Show ANOTHER B lJ DIY DAY n Y General John A. A Logan flied the date dale for Memorial Dl Day It happens to have havo been tho the date dat on which the last Union volunteer r of or the war wad wax was d discharged Ho Ito was commander r of or tho the Grand Granel Arm Army of or tho the Republic at tho the time Ume In 1808 and his order simply appointed May 30 for tho the decoration decoration decoration decora decora- tion of oC graves ra cs Ono One by one ono the states with states with the th exception of Idaho Idaho kayo havo adopted the tho da day designated designated b by General Logan and while there Is no national law on tho the subject tho the graves ra cs of or the Union d dead ad aro arc on that day May remembered with flowers and their praises era aro sung sun in formal Cormal ceremonies neall Really tho the custom was borrowed from the Southern people The They began even en earlier In setting setting set set- ting a. a aside a day clay for tho rho decoration of the graves of their dead acad And on those mi missions thc they laid lall I flowers on Union soldiers' soldiers graves too The spirit of It was so fine and tho the motive mothe of oC the tho service so broad bro that tho ho good example was wac followed all over tho ho countr country And Francis Miles UI Finch wrote The Blue nillo and tho the Gm Gray a poem which embraces In n its splendid humanity Its lis sacred s charity all who suffered and tind all who sorrowed We c of or tho the North orth maJ make e it our om most notable oc occasion occasion occasion oc- oc casion of publicly honoring the men who wore th the bite lue In wartime who marched to the defense of tho ho Union who harl harkened ene to tho the call of or President LIncoln and offered their bodies a n bulwark n against lt ho tho bullets of a reactionary principle Most rost of or the men who made up tho magnificent arm army which met and vanquished another magnificent magnificent magni magni- fic nt force havo have passed passed away from the tho scenes of or earths earth's activities Their bodies hodies have havo been laid away an-a- and tho the graves that contain them wherever them wherever they hey be Is he-is Is consecrated soil soli Over O those ashes the ration nation bends on Memorial Day Dar with Uh r reverence erenee and honor onor Tho The services have h not been heen forgotten The war var Is ended and has hns drifted half a 2 century into the ho past But the devoted service ser of those who took ook arms for the perpetuation of the nation is isas iss ns as s dear to the heart of or the citizen today as it was when n the soldiers came camo marching home when the they hey laid down their arms and began that peaceful peaceful peace- peace ful ul battle for fOI tho the advancement of or their reunited country in the ranks s of the nations of the world worM A million df tit men nten arms arm and md wore the blue The fhe cause for which which- the they fought was 15 1 triumphant and will and nd will never nc again bo ho called In question And eighty millions of or freemen better because of the j sacrifice of soldiers soldier bare tho the head and lift IUt the voice olce toc today tl in heartfelt praise e to in the heroes living heroes living and nd dead |