Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-01
25oh ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
 of the Founding of Norwich, July 5th and 9th

the flag we salute and the Grand Army to which we belong.
 Eight Deaths.
 Hear Our Prayers was played by the band, after which the orders for the | Hovey. He also read the deaths in the post during the year ending May l 31, as follows:
 George Greenman, private Company l c, Eighteenth Connecticut volunteers died July 25. 1908.
 John A. Caryl, private Company B One Hundred and Forty y-seventh New York volunteers, died Aug. 12, 1908. J. Hunt Smith, captain Company A One Hundred and Fifty-seventh New York volunteers, died Jan. Il, 1909. A. H. Wright, private Company C. Twenty-first Connecticut volunteers Cded March !, 1909.
 Jacob Lee, private Company I, Third U. s. c. T.. died March s4, 1909.
 John R. Cobleigh, corporal Company E. Thirty-fourth Massachusetts volun- teers. died April g, 1909.
 Francis McKeag, lieutenant Company E, Eighteenth Connecticut volunteers | died May 21, 1909.
 George W. Nash, private Company H Sixteenth Connecticut volunteers, died May 31. 1908
 The Star Spangled Banner was beau tifully. sung by Hugh Kinder. accom- panied by quartette of the band, the chorus being by the school children There was the decoration of the Sol- diers' monument by James Harvey | after which Chaplain Moxley gave the 1 response. We Visit the Graves If Our Soldiers Today was sung by the school children, each of whom had a flag State Patriotic Instructor N. L. Bishop gave Lincoln's Gettysburg address which brought forth much applause. Rev. Dr. M. s. Kaufman, pastor of
 he Trinity Methodist Episcopal church was then presented and gave the fol- lowing address:
 Our Heroes and Our Heritage.
 Rev. Dr. M. S. Kaufman spoke as follows:
 Hard indeed and ungratefuI must be the heart which has within fit no throbbing inclination to cherish the memory of our patriot dead. There is, however, a partial excuse for seeming indifference, and that Is the impossi- btlity of realizing adequately sthe ter ribie calamities they averted and the bountiful blessings they purchased with their lives and placed in our pos- session as wealthy, permanent heri- tage. That our comrades and brothers who offered themselves as living sac rifiees upon the sacred altars of their country were genuine heroes cannot be doubted. None nobler than they ever died for freedom--none ever barred their breasts to the terrific storms of war with purer motives. Think for a moment of what it means to die for ones fagI Remember that
 Gods most dreaded instrument In working OJIr a pure intent
 Is man arrayed for mutual slaughter" 1"
 War is among the most appalling and shocking of all scourges. Only those who have experienced It's fierce blows can realize It's agonies. War means the sundering of the dearest ties, turning away from the home cir cle with all its loved ones; exchanging the comforts and security of the family fiIeside for the privatfons of camp and perils of the battlefield War is the wearisome march. the lonely picket post, the wasting fever, the melan- choly prison pen. War is, the thunder of artillery, the sharp, deadly rattle of musketry, the terrifying shriek and savage sound of exploding shells, the maddening yells of charging lines: 1t is facing blasts of death dealing mis- siles and rows of glistening steel; it is the ghast1y field of carnage after the guns have ceased firing-f1eld of car mage covered with mangled human forms with their pale faces turned up- ward toward the sky Such is war: such was our Civil war, only a hun dred fold more painful and repulsive than any words can portray. Tell me, are not the men who intelligently. de- dberately, voluntarily tcok upon them selves burdens of such mountain weight and patiently endured such excruciating anguish as often fell to their lot-and did 1t not for themselves but that others might ever enjoy the rich benefits their lifeblood bought are not men of this type entitled to be known as heroes? Yes, our fallen ! comrades have won the unQuesttoned