Evening star., 1932-05-30
Spirit of '76 Has Never Died,
James A. Reed Says in
Arlington Speech.
UNION ARMY VETERANS
TAKE PART IN SERVICE
Ceremonies Held in Other Gene.
teries-Military Mass Sung
at C. U. Stadium.

Inc SplrlC OF 10 mas never died, and
1t Is with the iron Of mems souls, not
written pacts, that America must keen
hard-won liberty.
This was the warning of former
United States Senator James A. Reed
Of Missouri this afternoon in the amphi-
theater in Arlington Cemetery, where
thousands gathered for the ceremony
that climaxed the observance Of Memo
rial day in the Capital
"Dreamers." he said, may dream
their dreams, and universal congresses
write their thousand pledges of eternal
amity; these are but paper pacts quickly
consumed in hatreds smouldering fire.
No Faith in Paper Barricades.
$50 long as flames of human passion
burn and barbarous races arm for
carnage. slaughter and for spoil, wise
men will put no faith in paper barri-
cades.
ON the stout hearts and unyielding
swords OF our own gallant sons we must
rely"
Prior to the Arlington observance. ar
ranged by the Grand Army of the Re-
public Memorial Day Corporation. there
was parade of veterans led by a little
group Of survivors Of the Civil War.
The white-haired Reed, noted as an
unyielding foe of internationalism pic
tured to spirit of '76 lowering over all
the glorious milestones in the country's
history.
Pictures Heroism of 1917.
1T was with Jackson's men as they
manned the cotton bales at New Or
leans, with the hosts of Scott as they
stormed Chapultepec's dizzy heights,
with Roosevelt's men at San Juan Hill,
with the ships of Dewey at Manila Bay,
with Schley of Santiago, with Grant
and Lee as they led their embattled
hosts in deadly conflict in the Civil
War, and with Pershing's men as they
rolled back the tide of German valor
on the fields of France" he said.
He pictured the heroism of the World
War as making pale the heroism of
the past.
What compares" he said, with the
courage of those men who, amidst the
clouds, with none to witness or to give
encouragement, went unflinchingly to
single combat and to death?
Or with that valor which coolly fol-
lowed a barrage of bursting shells
through poisonous gases, which. like
the breath of myriad serpents, silently
crept across the field, stole into
trenches and burned out the lungs and
lives of men?
Our proud flag, baptized in valorous
blood and tender tears. will still pro-
claim to all the world the puissance Of
America, the freedom and dignity CT
man."
Tribute to Washington.
Another speaker, Representative
Bloom Of New York, associate direc-
tor of the United States George Wash
ington Bicentennial Commission, be-
spoke "a thought and a prayer for
the forgotten heroes who achieved our
independence and started our Nation
upon it course" declaring this fitting
in the year that marks the 200th an
niversary Of the birth of Washington.
I'VE are here again." he said, Ito
express our tribute of respect and
gratitude to our hero dead But these
exalted emotions are not restricted to
those who are buried here. They en-
compass the wide range of all our
history and all our Nations defenders
I'VE come not to pay a debt, for the
debt we owe and acknowledge here is
beyond any human ability to pay MOI
are We here to eulogize the heroes who
have gone before; they are beyond
eulogy.
I'VE come here to reconsecrate our
selves to the preservation Of what they
achieved. We are here to pledge in
loving remembrance the true hearts OF
living Americans. to our countrymen
who gave their lives that our Nation
might survive"
Marine Band Opens Rites.
An overture by the Marine Band
opened the exercises, and the call to
order was given by William F. Dorsey
department commander of the G. A.
R., who introduced the presiding Off
Ger. James G. Yaden. president of the
Memorial Day Corporation. Percy
Parker presented the colors, and then
accompanied by the Marine Band
Jeannette Elizabeth McCaffrey sang
the Star Spangled Banner"
Gen. Logan's order establishing Me.
mortal day was read by his daughter
Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, and this wa:
followed by Just Before the Battle
Mother" sung by Dorothy Sherman
Pierson. Lincolns Gettysburg Addres.
was read by Harlan Wood, and Gertrude
Lyons sang "Out Of the Night the Buglt
Blows" Mr.. Blooms speech followed
and after the selection, There Is NJ
Death" by Elsie Jorss Reilley, former
Senator Reed spoke.
Ruby Smith Stahl rendered "The Re.
cessional," the audience joined II
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