The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-01
HONOR tine DEAD.
Decoration Day Flttlnalv Observed In
Ped Cloud.

Ec0 Ol0uOs
The ranks of the veterans of the late
civil war are being rapidly thinned,
and we who have profited by their
valor and bravery in fighting for the
preservation Of the Union can not do
TOO much to show our appreciation
and respect for the comrades who still
Survive. That the citizens of the
osornty reverence the memory of the
heroes who fought for the Union was
shown by the large audience which
completely filled the NJ. +. church
East Sunday morning to listen to the
memorial address.
The members Of the G.. A. r. and
Relief Corps met at their hall Sunday
gEorning and marched to the church.
Among those in the parade, marching
rsids by side with the veterans of '6l-
T65, were three veterans Of the Span
Esh-American war-Clarence Reed, A.
~. Keeney and II. IL. Morgan. A
familiar and commanding figure
among the veterans of the civil war,
uNbO has not been seen in a G.. A. II.
parade in Red Cloud for many years.
was that of A. N. Patmor of Santa
Ana, Calf, who recently came here
an n visit. 1t looked like old times to
sec Mr.. Patmor in line.
At the church the members of the
r~,st and corps tOok seats which had
been reserved for them. Elder G. +.
Davis, pastor of the Christian church,
delivered the Memorial sermon, which
SNsns listened to with the closest atten-
zion People who have been accustom-
ed TO attend memorial services in Red
Cloud year after year say that Mr..
been heard here.
DECORATION A SERVICES.
Wednesday was an ideal day, and an
immense crowd of people gathered in
she city and accompanied the veterans
BB the cemetery, where the usual
ceremonies of decorating the graves of
the deceased comrades and reading the
service for the unknown dead were
gone through with. Following the
service at the cemetery IA large per-
<rentage of the crowd repaired to the
aahernacle which has been erected just
north of the Baptist church.
Hon j. s. Gillian. who has address
sed many a Decoration day audience,
wSs chosen by the members of the G,
n Z. to act as their spokesman, and
opened the meeting with a few ap'
propriate remarks.
Rev. G. ii. Rice, pastor of the Con
xregational church, delivered the in
vocation. This was followed by 6
flag drill by the pupils of the kinder
garten under the direction of Miss
Winnie Sherman. and the little tots
received hearty applause for the splen
did manner in which they carried ou'
their part of the program. Then cam,
a song by IA quartet composed o,
Aessrs- Getting and Sellars, Mrs. +. :
CARRIER and Miss lgou, following which
Mrs Omer Doing sang an appropriate,
solo
Esxul =. Dietrick, principal of tn,
Red Cloud Business College, was thei
introduced as the orator of the day
Mr.. Dietrick's address was consider
able different from the customar,
Decoration day Grafton, and, while h
paid high tribute to the veterans o
both the civil and Spanish-America,
WAYS, and the causes in which the
fought, he laid particular stress upo
abe fact that the people of today wer
enduring slavery in far worse form
than hat from which the colored rae
was freed by Lincoln's proclamation
Gc told of the industrial slavery whic
s.nsiaves children in the factories, a
well as whole families in the swea'
sGh0ps of the great cities, and of tn