Show 0 0 J ally wil 1 0 mrs john A logan tells how annual ceremony was in augu gurale rated B by y H her er husband ot 4 ani III ado af it 11 great general mil M led ninny victorious charges inthe civil war and enother of it who I 1 laid id down ills his life in tile the service of his bis country count ii i i mrs airs john logan lins has glun given her time little find efforts since it tins ot or foreign to work aik tor for tile the of the present wor w I 1 cannot rest and will not so long ions ns its strength ta Is given tile for or I 1 know lint sorrow and sulT ering Is wrought upon the helpless hi by war ir site sho it mia ans in III file spacious work voi kroom tit nt lie iio top of tier lier bountiful beautiful in I 1 washington that tier her visitor found tier it MIS not a 0 sewing lily bild instead of f Luio penu work aik oik mrs irs legall was ans sitting billing tit lit tier desk in tile perusal of letters let tirs potters and books which rel abed to tile tho long post of tier own life to tn a war nearer libnic und and to tier lit in tile the events cents alidel nindo american illusory lil Ill story sory tit nt n period of thir count rys life all it afis ns tf it those fill jIgs su she MS avas in a mood to talk 1 I have hirn been thinking of what ant tile the iny nunn to us its all site sold raio survivors hiir lors of the civil war nr tire passing ore oft tile tho stage of life ili bit t those who 10 lo yet ct remain front from that ehnot nind they who ho are follow lowing us ui will all see sec to it that bonynge lioni bon nRC inge Is done to thase who the of n riat ions it Is a cluty auty ave c owe oe find it should never lie die this year as ai ave c strew with W fa flow era tile tha graves of those who ho died for it 1 st wise ave e cannot hut but think of 1 tarrell of ering find death row europe and tho lie grout krent range or of memorial anys which will be its heritage ere long 1 I prefer the he name lemor lol tiny to i tiny for although ours Is a n holiday it should not lint ile be forgotten that it Is a lay day of national r rembrance ei nem brance of the ell and ought 0 o be 10 olis orvid with ith quietude ond end dignity dignify I 1 lime have boon been very mr enuch polled these all litter years to note that I 1 binany of the lie outher generation bave lost till nil sight of tho the ori original ghini meaning of the ho day aln and hint tit in soine it Is 3 celebrated by v such diversions na horse tind other riotous sports se soam to ho be it very pry af t taw innell idea of tin tile occasion the grand army arm of the republic hns wolfe strong again tilt bif misuse of our illy of no f r tho soldiers sold lei ahr gave their lives 11 for our country bild it Is 14 to note tent the sons of vet runs tilio lire arp iw now filling thlu of their rathers take anko it very ery hoil oits irs view lv of their int anty in consecrating tills this one lay to sacred memory inenio ry till and tributo to 0 o our lend aind till me are parrying out ont appropriate programs tit nt the Mir loiis where sold ers of the civil wor ir llo ito hurled burled 1 I allf CUD to toi to i my in ill nil fill truth that hint memorial ie tiny lins has brought forth n great en nt annest nt nf worthily korthal kort hll oppressed expressed senti I 1 I 1 ent ibe lif ocen sloin having inspired nion tind women tn in utterances ot of real eloquence beautiful thoughts find ernp arile poetry because tile gliemo Is of the lie hest tant loyal hearts effs fal fluid gifted tongues or pina pens express c yos yes Doc decoration oration tiny was ns tle tile Illon nought glit oni institution of flentrill togi in nil and I 1 recall very dethill of avery ars Inel dent which led ird to its tation it was in merch lIn reh 1863 that hint logan I okan it pro promise inis nindo during tile election of brunt ani colfax enado till nn ment for hinish if nil and tile me to accorn pony ills his good gond friend col charles clinkles Clin rles L wilson editor of tile the chicago Clil digo Journ lil upon it n visit to ill the city of flud tin of virginia th colonel who lio was ss it ans iia no no by his fifi nece miss barror of illston general logan was vas then in ili ron mi press gress utta limiters of importance ivere iero before tile tho national legislature saw P and to in my iny husband could not accompany us its tile the colonel insisted upon lily iny taking lily iny two to willi alth iia ii ti A although both bolli were mere very ury my illy little boy jolin john A logil loann n jr ari n mere bully Ilo however wever it ho regard ol col 01 tile trip rip in fit tile lio light of nn an historic tind felt that lint tile lie ell children II 11 r ell should see some fine of the battlefields over ci which lilli distinguished generals hall led their armies it was ns it cold bleak lay day on oil which we e arrived lit in and the holet was ns a desolate place of refuge it afforded ono one of tic lie evidences eI dences of tile lie which chilli tile the people of tile confederacy lind had suffered these evidences were very plentiful throughout tit the city alt ila as ave c litter later discovered tile vii Vell ikle Cle colonel wilson found for our coin ei mice for tho the drive to tho the grounds nearby was it wretched car carriage ringe drawn ly by two miserably poor horses tile was MIS the picture of dejection nel tilt loy boy wl to served as footman was no letter better and lie shivered from hend to foot with alth tile coll cold As we e drove over file lie battlefields w c e observed colored people picking up the bullets nil and pieces of shelf shrapnel balls ailts lilts of broken enn non ilon unit other iron foundries hod set n on tills this product and it tifford afforded ed quite n livelihood for a little alino to d tile hie poor pool about fortified cities and nil battlefields WP we visited tile lie churchyards ind and cemeteries nt at richmond find petersburg annle the gipe which ludi ila lind taken place in find tiro uial those cities there were a prent grent binny burial grounds arounds lit in those neighborhoods because tho the glebes klebes w aich were cre hind grants brorn enk land to the lie episcopal church in lind had existed ns as church gralin nt lit tile the t q 3 of tile the civil nr and were usei used ft fan grounds for the citizens atilt soldiers in ili the lie burying ground