Show memorial muir L ua LL I 1 VON V the full of the founding of memorial day which we will solemnly observe next week la in a vital part of the history or 0 tho united states tor for it kit li iliad had much to do wilh with the develop went ot of arit and progress pr ogree since the last grat arfat conflict on an the t shoves 1 of this auntry country ou the men who were boy boys in pei 61 have been the tbd ons ones on n whom the responsibilities of the na as lion have tested for fifty yeam with the american legion men in oar midst with their of sae zeruie rifles azul and their present value to the country and with the silent graves of those who are no more iu lu octiva life the day take takes on a far greater meaning to tossy who are not ia in touch with any who went through the civil war la in preparing to observe memorial day next week every freoa reon should read the following article written last year by mm john A lugan logan to properly appreciate the establish pent ot of day reader readers hold knar know about tho the organization of the arrad army of the republic the and patriotic principle principles which prompted the organ hatlon of thie this the greatest organization the world has ever known inspired gen gem eral oral logan in writing the immortal Immo ital ot order no 11 when tom mauder in met chief of the grand army of the republic without the grand airty of thebe thelle the be public there near would have been a memorial day any or a medium through wha it could have kieen ocon established it civo clr a me great pleasure t 7 tell you the true lory these are the facts the late colonel charles L wilon wilson tutor of the th chicago journal of that ay invited a party consisting coo of his niece mis miss anna wilson later mr mrs Ilo horatia ratia may miss farrar his fiancee all now deada dead central general logan and myself to visit the battlefield battlefields around richmond in march 1868 the importance of ome some measures thea then pending in congress prevented general logan at the tho last moment fron from going but he inflated insisted up ay going with theae these friend friends we made a tour of every battlefield tle field fortification temporary barri cade and cemetery around the arst erstwhile while confederate capital driving about in old tumble down vehicle vehicles drawn by lean jaded horses dri driven tea by thinly clad poorly fed men aho vho had survived the long siege of richmond wo we saw aw the colored men women and children digging out the lead and iron which had been hot shot lift the fortifications almost the only at aport et of these wretched peo pie visiting cemeteries and church yards we were deevy touched by the withered wr shi and tiny flag flags that marked tho th graves of the confederate 1 I in the bleak march wind and ligat falling snow the desolation teemed seemed most oppressive general lom a hun hem story returning together to the old wil WH lard hotel where ve thea then lived sitting in our parlor after zinner we recounted to general logan the incident incidents of the trip and how deeply touched we were by the devastation and ravishes of war in the church yard around an old historic church at petersburg every foot zoo of the ground seemed occupied by the graves of the confederate dead upon them lay wreaths once beautiful lowers flowers now crumbling which had been placed there by loving hands little faded confederate flags nags marked each grave mute evidence of ta me oe cie of the southern people to their loved and lof lo 10 f general logan was much im pressed by our description baying saying the greeks and romans romano in the day of their glory were wont to honor their hero dead by chaplets eha of laurel and flowers as well na as in bronze and sone slone ap and that as commander in chief of the grand army of the republic pl ingra member bet of congress from illinois which he then was he would lesue issue an order establishing memorial day then called decoration day he ho declared at tad same time that he bell believed eved that he could secure the adoption of A joint res alution making it a national holiday and a national ceremony he then took up a pencil and ond piece of paper and wrote the matchless order no 11 and remarked ho he would submit it to his staff of the grand army of the be re public then composed of dr W T collins assistant adjutant general brevet brig gen N P chipman ad autant general cart T 0 campbell quartermaster general und capt ed ward jardine inspector gereral gei aa eral ire read what he had written to colonel wilson who expressed his appreciation of the order and predicted it would be received with great enthusiasm all over the country logons staff agrees the following evening upon his dinv tation his staff assembled in our roomi room and ani he submitted the order to them without a vace they thought it would receive a ready tre response flom all loyal hearts in the aion he re hand ed the order no 11 G A R to tant general chipman to be issued at once from the headquarters of tho the grind army of the republic if col onel wilson mad mado any notes or suase advocated the movement they were all lost a few years later in the great conflagration which visited chi cago and reduced to ashes newspaper files homes and bis bj sinea inesti establish inputs As far as I 1 know