I f MEMORIAL IAL DAY DAV IW BY 31 1 MIS ns A. A t. t LOGAN Cop Co tight l 1907 j. j It speaks peaks volumes for or the he Innate patriotIsm patriot patriot- Ism sm of or the ht people that they have Annually roe for 29 9 9 years repeated f the ceremonies sug- sug tested sted h hy by their author General Genral John A A. A Logan Logon To the list of thousands nd who fellon fell foil on n the battlefield died dU-d In hospitals and anti In their homes during the live long years yearn of i bloody blood conflict of the h civil war Vur must be ridded added many mony more who have since died from Com the effects o of QC the lie exposure and hat hard hardships ships Incident to the service The harvest at of disease e and death among amon the nation nallon defenders rs during the past 46 years has tilled lied the he score core or orm Or n of or national cemeteries come come- teries churchyards and ond Is ls of or al almost QI- QI most ever every hamlet town and city with graves raves of these h heroes roes It Is marvelous that the tho spirit of lose lon and amI reverence to for forthe the patriotic dead should should not not h have he e waned and yet Cl on lh the contrary they are more mol and more morp as they multiply with the flight r f time May 30 this year will wit witness n ness nags a n repetition of or the programs of r i previous pre you years except that tint the decora- decora j I Lions Ions will be tic moro more elaborate the exerciser more Interesting and the groves graves s to 0 be I Uc Li more mort numerous j I jNo No 1 more beautiful scene Beene could he tie pre pro I e than that of the he procession of e aged and scarred battle veterans and their thell friends marching to 10 lh the solemn music of a Q funeral dirge 1 UI up and down n the cemetery aisles flower flo ov over r LIe tle graves of or comrades that list hn have shared with them th the tong long marches the deadly conflict Of dC battle bottle the privations i and dangers dangel'S pf pr war I Following close behind th them m. m the wives daughters widows widows- anti and orphans laying theta their tributes and wId dropping their tears team I upon 1 lite The graves grave of oC I those hose who tone ton an temper tern tem per lent 41 Aid d triumphed to mon many a n. sturdy Of those who fell ren In duty's lofty lotty cause CHU I And nobly died for foi right And Anti when after not one Ont grave has b been c n forgotten or unmarked by a tiny Uny lIne hag and wreath of flowers arid and the thc procession proceeds proceeds pro pro- coeds to lie where prayers arc ale to tobe tobe be said eulogies pronounced and some h Inspiring music muel and song Rong ole aie tendered gendered the picture IB is completed All these are arc not the offspring offspring off ote- spring of alone they possess S a n. n meaning fur far higher he an and t more mor enduring They are nie th the object lessons of oC th the school of patriotism the the- they edify and ennoble the I spirit o of unwearied devotion to ones one's own o onor or adopted country A Unman Itaman sage aad It in is sweet und and nd pleasant pheasant lo to di die for Cor ones one's country The fhe same Hame heaven born love or of has animated animated the thC freemen n of oC this republic lc in all their ther struggles for American Amer Atner- Icon ican independence and tho the preservation orthe or of orthe the most mOlt beneficent cent Sov government the world has bus ever known In honoring the silent dead d b by these visIble visible vis via ible Ible- evidences of or our f reverence for their deeds deed of or valor and patient wr wi teach to lo those thos who follow us a n a more enduring enduring en en- during 1 lesson U KOn could be IAU taught ht b. b by t the h most eloquent tongues Therefore Co let the nallon continue ii lo to observe these sane sanc- rt i When Spring with dewy Y fingers r cold ohI turns Returns to lo deck the the-hr hallow hallowd mold She Site there shall drefes dres a sweeter sod Than fancy's fancy fl feet et have hav ever e trod troll Dy By fairy hands hand their knell Is ls rung By Dy forms unseen their dirge ls is ht sung sting There Thre honor com comes comis s. s a pilgrim gra gray To bless bifOSS the turf that wraps their the cla clay 13 And freedom shall a while repair dwell a weeping hermit there In these piping times of or pence peace when there ther IK is properly a great movement for fora foru a u universal peace mice we WC should more morl than ever Ovet emphasize our appreciation lion und and gratitude for t the hf sacrifice fI these thelt heroes her hr oeM oes have lun ma made p for fot humanity an and the rights of oC nil oh mankind which make II a universal pence peace possible The principles for Cor which th they fought bled am ami the died and which through h their heroism were vere final finally Ly triumphant nt t over 1 wrong viii oppression flon are those which arc are today prompting almost superhuman man efforts ts for Cor the peace pace which It ha has been said would b be 1 the he Cor forerunner r of or the millennium t n I Ileo peace CC ma may long be bp deferred In the 11 meantime on ti hut but if Ie one may judge judS from ogi lh Hi strides s of civilization 1 in the decades that thiat have hn passed since these I patriots laid lud down to ll dreams I It Jt i is demonstrated th they y hove have not died