Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-15
STANDARDS THAT WAVE
MID SHOT AND SHELL
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NJ afu were ripped into ribbons by
the shrieking shells that fell among
their defenders.
PROUDLY borne aloft in the same di-
vision as the flags of the Civil War
| were the banners of younger gem
eratlon who carried their colors
| through, the hot jungles and the dis
ease breeding, dirty cities of Cuba and
Forto Rico. where also these left many
comrades behind, dying not in the
Hushed glory of battle. but slowly and
| dismally rotting under the tropical
sun.
i AS early as yesterday homes and
! buildings throughout the city were
adorned with flags. Others appeared
| this morning, until the whole down
| town was mass of waving banners
II is a celebration such as Harrisburg
/ mas never before seen, and unique in
the nation. At noon places of bust
| ness and mills and shops closed and
the people came pouring out upon the
streets. Distinguished in the crowd
were. here and there, the blue-coated
veterans proceeding to take their
places in the parade. To them tn.
DAY was more than holiday, an even
more impressive and momentous event
than Memorial Day; and in all recent
history. possibly. only the remarkabl
gathering at gettysburg has eclipsed it.
In the Parade
CARNATIONS participated in the parade:
Platoon of police; chief marshal
MaJor-General John w. Schall; assist
ant marshals. Major General c. r.
Dougherty and Colonel Joseph B.
Hutchison; chief of staff, Lieutenant
Colonel Maurice E. Finney; aids, Major
Fred Nj. OFT, Major j. Markwood Pc
ters, Captain Edward IL. Schell. Cap
tain Owen NJ. Copelin, Captain Harry
n: Bassler, Captain Harry II. Baker
Lieutenant Charles p. Neck, Lieuten-
ant Edgar c. Hummel and Lieutenant
A. H. Baldwin, Jr.
First Divisiofs Major E. NJ Vale,
commanding; Eighth Regiment Infan-
try Band, Carlisle Pa, and the fol-
lowing companies of the Eighth Regi-
ment. National Guards of Pennsylva-
MA: Company A, York: Companies |
ana ID, Harrisburg: Company X, York,
and Company G., Carlisle; Governors S
Troop, National Guard of Pennsylva-
MIA, Harrisburg.
second Division-John A. Fairman,
pittsburgh, department commander of
lne Grand Army of the Republic. mar
Snal' Commonweai III Band, Harris
burg; members of the Grand Army of
the Republican from Eastern and
western Pennsylvania
Third Division-C. r. Lantz, of Leb-
anon, marshal; Steelton Band, Steel.
ton, Pa; members of posts comprising
the Central Pennsylvania Association,
Strand Army of the Republic; Spanish
American War Veterans; Spanish
American Foreign Service Veterans;
regimental associations
Fourth Observation-Disclosures c. +.
Gramllch, marshal; aids, Samuel p
Town, j. H, Holcomb, William H.
Green and John N. Reber; Soldiers
Orphan Industrial School Band, OF
Scotland, Pa. This division will be
composed of the battle flags of Penn
sylvania, carried by Representatives of
the respective regiments.
Children to Sing Songs
one hundred and fifty children will
sing with band accompaniment. These
! children are picked from the city
schools and have been trained for a
month. They will sing pennsylvania, "
Battle Hymn of the Republic, :"
America" and "Pennsylvania's Battle
Flags, hymn specially written for
the occasion by Mrs. Mabel Cronise
Jones. of Harrisburg
Senator Franklin Martin, of Cum
berland. chairman of the commission
To arrange for the flag transfer, will
preside. Governor John X. Tener will
make an address and Major Moses
Veale. of Philadelphia, will deliver the
grafton. The Rev. j. Richards Boyle.
or Reading, chaplain of the Loyal
Legion. is to offer the invocation and
the Rev. NJ. l.. Canoe, chaplain of tho
State Grand Army of the Republic,
VIII pronounce the benediction. When
the exercises end the roll of regiments
VIII be called and the veterans will
march from their stand through the
massive bronze doors of the Capitol
and place the flags where they will be
seen OF all men for years to come
The Governors Speech
Governor Tener in his address be-
fore the gathered veterans said:
we are garthered to-day to per-
FORM pleasant yet very important
duty, and to participate, as well. in
most interesting ceremony.
our duty is to carry into effect the
legislative injunction that the battle
flags heretofore housed in the State
Library building, be transferred to the
main building of the Capitol, and to
place them in the receptacles provided
there for that purpose.
The duty, therefore, which de-
VOWED upon the committee in charge
is indeed an important one, since the
fiags thus to be transferred constitute
precious ana priceless possessions of
the Commonwealth.
1T is proper, too, that by fitting
pubic ceremony the committee should
conduct those exercises and that a
day and date should be selected for
such ceremonies, when throughout
THIS; and at this hour, all people of
the natlon are paying tribute to the
nag of their country. Speaking for
the State, as | may, it is with great
pleasure | welcome you to Harrisburg.
the seat of the Commonwealth's gov
ernment and not only do | welcome
but sincerely thank the veterans of
the blue who are gathered herea bouts.
and who at so much sacrifice have at
tended and by t., ir presence and sery-
Ice made possible the complete sue
cess of this undertaking There are
soldiers here who have followed the
flag they now carry, into fiercest bat
ties and on to victory. The flag of
our country was we are told, first
designed and wrought in Pennsvl-
Vania, and never changed in its essen
tlal features from that day to this.
IL is nag respected by all nations. a
nag as emblematic of our nations
patriots and institutions as is the
sacred cross of the Christian world
! flag that has never gone down to
ultimate defeat. Let us, therefore.
protect and preserve those precious
though tattered emblems as we shall
ever honor and revere the memory of
| those brave men who defended them.
More than fifty years ago, when the
dissolution of the Union was threat
ened, soldiers of the South, followed
their flags of Stars and Bars. while
men of the North clung to Old GLORY.
FROM that day to this no emblem is so
precious to an united nation as the
dear old Stars and Stripes. An orator
upon the occasion of the fiftieth ami