Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-06-03
we cannot remove under its wise pro.
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visions.
There is today being scattered
abroad throughout our land by the
socialist party of America the Boil
sheyist Constitution which advocates
using force to overthrow the govern
mayor refuses to act on a committee
to celebrate the birth of our constitu-
tlon. A socialist speaker, in this
city SAID that she did not know
whether Bolshevism was any better
tnan Americanism, but God knew it
could not be worse, and the senti-
ment was cheered by few of the au-
diencei
"You will soon be asked, Was Am
erica worth saving? For enemies of
the republic are at work to overthrow
its form of government. The dan
ger is not in Russia or Germany, but
IT is here. 1t is here, now, in this
city, in this county, in this state.
Peace may have come in Europe. but
there will be no peace here until we
nave saved America from the COM
munlsm that is gnawing at the fabric
OF our institutions.
We call our flag by many endear-
ing names; the Stars and Stripes; the
Red, White and Blue; the Star Span
gled Banner; but the name l love the
best is old Glory'-the old glory
that was on Mount Sinai and on Cal
vary; the old glory that was present
at the signing of the Declaration of
Independence; the old glory that
shone about the heads of Washington
an0 Lincoln; the old glory that cleo
trlhed the armies of Europe upon it's
appearance on the fields of France;
the old glory that sits at the peace
table fighting for a League of Ma
tIons, the old glory that has just been
carried in the air, across the ocean,
as message of goodwill from Am
erica, first in the conquest of the air,
as she has been first in so much that
has advanced the welfare of mankind
and as she was first in war, may she
always be first in peace, first in
the hearts of you, my countrymen."
3 In the middle of the afternoon the
parade was formed on Third street.
Led by the Tenth Infantry Band, the
Spanish American War veterans and
world war veterans followed, there be-
ing about twelve squads of the latter.
Company c, w. S. G. headed by Capt. |
+. X. Becker, then marched following
which were the veterans of the G. A. |
H., and their ladies, who rode.
I At Cemeteries
At ST. Michael's, st. Joseph's and
Pine Grove cemeteries hundreds of |
families congregated during the day to |
pay homage to the dead to those who |
had made supreme sacrifice for the |
nation in all wars. Graves were loy-
lngly strewed with bouquets of green |
house flowers, the beautiful wild flow-
ers OF May and lilacs.
At one side of Pine Grove GEM
etery program was again held The |
graves of all civil war veterans, of |
Spanish American war veterans, and |
Of late world war veterans had all |
been decorated and markers had been |
set in place with a small American |
flag at the head of each. The Elks' |
quarter rendered a number, following
which the band played several selec-
tons. Major Edward E. Johnson gave
the address of the occasion, part of |
which follows:
"The ending of the great struggle |
in which the Nations Sons bore them
selves so gloriously, gives a new sig
nificance to this day of National Tri-
butte to her Soldier dead 1t is indeed |
fitting that it should be set aside, not
only for a day of Memorial and dedi-
cation, but for the perpetuation of the
virtues for which they made the su-
Dreme sacrifice.
Heretofore our Memorial days have
an Tod in a
)ur Union Soldiers and Sailors who /
offered their lives that these United |
States might be preserved and the re-
public live. Our Armies which par
ticipated in the great world war have
made their sacrifices upon the field of |
battle, the same as you veterans of the /
civil war, in the interests of freedom,
liberty and equality in our American
Institutions. May not then, this Mem
0rial Day custom with propriety be |
applied also to the American Soldiers |
and Sailors who fought in this War?
"As in the days of 81 and '62 and |
the days of 1898, when many of you |
answered the call of your patriotic |
duty by laying down the tools of your /
trade to take up the musket in de-
tense of liberty and human rights, so
in 1917 and 1918 your sons and grand
sons took their place one by one in
the new Army to carry on the battle /
for Liberty. 1t was with us as it was
with you a momentous time in our
lives. Each of us had laid out our
life's work as seemed to him likely to |
result in the greatest good for him
self and for those who might be de-
pendent upon him,
''In this war in our former wars,
there was a contest between two in
herently inconsistent ideals. On the |
one hand we had a great autocratic |
power. On the other hand |
American Democracy. When in 1914 |
laid its hands upon the |
small states of Europe and |
by force to impose its ideals and in
stitutions upon other peoples, we were |
called upon as in '76 '61 '9S, to save
for the world and pass on to it the |
heritage of our American institutions. |
1t took us a long time definitely to |
realize and actually to believe the |
purpose and intent VI Prussianized |
Germany, but when once we knew her |
purpose We at once put forth our fore
es of democracy against them. The |
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