Show 89 no air wo we dont bring up the rear of dt any ewell swell military organization that thit leads with a brass baud and bugles on memorial day not much I 1 allow wo we arent as alvi ly to step out to jig airs as is we were in fil my off foot toot baa has an uncomfortable way of jumping around by itself ha has had it ever since it wan waa hit hard by a shell at but I 1 reckon it will maren with its mate it wo ive can follow the fife and drum dut but sergeant they say wo via old follows cant can t keep step any stay more hows bows that well major mabe wo we cant keep up with the young follows of the latest war and I 1 expect that the angel gabriel couldn coulden t keep us in 10 step if it he lie blew a bugle for us tc to march by but give us the old fife and drum tunes of dixie or the girt girl I 1 lett left behind me and aeo see if it we dont keep step and the sergeant bobbed around to an impromptu air with all the agility of a boy of 60 it if I 1 am expected to march on decoration day with a brand new now or new flags new now forn I 1 for one doat dont care to g go 0 ai major Kt ummer and if the tho old drum tunes arent in it neither aa am 1 I it maew an old sold soldiers irs blood tingle to bear the same music that we march ed by so many years go its more appropriate to the day a memorial in itself 1 I allow remarked capan hull that wo we arent as an epry spry as we were forty years ago this confounded knee of mine has a sort of action that Is in very unreliable and ive been wondering whether it bo be wise for Us tin to rde ride to the cemetery on memorial ble mortal day in landau landaus as am tho the committee comin attee suggested there wan wait silence for I 1 moment then st sharp voile piped up lp when I 1 go to he the cemetery on decoration day in a cair lago ill 1 a lye jou you the trouble or bringing me back I 1 can march with ape beat best and blow the tunes on the fife at ht the same RAMO time and it if any vet here he cant keep step steflet ste iet him hirn ask gen eral era brinkerhof Brinker lioS hol la to give him a lesion huh I 1 guess the johnalee Johnn lee thought we could keep step and we lisi vent forgotten bow how that that gon Ha hasca call a veteran of veterans had the floor who says we can cant t march aid keep step or klo any other maneuver demanded of us who are those aski i ea fledglings with their fine new fl fliss Z compared to us with our tatters of red white and blue do wo we march in in the rear of a crack organization every member of which was born bom since WP we saved the country not it 1 I know it and the old general his white mustache mua with military severity have a whole band and a bugler bugl erthe tho other fellows wig another veteran wod wed have a whole band too if it we left loft so many of our member members j on southern battlefields we dont want noise and show to remember our comrades by every year etheree th erelli 1 fower fewer of us and more in tho the ranks ot of the dead lead they wont have us for mr ing pictures pic turea with pur our torn flags and halting steps much longer then the sona sons of veterans can have it all their own on way whit sar captain im with you said the captain and it wo a veta cant march at the head of the column I 1 dont take any BOC ond place and the fife and drum that inspired us ili to victory in the old day days Is s good enough for me no brass band and bugles in mine thank you does it go a as wi adjutant it geee was the thit response ponee of a doen voices and a wild hip hip hurrah made the air resonant then tho the old soldier soldiers swapped mem orles tender and sad bad with ith acts facts in 4 persed apropos of gen grant major krummer Kru romer eald said we drank from the same canteen I 1 waa was in the trenches at vicke burg when bo be came up tired and dusty and taip ta tadd pd fd roe me on tha the boulder where can I 1 get a drink he asked I 1 my canteen and offered it to him it was wail half halt iu lull of warm brackish water but I 1 doubt if it aar champagne he drank later on estr tasted as good ito drank breon and thanked me ime for the privilege walking over my ana arm bald a comrade nipping rippling an artill artificial cia member 1 I left mine at chattanooga and overy every time anyone walks over the spot where it la Is burled buried I 1 feel a twinge fact hear bear 0 oi sergeant der geant baker of sheridan post asked one of the vets talk about us young fellows wt being able to in parade why we are kids compared to him clea h a mar marched clied in the parade when president dent mckinie McK inlet reviewed the soldiers comrade baker aker was 82 years old but ho he apt the step like a martinet martl neiL at aba corner comer of two streeta street his toot caught in a car rail aa he fell ibur in ur ing his hand band and cutting his face when his comrades comrade tf saw the blood they la alsten on carrying him off but bo he I 1 fought hire a wild cat took his in the line ani fell ap ue whole march fl gets the nags flags and r lowers dowers this year j ftc 1 |