The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-03
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES
FINE ADDRESS BY RET p. R
 LOTELL TN ORANGE.

Patriotic Exercises at the Congrega tionaI Church Largely Attended Yes
 .terday Visitors from West Haven
 New Haven, and Milford Enjoyed tn
 Programme.
 The annual Memorial day exercises il
 Orange were held yesterday in tn,
 orange Congregational church and the.
 were attended by an enthusiastic mum
 Der, composed of citizens from Milford
 West Haven and New Haven, and (
 very large number of residents of Or, ange. The day was rather cloudy abou
 church time but even this did not keeI
 the usual large attendance down and by
 the time the exercises opened, Il
 o'clock, the church was packed ant
 many were obliged to stand. The first
 ten pews on both aisles were reserved
 for the members of the G. A. R. and the Sons of Veterans.
 Five of the old soldiers living in Or ange center were there, and there were
 about a dozen from West Haven. Mill
 ford was represented by about ten and
 the Charles l.. Russell camp, Sons of Veterans, of Ansonia, sent represen-
 tation of a dozen. Parson Isbell and a
 few other veterans from New Haven at-
 tended the exercises and they were
 greatly pleased with them.
 About 10:30 o'clock the old soldiers
 formed in line in front of the old
 church at the head of the Green and 1 6oo Ia5 h1, /lr of Orange, marched around the Green
 to 9 position in front of the church.
 The master of ceremonies was s. D. | Woodruff and he carried out the days programme in an excellent manner. Af- ter the soldiers formed in front of the
 church before the exercises began, he gave orders to have them march in by twos and this they did, taking the seats | reserevd for them, The veterans were greeted with pleasing sight as they entered.
 The church was beautifully trimmed with wild flowers and greens and the red, white and blue was used Go com plete the patriotic decorations Flags and bunting were draped about the or gan and from the galleries and covered IiiC loll III iIOlll O- lilC SliOli iVll' The American eagle, muskets and lit- tie G. A. R. flags were also used in making the decorations of the most ap- propriate order and great credit is due the ladies of the congregation for their work in trimming the church so artis- tically.
 The speaker of the day was the Rev. D. R. Lowell, of Middletown, the pres ent chaplain of the House of Represent tatives. Rev. MT. Lowell was formerly the chaplain in the regular army and later chaplain of the National G. A. R. He is now the chaplain of the Connec- ticut department of the G. A. R. and is one of the foremost G. A. R. men in the state.
 Senator Kenealy, of Stamford, was to have delivered the address of the day, but he was called very suddenly to Ohio Saturday making it impossible for him to speak. The Orange people were most fort unate in securing such an eloquent and able substitute as Rev. Mir Lowell at the last moment. His address was full of enthusiasm and he spoke in part as follows:
 ''It has been thirty-five years since we began to make an annual pilgrim age to the graves of our dead brothers on this great day and do you wonder the service has not grown old? To me the sentiment to do honor to their names was never 50 strong as t is to- day, but what is it that holds this warm feeling in our hearts? You might answer that the Memorial day cnryriooc 1r tn i- that season which brings back to us old experiences. The little treasures we have in our homes are not so valuable to us in the matter of money but we would not part with them for any thing.
 1T have some of these little things, l but there is not enough money in Or ange to buy them. Simply because they | are associated with memories of low ing past. How many people bring out | their little treasures in these days and | recall things gone by and even shed l tear! How many of the veterans are to-day thinking of days gone by, of the beat of the drum, of the cries of the and dying, of the struggle of battle!
 Tt is an unparalleled day. There is nothing like it on the face of the 1arth"
 Here the speaker referred to the time if the ancient Greeks when the people vent out and decorated the graves of oericles and other great men famous in Creek history He referred to it as nly an occasion and not national lay like our Memorial day "There is feeling of just pride that the repub- ic has risen to this opportunity which hall be the wonder of every liberty lov- ng nation in the world. We may feel ( roud that the world will reach a stage ar more great than it is now and 'e live and know that the day will row more and more sacred in the carts of every American citizen. 'Who are the men that the people hould so honor, to whom they should ay such attention, that should com land the respect of people the world | yer? They were soldiers, not ordinary t len fighting for pay and fighting to s ring a quick end. They were citizen oldiers who drew their swords and | their muskets to defend the | az and who poured out their blood to E ament the foundation of the republic. C