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Show " ...--., ' - . ' r : t - .- '"ley " " , - , 1 - 1 . , - , -.?. - ' Henioriol Day Is; Fit iintjly Observed in . . Sclt LalieiTodcy; Interestinrj -Pcrc-2;' , Gloviiio Eulofiy to Dead, Heroes by the Rev. Eimer I. Goshen. Honor to the Nation's dead was paid In aimplo but impresilre manner -In Salt Lake today, Tb thinning rukt of the aoldlers' of the great Civil war marched wita faltering tepe to martial, music, . along,. -with the younger veterans of the Spanish conflict, the warm-hearted boys of the Ka- . tion(J Guard and the soldiers of the future, the pa (lets. Impressive ser ' rices were conducted la, the Orpheum theater, where ' the Ber. ' Elmer X. Ooshen paid glowing tribute to dead; heroes, following which th graves of those who wore the bin and those . who wore the gray as well were ten- " derly decorated by loving hands with spring blossoms. - s ' of Individuals meant freedom and health for the etaje.. Period of Civil War."," . ' After the Revolution came' a period of peace and prosperity up to. the time of the Civil war. - v . .-4 - -. . , i "ThiaV a4d--Afr;: Goshen, :"waa - the greatest- strife- of .modern times. The men . who engaged In this war are worthy of the greatest praise and -honor 'for the' protest - tkey made -against- the and sot and barbarous, custom, of slavery. They stood between, the lil and' the death of a nation. . They left all thw eomforts of . , their bard-eaVnecT. homes- for- tke life of ia "soldier 'with all its grief and desola- -tton ' and hardships; Those are the men iw honor today.' Caesar's and Napoleon's armies 'were armies-of serfs Sid slaves. The soldiers of the North-and the South who fought the Civil war were armies ef free men who were equally brave and equally earnest in the-cause for which they, were fighting." ,. :-j - Tribute to the toni.V "" - --JIpCWe1-a-apoke "of" 'the noble. generous women who sacrificed home to alleviate the Buffering on the battlefield. These women are honored today ia deep reverence by the world, and especially by the veterans, who remember their ministering in times of suffering:. . Uo North, No South. He said that our nation today la not . a nation of warriors, but a nation of citlsens and business men. We are not a warlike nation. We look upon the one-time Southern antagonist today aa our Southern brother. There Is no North and South In sentiment remaining, and x America is Justly proud today of her relations re-lations with other peoples and the example ex-ample she Is setting for them. All this is due to the great cause for which these' veterans fought and won In the- Civil war. In conclusion Mr. Ooshen spoke of the political problems of the day, and especially espe-cially the one of foreign Immigration. It -is time, he eaid. for the United States1 to declare to all nations that It Is not to be made the dumping ground of the world; that good citlsens from sny and all nations sre at all times welcome to our shores, but we must guard agalns the elements of anarchy, treason and crime that are surfeiting our cities today to-day and increasing by immigration every year. Dr. - Ooshen said we must give foreign people to understand on what basis they are welcome to citlsenshlp In America, and also give them notice that while they are in America there will be only one flag to be looked up to, and that the Stars and Stripes. Other Services Held. The use of the Orzheum theater was granted, for the purpose of the Memorial Memo-rial day services free of charge, and at- -the dismissal of the services a vote of i thanks was .extended to the management -of the theater. All 'In attendance were: Invited to attend the services given afterj the conclusion of the Orpheum pro-, gramme at the new First Methodist church at Second East and Third South streets. The services were closed by the. quartette singing "The Boys of the Old Brigade." ' ' Bishop Donald H. Moore was the principal prin-cipal speaker at- the Methodist church. Bishop Moore was himself a soldier and spoke feelingly of the significance of the day. Graves Are Decorated. At the close of the exercises at the Orpheum the McKean post and corps boarded a special car and went to Mt. Olivet, where the graves of both the blue; and the gray were strewn with flowers.: flags having already been placed on each grave. The Maxwell post and corps and the I veterans of the Spanish war went to the City cemetery In two special ears. At this Place all graves of the veterans ef the Civil war. both blue and gray. M well as those of the Spanish war vet-i erans. were strewn with flowers. As at! Mt. Olivet, each grave had been deeo-. rated with a flag. . . The circle of Ladles of the O. A. R. went to Fort Douglas In a special car.; . From the post the members of the clr-: cle were conveved to the cemetery- In! carriages furnished by Col. Lock wood. At the cemetery the post chaplain de; livered an address, after which Mrs. Katn. Bridewell Anderson sang "The Flag- . Without a