Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-08-19
PATRIOTIC SERVICES
AT EASTPORT Church;
TWO FLAGS UNVEILED
Village Across The Spa Has The
Greatest Patriotic Day
In It's History
UNITED STATES FLAG
AND SERVICE FLAG
Unveiled And Dedicated. Inspir-
ing Music BY The Naval
Academy Band

Eastport exuded Patriotism yester-
day, for never has there been such a
day as that consumed by the three pa
triotic services held morning, after
noon and evening in the Eastport NJ.
E. Church, the Rev. DR. j. H. Walsh,
pastor
1t was Patriotic Day" with a big
"P," and it is estimated that at the
evening service alone there were some
$500 persons present, and this is a
conservative estimate.
Every man, woman and child seem
ed imbued with the spirit of the oc-
casion. The music was inspiring
Twenty-Five pieces of the Naval Acad-
emy Band contributed largely to the
success of the service, and too much
credit cannot be given these musicians
for their patriotism and public spirit
At the morning service the pastor
delivered an able address on the theme
Appreciation of the American Soldier
and Sailor" The pastor first gave
historic survey in general way, and
then dwelt upon the life of the sol
dier and sailor of today, whom he
styled the Flower of the Republic. -.
He spoke of their manly, noble quail
ties and the preservation of their soul.
The test of training and discipline. and
the whole test as to their fitness in
battle as demonstrated at the front,
and as demonstrated to our Allies.
Dr. Walsh spoke of the needs of our
appreciation of our men, because they
represent us and are Our Men" and
he referred to the sense of reciprocity
in giving great service. He said we
need to give them service at all times
and along all lines, as they are giving
us great service at the front.
Patriotic hymns were sung and at
the close of the service a handsome
American Flag was unveiled and dedi-
Gated The veil was lifted by the fol-
lowing Boy Scouts: Sellman Wilson.
Gilbert Hoffman, Harry Smith and
Hallan Stewart. The flag is placed in
a Flagstaff to be used in the interior of
the church, and to rest at one side
back of the pulpit, with the service
flag at the other side.
At the morning service a solo was
sung, at Was Not So To Be" by Miss
Helen Wilkinson, and at the evening
service the solo, Rock Gently, Old
Ocean" was sung by Mrs. Albert Will
Jams.
In the afternoon the service was
held by the Sunday School and a large
number of visitors were present. Ma
jor Riley made a patriotic address. in
which he emphasized the morale of
the soldiers and said we need to sus-
tain our men and TO add to their NOR
ale on the spiritual side. The Majors
splendid address was received with
popular favor.
In the evening the Naval Academy
Band played beautiful musical selec-
tions and inspiring patriotic airs.
The Hon. James NJ. Munroe made
an eloquent address, historic, concise,
of our army today and dwelt upon
our nation and its relation to hui
manity.
At the close of the service the sery-
ice flag, with its 12s blue stars and
one golden star for the late William
Wilmington, of Eastport, who died in
the service at Admission, was dedi-
Gated and unveiled. It had been placed
in the lower room of the church 'front.'
ing the audience, with lights placed
effectively behind it. The electric
lighting here and outside the church
was the work of Mr. Hossfeld. Mr.
Clarence Tyler removed the veil COW
ering the service flag
Before the close of the evenings
program, the pastor. DR.. Walsh, called
the Official Board of the Church to the
altar, and had the United States flag
brought from its standard as the
band played the "Star-Spangled Ban
ner." The pastor. as the last strains
died away, made the Official Board the
custodians of the flag.
The inspiring exercise closed with
the benediction.
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