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Show Grand Army I'laco. I Booth of th. Wulte House at Wasli. tht rrouud wai jeara ngo laid ST., September It Ims lmi " nam. .ki:c4 and will henceforth to Lnown riihw""1"""11"""110' tL9ar,uui Armr' " nePnUI " wa cl"1'lc"oJ toacriunswnnnw. BadJcnlnir ralhcr than Joyful was tho attempt to rerT"11":0 "" Braml " cMSW. That ocuiilsd May S3 una a,, rcrlwo if hole days lioolbont and drum-btat, drum-btat, boflo cal1 m"1 'olfllll aouadoil " icntucr, mlngllns In a long, rolling ibjtutn u tho men who sovedtlio Union niched up Ptniiiylvanli aronuo to tho ffhltelot. 1 heron ere 200,000 of thorn tbca. Orant'a (tern faced thousand! tcinthe I'otornc, Hlicrldan'a liortomcn linJbhennan'a bummers wcro all there r)th tbelr ureal lcatlcrn. Jo tho antmnn of 1603, w hen the Brand tlw took laco na-ilii and thoMtcr. (cinliohadated tho Union inarched tp Pcnnylvanla uremic, tho imslnir oc-copied oc-copied eight houra, nnd there wcro mora ntctalort along tho streets than men In Hi ranks. Thcro wcro W.OOO gray-Ifitii, gray-Ifitii, who In tho rests of tho inarch leaned upon ones Instead of muskets, ltatthoywtro nono tho less Impresilto for tho clement of initios that was nlioul them. Tow ns they wcro comparatively this year It Is ctrtnlu that not cr again trill even 10,000 t clcrana of tho Union (nny inirch up that nvcntio lo tho sound of llfo and drum behind tho whlto silk sol gold flag of tho commander of tho 0 A. It. Whlto and gold emblem of peaco and glory r-plcndld sights thcro wcro In this lalo ttvlotf at Washington, sights that could fcavo been witnessed In no land bviieiitli the sun but ours this Messed homo of liberty and liuuiin rights. In olio of tho delegations from a country lust In n Ohio ton ii walked n whlto haired man, strong nnd crict, of soldierly bear-tag, bear-tag, but modest, as becamo n sltnplo jrirato In tho U. A. It. ratiLs. Tho ttlil'o haired prlralo ttaj Itutherford 1). IlayLS, major ginoral In tho Union nnny snJ ei president of tho United Blntcs. Tell it to tho kings nnd cmpirors of tho clJ civilization that they may know from Incidents llko this how and why tho United States Is tho most powerful nation na-tion on cartli. Well, goodbye cteransl Jlay tho next reunion Uridjou all jet nllto, happier and richer than ou arc now, every ono of yon As loir,' ns ) ou or your descendants descend-ants aro nilto our IUg will bo thcro, the Ihj which Hunt to much to Lecp kUcL Torcur Ut.tcrr color fir, rtcry Diion rlAttat in frMei tVerr, atarri nae.unhltfli, float in lhu sunny akr. Mnam o cr ltiu tturinr II It! for every ttrltw of alaliiltaM lino. Ami tf cry star In lit Oct I cf Line, 3tn Itiuiiann I of tho 1 raft ami tru 1 Hats laid thtm down audilltd. |