El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-30

~ PASO'S veterans Of the civil
and Spanish wars. together with
- the nations fighting men Of to-
day and tomorrOw-the Boy Scouts
paid tribute Wednesday morning TO
the memory of comrades who are
sleeping the eternal sleep in Ever
green cemetery A little group q
blue clad veterans OF the war be
tween the states. some of them past
the four score mark of years. were
the honored guests. They are mem
bers of both the Confederate and G.
A R posts in FL Paso. Assisting
them at the services in the cemetery
were members OF Hamilton Fish
camp No. Spanish war veterans,
regular army men in active service
today and Boy Scouts.
A selection. Departed Days" by
the satin infantry band, was the first
number on the program. The tri-
angular plot of ground where the
dead veterans are buried was roped
off with red, white and blue cord,
while small flags were planted al
intervals of a foot around the tri-
angle Several hundred persons Wit
messed the ceremonies. Among them
were many women and young girls
When the veterans marched into
the Triangle, six young girls. dressed
in white. pinned bouquets of sweet
peas on their coats. Flowers were
also pinned on the uniforms Of the
Spanish war soldiers and the band
men The noTer girls were Mar
Earet Piatt, Katherine Tilton, Frances
Wafer IneZ Hines, Mona Dell, Wal
dron and Margaret Tobin-
RftuaIiStic Ceremonies Presented.
H J. Heitgen, camp commander of /
Hamilton Fish camp, made a brief
int FaaF .Nnnm
Randolph. second L s engineers, de- |
livered the i-yOcation- America"
was sung by qu;l-tet Of young I
women. The band then played a |
medley Of religious airs.
KOenig Pleads For Loyalty
Y. (. Koenig. ST. vice department I
commander of the Spanish war vet I
GRAMS reminded the spectators Of the j
significance of the occasion His ad- 4
dress. an earnest plea for unswerv-
ing loyalty and generous PATRIOTISM,
was made all the more forceful by I
the fact that he has a slight Ger
man accent. His ancestors were
born in the kaiser's realm
Cobb Delivers Grafton.
We are here" he said TO honor
these departed comrades. not for the
glory they achieved, but for the
sacrifices they made" He touched
upon the fact that Providence held
the nation together when the civil
war broke. in order that lit might
now become the champion of liberty
throughout the world As the son
OF a man who when he died was laid
TO rest in the gray uniform Of the
south. and as a man who has many
friends who wore the Union blue, I
can feel proud that the stars and
Stripes were preserved 10 be an
emblem that stands for democracy
and liberty in all the world"
Sweet Flowers For Graves.
At the close of Mr.. CO5b's GRAFTON
the WomeR's quartet sang Rock OF
Ages" E Owen then distributed bo-
quets OF sweet peas and magnolias
over the graves. Many Individual
floral contributions from civilians
were also placed upon the tombs.
The Star Spangled Banner" by the
saith infantry band. was played. 1t
volleys fired by squad Of regular
The program ended
with TAPS" by an army bugiar.
Scouts Decorate Comrades Grave.
Just before the ~>ose Of the vet
Grams memorial, the Boy Scouts, 40
strong. marched TO the grave of scout
Irwin Collier, who died last Deem
Der. He is the first Of the FL Paso
scouts to die Under the direction Of I
scout master IvOr c. Thomas each
lad placed a flower on his dead com
rade's grave, after Rev. Fuller Swift. (
d St Clements Episcopal church, had
preached a brief sermon. This was
the first time the Boy Scouts have
aiken part in any memorial exercises.
March Represents All Generations.
Soldiers Of three wars and future
soldiers OF the nation marched in
parade through FL Paso streets We'd
lesday morning in observance Of Ne
MORTAL day In the parade were the
reterans Of the Union and Confeder-
tie armies Of the war between the
Itstes. veterans OF the Spanish war,
Philippine and Chinese campaigns.
of the United States army,
he Boy Scouts and FL Paso high
'chool cadets
A squad OF mounted police, dressed
n their new blue uniforms. led the
,arade, which began promptly at 3
o'clock In the police squad were
officers Gus L Yarbro. II !
?. Byler. F ". Newell, Ed G. Doty J
md Robt. L Castleberry
Regulars. With Band, Lead.
The first battalion OF the 34th .
United States infantry. commanded by Z
apt William T. Simpson, formed the &
irst division The 34th infantry band &
'receded the contingent of regulars.
The next division was made up OF I
he veterans. Y. T. Koenig. commander
4 Hamilton Fish camp, No. ., Spanish {
var veterans. was marshal In this
ection Z L Cobb, collector OF customs 7
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