The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-05-30
PAY HONOR TO
DEPARTED HEROES

1t is probable that the largest audi
ence that ever attended Memorial day
exercises was present at the Nixon
opera house this. morning. The parade
formed at the intersection of Fourth
and Bridge streets, in front of the
Silver State building, shortly before
ten O'Clock, marching from there to
the opera house, the main floor of
which was comfortably filed.
T. A. Brandon acted as chairman of
the meeting, and seated on the stage
were the three surviving veterans of
the Civil war residing here, Patrick
O'Donnell Thomas Scars and Jerome
Otis, besides Father Meehan, Elder
Henry, Judge j. A. Langwith and
Judge G. f. Robins.
For the past several years there
have been four veterans present on
Memorial day, but this year Comrade
Leonard was absent, having passed
away since the last observation of the
day.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by Father Meehan, followed
by the recital of Lincoln Is Gettysburg
Address, bv Neal Barnard. After the
rendition of the song "Sleep, Heroes
Brave by the school choral club,
Judge J. A. Langwith delivered the
address of the day
The speaker stated that today we
had reunited country, with no north,
no south; that the American people
were proud of their heroes, no mat
ter on which side they fought, and the
fact that all graves, whether those of
Union or Confederate soldiers, were
strewn with flowers today, is an IN
dication that the bitterness engender-
ed by the war had been forgotten. He
did not remember, if he ever knew,
in whose brain the idea of Memorial
day originated, but it had certainly
done more to heal the dissensons
created by the war than all other
causes combined. He called attention
to the fact that while the world had
always stood ready to honor its heroes,
the names and deeds of military men
were the ones of enduring fame. In
the great foreign wars known to the
world IS history, the name of but one
captain in each has been handed down
to posteritv, owing to the fact that all
subordinates, from lack of training
and education, were men of mediocre
ability. The great Civil war, how
ever, produced legion of heroes, and
the speaker predicted that the names
of Lee, Longstreet and Breckenridge
would go down in the history of the
ages with those of Grant, Sherman and
Sheridan.
Judge Langwith s remarks were
punctured with frequent applause,
which, at the end, was long and con
tnued
After song by the school quartette,
Comrade Patrick O'Donnell was called
upon. He was down on the program
for "brief remarks but the audi
ence would not have it that way. Be
fore his name had fairly left the lips
of the chairman in introduction,
Patrick was at the front of the stage
and fairly convulsed the audience with
incidents of the Civil war, told with
inimitable Irish wit, to the accompani-
ment Of gestures with hands, feet and
body When he had finished what he
had probably intended to say, the
speaker started for his seat, but his
hearers wanted more. and he finally re-
seconded to an encore
Judge G. f. Robins then rendered a
song" They Sleep In Fields ofBattle
sung in fine baritone voice, to the
piano accompaniment of Clyde Jewett.
This was followed by Rev. J. II.
Henry, who delivered stirring patri-
tic address. which he concluded by
singing "The Veteran words and
use composed by the Rev. George
Crben, of pittsturg, Penn, warm
personal friend of the singer. Miss
ma Brown was the accompanist.
After singing America to the
ae ompanimert of Miss Lear, the audi
en- was dismissed. The procession
WIS again formed in the street, in
front of the Nixon, with Patrick
c'Donnell, flag bearer, and Comrades
Soars and Ctis in the lead, followed "
u drum corps, after which came the
school children, each bearing small
lag and handsome bouquet. The
line Of march was down Bridge street,
a'r0ss the Bridge to the old cemetery.
where the graves of nearly forty de-
ceased veterans were covered with
flowers. From here the procession
rarched to the new cemetery and dee
orated the grave Of Comrade j. A.
Rol inson, who is the only old soldier
inferred there.
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