Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-06-02
PULLMAN DOES HONOR
TO DECEASED VETERANS
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day came about i'm May. 1865 when
General John A. Logan al tho tir,a
national commander OF the Grand
Army OF the Republic issued HE
memorable order designating Nav
% Tor the purpose of 'strewinp win
flowers or otherwise DECORATING he
graves Of comrades.
But today the observance of No
moral day is not only local state
Wiae ana national it is international
Following the adoption of Nav 40
as Its Memorial day by the American
Legion, the International Veterane'
Federation, composed OF veterans of
france, England. Canada. italy and
othef allied nations. has adontad
TINS day for the observance of ritas
Tor the dead. Services are going nm
not only in every city and village Of
the United States and it's fnsular nos
sessions, but in France. in England
helglum, Canada, Poland. JaDan and
other countries, where Americans
are buried.
Ioday we so back in memory TO
the heroes of history, to the pioneers
VINO braNed the hardshipS of
strange land and who builded the
foundation OF the United States of
the present day Our memory also
sues BACK TO the heroes of 1875 To
"hom liberty meant more than life
! llseI' we recall the gallant deeds
OF our soldiers OF the Civil war and
Oh the war with Spain and we ioin
those III our midst who participated
! III those conflicts in doing honor IN
lhelf fellow comrades In the sac
req SOIL OF Virginia there lie side hv
size thousands upon thousands who
once wore the blue and the gray
ana i'll Cuba and the far off Philin-
pines thousands of graves give silent
| testimony to the valor of American
heroes
There are but few AMONGST MS here
who can recall the trying DAVIS Of
oil and 50 but we all know of the
! great sacrifices that were made on
! the bloody battlefields of that great
war OF history. We pay our respects
TO the living veterans of that period
and we would do honor to those who
gave their lives that the nation
might live.
! There are quite few present here
today who recall the days of 1898.
beginning with the sinking of the
Name on the 18th of February of
| that year. and | recall quite WILDLY
! my experience in Havana harbor a
lew days after the explosion when
! tne waters OF the harbOr gave M
| the Names dead Immediately af-
| Ter the explosion word was sent to
! Key West, where | was then sta
| TONED, and relief party was i'm
! lnedlately dispatched TO the scene.
| shortly after passing Moro Castle
! IN Havana harbor we were met by
| DOatlOad of sad-faCed Spanish O.ti-
Gals who expressed their regrets at
| the catastrophe. Our vessel. the
! lighthouse steamer Mangroye, re-
! manned in the harbor for several
! days and on the eve of the second or
! third day the bodies of the unfor-
| tunate victims began to rise and one
! by one they were tenderly gathered.
! identified and sent to Key West for
! temporary interment. Later these
| bodies were transferred to Arlington
! Cemetery in Washington, d. c.,
where a special portion of the bury
| ing ground has been set aside for
! these heroes. Little dreaming OF
! their approaching untimely end,
| many of these young men had visit
ed Us at our garrison i'm Key West.
| gay and Carefree. fun Of adventure
! clean and vigorous only 10 he de
| str0yed without a moments warn
! ing by a treaCheruuS foe. Rpmem-
! Der the Maine became our watch
! word, and within a few months the
! country rang with enthusiasm at the
announcement OF the declaration Of
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