brevet gea gem N I 1 P chipman and myself aro are the only living person of all of those who had any knowledge of general lorans author alp ship and conception of this Immor immortal til oder which like an electric shock awakened the latent gratitude in all loyal hearts toward the men who had laid doam their lives that the union might live IV george I 1 rands dawson Dav now de do ceased teased wrote the life of maj gen john A logan from all the records notes note wid memoranda of genel gene l logan which were placed hs hanje the follow ing Is from dawson dawsons Ps 94 life of logan login to memorial or decoration azy in Janu january arr 1868 general logans comrades of the grand arm of the republic elected him eom nander in chief of that order tid imil st tt up iward ward honored him and them themselves sees by twice reelecting him tb tt trat position it was dading hie bla arst ileum beney beacy that genera general logan as command do in chief of this military society issued the order which he be often afterward alluded to RS as the proudest act of ray toy life setting apart the day of may as a dry doy in memory of the deac dead soldiers who lost their lives to perpetu ate att fh ia union a day on width to dee dec orate their sacred grave graves and beep in mind their glorious glor lons deed deeds TW rable table order whyel was issued to all the coan ao t Z the orand army of the republic throughout out the land was in these inspiring att rass headquarters grand army of the Rep republic AdrA adjutant tant centrals Gentra irs office ath street stet washington D 0 O M may 5 1808 general orders no 11 1 I the soab day of may iral la is cpr the purpose bf a strewing with flower flowers cr ur otherwise decorating the graves of comrade comrades who w ho died in de do benso fen of their couitt country ry luring jurin g the late rebellion aud aua whose bodies now lie 1110 in almost every city village hamlet and rua hure livard la in the land in this observe a ance lee no form of er emony la in prescribed but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fittl g ser vites and nd testimonials of as stances may permit we are organized comrade ai As our regulation regulations tell ua us for the purpose among things of preserving and hening those kind end and fraternal feelings feeling 4 which have bound together the soldiers sailors and marine marines who unit ed tc together gether to 8 eppress u the late rebel lion what can aid more to assure this result thau than by cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead who made their breasts a barricade betwee between our country and its it foes foe 9 their soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains and their deaths the tat too of rebellious tyranny in arms we should guard their graves with sacred vigilance all that the consecrated wealth arid and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security is but a etting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders let no wanton foot tread rimy on suet hallowed grounds let pleasant paths invite the coming and going 0 reverent visitors and fond mourners let no vand vandalism of avar ice or neglect negle cip no ravages of time tes tiby to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and ana andl vided republic if other eyes grow dull and other hands slack and other heartie grow e cold 0 ld la in the solemn trust ours are shall keep it t well as a long as the itchy and warmth of life remain to us let us then at the time appoint ed gather around their ered remains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the thol tho leest flowers of springtime let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved ved from die dis honor let us in this solemn presence renew our pledges to aid and assist those t they ey have left among us a sacred charge upon a nations cat loas agrati tude the tho soldiers erva widow and orphan 11 II it Is the purpose of the corn com mender mander in chief thief to inaugurate this ob serva servance sot vance uce with the hope that it will be kept up from year to year while a sur our divor of the war remains to honor the memory of his departed comrades he ile earnestly desires the public press to call attention to this order and lend its friendly aid in lit bringing it to the notice of comrades in all parts of the conn country try in time for simultaneous corn COM aliance therewith III department commanders will bae a every effort to make this order st if fec tive by order of JOHN A LOGAN commander in chief official N P chipman adjutant general Ce 10 PA resolution solution in the house this order having been generally complied with throughout the country with beautiful and touching ceremonies at the gra gram P of the dead mr logs log sir on june 22 1868 a resola tion in the house of representatives w which ath was unanimously adopted in t these hose words 41 resolved Be solved that the proceedings of the different cities towns etc recent ly held in commemoration of the gal lant heroes who have sacrificed their lives in stena of the republic aid the record of the ceremonial of the decora tion of the honored tombs of the de parted shall be collected and bound under th thi diroe tion of such person as the speaker shall desI designate guate for the use of congress congrak globe