Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-29
PATRIOTIC
Were the Services
Held by Buckley Post
Sunday Afternoon.
Vacant Chairs Told OF
Deaths Doings.
Dr.. Milton B. Pratt Delivered
an Address.
The Speaker Reached the Highwate
Mark Of E'oquence.

The Speaker Reached the Highwater
Mark Of E'oquence.
The vacant chairs sitting in front
Of the platform in G.. A. r. hall Sun.
day afternoon, were silent reminders
of deaths dealings with Buckley Post
during the year now closing.
1t was Memorial Sunday. The day
had been set apart for appropriate pub
/ lie services in memory Of departed
comrades and in response the veter-
ans with many of their friends, assem-
bled to once more pay a tribute Of
respect to those, who have preceded
them. into the Great Camp ground,
where the Angels call the roll.
The services werp largely ritualistic
and were conducted by Post Command
er Eli Smith. A quartette, composed
of Prof N. L. Glover, Mr.. Samuel
Richards, Mr.. w. Q. Findley and Mr..
G. w. Clarke sang. In calling the
meeting to order, Commander Smith
referred to the fact that a member of
Buckley Post now living in Lorain, o.,
was near deaths door. He referred to
Mr.. q. G. Kimberg, who formerly re-
sided in Akron. Adjutant j. S. Tag
CART read short sketch covering the
military career of each of the departed
comrades. They We're Richard Lin,
bert, A. NJ. Jackson, w. H. Sperling,
w. H. Jones, d. NJ. Suloff, V. NJ. Ryan,
Marcus B. Wright, Nathaniel Moore,
Simon NJ Stone and ]. ]. Wright.
Following Adjutant Taggart's re-
marks, DR.. S. w. Johnson sounded
the long roll.
Mr.. ]. r. Campbell, chaplain Of Buck
ley Post offered prayer and read the
Goth Psalm for a scriptural selection.
The quartette sang 1.-The Veterans
Last Call"
The grafton of the afternoon was
delivered by DR.. NJ. B. Pratt, pastor OF
the First Nj. e. church. In introducing
the speaker, Commander Smith refer
red to DR.. Pratt's long line Of ances-
tors, who have participated in all of
the nations wars since the Revolution
ary heroes threw Oft the English yoke.
DR.. Pratt's address was thoroughly
eloquent. 1t is doubtful If ever a dis
course was heard in Akron which con-
tanned so much eloquence in so short
time. Himself patriot, DR.. Pratt is
quick to recognize patriotism and bra
very wherever it may be found.
In part Dir. Pratt said:
''The ties which this occasion de-
clares to be severed are not common to
the world but to this body. Your fel-
lowship was welded in days of danger
and when death was upon every side.
You learned to love each other In times
of war and in bloody battles. Those
ties have been strengthened with the
passing years, as you have watched the
hair of your comrades become silver.
Your fellowship has been enrichening
with the years.
''There is one consolation l can bring
and that is that you meet here as
Christians. We also meet as patriots.
Let us go back to first principles. Some
Of these men may have been mechanics
or merchants, professional men or 9TH
erwise. Today they are patriots and
because they are patriots we are here
to commemorate their lives. Our coun-
try has a strong hold upon patriotism.
No man has the right to call himself
patriotic until he has reached the point
where he tramples beneath his feet
everything rnat he loves and cherishes
and sacrifices all Tor his country's sake.
This is what these men did.
"These men stood for principle and
In this day of commercialism we
should not think the word obsolete.