Evening star., 1927-05-30

Above: Sadly depleted ranks of tll'
trains, which carried them to ArlinI
Below: Veterans of the World War
tet struck up the inspiring notes of
1.-THE Battle Hymn of the Republic -
The last words had hardly died away
when President Coolidge arose and
advanced to the front of the plat
form.
The Presidents address. for which
tired veterans had waited long,
brought the memorial services to a
climax. There were two other num-
bers on the program, song, Brave
Hearts, Sleep On" by the Imperial
Quartet, and the reading of an origi-
Clagett Proctor, before Rice w.
Means, former Senator from Colorado
and commander-in -in-chief of the United
Spanish War Veterans, was introduced
as the next speaker.
Former Senator Means Speaks.
Former Senator Means stressed the
good that the friendly spirit OF CO.
operation between the various veteran
organizations has wrought in wiping
out sectional lines and declared that
America wishes we'll to all peoples
and all governments"
To-day is the first time that a rep
resentative of the veterans of the
Spanish War and the World War has
spoken on Memorial day in this pa
triotic shrine," said Comdr. Means.
When the American people heard
the call of distressed Cuba petitioning
to be freed from a yoke Of tyranny
placed thereon by the monarchy of
Spain, her young men were sent forth
to battle for love Of country and in de-
fense of human rights. Sectionalism
was wiped out in this country, and
we knew no North, no South, no Fast,
no West. The American people found
a national conscience, for by that act
the sacrifices of the men of '61 and
'65 were completed and sealed. We
were in fact a great Nation, a Union.
one and inseparable.
Washington, the father Of his
country, responding to an inquiry by
his friend, Lafayette, as to the for
eign policy Of the United States, re-
piled: Our policy is simple one.
We wish well to all peoples and all
governments. We conceive it to be
the privilege of all peoples to. have
the kind of a government they believe
vided, that government is not a men,
ace to the peace Of the world nor dan
gerous to the rights of others
Praises Love of Country.
america responded to the call Of
it's Chief Executive and drove the
House of Hohenzollern from the throne
of Germany. All service men are akin
in that they followed the same flag
offered their lives freely for the glory
of their country.
"'Tis marvellous faculty, this love
of country. Personal attachment is
a mystery. We know, however, that
it is a feeling that lifts itself out from
the heart of one and entwines itself
about the heart of another in the
lasting embrace of friendship. But
patriotism, love of country, lies deeper
in the recesses of the heart than that.
'Tis true it slumbers in the ordinary
calm of quiet days, but in an hour of
emergency, when dark war clouds
appear upon the horizon; when the
bugle calls; when drums beat forth
their sounding clamor; when the old
flag, mystic magic symbol Of this
Nations life, waves forth and catches
the day CLEANS on it's radiant folds, it
sweeps before it all love. all hope, all
fear. 1t hurls men forth forgetful of
themselves to hazard life itself at
fearful odds. 1t nerves real men to
do, to dare. to die.
To-day some of Americas sons lie
buried in peaceful graves in this coun-
try, some lie wrapped in the folds of
the great ocean, some lie in we'll kept
graves in France, some lie amid the
wreck Of hard-fought fields, and some
lie in those awful narrow graves
where torrid hospitals lay out their
dead; but wherever they NAL lie, there
stands forevermore, though unseen
by human eyes, the guardian sentinel
of this Nations love.
Great memorials are erected to
their memory, but my comrades
gathered in every hamlet in this great
country realize fully that marble and
brass, however lasting it may be. is
unfit to perpetuate the yalor Of their
sacrifice. Around their lasting monu-
ment shall stand an eternal guard of
honor and from the deep blue of
heavens skies Gods stars shall keep
a loving vigil to their memory"
Services Brought to Close.
The address of Comdr. Means
brought the memorial services near
to a close. AS Mrs. Lyons led with
America" the great audience arose
and their voices carried far over the
fields where here and there small
groups paused before the graves of
those who died that freedom might
ring from every mountain side, to
heed the swelling anthem.
Then the services ended with the
benediction by Rev. DR.. r. Z. Nc
Bride, chaplain of the G. A. r.. and
the President and his party left the
scene to return to the White House.
From the Amphitheater, the surviv.