congress 2nd sess jule 22 1868 page a 1364 since then as Is well known dec dee oration day has been observed as a na dional holiday nearly everywhere in the united scalps of the above is from dawson G F P life and services of gentral john A logan pages in gen bobert robert D deaths history of the grand army cf ef the republic ot o t page 02 2 gen N P pr chipnan chip nan adjutant general G GAB A R general logan a staff refers to memorial day probably no one act in your adala hi kaj done more to cement the brother brotherhood tood of our order and to re move any pre prejudice jadice that might remain in the minds of the public 1 it than the inauguration of fie vic practice of an annual to the memory of our departed comrades a the da day 7 set act apart last year was observed in all departments and by almost all t the 6 posts and with the most gratify ing results if this feature alone was the result of the tte organization I 1 think the of a national memo rial flat day a sufficient leat to our comrades for all thy have done and lind this alone would be motive sufficient to perpetuate our order no other so clety was in a position to originate the observance aa 1 probably no other would have dope dore so F the lust observance vince the first observance of if his order took place may aa the W aiole 1010 country was still in s yet the sa crIlLe at of the bravest and tha th beat best that government of the to people by the people and foi for the should not peric from the earth the gap lag ing wounds of the bloody carnage in the mighty conf conflict liet were still unhealed widow widows and orphans made aft u the larg er falt rt of the malti multitude multitud tude who came kila uan floral noral tributes for their loved aad ac lost while the ex union soldiers to the music ef of golemb aa dirge dirges isu lma up anc an d down the streets streeta of the silent cities concluded on pate sm olm 0 RIAL D A A 14 V riv 1 cont lavel from ago alt aoa OA te to ame the B aal 0 ig i clef et with jtb a aril 7 comrade f a tanca tan ril CA e blem of liberty t b g serj ff were replete S the day tr 6 Z aud stories of e i drw a poev P all heroism ct of the asp n 1 slid delmi dead men e Is 1 calumus against e sturdy tal tell the e W loe told of the super aio ssta uses e those who wh feu fell rigl itina for of a of the tho unload painting printing in which of lot scenes eyia pictures pitt arcs vivid participates an tc t aring S U ulra id basei to vit weeping ering majority ct of the ae who in hu the beautiful ceremonies Cre oale of ted the tb ile morial dy day have a batien bu tien their brave spirits lave have boio joio abo are e tenting ta on 0 cambs fa atti lost oric ori C gre around grel L all ever over thi this continent that tt a efcy corle are re still alting their il of taj gallant nant in em oration 91 mj hot of the tie hero heroic 1 dead lead who bave and alto the C civil avit ar at prove proves nad C eye hS Tsat Z gt grown own dull I 1 lack or other heart ira ir if 1 l a trust nor will solemn is the of tine testify to the et t or at to the coming t lav lave for forgotten forgot gottel teb P S IL people the tile and t of if a 1 free nation bora noru kt t ef of the peat con convicts cobl te and agony tir witti all its hor horrors tori a nobler io 10 a has een born co nil rut christian freedom bight right val valiantly lanAr have they pr arwed ltd borss aai upward bearing bravely the bar but dean of the people peoples of many riet and there have ba been to devia from the pathway to i g ry y and broww for thie this rei lublic alea time however ahli smothered the f furrowed plain und and bridged the gul f that C ceo te divided the sections Bot loni of a oar ur tou war for the 0 of other people hi has joined la 12 inseparable bonadei the berth north and ad the sout ou the east und and the wet west for freedom freedoms progress anil and huma humanity alty the tur sur vire of the lamentable it I 1 TJ under 1 oder the providence of eon 04 c u p n on this hallowed day ar around the grave graves of their sacred acted dead and cover them with natures nature loveliest can opy peace white winged peace hovers above us anil and we believe that the star spangled banner in triumph hall shall forever wave oer oper the land of the home borne ot of the brave the beacon light of liberty berly li brighter from hom the burnishing bur by the th e clash of arms still att attracts facts the oppressed and e bowa own troi trodden cien of the whole world thi this generation and the yet thit are to follow are and will bo be beyond ques tion committed tj t i the perpetuation of constitutional freddo fr fre eido cdon and liberty rg reg ulsted by law anil anti to the work of 0 to o curing for all men equality before the law the right fight to pursuit of happiness ami and the worship of god according to ile dictates of their own conscience pounded founded upon these principles our government goderum ni has won its prowess among all the people peoples of the eaith momen tary ary outbreak outbreaks c 0 tho the lawlest may for a time disturb the harmony and broth erhold of citizens of certain localities but the supremacy of 0 the law limbed in every part of the united states LT lv the armies and the navies of the union will stand forever obe 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