Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-06-03
WAUSAU PAYS HOMAGE
To the Sleep Of Its Dead EerOes.Fags and Flowers in
Abundance in Honor of Its Living and
Fallen Veterans.

10 mOSU OF Une PILOT readers the
civil war is either a dim, childhood
memory of anxious hearts i'm the old
home, from which some brave boy
went out al the call of his country, or
it is still matter of history, CLEANED
in the main, from school books or
later reading. But to a small num-
Der, scattered here and there over the
land, it is still great, glowing MEM
DRY, full of live, warm interest and
embodied in that mystic glamor that
glorifies "the scenes Of other days
"khen the blood ran warm in the
veins, the fire of young, virile man
hood was in his heart and the strength
of Drawn and muscle was i'm it's full
prime and Vigor.
OF the more than 100000 soldiers
called to the tented field over half
century ago but corporal's guard are
left. Their marching line is thinned
to file leaders and color bearers, a
spectre army of white haired men
that once a year, on Memorial day,
closes up over the gaps made in it by
another year, again marched to the
"bivouac of the dead" to pay tribute
to the fallen comrades. Those who
have passed away in this city since
last Memorial day are as follows:
Axen, Peter, 81 Ill. Inf, Iuly IL, ~.
Dilley, L. c., Co. G, 18th III. Inf,
Aug. %, ~.
Philbrick, w. B., 8th Wis. Inf,
Dec. 20, ~.
French, Henry, Co. l, 22d n. X. and
18th Brooklyn, Oct. Is, 1912.
Kuphall, John, Co. E, 22nd Wis.
Inf, March, 'l3.
Numbering 107 who now repose in
Pine Grove and st. Joseph's cemeter-
les in this city, each recurring year
increasing the roll.
Memorial Day this year fell upon Fri
day last. Early in the day it looked as
if we were to have rain, as heavy
clouds covered the sky, but near the
noon hour the clouds rolled away and
the balance of the day was warm and
delightful--just for which all were
hoping. The program, while it was
changed very little from that pub
lished by the PILOT, was fully carried
out and in every way fitting to the
occasion. 1t was as follows:
Exercises at the G.. a. r. monu-
ment in court house square in men,
DRY of comrades who repose in I'M
known graves was commenced at 1:3O
p. m. sharp.
Music. ................Co Columbia Band
Prayer. ........C Chaplain L. Swope
of Cutler Post, G. A. r,
Vocal Music. ..............Q Quartet
c. H. Hooker, A. NJ. Petersen,
A. V. Gearhart and j. A. Rowley.
Reading from Ritual by Comman-
der Grobb Of Cutler Post.
Reading Governors Proclamation
by Acting Adjutant of Post.
Lincolns Gettysburg Address $500.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. B. Tobey
Address. ..................G e. ID. Jones
Benediction. $500. Rev. w. II. Gould
At 2:3O parade to cemetery to plat
form near north entrance.
Distribution of flowers by high
school girls and boy. scouts.
Music. ...............,. Band
Prayer Rev. W. H. Gould
Vocal Music ........ Male Quartet
Address -. ..............J. r. Ogden
Hymn Nearer My God to Thee"
.Geier Sisters
Address i'm German. Rev f. G. Grauer
Benediction. .............R Rev. Gould
America. -. Band and Audience
Marshal of the day-Maj. H. j.
Abraham.
One of the most impressive cere-
monies on this occasion was the
appearance of three young flower
girls at the front of the monument,
dressed in white bearing a large
wreath and bouquets of flowers,
namely the Misses Consuela Jawort,
Irene Holman and Leona Ruder, the
former rendering the following in be-
half of the German Veterans
1.-THE German Veterans association
honoring the memory of the heroes
who offered up their lives for the pre-