The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-03-15
But not today.

"'Someday the soldiers will come
back from France,
And Britain will be merry with ban
ners gay,
And l shall see them marching past
the comrades of my boy
But not today.
"'SOme day, that golden some day
which the future holds
When trumpets blow, and angles
line the way,
My soldier boy will come to meet me
down the glittering ranks
But not today.
welcome brave mother heart the
day at last has dawned,
The parting and the pains have
passed away,
Yes, l shall see my ears shall hear,
my heart grow young
Upon that day"
Members of Home Guard Attend.
Thirty-two members of Company
c, sixth battalion, Minnesota home
guard, assembled at the armory yes
terday afternoon at 12:45 o'clock,
and formed to attend the memorial
exercises to be held at st. Clair in
honor of Glenn H. Campbell, the
young soldier from that village, who
was recently killed In France. The
guards We're accompanied by Cap
tain Roy Allison and Lieutenant Bud
Cain. A firing squad was organized,
consisting of Seageants Ed. Nyquist,
William MeiXner, w. E. Van Ness, /.
N Tompkins and Fred Otto, Corpor-
al AL Kercher and Privates Langes
and George La Favor. This squad
| was formed to fire the salute in hon
or of the dead.
Accompanied by some friends out
side the company. the members made
their trip to st. Clair in automobiles.
In the ST. Clair opera house, where
the exercises took place, a special
section of seats had been reserved
| for he company. Captain Allison,
Lieutenant Cain and the colors were
given a place of honor on the stage.
Rev. Father O'Connor, an old
! friend of the family of the departed
soldier, addressed the gathering.
Father O'Connor had known the
, young man from boyhood up. 1t was
hard task for this speaker, as he
was so filed with emotion over the
death of the young soldier whom he
had known so long and of whom he
thought so much. He spoke of the
| remarkable patriotism of the young
| mans parents. He declared he new
err in his life saw more patriotism
shown than what was shown by that
father an dmother, when they heard
of their loss. He said it was WON
deriul and inspiring to see how the
parents bore their bereavement and
| how proud they were that their boy
! died for the cause of humanity.
The Saying of pershing.
Father O'Connor spoke of the fam
/ GUS utterance of General Pershing at
the tomb of Lafayette: Lafayette,
we are here" Young Campbell had
caught the same inspiration. Shortly
after leaving the ship and stepping
on French soil, he was heard to say:
Lafayette, l am here"
The speaker told how Campbell
had enlisted last May at the local re-
cruiting station; how he spent three
months in the service in this coun-
try, and seven months in France w
went to France on one of the first
transports to land American troops.
He was in the front line trenches,
when he met his death. When he lay
in the hospital for weeks, he was al
ways looking forward eagerly to the
time when he would get back to the
front rua
The gathering sang several sacred
hymns. including Rock of Ages"
At the close of the service, Rev.
Paden read a series of resolutions
passed by the Blue Earth County
Red Cross, expressing sympathy for
the bereaved family.
The home guards marched out OF
the hall first, while the rest of the
people remained seated. On reach.
ing the street, they formed in line
and the firing squad fired the salute
in honor of the dead soldier, while
the rest Of the guards stood at pre-
sent arms.