The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-04-26
MEMORIAL DAY
ARRANGEMENTS
PLANS MADE AND
COMMITTEES NAMED AT DE-
PARTURE DAY BANQUET
LAST EVENING.

Memorial day will be ittingly OBJ
served i'm Calumet. Preliminary plan:
for the exercises on that day wer,
made at the banquet OF the Spanish
American War Veterans at the Calu-
met Light Guard Armory, in celebra-
ton OF the anniversary of departure
lday last evening II was decided that
1.-The Spanish War Veterans
members OF the G. 4. r. and OF the Cal
lumet Engineers will unite on this oc-
casion. The three bodies viii meet al
the Calumet Light Guard armory at
. o'clock on the afternoon of May so,
land will march through Calumet and
Red Jacket TO the Lake View Gene
terry where the graves Of the dead
soldiers will be decorated and where
public exercises will be held. The
graves i'm the Hecla cemetery will be
decorated by squads of Co. A. Engi-
neers and the Spanish-American War
Veterans IN the morning.
Following are the committees named
ia take charge of the arrangements:
Nis - NtlpAs w III ~ NiliiuS anu
Charles Ingersoll.
Spanish American War Veterans
Frank j. Kohlhass and DR.. p. ID. Mac
Naughton.
Co. A Engineers-Two senior Of
fcers at home. II Capt Jesse Meads
returns from the big maneuver camp
on the Mexican border in time. Capt.
Meads and Lieut.. Ira Penberthy will
act and II not. Lieut.. Ira Penbcrthy
and Lieut.. Henry MacDum will repre-
sent the Engineers.
The committee will hold a meeting
soon TO elect subcommittee and 10
arrange other details Of the observance
in this city.
Departure Day Banquet
Veterans of the two wars together
with few invited friends gathered
round the banquet board at the CAL
umet Light Guard armory last even
ing to exchange "reminiscences, the af-
fair having been arranged i'm obser-
vance Of the anniversary Of departure
day. About thirty-fve veterans were
present. many HAbiitS were lblu DN TIE
veterans Of both wars, illustrating the
humorous as well as the serious sides
OF these great struggles. And as the
veterans dined, their minds were busy
with the memories of the parts they
played in those two great epochs in
American history.
Col. J. p. Petermann of the Thirty |
Fourth Michigan Volunteers presided !
as toast-master He reviewed briefly |
the events which had resulted in such !
strong ties Of friendship between the !
veterans and also called attention 20 |
their struggle for the integrity and
dignity Of the Great American republic |
In times of peace. Col. Petermann ex-
pressed the view that if the United |
states had a standing army Of 10000
men, the great struggle between the
north and the south which cost the
lives Of thousands of American sons !
could have been prevented. Col. Ptter- |
mann ended with plea that the United |
states prepare for future emergencies
such as these.
~ - AXIS.
Patriotism from the Standpoint of
the Civilian" was the subject of a toast
responded TO by Attorney Albert Il. |
Petermann. lie touched on the same |
points mentioned by Col Petermann,
that of preparation for
war as the best preservative of peace.
Capt. Will A. Childs was called upon
and related some interesting anecdotes
Of the campaigns of the Union army
In Eastern Tennessee. Capt. Chlds
also read some correspondence between
himself and Capt. viii r. Spaulding,
formerly of Sault ste. Marie. who was
of Mr. Chld's regiment
and other former comrades.
James r. Fisher responded by re-
citing very pretty verse
II would sit in my house
by the side of the road,
And be friend To man."
Others who responded TO toasts were
Attorney Angus w. Kerr one of the
Spanish American War Veterans and
pr Il. ID. MacNaughton. who was one
~ All' Hi'HlptiS VI tilt tiiuIlltN 'biii-
Dany that formed a part Of the Thirty
Fourth Michigan. DR. MacNaughton
spoke of the advancement of the medi-
cal corps since the Spanish American
war.
Compliments Thirty Fourth"
Richard Knight Of Colorado. who is
In the copper country in the interests
~ the Ingersoll- Rand company, was
present at the banquet, he being n
Spanish American War Veteran. Mr..
Knight was member of the famous
Grimes battery OF regulars. Mr.. Knight
mentioned meeting number of the
members of the Thirty Fourth" and
referred 10 the Michigan troops az one
IF the star regiments in the Cuban
having done great work He
stated that his battery had gone over
some Of the bridges built by the
Thirty Fourth" and that they were
fine bridges.
The G. a. II. orchestra was present
at the banquet and furnished de-
lightful program of music numbers.
on the whole. this years reunion was
one OF the most successful held in