The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-31
Stirring and Patriotic Address
Delivered by the Rev. Peter
A. Simpkin.
SCHOOL CHILDREN RENDER
SONGS THAT TOUCH HEART
Col. George B. Squires Presides; !;
Address of Civil War
Army Nurse.

The Orpheum theater rang with ap-
plause Thursday morning when Par
son Peter a. Simpkin told of the stir
ring deeds of the heroes Of the wars
of the past and assured the veterans
that those 10 follow them would ever
labor 10 keep their memory green and
uphold the high ideals for which they
had striven.
Another feature of the meeting was
The greeting given Mrs. Mary +. Lacey,
one of the heroic band OF women who
followed the armies of the North
throughout the struggle and ministered
TO the afflicted. The theater was
filed, the veterans occupying the first
ten rows in front. On the stage was
the general committee of the Grand
Army, the past department command
'ers and past presidents of the ladies
corps. Colonel George p. Squires in his
jDimitable way acted as master Of
In opening the service Colonel
Squires said that when called upon to
perform the sacred duty Of the day
and during the parade they could not
but recall the parades Of long, long
years ago, He had noticed that many
of his fellows We're growing old, gray
and bald. "They don T, :" ne said,
march as proudly or bear themselves
as they once did. We are growing old,
comrades. Soon we will answer our
last roll call and 90 over the river
to join the grand majority of our army
on the other shore. A few more years
are left perhaps. Let us devote these
years to teaching those who will come
after us high ideals of patriotism. It
should be our pleasing duty to en-
deavor 10 inspire in every loyal heart
3 respect for the Grand Army of the
Republic, TO the men VINO wore the
blue when il meant something TO wear
1t. We are near the end of our march.
in n little tune taps will sound for
us and we will pass over to where we
heights beyond. -
So live that when thy summons comes to
The lnn6merable caravan which moves
To that mysterious realm where each
shall take
Thou go not like the quarry slave al
night,
scourgsd to his dungeon. but sustained
BY an unfalterng, trust. approach thy
grave,
Like one that wraps the drapery of his
couch
About him and lies down to pleasant
dreams
After an invocation by y. n. Corser.
The department chaplain. Horace s En-
sign sang 'The Brave Sentinel, - and
was followed by chorus Of sixty voices
from the Bryant school, who sang
"Just Before the Battle, Mother and
followed this with the "Star Spsngled
Banner
Colonel Squires then introduced Mrs.
Mary E. Lacey and in so doing re-
minded the veterans of what was due
to the angels of mercy, the women who
had administered to the sick and wound
ed in the hospitals during the war OF
these was Mrs. Lacey, who had seen
service throughout the war. He asked
that she be given a royal welcome. The
the roof of the building.
Mrs. Lacey was one Of the first to
Join the nursing corps during the war,
She is a native of Massachusetts,, but
for the past year has made Salt Lake
her home, and is member of the
James B, McKean Relief corps here.
She spoke feelingly Of the spirit shown
the memory Of their comrades. It
seemed to her, she said, that she could
see the comrades gone before looking
on. II pleased her to see the veterans
of the Spanish war and she hoped they
would be as good and true men as
their seniors of the Grand Army. The
veterans were met to place flowers on
the graves of their comrades it was
really Memorial day and not Decora-
tion day, and il should be so termed.
She alluded to the heroes of the Army
Of the Potomac and others whom she
bad come in contact with These she
could never forget. ''I was with you
boys she said, "I must still call
You boys. for L remember you when
you looked like the youngsters in the
parade today. You may not like to be
called old, but we are all nearing the
end. Ny heart went out to you when
saw you marching along so proudly
today
Mrs. Lacey told the audience that
President Roosevelt had sent every
flower in the White House conserva-
tories to be placed on the graves Of
the heroic dead.