Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-02-25

ute to- Ashlands heroic dead. Sec
tions in the building were reserved
for the families of those who had
paid the supreme sacrifice during
the war, for the members OF the
American Legion and their families,
the members of the Grand Army
Post, the Women's Relief Corps and
the National Guard Uniformed
ushers from the army and navy seat
ed the throngs that gathered to do
homage by their presence at this
occasion.
Ashland has fifteen names on her
honor roll, who gave iheir lives dur
ing the past war. These are: Earl
d. Beeson, Walter Ray Davis, Arthur
NJ. Decker, Willis Hines, Algie V.
Loomis, Arthur Ray Morgan, Walter
Anderson Phillips, Orlie II. Powers,
Archibald Smith, Horatio S. Sanford
Jr., Herbert Guy Spencer, Clement
NJ. Summers Jr., Philip II. Trefern,
Forrest G, Wolcott, James Merle
Fountain. OF this number some are
sleeping in FLANDERS field where
poppies grow" while others fell by
disease in the home camp and are
now occupying a last resting place
in Goods acre" near their homes
William NJ. Briggs, commander oil
Ashland Post, No. IA, American Le-
gion, in making the opening remarks,
stated that the occasion was not to
open old wounds or to cause fresh
sorrow to those whose hearts had
been wrung by the bitterness OF
loss, but rather to spread the gos-
pei of gladness that so many had
answered the call and proven that
they were of those whom the late
Theodore Roosevelt styled, zone
hundred per cent American" He
outlined briefly the objects and aims
of the American Legion, whose pro-
gram is to suppress Bolsheyism,
keep the followers of the red flag
of anarchy from gaining a foothold
on this fair land and to win Ameri-
cans for America.
Commander Briggs was followed
by Miss Anne Ellis who read Edwin
Markham's beautiful and inspiring
poem, France in Battle-Flame."
Hon. Il. V. Carter, the speaker of
the day, opened his address by re-
peating that poem that will 90 down
in history as the battle hymn of the
world war, "In Flanders Fields"
He then recalled the day, not yet
three years ago, when Ashland sent
the flower of her youth to the wars.
He spoke of the elation that shone
in their eyes at the opportunity of
being called to this great duty, but
that their sober faces showed that
they fully realized the gravity of the
task before them.
From this he spoke of the great
hopes and aspirations Of all that wars
should be no more, and voiced
wish that a League of Nations could
be evolved that such a state might
come to pass.
The speaker also added a word
to the American Legion and the
younger generations. They are the
ones to take up the burdens of state
and nation, and carry on for the
future welfare of their country. He
spoke of the present unrest and dis
turbances throughout the country in
this present reconstruction period.
which requires unfaltering patriot
ism to make Americans for Amer
ica."
The reading of the honor roll was
conducted by Rev. c. A. Edwards.
who after reading the names of those
who made the supreme sacrifice |
told of the reason for the occa sion /
The memorial certificates, given by
a grateful nation in honor of those
who gave their life's blood to assist
a stricken country. contain a sym
bolical group placed on a renotaph .
on which is engraved an inscription
the following being the translation
ITO the memory OF Ga blank for
the name Of the fallen hero) Of the