The daily sentinel., 1906-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES:
SOLDIER DEAD HONORED
1rea' Parade OF Veterans Civic Societies and Citizens Splendid
Memorial Services Park Opera House Senator DeLcnss
Address Mastery Tribute 10 the Men Of g.
BUSINESS is GENERALLY SUSPENDED
General Mark of Respect by the Closing All Places Of Bust
ness The Resting Place OF Soldier Dead Reverenty and
Respectfully Remembered by Servivors of the War

Another year has rolled around
and the graves OF the soldier dead are
again particlarly remembered by
their comrades and the citizens OF
a grateful republic
Memorial day dawned bright and
beautiful in this city and it has been
a day which has been generally OBJ
served by the citizens.
The event of the day, the Memoir
ial day parade took place at ten o.
clock promptly. 1t was one of the
largest parades in the history of the
local Memorial days, there being a
general desire upon the part of the
civic societies, citizens and the public
generally to participate in the event
The parade formed on Sixth street,
right resting on White street
and moved over the following route
Sixth to White, to Third, to Main
thence to Sixth, to Ute and to the
Park opera house, where the parade
was disbanded.
The parade was in the following
formation;
Chief Marshal
Charles w. Rumble.
Aides
Commodore W. S. Phillips. c. C.
Knowles.
City Omcials-
Mayor Bunting, Aldermen Davies,
McCulloch, Norris and Smith, in
carriages.
G. A. X. Drum Corps
vosburg. Shot. Bacon and Falls
drummers. Dowden and Lutes,
flies.
Grand Army Memebers, 10 strong.
Odd Fellows. SO.
Knights of Pythias, 20.
Indians, three companies ll9.
School children. W. A. Marsh in COM
mand
Girls, 104.
Boys, 60
Salvation army, 4.
Book Cliff Camp w. of W.. AS.
Indian School Officers in carriages.
Indian School girls.
Woman's Relief Corps. s carriages.
Citizens, IL carriages.
Fire Department.
Chief Rogers in Command.
Fire Wagon and paid department.
The opera house was filled to over
flowing soon after the parade and
many we're unable to ge in at all and
waited outside for the meeting TO ad-
iourn to attend the exercises OF dec
Grating the graves at the cemetery
Adjutant Dowden opened the meet
ing by reading the Memorial day Or
ders. which was followed by snort
address by Post Commander. John X
Falls. Comrade Brooks led in pray
or and was followed by f. j. Nosburg
who recited Linooln's address at Get
tysburg. Miss Nellie Green render
ed n fitting selection in very charm
ing manner and Senator belong was
introduced and delivered the ADDRESS
of the day, a beautiful tribute TO the
memory of those who died on the pat
tlefields long ago.
Senator belong commenced by eN-
planning the origin of the date Sc
iected for Memorial day, it being the
day of the year upon which the l 5.s
soldier of the Union army was us
charged. Early in his address NJ
took up the history OF the COUNT!
for the purpose of finding the lunua,
mental causes for there ever belns
Memorial day. He gave the ms,
of the growth of civil liberty anu "
parallel that he related the s,oiy
of the first importation OF slaves
later showing how these causes ~,
Grated to finally cause WHAT was
known as the great civil war .ro
In speaking of the progress OF the
war bic story of the siege Of Victs'
burg Sn,, 'l was especially interesting for
as as' he 4 said. he had had the good , for,
tMna 20 visit the battlefelds not long
a .an9 and had gone over the whole ter
49, 'rN with an old Confederate sol
d der for a guide. He related the story
of the $50 volunteers who st9 ,r.l,,l
the earthworl1s on the last cha l,.5.,
and getting ahead Of the nam I l'lioIS
we're cut off from them LOT a N~ NO,
dav He said that after the Va
uIcdoIs were awarded to all OF thal
nartv who survived and that ther'
We Nc one soldier then in the audience
holding one of the medals. III,
He closed by appealing TO- s .n'
young men to live worthy OF lne %.
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