The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-01
THOUSAN' s PAY TRIBUTE TO
FALLEN HEROES AT EXERCISES


served in sacred manner in Minot
will long be remembered by the thou
sands who gathered to pay tribute
to the fallen heroes of our country.
The day was cool and pleasant and
an immense crowd gathered on the
streets in the morning to see the
parade thru the principal streets to
Rose Hill cemetery. The parade was
formed under the direction Of Major
e. S. Person. assisted by Major
Wheelon and Lieut.. Gettleman, mount
ed on horses.
The Minot Community Band headed
the procession, followed by the World
War Veterans, Spanish American War
veterans, members Of the G.. A. r.,
but nine in number, Boy Scouts, men,
bers of the w. r. C. and the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the American Legion,
and thousands of school children, wav-
ing flags and carrying fbwers to
scatter over the graves Co.. D in
charge of Capt. Gross were. in the
parade making splendid appear
ance.
At the cemetery, Lieut.. Chester
jacobson flew over the assemblage in
his airplane, strewing beautiful flow
ers over the graves.
At the cemetery the Minot Com
munity band played America, and the
Star Spangled Banner. Prayer was
offered by Ref. H. w. A. Mergel, Civil
war veteran, and an eloquent address
was given by c. w. Mason. Taps
were then sounded and salute fired.
The assemblage then proceeded to
the plot set aside for the veterans
OF the World War where America was
sung by the members of the Auxiliary
of the American Legion. Rev. P. w.
Erickson delivered a short address and
Miss Mae Shaft recited "In Flanders
Fields. Little Ellen Swalstead and
Louise MCDANIEL placed flowers about
the flagstaff. =
The soldiers stopped at the grave
of VIM. G. Carroll where flowers were
placed on it. -,
Members of the G. A. R. and w.
R. C. then proceeded to the Norwe-
gian Lutheran cemetery where flowers
were placed on the graves of Mr.
and Mrs. f. Ellison.
At noon the G. A. R. members were
guests of the w. r. c. at luncheon
at the Waverly Tea Room. Gov.
Nestos, a guest, spoke briefly.
The following members of the G.
A. r. participated in the exercises:
j. D. White, aged 70, Co. K, 90 Ill.
Inf, Commander Abraham Lincoln
T. c. Conklin, aged 70, Co. G. s5.
Wis. Inf, Senior Vice Com.
T. A. Callahan, aged %, Co. c. l
Wis. Cav. Officer of the Day.
Rev. H. w. A. Mergel, Dept. Chap
lain, aged IS, Co. l, Z MINI. Inf.
L. S. Kinney, aged 50, 81 III. Inf.
Robert F.. C. Evans, aged 78, Co.
D, 1926 III. Inf. .~*
J. Newcomb, N. Y. Artillery.
w. H. Groninger, Co. I, 126 Penn.
H. C. Benis, Junior Vice Com, aged
So, Co. A, 1856 n. Y. Inf.
Other G. A. r. members of the
local Post are w. J. Broyles, Burling-
ton, Co. K, IA Ill. Inf.
G. E. Stevens, Towner. IT. K
Valentine Bailey, Minot.
Almon C. Parmenter, Co. c, 81,
Iowa Inf.
M. S. Carlson, Velva, Co. A., 40 Mo.
Joe Vanneta, Anamoose.
Levi Seeley, Bergen, Co. B, IL Wis.
Inf.
A very large crowd gathered at the
auditorium in the afternoon and en-
joyed a splendid program. The num-
Z bers included addresses by Gov. R. A.
Nestos and Rev. P. W. Erickson. The
high school male quartette sang, Wal
ter Spalding recited Lincoln's Gettys-
burg speech, Margaret Devaney gave
a reading, "The Colors", and Martha
Stewart. sang. A flag drill was CIV
en- by number Of beautiful little girls
under the direction Of Miss Gray, and
the high school violin quartette play
ed.
The Independent has heard numer-
GUS compliments on the addresses CIV
en-.
In his address Gov. Nestos said:
whether we think today of the sol
diers of the Revolutionary war, fight
ing amid hardships and privations to
establish an independent republic
among the nations Of the world, or
whether our memories go back to
those who fought in the great Civil
war for the purpose of preserving the
union and leaving conditions such in
this land of ours that every one-no
matter what his race, creed or pre-
vious condition of servitude-might
have the. chance to become truly free;
or whether we think of the Spanish
American war and the effort of our
gallant men to bring law and order
to other lands where the governments
then existing were unable to maintain
order; or whether we carry the
thought down to the recent years and
to those millions of our splendid men
and women who entered the service
Of this country for the sake of insur-
ing the perpetuity of the ideals upon
which our republic was built and who
crossed the seas to suffer for the cause
Of humanity, there are few examples
of courage, heroism and self forget
ting service greater than that Of the
soldiers Of our republic"
Rev. P. w. Erickson, said in part:
"This is day of remembrance
when we stand with uncovered heads
before Old Glory, and realize that
Il still waves over q United States
We alss remember him upon whose
shoulders the burden rested with
s. c...ah;an. ,,.aiself. ,szhn xxas not ner.