The Raymer enterprise., 1923-05-24

OF their kindness TO the aged and nfirm. OF their
romplng over the barbed wire entanglements ana
jumping the trenches and stormIng the pill.boSes
and routing the Hun. And they Will 60 on Me
mortal day to the American cemeteries to strew
flowers and to bless the nation that came with her
men and her women her material. money and EN-.
ciency-the nation that fed the hungry. succored
the Injured and freed the world
Full soon the shell holes Hll with grass
And battlenelds and shell holes pass
Into the mist Of yesterdays:
But still there fingers word or phrase
A touch OF Western breezy slang
To lend Provencal speech q tang.
Stern battles, though the nags be furled.
VIII boom in "Say-Tll tell the world!"
And sparks OF many valiant hght
WIN fash In Listen and Good night:'
Boy faces grinning. wisttul, kind.
With each brisk phrase will come to mind;
Boy faces. grim and gray and drear.
That still could manage "Whoops my dear!
Who called the worlds worst the fuss"
In vivid speech incongruous;
Who 1oked like boys and fought like sods
And caroed: "Blooey! What's the odds?'
Reduced the hell Of Marne and Roye
To crisp and ng-recalled patois
Those boys who said. 80 this Is France"
And, gayly gallant took q chance"
There was a parade up Fifth avenue of the
Seventy-ffth division OF the A. E. F. Far ahead Of
Mai Cen Robert Alexander and his staff. In front
even Of the police escort, marched 30 men. each
carrying a banner bearing 100 gold stars. Behind
these 30 men and the banners with the 5000 gold
stars was a gap three blocks long. Said thick.
witted man In the reviewing stand:
"Why these bnnner-bearers are out Of place"
"You fool" stormed his neighbor, "The dead are
passing now."
II all the patriot dead look upon the services Of
Memorial day. there Is host indeed For 1t Is
almost q century and half since the struggle to
gain and maintain our freedom began.
By the rude bridge that arched the food
Their Flag to April's breeze unfurled
Here once the embattled farmers stood.
And hred the shot heard round the world
There were giants in those days and no Ameri.
can but Is the better American for thinking Of
them-Washington Jefferson, Adams, Franklin.
Sherman and Livingston. who drafted the Declara.
ton OF Independence; Alexander Hamilton; Ma.
than Hale who regretted that he had but one life
TO give for his country; Greene. who outwltted
and outfought CORVALLIS; George Rogers Clark.
who took and held the northwest to the MlssIssip.
pi: John Paul Jones.
In the War of 1872 the Constitution and the
sailed and outfought the British on the seas, to the
establishment OF the world. Andrew Jackson won
the Battle OF New Orleans-a decisive American
hattie that saved us the Mississippi And the sue.
cessful defense Of Fort McHenry called forth
Francis Scott Keys national hymn "The Star.
spangled Banner:'
n, TIM, be II ever. when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the wars desola-
ton:
plest with victory and peace may the heavn-
rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserved us
q nation.
Then conquer we must when our cause II IL Just
And The Star -Spangled Banner In triumph shall
wave
Der the land Of the free and the home Of the
brave.
Another generation and the war-drums beat
again and the bugles blew. "On to Mexico!" Palo
Alto. Resaca. Buena Vista. Monterey and Chapul.
tepec are names to conjure with even now. In the
short and brilliant Mexican campaign Winfield
Scott won fame. Zachary Taylor's record made
him President There Grant earned his nrst lau