El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-30
PAY tribute To
NATIONS DEAD
Civilians and Soldiers Join
in a Long Parade to
Memorial Services.

] cOlOrS at na4L mast IN observance OF
/ the day when tribute is paid TO tn 2
/ dead soldiers who fought for the ma
! ton in its recent wars. The parade
wound through the business center
10 the courthouse auditorium. where
memorial exercises. INSTRUMENTATION
al in nature, were given About noon
thousands Of people went to the Gene
teries to decorate the graves Of the
veterans and Of others whose bodies
lie there.
Military Makes showing.
The parade was headed by a platoon
] Of city police formed In single rank,
/ headed by traffic sergeant j. +. Cap
I finger. Next came the band OF the
I s4th infantry under bandmaster Step
I hen JJska.
Capt. E. Y smith commanded the
detail OF the bath infantry, composed
! Of company E. commanded by Lieut.
/ Charles Stephens, and company 81.
Lieut.. William NJ Phillips.
Three cars loaded with veterans OF
/ the Spanish war and of both the Con-
} federate and the g. A. r. posts fol-
/ lowed the regular soldiers, with a
/ platoon Of Spanish war veterans under
I +. n. Filler next
! Veterans who marched were H j.
/ Heitgen, Schuyler Houston, first ser
! geant Timothy Kennedy, retired; J. r.
7 Hunter. j. :. Morrison. c. J. Stahn,
/ John Kelly. W r. Page, Albert Biefer.
Two Old Pals March.
In the line Of Spanish war veterans
were Bob Page and Norman GOrhDm-
/ Page and GOrham were in Cuba to-
gether in the Fourth Tennessee vol
7 unteers. Mr.. Gorham decided one en-
listment was enough and after serV-
{ ing IL. located 10 Port Arthur Tex,
I ~. Ha
Z Page, however, took on with the 55rd
L. s volunteers commanded by Col
Luther Hare and organized in Texas,
and served an enlistment in the
Philippine islands.
Home Defenders March.
Company II, OF the Home Defence
1 league. commanded by Cart JACK
Henry, followed the Spanish war vet
I Grams. Col. r. B. OrndOrff, capt B. r.
! Person, Capt. r. 3. Holiday, Lieut. W.
[ H Long, and Ad1t l. Hess were pres
+ ent at the formation Of the Defence
/ league company. but did not accom-
pauy il in the parade.
! Scoutmaster Glenn o. Everman COM
mauded two troops OF Boy scouts
who marched in company front
A troop of 50 girl students u the
high school led by Mrs. Thomas
{ OfKeeffe of the United Daughters OF
the COufederaCy, followed the Scouts,
and we're followed by two carloads
! Of women Of Wade Hampton chapter
Of the Z. D. C.
I'M. c. A. Secretaries Out
-Four Y NJ c. A. automobiles fol-
[ lowed the Wade Hampton chapter,
with 20 Y 81. C. A secretaries on
I foot under F. C. Holloway. The y. ~
3 c. A. men were formed in five ranks
I Of four men in each.
Four autos of members Of the negro
/ Red Cross chapter, Mount Franklin
J. r.-sagHr1arrH Mrs
Washington, followed the y. n c. A.
CAPT. A. L. Wilson. Of troop L. Third
/ Texas cavalry marched at the head
{ Of the newly formed troop, out OF uni
form.
Officials Are Represented.
Members OF the city council who
I took part in the parade were acting
/ mayor Tom O'COnuOr, aldermen Frank
I Simmons, r. C.. SempIe, clerk Jack
Dawson, with county judge T. B. Nc
l Clint0ck, auditor Joe EscaJeda, ana
/ tax collector Del R1chey.
Civil War Vets Fewer.
Civil war veterans who participated
I in the parade were.
G. A. Re S. Woodwork. COM
I mander Of Emmett Crawford post; +.
I T. Tusten. adjutant; B. P. Browne. j.
7 L. Thompson. Thomas +. Holgate, Il.
Z S. Johnson, W. X. Smith. Z. P. Groves,
I z. Love, p Derr, George W. White.
Confederate Veterans-H Z. :
3 Stacy. commander. b. E. Major. o. O..
Jones, A. G. Patty, E. F. StOker. j. 3.
{ Fletcher. ". j. Miller, y. Z. Kendall,
j. y Wadliugt0n Other veterans
were at TIE services and cemeteries.
seant Decoration Noted
1 Scanu decorations marked the line
{ Of march Most Of the buildings lining
Z the streets flew one or two flags, but
Z for the most part confined themselves
{ to nne. Hotel Orndorff flew two flags,
ru@ from each roHuar The Security
bank building and Banner
building were both decorated with
/ large flags. and were among the best
I decorated buildings in the line or
march The federal building was
adorned with a lone flag, and the
Sheldon hotel had a flag with a Red
/ Cross flag below. The Mills building
had flags waving.
The City National bank building.
I Hotel Paso del NOrte, Herald building
and the army recruiting office dis
[ played tattered flags, Of which little
was left save the blue starry field
I The recruiters, however had new
bright flag festoOned under thelr
window.
Many Buildings Decorated.
The big plate glass window OF the
Newman Investment company had a
mass Of draped flags, with large
] card bearing the names Of employees
and members who have Joined the
c0lors.
The First National bank building
had two large garrison flags at half
staff. The courthouse and city hall
flew flags at half mast
The Popular and the White House
buildings were beautifully decorated
with flags and bunting. Both stores
had flags flying from the top OF the
buildings
The nag that flies daily from the
peak of the pole in san Jacinto plaza
was halfmasted, with the honor flag
won in the last Liberty loan drive.
Odd Fellows Display Flags.
Members of the Odd Fellow lodges,
chiefly FL PasO lodge No. 2S4 and the
auxiliary, Daughters of Rebekah were
the only unit TO form at Kansas and
Montana streets. They were present a
dozen strong, led by Sergt. Il. r. Hyre,
supply company, 34th infantry, and +.
T. HecOx, general odd Fellow secre-
tary. The service tlage. one Tor the
. Odd Fellows proper containing So
stars, and another for the Rebekahs.
containing J. stars, were carried.
High school cadets were scheduled
TO meet with this unit. but they had
been mustered out two eeks ago and
their officers were unable TO round up
the men,
Draft boards were likewise sup
posed to meet with this unit, but j. A.
Escajeda, Of the county board, was the
only one persent and he went over
to the unit containing county officials.
odds for the ashes Of his fathers and
the temples Of his gods.
Carried Ont as Planned.
The program at Evergreen ceme-
terry was carried out exactly as