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WEEKLY HERALD: PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, JUNE 5, 1890. i'V H 1 It I i' I I;' it . !: 1' I ' I : f 1 1 1 i il V f . i 1 1 Hi,. iii, i! IU' 11 it ! i IN iii' i 1 a 1 D JCORATION D Y. Tho Proceeding's of Vesttrc!ay,9 Celebration ipee ;ri of J. C. Bonnjii at the Cometory. The prix-i-nion formed on Main sttect lit 2 o'clock, iiint iiiii h(il tu Ouk ll li Cemctary, where 1 1 1 - - pi r i none wa carried uiif without a Miigl-r failure. The ((.!. 1 1 1 1 1 i were beatitul Mid prcssi vi-. t A. 11 J' -t C I'jni ill' 1:1 ill the ioliow in -r n ill. -;-: ('iMKAI;:s: On e nce we ;i lipoll to Stl i v ',' i , A i I o VI I ti.C CI I i : l.ify !"V I...L led ot we c. u. IV.. our conn i.l llllVt-', tli'll IV tllilt IIU. :i goltl.ll. I ! 1! is .1 li l-!IMt iii i v t- i 1 a i ty in iu i' . i i it. I lf)ll I'll . i Co.'l. !'H,r , i' i. !". ill . it In II (!:IV i'.nlfl ml 'l our !..!.:! every city, town an ! I. .:n! f ivl.i n: h:' is a coiiir,.! 1 ;; nl' .. i urs .aid t" lest. Ivuh year tind- maoy none litth- mound.- to be strewn with iv.ei- iii over our !'oi.d land. Com: a. I s, il ;s Irit :t lew jcars henoe when tin- ia.-t om will Iinv: ens wercd tin- ii.n.i nui odl L-t n-. Iy tir decds Itllil ..I lioli.-, icl.Ve, I'll ic liicmbranco in the minds of "iir sons :itid daughters and have them in.-till iu tin: ininds of the coining generations ami im press on their minds tin; ninny trials and sacrifices nnuli; 1 y .ill who helped t.isuve our nation and made it possible for them to live in one oiiuid union of the United States, and that We ga-VO thclll tilt! old Hair lack in all its uloiy, not one t-tar missing. L-.'t us ti-ucti to nil the rising generation, lovalty mid ri yi-ience for the Btars ivnd strijirs, tin ir dim of tlnir nation. With loyalty instilled in tln.ir mia.ls, w- oan and ciivc tli in. with llO fear for tim to Collie. Let cat ll one tench th ir elnldivn to reverence all union soldier and li ive a sp.-ci il erne for ihi; v.idiuvii a:nl orphsns. No Hii'd cnu h i ve 1 (ii'iiud- r In ntui h ft tl.o.n than they can say hi- or her lather or m-iind-futher was .1 soidi r iu the union Miny; and lie h-lped to siv.; our nation ami left .s us an heritag- a Sand of ireidom, with every star on our ll 1" and all m. n free and epi d. From year to year w go forth to st.riiW licveis aud by ex-tinpli let US hull - !.' ail li:n to ( nil.- that tills our beautiful cu-.to.li, lnauguratcil by the t. A. It, in iy eoiii::iuc 'Hid as ot.r counti' sioill pro.-.pe" ai.d grow, tiof the coming uen r oieri will keeji this day sacred; n-.n o.-tiy str.-w our graves with llowers but i-a.-li of tlieir loved ones that may In. I'i.-i. tt.r Se laiii to n st. Let us hope that the Sli -d sown by us may bear fruit for mi! lien- lo eomr. Our loyalty h. been tried aud lias stood t'..e test of ' fife and steel. Let us with fraternity "T.ive to do nnr part t 11 v.ith another. Let each one with charity us.sist the needy, for our time is idiort that is leit ftr us to do out work. Comrades let it be well don. . The li.;-t in order wits a song by the choir, entitled, "Today th:s hallowed place we seek." Kev. Hut kner then led in prayer; next "Hail Columbia," was played by the G. A. II. band: following this, the Women's Ilelief Corps and Sons of Veterans, .l-corated with choicest flowers, decorated the graves of the pat riotic dead. After the ritualistic cere monies the choir sun,' the songen titled, "Cover them over." Po?t Com mander, F. A. liites, introduced John C. Bonnell. of Omaha, as orator of the day, who delivered a real gem in tiie way of an oration; and it is so completely appro priate, and lull of good things, that the Hkuai.d cannot refrain from publishing it. Mil. Pkksiuent Anniversaries are as old as tima and as lived s the everlast ing hills. In the history ot the individ ual, joyful tidings proclaim the birth, and yearly the event i-; eelebrtUed. Later in life the next tno.-f important event (marriage) establishes n mile post that ever snd anon is commemorated, in creasing in interest and value as the VCtS go by The amnesty marks with a rcil letter its charter day and t!u tde its admission into the Union. Nation--too, our own most prominent, deel ires its independence, unfurls its Slag and an nually hearts in the giown up citi.. n as in the small boy. swell up with enthus iasm so gieat that fire-crackers, gun powder and bands t niusir are brnught into requisition to' help celebrate this grand anniversary. Citizen-, Mk.mbkk ok thk Woman's Relief Coups ami Sns ok Vkteuans We are assembled to-day t pay loving tribute to our country's defenders and as the deep toned bell rings out a requiem, as the mul'l-d drum dictates the measured cadence of our steps, and we place the laurel and the lily, the wreath and the rose above tin- resting place of comrades our thoughts go buck to the time when those brave nun stood in smoke swept battle, some to early fall and some to return to home and loved j ones, so impaired in health lroin wn.inus j and camp exposures, hs to .diorteu !if . and they soon surrender to tiie one ene my who conquers all. This, f. ilow c'lti.