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MEMORIAL DAY FITTINGLY OBJ
SERVED.
DR., CRAIG DELIVERS GRAFTON.
Captain Frank Higgins Speaks-Head-
quarters of Delegation to
Philadelphia.

Philadelphia.
Under a bright sun and clear sky
Memorial day was fttingly observed and
the programme arranged was carried
without a hitch. In the forenoon the
soldiers marched to the cemetery and
decorated the graves of dearted COM
hades.
Memorial services were held in the af-
.ternoon at the Union opera house and
the veterans marched there in a body,
lead by the University band. The stage
was nicely decorated with flags and ever
green's and was occupied by Comraue
John L. Sloane, Comrade Oscar J. Craig,
Post Commander w. H. Dickinson, Ma
jor John B. Catlin, Rev. Charles Llnley
and Mrs. Henry Kern.
Nearer Ny God to Thee was first on
he programme, followed by invocation
by Rev. Charles H. Linley. Tramp,
Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching.
was SUNG by a mixed chorus, followed
by more music by the band. DR.. Craig
of the university then spoke in part as
follows:
Two years ago today we We're in this
place for the same purpose that brings
us here on this occasion. But conditions
have changed since then. AT that time
the sound of the war drum was heard
in the land. Preparations were being
made for battle. A liberty-loving people
had responded to the call for help to res
cue a down-trodden people from the
despotic sway Of a cruel and barbafous
! nation. What is the condition today?
TIL war is over. The object has been
accomplished. Cuba is free and her
flag foats unmolested over a free peo-
pie. Precious lives nave been sacrificed,
however. Many names nave been added
RI thu lepD and hnpnrad liof nf thnca
who have offered themselves as a sacri-
flee on the shrine of liberty. The nation
not only owes to them what it is today,
but what it will be in those thousands
years that Columbia yet shall see. Our
flag represents all that has been accom-
: plished on land and sea. ,
There is a patriotism that is undying.
1t is that which makes men willing to
face the musket and the cannon for
their native and. All citizens of all
countries love their flag. But there is a
more rational patriotism. 1t is that
which rests upon knowledge. If we en-
joy more blessings than other countries,
it is because we have true patriots. 1t il
because there is a power that upholds
our flag. .n
Following MI, Craig was a tenor solo by
Olaf Bye who n Beside the Camp
Fire Idly Dreaming" Mr.. Bye has a
good clear voice and sang very nicely
ana was We'll received.
Captain Frank G.. Higgins was next
introduced and made one of the best and
most fitting memorial speeches ever
heard. He spoke rapidly n a great
man. points made were lost by the au-
dience, as well as the stenographer. In
| part he spoke as follows:
Department Commander, Veterans of
the Civ and Spanish-American Wars:
In response to the request of a grateful
nation Memorial day has been established
And why should not this country meet
at least one day in every year to com
memOrate the deeds of those departed
heroes? 1t is a fitting time to recall what
| we owe to those brave and patriotic men
fallen in defense of their flag from the be-
ginning of our national career to the
present, when we are the greatest nation
! on the face of The earth.
''It is a time when the young men and
| women should think of the liberty they
enjoy has been bought with a dear price.
First in the war of the revolution, again
in the fierce struggle of 1872, and still
later in the awful struggle of the civil
war, at the close of which General Lee
surrendered his sword at Appomattox.
and the black stain of slavery was for
! ever washed away. From that time we
derived from the consent of the govern
can justly say that all just powers are
ed. In our daily routine We must not for
get that we w a tribute to the dead war
riors.
Grand Army of the Republic, in a
few more years you will be no more.
| Words are inadequate to express to you
our gratitude for the great services you
have rendered your country. Let me a
to you that your deeds of valor and your
! patriotic sacrifices will be remembered
by a grateful people. You may well be-
lieye that your deeds will never be for
! onffon hv the hra va nafrintic hosts Of
America
At the conclusion Of Captain Higgins
address, Mr.. E. J. McCasey more than
%acceptably rendered a bass solo,, ASLEEP
in the Deep" He was followed by Post
Department Commander Dickinson, who
said in part:
1--WE are here to perform a solemn
duty. For thirty-nine years our men,
bers have been decreasing, but in the
last few years at a very rapid rate. In
the cemeteries of our largest cities there
are from thirty-five to forty thousand OF
our comrades lying beneath the sod.
We are here to represent a principle.
That is what our sons have been given
for. Whenever there is a great and
mighty principle to uphold, God is on the
side of the upholders. so He was on the
side of those fighting for perpetual union
in the civil war;
At this point he read the short address
delivered by President Lincoln on the
battlefield of Gettysburg.
II hope that our example will be such
that the rising generation will find moth
ing but what they can emulate. BY
common consent Memorial has been set
apart. 1t was not by act of congress-, or
by a proclamation of the president. It
was at the suggestion of the old soldiers,
| that the memories of those who have
gone on before might be kept fresh in
mind.
"It has been through the influence OF
/ the Grand Army OF the Republic and the