Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1918 — FEW OLD SOLDIERS IN LINE [ARTICLE]

FEW OLD SOLDIERS IN LINE

Gradual Diminishing Number Noted Each Memorial Day. There were but twenty old soldiers who marched to the cemetery Thursday to decorate the graves of their departed comrades, although three or four, others rode to the cemetery and marched back to town with, their comrades. • The parade formed at the court house square and with John Kresler and Chauncey Wood as mounted UMirshals, proceeded to the cemetery, led by the Rensselaer band atwi followed by a long string. of school children. Liberty Guards, •Boy Scouts, thirty Red Cross workera, I. O. O. F. members, “Old Vets’’ and many people in automobiles. The address at the cemetery was by Hon. E. P. Honan of this city, and was a very able address, indeed. Ail said it was exceptionally good and many remarked that it was the best Memorial day address ever delivered here. While the weather had been threatening all day, the elements were kind and no rain fell to mar for The Democrat