Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-31
HONOR HEROES
Of -FOUR WARS
Observance of Memorial Day.
Many in Line of
March

By Special Correspondents
TOTTENVILLE, May s1.-Heroes
of four wars were honored here yes
terday In the observance Of Memoir
ial Day in the fifth ward OF the Dor
ough OF Richmond. Veterans of three
of the wars marched in the parade
thai was held in Tottenyille In the
morning as a tribute to those that a
made the supreme sacrifice in the Re
volutionary, Civil, Spanish-American
and the Worlds Wal that just came
to a close.
-Four members of the Grand Army
of the Republic took part in n ser
vice held at the Soldiers Monument at
Bethel cemetery following the visit to
the various cemeteries in the hfth
ward in the morning. They were
Commander Hubbard r. Hetman,
Charles A. Thrall and George N.
Haines of Lenhart Post No. 1913 OF
Tottenville and Captain Woods of a
Philadelphia Post. Commander Yet
man and Chaplain Thrall were in
charge of the ritualistic service OF the
Grand Army. This was followed by
the singing of the Star Spangled
Banner" by the Community Service
Girls" and the address by Stuart l..
Ritz, a veteran of the Spanish Ameri
can War.
Mr.. Ritz gave one OF the best talks
over heard on an occasion of this
kind, in which he eulogized the he
roes of each of the -four wars and he
paid a glowing tribute TO Grand Army,
the Standardization n Worlds
War in their fight for right and of that
OF the returning soldiers and sailors
who helped make the world safe for
democracy. Following Mr.. RitZ's talk
Augustus O.. Marscher. who was chair
man of Local Draft Board 1S9 read
l. 49, ~ ~
of the fifth ward whose names are on
the roll of honor. They are: Lieu
tenant Walton Beauvais. killed In ac-
tion; Amer G.. Russell, killed in &C
ton; Thomas Cavallo. killed In ac-
ton; Peter Massey, died of disease in
France; Sergeant Martin DietZ. ac-
cidently drowned in Texas; Elwood
Smith, died of disease, at Newport, II.
T.; Sergeant John w. o. O'Meara, of
Richmond Valley. killed in action;
Clarence Kllnger, of Richmond VAL
ley, killed in action; Phillip GlismaS
of Pleasant Plains. killed in action;'
Martin o. Brown. of Pleasant Plains,
killed in action; Clifford Lake. of
lakewood, died of disease and Frank
lyn Randolph, of Great Kills. died of
disease. The service which was n
of the most impressive closed with
prayer by Rev. c. s.. Hunt, pastor of
Bethel church n the singing of
america" by the Community Girls.
At the close of the ritual of the Grand
Army a firing squad of the Police Re-
serves under Lieutenant Vollmer fired
three ~salutes and Bugler Hollowell
sounded taps.
Forty soldiers. some of whom a
yea & were in the thickest of the
fight on h west front. headed by
Lieutenant George Dow and Sergeant
George Dewey Morehouse, a hero of
the Argonne. st. Mehiel and Ballau
Woods and fifteen sailors headed by
Ensign Van Marsher and Ensign Cook
were given an honor position In the
parade and all along the line of march
that passed through several of the
streets of the town they were greet
ed by their friends and relatives. At
Woodrow cemetery, the grave of ABB
raham Cole, a veteran of the Revolu-
tionary War was decorated and a
marker placed there by the Daughters
OF the American Revolution and at
Bethel cemotery. the grave of Joseph
s. Decker, killed In the assault on the
block house at San Juan Hill, Cuba,
In July, 1898. and that of Robert
Deitz, acidently drowned on the bord-
err were also remembered
The parade was made up of the Po-
lice Reserves, with their fife, drum
and bugle corps. all in their new uni
forms, Red Cross. Home Welfare
League. Worlds War Veterans, Po-
lice Reserves. Boy Scouts. Lone
Scouts, Community Service Girls. and
school children with their drum corps.