Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-30
NATIONS DEAD HONORE0 BY
SERVICES At RIVERSIDE AND
SOLDIERS HOME.
CHAPLAIN PRATT GIVES
GRAFTON OF AFTERNOON
Reviews Civil War Period and Prob.
lens That Confronted tho People
Lauds Spirit Of Common Soldiery
Rising to Emersency-Exereises at
Riverside.

| Many people today Joined N the an
nual observance of Memorial Day un-
! der weather conditions that We're ideal.
Services in honor Of the nations dead
We're held in the forenoon at River
side, and in the afternoon at the SOL
diers' home Chaplain II. O. Pratt, of
the home. delivered the address of the
afternoon. and school children took the
principal part in the exercises at Riv-
erside
| Frank NJ. Thomas post was in charge
of the forenoon exercises. and the as
! sembly Of post and corps members,
citizens, and school children was made
at the court house square at $50.
J Headed by the soldiers home band.
and with the drum corps OF the home
( also IN line, the procession moved at
| 9 o'clock. in charge OF c. n. Brock as
! officer Of the day.
Program at Riverside.
! At the cemetery Super intendent A.
Palmer, of the public schools, had
charge OF the program. Rev. c. E.
! Pilgrim gave the invocation, after
which the band played. Graves Of the
unknown dead We're decorated by
mem bers of the W. R. c.. and Rev. Mr..
, Pilgrim read Lincolns Gettysburg ad-
dress. School children sang, and Miss
| Mia PUrsel gave a reading, The Vet
Grams Joseph Chope, Earl Gaunt. and
| Byron Gavagan, of the First ward
school. recited Three Soldier Boys"
and after the children had sung again
Frances Moscrip, of the Arnold school,
gave a recitation, The Banner Betsy
Made A flag drill by pupils of the
Click school preceded recitation by
Rogers school girls-Bernice Yokom,
Harriet Johnson. Alberta Innes, and
Margaret Watson-"What Can the
Children Do?"
committee composed Of sons OF
veterans decorated the graves, the
band played closing number, and
taps were sounded.
At the Soldiers Home.
Col. c. c. Horton, commandment OF
the home, was officer of the day. and
! 0. S. Hartman chief marshal for the
observance at the soldiers home in the
afternoon. The assembly call was
sounded at 80 by Bugler F. T. Mixes,
and the veterans of Phil Sheridan post
and other members of the home
| marched TO the main gate to greet the
delegation Of Thomas post members
and others from the city. With the
nome members acting as an escort, the
assembly marched to the cemetery.
Rev. c. E. Pilgrim here offered
prayer and read Lincoln's Gettysburg
address, and as the band played a dirge
the graves were strewn with flowers
py the scnoo! children, in charge Of Su-
perlntendent Palmer and County Su-
perfntendent Gertrude E. Miller.
Mrs. Helen Snyder, chaplain of Win
chester circle, ladies of the G. A. R.,
| ofered prayer; Mrs. J. J. Beedy, presi-
! dent OF the circle. made short ad-
| dress; the ritualistc work of the circle
was exemplified. and the gun squad
! f1red a salute. in bringing the opening
exercises Of the afternoon to close.
/ Chaplain Pratts Address.
The address of the afternoon was
given az Cottage Grove park, and the
! exercises here were opened by selec-
! ton by the Imperial Male Quartet. Rev.
MI. Pilgrim gave the invocation and
I the quartet sang again preceding
| chaplain Pratt's address.
| Inc chaplain spoke feelngly of the
days of 81. and reviewed the civil war
! period and the problems that con-
fronted the people during those dark
days. He lauded the spirit of the COM
! mon so.dtery Of the nation which rose
| so splendid to the emergency and so
srandly demonstrated the resourceful-
ness Of the nation.
| Chaplain Pratt opened his address
with an alluSion 10 the Significance Of
! the day and the remarkable character
! or the epoch for which it stands THE
| period of the civil war he said was
characterized as a most pregnant one
IN our national history--great in its
perlIs and possibilities for evil-great-
er in its opportunities and possihili-
ties for good
MI Pratt pointed out the difficulties
that beset the incoming of Lincoln
administration the organized and de-
| nant rebellion, the confidence of the
rebel leaders, the robbed and crippled
condition in which the government was
handed over to the Lincoln administra
ton, and the dangers that lurked in
the various peace movements that were
set on foot in the last days of Buchanan
and the early days Of the Lincoln adj
ministra tons.
The chaplain also pointed out the op-
Dortunitiers for good which the situa-
ton offered: the opportunity to vindi-
cate and settle the true nature Of our
federal government as opposed tc
reasonable doctrine Of state rights. the
opportunity to show the real strength
of republican government in the loyal
ty devotion, and resourcefuness of Its
citizens in the free states Of the union
and the opportunity to abolish slavery
by the exercise Of the military power
thus Kidding the nation OF the pro,
moter Of disunion, the disturber Of It's
peace. and the cause Of its mora
weakness
I'm that critical situation" continued
the chaplain. "the greatest need Of the
; government was an aroused peoples
people whole loyalty was awakened
where patriotism was stirred: a PEG.
Pile alive to the situation. Let thu
people become morally awakened t.
the needs OF the situation, and all thei
resources would be at the disposal o
the government.
THAT was at hand. Before Abraham
Lincoln had been six weeks in tn
executive chair Of the nation, Genera
Beauregard trained his guns on For
Sumpter in Charleston harbor. TIL
roar of those hostile guns woke tn
country. The spirit of the people ros