Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-01
PAY TRIBUTE TO COMRADES GONE BEFORE
story of work Accomplished Related
to Keep Alive the Flame of Pa
triotism I'm the Genera
ton Growing Up.

people to watch the veterans, laden with
wreaths and flowers, to place on the graves
of their departed comrades. The parade,
with Captain l.. B. Cousins as chief mar
shall, formed promptly on time on Willow
avenue opposite Bayliss park, as follows:
Platoon of Police in Command Of Captain
Mounted Aides, Surgeon d. Macrae,
Lieutenant Judson, Lieutenant An
derson, Lieutenant Van Brunt OF
High School Cadets George.
Dodge Light Guards.
Smiths Uniformed Band.
Dodge Light Guards, in Command of Cap
u,.n soroo, ct tain M "a Ggnmard Of Cam
Members of john n" L. Moore Camp. Iowa
Society Of the Philippines, In
McFadden's Drum Corps.
Veterans OF the Grand Army of the Re-
public. Ninety-eight Strong.
Hazel Camp, Modern Woodmen of America,
with Drill Team In Handsome
Scarlet Uniforms.
Uniform Rank, knights of Pythias, in
Command of Colonel Schoening.
President OF the Day E, L shugart and
Disabled vetrans in Carriages.
Woman's Relief Corps in Carriages.
Chief Fi RemSle T5aS snd Fl ea Depaftmen.
Mayor and City Council in Carriages.
! Citizens in Carriages.
Shorten Line of March.
Out Of regard to the old soldiers the line
Of march this year was shortened, the pa
! rade moving north on Main street to Wash
ington avenue, thence to Oakland avenue
I and thence to the cemetery.
/ The exercises were held on a beautiful
slope In the cemetery about half way be-
tween the junction of the two roads and the
eoldiers' burying ground. Here a platform
had been built, which was draped and cano-
pied with the national colors.
Following a selection by the band DR.. d.
c. Franklin, presiding elder OF the Metho-
dist church, delivered the opening prayer.
This was followed by a selection by a quar-
tt consisting of Mrs. l.. p. Hypes, Miss
May Van Brunt. c.. B. Aitchison and DR..
Claude Lewis. Rev. @. w. Crofts of Bea-
trice, Neb.. a former pastor of the Congre-
g~ational church of Council Bluffs. then re-
cited ar original poem which he had writ
ten for the occasion. Following another
selection by the quartet the grafton Of the
day was delivered by Hon. w. Scott Lewis
Of Glenwood. Judge Lewis said in part;
Judge Lewis Address.
The immortal Lincoln. while standing
upon one of the great battlefelds of the
late civil war, said: The world will little
but it can never forget what they did
here" Those were the words of the COM
mander-in-chief Of the greatest and most
powerful army that was ever organized
among men.
mST ntti naGn,s and proper tn it Il is for the The
curing year, when all nature is at its
best, to assemble together to do honor to
kind and loving hands strew their graves
once more recall fbiriefy som Of the stir;
t~hroughout this country from 1861 to 1866,
After a while you saw the enemy com,
surrender took place at Appomattox. You
nave seen and heard an appeal answered
by the loyal and patriotic people Of this
call came on the part of the lamented
president in the year 1898 for 100000 OF the
young men of this nation to carry the flag
OF this country into a, foreign land, you
saw 200, 600 offered, each anxious and will.
Ing to go and determined to follow the old
flag. in order that those poor suffering and
starving people might be released from the
Yau IIppSyae s sney I've we're un y ny suMer15g,
wore the blue standing side by side with
the son Of the boy who wore the gray, each
vying with the other that the flag, and
what II represents shall be maintained and
upheld at whatever cost.
The people of this country are now
uonal strife and sectional feeling has dis
you stood for and for which so many OF
your comrades died for will continually
countrymen.
Let us cover the graves Of these faller
heroes over with beautiful flowers. Let US
ever keep fresh in our memories the prin.
/ ciples for which they fought and which
' they so successfully maintained.
, At the close of Judge Lewis grafton tn,
4 procession marched to the unknown
grave" near Soldiers circle and In thu
shadow Of the recently unveiled Kinsmal
monument, where after the invocation haC
, been asked by Rev. George Edward Walk
rector OF st. Paul's Episcopal church, Rev
q Charles ]. Boardman of Red Oak, delivered
the grafton, on The Unknown Dead"
After the vast audience had Joined II
\ singing America" and Rev. Walk hat
4 pronounced the benediction the exercises
4 were closed by the drum corps sounding
: taps" and the procession marched bacl
> TO Grand Army hall where 1t disbanded.
In the morning members Of the Unlol
. Veteran Legion decorated the graves o
A their departed comrades In Walnut Hi
v and st. Joseph cemeteries. The Unioi
: Veteran legion this year omitted the usua
. exercises at Walnut Hill cemetery an
. Joined with the Grand Army OF the Republi
In its parade and exercises.