-ns, i your ar.ui vi r 1 Ycriarv of loving tribut" to those who j offered their lives for enemy and friend alike, for in so doing a nation was pre served whose Hag was unfurled to wave a thoueaud year, and enemy and friend alike are reaping tho benefit of this now peaceful and grandest nation on the 1 duce a panic; 1802, thirty-five millions globe. I f P'-ople; 18i0 double that amount; Let us today turn backward near 30 Ls' live weeks in journeying from Pa years (a full generation) and in a concise ! ciflc to Atlantic coast; 18U0 the journey way fccuti happennings and results. In April lfsl the message by lightning ppeed went (lashiii across the continent, "Our flag is tired on and by our own kin." Then did it take nerve mingled with prayer to decide aright us to action but iu our noble leader, Lincoln, both these, grand traits were embodied and he said the Mag cannot fall by foreign hands and it must not full by the assault of ti iitoi.-, ami he culled for men to defend '.hitilag with tin ir liyis. And what a war, all others in our history fatly in in- signiticance, compared with tins. 1 lie revolutionary war cost $ 140,000,000, en gaged about 200.000 men and fought 58 battl.s. The war of 1M2 cost slOti.OOO i)00, engaged less than 4o0,00o men and lounht Si battles. 1 he Mexican war t 1 00,000,000, engaged but 100,000 men and fought but 20 battles. The a. or the rebellion cost oyer .iu",ouu,- .... .... . 000, engaged near :;,000,000 men and fought over 2.000 battles. Then dance at the causalties on the Union side. Over 100,000 killed, mor- tally wounded in battled, 250,000 died of disease or accident, aud more than :JO,000 were crowded and starved to .1 death in rebel prisons. This makes a in the built mixed fire and smoke of the Clark and Adams steeets iu Chicago the total loss of life of near 400,000 and wilderness; one week in the trenches at other day my attention was called to an aoo,000 more were by minnie ball and Vicksburg, rightly earned for every man approaching procession, and more panic shell maimed and crippled for life, there, fifty vears of exemption from ularly because the shrill notes of the life tki ,ii j .mi nffl 1 HIS 1UIIUUI mi "' llinniuivu uu. ,iiu m,,,,,lcted bv that ..rand volun- teer soldier. John A. Loyan in general ,.b.-Q mn.-n.lr 5 r-hf of th KSl O UlU VI1U1IUVV au uwa v m. u w Arm, f th If.nobliP is inere.ns- ti.;, !,. ...,1 w b.. 111 111 IUILI IOU 1 111 l9 gin to look upon it as a sort of national thermometer indicating the degiej of patriotic love and respect felt for those who unhesitatingly placed their bodies between our stricken government and bustling shot aud glistening steel of armed treason. And this my friends was - - .1 .re.iti r test than ever befere come to citizens ot any republic. Think of it, why there is no question as to duty in repe.ling invasion by foreign foe, tight raiding Iiidi.'.ns or quelt the uprising an- a-chist. but it took a far greater test of character aud devotion to the flag to say to a brother "thus far and no further." These loval patriots said plainer than words can express it, you may kill me, you nioy destroy all my personal hopes success or happiness iu life but hurt not thU sacred fabric of human liberty. My life shall stand between traitors and this republic of the fathers, that it may not die. This jewel of the century, must be handed down unimpaired to generations yet unknown. We are ready to perish that principles of self government and personal liberty instituted by the fathers shall not perish from the earth, and when Jackson said "the Union must and shall be preserved" and thus unmistakably did our honored dead evince their love of country. They loved much and gave their all for the obejects of their attlic- tions. Think of their deeds of daring upon battle fields, their sufferings in camp and march, and the horrible deaths in pent up noisesome prison pen hells, which nothing less than demonia. genius could have devised, and maintained, that actually murdered these loyal men ty tne inousanas. yjn, .iuiu w., 1 times of peace and good will, protected