Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-06-01
High Tribute Paid to Memory of
Fallen Heroes and Fitting
Honor to the Living
Veterans.
EXERCISES AT THE CEMETERY
Program at the Methodist Church
Strong Address by Rev.
H. L. Haywood.

Inc people OIL WeUSLeT ClLy duu
vicinity paid high tribute to the
memory of our fallen heroes and fit
ting honor to the living veterans Of
the civil war yesterday Memorial
Day. The weather in the afternoon
was beautiful and an immense
throng of people were out to take
part in or witness the parade and
the exercises at the cemetery. The
procession was formed at 1880
O'Clock on the corner at the Hamil-
ton County State Bank building, and
headed by the Commercial League
Band, started on the march to the
silent city of the dead under COM
mand of Major F. j. Lund. In the
procession were Company c, I. N. G.,
members of the G. A. R., w. r. c.,
the Boy Scouts, city officials, citi-
zens, etc. Arriving at the court
house park, the parade was Joined
by a large number of school chill
dren, we'll supplied with beautiful
flowers, and were accompanied by
Supt. Kelly and several of the teach
ers. Reaching the cemetery, Mayor
Banks called the assembly to order
around the monument erected by
Winfield Scott Post G. A. r. and
dedicated to the unknown dead of
the war of the rebellion. Mayor
Banks opened the program with a
few brief words in honor of the
soldier dead and our duty to the liv-
ing.
The impressive ritual service of
the G. A. R. followed, the old veter-
ans taking part in the exercises be-
ing A. A. Cook, B. Mccoy, ]. r.
White and S. S. Morrison. The SER
vice ended with a medley of pa
triotic airs by the band, the salute
to the dead by the firing squad from
the militia company, and the sound
ing of taps by the company bugler.
Following this the graves of the old
soldiers were decorated with beauti-
full flowers, while the militia COM
pany fired salutes over the last rest
ing places of former comrades.
The procession was again formed
and proceeded to the Methodist
church, where the program for the
day was concluded.
The church was comfortably filled
with a much larger audience than
that which gathered last year upon
Memorial Day. Whether this was
due to more reverential spirit for
the day, or simply the reaction from
the dark days of the past week to
the bright sunshine Of the day, is
hard to say, but it surely speaks well
for the community.
The services, over which Mayor
Banks presided, were opened with
prayer by Rev. Arthur Metcalf, fol-
lowed by the beautiful quartet
"Lest We Forget"-by the Univer-
salist quartet composed of Mrs. G. T.
McCauliff, Miss Margaret Chamber
lin and Messrs. Boudinot and Dodge.
Mrs. w. H. Cook, accompanist for
this choir, presided at the piano
during the musical numbers. Rev.
Fl. L. Haywood, pastor of the Univer
salist church, then delivered mas
terly lecture upon "The Gettysburg
Address" A brief resume of the dis
course follows:
The memorable battle fought at
Gettysburg, Penn, throughout the
first three days of July, 1868, was
the water shed of the Civil war. Up
to that time the fortunes of conflict
had been against the North and the
success of the South seemed newt
able, but after this fearful seige the
eagles of victory began to nest in the
folds Of the red, white and blue. The
tide had turned. So numerous were
the graves both of federals and con-
federates it was soon decided to set
aside the seventeen and a half acres