Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-29
CIVIL WAR VETS
ARE HONORED In
SONG AND SER MON.
Ministers Pay Tributes to z u
Who Risked Their Lives 81
the Call Of Their
Country.
POSTS ATTEND IN A BODY
U. S. Grant and Custer Posts Wor.
ship at Trinity Methodist with
Auxiliary Corps
SONS OF VETERANS,


Tributes in sermon and song were
paid at the churches yesterday 10 the
men who risked their lives to save
their country in the stirring days ol
the Civil war
The veterans attended some OF the
churches in body Special reser.
vations were kept Tor the thin grey
line of fast disappearing heroes.
u. S. Grant and Custer posts wor-
shipped at Trinity Methodist church.
They formed at Twenty-fourth and
Binney streets and, headed by a fife
and drum corps and with flags NY
ing gaily in the morning breeze. they
marched bravely to the church. There
were also some Sons Of Veterans
there. ,And the Ladies Relief corps
occupied a special section.
Our Eloquent Dead" was the title
Of Rev. John L. Pouchers sermon. II
bristled with stirring episodes OF the
great conflict and through II was
woven the philosophy OF duty for
dutys sake, self-sacrifice for the com.
mon good and the enternal song OF
praise and thanks TO the republics
preservers.
American Bravery
"The loyalty and bravery Of Ameri-
can soldiers has never been surpassed,
rarely cqualled," he declared. "Onc
hundred and twenty regiments IN the
Civil war suffered losses far greater
than any regiment suffered ~ the
Crimean or the Franco-Prussian war.
The brigade" OF whose charge
into the valley Of death" Tennyson
has sung, lost only 81 per cent OF its
men But the First Minnesota regi-
ment in the Civil war lost S2 per cent
in fifteen minutes; Glc Fourteenth
Pennsylvania lost 70 per cent the
Twenty-sixth North Carolina lost ~
per cent; the One Hundred and first
New York lost u per cent And so
the death roster OF the heroes goes
Heroes they were, unsung and
even unknown in hundreds Of in
stances. When the fight was on for
Little Round Top at Gettysburg the
day was all but lost to the Union
troops The flag bearer had fallen
and the troops were disheartened.
Suddenly someone ran and picked up
the flag, shouted and ran ahead. The
troops rallied. The day was finally
won. Then they tried 10 find who the
hero was. They found his body
under the bodies OF eighteen other
men But he was unidentified. He is
unknown to this day"
Remembers the Women.
Addressing himself to the ladies
Of the relief corps, the minister paid
a high tribute TO them, their patience
under the stress and strain of wars
burdens and anxieties.
II remember the heroism Of my
own mother" he said "Wc we're
about the only Northern sympathizers
in our town. The day after Lincoln
was shot man came into our house
i just came in to tell you that Lin
coin was shot last night in Washing !
ton and I'm glad of it, he said. My |
that little ninety pound /
woman made one leap at him She
scratched his face. she tore his hair
and finally pushed him terrified out
the door and tumbled him down the /
steps,
The minister called attention to the /
TACT that the war was fought chiefly /
by boys under Il years of age. Only /
10000 of those enlisted we're over Is |
years old. There were l04008 who /
we're IS years OF age. Thirty-eight /
soldiers were only II and twenty-five I
enlisted "men" were only 10 years
Did, the records show. +
Decorate the Graves.
Thousands of people visited the
,arious Omaha cemeteries yesterday
decorating graves, and otherwise FIX
ng up" their lots for the annual Me
norial day. Supplementing the work
u Jonathan Edwards who placed
lags on 60S graves Friday. many
lowers were placed on the graves Of
he soldier dead At West Lawn
cemetery. besides decorating graves
he Henry w, Lawton auXiiary To
he United Spanish American Mar
Ieterans. presented a flag 10 Camp
see Forby Mrs. Frank Whippler
made The speech oi presentation. and
commander w r. Lane received Il
~ the part ot the camp, Is
Gen George ilaffies made an ad.
fcss 10 the camp also II
Following The services N The
hufches members oi the various
3 \ posts met ID thr cemeteries
nd held hricl exercises i0r those thar
ave died during The year me mem
eta ol fhil hcaFuft post met in Fof 4
y Lawn ln memory ui % Eaat. Y
tsn. The only one % that post d} ng
ufing thre year