by the flag these heroes saved to you, I it is impossible to draw aside tbe curtain j of history and let you see all the heroes. I Think now, surrounded as you are by friends and family, prosperous and in happy homes. Think of staying one day in such a place. Think of dying there w ith conviction of right and love for the rlag. When lite liberty and God's pure air was offered you if ycu would traitor to that flag. Woulu you Have accepted such costly fredom, or would you as the thousands of boys in blue did rather than thus ignobly surrender. Died by fatigue, died on battle field with face to the 'foe, died for freedom. lied for right, died for God and coun- I try, died for you and me. Surely I say that in ilie accomplishments of a nations rescue from the assassins knife, their nobleliness and sublime death entitled them to the garndest words of praise we can give them. . " Do this in remembrance of me" di- vinelv sooken made a memorial ever- lasting aud all important. "Do this in memory of those who gave their lives for t!.. b. ,.n,,irv" npnn,l bv our own loved I Ljgan. lias created a memorial that we - - - - j i' j - - 1 hopo and pray will go on to the end of time, and as we bend over the passionless mounds of these heroes, may thoughts of the price they paid for our liberty, give to us an enhanced value of that liberty, And now with country saved, let us look nt it in all its grandeur and wealth, it) id! its wide domain of hill and dale, river and farm, manufactory and mine, untou; bed millions of acres of timber and untum -d mi 'lions of acres of sod. Contrast our national condition for a generation of years. 1S02 spending money by the millions, j , lbOO finance bo reconstructed that all j stock gamblers of wall 6trcet cannot in takes but that many days. Lok at the long line of churches, schoolhousos, and millions of happy homes covering our land. The great national bebt bo decreased that it is o; mere pin money importance to that nation, and our surplus the only trouble to some. Surplus, did we say? There is rightly no surplus as long as there is one ex-volunteer soldier or fam ily of one who wants for bread or cloth ing or wlio.se children want for school- in". Hut for volunteers donning the !.!.. .....1 ..u,,,;.,,, ita .lamrcrniia re. sponsib. lities, there would have been no surolus. All we have todav is the re- suit of their fidelity. If thev had failed we would have hud twenty years of an- archy and the mass of the people beggers. It makes my blood boil to see an ex-volunteer beg the privilege of sorting or carrying me mans, aim oe re . . . -1 - 1 I fused because some pet wanted the job. If these soldiers had not stood for our "ag and wiped out rebellion, our letters would probably be written in blood, and the arch traitor satan, for ought I know, earring the mails. One hour in the hornet s nest, one day . 1 work if ho. ehooses to M8k 1 -- --- it. It has been asked oyer anfl over again, why ex -soldiers do . not find iiroiier emolovment. The answer is I I I W brief and simnle. In the formation per- iod of tlndr lives fand remember that the average enlistment age of volunteers are but 22 years) they left their books, ap- prentices hips, farms and trades, and at- tended a difficult school of camp and battlefield and when they wanted a million strong men, their places were rilled by still younger men; and when I 1 , - 1 . I .Till I those wno snrvivett me conmci, meie was in Thousands of instances nothing further to do. Many of them would be glad to j be a door keeper in a palace they helped I to save, but are denied the privilege, I Civil service to the dogs when it stands J between the saviours of the nation and I their rights. A reasonably intelligent I ex-volunteer, should be preferred for I government employ to a man who can I write aud talk in six languages if lie I could and did not enlist in the war. I Every office in the gift of the govern- meut should be giyen to the government J defenders who seek it, if compitent and worthy until the roster is exhausted. I Riolit here I desire to say a word or j two on pensions: This government can- not ju uouor allow any man who donned tie ,iuei iUn received an honorable ths- charge, want the necessities of life, and ve(; instances are many where the poor house, shabbily clothes, and scantily feeds H9 paupers, men who came to the nations rescue when she was weak and could ut)t care for uerselff and now the strong trOVernment does not rescue them when ti,ey Hre helpless. Shame! Shame! I say un those wuo are responsible for this state of affaird. I Dkl you eyer tMnk pf the money , , of th American citizen 