Show MEMORIAL DAY General Order From Department Commander Com-mander G A R W f Bostaph department commander comman-der of the department of Utah of the G A R has issued the following general gen-eral order to G A R posts and com As It affects rades throughout the State I I fects all posts In Utah It is given in full Headquarters Department of Utah Grand Army of the Republic Ogden Utah May 1 1903 Genera Orders No5 First Memorial day Is drawing near and wo are again reminded to perform a Holomn duty by commemorating the service ser-vice of the soldiers and sailors who have died that the best nation on earth might live To every patriot this should be tho most sacred day of the year and Its 1 proper observance one of the Nations strongest safeguards No more beautiful and Impressive scene could bo witnessed than that of 0 redeemed nation ceasing from Its dally toll and gathering around the graves of Its defenders bearing offerings of-ferings of flowers and strewing them on their lowly mounds and placing above their heads the nag they loved EO well and thus giving suitable expression of tho love and gratitude which a great people fool toward thoso who gave their lives In defense of their country SecondComrades will therefore In compliance with section 2 of National General Orders No 7 and our well established estab-lished custom fittingly observe Saturday Mav COth 103 as Memorial day ThirdThe Sunday preceding the Mth of May Is known a Memorial Sunday and It has long been the practice of posts to attend divine worship on that day and acknowledge their debt of gratitude to God for tho blessing o a reunited country coun-try We hope that every post commander will fool that Ills his special duty to have every comrade of his post turn out In a body nnd attend church onco Ii not more on that day and thus be an object lesson to the youth of our land FourthAs this will bo the last general order Issued by me as your department commander I lake this opportunity to congratulate the comrades upon the effective ef-fective work that has been done by them during the year often under embarrassing circumstances and rejoice that notwithstanding notwith-standing some have been mustered Into the higher service we have made gains among the living And I express tho hope that as many as possible may gather at our next department encampment to beheld be-held at Salt Lake City Utah May 21 1 JM3 By order of F WM BOSTAPH Department Commander Thomas Maloney Assistant Adjutant General |