South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-31
HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN

many veterans who were TOO infrm
20 undertake the long march.
Decorate Graves.
A. the south safe OF the cemetery
the line halted. the SIX companies OF
home guards forming in double
column. open order. and presenting
arms as the veterans and other mil
itary organiza tons passed between
the lines, deployed 20 the right and
left inside the cemetery gate and
placed their flowers upon the
graves Of their departed comrades
as they passed through the cemetery
20 the speakers stand near the east
gate.
3 r. Terrick. commander OF
Auten post, g. A. r. was the pre-
siding ofhcer At the exercises. After
assembly was blown by Bugler
Ferguson the Red Mems band PLAY
ed a selection. followed by prayer by
Rev. Henry l.. Davis. ID. D.. pastor
OF the First Methodist church A
male chorus sang They'll Never
March Again" and Comrade Elmer
. Crockett read the roll OF honor OF
veterans who have died the past
year, and who are
Roll Of Honor.
City Cemetery.
Enoch r. Weiss Julius VALID
schmidt. A. y. Jaquith. Joseph NJ.
I Calvert Joseph r. Mossey
Bowman Cemetery.
Stephen Kratzer. John NJ. Reaves.
/ Thomas Simonton, Samuel Frick.
Riverview Cemetery.
Jack. NJ. johnson. Henry s Par
ker, A W. Lee. J. K. Hart, J. De-
Witt PAYNE.
Highland Cemetery.
Daniel Fl. Edenbo, Franks y.
Koontz.
Cedar Grove Cemetery.
Peter Kowalski
South Bend Soldiers Buried at Other
Places.
Thomas Vincent, Walkerton: viii
liam Brummitt, New Carlisle: John
J. Whitman Sumption Prairie
Chauncey Ashcraft Marion home
Lewis T. Raymond. Frank c. Cherry.
Peter HostIer. Jacob Clee.
Read LncOln's Address.
] Fred Buechner followed on the
program with reciting Lincoln s
Gettysburg address. The singing by
the male chorus Of They Sleep
Meath the Valley" Immediately pre-
coded the address Of the day. which
was delivered by Rev. A NJ. Eells,
d. D., pastor OF the Westminster
Presbyterian church. The program
was closed with the singing of
"America" by the audience. led by
the male chorus and accom- panied
by the band. the invocation by Rev.
Eells, and the firing Of the salute of
three volleys by the Sons OF Vet
Grams reserve corps. and the blow
ing Of taps" by Bugler Ferguson.
Rev. EelIs Speaks.
To-day we are facing the greatest
conflict OF history" declared Rev.
Eells. Take any Of the - previous
wars and roll them into one. and
still you have not attained the mag
nitude of the present struggle. No
other war has been equal 10 this.
And vet We face this gigantic
struggle unafraid because YOU vet
Grams have taught us the lesson OF
patriotism and have shown us how
10 fight for the right
Germany fights because Of hate.
We fight becau use OF love-for jus
tice liberty and right The Ger
mans have a misconception of pa
triotism.
stephen Decatur's toast, My
country, MAY she always he right
but, right or wrong. my country is
not the true ideal of America 1t
has not been so in the history OF our
land. Their country, The pilgrims
said No" and left England because
their idea OF religious right did not
agree with those Of their country.
And today. millions Of foreign
born people living in America and
still citizens OF their native land are
also saying no" 70 that statement
+ because they believe America is
/. right and that Germany is wrong
America is Right.
IF any nation was ever right in
any war. America is right in this
war; declared Rev Eells.
This war is a religious war. in a
way. Germany made war because
they found that war paid better re-
, turns than peace For years they
were peace-loving. and knew thelr
factories returned about % per cent
OF the mones on their investment
But there came war and they
. learned that with conquered terri
tory war paid dividends or 100. 500
and even / 900 per cent
From that time on they have
maintained a great standing army
That is why we are at war today
At Howard park impressive cere-
. monies. in which flowers were ca 81
upon the waters Of the river in mem
, ory Of the naval heroes were carried
{ out in the morning