8oldier? nis citizenship made him at Qnce b goldier when tbe eXegency arose. it is untair to compare pensions in iree 1 Amf.i;,. with nv f,.rebrn nnvcr.r. Think- f)f tne millions upon millions spent in I preparation of soldiers in the German I an(i pr ,ncn armies Hnd the great expense I ()f maiutaining the standing armies there, The volunteer fed and clothed himself with no expense to the government until Am-il oth 1S151 nnd Hip npxt. momiror lip -1 - - - ' -. - 1- was a soldier and a good one at that, And when we put off the blue uniform an(J put ou the citizen's suit, we went ll:1rk-to work to tiav off the National dabt ana make America the noblest country of the World. Therefore, if millions are used to support the needy soldier, now what harm is it? The Government could and should pay every dependent soldier one dollar a day oyer the present disabled pension schedule, and that would be a mere pittance to the I expense of keeping a standing army of a million which would have to be done if w'e were not a nation of citizen soldiers, Some argue that the great expense in- currc d in pensioning all dependent ones would be more than Ms warranted. Wre cannot for a mement agree with this, when millions are spent without just reason for it. The Sl0.000.000 annually - , - 1 given to support the Indians is radically wrong in principle and practice. Per- haps you will say it is inpayment for lands; bosh on such theory! Nomads cannot in justice acquire title to the laud. The Divine charter reads "be fruitful, multiply, replnish the earth aud subdue it." lias the Indian done this? j Can bands of savages in war paint by i riding across country and killing peaceable settlers and defenseless women and children, acquire title to land an empire in extent? It is the merest non sense to suppoe they can; perhaps you argue it is cheaper to do this, than to ! the . fight them. Hut is this a Bound policy - ,' for a great nation like ours? It would j have been cheaper to have purchased all the slaves of tiie south than to have fought the rebellion to a finish. If sol diers who saved this nation get a pit tance fpoin ths government they must prove many things as to soundness when they went in, and unsoundness when they came out, and that the disability has been continuous, or they will never re ceive a cent. Widows, parents and de pendent children of the ex volunteer are not cared for as the lazy In-tim, for brother Lo with his tomah iwk and his string of white scalps, has a passoort to Washington, and dips his dirty turn. Is udtinituui into thu tl,is $10,000,000 annually should go to I the deserving soldiers who would rather wtravc than beg, or press their necessities UP"" us . Why any long, r support the blood -thirsty savage and tax white peo l,ic to lmv ic II id wul1 though to grant them lands 111 severalty, start' them in farming, help them in schooling, but this done Uncle Sam should say, now IJrother Lo, dig or die. There is one I night page, however, in all the sombre manuscript of life, and thatifthe reverance accorded by the multip'ied millions to the union soldier and if republics are ungrateful the mass of people are not. Passing hurriedly at thi corner of was giving forth the holy air, 'iNeartr . My God To Thee. I paused as did thousands, attracted by the instrument antl tlle air' aU(1 Siiw fil P" funeral I procession of a veteran. It was com Pos,,d of his immediate associates in the post office department and also his form er comrades i n arms. A young man in that patient and re verant crowd said it was something new in music to hear that air played on a fife. An elderly man with an empty sleeve answered, it was not new in the army; if you had been old enough to "ve """l"'"" us '"-- B '"" 1 1 . i i ... .i.i have heard much sweet music from the fife. This organ of the camp and the simplicity of the procession stemed to here in the densest parL of the seething commercial cauldron, so move on the he irts of thecrowd and impn ss them. that unconciously they waited in reverence, many with hats uplifted, and although the crowd had immediate egress in mmy directic nsatill th rj they waited, almost spellbound for moments ait r the cortege hadpassed I our auxii.t.iauy And what shall be said in the few lines I allotted for this grand organization. I "The 'vVomaus It.dief Corps." This. Mr. President, is a subject on which I love to lose the scrutiny of a critic, in the rever- euce of a worshiper, and the gratitude of a child. In the great struggle there were bayonets, cannons, swords. Hut what made them effective? It was the loyal hearts and sturdy arms behind them; and who nerved those arms and stayed those hearts? The loyal women j of America. With tearful eye she sent her son. With low-toned word he p iris with wife, and with pallid lips the sister speaks good bye. These loyal hearts took hope for a pillow and slept beneath the shadow of the future I call to mind a incident in the dark days of 1802 wu ..v.