The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY
APPROPRIATELY
OBSERVED HERE
CEREMONIES ARE CONDUCTED
AT THE NATIONAL CEMETERY
AND PARTICIPATED IN BY THE
BLUE AND THE GRAY.

- F1tN1 ! TIE Una
Memorial day services at the nation
al cemetery were attended by scores
from the city an dlarge numbers from
the reservation. No more impressive
services were ever held upon a ike &C.
Caston, and the orator Of the day, Hon
a c. Binl1ley. took occasion, in the
course of MS eloquent speech to com
mend, not only the valor and the per
forInances Of the northern soldier, but
Paid tribute to the veteran Of the
south. who fought the 7oravest fight on
record:
In paying homage today to the he
roeS OF the days Of 81 and so, YOU are
not opening old wounds" said he In
deed there are no old wounds to open
Tor all were healed long ago Even
before the coming Of q southern man
TO the White House as president of
the United States, the government at
washington had so far forgotten the
anlmositieS of the past, that, by act
of congress Of some five or six years
ago, a splendid monument was erect
ed in an old cemetery III the city of
India napOlis, to mark the last resting
place Of hundreds of Confederate SOL
diers who died while prisoners of war
and who are buried there. / myself
have stood in reVerent mood, and read
the names OF men from nearly every
southern state carved in inlperjsha BILE
bronze, attached to the monument
and felt deeply grateful that the gov
eminent against which they fought SO
Valiantly could so far forget and for
give as to appropriate money from
The national cemetery to pay for
monument to their memory. I recall
no other instances of the kind in all
the history of the world"
ha Nc nd afT
guests left the city at noon for the
national cemetery, where, upon their
arrival, q. military escort was given
Formation at the stopping point OPP
posite the ice factory was quickly per
fected and the movement to the Gem
etery was begun. Arriving there the
following program was announced:
Program at Speakers Stand.
InVOcation-Rev. Sylvester Weeks.
Song, Cover Them Over"-Miss
Nellie BurTow, Miss Ella Wentworth,
Mr.. Cade Shackelford and Mr.. Shearer,
by Comrade A. V. Clubs
Oration-Hon. A. c. Rinkley.
Medley-"Columbia the Gem OF the
Ocean" and Dixie" by the Eighth
band.
Rectta tion-Cor1rade J. D. Pulltam
of W. T. Sherman Post, and H. Q.
Flowers of Ward Camp No. 70, in
uniform.
song. "A Tear for the Comrades
That Are Gone''-AIiss Bu-Tow and
Miss Wentworth
Gale, superintendent National c9ne-
terry.
Address-Capt F. w. stopford
Rosary" by Nev1Ile-A selection by
the Eighth Band.
Song, selected-By Miss Nellie Bur
Reading 5ncoIn's C>e+tvsblIr~r ad
dress.
Benediction.
Music. selected-By the band. F.
Pechas, cornetist and bugIer, c. 5. a.
Flags viii be displayed at half-mast
from reveille (sun up until noon.
After IL o'clock all colors to be
hoteted TO the top Of the staff,
The splendid address by Hon A c.
Binkley was one OF the real features
Of the day He said in part.
Address of A. c. BinLeY.
Gratitude is the highest evidence of
q civilized instinct, and is g quality
derived from God. As We express
gratitude, we express God. in whose
image and likeness we are created
Of civilization Of 2. people, is the graf
itude they show for the works done
and the sacrifices made, by their fall
en- heroes.
This meeting here today, and sim
liar meetings all over this broad land,
Is an unn1istaka BILE evidence that the
people OF the United States are a
highly enlightened people, capable of
approaching the sacrifices Of those
who in the past gave their lives for
their country. Never did the people OF
any nation make greater sacrifices Of
self for the good Of their
country than did the men whose mem
Dry you perpetuate today, and It IS
most fitting and proper that some
special mark of gratitude and regard
for their services should be mani
tested now and be continued for an in
definite period of the future.
The thousands of touching stories
of the fraternal greetings Of the SOL
diers on opposite sides Of the great
prove that the men who wore
the blue and the men who wore the
gray were not personal enemies. On
the contrary. whenever opportunity
offered. they mingled together as
brothers; swapped yarns. tooacco and
hard tack in the most Traternal splr-
It But each was true to his side ana
when the call 20 battle sounded, each
man was found IL his place. fighting
heroi CalIy for what he believed TO be
right: not because he hated the man
on the other side, but because he be
Iieved in the cause he represented
and honestly thought It ought to pre-
battle. soldiers Of both sides proved
the brotherhood Of man IN almost IN
numbered instances, by helping the
fallen. whether friend or foe, and
very often at the imminent risk OF
rheir own lives AS an illustration
of this humane instinct, so common
in both armies, I Will try to relate
story that recently came to my no
ice-
1t is that in the afternoon OF the
day after the battle of Fredercksb burg,
General Kershaw Of the Confederate
army was sitting in his quarters when
suddenly a young South Carolinian
named Kirkland, entered and after the
usual saIutations, said: General l
can't stand this" the general, think
ing the statement little abrupt. ask
ed what 1t was he could not stand. and
Kirkland replied: Those poor fellows
out wonder have been crying for water
all day, and have come TO ask you If