Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-01

The thought caught the old veterans and
they sppiauded the sentiment enthusiastic
2 cally
The services were carried out in con-
formity with the United Spanish War Vet
rams ritual. with H.. r. Ravens as COM
mander, Perry Miller officer Of the day,
J. @. Loos adjutant ana H. c. Walsh as
chaplain. ; .
Taps were sounded on the bugle by
Corporal d. A. Porter, and Miss Rose
Hortense. Allen daughter of Captain Chas.
w Allen OF Grant Post, @. A. r., sang
Forget All Thy Sorrows" by Harrison
Willard.
Chairman Dernpster, In introducing DR..
w. M. Davidson as the orator OF the day,
promised that the best was TO come in DR..
Davidson's- address NoF did he misstate
the fact.
DR.. Dayidson was greeted with an out
burst OF. welcoming applause as he step
ped forward to speak, and his clear, reson-
ant voice could be heard throughout the
great building with ease
DIR. Davidson Speaks.
This is indeed a national holy day."
7aid Dr. Davidson. Around 1t gathers the
acred memories of an historic and thrill
inc past, which you, men of the Grand
3 Army, have made holys and which, please
God, shall never die. Our country stands
today for all you wrought and suffered. 1t
Is with pain that we note your thinning
ranks and we here this day mete out to
you our full measure Of devotion"
DR.. Davidson then recited with thrilling
effect ~thesImmortal poem of Thomas Bailey
AIdrich to the American soldier and the
sa~credness OF memorial day, '9To Think of
How Th4y Suffered Seems Ignoble TO be
Alive" ~
II need not remind you Of the battle
fields on which You fought nor of the
heroic generals who led you,' continued
the crater Of the day. You saw all these
great events and these great men with
your own eyes, and Lived and felt II. 1t
is for you to teach mAsrnore Of these great
events than~I can ever know. The. names
OF your commanders comprise a roll as
glorious as ever written in this world. Lin
coin represents the best type of citizen
ship this world has ever known. You men
were Of that epoch and day. You taught
us how 20 live and how to die.
SIT was the -AtsrlinG quality of your pa
triotism and citizenship that made It pos
sible a third Of a century later for an
other army ITO be raised, an army whose
swelling lists we're greater than the coun-
,try's need. eW have achieved victory
upon victory that has startled the world
because the unsheathed American sword
is drawn only in the defense Of human
liberty.
Or. Davidson then entered into a review
OF the great work OF the American sailor
and soldier In the war with Spain, which
he described as a democrstic-republicaI
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tyranny of Spain.
Citizen Army at Work.
1--WE have another great army of 100000
teachers in this country said he, that Is
not Alone Teaching your children mathe
mat!css' grammar; history, Latin and
science, but good robust citizenship. What
our country IL today, was the ideal OF yes
terday, II is the aim OF our public
schools. to. teach patriotism. To teach the
citizen Of the future that Country Is first,
ind Heart. Strings afterward. is the bu.
wark OF our nations perpetuity. The
schools are to mold that citizenship and
above all to install into these forthcomin
citizens the lessons of patriotism ana love
OF country. We thank you for your serv.
Ices in the past and for what you are stiil
doing tor the children of our public
schools" ts'
The program closed with the school chill
dren singing American" with Miss Nancy
Cunninsham. as piano accompanist. The
audience Joined In heartily. Another num-
Der by the Sixteenth infantry band fol-
lowed and with the eenediction by the Very
Rev. Dean George A, Beecher, the serv-
Ices TO an end.
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IRISH Lay FLAGS ON GRAVES