- .. """"-"b la , for the front. Amidst the throng a stalwart boy of twenty and his mother. He the only son and she a widow. Back and forth they pace the dock and when the "fall in" came they kissed goodbye and parted, he in a few months to fall at Prairie Grove and she in her home to all her life look on the vacant chair. Talk of sacrifices! All the wealth swallowed up in the war did not amount to as much in the sight of heaven, as the tribute of that honest loving mothers heart. I know the flag seemed dearer to him, when he saw what a sacrifice siie had made for it. So it is that woman demands our hum- age now, and we turn from the loud bugle notes and listen to the tender voice of those who prepared a generation of brave men, to walk through the seven times heated furnace of a cival war, and when tbe first gun at riumtres walls was fired, and the mighty nation woke, then it was that woman's heart beat perfectly in cadence with the music of the union and her fair hands wrought the banner that gaily floated over the marching columns, and in their silken folds she wove Her iaitu, ner tears, Her love, her fervent prayer The mother gave first one and then an other son, and when the call for more men camc.she gave the only one that was left. Th-j wife gave up the husband of her love and spent her daysjin loneliness and work, the like of which was only made her duty because of the crises hand. at Nerved Wy this great sacrificing exam ple the soldier fought his way to peace, kuowiug it to be the only gate to his home. In childhoods joy they hailed the first of May with song and romping pleasure, and crowned their May dy Queen with tlowors, whilo now a ma tron they celebrate the last of May in remembrance of ninny a school mate dear who assisted in crowning that omen, but now sleeps in i-oldiers jrave. and as they strew the nations offering they say "Tim ou1m we loved itre st 111 a!l v The Ijhiik'h we loved are ! reeiloiii 'm tioait (Hi clasp then truth- and ever wtrlve To realise what freedom costs." iianded together to aid in dispensing dimity to the families of the needy de fenders of our country the Woinans He lief Corps, our own true sisters, number ing m arly a full 100,000 are our pride and our jo', and we realize, dear t-i.-ters tLat while your organization mu-t in crease, ours niu.-t di crease, and on you will le left at no distant day theduty with the Sons of Veterans, to strew the loving tribute of llowers. We, your brothers also realize that from whatever cau-e other eyes may grow dull and other hearts grow cold, your organization in stituted for tiuii; will ever be the mt di I um through which shall come siu sentiments and promptings to action that memorial duy will ever be observed Comrades as we make our pilgrima todav Kt us not forget the graven of loy al worn n and with uncle John say: These ai'.t n t. all. here liy the wall Is the f?rave of 'ine who rtieil in the war TIkiiikIi lief boily hailn'l a wouiel or a sear Her hope anil her heart wax lunkeii where. With a mass of men her lever tell 1 11 a pool of nine while I lie Hair he here . Her h(e ami her love together lleil Wlieu he wa ilead. Any violets left yet hoys? then let 'em fall Here hy the wall. Put roses here, this n'ave Is 'lear ; !She was iry sister, t he truest heart, Anil always ready to do.her part : live up he- son when the first jiiui ThuiKlrred at Sampler she hail hut one. And she died when with siroucer men He starved to death iu prison pen ; And when tlm i.ews came her life went out She loved red roses wlieu we were small Here let t hem fall close by the wall We honor the soldiers but they aien't all Thus let us remember the loyal wom en who were a prominent factor, in the work of preserving the union, and if they did not fall on battle field, were none the less patriots and sacrificed much for the maintainance of our now United nation. SONS OF VK'I ERANS. The term veteran indicates one who is experienced in any art or calling, but most particularly in war. At the close therefore of the fearful struggle of IsOl to jsiio the title of yeteran fell upon all wlio had shouldered a musket or drawn sword for our national existence Fraternal feeling exists among large 1 od ies of men, who are from circumstances one iu vocation and if forsoothe, th it