sweetest. and most beautiful ban
ner that was ever flung to the breeZes"
DIR. Stafford said that the foundation
principle of this Government was perfect.
but as with all human institutions it was
imperfectly administered.
when the principle OF mans inherent
right of life, lib--ty. and the pursuit
of happiness shall have been made opera
tive in every department OF life so that
injustice will never be done to any man
and justice done to all men, then America
will have developed her fundamental prin-
ciple to the highest possible extent and
will have fulfilled that mission that God
intended she should fulfill"
DIR. Stafford referred to the valor of the
soldiers of the Civil War. and said they
were as brave as any that had lived either
before or since.
Tonight" he said in conclusion. with
the heart of priest and an American citi-
zen | pray the blessing Of God upon all
those who remain. l ask the benediction
of heaven uDon these men. upon their
wives and children, and their children >
children. from generation to generation
l pray that their days may end in peace
and that they may be as acceptable to the
Great Captain, as, they were to their coun-
try. and that when they answer the last
roll call it may be with the same hon
orable fidelity,
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