The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-01
A DAY OF TRIBUTE.
Topeka in Memorial to Veterans
of Wars.
Warm and Clear Weather for
Decorations, Parades.


War men. in all the cemeteries, were
decorated by comrades and friends.
For several days hundreds of school
children have been gathering flowers
day morning they were out in large |
numbers.
Honor and respect to the sailors who |
have died in the service of the United
States, were symbolized by the casting /
of flowers on the Kaw river, at Melan |
bridge. The big river carries the mes |
sage on to the ocean, the graves of
the sailors who have died in action.
Committees of veterans of women of |
the auxiliaries assisted in the cere-
monies. Firing squads from Company |
H, Kansas National Guard saluted the |
dead. Chief Gunners Mate Lynn Eas |
ton, recruiting officer, veteran of the |
North Sea blockade, was in charge of
the sailors.
At 1 o'clock. Kansas avenue was
cleared of traffic in preparation for
the big parade. Marshall's band, po-
lice, Capt. Arthur Mills. parade mar
shall, and his aides. aid veterans of
the world war. headed the column. !
The second section was led by the Sc
curity Benefit association band with
representations from fraternal organ
izations. Other sections included: The !
Boys Industrial school, headed by
their own trumpeters' corps; Jackson's
Military band, Company H; Red Gross, |
and Military Sisterhood.
Nearly 200 Veterans Marched.
Nearly 200 veterans of the Civil war
| marched behind the Old Abe Camp
fife and drum corps. Others were
carried in motor cars. The old army
veterans were given an ovation.
Officers of Lincoln post took charge
of the services at the city auditorium.
]. G. Wood, chairman of the memoir
| ial committee, called the meeting to
| order. Capt. Joseph G. Waters was
master of ceremonies. The assembly
sang America" and repeated the allie
glance to the flag. Rev. ]. K. Miller
repeated the invocation Henry S;
Hallock, of Lincoln post No. 1, read
Gen. John a. Logan's Memorial day
order. '"Tenting on the Old Camp
| Ground" and 80 Peerless Flag" were
sung by the Elks' Meistersingers.
rector of music, led the First Congre-
| gational church choir in the Battle
Hymn of the Republic and the Re
| cessional." Donald A. Campbell sang
the solo of the "Recessional." The
service was closed with a benediction
| by G. S. Huffman.
Address by t. a. McNeal.
The great mistake of the govern
| ment administration in it's handling
| of the CONSUMPTION law; that men
| were not drafted to do the necessary
running of the big industries of the
Il
| ed to leave their homes, risk life,
health and everything in France for
$50 per month, was the point brought
| out by T. A. McNeal in his memorial
address at the city auditorium Mon
day. 1t was a point, however, that
no fight was made on while the con-
| scription act was being passed.
He told of men who struck for
sums of money double, treble and four
times what they had ever received,
l ~
per day McNeal did not name spe-
| cific classes of men; it is not neces-
sary that they be named.
| IF men of a certain age should
have been drafted to cross the ocean
| and fight, and if need be die McNeal
asserted, then men should have been
| drafted to do the necessary work at
home, and for no greater wage than
the soldiers received in the army,
$1.10 a day, and food and clothing"
when we have seen the boy in the
trenches deprived of every comfort,
Infested with vermin, cold, wet and
hungry and constantly threatened
with terrible dangers for which he is
paid $1.10 a day." McNeal declared at
Ianother point, while another man,
Iprobably of foreign birth, is striking
for SIS a day as a hand working on
the building of government ships-it
is not surprising that a feeling of Bit
terness enters his soul and he is tempt
ed to ask if the man who offers his
life for his country is not rather more
of a fool than a patriot"
McNears qualifying phrase. prob
ably of foreign BIRTH" was unneces-
sary, in that many native Americans
came within the stigmatized classifi
cation of money grabbers. His talk
was a severe blow at the administra-
ton that SO intellectually handled the
CONSUMPTION law"
That profiteers of the Civil war
period were hampered only because
they did not think in as large figures
as the profiteers of today was Nc
two periods and pointed out that many
present fortunes were founded on
profiteering in Civil war contracts, just
as thousands of immense fortunes
have been founded by profiteering in
the last few years.
The Native Sons and Daughters of
Kansas held their services at Topeka
placed on the graves of three Kansas
governors buried there - Samuel J.
Crawford, Thomas A. Osborn and
George T. Anthony. The address was
made by Mrs. Cora Wellhouse Bull
lard, president.
Flowers from the city parks were
given to the G. A. R. by Commissioner
Robert McGiffert. Fifty dozen
peonies were the main part of the
contribution. The flowers the G. A.
r. could not use were sent to Christ's
hospital.
That relatives should permit the
| bodies of soldiers who fell in France
| to remain in their national cemeteries
. under the care of the French govern
ment, was urged by Thomas A. Lee, a
member of the executive committee of
The American Legion, at services held
Monday afternoon at Mt. Auburn
| cemetery. Lee was introduced by
Hugh T. Fisher. More than 900
persons attended this service. The
Security Benefit association band and
Jacksons Twenty third Regiment
band played patriotic music. The fir
ing squad was in charge of Lieut..