The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-06-06
HONOR TO
THE DEAD.
The Annual Observance d
Memorial Day Held IN
Morristown.
PARADE, MUSIC AND SPEECHES.

Although showers were prophesied
for Tuesday none came to interfere
with the observance of Memorial Day.
The members of A. T.. A. Torbert Post
assembled in the morning and at ten
o'clock, headed by the Drum Corps,
paraded over a short line of march
Then came the exercises around the
soldiers monument, after which dele
cations visited the various cemeteries
and decorated the graves of the sold
iers. The large wagons belonging to
George e. Voorhees, and Sturgis Bros.
were used as flower wagons, the latter
being used for the twelfth consecutive
year.
At one O'Clock the line of march was
again taken up. the county hall being
the goal. Here the ladies of Hope
League had spread acollation of boun-
teous proportions, full justice to which
was done by the veterans and guests.
The hall was neatly decorated with
flags and after the meal, Commander
Brown introduced Comrade G. f. Ak
tell as the toast master.
There was music by the Drum Corps
and the quartet, consisting of Mrs.
Orndorf, Mrs. Gill and Messrs. Owen
and Sherman, with J. f. Runyon at
the piano. Speeches were made by
Ira Mowery on the Blue and the
Gray, w. L. R. Haven on the " Ne
cessity Of Teaching Patriotism in the
Schools, Rev. George e. Morris,
Patriotism in the Pulpit" DR.. Pier
on Memorial Day." and Rev. W. w.
Hammond on The Last Recruit.
Miss Axtell recited an appropriate Sc
lection and Rev. r. B. Urmy read a
poem composed many years ago. A
letter from Rev. j. NJ. Buckley was al
SO read.
In the evening public exercises were
held in the Lyceum with ex-Judge
Cutler presiding After preliminary
music by the Drum Corps, Rev. William
Russell Bennett offered prayer. Mrs.
Orndorf then sang " Daddy" in good
style, an encore being demanded. DR..
f. w. Owen read the names of the
veterans who had died during the past
year. They were:
George Van Houten, Co. G, 18th n.
J. W; William Fl. Parkhurst, Co. D,
26th N. j. VI; Henry Suydam, First
Lieut.. Lincoln Cavalry, LIST N. Y. Cav;
Israel Purdy, U. S. Navy; John M.
Haines, Co. G, 7th N. J. "; Francis
L. Whitehead, lst N. Y. Cavalry.
He also referred to the death of Mrs.
w. f. Day and Mrs. Sarah f. Welsh,
both members of Hope League. DIR.
Owen also read Lincoln's Gettysburg
address. Miss Mabel f. Stark recited
just Commonplace, and as an en-
core another selection appropriate to
the occasion.
The orator of the occasion was Rev.
George L. Spinning, D. D., of the First
Kansas Cavalry, who delivered stir
ring address on True Patriotism"
DR.. Spinning told of his early life in
the then new country west of the Mis-
souri,, of his enlistment in the.cavalry
regiment, which he termed rough
rider regiment, and some Of the things
he saw before and during his service.
He lauded the virtues of Washington,
Lincoln and other prominent. Ameri-
cans.
He defined patriotism as the love Of
country above all state or sectional
love, and urged that it be preserved by
perpetuating the power that achieved
it. There is no flag he said for which
we would exchange Old Glory and the
national history is written in it. The
real leaders OF the country are among
the dead he declared. He called at
tention to the perils of prosperity, re-
calling the history Of nations which
have decayed through too much pros
perity and urging Republican simplic-
ity and our father, God. Keep fore
most the idea of unity and to the front
the standard ofour forefathers.
DR.. Spinning urged the training Of
the children in patriotism and that
current events be studied by all, and
that young people especially study mu-
nicipal reform, village improvement,
organized charities, the Jail question
and the development of American
sentiment and above all to attend the
primaries and take hand in politics.
The subject of foreign immigration
was especially discussed and the need
Of prevention of the coming of unsatis-
factory citizens and the education of