Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-06-02


commissioned officers, or in the ranks
Wherever and whenever duty called
thenr Just so it must be for us in
eiNi life, We can make and keep this
country worthy OF the men who gave
ihelr lives TO save il. only on condi-
ion that the average man amonr us
on the whole does his duty braycly.
loyalty. and with common sense. In
whatever position life allots to him.
Exactly as in time of war, courage Is
the cardinal virtue of the soldier: so
In time of peace honesty. using the
word in Its deepest and broadest sig.
nlhcance, is the essential basis OF
virtue. without which all else avalls
nothing.
National greatness is of slow
growth. 1t can not be forced and yet
be stable and enduring, for 1t Is bas-
ed fundamentally upon national char
aeter. and national character is stamp
ed deep In people by the lives Of
many generations, The men who
went into the army had to submit to
discipline, had to submit to restraint
through the government of the lead
crs they had chosen. as the price of
winning. So we. the people. can pre-
serve our liberty and our greatness
in time of peace only by ourselves
eNetcising the virtues of honesty, of
self-restraint, and OF fair dealing be-
tween man and man In all the ages
Of the past men have seen countries
lose their liberty, because their peo-
pie could not restrain and order them.
selves. and therefore forfeited the
right to what they were unable to use
with wisdom
II was because you men of the civil
war both knew how to use liberty TEN.
pcrately and how to defend II at need
that We aud our children and our
children's children shall hold you In
honor forever. Here. on Memorial
day. on this great battlefield. we com.
memorate not only the chiefs who ac-
tually won this battle: not only
Meade. and his lieutenants, Hancock
and Reynolds and Howard and Sickles.
and the many others whose names
flame in our annals. but also the
chiefs who had ma,le the army of the
afterwards led II in the campaigns
which We're crowned at Appomattox.
and furthermore those who made and
used its sister armies: Mcclellan.
with his extraordinary genius for or
ganizatlOn, Rosecrans Buell.. Thorn
as. the unyielding. the steadfast; and
that great trio, Sherman. Sheridan
and last and greatest Of all. Grant
himself the silent soldier whose ham
mer-ike blows finally beat down even
the prowcss OF the men who fought
ganst him. Above all we meet
here 20 pay homage 70 the officers and
enlisted men who served and fought
and died, without having. as their
chiefs had, the chance to write their
names on the tablets of fame: TO the
men who marched and fought In the
ranks, who were buried In long
trenches on the field of battle. who
died In cots marked only By numbers
in the hospitals; who. If they lived
when the war was over. went back
each to his task on the farm or In
the town, to do his duty In peace as
he had done il in war. TO take up the
threads OF his working life where he
had dropped them when the trumpets
OF the nation pealed to arms. Today.
all over this land our people meet to
pay reyerent homage to the dead who
died that the nation might live; and
we pay homage also to their com.
rades who are still with US.
All are at one now, the sons of
those who wore the blue and the sons
Of those who wore the gray, and all
can unite in paying respect to the
memory Of those who fell. each Of
them giving his life for his duty as
he saw 1t; and all should be at one
in learning from the deaths Of these
men how to live usefully while the
times call for the performance OF the
countless necessary duties of every
day lie, and how to hold ourselves
ready to die nobly should the nation
ever again demand of her sons the
ultimate proof OF loyalty.
CANTON, o., May 30.--All business
was suspended here today, and the
populace Joined in commemorative
Decoration day ceremonies at the
tomb of President Mckinley. The ex-
erclseB Of the day were held under
the auspices of the Grand Army Of
the Republic From the many choice
flowers that arrived from Washing
ton. Cleveland. Chicago and other
cities. Mrs. KcKinley selected sever
al large clusters to be placed at the
tomb OF the late president.
CINCINNATI. May 30.-Cincinnati
observed Memorial day by general
suspension Of business. by a large
parade of Grand Army and Spanish
war veterans, children OF the public
schools, city and county officials and
various civic and patriotic organiza-
lions Mayor Fleischman delivered
the principal memorial address at
Spring Grove cemetery.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, May 30.-The
most impressive Memorial day cere'
monies ever carried out In this city
were those leading up to and includ-
ing the dedication of a handsome SOL
dlers' monument In Floyd cemetery
today. The dedication ceremonies.
which were preceded by parade OF
veterans ana others. Included ad-