Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-06-01
HONOR OUR
HEROIC DEAD.
rIemorial Day Exercises Held on
Monday-Address by Judge
Emil BaenSCh.

were held Monlay, In memory of the
fallen heroes who gave up their lives
in defense Of their county. The men,
orial observance began Sunday even
isg at the Nj. E. church when the
members of the G. A. r. and 5. Y. at
tended services and listened to an ad-
dress by Rev. A. NJ Bullock. Impress
sive tributes were also paid the &C.
parted heroes in other churches Sum
dav. The real observance of the day
began at s o'clock Monday morning
when details from 0. d. Pease Post
No. 81. @. A. r. decorated the graves
Of the sleeping heroes in the various
cemeteries
Shortly after 1 o'clock members of
the g. A r. and S. V. assembled at the
G. A. R. hall and at 1870 the line OF
march to Oak Hill cemetery was taken
up in the following order:
Tivoli Island Band
J. Weber Camp No. 7, S. V.
o. D. Pease Post No. 94, 6. A. r.
Carriage with Speaker
Woman's Relief Corps
Soldiers Ambulance
Citizens in Carriages
In the carriage with the speaker
were Commander of the Post John
Habhegger, Major George P. Traeumer
and Mayor H. Wertheimer
Upon the arrival at the cemetery SER
vices were held at the grave Of Comrade
Adolph Muster according to the ritual
of the post. After Taps were sounded
a salute was fred by the firing squad
of the Sons of Veterans and the return
march to Turner Opera house was
taken up. Following was the program
carried out:
Music by the band
Prayer by Rev. A. NJ. Bullock.
Selection by the Glee club
Grafton by Hon. Emil Baensch
Song America" by audience
The parade reached Turner Opera
house at 3:2O o'clock The stage was
occupied by members of the g. A B.,
Mayor Wertheimer and the speaker
Prayer was offered by Rev. A. M. Bull
lock Of the Methodist church. The
speaker was introduced by Post Com
mander John Habhegger. Judge Emil
Baensch began his address at 3:4O and
delivered a very fitting and appropriate
discourse on the day and what it stood
for. The hall was comfortably filled
and the speaker was listened to with
rapt attention throughout his address.
Following is a list Of the soldiers
buried IN the local cemeteries whose
graves were decorated Memorial Day:
Oak Hill-O. d. Pease, Theodore Ra-
eek, Adolf Schulermann, G. Newman,
Ernst Off, S. Hill, Caspar Schilling,
James Pierce. Gottlieb Baumann, John
Wessert, Joseph Bendall, William D.
Weber, Henry Allermann, Leo Kabet,
S. E. Greene, Ernst Schnasse. Riemer
Fuchs, John Bailey, G. Marshal, John
Meier. August Herold David Mont
gomery, Charles Hoeffner, Henry Zeid-
Ter, Fred Zeidler, Lyman Gibbs, Aug
ust Schmidt, William Brown, Porter
Gibbs, August Erdman, Fred Schmutz-
Ter, Robert Forkenbridge, George For
lkenbridge, Herman Neither, Thomas
Christen, Ed Schuermann, John Kali,
Jacob Steinmann, Andrew Loehr, c.
Wegener, julius Keyes, John Evans,
Fred All, Henry Mueller, Henry Krue
ger, William Fischer, L. Jaehrling, W.
Schmidt, NJ. Krebs, Julius Marquardt,
L. Lamp, H. Angelroth, n. Humphrey,
Walter Weaver, A. Gritzner, g. Span
genberg, Julius Bartlett, E. hasten,
Charles Piper, w. C. Spalding, Adolf
Muster, Henry c. McFarlane, Samuel
Vaux
St. Bernard d's-Andrew Masterson.
Valentine Sweeney, Hugh Kennedy,
Martin Malloy, James CurIey, Sam
Goodbeau, John O'Brien, Hugh McMa-
hon, Sam Ringwood, John Shean, Pill
aus Donavan, Patrick O'Connell, B.
Reynolds, Michael Boyne, John Wough,
Thimothy Discoll, Pat Mcmahon, M
O'Neil. Michael Gegenheimer, Louis
Urtubese, Thomas Mcmahon, Edward
Deagen, G. Matthews, c. Mccarthy,
William O'Brien, j. Shields, c. Seifert
George Rinehart, Charles Wollensack,
Hugh Murphy.
st. Henry's Zoelle, Joe Nett
ner. Thomas Held, Joseph Brehm,
Peter Engelhart. Charles Gritzner.
Lutheran cemetery--Edward John
son, w. A. Stendors, Remi Bassinger,
Theodore Seipert, Theodore Henke, Joe
Gamm, Gabriel Rimested, L, Steimke,
Julius Kuehl.
Emmanuel cemetery-Albert Schmiel,
Moravian-George Stempel.
Grand Army tncampment.