The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-27
Star SPANGLED
BANNER PLAYED
EASTER SUNDAY
INFANOUSCHURCH
Lieut.. Redman Writes OF
Service In Historic
English Cathedral

Writing to his father and mother
Mr.. and Mrs. N. L. Redman Of 1920
Third avenue south, Lieutenant
Fred e. Redman OF the Seventh
United States engineers, tells OF at
tending services on Easter Sunday
in a historic church in England, a
short distance from his camp. OF
The Star spangled Banner" being
played by the band, and which, he be-
lieves. marked the first time at any
Easter service in the cathedral.
The congregation on Sunday was
largely English and American sol
diers, some 1000 in ALL" writes Lieu
tenant Redman. THE cathedral is
equipped with one of the largest
pipe organs in the world, but for
some reason or other, it was not
used on Easter day"
Beautiful Country.
Lieutenant Hedman's letter fol-
lows:
"We arrived in camp here last Fri
day and are fairly well situated for
a few days when we will probably
be sent across. We are in the same
place where our North Dakota boys
spent Christmas. we had daylight
ride down here through this beauti-
full country. You can't blame these
people for being proud of their coun-
try as 1T certainly is beautiful. III
lis quite rolling-almost hiily in
places and more or less heavily tira-
bered especially in the hills. The
farms are rather small, but in a
very high state of cultivation. There
seems to be quite a bit of stock,
especially sheep and cattle. Every
thing all along the read is green.
trees are all leaved out and the fruit
trees are in blossom. The fields OF
winter wheat and rye are all up
and green and nice and quite a lot
Of garden stuff is up.
Visited Historic Places.
THE camp where we are located
is about two miles from a city of
$4,000 inhabitants. It is one of the
We had the pleasure of attending
church yesterday at the Old English
Cathedral which was started in 1898
and has been the site of previous
churches since the Roman conquest
before the days OF Christ-in fact,
there Is a well in the basement of
this cathedral that they claim is over
two thousand years old. For many
centuries this was the capital of
England. The ruins Of the old castle
and the great walls and towers
which surround the ancient city are
still visible in many places. especi-
ally the west gate, which is still in
tact. This was the castle OF King
Arthur and his knights OF the Round
Table. the table is quite wen pre-
served. 1t is is feet in diameter
and bears the names Of "a of his
leading knights, showing where they /
sat at the table. The castle was the |
birthplace of many Of the earlier |
kings and many bloody battles were |
fought here over these hills. Sir /
Walter Raleigh was tried for treas |
on and condemned In the great hall |
Of the castle which is all that re-
mains today. This castle is about |
1t0x55 feet In size and well pre-
served. The rest OF the castle was
destroyed by Cromwell in the great I,
rebellion of the 18th century, III
believe. I have forgotten much /
Of my English history, but Il was
the chance Of a lifetime to be able
TO visit these historic places which
I studied about some 20 years ago
The congregation ON Sunday was
largely soldiers, Englisn and Amer
can, some 1000 In all and The Star
SpanRled Banner" was played by the
band for the first time, Isventure to
say, at any Easter service IN the