Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-31
PASADENANS HONOR
THE BOYS IN BLUE
PRESIDENT GATES OF POMONA
DELIVERS ADDRESS
Parade Is Longest In History of Crown
City Memorial Day and Many
School Children
March
Pasadena Agency,
II North Raymond Avenue,
Phones: Sunset 1907, Home 2124.

PASADENA. May 3O.-Perhaps the
quietest and most impressive Memorial
day ever commemorated in this city
closed this evening with the services at
the First Methodist church. Members
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
the Woman's Relief corps and the Sons
of Veterans gathered in their respective
positions in the church, which was
packed with those who wished to hear
the words of rich oratory and sweet
music of the evening program.
Hon. John A. Goodrich, chairman of
arrangements for the day, presided at
the meeting and introduced the prin-
cipal speakers. Following an eloquent
address by Rev. f. G.. H. Stevens of
Santa Monica, who spoke on Keeping
Their Memory Green" President
George A. Gates of Pomona college ad-
dressed the audience.
President Gates did not choose any
particular subject, but preferred to
wander at random, cleaning rich
thoughts here and there from the pages
of American history
Some of the stories he told were
touching and caused many tears among
the audience. One especially touching
story was his recital of a conversation
ne had carried Oh today with q south
ern gentleman who was too young to
go to war at the time Of the great re-
bellion. The man, in speaking of the
treatment of the northern prisoners in
Andersonville prison, said that he had
carefully looked into the situation and
that the south today realized and re-
gretted that the prisons were so badly
handled during the war. But" said
the southerner, "the food that was fed
the northerners in the southern pris-
ons was better than my mother and my
sisters and I ate at home; yes, they
were even better sheltered and pro-
tected than we We're"
IT tell you friends, there were two
sides to that question" said President
Gates. "That story showed something
of what that great struggle cost the
south and there cannot be a man here
tonight whose bosom does not swell
with a feeling Of respect for such hero
ism as the south showed during that
great struggle.
"Both sides know who was wrong
now, but the battle was fought bravely
and both were fighting for what they
thought was right
Continuing, he spoke of the general
trend Of the nations of the world
toward universal peace, and told of
some Of the reasons why he believed
that war would be done away with.
Ritual exercises and the longest Me-
mortal day parade in the history OF the
city were the features of this morn
ings services. over 1000 school children
daintily dressed, the girls with flowers
wreathed in their hair and the boys
carrying garlands of flowers, marched
through the streets with the veterans,
their wives and their sons.
The parade was headed by Chief of
Police H. H. Favour and a platoon of
officers, Company I, the Spanish War
Veterans, the Sons of Veterans, the
Womans Relief corps and the high
school cadets, following the G.. A. R.
in the parade.
In Library park the parade stopped
and ritual exercises were held. A short
address was made there by c. P. Buck
ner. commander of John F. Godfrey
post, G.. A. r.
Attorney John Goodrich of this city
made the principal speech of the morn
ing, which he concluded with the i'm
mortal Lincolns Gettysburg address.
The Woman's Relief corps followed
the service with ritualistic exercises,
and the salute was fired by the national
guard. Taps was sounded and commit
tees dispersed to decorate the graves of
soldiers who have answered the last
roll call