be a hazardous one, more closely are they bound by this unseen but still existing fact. The Grand Army had its conception in this fraternal feeling, and as time passed on the members often said, who is better fitted to receive our falling mantle tlnm our sons. And so with this prompt ing Maj . A. P. Dayis organized the Sons of Veterans. lie was born in 2sew En gland and wa3 a lineal descendant of t family of revolutionary and war of 1812 fame. He enlisted and served as private from Maine and by successive promotions gained the rank of major. The organiz ation began in western Pennsylvania, aud was for years a local one. Still it grows in numbers and importance until 1S81 it chrystalized aud assumed its present or ganization and was soon officially en dorsed by the Grand Army of thtjllcpublic Its cardinal principles are a firm belief in Almighty G -d and the pledge of time allegiance to the government of the United States. Among other grand ob jects we find this lo perpetuate the memory of the heroic dead by the proper observance of memorial day." We should therefore, comrades be glad to aid this organization as best we can, tn courage them by our presence in their camps, and welcome them today in this solemn memorial, knowing they will in a few years with the W. I. C. be the leading element for the proper observ ance of this important day. The number of veterans will soon be ut few, who protected our banner, the red whi?e and blue, but the sons of those heroes have, fallen into line, to keep green their memory, till the wind up of time. OUR FLAG It is with pleasure we note the grand custom of carrying at the top of flag staff of school houses in our land, our starry banner. V ery rightly should this be universal all over our union, and the rising generations taught to love and re vere it. Take it into your district schools into the high schools ot your city and into all your great institutions where children are gathered and may it be one of the familiar ornaments in every Amer ican home. Stocks or bonds, stately houses or lands, mill or field, is not our ! country. It is the flag and what it stands j for. Under this flag party ends and patriotism begins The star spangled banner is our anthem and on whatever sea you may be the flutter of that emblem is the inspiration for a shout and patriotic feeling. Quart-. 1 we may over politics, but let us be taught to die for the flag. Again, there is only room in this country for but one flag, and although our country 19 large, it isnot large enough fcr two. I g'adly note the fact that a bill is now in congress, prohibiting the erection in our Union, monuments "To the Lost Cause." and the display of the stars nrrl bars anywhere on any occasion. Tl.is is right, and they cant pass that bill too quick for the good of the Union. It does seen odd that self respecting southerners should care to raise that (Vig cr walk behind it. and that th sober second thought of these people would be to have nothing more to do with it. Tbfre can no good come from displaying it, and only opens afresh the bloody chasm. Any attempt to reestablish or flaunt it is unpatriotic, uncourtcoim ami unmanly, when we rr member tha Christian courtesy and manly forbear ance extended those who surrendered it in 1 ;.. Old glory our grand stars ami stripes, whipped the other one out of sight and there it should Ktay. Loyalty to tin; tl ig call be and Khould be learned by every man w ho Comes to lliis country to in,.ke it his home, and he ought to leave the old w orld behind bin 'iid in every way build up and foster within his heart and his children, a lovo for the new land. These persons have the 1 1 1 a t -1 i ik 1 for good citizens, but are not vet patriotic. I'liey 111 1 1 -1 be made patriot ic and given a in-lning 1 and. . All public obscrvanci s which are 11a onal should be i iicoiini"- d, and all that ant imiitt:d shonld In- liowned upon . The green flag of In land floating over the city hall of New York City on hi. Patrick's day is to put it mildly, a set back 011 patni tisui. So let us l.y.-d Americans set such an xnmple of our love for the grandest flag that flouts, that they by emulating that example may be made better citizen An incident in the ar shows how loyally the boys in blue held to our standard, and in song mid shout gained many',a victory following its bright stars. Tho sixth day had cloned of the m-vi-ii da yd tight in tho wililerm s", and the armies rested, almost within speaking, distance, awaiting the day that decided union' vic tory. The boys in blue were singing and the boys in grey, listenir.g. Finally a confederate said "just listen, we've whipped those yankecs every day for six days, and now they are singing '3 es. we'll rally around the flag boys, rally once again." Oh yes it was this that aided in mak ing the next day a victory for the union The poet has rightly said. cclnuilii'i now tak'e thy stand In every sehool- hoiipe in t he laud Ant our e.ieer vonlli unfold, the Ftory ot t i'Ohl' dn s 1 f obi . Wlieu .leinii uath.