The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-06-02
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED
BY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
Continued from Page One)

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Oakland, and John Sines, Sines, of
the Federal Army, and George Brown,
Loeb Lynn Heights, and Simon Myers,
Oakland, Spanish-American soldiers.
At the cemetery the five were Joined
by William C. Buncutter, Confeder-
ate veteran.
There are ten veterans of the Union
Army of the Civil War known to be
living in Garrett county, and they in
clude Joseph Frantz and George Mar
ley, of Deer Park; Reuben Tasker, of
Vindex; John Bowman, Accident;
Scott Friend, Selbysport; George
Frantz, Friendsville; Josiah Wolfe,
GAINESVILLE; John Sines, Sines; Henry
Sines, Oakland, and Thomas Nethkin,
Oakland.
William G. Buncutter, of near Oak
land, is said to be the only Confeder-
ate veteran still living in the county.
Mayor Henderson's address follows:
Memorial Day
Once again Spring has returned
bringing with it Memorial Day, with
its sacred duty of remembrance. And
at the very outset it might be well
to recall the establishing of this Ma
tional Holiday of ours, associated as it
ever will be with those brave defend
ers of the Union-only ten of whom
are alive today in Garrett county,
and only three of whom are able to
be present at these ceremonies in
their special honor.
Its nationwide recognition was be-
gun by the order to the Grand Army
of the Republic issued in 1868 by its
then Communicating Chief, Gen. John
Logan. And yet we can trace its his
tory farther back than that 1t leads
back to the year after the war when
a little group of Confederate women,
laying flowers on the graves of Con-
federate dead, also decorated the
nearby graves of Federal soldiers, an
act which was reported in the North
and helped to dispell some of the bit
terness engendered by that mighty
conflict. We can trace it on back to
the Civil War itself; back to the first
shot fired on Fort Sumter which be-
gan the war; to John Browns raid;
or even to the coming to America of
the first slave trader, bringing to our
shores that first cargo Of human
freight, and setting in motion the
chain of events that caused tens of
thousands of our citizens to die on the
field Of battle.
Few survive in the ranks of those
mighty armies that once followed
Grant and Lee. And to US of the
Legion the G. A. R. is saying:
70 L., L.
The torch; be yours to hold it high"
1t shall be our sacred duty to carry
on the observance of Memorial Day
in the same spirit in which the duty
has been performed by the G. A. R.
And in so doing we honor not only
those of our county's defenders who
have answered the last Roll Call.
Because behind them stands our
Country, whose principles they sup
ported, and for whose sake they
offered their lives. And in honoring
its soldiers we honor our Country to-
day.
In 1918 at this time of the year the
First Division was holding Cantigny
against repeated German counter-at-
tacks-our first attack. This success
proved to the anxious allies that the
United States could fight. In another
part of the line the End Division was
moving to the front to fill the gaps
in the line, and to make the name of
Belleau Woods famous in American
history.
In 1898 at this time American
Troops were assembling for the in
vasion of Cuba that was to be con-
cluded by the attack at San Juan, by
the sinking of the Spanish fleet block
AIDED there for so long a time, and by
the capture of Santiago.
In May of 1861 in both the North
and in the South there were being
formed the forces that were later to
engage in that terrible four year
struggle.
Prevention of War
On such a day when the price of
war in human lives is self evident to
everyone would it not be we'll to study
briefly the causes of war, in order to
prevent war, or at least to lessen the
probability of it?
And in so doing it is necessary to
distinguish between the proximate
and the more remote causes of war.
You all know how fire shoulders
for time with no sign of flame,
OAhy W OuLoC 1OICu dI d pun VI ali.
So it is with war. Too often for many
years there is trouble brewing be-
tween two nations; it goes on almost
nn-noticed, only to burst into war at
the drop Of hat or some other Incl
dent seemingly inconsequential.
Little things often sway the destiny
of empires, and trifes change the his
tory of mankind. There was an old
saying:
1'FOr want of a nail the shoe was lost;
For want of shoe the horse and
rider were lost;
For want of the message the battle
was lost;
Because of the battle kingdom was
lost"
And on such a day as this 1 will
re-tell to you how it came about that
Antietam-the fiercest battle fought
on Maryland soil-was fought where
and when is was.
Lee had won at Second Bull Run
and crossed into Maryland on his first
invasion of the North. At Frederick
he turned westward, leaving behind
him cavalry screen that McClellan's
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