Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY RITES
PARTICIPATED IN
BY LARGE CROWDS
DECORATE GRAVES
LAST RESTING PLACE OF DECEAS.
EO VETERANS STREWN WITH
FLOWERS. g. M. CAlPERFlELD
ADDRESSES PUBLIC GATHER.
ING AT ARMoRY.

Graves Of every Ottawa soldier c
the wars in which the United state.
participated were decked with now
ers yesterday, when the city paid
tribute TO her dead heroes.
Exercises were held at Armory {
and thousands Of citizens stood on
the sidewalks with barred heads as
the annual Memorial Day parade
passed through the loop, shortly be.
fore p. m.
Heroes Of the Civil War, heroes of
the world war, wives. sisters and
mothers of the veterans of both wars
and patriotic men and women OF
the city joined In paying reverence
TO the men, who made it possible for
the United States to continue a free
republic nation
The services yesterday were among
the most impressive ever held in
Ottawa. Many out of town residents
gathered here to assist with the Cele-
bratiOn. In the morning the com.
mittees of the Ottawa Memorial as.
Bociation visited the cemeteries and
decorated all the graves Of the dead
soldiers, saiNrs and marines who are
sleeping in the various memorial
grounds of the city The ceremonies
were made more beautiful than ever
before in the history Of the city
In the afternoon the services start
ed with a parade which passed thru
the loop district All the patriotic
organizations in the city we're rep
resented in the procession Large
numbers of Ottawa residents assem-
bled along the line Of march, to watch
the marchers pass.
A halt was made at Washington
park, to salute the soldiers mOnu.
ment which had been prettilv decor
ated with flowers and draped with
flags
The feature of the days program
was the unusually beautiful exercises
which were held in the afternoon at
Armory C. A large attendance turn
ed out to attend this service.
The address of the afternoon was
delivered by Col b. VI. ChiperHeld of
Canton, ILL.,, an overseas veteran, OF
the world war. Col. Chiperneld
in very beautiful and fitting manner
paid tribute to the heroes of the wars
in which the United States has par.
ttcipated, delivering one of the finest
oratiOns ever heard from an Ottawa
platform.
The annual necrologists report
was given by L. w Brewer Sr., as
taps were sounded for the soldier
dead Of Ottawa who have passed away
during the past year.
The address by Col Chiperfold.
who served overseas as Judge advo-
cate Of the 33d division. was one of
the finest ever heard in Ottawa. The
colonel, man of fine appearance,
has an attractive personality. which
combined with a clear voice and nat
ural ability as platform speaker,
made his selection as the Memorial
Day speaker very popular choice.
Col. Chiperfield said in part:
We have assembled here today in
the discharge of high patriotic
duty; one that is mingled with sad.
ness, but also one where the dark pail
Of the grave is lighteued with a halo
of patriotic glory in the memory Of
great deeds and the brave achieve
ments of our soldier sires, many of
whom now sleep beneath the sod.
waiting for the last reveille. that will
call the earth to judgment.
From the earliest ages, mankind
has sought to tenderly mark the last
resting places of its dead There
those who sorrow have built monu.
ments that point their stony shafts
heavenward to commemorate the
tOmbs of men who have battled and
triumphed in the peaceful wars of
life, There have been strewn the
choicest buds of spring. omblematic GrI
the life eternal. which we all believe
awaits those who have performed
their duty well Today with bowed
head and reverent mien, va stand at
the tombG Of our dead. living over the
days of their noble achievements, for
getting therein their failures and
shortcomings.
IF this is done for those who have
lived their allotted span. but who.
perhaps, have made no great patriotic
sacrifice for native land what should
be your attitude with reference to-
those who laid down their young lives