Arizona republican., 1918-05-31

envelops all departed comrades il arms of the republic, tenderly en- folding the dead of all our wars alike. Fitting it is that the graves of these men who sleep beneath the flag of our united country should be decked with flowers and marked by the starry emblem of the nation. It is also fitting that in these remember ings all honor should be given to the great company of noble women who in every trying period of the nations history have bravely suffered and sacrificed and in countless ways have assisted in moulding and shaping our country's destiny.
 Day Grows in Meaning
 With the passage of years, Mem- orial day has had an increasing depth of meaning to us all. Its mantle en- folds the comrades departed who so faithfully served in the cause of lib- erty, and in the providence of God, our portion will be with them. En- twined with the memories of oul dead. which are quickened by these yearly gatherings, are the recollec- tions of other memorial days and of the prayer and the earnest words and the deep sorrows which have brought us nearer to them in the past and help at this time to make our communion closer and to fill our hearts with more tender sympathy for those bereaved who are bowed in mourning and afflction.
 Comrades, when at the close of Memorial day we have returned to our homes, 1t must be that the con- secrated thought of this hour shall abide with us and inspire us with loftier patriotism and a firmer resolve to give loving aid and sym pathy to comrades living and to those left under our care and protection.
 In times of peace, we are called upon to perform duties of citizenship which are as high and holy as those rendered with the colors. Let us battle for the right in civic affairs and champion every cause and en- deavor, whose purpose is the uplifting of humanity. Let us strive with all our power to defend our flag and maintain the liberty of the republic and thus in the highest degree seek to fulfill the patriotic duty which every citizen owes to his country. The Indian school band rendered mu- sic appropriate to the occasion and restful and inspiring to the large audi ence
 Judge A. C. Baker was then intro- duced as one who had worn the gray in the great civil strife, and spoke as follows:
 Judge A. C. Bakers Address I have been introduced as a former Confederate soldier. That fact needs l no explanation at this day. In my love
 and memory of the soldier dead, I make no invidious distinction between the one who fell in front of me, and the one
 who fell at mys idle. The glory of the one 1 is reflected in the glory of the other
 am proud to say that l have two
 sons in the United Staes army. I am l in no different category from thou
 sands of other former Confederate sol diers who. in this time of our coun- try's need, are making the supremest
 sacrifice that any man can make aside | from dying himself on the battlefield
 My sons will go over the top in this fgreat war for God and humanity, side l by side with the sons If those who wore the blue.
 | The great civil war has long since
 ended and passed away-the great ar
 mics have been disbanded, their tents | are struck, their camp fires put out | AihStCA AOi1o idib d"oy.
 Spirits of Heroic Dead
 But there is another army, whose numbers no presidential proclamation can reduce, and no general order car
 disband. This is the army of the dis embodied spirits of the heroic dead
 They come back from their homes be yond the stars to live with us this day
 as we garland their graves. I see then | sxIk number. as I saw them on earth. Som are dressed in blue, and some arr dressed in gray, and some are dressed
 in khaki, born of the Joins of the blu
 and the gray.
 On earth they varied in characte
 like other men. They had thei
 strength, and their weaknesses; thei merits and their faults. Yet, now, al stains are washed away. Their live ceased at it's climax, and the endinI sanctified all that went before. Wha
 a wonderful purifier is death! The.
 died for their country, and found tn way to heaven equally short whereve
 they fell.
 , There is a beautiful legend as fol
 lows:
 , Tho Touch of Angels Just before every battle two angel pass over the camp in the darkness while the soldiers are asleep. and SC lect the valiant who are to fall in tn contest, and mark them with honol , By the story in the legend. all wh : may thus fall in battle are immorta ,, They receive their reward in happ home beyond the sun and the lastin
 honor of their people.
 And so, these disembodied heroi . spirits fall as in the legend touche r first by the angel as doubly immorta i From the early ages till the pres i, ent time the brave have ever bee . honored with monuments. The Egyr f tians spent millions to build the Pyra
 mids by the labor of slaves, in honc n of kings, and filled the vacant cham . bers with portraits of battles, so thf n the deeds of bravery might be lastin h and perpetual. But such a monumeI {, loses it's significance with the decay
 the people that erected it. This cour d try great as it is, enduring as it is. the everlasting monument of our hero F dead.
 d Not Dead but Sleeping d O, glorious and immortal dead! W n lay for a season thy precious dust b. 1T heath the soil that bore and cherishs l tHees put we lllnS Udch dbdlHSL O'
 brightening sky the thougthless speed
 that calls thee dead. God reigEs ar .- His purpose lives, and though vol y, brave lips are silent here, the seeds l. what you did will spring up and bril 's forth patriots through the years c come, who shall perpetuate that spii IL in a race of noble men.
 It There is only one kind of peace f le us now. We shall have no peace f le smells of sauerkraut.
 IS We have no love in our hearts '- this beast who would conquer tl U world and submit nations to his GOV