The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-06-01
Fighting Old BATTLES.
CONTINUED trom FYrst Paqe.

cheered several times during the pa
rade. Their work showed the careful
drilling they had gone through in
preparation for the day.
DINNER AND SPEECHES.
At o'clock the veterans and in
vited guests filed into the county hall
where sumptuous luncheon was
served by members of Hope League
After the inner man had been refresh
ed DR.. Pierson made a brief address.
thanking the League for the bountiful
repast. He then introduced the speak
ers in his usual happy manner. 1t
would be impossible to do full justice
to the speakers in such meagre re-
port as, by the limitations of space, this
is forced to be. A brief resume of the
different addresses, however, is here
given.
Mayor and Comrade Norman Fox,
the first speaker and said among other
things: "When l hear a man say
that America is now a world power l
can not help but feel that he is small
American. He does not realize that
since the birth of the nation it has
been a world power, that it is Ameri-
can ideas which have led thought and
action for the last century and more. !"
Before Rev. DR.. Albert Erdman
spoke. Comrades Hannas and Genung
led the singing of Babylon is fallen. :"
On the printed slip of camp songs it
might have been noticed that the
song was in the key of G.. DR.. Erd-
man started at once by saying
Baylor is fallen in the key of G.
That means guns, and am constrain-
ed to think that most every power
has fallen in the same key. The
army of the Potomac won in the key
of G, the Spanish were driven from
this continent in the key of G, and it
is the key of G which has been with
Americans from the beginning.
Oscar H. Hawley, formerly cor
poral in the 9th U. S. Infantry. now
on the staff of The Chronicle, read a
story illustrative of his experiences
during the Cuban campaign, the charge
on San Juan Hill and the lombard
ment of Santiago.
Rev. S. q. Batten the next speaker,
said that he once heard of man who
in preparing for an address just filed
up on the subject and then let nature
caper. He thought that on such an
occasion as Memorial Day everyone
must be filled with the subject of the
day and so no especial preparation
was necessary.
Comrade Lucius Hannas read one
frog story and told another. They are
too long to relate here, but they
served finely to make the audience
forget it's troubles, if it had any, and
relieved the pressure of patriotic feel
ing.
Of the four old soldiers from Morris
town who attended the recent re-
union in Fredericksburg, only Com
rade VIM. Becker, of the 10Th N. J.
Vol, was present. He told of the
difference between the Fredericksburg
of '62 and that of today. Where once
was strife now only peace reigned.
He also told couple of very good
stories illustrating the present feeling
hat fba Month on1 COntI,
'While / am not a veteran of the
Civil War, )" said Rev. W. p. Taylor,
81 was in arms at the time of that con-
fiict and therefore have some excuse
for being here and addressing the
comrades in arms. belonged to the
infant(ry) division but was more of
rebel, fear than anything else and
often had to be subdued by the ma
ternal government. have heard my
father speak of taking me on long
night marches. sometimes forced and
often fraught with hard fighting.
81 did not go to the last war, how
ever, and the reasons are many. Some
times feel glad that did not go. A
chaplain friend of mine told me after
the war was over that he had had a
pretty hard time of it with the boys.
Fish, you know, is sign of Chris
tianity, at least it is so used in Quo
Vadis. Well, he said that the sar-
dimes on the mess table were the only
signs of Christianity he saw in the
army. That is one reason am thank
full did not go. "
Mr.. Taylor told several stories APP
propriate and otherwise All were
good and heartily enjoyed.
Comrade HI. M. Dalrymple was the
last speaker of the day. He said his
subject was the ladies', but owing
to indisposition he did not like to
proceed with the toast and therefore
would ask Comrades Hannas and &C.
hung to sing his original toast to
The Girls of New Jersey-1S6l. ;"
The comrades called ON responded
The service was closed by singing
"Auld Lang Syne.
At the end, while the people were
filing out of the hall, Mrs. Babbitt
made happy little speech and pre-
sented DR.. Pierson with fine cake in
token of his work for the day.
AT THE LYCEUM.
Lyceum Hall was packed to the
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