Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-31 | Page 10 | Soldiers Decorate Graves of Comrades

! SOLDIERS OECOffi '; GRAVES OF COMRADES , J Memorial Day Services at ! Ogden Conclude With Tabernacle Gathering. G;:e.MaI to The Tribune. GO DEN. May SO. Memorial services he-Id at the tabernacle at 8 o'clock this evening concluded the tributes of respect jaid to departed comrades by tho vet-' vet-' eran? of three wars. t' The services loniyht included music numbers in addition to addresses by Captain Cap-tain hi. T- Huianl-kl for the Grand Army of the Republic; John D. Murphy for the Spanish War veterans, and the Rev. J. E. Carver for the American Legion. The observance held today by the soldiers sol-diers of, the three wars consisted of a vi;:t to the cemeteries, where the graves t.-.-q derorat:d and a trip to the (i;den river, where flowers were cast upon the Wfi ters for t ho:-;c of the navy who made .sm.-remn tsarrifice and the boys of the army who died at sea. ' Tho former KuMiers met at the city hall at I o'clock this morning, where they tri'k automobiles for Mountain View cem-eirv. cem-eirv. They were accompanied by the m oiri a n ' s auxiliary of the G. A . R . an d the Spanish war veterans and the Women, or American Patriots. At the cemetery the nirn were divided into groups and Si-jua-M and inarched to the graven of their comrades. As the floral tributes were laid upon the graves the veterans stood in salute find silent, praver. After H e grave? at tho Mountain View corneU-rv had been decora to "1 the soldiers and mem tiers of the women's organizations organiza-tions went to tho City cemetery, where similar tribute was paid to the departed. Memorial day was generally observed by the people of the city. The cemeteries in tho city a nd county were thronged n ost of the day by those paying tributes of respect to the memory of departed loved ones. Tho members of tho Japanese colony of tho city and county joined in the ob-; rservance of the day, for the first time in! the history of the city. The colony in the1 city lost a number of members during the. Influenza epidemic last winter. !