The Republican journal., 1903-06-04

| Belfast Band-25 men-F. j. RlSDy, leader,
W. II. Sanborn, drum major.
Belfast Company, U. r. X. of P.,-21 men.
+. j. Stephenson, Captain.
A. E. Clark Camp, S. of V.,-12 men.
w. s. Packard, Captain.
T. H. Marshall Post, G. A. r., 40 men.
Adjutant NJ. C. Dilworth in command.
Disabled veterans in carriageS-26 men.
| Commander and Chaplain of the Post and
local clergymen in carriage
! I 1homas II. Marshall Relief Corps and A E.
| Clark Camp, L. A. S., in buck boards
| Mayor Elmer Small and city officials in
carriages
Citizens in carriages
| The line of march was not so long as for
merly, as the advancing age of the veterans
makes marching tiresome. The procession
moved up Church street to junction of High
down High to Pearl up Pearl to Congress
over Congress to Main up Main to the sec
ond gate Of Grove Cemetery, and thence to
the Grand Army lot,
| A neat monument had been erected on the
lot for the occasion. 1t was entwined with
evergreen and with ribbons in the national
colors and was inscribed 'To the Unknown
Dead" The flag on the staff was at half
mast, and each soldiers grave in the ceme-
| terry bore small flag and a wreath. The
graves of veterans in all the other city ceme-
teries were similarly marked, and the graves
of members of the Relief Corps were deco
rated with the badge of the order and flow
erS.
| The procession formed in hollow square
about the Grand Army lot and the decora-
tion service was performed by the officers
of the Post, with dirge and patriotic airs
by the Band, and prayer by Rev. G. E.
| Edgett.
| After the services the procession reformed
and marched out by way of the western and
! southern avenues to the main gate, thence
down Main street to Church and to the
place of starting, where they disbanded.
TIE EVENING EXERCISES.
| The Belfast Opera House was well filled
| for the memorial exercises i'll the evening.
| The Belfast Band was in attendance, and
the officers of the Post and members of the
local clergy were seated on the stage.
| The exercises opened with d medley of
war songs by the Band, followed by the
reading of the general orders by the adju-
tant, NJ c. Dilworth. '''''= '''''-''
Miss Helen E. Dilworth sang "True to
the Flag accompanied by Miss Florence
| Clough on the piano.
Commander A. E. Clark read the Address
of Welcome.
| Adjutant Dilworth announced the two
names that have been added to the roll of
honor since last Memorial Day: Judson P.
Jewett and Alonzo Twombly.
| A. o. Stoddard, chaplain of the Post,
offered prayer.
Mrs. E. p. Frost sang Heroes in the City
of the Dead, arranged by Joseph W. Wheel
er. She was accompanied by Miss Mary E..
Faunce.
| The exercises by two classes of girls un-
der the direction of Miss Lillian Spinney
were pretty and appropriate The first was
"Song for Memorial Day." by IL young
misses, and the second flag exercise and
song by class of II.
Hon. VIM. P. Thompson was unable to
give the address, as announced on the pro-
gram, on account of the illness of his wife,
and brief addresses were given by Revs. G.
| E. Edgett and A. A. Smith instead.
| Mr.. Edgett opened by referring to the
change in the observance Of Memorial Day.
was instituted, but while some changes
have entered into it's observance the day
can never lose its significance. The chill
dren and grandchildren of the veterans
| will ever tenderly observe the day. The
men of 81 to '65 fought to preserve the
Union for which their fathers died. 1t has
been 30 years since the great con f1ict and its
animOsities are now laid aside. The valOr
of Americans was matched against that of
other Americans. Mr.. Edgett cited num-
ber of engagements in which this valOr was
shown. But we can now say with Grant
"The war was worth all it cost" The
women, who, by their fOrtitude and sacri-
fees encouraged the men at the front, were
entitled to great share of the credit for
the valor of the men at the front. The
men of the Grand Army won distinction on
some of the proudest fields of the worlds
history, but heroism is needed in peace as
we'll as war. They set before the rising
generation an example of devotion to prin-
ciple The safety Of the country lies not
so much in battleships and Notifications as
in true citizenship.
| Mr.. Smith said that while the subject of
the war may appear threadbare, it is a sub
ject that is always new. Words spoken
from the heart are the true eloquence oil
such subject The act of visiting the
cemetery today was tribute of eloquence
| Could a manned veteran hold up the empty
sleeve, yet not be able to speak in connected
sentences, his act would speak more elo-
quently than fowery oratory. The soldiers
of the Rebellion were heroes, but they were
greater-they were patriots. Mr.. Smith
cited the ten great battles of the world and
compared them, as to the number of mer
k illed with an equal number of battles Of
our Civil War Shiloh, Antietam, Char
cellorville, Chickamauga and Gettysburg.
and the campaigns of Mcclellan, Grant and
Sherman were greater than any of the old
world engagements. The percentage Of
men lost to the total number engaged was
far greater than in any ever fought on
European soil. In the history of our coun
try from the beginning to 1861 only 10 gen
erals were killed from 1861 to 1865 the mum
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