Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-10

service in its defense with his sword in
war, and with his pen In time of peace,
that he Is to be warmly congratulated
in having nearby and visible in the
afternoon of his life the flag that he be-
held in the dawning, and sees brilliant
ly in the zenith of his good work-and
we wish for him long life"
At the close of General Chaffee's ad-
dress the outpost quartet Of Arthur
Stinton, Clifford Johnson, Roland Paul
and F. y. Cole, sang most pleasingly
Flag Of Our Heroes" and later they
sang two other numbers.
Former Governor H. II. Markham,
who is an old friend of General Otis,
paid his tribute to the flag and to his
friend.
Former Governor John L. Beveridge
delivered one of the most eloquent ad-
dresses of the day.
"That flag" he said impressively, ito
be born under that flag is, too often
not of election-is a blessing without
prayer. That flag! To live under that
flag is q delight. That flag! To fight
for that flag where musketry rattles,
where cannon roar, where arms crash
amid the smoke of battle, the halo of
war, is a duty and an honor. [Applause
and cheers.l These three, our friend,
our comrade and citizen soldier, General
Harrison Gray Otis, has taken, born,
lived and fought under that flag To
die on the field Of battle for that flag
is glory. That glory never came, and
L hope never will come to our friend,
General Otis. 1 know, If it need be,
willingly, gladly, patriotically, he would
make the sacrifice and die that his
country might live.
THAT flag Dear old fagl 1 love
it; it is a thing of beauty, and a joy
forever. May it wave Ger the land
of the free and the home of the brave.
Dear old flag! Believed with tears,
stained with blood, blackened by smoke,
riddled by bullets, hallowed by prayer,
the emblem of liberty, the hope of
humanity. State by state that the
banner crossed, may it float from every
schoolhouse and from every hamlet, in
every valley and on every hilltop for
the conservation Of the American citi-
zen, and the redemption of human
kind"
Like a Parable
Concluding a brilliant grafton, which
brought cheer upon cheer from the
crowd, Rev. Robert Mcintyre said:
You have heard the story of the aloe,
the century plant, which grows in the
Mexican desert-a thorny, sharp, griz-
heart is a secret. Sucking the generous
juices from the earth, drinking in the
downpour of the waters it grows for
hundred years to make a blossom, and
then in the fullness of time it ripens
and springs with bloom in the skill to
fill the eyes of all who look upon it
with unspeakable wonder.
Here is the parable, then. That flag
is not an American possession; we
didn't make it. 1t began to grow on
the spiked cactus from the thorny CEN
turies of the past, thousands of years
ago; it was watered by the tears of
the reformers and drenched with the
blood of the saints. 1t has come down
70 us as precious legacy, the best
that God had to give to the chosen peo-
pie of the modern world; but we didn't
make it. No, no!''
Dr. Burdette sounded the keynote of
peace when he said:
Then we celebrate today, not the
anniversary of great battle, for Ap-
pomattoX was not a battlefield. It was
a garden of peace. When the two
great captains stood there, face to face,
they who had led the marching legions
OF the blue and the gray, their swords
were sheathed, their hands were
clasped. And when they went back
each to his own they were comrades
IN the life and hopes and work of the
great new born republic. They went
back each to utter the last command
to the warning battalions-north and
south-'Cease firing!'"
In the response Of General Otis he
said:
'The flag is greater than any man,
and prefer to believe that your first
impulse in gathering at this historic
spot on this historic day is to do honor
to ito the flag that makes us free
TO that all-compelling standard that
floats above every acre of the ma
tion's soil, from every camp, fort and
fortress, and from every ship of the
American navy riding the seas of the
world"
Adjournment to the barbecue fol-
lowed and the guests did justice to the
beef prepared by AL Levy. The commit
tee of arrangements was comSosed of
General o. H. LAGRANGE, Hon. o. t.
Johnson, Col. Epes Randolph, Governor
H. H. Markham, E. E. Calvin, ]. A.
Graves, H. J. Whitley, w. c. Patter-
son, George I. Cochran, M. H. Sher-
man and r. c. Gillis.
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