Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-01

piles while hundreds of citizens watched and applauded all along the line of march from the Buckingham Memorial to the Chelsea parade.
 Promptly at 232 D. m Major Charles A. Hagberg, the marshall gave the com mand Forward, March :" Tubbs band struck up a stirring quickstep and the line moved off on Main street towards Burnham square, where it countermarch- ed, and proceeded back along Main street and up Washington street to Chelsea parade. About 300 were in line, of whon. 45 were the Sedgwick post men in auto- mobiles.
 Parade Formation
 The parade formation was as follows:
 Major Chas. A. Hagberg, Marshal
 and Aides
 Lieut.. A. G. Jenkins, c. S. G.. Segt G. A. Turner, U. S. W. ", Sergt. HAROLD T. ROBINSON Tubbs Military Band John NJ. Swahn, Leader
 Cos. F. and F., Conn. State Guard Capt. ". R. Denison, Commanding R. o. Fletcher Post. No. f, A. L. Earl c. Herrick, Commander Griswold Command, No 6, U. S. W. v. Clarence Rathbun, Commander Liberty Drum Corps John Harris and Felix Debarros, Drum Majors Boy Scouts
 Scoutmaster Carlton Bowers, Commander Girl Scouts
 Rambler Troop, No. 2 Sons of Veterans George H. Dolan, Commander Sedgwick Post Members in Automobiles City and Town Officials in Carriages At the parade the Sedgwick post men | marched to the stand in front of the Sol | diers' monument through the open ranks | of the escorting organizations, Preceding the Grand Army exercises 1 a short memorial service was conducted around the flagstaff by the Spanish War i Veterans, in which the ritual was ren- | dered by Commander Clarence Rathbun | and Chaplain George A.. Turner and the | flagstaff was decorated by F. Bernhard. | The exercises at the stand, on which l the officers of Sedgwick post, the speaker and the city and town officers were seat ed, followed immediately.
 Commander Prices Address.
 When the assemblage had been called to order by the sound of the~bugle, Com mander Orrin F. Price of Sedgwick Post words of greeting:
 | To- His Honor. J. J. Desmonw, Mayor of the City of Norwich, the members of the Common Council Selectmen and oth- CT officers of the City Government and our postmaster, John P Murphy: As
 commander of Sedgwick Post and in behalf of my comrades, I again welcome
 you to this public service; also you the officers and members of our new mill.
 tary company and Spanish War veter
 ans, who have done escort duty for u! ]; in the days gone by; also the Sons o
 Veterans and. our honored citizen corps as well as the Boy Scouts anC
 to all who this day have gathered witl ; us to pay honor to our patriotic deac
 who freely gave their lives for theil l country Their memorable deeds vii l serve not only to make American citi l zenship in these days more respectabl
 but also to maintain and perpetual through all future generations the uniol and authority of the United States o 1 America. And again I wish to pay trib ute to. our World War Veterans wh have joined us today to pay tribute t
 our noble dead, and now that thu
 world war has ended you have followe , the example of our forefathers and vic tory has again come to the America1 forces and Sedgwick Post wishes to ex I press our highest admiration for sol
 dier, sailor or marine enlisting under tn e Stars and Stripes to serve and fight fo f his country, either in the Civil war 0 in the Spanish %ar or in the great Worl ~ war. We are all one in comradeshi
 now, standing together one man tha
 govern ment of the people and by tn . people and for the people shall not per ( day of memorial, the time when in min and thought our glorious past is mad
 to live again. It is the hour when , nation awakes to the remembrance 0 deeds of heroism performed in it's de ! I fense, the day when a loyal people l grateful for service rendered their coun try, unite to honor their patriot deaG Differences of party, creed and sect ar 2 today forgotten. North. east, south an . west all over our broad land, our peo pie with reverent hearts circle the sa : cred mounds where sleep our country Il dead.
 e Let us mingle tender sympathy fo l the living who pcn for the loved one i they have lost. Let us recall to mem $ ory the men who in time of dange I made their breasts a barricade betwee n our country and it's foe. Let us reca y their tolls on the long weary marche l. their intense sufferings in the hospital! K their fearful sacrifices in the priso a pens, their sublime heroism in the day a of battle, and finally may we join S reverently in these exercises that W = call Memorial Day may be to our dea T their day ef coronation.
 The program was continued as follows a Prayer by Past Post Chaplain,
 Rev. E. George Biddl
 Selection. Hear My Prayer, Ban
 Star Spangled Banner, Hugh Kinde Reading of Memorial Day Orders, e lsPast Post Commander J. Herbert Georg a Reading of Obituary Records, Il Rev. F. George Bidd 5 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 't George A. Kepplt n. Decorating of Monument,
 n Past Post Commander J. Herbert Georg IS Response, Geor~e A. Keppl, a. Answered Final Roll Call.
 The mortuary record of the post men
 bers in the past year was read as follow r. by Rev. MT, Riddle:
 ed Roswell Butler, Co., F, 18th c. ", di, ck Dec. 6, 1919.
 he Benjamin G. Barber, Co. NJ. 12th Ba of talion Inf, c. V, died Dec 16, 1919.
 Jaheel B. Hill Co. B. 27th Inf. C. '