The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-05-29
To-day the Little Village Was
The Mecca of the Surround
ing Country, Hundreds Be-
ing There.
WILLIAM TAYLOR IN
A SPLENDu ADl (BESS
Eloquent midland oIis Gator
Makes Plea # Dis fma-
ment Of Natioa ~ for
Worlds Peace. :.

One of the strongest pleas for dis
armament OF nations and universal
peace that has been delivered in
Wayne county was included in the adj
dress Of William Taylor at the Bethel
Memorial Day observance this after
noon. Mr.. Taylor is a prominent In
dianapolis attorney and republican
politician His words were delivered
with an enthusiasm that was con-
Nincing and the large audience appre-
ciated and responded to his senti-
ments
This is the one big day OF the year
Tor Bethel and the country roundabout
always makes 1t Mecca. Early this
morning the crowd began to gather.
Many OF the visitors brought picnic
dinners with them. BY noon it was
estimated there was near 1000 per-
sons in the quiet little village. The
townsmen had decorated with flags
md bunting. The old soldiers were
out wearing memorial badges. Bands
were playing on the street corners and
everywhere there was the spirit of the
occasion manifested.
Was Short March.
Preceding the speech making a short
march was made to the grove about
the church. A speakers stand had
been erected and seats prepared. The
Did soldiers and their wives were CIV
On places OF honor. An impressive
program OF the usual character was
rendered. There were generous offer
lngs Of flowers to be placed on the
graves Of the soldier dead.
Mr.. Taylor was introduced to the an-
dience by Charles E. Shiveley Of this
city. Mr.. Shiveley complimented
Bethel on its speaker Of the day. Brief
" he recounted why Memorial Day Is
bne OF the grandest national holidays
and spoke OF the great part played In
The Civil War by the soldier boys from
Indiana and Wayne county.
Taylor's Address.
Mr.. Taylor spoke in part, az follows:
Most frfghtful losses were encoun-
kered by the soldiers Of the armies OF
khe Union and Confederacy, during the
hong period Of strife. II the soldiers
bf the two armies could have been
btood up twenty feet apart the line
would have reached entirely around
lhe globe. To appreciate the ravages
wrought by the war It would do well to
remember that II It were possible for
the graves Of those soldiers to be laid
In row 125 feet apart across land and
pecan. these graves OF men slain in
battle or victims Of injuries and sick
hess. would entirely encircle the
world.
when compared to other wars, all
wars sink into insignificance as to the
kreat losses sustained. The light brt-
Eade, under Lord Cardigan. at Balakla-
ia, made famous by Tepnyson. lost SO
Der cent in killed wounded in that aw-
tll crater. In the war Of the rebel
hon that loss was more than duplicat-
I'd by 300 regiments In single battles.
Bixty-four regiments in the Union
Army lost over so per cent killed and
wounded in a single battle. and fifty
four regiments In the Confederate
army lost the same per cent.
Made Great Record.
Nearly at the head of the list OF
loco regiments in the. Union army
which sustained losses. stands the
Nineteenth Indiana. commanded by
6ol Meredith. of this county and re-
eruited from among the people of this
vicinity At single battle. that CT
Manassas. this regiment lost 81 per
cent Of its number. and at Gettysburg
the percentage was "A Of all those who
went into action. The Iron Brigade,
pf which the Nineteenth was a member
in the single battle of Gettysburg. out
bf 1859 men, lost 1853 killed or
wounded. or 81 per cent. nearly double
The loss Of the famous GOO under Cardi-
kan
"All these facts emphasize the fact
that never since the discovery OF gun
bowder have the battle losses been OF
such frightful magnitude as in that
awful war. which today we recall. 1t
= all because it was contest between
brothers Of the Anglo-Saxon race. The
kssons to be drawn are more than can
Be mentioned in single address. The
history OF this country can well be d.
kided into parts-one the time before
HE Civil War. and the other. the time
After. All the story of the republic
kom the landing Of the first slave un-
III slavery went down with secession,
pointed inevitably to the coming strus-
be.
Our Colors Lead
sThe story Of the republic when sla-
tery and secession fell together and
kere buried IN the same grave has
leen the story Of commercial conflict
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