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Show CHILDREN DO HUM TO MINE HEROES ' Two Thousand Pupils of Riverside and Edison Schools Pay Tribute. FLOWERS ON WATER Eulogy of American Sea Fighters Is Given by E. A. Smith. Memorial Day Events. H a. m. Minute gun ;i t Port iJoug-I;i iJoug-I;i s. 8 a. m, Qordon circle. Ladies of the G. A. It., no tn Murray for exercises. !) a, m. Patriotic bodies assemble at Elks' club. 9:15 a. m. Reynolda circle, l.adlos of the l. A. It., ko to Fort Douglas for memorial exercises. !):30 b. rn. Veteran of the O, A. Tt. Ko to city cemetery fjJr memorial exercises. ex-ercises. S;80 a, m. Members or Women's Relief corps go to .Mount Olivet cemetery. ceme-tery. In a. m. Daughters of Mormon Bat-tallon Bat-tallon exerolses at City cemetery. 10:80 a. in. Baseball ;i Honnovllla imrk, Oakland vs. Halt Lake. .Season's opening at Salt.ilr beach. Season's opening at Lagoon. Band concert al fori Iiouglas hy Twentieth Infantry band, 11 a. rn. until noon. Basehal al Bonneville park, a p. m. EQlka vvho have automobiles are re-quested re-quested t'o fee In front of the lodge quarters ..promptly at ! o'clock this morning.. Shortage of oars makes it Imperative thai as many as possible lie donated fOf use of the G. A. It. veterans. vet-erans. They will be in use until i o'clock. In r. verent tribute to sailor and manor ma-nor heroes of the Civil war, school children chil-dren yesterday bestrewed tho surface of Jordan river with flowers. I The ceremony, In which nearly 2000 pupils of Riverside and F.ilison schools participated, formed a spectacular part Of a program planned and carried out by 1 1 10 Ladles of the Grand Army of the Reftibllo of Salt Lake. In addition, the chaBren added to tho program with patriotic songs, other music was provided pro-vided by the Twentieth infantry band, wliilc the occasional address was by 13. A. Smith, superintendent of Salt Lake Clm schools. The ritual of the Ladles of the Urand Army of the Republic was used throughout tho exercises. the Spanish fleet under Cervera and took tho foreign yoke oft Cuba. Present Navy Honored. This day we pay our respects to tho memory of tlie bluejackets of ISflS, as well as those of 1S61 ; and especially do we drop a tear for tho boys who put to sea in 1017 and IMS and are doing their part, Joined with tlie British navy, to keep the Hun from crossing the Atlantic to ravage the fair shores of America. All praise to tlie Knglish warships which for three years have been a bulwark and a protection lo the commerce of America. At tins nour me spim ui uie au-dress au-dress of the immortal Lincoln at Gettysburg is strong upon us. May I not appeal to the boys, and girls in the Riverside and Fdison schools, to all citizens here assembled, in the words of. the martyred president: "That from these honored dead we tako increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full incisure of devotion; that we here hjghly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain that not alone this nation, but tho entire world under God shall have a new birth of freedom'-'? Pupils of Wasatch school yesterday heard an address by Judge Frank B. Scott. The address is the same as was given for the Flks a week ago, and was repeated bv special request. Today's memorial programs will be carried car-ried out according to schedule heretofore published, with one or two very minor exceptions. The veterans and members of auxiliary organizations will proceed to the cemeteries at the appointed time for regular decoration services. Following these exercises, in which school children will have a prominent part, all will assemble as-semble at the tabernacle fol sacred services. flans far the commemoration were in ohvgQ ol Mrs. Mary L. Hubbard of Gordon Gor-don rifi lc. Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Members of the Grand Army and Women's Relief corps posts Rttfinded in f6rlsidcrahle number. M:i i rliing from the east and west sides of Jim river, tho children, each carrying (towers, and many Hearing IWiMS, upon ui'M'oaching the bridge swung up stream, tuliig positions on opposite hanks. There t hey sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" ap "America" before doubling back to tho bridge, from the up-stream rail of which each child deposited the floral om-bleKk om-bleKk TSne Rev. 1 T. J. Catterall openod and closed the ceremonies with a short prayer. Navy's History Inspiring. In his address, Mr. Smith paid high tribute to tho deeds of tlie men of the navy of all countries, dwelling with especial espe-cial emphasis upon those epic deeds of revolutionary days, ana. later, of the Spanish-American war. In part, he said: Fifty years ago the national government gov-ernment decreed that May 30 should be Memorial day in honor of the men who on land and sea had given their lives for the preservation of the union. LCacli year this memorial is observed, not only in honor of those who fell in battle, but those who since have been called to tlie eternal ramp-ing ramp-ing ground. Wo likewise honor and pay our homage to tho veterans who still survive. At tiiis hour wc are met particularly particular-ly to honor tlie memory of the members mem-bers of the navy who died for their country. Here are heroes as valiant and Inspiring as any who have fought tinder the Stars and Stripes. The deeds that thrill our hearts are connected con-nected pre-eminently with the naval warfare. It was John Paul .lones of the revo-. revo-. tiOnary era who. when the Bonhommd Richard was challenged by an overwhelming over-whelming foreo of the British to surrender, sur-render, made reply: "1 have not ym begun to fight. " Tn the war of 1SJ2 there came tlie message of tho gallant Iawrence. "Don't give up the ship." It ws Perry, arter the battle of Lake Erie, who sent the laconic report, "We have met the enemy and they are ours." In 1SG2 it was tho Monitor that saved the northern shipping from destruction by the Mcrrimae. and Commodore Farragut oil the Mississippi, passing New Orleans, Or-leans, destroyed the confederate ironclads and won the west for freedom. free-dom. Dewey, at Manila, drove the Spanish from the Orient, and Schley and Sampson, at Santiago, annihilated Observance of Day. In place of the concert announced for tonight at Fort Douglas, the Twentieth Infantry band will give a recital between 11 o'clock and noon today at tlie fort. Tlie concert follows immediately after the regimental parade. Formal opening of the Saltair beach and the Lagoon will be held today. Memorial dav exercises will be held at the "rave of Captain "Lot Smith at Farm-in-tbn at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon by the J Q. Knowlton post No. S, Grand rmv of the Republic, assisted by Washington Wash-ington circle. Ladies of. the Grand Army, and I Q Knowlton circle. Dr. Seymour B Young will be the chief speaker. T ewis V Huffaker, post commander. Is too ill to take part, and Joseph A. Fisher, senior vice commander, will act in his Those going from Salt I.ake will leave bv the Bamberger electric railway at 2 o'clock arriving at Farmlngton at 2:30. The party will be met at the Farmington station by automobiles. Both Memorial day and the church feast of Corpus Christi will be observed in the services to be held at the Cathedral Ca-thedral of the Madeleine today. The regular masses will be said at 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning and a pontifical high mass will be celebrated at 10 o'clock in fie morning bv the Right Rev. Joseph S. Glass, C. M., D. D., bishop of the diocese. , ... Special prayers will be said for the repose of the souls of those who have died In battle for their country's cause. The sermon at the pontifical mass will be preached by a Benedictine monk, the Rev. Philip Williams. Bishop Class will be assisted In the mass bv Father H. J. Wientjes, deacon: Father C. A. Kaek. subdeaeon; Fathers George Rapier and L. Hartz, deacons of honor, and the Rev. J. F. DeGroot, assistant as-sistant priest. |