Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-13
HOLD MEMORIAL.
FOR SOLDIER
OF BARABOO.

On Sunday afternoon at the Evan
gelical Lutheran st. Johns church, a
Il memorial service was held for Elmore
e. Schram, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
IG. Schram, killed in action in France.
There was large attendance at the
service, number of returned soldiers
being in the audience.
Prayer was offered by the pastor,
Rev. Hy Mueller, Lieut.. E. R. Blake
well and Rev. Mueller giving the adj
dresses. Appropriate numbers were
given from time to time by the church
choir. An American flag and the
service flag of the church were dis
played.
Lieutenant Blackwell, theological
student, said:
In holding these memorial services
| today, we are honoring those thou
sands who so gallantly and unselfshly
laid their lives upon the altar Of de-
mocraey, so that freedom and liberty,
! the birthright of all mankind, might
not perish from the earth. But espe-
cially have we assembled to do honor
, to him who has come from our midst,
a boy whom we all know, member
of this congregation, young man who
has made the supreme sacrifice by Civ
| ing his life for his God and country
,-Elmore E. Schram.
| Let us briefly follow him in his mil
| itary career from the time he left to
| that time when he gave his life upon
the glorious but bloody battlefields of
| France.
In the spring of 1915 Elmore enlist
ed in a Wisconsin militia unit, Co. A
OF Reedsburg. During the months OF
June and July he received his first
/ real military training at Camp Doug
+, las, which was to prepare him for the
strenuous and arduous task that was
] in store for him and which would
make a soldier out Of him of which
we and all Americans are proud.
These same months saw the Mexi-
can trouble slowly but surely coming
to a. crisis. And when the darw and
lowering cloAds of war broke Co. A
was one of the first to be called. In
| July Elmore left with Co. A for San
| Antonio, Texas, where he saw border
service until January, 1915, when he
was mustered out at Fort Sheridan.
But not for long was he to lay aside
hiS@su't of khaki Those ideals which
are SO dear to us were again in jeop-
ardy and thousands were at this very
time giving their lives and sacrificing
their all that these ideals might con-
tinue to be held and cherished by us.
But the issue had not as yet been
brought to our door, so we could not
begin to realize Or picture the grue-
some terribleness of that tragedy
which was being enacted across the
water
But we were soon to see, and short
ly thereafter was sounded the clarion
call for defenders to fight and protect
that banner which stands for freedom
and liberty. And with the sounding
of that call there was to be opened TO
millions a new world, a world in which
lies new work, in WHICH new forces
and new ideas must be met and con-
quered. And again Elmore was one OF
| the first to answer that urgent CALL
when on July 2, 1917, he again went
to Camp Douglas with Go. A, from
which organization he was later trans
'ferred to Battery D, 121 Field Artll-
lery. Again he became a living part
of that army which was called upon
to fight for democracy. Having been
\ L. Il cnI in
of a soldier and knowing full we'll his
duties as such, Elmore went to work
that was hard and gruelling, but which
was to prepare him for the battle IN
which he should take part and which
was to make him true soldier IN
whose heart no fear or malice was to
be found.
i, Although army life is not always
as pleasant as it might be, there was
never a. word of complaint heard from
Elmore He fully realized the respon-
sibility of a soldier, nevertheless he
was always cheerful and happy. Fond
memories Of his friends and those
dear to him were constantly with him,
of which his letters are patent testi-
monials. Memories of those loved
ones at home are the dearest posses
sions of soldier. After days hard
work, after lights are out and taps
have sounded these cherished pos
sessions return to help tighten the
burden of war. Often. as with all, did
he long to be with those whom he
loved, even if only for short time.
Yes, every soldier gets homesick-if
not his heart is indeed as cold and
friendfess as steel.
In September of the same year he
was again on his way to Texas, but
this time he went to Waco to COM
plete his training. He remained there
until February, 1918, when the mem
bers of the division of which his regl-
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