The National tribune., 1910-06-09

patriotic music that stirred the blood of
the boys.
Away down in Lexington. Okla. there
is but one lonely veterans grave, and
it was made on Memorial Day Com
rade T. II. Glenn. Co. |, 18th Mo Cav,
had gone TO the cemetery to lay flowers
upon the grave Of one of his daughters.
and while there the body of dead
comrade was brought in for burial
Comrade Glenn Immediately went over
to the grave and decorated the new
made mound with a flag. He says:
You do not know how lonely | felt as
| stood there, the only comrade pres
ent, and | wondered If such thing had
occurred anywhere else in the United
States. My thoughts went back to the
great struggle that my dead comrade
had gone thru in the war from 81 to
'65, and it made my heart ache to think
that there were no other comrades
present to participate in decorating the
grave of so worthy a cOmrade." And
he adds: 1T will not be long until
there won't be any left to decorate each
others graves; but we have the conso-
lation OF knowing that we hand down
to posterity the greatest Nation that
ever the sun shone on, and that its
grandeur is due to the battles we
( fought"
From Watervliet, n. Y. comes the
following little story: Il was visiting
in Watervliet. and / saw what | think
is one of the most beautiful sights my
eyes ever witnessed. 1t was wagon
beautifully decorated with American
Flags and which was filed to overflow
ing with the most beautiful flowers. In
it were three old veterans. and they
were on their way to decorate the
graves of soldiers in the cemetery. They
were all members of Jones Kane Post.
of Watervlet."
At Poplar Bluff, Mo-. the day was
81
/ preached there for the first time in 10
years. There was large audience. A
veteran, who is too modest to give his
name, assisted by former Confederate
Colonel and the pastor of the Presby
terian Church, worked against all op-
position to make Memorial Day Il sue
cess, and the modest veteran remarks:
There were TO Confederate flags in
sight at ary time" ETe says that there
are five cemeteries in the vicinity of
/ Poplar Bluffs, and the graves of veter-
ans in all of them were decorated.
There was but one Confederate grave
to decorate, and the comrade says that
over 1000 people Interested themselves
in procuring flags and placing them on
the little green tents. From the little
program which accompanies the letter
it is learned that the modest veteran is
Col Everhardt. The invocation was
delivered by the Rev. j. J. Pruitt of the
-
by w. II. Meredith, of the NJ. r.
Church; Rev. Hilton. of the Baptist
Church, and Rev. j. T. Dawson
Dead of Ransom Post.
Ransom Post 131, Department of
Missouri. one of the largest Posts in
the Department and very efficient In its
patriotic work, held Memorial Day SER
vices in Union Church, st. Louis, Mo.
Of which Rev. George Wood Anderson
is pastor. The church was organized
early in 1861. and received its name
from the fact that every member of it
was eager to give support to the Union
cause in the civil war. and it meant
much to be so pronounced in Missouri.
/ Another notable feature of this church
was that not day or night thruOut
the war but the flag of the Union hung
from the window high in the church
tower.
A beautiful eight-page program was
prepared, and one of these pages was
devoted entirely to the unusually long
list of comrades of Ransom Post who
bave been mustered out the past year.
They are: Thomas Umstead Griffith.
tprivate, 55th Ohio, July 23, 1909; Chap
man Salathiel Charlott, Lieutenant
Colonel and Acting Adjutant-General,
mo. 8. NJ, and Northumberland, U.
s. Vols, Aug. 2, 1909; David Crockett
Coleman. Corporal, 5th Ind, Mexican
War; Colonel. Sth Mo, and Brigadier-
IGeneral, NJ S. NJ, Aug. 16, 1909; Thos.
VIM. Wood, private, 39th Wis. Aug. 29.
1903; Enoch Mueller. private, 5th Mo
4. S. r. c., and private 1st Mo. Cav.
Sept. %, 1909; George Washington
Barrett. private. 1st w. Va. Cav. Sept
80, 1909; David Brenneman Martin. pri-
vate, 44th Ohio, and Corporal Sth Ohio,
oct. 12, 1909; Charles Carroll Hulsart
private. Sth Mich. Cav, Oct Is, 1909;
VIM. Godfrey, private, 47th Ill, Oct
I29. 1909; James Samuel Ginger, pri-
vate, 116th Ohio. and private. 135th
Ohio, Nov. 4, 1909; Christian Frederick
Opfenring private F'remont's Body
guard, and Sergeant, 1st Mo. Cav, Nov.
IA, 1909; John Baughman Brandt. pri
vate, I'd Ohio. and Captain. Hath Ohio.
Jan. 6, 1910; Linas Van Steenberg. pri-
vate, s7th ILL.,, and Captain, 9th Ill.
Jan. IS, 1910; Jos. Charles Miller pri-
yate I'd Ohio Art, Jan. 81, 1910; Benz.
Franklin Cooper, musician, 1st Mo.
Art, and Sergeant, 1st Mo. Art, Jan.
26. 1910; John Cramer. fireman U. S. s.
Bermuda, L. S. N, and fireman, U. S.
S. Acacia. U. S. N, Feb. IA. 1910; VIM.
Henry Williamson. private, 7th W. Va,
March II, 1910; Benz Card, musician
and private, 18th Mo, March %. 1910.
In Midway, KY, Memorial Day was
observed by the comrades of Fremont
Post, 80. Addresses We're made by
Prof. Bean, principal of the public
schools, and several others. There was
a large audience. and the citizens visited
in large numbers in the decoration of
graves.
At Br0cktOn, Mass.
Fletcher Webster Post, 13, of Broc-
ton. Mass, held its 42d observance of
Memorial Day with more than usual
impressiveness. Exercises were held in
all OF the cemeteries under the juris-
diction of the Posts six in nun her.
Coweeset. Calvary, Ashland, ST. Pat
rick's, Melrose and Union Cemeteries.
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