Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-06-02
HONOR THOSE
LOST AT SEA
REV. WIN. J. TAYLOR GIVES
ADDRESS AT CONCRETE
BRIDGE


BRIDGE
The Naval service of Memorial day
was particularly beautiful asd ex-
pressive Hundreds of veteran sail
ors, marines, land veterans, and citi-
zens participated, marching from the
Y. M. C. A. at 80 on Third street to
Scott and down Scott street over the
high bridge to the Falls bridge where
a special service for deceased sailors
and marines was conducted.
Bark Launched
A floral bark was appropriately
launched from the Cereal Mills COM
pany pier by Ensign v. Pettric, who
saw five years of service, and Arthur
Belize, representative of the Marines.
At it drifted toward the bridge, ex-
pressing the homage of veterans alive,
young ladies of the Girl Reserves scat
tered fbwers on the water. The Girl
Reserves were clad in white middies
and blue dresses.
Tie 18th Infantry band played on
the occasion and Rev. VIM. j. Taylor
gave a brief address. Such cere-
Hony has been used elsewhere but on
Monday it was inaugurated for the
first time in Wausau. Emory Skinner,
formerly in the u. S. N, was in charge
of the program.
Have Been Derelict
II do not know how you feel in the
matter, but / believe that we as city,
have been quite derelict in regard to
paying a just tribute to the Navy and
the Marine corps" said Rev. Taylor,
delivering his address from his auto
mobile, which was parked about at
she center of the concrete bridge.
DECEASED SAILORS
OF THE WORLD WAR
Babcock. willard G.-kilIed =
hunting, fall 1920. Bandy, C. t.
Great Lakes, Influenza, March
1919 (Flieth). BOhnsdahl, Sieg-
mund-Great Lakes. Oct. 4, 1919,
(Mosinee). Colombo. Jehn Arthur =
Great Lakes, Dec. 30. 1918. Err
hart, JOe-died on ship board,
June, 1918. (Flieth.) Giesler, Ar :
nOId-Annap0lis Naval Academy,
Oct. 8, 1918. Knuds0n, Harry
Great Lakes, June 1918 (Athens.)
**
"Here we have 1853 sailors alone,
from our city in that department of
defense; we have lost by death three
brave souls, Arthur Colombo, Arnold
Giesler and Bert King of Schofield
We have one sailor, Harry Oswald,
of the west side who did valiant SER
vice upon his vessel which was three
days burning at sea. Harry was the
radio operator and was therefore the
last to leave the vessel before it sank.
hals -
as this is not only fitting and proper
but the just tribute due our brave
boys.
? Without their vigilant and sacri-
fcing cooperation, America could not
have done her important service in
the World War. Without their added
bravery, their sturdy struggle for de-
mocracy, one these shores and over
yonder, the war could not have been
won. -
Mean Something
'You possibly look at the black tie
which these jackies may wear and
the two gold stars which tley have on
the back of their collar, and dismiss
the matter without a thought That
tie is worn in memory of Lord Nelson
and his men, who stood in their places
and heroically met death, that they
might defend the very principles for
which these boys stood. Those two
stars remind us of the only two ad-
mirals our country has ever seen fit
to designate with that high title, two
men, peerless in character, dauntless
in courage and fearless in the face of
every foe, Admirals Farrigut and
Dewey
"On June %, 1914, the Archduke
Franz Ferdinand, heir apparent TO the
throne of the Austro-H Hungarian Mon
archy, was assassinated by a Serbian
nationalist in the streets of the chief
town of Bosnia. Doubtless not more
than a handful of the millions who
read the paper on the following day
realized that this murder would carry
in its train any consequences of extra
ordinary moment. The popular mind
had become accustomed to assassina-
ton of royalty.
'And yet within five weeks the
greatest powers of Europe were
battling in the most terrific war in all
history.
SOwed the Seed
But it was America that sowed the
seed of that war. 1t was America that
manufactured the powder to blow up
the old forms of feudalism and mon
archy in Europe. 1t was America that
sowed the seed she planted in the
heart of the world when she freed the |
first salve in the south and proclaimed
equal rights for all men before God.
THE success and permanence of |
this Republic of which we are so
proud, will be exactly in proportion |
to what we do to further the purpose
which we see running through the an
nails of our history.
THE privileges and glory which are
ours today may be forfeited tomorrow
If we do not now see to it that even