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10UoLYOUNG PAYS HOMAGE TOVETERANS OF CIVIL WARTCAMPFIRE PROOR\M ATTENDEDBV LARGE M'MBER TUESDAY.MUSIC IS OFFEREDROLL OF HONORlarir* Audience Attends OpeningMeeting of Thirty-fifth Iona AshorJatlon at I. B. Church.Upholding Abraham Lincoln as an exemplary citizen, speaking of his many virtues and of his characteristics, and at the same time paying homage to the sold'ers ot the civil war. (\ L. Voting, sec retary of the V. 1 M. C A , delivered a forceful address at the United Brethren church Tues-j day evening. Mr. Young vas the main speaker at the campfire of the IThirty-fifth Iowa association, whichfeatured the opening day of the annu- I al reunion. Although the rainstorm j marred the complete enjoyment of the jsession, an audience of members of the association and friends that tilledthe church auditorium, attended.W. L. Davis, of Cedar Rapids, head of the association, presided, and in response to the wt Icome extended, ex-; pressed the appreciation of the asso- j ciation to Lfee city, and to all who assisted in arranging the reunion. The eight-piece orchestra of the association, under the direction of Carl C.! Schmidt, offered a group of patriotic selections throughout t lie program, j Several humorous readings. 4‘A Yankee in Love,” Night Life in the 'Barnyard.,f and other varied selec- jtions. were given by Fred Martin of;Davenport H. J. Maher of Davenport gave a tenor solo, “That Old-Fashioned Mother of Mine.” jHonor Departed Ones.The memorial service for veterans whn^e deaths have occurred in the past year, was impressive. Following the reading of the honor roll, Mrs. ! Amalia Schmi It-Gobble of Davenport sang, and taps were sounded. jThe singing of ‘ The Star-Spangled Banner’* and ‘America by the audience. with orchestra accompaniments, j concluded the campfire.In his address to the veterans, in which he reviewed the sacrifices of the Thirty-fifth Iowa, Mr. Young said, in part:Now I ami!i Fvenft.“The reunions of the Thirty-fifth liwa association are now in the nature of family gatherings in place of the platform speeches, parades with brass bands^nd such programs which marked reunions in former years. I You have learned the true meaning of comradeship in the last few* years, j The only thing that mars the pleasure | of these events is the thought that many lt;J mmoles are not here. Of the i vast number of men that made up the j reriment only a handful are left Your* roster shows he youngest member tobe 74 years old, with the ages ranging to SO years. Some of your dun-;rades are gone, some are too feeble sto be here, some - are down on thetut horn battlefields, others on the northern fields, some in your own home cemetery and a large number in unrecognized graves. IBut tie going of these ’ vod ones, has brought heaven nearer. It robs death Df its horror, when we think of those w ho have gone before. You've i listened to the bugle taps for comrades many times this last year. Many of the people you know best •are resting in the cemeteries. Let s remember the purjl -e and the pi pks to which they gave the highest sacrifice.Praises Devotion. !You’ve come to this reunion to clasp the hands of comrades. It s your day. We praise your devotlw and loyalty to your country, the courge and bravery you manifested in your deeds. Your sacrifices are all the more wfmderfttl because of the principles for which they were made. Lincoln was president of a people made up of ai; ' .tonalities. Europe|Taps were sounded for twelve members of the Thirty-Fifth Ipwa regiment at the annual campfire and reunion of the association Tuesday evening. The following members passed away during the past year, with the exception of the first named, whose death occurred September 19. 1919. but was just recently reported:Charles I). Sibley, New York City,Company A.George Knopp, Muscatine, Compa-nv C.Alex Hidlobaugh. Letts. Company P. George Hettinger, Humboldt, Kan.,Company C.John C Hunter, Fruitland township. Company B. !Robert W. Ward. Lakeside, Wash- 1ir.gton. Company G.Thomas Raynor, Wilton Junction. ( Company B.Bryan Connor, Muscatine, Compa-;ny E. IAndrew Walker. Muscatine, Company AJ V Wells, Rock Island, Company G.S G. Funck. Panora. Ia.. Compa-ny K.O P. Holmes. Belvidere. WisconsinCompany H.everyone is proud of the Thirty-Fifth jIowa. |“The thing I like most is that youfoucht for a principle. Your homec ; were not endangered. But you fought for a unRin of states forever. Our forefathers taught you way back In 1776 with their example, when they braved the storms of the seas to come -to a strange land. When the princi- j pies which first sent them to America were endangered, our fathers of the j Revolutionary war fought as the Fremh fought in the world war. and for the came purpose.Principles the Same*“In the davs of the Revolutionary;* •war. our fathers fought for our land, j You went to war so this nation would ! remain as united as the land left by j our forefathers.We know’ of the sacrifices, of the hardships endured by the civil war soldiers, in order that our country might be preserved. And we know that as a by-product there came to us a freedom and liberty for all men on the soil, whether white or black Wc remember all through the history of the country’ there has been the same loyalty to principles on which this nation was builded, to the principles onwhich our forefathers first founded the United States.”GLEASON'S BONDSLASHED $9,000PEORIA rOl CT HEARS HIS TALEOF ENGLAND TRIPI« Now Making Effort to ObtainBond* For Release—Says Was ina Sanfltarium.Con Gleason, for his alleged game in which was defraudedindicted at Peoria part in a confidence Henry Kath. this city of SlO.ooo. has sue-PlantNarcissus Bulbsnow and have them forsaid there w.,s not enough loyalty inthe country to defend the union states But America responded with vast numbers. You served your country well. You never suffered defeat, nor did the fkig we entrus’ed to you ever trail in the dust. Because of your redrd and service, your loyalty,Thanksgiving.Geo. 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Muscatine Journal and News Tribune
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Wed, Sep 14, 1921
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