The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-06-06
MANITOWOC H0NORS A
NATIONS HEROES.

by the people of the city last thursday
The day was an ideal one for the carry
ing out of the exercises which had beer
planned and it's observance was more
general than ii has been heretofore il
MaDitowoc.
The exercises at the Catholic cemetery
were held in the forenoon, and consisted
of parade which formed at st. Bonl
face church at 8 o'clock and marched tt
the cemetery, where addresses wer'
made by Mayor Groffman, Atty. Harry
Kelley and Rev. G. Strahling, the lattel
speaking in German. The Mayors ad
dress is given below and speaks for it
self The address by Mr.. Kelley wa
one of the best ever heard here on {
similar occasion. Permanent stands
have been erected in this cemetery fol
exercises of this character.
In the afternoon the parade formed al
the court house and marched to Ever
green cemetery. 1t was headed by
several hundred school children, al
carrying flags. The human flag was
the feature Of the parade. 1t consisted
of about 200 school girls dressed in red
white and blue and arranged in rows ST
as to represent the flag. Then came il
the order of mention, the Marine Band
carriages with speakers and city officials
Company H, German veterans, Spanish
war veterans G.. A. r., and citizens
Mayor Grotfman presided at the GENE
terry and in opening the exercises de
livered the following address:
Ladies and Gentlemen
We are gathered here today to perform
dnty of patriotism and of love in do
ing honor to the memories of our deaC
soldiers. Our purpose has all the ten
derness and all the dignity of the funera
rites without their sadness. We do no
meet about newly opened graves to min
gle our tears with the dust in the pres
ence of their silent forms, but with eacl
recurring year, ut the season when ma
tnre has done her utmost to beautify
their resting places with flowers of the
springtime, in accordance with an honor
ed custom of the government for which
they gave some of the best years of theil
lives and which many of them died tt
preserve we take this day to place oul
wreaths upon their tombs. In addition
to this we refresh in our memories theil
deeds of honor and teach the greatnes,
"a then sacrifice to those who come aftel
them.
Even here, beside the silent tents o
those who have gone beyond, and in the
presence of the survivors Of the civil wal
| whom we number among our friends
and neighbors, it is difficult for us of an
other day and new generation. at /
distance of more than forty years from
the close of the struggle to appreciate
the reasons for which it was begun ol
the bitterness with which it was Tough
out But this much we can all realize
we know that it was struggle fol
principle a fight to enforce what mel
believed to be right in the form ant
methods of our government. And WI
know that when the call for aid was
sounded by the government in 1867
thousands upon thousands of brave mel
left their homes aud friends-gave NJ
all that was near and dear to them an(
went forth to fight and to die if need be
on the grassy hillsides, in the swamp.
and by the rivers and in the foul prison.
of the southland, in order that theil
government might be preserved anc
handed down to their children in all it
purity and al its perfection Such high
mindedness of purpose, such sacrifice
without hope of reward is deserving o.
the veneration and the praise not only
of our generation but of all future gene
rations.
1t is not given to all of us in this day
and age to do the work that they did
Governments in these peaceful times art
not called upon to defend their very ex
istence upon the battlefield very often
But Ladies and Gentlemen, each decad,
and each year bring its problems and it.
difficulties to governments as it does tt
men. In an age of progress such as VT
are eliving in, new questions are constant
ly arising which demand in their solu
tion an exercise of the best and highest
thoughts and ideas of each of us. w.
may not be called upon to make the sac
rifices they made, but we still may fgh'
and struggle for better citizenship, {
higher form of manhood and woman
hood with each succeeding year.
No people and no age will be fre,
fromit difficulties. Our national govern
ment now, is struggling with the grea
combinations Of capital whose power
and influence have grown too great ant
been used for ends that could not be jus
titled. Many of our cities have discov
cred that graft has been rampant with
in their limits aud have organized figh
against it. These and other problems
of government and citizenship confron
us, and while no cannon are needed il
the battle with them, brave united eff
fort for the best interests of the Who'll,
people is needed In meeting these ant
the other problems that will arise t,
confront us. let US take lesson from