Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31

Fifty veterans rode in the parade in automobiles furnished through the courtesy of patriotic citizens while the ranks of the marchers were made up of younger generation than those who previously had marched on many a Memorial day in this city.
 Colonel Charles W. Gale as marshal of the parade gave. the word for the line to move at 2.32 from the as- senlbly point at the Buckingham Mem orial on Main street and the line of march through Main and Washington streets to the Chelsea parade was talk en up, while the sidewalks along the way were lined with crowds of spec tators.
 Parade Formation.
 Heading the line was the platoon of police under Captain D. I. Twomey, and marching with well kept lines immediately followed by Tubbs' Mill tary band and followed by Major John A. Hagbefg and staff at the. head of the two local companies of the 1 Connecticut State Guard.
 Each of the conipanies, Company K, | Captain Charles A. Hagbefg, and Cob pany I, Captain Grosvenor Ely, turn ed out a full representation and marched with soldierly precision, whether at company front, or in co1um of fours
 Scout Commissioner Harry L. Pe- terson was in command of about 100 1 Boy Scouts in their scout uniforms and immediately following them were the Camp Fire Girls in uniform
 Captain Alfred Clark led the Tierney Cadets who had sixty in line in neat uniforms of biue trousers, white shirts, blue. ties and caps. -......--
 The members of Griswold Command | United Spanish War Veterans. were in commaf1d of Captain F. Frank Skin ner and were, followed by the Italian band, which preceded the members of 1 SedgWick camp, Sons Of Veterans, un- der Captain Charles s. Burke, as .es- cort to the Grand Army men wfle fol 1 lowed in automobiles.
 Members of the Citizens corps, 30 ir number, each one carrying a small American flag, immediately preceded tie city and town officials who rode in carriages from which they reyiewei the parade as it passed the Waure- gan house.
 At Chelsea Parade.
 Reaching the Chelsea parade where the exercises were to be held, all th, marching organiza tons formed double line through which the veteran marched to the seats in front of tn stand erected in front of the soldiers monument where the exercises Wer held
 Commanders Address.
 Tie members of the city and towi governments were seated in the stant ; with Commander Orrin Price. tht , Comi11ander Price opened the exer cises with the following brief address
 To His Honor, the Mayor of the Cit, of Norwich. the Common Council, Sc : lectmen and other officers of the cit | government, as cor11mander of Sedg wick Post, and in behalf of my com I I rSdeS, I welcome you to this ou | public service; also you. oat hohore Citizens. corps, Si1nish War Veter
 ans. Home Guards. Boy Scouts, Tier i. hey Cadets, Red. Cross. and wish t u thank all who have contributed an y by their presence are helping to nlak q this another Memorial day never t s be forgotten. My fellow citizens an
 friends: You have this day met wit = us to pay hon0S to our patriotic deat t and their memorial deeds will serv e not only to make American citizen e ship in these days more reputable. bu
 also to maintain and perpetual
 through all future generations. th
 Union and authority of tke Unite States of America.
 With each Memorial Day it I
 pleasing to note that there appears | be an increasing appreciation of il
 significance on the part of the publi
 The civic authorities, too; are in at d cord with it's proper observance as n shown by the closing of saloons an y the forbidding in many cities of eli e GUS parades and other festivities WhiC l. would mar and detract from it's saefe g. character. This is the national da " of memorial, the time when in min IT and thought our glorious past is mac e to live again. It is the hour when Ie nation aWakes to the remembrance d deeds of heroism performed in it's dt e fense, the day loyal people gratefl ,e for services rendered their eountf
 unite to honor their patriot dead. Di
 ference Of party creed and sect al
 today forgotten North, south; ca !. and west. all over our broad land ot 5 people with reverent hearts circle u
 sacred mounds where sleep our coul l. try's dead. On this Memorial Ds
 let us not forget that many eyes a
 eleuded with tears. that lives are de d olate because Of the father, or brothe y the husband Or lover, who did n s- come back. Let us mingle g tend l. sy mpathy for the living who mouI rt for the loved ones they have lost. L
 us recall to memory the men who l. time of danger made their breasts " harricade between our Country al os their foes. Let us recall their tolls n, the long weary marches, their irten r. sufferings in the hospitals, their fea
 ful sacrifices in the prison pens the
 sublime heroisrh iii the days of ba I'll tle and finally as we are gathered | this monument as before an altar, mi
 we pledge our manhood so that he us God. the memory of our count
 dead shall strengthen and encoura in us all a deeper patriotism and wh
 we call Memorial Day may be to 0 aa dead their day of coronation.
 After the excellent rendering of t
 selection, Hear My Prayer. by Tubl te band, under Director John M SwaF
 prayer was offered by Rev. F. Geor
 Riddle, acting chaplain Of the DO ar and A. c. Fairbanks Of the Sons
 Veterans read the Memorial day
 ders. ..
 k, dered with fine expression and f
 voice that could be heard to the |
 most limits of the crowd by Hu nd Kinder and was followed by | e. reading Of the following niortuary re
 ord for the past year by Chaplain Bi - dle:
 < B. F. Pendlet6n. 4th Regiment Ga airy, died NOV. $; stephen B. Meei ', lieutenant 2sth Conn. Volunteers, di
 Nov. IS: Russell Brown, 18th Re
 Conn. Vol, died Dec. 12. Rev. Geof
 W. Huntington '. s. navy. died Mar
 20: George R. Sanders 18th Cenh. VI
 died April 2S: James Harvey, gfid
 Y. Heavy Artillery. died May F.
 Lineoln,s Gettysburg address V read by George A. Keppler, a rhefni l of tba Tyi4fzn,,c na;-rS and {l,a x. 1,,