Evening star., 1927-11-20
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House Clerk Lauds Spirit of
Americans as Societies Pay
Lincoln Tribute.

Speaking before members of the
William r. Gushing Camp. No. 80.
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civi.
War. and Gushing Auxiliary, No. a..
last night gathered at banquet with
small group of Union Army Vet
Grams as their guests. William Tyler
Page. clerk of the House of Repre-.
sentatives. told of the continuous
struggle throughout the history of
America to preserve the Union. and of
the part the Civil War played in the
formation of a Nation which stands
as model to the world today The
banquet was held at the Y. w. c. A..
and was the concluding feature of the
annual celebration of Union Veteran
day.
EulogiZing Lincoln and praising the
valiant heroism of the Union armies,
Mr.. Page said that the torch of the
causr had been thrown to the younger
gem alton to bear, and declared that
it. Is the moral obligation of every
American man and woman to be ready
to lay down their lives at any time
that the Union is attacked from with
In or without.
These gatherings are good for us,
sons and daughters. declared Col
Ulysses s. Grant, Sd. also principal
ask ourselves the question whether
we are doing as well by our. country
today rs they did"
Union Established Again.
Col. Grant said that the soldiers of
the Spanish-A merican War and of the
World War, soldiers of the North and
OF the South. fighting side by side.
showed that the spirit of the Union
had been established again.
Col. j. Miller Kenyon. commander
of the District of Columbia Depart.
ment of the American Legion spoke Of
1918, and said that the good will
of all Europe, particularly of Ger
many. to the United States was clearly
demonstrated during the recent Legion
convention In Paris.
Other speakers included Mrs. Will
liam c. Speakman. national vice presi-
dent of the American Legion Auxil-
, iary, who spoke of the part the WON.
en- of America had played during the
Nations wars. Mrs. Thacker V.
Walker department president of the
American Legion Auxiliary of the Dis.
trict of Columbia, and others.
The banquet was brought to a close
with a brief symposium and with the
singing Ol IdtIlotC SoIlSS anu tHc
recitation of poems.
Wreaths Placed ON Statue.
Yesterday at noon wreaths were
placed at the foot of the Lincoln
Statue in Judiciary Square, and nd.
dresses delivered by leaders in pa;
triOtic organizations in Commemora.
ton ot the sixty-fourth anniversary of
President Lincoln's Gettysburg ad.
dress as part of the days celebration.
The principal addresses were deliv.
cred by Judge Hosea b. Moulton, past
! department commander of the Depart
ment of the Potomac, G.. A. r.. and
by Mrs. Speakman.
One of the wreaths was placed on
behalf Of the Gushing Auxiliary, Sons
OF Union Veterans. by Mrs. D. B.
Gates, president. and the other on
behalf of the Women's Relief Corps
G. A. r., by It's department president,
Mrs Elizabeth Basset.
The ceremony was opened by Camp
Comdr j. r. Hauck, who intro
duced Mrs. Gates. and the camp patri-
otic instructor. Herbert Walton Rut.
ledge. who presided at the remainder
of the ceremony.
The program included singing, led
by w. b. Wells: prayer. by John l..
Bateman: the reciting of Lincoln 9
Gettysburg address. by Mrs. Rose =.
Rutiedge. Horace j. Phelps was color
bearer.