Mornings Impressive Anniversary Service at Bubbling Well Cemetery weaken the ties that hind us to our homeland. This day in every city, town, village, and eross-road in our homeland, Americans are de-cerating the grave of all those who have served under the Stars and Stripes in the military and naval establishments of our country, from the Revoluntisnary War to the present time, War (which for a time it seemed might be the cause of the dismemberment of our beloved country) the Spanish-American War and the World War were all fought by us for principles.
May the school children many of whom are present be taught by their parents and school teachers to respect and revere our heroic dead who have made the Inst and greatest sacrifice for our country and for principle. May they be taught the immortal words of one of, if not our greatest of Presidents, the "martyred Lincoln, who in November 1863, in dedicating the soldiers cemetery at Gettysburg said:— known as Decoration Day and about 50 years was principally a day on wich the Grand Army of the Republic, commonly known the "G.A.R" met and visited the graves of veterans and decorated their graves with spring cower Now through the Iazxe of time member: lip of the "GAR." im fast dwindling in numbers so that the honoured duty of earing for vets-Tans' graven now devolves on. the Vetorars of the Spanish-American War ard those of the Great Ws the American Lexion, In. this connection, I wish to "ut in a lanter pense, we cannot dediente," we cannot contcerate, cannot hallow," this "ground. "The rave. men, living and. dead, who strated here, have. consecrated it love, out poor power to nid oF the world "wil Little note what" we may" here, mat it can. never forget. what. they. A here fore thesng, hed rather for us here dedicated" to. the. sraat task nining before ue—sthat from there Ronoured' dead we take inerensed de: ation to that cause for which they Fave the Vast full mensure of.
that we here hiehiy. resale These ead hat thi point to the fact that the local camp Spanish War Veterans severs years ago, at their expense, had eat metal markers placed on the graves of evry known Am buried in Shanghai who had servi in our Army or Navy, and the members of that camp who are ernment of the copie, peoples forthe page shall nat verkth from the earth, 'And' the words of our recent great war president, Woodrow Wilson, who said to Congress in addressing them in reference to declaring war:— present with us to-day, have, today in conjunction with the American Womer's Club, strewn flowers on all there graves in the various eterics in Shanghai, The annual recurrence of Decornion or Memorial Day brings to all our minds and hearts recollections that run the gamut of all the feclies that we possess. Nearly all of you remember sometimes in your res seeing tke uniformed men of, as it seems now to most of na, the uniformed boys, leaving their hoines at duty's call to protect and fight under their flag for the honour of their country. "Who f us can foret the tearful good-byes that were said by the families, sweethearts, and friends? Of you who have been through it, who can forget the long days and nights, perhaps preparing and awaiting for orders go to the front? Who can forget the tears of gladness shed by families, sweethearts, and friends on the return home? "Who can forget the scenes that occurred when perhaps it became your duty to tell Some mother or father or brother or sister, or wife or sweetheart of the Inst hours of a comrade who had riven his life for his country, never to return to receive and enjoy the welcome that every soldier ceives on his return to his homeside? It fs fitting that all loyal Americans should honour their soldier dead, and doubtless Memorial Day. wi continue to be in our homeland one of the most important days of, Patriotic observance.
Thank God our soliiers and sailors have never fought a war of aggression—we have always fought for principles and may it ever be. Our wars commencing with the Revolutionary one, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Great Civil rhe avorkd must be made safe for democracy. Her peace must be plant. (ed upon the tested foundations of Political tberty- We have no tel ah ade en We desire no con faeest, sno dominion, "We seek "no. Tndewinities {or ourselves, no material compensation. for the. sacrifices we: Shi freely make. "We are but one mankind: the natafed selion tthe cha of the rights. of Those "righ'a. have "been made Secure tie tie faith and. the freedom mations cam make ther, But the right is more precious than, pence, and. we shall "ayht. for the Things, which we have always carried hearest "our. hearts, for' democracy, who. submit 49 hele for the rights of right' by uch cancer "oh free, peoples ay shall and take: the. world elf. at leat ring pence and safety to all nations
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Yn. the larger sense this day should be a day of thanksgiving us, especially should we give thanks and as Americans we should not [foraer, that was the valour our arms and by the help of God that our veterans saved the Union to us—thct to-day we are one united country, that there is no North, no South, no East and no West,' that we are no longer an fgolated country, that we have grown to manhood in the family of ations and that we must and will accept the full responsibility that ix ours in World affairs, thus setting an example to all other nations of the World.
And our flag, which is floating today over veterans graves at
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