The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-27
ARMY VETERANS ATTEND MEM.
ORAL SUNDAY SERVICES.
TWO FINE SERMONS FOR THEM
Boys Who Wore the Blue in the Two
Wars Were Guests at the Various
Churches-Plan for the Decoration
Day March-Grand Army Will
Take the Lead,
Especial to the Inter Mountain,

Anaconda, May 27.-The veterans Of
two wars attended services last night at
two of Anaconda's churches. Upon the
invitation of Rev. E. G. Cattermole Of the
First Presbyterian church the men who
fought for the preservation of tn eunion
in the days of Lincoln attended that
house Of worship in a body, differed by
Captain Hallihan, who also did his
country service in the Philippine Islands
with the Montana volunteers.
Seats were reserved in front of the pull
pit for the silvery haired veterans where
they listened to an interesting sermon
by the pastor, who preached from the
text, Judges ", 20, choosing therefrom
the subjects "And the Stars Fought
Against Sisera.'
Mr.. Cattermole's discourse wos listened
to attentively. The minister recalled
many of the historical events of what
he termed the greatest war of history.
'The greatest" he said, sin battles;
greatest in generals; greatest in armies
and greatest in results. From Gettys-
burg, with its $4,000 slain, to Antetam,
with the slaughter Of $4,000 and Stone
River. with its $4,000 brave men left upon
the field of battle, there has been moth
ing in the annals of men to compare with
1t.
The younger veterans Of the Philippine
war under command Of Capt. Phil Green
an, accepted the invitation extended to
them by Rev. Father Blaire, acting pas
tor of st. Pauls Catholic church, who
used as his subject 1.-The Gifts of the
Holy Ghost to Man."
At the conclusion of the services at
the churches the committee on arrange
ments for Memorial day from the G.. A.
R., consisting of Messrs. Davidson, Hal
lahan and Shea and a like committee
from Camp Thomas Ccallan, of the So
ciety of the Army Of the Philippines con-
sisting of Messrs. Greenan, Waterbury
and others met together and decided on
the following programme which will be
carried out next Thursday in COM
incarceration Of the dead.
The parade will form on Main street,
the left resting on Commercial avenue
and will be ready to march at 10 o'clock
a. M The line of march will be south
on Main to 4th, east on Fourth to Chest
nut, north on Chestnut to Park, west
on Park to Main, thence to the city ceme-
terry.
The G. A. r. will have the right Of the
line. Then will come the high school
battery of artillery, then Thomas Seal
Knights of Pythias, and such other or
ders as may participate and the school
children. An invitation is issued to all
civic and military societies and to all
school children to take part in the pa
rade. A special invitation to the same er-
feet is issued also to the city fire de-
partment and the fire departments OF
the works
Somewhere on the line of march the
high school battery will leave the pa
rade and proceed to courthouse hill,
where it will fire minute guns during
the latter part of the parade.
At the cemetery the impressive Me-
mortal ritual of the G. A. r. will be reao.
With it will be read the famous Gettys-
burg address of President Lincoln. Then
the graves of the soldier dead will be
decorated. The veterans of the Philip
pine campaigns will fire the salutes.
The graves of the soldiers in the other
buryng grounds will be looked after by
squads sent from the several organiza-
tons.