Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1918 — OUR SOLDIER LAID TO REST [ARTICLE]

OUR SOLDIER LAID TO REST

LIBERTY GUARDS ATTEND FUNERAL HELD AT MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY.

The funeral of Private John Stein, who died at Camp Taylor Wednesday, October 16, was held at Mount Calvary cemetery this, Friday, forenoon, at 10 o’clock. It was attended by a large number of the members of the Liberty Guard, as well as by a great crowd of relative sand friends. The- servcies were in charge of Father Christian Daniels, who was assisted by Fathers Rudolph and Albin. The Liberty Guards lined the path to the ‘grave and saluted the body of the deceased as it passed. Bugler Tobin sounded taps as the Guards stood at attention. It was a most solemn occasion. The broken-hearted parents and relatives have the heartfelt sympathy of all. Soldier Stein had placed his all upon the alter of his country and was ready to make the supreme sacrifice in its defense. He shall share equally the honor with the hero from the Ku aIH The honor of being the parents of a true American soldier should comfort his bereaved father and mother. His premature falling out of the ranks with many of his other comrades only intensifies our task and makes our burden heavier as well as sadder. - , Let us remember he had enlisted in the grandest army ever called upon bo defend the most sacred principles of the free peoples of the world. That enlistment shall not have been in vain, for the cause for which he stood shall be victorious and those who fall in cantonment, fort or field shall be honored in victory and glory and the triumph of right.