The daily sentinel., 1907-05-30

II Nrfduu JunEAlOu 10 never AtAlAAao
in her observances of this great day
and in spite of the fact that there
were many obstacles in the way the
observance today has been fitting.
impressive and extensive.
Decoration Day in Grand Junction
! dawned bright and beautiful, all the
clouds that have lowered over the
! city for several days had been smil-
ed away by an agreeable Nature and
the day has been almost ideal.
However, the streets and roads
were in such a bad condition owing
to the mud that it was announced
yesterday that the parade would
have to be called OF.
This morning shortly before ten
O'Clock the old veterans and the
members of the Woman's Relief
Corps gathered at the odd Fellows
Hall and just at ten O'Clock the old
veterans marched on foot to the
Park opera house. There were about
fifty of them in line. marching two
abreast with the drum corps in adj
vance. They made a fine showing.
In the opera house two sections
We're reserved near the front. one for
the veterans and the other for the Re
lief Corps. and when the exercises be-
gan there were at least one hundred
veterans and fifty members of the
Woman's Relief Corps in the build
ing.
The opera house was packed to
Overlooking when the exercises open
ed about 1880 O'Clock.
The stage was beautifully decorat-
ed with flags and banks and bou-
| quets of sweet flowers. The scene
It presented was a lovely one.
On the stage sat the officers of the
local army post, w. X. Callicotte, of
Denver. the orator OF the day, and
several other gentlemen.
The ceremonies attending the read
ing of the orders. the salute to the
dead. were as usual very impressive
and Interesting.
Commander J. r. Falls of thel
local post, directed the exercises.
The order of the exercises We're as
follows:
Reading of Memorial by Adjutant.
Address ......... Post Commander
Prayer ..............C Comrade Brooks
Song .............. Male Quartette
President Lincoln's Address at.
Gettysburg.
oration of the Day-W. r. Callicotte
Song America" &C.,. by audience
Benediction.
Each portion of the program was
rendered in fitting manner and the
l great audience gave the very closest
attention.
Comrade Brooks who invoked the
divine blessing, is one of the Oldest
veterans in the county and he has
offered a prayer at each memorial
service in Grand Junction for many
years.
The address of Mr.. Callicotte was
fraught with patriotism, logic and
! sparkling with bright sayings He
paid beautiful tribute to the honored
dead. His address was eloquent,
most appropriate in every part. ItI
! was given the closest attention by all
and was received with enthusiasm
The Post made no mistake in select
ing Mr.. Callicotte to deliver the ora
tion OF the day.
The opening portion of Mr.. CALI
cotte's address was as follows:
Carlisle has painted a pen picture
of the Twenty-Five in the days of
the French Revolution.
ARRIVED at the scaffold they be-
gan to sing the 'Marseillaise March
on, March on. the Avenging Sword
unsheathed.' as their heads fell from
the block their chorus became a trio.
a duet a solo.
The time is very near when this
Grand Army of the Blue and this
Grand Army of the Gray will sing
Two million two hundred thou
sand men enlisted to fight for the
4 Union; 1.11O.0O0 We're killed in bat
tie. This was n greater percentage
than was lost in the Crimean. or the
4 Franco-Prussian wars.
The l4l Pennsylvania lost seven
4 ty-five per cent at Gettysburg. One
company in the 26th North Carolina
A in the same battle had every man
hit and the orderly sergeant made
4 out his report with bullet in each
n leg
The first Maine Heavy Artillery
4 had but one battle. and this in 1861
y 1t lasted but twenty minutes with a
4 loss of G04 men.
q The North said it would he but
4 a Breakfast Spell to conquer the
s south. We found four years neces-
sary to conquer that stubborn Ameri-
4 can foe.
n The South said We can whip the
Y North with pop-guns but they learn
4 ed TO their sorrow, that we were not
x lighting with pop-guns.
II 1T was American against Ameri-
& can, brother against brother, father
q against son. right against wrong.
81 There is nothing worth doing that
n is easy-struggle is the evolution.
Y Force the machinery of the world
Il As long as the government exists
there must be force. if necessary to
Il compel obedience to law, the express
Il ed viii OF the majority In our repub-
u lie.
& The military. so far has been one
OF the branches of government. in
n all nations, to execute the will of
II the government.
n AT times. this power has been
81 abused and resulted in wrong. But
r in our great republic. it has been of
+ immeasurable value in this wonder
y full experiment in self-governmtnt
Il have no patience with those
q who denounoe all military force. as
81 the force of tyranny.
This may be true in munarchial
Il forms of government. but It is not
n true in a democracy.
From the surrender of Yorktown
TO the surrender at Appomatox. the
4 citizen soldiery has been for the ad-
4 vancement of the cause of liberty and
the means of lifting our nation to A