Stain." accompanied bv Mrs.! Roderick on a comet. At the close ofi the exercises each of the graves In the; . cemeterv was strewn with flowers. At eah of the cemeteries a salute was fired.; The artillery of the N. O. U. fired the! salutes st the Citv cemeterv and at Mt.j Olivet. At Fort Douglas the aalute was. flg by s squad from- the post. Spanish 'War Veterans. Chaplain William Femes read the! ritual at the City cemetery an Jameel Lee at Mt. Olivet, at the memorial ser-j vices for the United Spanish war veter-,1 ana . - . To the strains of martial musio and j with a step that-showed the old-lme firmness "wfth which they advanced to the firing line at Gettysburg." Ehlloh Mission Ridge sad a hundred other battles, the - veterans ' of the Grand Army of the - Republic' of Salt Lake marched , this morning - through the principal streets of ths city. The remnants rem-nants of the old guard were, cheered by - thousands throughout the entire route. '.- ' . Order of the Parade. ' Promptly at 10 a. 'm. the parade moved from the corner of Main and Market : street, - headed r by twelve of Bait Lake's "finest"- .under the command com-mand of CapC John -B. Burbidge. Next came a platoon from the fire department., under, the - direction of Chief ValL v . " ' - "' - - - - Following' "the ; fire-fighters came Grand Marshal Sleater and his aids, all mounted. . - Next In order came Gov. Cutler and his staff, also mounted. The Governor and his staff were followed fol-lowed by the First Regiment band. Then came Col. H. M. H. Lund of the National Guards of Utah and his staff. The N. G. U. followed In the following order: Signal corps, company C, Infantry, Infan-try, and battery A. Second Division. ' The second division was headed by the Fort Douglas band of thirty-three pieces. The band was followed by the O. A. R. veterans as follows: McKean post, S. D. Chase commanding; Maxwell Max-well post, William Crome commanding; automobiles carrying the disabled soldiers sol-diers and presidents of the Relief corps. The automobiles were followed by the Spanish war veterans and the veterans of Indian wars in this State. Third Division, Division No. 3 was headed by All Hallows college, band, followed by. the cadets from that Institution. The cadets ca-dets were followed by the cadets from the high school, who In turn were followed fol-lowed by a battery from the N. G. U. and the hospital wagon. The parade was two and a half blocks in length, and was viewed by thousands. For the first time In several years no troops took part In the parade from Fort Douglas. This was due to the fact that there is but a small number of men located at the poet at the present time, and the commanding officer did not wish to take part in the parade unless un-less the fort could make a creditable showing. Features of the Parade. The ladles of the Relief -Corps presented pre-sented each veteran .with a handsome carnation for his buttonhole. The marching of the high school cadets ca-dets won universal praise. The boys conducted themselves and marched in a manner that would have done credit to a company of the regular army. The music of the fort band Is worthy of special mention. The organisation is one of the finest In the West. The boys of the All Hallows band proved that they know how to handle their Instruments. Services at Theater. An audience that crowded the main floor, the galleries and boxes for standing stand-ing room at the Orpheum theater, attended at-tended the Memorial servloes held there this morning, following the parade. The parade broke ranks after the line of march was completed at the theater and filed In to the services. The G. A. R. occupied the front rows, 'with the Women's Wom-en's Relief corps, .the . Society of the Spanish-American War Veterans and other auxiliary societies occupying seats immediately' behind the veterans. The Governor and staff, consisting of Adjt.-Gen. Adjt.-Gen. Naylor, Cols. Kessler, Irvine, Daynes. Bowers and Seaman, occupied the right-hand lower box. Musical Programme. The services were opened by a quartette quar-tette singing "America." The singers were Mrs. Bessie Browning, Miss Judith Anderson, Fred Graham and Victor Chrietopherson. Prayer was then offered by the Rev. Mr. Helmlck. after which the following programme was rendered: Solo, "The Flag Without a Stain".... Miss Kathleen Fltapatrlck Lincoln's Gettysburg speech Capt. E. A. Wedgwood Solo. "Tour Dad Gave His Life for His Country"... Liszle Bird Dr. Goshen's Address. The eloquent snd patriotic speech by the Rev. Elmer I. Goshen was the principal prin-cipal feature of the services. He spoke of the first generations of men the Pilgrims Pil-grims who eame to America and founded found-ed the crude settlements amid a wilderness wilder-ness of untold hardships, snd reared the embryo of the great governmental system sys-tem of today, lie led up to the Declaration Decla-ration of Independence which yss mtde bv those great men who believed, that freedom, honesty and conscientiousness |