Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY IN WATERBURY.
DeIe9atiOn of q. AR. Men Visit Cemeteries ercises at the MOnument---AddreSS
 of Rev. Mr.. zeiter.

| 1u1S IS dAu III 0O~SOAA Rnce with the custom ill vogue for many years, the sorrow1ng memoefS of Wadhams post, G. A. R., assisted py :. Wadhams Relief corps and the Sons ol f Veterans, held appropriate service ill honor of the dead soldiers and sailors who figured in the great con- Aict of the civil war. Early in the morning committees visited the differ ent cemeteries and placed garlands on the graves of their dead companions. The number of veterans inferred in the several local cemeteries are as follows: Riverside, 176; St Joseph's, 1O2; Pine I Grove, 13 Waterville, 8; Bucks Hill, '; New St Joseph's, '; Calvary, 6; East Farms, 5; Crockett, 3; Melchisedeck, |; total, BPS.
 At II o'clock members of the post and Sons of Veterans marched to the Soldiers monument, headed by drum corps, where the following program was rendered:
 Al Introduction, camp captain; prayer, camp chaplain; song, Glee club; ''Lin- coln's Address at Gettysburg" the 4 Rev F. J. Bruno; address, Unknown 4 Dead" the Rev J. B. Zeiter; song, < Glee club; dirge, Drum corps; salute, detail from c. N. G.; benedtction, the Rev F. J. Bruno. 4 The Rev John E. Zeiter pastor of ! the Chapel Street M. D. church, was the orator of the day. He said in part:
 This is good opportunity for pa triotic meditation. Gather about Us, our representatives of that immortal band who went out and fought val & 1u T1cto hi io1a q scope of purpose is hardly surprised # by any other in the annals of civtliZa- k ton. The men of '61 heard God s voice in Lncoln's call for troops and { when they placed their names upon the H enlistment papers they enrolled them selves n divine cause and became I the agents of the Almighty for the es- z tablish1nent /: justice and equi y in the land. Spnrred c.I by love of e1ln l try and love of hu,Ganity, the horrors # of the confiia. 5c.t noe welcome cle. ments; to them the screaming of shot and shell was as sweet melody to the musician; the roar and laundering of cannon soothed their impetuous spir- \ its; the smell of powder became a de- dghtful fragrance and the cloud of the battlefield became as the glory and  they were men of bloodthirstiness or Y lovers of carnage was this so, but that they felt that this change of nature and atmosphere was necessary so that < the divine order for mankind mightbe # made effective and the glory and the 4 honor of the nation might be sustain ed.
 'sThese men sacrificed and we enjoy T 1ol indeed, is the idea that most of us have of warfare. To us war is chiefly an item of the newspapers or record of history.
 'sWe see war as it is penned in ink. These men saw it as it was painted in blood. You and I who stand on the sidewalk and applaud these veterans as they march along and cheer the tat tered flags that they carry, see but the peaceful part of their lives.
 But how different if we could have
 seen them when the din and smoke of
 battle prevailed, rushing up Missionary
 Ridge or hurling themselves against the enemy at Antietam creek, or sail ing along under the galling fire from the guns in Mobile bay.
 ''If the people of this land could get away down in the depths of their hearts a true conception of what these men suffered, sacrificed, underwent and aceompMshed-for they did accom- plish that. which they undertook there would obtain and would be a
 great change of sentiment toward them and a mighty rush to give them not only the praise and honor which is their due, but the recompense which they have so richly earned as well. The
 soldiers and sailors of '61 to '65 are the heroes of our nation, and every
 where and in everything they should be accorded first place and first con. sideration.
 q tell you what 1t is, we cannot sing q the praises of the saviors of our coun
 try too highly, we cannot overpay
 them. The whole danger is on the
 other side. On Memorial day secure
 the greatest orators you can get, hire
 all the bands you can pay for. gather
 all the flowers you can we'll dispose of
 and pay a grateful tribute of memory
 to the dead as you decorate thei
 graves, not forgetting those who sleeI
 in unmarked places or whose bodies
 rest beneath the surfdce of the waters
 and pay a grateful tribute of respec
 to the living by your appreciation
 cheers and enthusiasm.
 'sA memorial presupposes a threefold
 attitude" It views the past with re
 spect, it greets the present with devo
 tion. it invites the future with conse
 eration Memorial day takes a retro
 spective glance at the deeds of nationa
 heroes; 1t inspires Is to hold up theil
 standards in the present; it invigoratet
 R1s for an application of their princi
 bles in the future.
 'aThese noble men whom we revere
 ave impressed upon Us by their lives
 essons of no small moment. Let u'
 onsider a few of these hurriedly
 first. they have taught us the proprie
 V of resorting to extreme measures
 pr the establishment of truth and jus
 Ae. General Sherman said War i.
 l' and take it that no one knew
 bter the truth of that statement thai
 author. There is much about war
 re that is hellish but 1t Is equall! fao