Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-31
SERVICES AT KOUNTzE CHURCH.
Impressive Ceremonies I'm Honor of
the Departed Heroes

Impressive Ceremonies I'm Honor of
the Departed Heroes.
Touching simplicity marked the memorial
services for the soldier dead at Kountze
church yesterday afternoon. The chill,
driving rain which had prevented the i'm
posing procession and the open-air exer-
clses at Hanscom park failed to deter the
veterans and their wives, with many from
the present military organizations, from
attending.
The old guard was silent save when feel.
ings were deeply wrought upon by tender
references to the flag. Then were bursts
OF applause so hearty and so spontaneous
that those of the younger generations who
observed wondered II they really knew
what devotion n patriotism mean. In
the pews the whitened heads and blu
coats dignined the assembly, venerable
symbols OF faith and courage that perse-
vered.
The dfmmed eyes looked upon a table
upon which rested a cross of immortelles,
and a few vases and wreaths of flowers.
To the left and the right of the pulpit
rostrum and behind Il was the flag, and
at each side were the post insignias, with
gold letters on fields OF blua- The arrange-
ments had been made with little a~rtiice,
but the very absence OF elaboration helped
to raise a choking emotion in the veterans
as lhey sat with bowed heads and clasped
hands and listened to the singing and the
spo:en words.
The familiar lines of the Vacant Chair"
as intoned by a quartet of young men,
caused a furtive tear here and there, and
II seemed a very solemn period while Rev.
d. X. Tindall made prayer. The quartet
sans the memorial hymn. Comrade r. Nj.
Stone acclaimed the immortal words by
President Lincoln on the battlefield at Get
tysburg, and his voice seemed a large
sound In the pail of silence.
In a voice that quavered suspiciously at
times Comrade T. A. Creigh, president OF
veterans who died since the preceding
Memorial day. There were twenty-one OF
them enrolled upon the roster:
George A. Custer Post No. 7-Comrade
William Rawitser, private, Company A,
Forty-hrst Wisconsin,, volunteer infantry,
win H. Frederick, lieutenant colonel, Ninth
Missouri Infantry Robert Major, hrst lieu
hrst lieutenant. First Iowa cavalry; VIII
liam H.. Gardner, first lieutenant. Thirtieth
Mass &c sseons iMIfi sbiFS6 iR Mal \ Lewis
Eugene o'Neil, private, Company G, Fourth
Sohn H. Barnes, musician. Eighteenth
United States infantry; d. L. Carpenter,
private. Sixth Wisconsin battery; Milo II.
Southworth, private, Company /. Fiftieth
Wisconsin infantry Anderson Bell, pri.
waite, Company b, Fitty-seventh United
States cavalry; Mead Hall, private, Com
airy: John Bohn. private, Company A.
Eighteenth Illinois Infantry; Guy c. Bon
ner, private, Company II. Seventh cavalry.
Not Members OF Any Post-comrades
Thomas J.. Scott. private. Company d.
Eighty-hrst Ohio infantry; John Barry,
private, Company X. Second Rhode Island
Infantry; William Sebring, private, Com
pany X, Eleventh Illinois cavalry Joseph
Froman, private, Company c., One Hundred
b. Chambers, private, Company X, Fifty
fourth Indiana infantryi Michael G. Ktng.
private, Company !, First Vermon cav
airy.
The address was delivered by Rev. T. ].