Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-01
OMAHA MONDAY MORNING,
VETERANS FOLLOW The FLAG
Boys of Sixty-0ne and Ninety Eight
March Over Omaha Streets.
MARTIAL MUSIC srIRs HEARERS
Two Hundred Veterans of Civil War
Turn out and One Hundred
Are Able 60 March in
Line

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Following the old nag and keeping step
to the same old airs played on fife and
drum, the boys Of 81 and those Of as
marched over tho streets of Omaha, fra
tsrnizing and participating in the Memo
| rial day exercises held at the Audito-
rum during the afternoon.
| The ranks OF the veterans oe the civil
war. although depleted, were closed about
all the breaks that have been caused by
death and yesterday 200 turned out to
| take part in the ceremonies that have
come to be so dear to them. Nor were
they alone. for with these old boys who
more than fifty years ago marched with
Grant. Meade. Burnside and with Sher~
man from Atlanta TO the sea, were the
younger veterans. who under Miles and
Lawton and Sbafter. fought in Cuba and
the Philippines. There we're more than
! 100 of them in line and as they passed
along the streets they we're oheered Just
as loudly as the grizzled veterans who
| fought In the south from 1850 to 1855
Then, too, with these veterans of the
two wars were the wives, mothers and
daughters OF the soldiers, they compris-
ing the various Relief corps. They fol-
lowed the procession in automobiles and
occupied a post of honor at the exer-
cises at the Auditorium
Parade I'm Three Divisions.
Yesterday afternoon the parade formed
| at Sixteenth and Capitol avenue, both
! right and left resting on the last named
street. G. w. Rathbun was marshal OF
the day and when the hour for starting
lny - 10 .TF
south on Sixteenth to Douglas. east to
Fifteenth and south to the west doors
Of the Auditorium. It proceeded in three
divisions. M. ]. Feenan in command of
the second and G. S. Guild at the head
of the third.
The procession was led by the Young
Mems Christian association band the
members OF the Naval club falling in be-
hind. Then came detachment from the
companies of the Nebraska National
guard and the entire battalion OF high
school cadets.
The second division was led by the
Omaha Drum corps, accompanied by
Charles Bell, it's 7-year-old mascot, a lit
tie fellow in a regulation army uniform
Then came the Grand Army veterans,
marching with the precision OF drilled
oOAACio VI NOhdyg tuOhHn sOuib OA lNtfn
were bit slow in their movements. ow-
ing to their age. They were followed by
the Spanish war veterans, 100 strong.
The third division was made up of those
riding In automobiles, including veterans
too old TO stand the march. members of
the Relief corps and circles, all auxilia-
ries OF the Grand Army. Then, too, in
an automobile was John A. Dempster,
raS Sf NsyAA L..
eral months, but who could not resist
the call to get out with the boys upon
this occasion.
preceding the Grand Army veterans
halted. forming in single file on either
side of Fifteenth street. Through this
space the veterans marched. those on
either side standing with barred heads.
Program Mt Auditorium.
The Auditorium program opened with
medley by the Young Mems Christian
association band, the strains OF Amer
ica," When Johnny Comes Marching
Home" and Dixie" following one an
other and each being loudly cheered.
Tho invocation was pronounced by Rev.
M. v. Higbee, pastor of the North Pres
byterian church, and then the Vacant
Chair" was sung by the Young Mems !
Christian association glee club.
Lincoln's address delivered November !!
10. 1853. at the ceremonies attending the |
erection of a monument to the memory |
of the dead soldiers OF the northern army !
was read by Rev. T. ]. Mackay, rector |
of All Saints church. after which the |
roll of the dead of the last year was
read by Rev. W. s, Hampton. Taps |
were sounded by w. l. Hackett, bugler |
in the United States army. followed by a
vocal selection by Miss Florence Basler. |
The speaker Of the afternoon was Rev. |
Edwin H. Jenks. pastor OF the First |
Presbyterian church, who took for his
theme American Patriotism" being in
troduced by w. H Stephens, chairman |
Of the meeting.
Rev. Mr.. jerks asserted that while he
was not a veteran OF war. he was born |
during the troublesome times OF the sos |
and that the spirit OF patriotism was in |
stilled into his mind from the date of his |
birth. In the home where he was born, |
one OF his first remembrances was that I
of seeing the stars and stripes flying |
above the roof He paid a tribute TO the !
memory OF the soldiers OF both the war |
of the rebellion and the spanish-Ameri- /
can war, adding that when men think of |
the remnants OF the grand army of the !
COS and of the subsequent wars they |
can but honor their memories and they |
cannot help but feel that 1t is a sacred |
duty TO cover their graves with flowers /
War Not a Trade In America.