Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-06-03
REMEMBER
COMRADES
Sedgwick Post G. A. r. Fit
tingly Observe the
Day.


All along Main street flags are flying
from the different business houses,
while bunting and paper ropes deco.
rate many of the windows. Old Clio.
ry floats from the court house tower.
and from many of the residences floats
the red white and blue.
At the Famous there is very pret-
ty window. A graceful Goddess of
Liberty stands at the left of large
pyramid on which are painted the
dates of the wars of the nation.
Around the base of the pyramid and
hung along its sides are wreaths of
flowers in memory of the country s
dead heroes. On the right of the
obelsk stands Cuba not yet full
grown, but bringing her tribute too,
a bunch of flowers clasped in her til
ny hands. Used as a sort of border
was bunting striped diagonally and
studded with stars. The other store
windows were more or less trimmed.
several of them with charming effect.
We were not so fortunate with re-
spect to the weather as on last year,
although during the morning the
threatened rain held off. so that the
parade and exercises in the grove
took place without any discomfort to
those attending.
The parade was very good. The
q. A. h. always look nice, while the
band. my, but they look smart in
their new uniforms. The suits are
AS natty and neat as can be. In col
or, arl,
black facings. In fact. the uniform
is very like to that of the English
flussars.
OF course the school children form
ed an attractive part of the parade.
The little folks were fixed up very
prettily and looked gay as the flag
each child carried futtered in the
breeze
What would a parade be without
the Fort Lewis boys? We are always
glad to see their bright faces and pret-
ty uniforms at any of our celebrations
Fortunately the weather permitted
the holding of the exercises in the
grove at 3rookside. Looking down
on the people as they were listening
to the program. the crowd looked like
re hoWtI Sdihtll, lIt llbDoHS anu
flowers on the women's hats producing
that effect. Many people carried flow
- while some of the buggies We're
heaped full of blossoms to be used
to decorate the graves OF loved ones
at the close of the program
In the main the people paid close
attention to the different numbers of
the program. but of course there were
the usual number of crying babies
and nervous mothers trying to coax
and soothe the rnilled feelings of their
offspring. The small children, too.
became n triile restless before
the exercises were over. But that
people enjoyed the numbers on the
program was evident from their at
tention. Especially was this true
during N. C. Millers address. But
Lnen, Mr. Miller can always hold an
audience. The songs by the quar-
tette. composed of the Lewis broth
ers. DR.. McCanna and Mr. Roberts.
We're also much enjoyed The nation
al song led by the band, sounded very
sweet out of doors
Following is Mr.. Miller's address:
The warriors on the battlefield CT
the civil war were superior in cour
age, patriotism, and brains to any Of
the heroes of Homers inventive gen
ius. The world has written many
real epics, more wonderful and thrill
ing and far more momentous than the
petty deeds of valor and rude dis
plays of passion immortalizeG b" the
grand old blind poet of Greece. The
wonder about the Had is the genius
of Homer and the lifelike characters
he portrays; but no one worries
much about the heroes: the strange
thing about those epics engraven on
those great social upheavaIs which
have almost changed the front of the
universe is that the subject is too
great to be transformed into verse.
The arts of versitcation are power
less to reproduce the battle scenes Of
the civil war.
The deeds of soldiers in the great
decisive battles of the world are i'm
perishable. 1t needs no Homer to
perpetuate the valor and patriotism
of the men at Marathon, Blenheim
Bunker Hill and Gettysburg their
biaNtly b'ot III 'h'
pie tale that is told. The embellish-
ments OF poets would only detract
from the glory of the military achieve
ments of those armies whose victo-
ries have changed the maps of em-
pires and given a new direction to
civilization.
And now those of us who have come
on later unmindful as we may be of
all we owe the past, yet we can take
no thought as to the source OF our
present advancement without realiz-
ing the debt we owe you for the part
you have taken in shaping the des-
tiny of this great nation. Your deeds
are written in battles which must al
ways live. The life and worth of
this nation were staked on the fortune
of that war. The memory of that
vast army. volunteered from every
walk in life will ALWAYS he an inspi