-r.Ml at thy call, to tnu?iile h'eeil 'n death lo t ill ; S. I MiKt t. e euiiierof thy cho'ce. might wave to mane Hi J world rejuiee. And now my comrades, what shall I say to you to cheer your pathway ami incite you lo a higher, nobler liie? Iitt u all hell) the needy who responded to a call or tho country with true loyal hearts. They are u.w poor but still loy al. Is the country as loyal to them as they wire to the country twenty-nine Veai sago? I fear Hot. Are we com mits us loyal to th j broken down sol diers as we .should be who is trying to gain a ihiug for himself and family by running a peanut stand or some other little bu ines.-r Do comrades patronize comrades as they should, or do we puss them by and speud.our money elsewhere? Let us attend to these little things in a loyal in inner, and thereby cheer the h a t of many a io..r soldier. Let us iss: it. in securing employment for those nliirn d toitbtisoi tne union wno nave vainly sought tor it themselves, and whose very tattered uniforms seems a demerit in the eyes of those who never dared to clothe themselves in it. Our oi'ganiz vtion can draw its member ship from one generation only and then siowly pass away, but ell should remem ber hat it presents greater attractions. and confers greater honors than any other tiyic one, btciuse its foundation w: lidd on an accomplished w ork, that con templated the salvation of the Republic, and proyed that our nation could rely ou the galaxy aud patriotism ot its people pass into and out ot the mysterious vortex ot civil wur, and not iall into anarchy 011 the one hand or despotism on the other. We often hear it hinted that c imp life and war unfits us for a peace ful one The war was an incident in our lives, and our duties as citizens made ud at once soldiers, and I do not think we can be worso citizens for having been good soldiers. On the contrary I believe that exvoluntcers make better citizens. They not only had the cultivation of in dividual qualities of mind during the service, but having passed through the valley and shadow of death in war, ar enabled to see more clearly the moun tain tops of peace beyond. In our charity to our southern brothers let us remember that true charity never calls upon one to blot out the destruction between right and wrong, lucre is one everlasting, irreconcilable difference be tween the spirit of a man who tries to destroy his country and one who lays down his life in its defense. Our dead are honorably identified with the noblest cause that ever elicited the sympathies of mmkiiid and wherever our history shall be read there shall that which these men have done be told of them. The c od soldier cherishes and pre serves that he fought for, and we of the blue as well as all loyal citizens may yet f. called, to defend American institutions and Ptsntl again at ri.rk of life, for the maintenance of American freedom and avs. Let us reverently today perform iur duty to taiieti comrades, Mann oy our colors and be willing at all hazard of favor or fame, to defend our organiz ation as the yreat standard bearer of our nation? loyalty. L'-t us. b' our manli- ness. win me ravoi 01 hii i-on tuiun and prove by our daily lives that we worthily bear upon our breasts th- badge of the Grand Army of the Heoubilic. Bring tinweri. linns flower. th; sweetest and her. To garland the mounds where our brave com rade rei-t. Brin;: pan.ie for thoueht iiriforirot f-u are thy liiiu i;iui-1 for irUr they won in the. tray. Hii! lii tc iur youth many f"l! er thtr prime. I'.rin:; oak wrfat 1 for hher'v. I ioddes" sublime. Bririr e!iiysr.'iieiiiuir.- wliit for t!it truth they urhnrp : Krin lillis for peace, they buttle no more, J',;-!!)).' viob-ts. myrtie. and rose for hive. Hrhiu saowb alls for thought i the Heaven 3'rmve. B: in ha thorn for hop; w hich r-urin' tint ev-ry i-tl ifp Jinn? anciraiith bloum, for immortal life. After song by choir, and benediction was pronounced, came the general deco ration of graves, when the G. A. It. Post marched back to headquarters in G. A. Ib Hall where awaited them a bountiful lunch prepared by the Woman Ile'.ief Corps. In all t!ies3 excrcis -s one can not but observe the importance of these two aux Continue J 0:1 h.'t raje.j