in vain That tin tin- same love p of ot country country coun oun try which Inspired the ne e gallant dead has haH been blen transmitted to their descend descend- descendants c nd- nd nit au ants a hits has been exemplified x Cm 11 II lied UNI by the thi n numbers num um- um bers who answer to fO their Ir country's call can callon canon on the sound of oC wars war's They are Hl busy bits URY with peaceful I pursuits hit bill I they arC are ever Or wary y t I lint Hint t the lie govern gov sov- ern eminent men I of ll the e people by the he people und nod for Cor the he people shall not aoL perish from th the earth If I the he signs gns of or the times limes portend d correctly cor ocr rec tite present and future generations genera genera- nera of or the lie American nation are and will be Imbued with the thC thought To Jo fight eight I l I In a n just JURt cause URe ann and for our country trY I glor l Is the thu best beet office of tho 11 best men I Anti And nd to 10 dt decline Jine w when hen I these l motive mothe urge I 1 fit fM Infamy ben lh benM en In a cowards coward's basen base base- n no WH May In th the time lime never come coins when the lu ce ceremonies of or Decoration lion eln day are forgotten forgotten for for- gotten or the graves tR Iud and memory men of ot the MO Idlers and sailors of om our Republic are arc not kept IrnI green Irn Here Is a n copy opy of or the original letter sent out by General Logan I Washington D. D C. C May l 5 G. G 1 Headquarters tera Grand Grund Army of or tho the ReI Republic Re Re- public Adjutant Generals General's Office altice 16 I Fourteenth io t h Itt rual O orders orders-No No II II- II 1 1 Jh The l oth day of or May IH is designated noted for fOI the lie purpose of or strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the giaves gi of or comrades who diet died In iii defense of or their country countr during the lute rebel rebel- lion auf nod and who whose bodies now lb He lit In in- inal al- al al almost roost most t It and hamlet 10 r c every ery city village churchyard orl ii in the land In this lila t observance ob oh- servance no form form of or ceremony is I. prescribed pro pre scribed but posts and comrades will In their own wa way arrange ange such fitting services ser and und testimonials of oC respect as circumstances will permit We V are arc organized comrades as s our regulations tell us for th the purpose among other things p of or preserving anti and strengthening Ing those kind and fraternal fr feelings which have ha bound together the soldiers soldier sailors 81 and marines who united to suppress the In hate lale 1 rebellion i What I can cun aid more mOJe to assure this result than by cherishing cherishing- tenderly the memory Y of or our heroic dead who made their brea breasts ts ti Il barricade bet between w Cn our oun- oun tr try and lt Its foes Their soldier r lives were tho the T reveille of freedom to a n. race In chains anti and their dc deaths the tattoo of rebellious tyranny In arms arm We Ve should guard their grave el with s sacred vigilant vigilance All An that the consecrated wealth and anti haste o of the notion nation con can I add to lo their adornment und anti security se f is but a fitting tribute to the memory of or her iaN slain cIrl defenders ndel Lot Let no foot fOOl tread rudely on such hallowed ved grounds J Iet et pleasant pheasant n ant gatha Invite the coming coating mid and going of reverent visitors and md fond admirers Let Iet no vandalism Jf t f avarice u or neglect no ravages of or u time uc testify to I the h present t or to horning that w we o have forgot t tan asa as ns asa a l people copie j the thC cost of oC n a free Jet Hint anti undivided 1 ed Republic If other othet eyes grow arrow dull It I II ani anc and other handy 14 slack 1 and oth other l' l hearts old cold Inthe in inthe the lie solemn tit trust ours fillS p it well veil as aft Ion long as as' the as-the the light und warmth of or life Inta remain to 10 ii us Let itt UH us then at the time appointed gather around their sacred r remains l tutU mid land got the passionless s mounds f above e them with the choh choicest flowers of oC springtime let It us raise above c them the tho dt dear or old flag they saved from Crom dl ei PI ux UN Is in itt this solemn pi renew ur pledges s 's to aid and nud assist those hum Chum they have c left lert among UH us a is sacred ed hal harpe harge e upon a nations nation gratitude the the rs r's and sailors sailor's widow WiloW und and or PI or- plan phan 2 It 11 l Is the lie purpose pt ot or the command command- In chief to lo Inaugurate this fluis observance vance cant with the hope hOJe that it will bo ho kept up tip from flom year to 0 year while 3 a survivor cur sur vl or or of the war remains to lo honor the memory 01 of or bin hi departed s. tI He ile ai desires ibe public press pres lo w call caH alien I Ion to this lila order and lend Its friendly aid In bringing It to lo tho the noU notice e eor of or comrades es In iii nil all parts of the the- country In time for tor or simultaneous compliance therewith 3 Department nt commanders will wilt lI nc tiie C lir e every o effort frOl to lo make malte this thin aff l Ive ite By Dy order of JOHN JOHNA A 4 LOGAN N. I ln rf I N N. P. P IA Official Official- lol Adjutant General WM WU T T. COLLINS A. A A. A G. G