near petersburg ave 0 o saw nw many it kindreds of grnes graves of confederate sot soldiers ers and they alicy nearly nil hore bore n finall tilde ling livid the dark withered wreaths find rein of their horn floral decoration 0 of f nearly n year Ii eforo these mementoes of tile bygone of tile lie south touched ine inc deeply find on oil our return home hoine from the tour of the battlefields vetold I 1 told my husband of tills his tribute of the southern men inen and till women to their soldier bend beneral Ce logan reciprocated my feeling its as to the illness of the he send igent expressed lie ile said that lint it was avas n revival of the ancient cuRt custom oin for the of ages past in old countries hall had performed tho the rite of decorating the groves grines of their heir dead heroth avith ith louers flowers he considered the matter for it time and then hen sold lie he did if not lint bec apo vv amily it might rot pot ile bo revived reed in ill tile the ense of tile lie fallen union soldiers sold leis Geri general eral logan who mho was thell coin in tinder in chief of the orand aminy of tile Ife publIc decided that lint iw ile wolla conj issue nil order for tile decoration of the file soldiers graves on tile tho following solli of mn sending for general cill pIllon adjutant general of tile the grand grami army of the republic he dictated order no 11 for tho the arst decoration to of union soldiers graves hecl over eer took place in the until united states that ihna order Is now rend at every decoration iny ceremony which takes dikes illace place over tie the graves graved of union soldiers sold lera bor who tit in the civil war it ts Is as n follows follow foll to and mrs airs logan loann put front from the papers site alio lind find tit at land and read headquarters grand army of ti the iha lie adjutant office lal HH street washington 1 U C may 6 1863 NO it 11 1 the of 0 alay IM is 1 for tho the not of 0 strewing flowers tir ir othera otherwise ise decorating the graves ot conr com radon who tiled lied in defense ol of their country during the late re rebellion hellion and whose bod es now llo ile in almost every cita vil lage und lind hamlet churchyard tra tn the tha land in this 1 observance no form ot of ceremony Is prescribed but posts and comrades will vill I 1 in n t own way arrange juchli fitting erveen heir onil end testimonials of r respect la circumstances may permit wo we ira are comra aea as our regulations lell jell us for or ta tha Is purpose othir other things of anil and strengthening those kind anil and fraternal feelings which have hound bound together tile the soldiers sailors and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion what can call nid aid moro more to this result than by cherishing tenderly the tha memory of our cherole dead who made their breasts a barricade against our country and its toes their soldier lives ives were the reveille of 0 freedom to a ra race in chains and their do deaths a tha the ta tattoo t 00 of rebellious tyranny in ar arms no W should guard giard their graves with will sacred i el lanco all fiatt the cons consecrated wealth and tas taste I 1 e t pi th the e na nation t oil can L ild jd to their adorn mont ment and so eurit Is but n fitting triville trl tri billo bille to tile the memory of her slain defend irB let no ivanson van ton toot foot trend tread rudely on such bucl hallowed grounds let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners mourn mouT ners erB let no van dalisa or avarice or neglect no ravages ot of time testify to the present or r coming generations Kenera tlona that we have as aa it a people the cot cost ot of a free and undivided republic it other tye eyes grow dull and other hands hand clack anil and other heart lietarta s coli in the sot BOI dmn trust ours oure shall k liepp e e P it well an is long as the light anil and warmth ot of life remain to tie lot let Us IB then at the time jime appointed r gather around their sacred re insana nd gailand Kt irland the a p a s sl onles mounds them wah the e 1 nowara c ot I 1 spring ti time tiel el let us ua raise above them the tha dear daar old flag lac they ses from dishonor leaun tr in this bolean presence pre tence yellow renew oti our pledge to aid and nd assist those whom they have hava left among us ui n L acred charge ill on a nL gratitude the ool nold llera lers widow and 2 it ii M oe ot e the tha commander in chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope he labrit it will bh be kept up from year year while a sur vivo of the war remains to honor t tj mory othis asael departed no ila atly desira tho press to call attention att brition laiR order and lend ata in it to the notice or of commas com in nii parts of tho the time tor for simultaneous compliance therewith 3 Depart department mW will ase aaa every effort to ta make alila order effective hy by order ot of A lochan in chief y V V bomea I 1 y adjutant beneral le WM V T AA A A 0 the filial people of 0 the country took linit lost amny to tn III ilic still mrs inq dogim 1 tand my ausband bus band s nn v I 1 tit I 1 y ven ed by chii 0 lla 4 tiny in pery every we in ill IL union llio aba being char ly by very tile rnino ns as bhole bojc lekh lih tallo place today after intine inquiries and its ells joll it ans tan elded hint amny iny 1 SO 10 was prokp 11 hl 1 the most appropriate tiny for 1111 k universal ni I 1 versal 0 f the cerell ln every state in lie union 0 n nicil 1 el lerol logan finally iti in milling tho liy ilay a via lin lional on oil Mo lay there ja no distinction 11 between officers and nal filena ian dondi tile the great arent leveler lovel cr dinkes till nil heroes alike fill anil null blos are distributed with ith equal generosity tile lio grent generals aind the private there tire are few w now living who won great lio honors leonors nors diering tho file civil war all tile krent grent rs or oc have passed away nil and thora there are blit row few left attlio ito corps divisions or regiments the patriotic organizations who mho have so preserved the nory of 0 their fallen contri ldes tire also much depleted in ili membership e r p I 1 it t I 1 li 1 I therefore to tile lie I 1 pen inen or of tile tho younger generation ave e inist took to keep green alto memory of boac jhc w alid jell to inako our un iia tn orr |