Tombstone epitaph., 1914-06-07
MONDAY Memorial Services
 Are We'll Attended
MONDAY

The Memorial Services held op | Decoration Dsy were the moot im- pressive aod beet attended of any held iu Tombstone for yesrs. Thanks to the clouds. the day was del;Shs!aI!y shady, and . good breeze lowered the temperature.
 Many men and woman were early at the corner of Fifth and Allen Sts. the place of rendezvous. Most of them carried beautiful boquets of Tomb stones choicest blossoms.
 A few minutes after 10 o'clock a m the line of march was formed uodes
 the direction of Colonel Grow and
 Chief of Police Brayin. The Tomb
 stone City Band led the procession l.
 Next came the few silver- haired rep-
 resentstives of the Grand Army Re-
 public Following these aged veter-
 ans came the loyal. bright-faced
 youth and children Of the schools. To
 all who did not bring flags of their
 own, Chief Brsvin distributed little
 flags. which the children bore proudly
 and with dignity. impressed, ,ss they
 were. by the solem nifty, and patriotic nature oithe occasion. Appropriately next to the children, cs noe the ladies who marched in the line, and follow. ing tbem were the men, the autos and carIisges bringing up the rear. D The Band played in their ueua 9 effective manner. funeral marches, a. : 'he marching column proceeded ,t T the City Cemetery.
 Arriving at the cemetery, CoiOne l. Grow and F Duncan, clad II their uniforms, stepped forsard nea the Soldiers Monument and read th impressive ritual of the Grand Army . and scattered the beautiful blossoms D typicsl, by their return at spring timt
 of the resurrection, upon the monu
 ment of all the soldiers cesd.
 if Colonel Grow then introduced th eloquent County Attorney w G Gil d more who delivered the oration. H of impressed the truth that 6 scsr!, !, thread. the blood of heroic sscrifice ,e runs through all worthy huns te schievementsi that because of tt f- sacrifices of those whose memoriss V ,e honor, we have an unsevered union {, states, and a united people. He skii al fully worked into his address Lincoln , immortal Gettysburg speech, is The band play ed "The Star spapgls
 Bsnner" and America .r and peop
 broke ranLs, and proceeded to deco
 ate. with flowers they carried, ti '. graves Of their loved once. and friend ~ and then departed for there homes
 they chose.
 . Some one had kindly and though y fully provided 6 barrel of ice wate y which vas much appreciated by tl ' nsrohers, especially the children. '''; Th.. .Le !::.:!c Army o: D,as ,. manifest when the records chow thI " Douglas has only one Grand Arm man end Tombstone only two, Col
 L Grow and Judge F mean.
 coincidence which msiotains Toml sd stone prominence is the fact ,b, ', both sides of the military defense ,d the Union gre represented here fro IA. the fact that Mir A L Grow was ia tl [. navy spd MT F Duncan was in tl r, army. Years ago, in he early eighth L. Burnside Post of the Grand Army
 the Republic was ics'ituted io T, mt
 stone and was active until the last fe
 yesrs wbt n the battle of life thinns '' i's ranks and i. could DO longer m ust '' up meeting. Th'rty-two membe v of the G A R are buried in the cem, - tery here. Both Mir Grow and ' ' Duncan ere Past Department Con 'o manders of the Grand Army.