The Ward County independent., 1921-06-02

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Monday on the 53rd annual observance
of Memorial day. The weather could
not have been more ideal The sun
shone clearly and the weatherman
gave us one Of those perfect May
days for which North Dakota is not
ed. Industry thruout the city halt
ed. The municipal and federal Of
fices and schools were closed and
business was suspended generally in
memory Of our fallen heroes.
Thruout the city flags floated to the
breezes at half mast. Practically ev-
cry home and business place display
ed the national colors. Thousands
came in from the countryside early in
the morning to participate in the
events of the day.
Rose Hill cemetery, St. Leo's ceme-
terry, and the Lutheran cemetery on
the north side had been made into
veritable flower gardens. Flowers had
been placed on hundreds of graves
in the silent city of the dead.
In special honor of the soldiers of
the world war who dies in France,
thousands of scarlet poppies appeared
in the coat lapels of Minot citizens.
Patriotic services were conducted in
the Minot churches Sunday.
The parade which started for Rose
Hill cemetery promptly at 10 o'clock
was in general charge Of Capt. Gross,
overseas veteran, who was mounted
on prancing charger. Lieut.. Chet
Jacobson, of the aviation corps, was
his Aide. The colors and firing squad
and Minot school drum corps, headed
the parade, followed by the following
old soldiers in automobiles decorated
with the stars and stripes:
Robert +. C. Evans, member Of Co.
D., 1876 Illinois Infantry; J. D. White,
lieutenant in Co. X, % Illinois Mount
ed Infantry; Rev. H. w. A. Mergel,
Co. G, 7th Minnesota Infantry; H. C.
Bemis, Co. A, 1856 New York Infantry;
w. H. Groninger, Go. }, 1876 Pennsyl
vania Infantry; j. w. Laskey. Co. D,
1T Ohio Infantry; w. G. Broyles, Co.
X, IA Illinois Infantry; L. S. Kinney;
Thomas Callahan, Co. c, first Wiscon-
sin cavalry; S. c. Newcomb; 7. c.
Conklin, Co. G, 36 Wisconsin Infan-
try.
Of the above, the following are
members of the Abraham Lincoln
Post, G. A. r. of Minot: J D. White,
Commander; T. C. Conklin. Senior
Vice Commander; N. c. Bemis, Junior
Vice Commander; Thos. Callahan, Of
ficer of the day; Rev. H WA. Mergel,
Adit. and Quarter Master; l. S. Kin
rcy, W. G. Broyles and S, c. New
comb.
Members Of the Woman's Relief
Corps, the Woman's Auxiliar:.s to the.
American Legion, the American Le-
gion and Worlds War Veterans,
Spanish American War Veterans, Boy
Scouts, school children and citizens in
automobiles.
The Community Band. under the
direction of Prof. John f. Howard
marched in the parade and played.
Upon arriving at the cemetry, ex-
ercises were first held at the grave
of Comrade r. w. Davidson, a Civil
War veteran and one of the early
Commanders of the local G. A. r. Post.
Here prayer was offered by the Rev.
Charles Schneider of St. Leo's Cath
olic church. DR.. Levi H. Beeler, pres
ident of the Minot Normal school de-
livered an address replete with Am
ericanisms, urging our people to so
live that we shall not lose that free
dom so dearly won by our fallen
heroes. A salute was fired over the
grave of Comrade Davidson and taps
sounded The band played the Star
Spangled Banner
The assemblage then proceeded to
the plot set aside in the cemetery fo"
the heroes Of the World War where
America was sung to band accom-
paniment. Miss Doris Kemper recit-
ed "In Flanders Fields" most effec-
lively, and Rev. D. J. Gallagher, Rec
tor Of All Saints Episcopal church
gave remarkably strong patriotic adj
dress.
The procession then proceeded to
the Lutheran cemetery in the north
ern section Of the city where a mil
itary salute was fired over the graves
of E. Ellison, late Commander OF the
local G. A. r Post, and Henry Ander-
son, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank And
erson, who lost his life in France, and
whose body was removed to Minot
recently. Miss Kemper again reclted
"In Flanders Fields" In this. ceme-
terry lies the bodies Of Mr.. and Mrs:
f Ellison and their sons, Edward and
Wilhelm. Hildor Ellison, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ellison, and hero Of the
world war, was among the American
Legion soldiers to do honor to the
fallen dead.
Rev. T. F. Gullixson, pastor of the
First Lutheran church, delivered the
following fitting address at the Luth-
eran cemetery:
aFellow Citizens: We stand today
between the graves of two soldiers,
companions in arms under the Flag
although half a century lay between
their battle fields. They were both
under the discipline of war; under the
authority that says in the face of keen
discomfort and gravest danger go,
and he goeth, come and he cometh, do
this and he doeth it,
"Some of US can scarcely under
stand the discipline Of war, how it can
steel the heart to face what warfare
brings, how it could so quickly teach
the young lad in blue to look unter-
rified on the battlefields of the south,
to walk alone as night sentry where
any deep shadowed sycamore or pine
might hide quick death. We cannot
understand the discipline Of war that
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