Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-01
MEMORIAL DAY.
Tribute of WaterviIle Citizens
Over Soldier Dead.
Decorations Of Graves and Other Hon.
ors from Loving Hands.
Able Memorial Day Address by Herbert
c. Libby.

NatcrVliic, May I.-tSpcCiaD.-M
d&y. Memorial day, was quietly OBJ
served in Waterville with the usual
exercises at the cemeteries under the
direction of the G.. y. Il. and the eX-
crcises and memorial address in City
hall in the evening.
In the forenoon w. $. Heath Post,
G. a. r., accompanied by Il squad
from Company II. AMI Halls military
band went over to the cemetery in
WinsloW and decorated the graves Of
the veterans there. In the afternoon
there was q big turnout for the parade
tn Pine Grove cemetery. The line
formed on Main street with the right
resting on Silver and proceeded to the
cemetery in the following order:
Marshal. II. c. Proctor.
Aides; Harry /; Bate and Trumpetcr
ing the Spanish War Veterans.
Platoon of Police.
Patrolmcn Field. Monroe, Prou'X. Taylor.
Company II, md Regiment Infantry. n.
g.. $. NJ, Capt, I; II; BnsSG.
Assistant Marshal. j. Il. Pollard.
Halls Military Band r. Il. Hall. Leader.
W. $. Heath Post, G.. A. K.
Garfield Camp. Sons Of Veterans.
Rayard Company. Uniform Rank.
knights of Pythias.
WaterviIlc Lodge. l'niform Rank.
A: Q. L. w.
Canton Halifax. |. q. o. +.
Veterans in carriages.
Clcrgymcn III carriages.
W. S. Heath Post nman's Relief
Corps, in carriages.
Flower teams.
!. Spanish War Veterans.
Fircmcn.
Schcu! boys.
Members of city government i'll carriages.
There were nearly 400 men i'll the line
and the parade WAS ono of the best
ever held i'll the city. At the cemetery
prayer was offered by Roy. A. G.. Pet
tineiH ana squads were scnt out to
decorate the graves, after which the
line reformed and marched to Monu-
mont Parl. where the customary cXcr-
ciscs of the Grand Army We're held,
and Il salute WAS fired by Company
II. At the conclusion of the exercises
the line reformed and marched to the
g. A. r. hall on Main street and was
dismissed.
TIE city OpcrG house was crowded
i'm the evening whom the Grafton Of
The day was delivered hy Herbert G..
Libby Tho exercises of the evening
were presided over by +. y. Lunt. and
ROY. T.. l.. Marsh offered prayer. A
chorus of s,Ernl children under the di-
rcrtiun nf Miss Lillian Ferry sang Il
50 lection and I9r. T.. l.. Jones was in
t.otu,.,'d and spoke in behalf of Mayor
Davi.- who WIS absent from the city.
Tho ritual Of tn" q. y. T.. was read nv
c. II. Nelson. commander Of w. 5.
Heath ruat. ana !nroln'S address ut
GcttSyhurc TaS rcctcd Ivy !'urt +.
Jones of colby COLLEGE i'll an able mani
mr..
Herbert g. Libby the orator Of the
day WIS then introduced and was
greeted 10y round of applause Mr..
Libby ia Il very young man, being Il
m"mbcr If the present graduating,
class at Narvard College. but his work.
Monday evening, stamps him as one
of the host orators in the state and a
bright futur" is in StO"c for him. Mr..
Libby took for his theme The Con-
uucring Nation" ANA spoke in part as
follows:
What .h1,l the foundation, the work
irs Principle and the goal Of the true
cOnu,Icriug nation he? It's foundation
,nnst not lie narrow but broad enough
10 let the other nations rest uron it:
it's principles must not he selfish, but
The cuhn lied principles of morality;
it's Eoll must not b" low horizon
line Of righteousness. hut that Of the
ncncc-makcr, and it should cndoW the
human race with the highest spirit of
civilization.
TO strike the Keynote the question
is asked: What has made the Amcri-
can Republic the best likeness of the
ideal ConquCrinC ration? The question
is answered by saying that it is be-
cauSr of tn" stcHdfastness Of its poo
pic 70 the principles of human rights
ana the sacrifice undergone to main
tain them.
We turn to history. Three centuries
back. in the Pilgrim settler. We find the
great fundamental characteristics Of
the American citizen. On the sloning
shores Of Plymouth they established
the birthplace Of religious liberty. They
had a zealousncss for truth and 4
hatred for all that was false that had
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