Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-06-17


generations In Il word, it was under the
highest aud purest sense of patriotic obll-
/ ton that YOU volunteered to JOIN the
army of the Republic, You went away
buoyant with hope, yet conscious Of the
rcriis that would bcset your path. You
carried with you the best wishes, the ten
derest thoughts, nay, you had what was
better, the sincere prayers OF neI3h5ors
/ aud friends that you might each and all
( return safely but only--as YOU come to Us
to-day-with untarnished honor They
feared that some of your number would
never return, but thought not that so ma
ny would fall. Alas 3. your thinncd ranks
show how great have been your losses,
The many eyes that weep for those whose
presence here to-day would have filled
them with gladnese aud rejoicing, attest
how great has been the sacrifice. As We
would all have shared in the happiness Of
these. 20 do We JON them III their tears !;
and whilst We mourn for the loss Of the
brave youths who, living, would have
been 10Y to their friends and ornaments
20 society, We bid their mourning friends
find comfort as they reflect upon their
memories-that they fulfilled thcl, obi
cations to their country and their God,
and that their lives, however brief, We're
brighter, worthier, more useful far in their
perfect fidelity and un>eliish devotion to
the ri 1ht, than If lcn9theued out in the
pursuit Of pleasure ami enjoyment Of lux
uriuus ease at home.
This Company, as it met its share Of
the LOSSES OF the Penn'a Reserves, parti-
cipatcs, too, in the name that bias been
won by that organization. Raised at Il
time when popular feeling was at the
highest, its ranks were filled with the
choicest Of our young men. You joined
the national armies at Il time Of depressing
defeat. and as your bearing and soldicrly
appearance at that trying juncture hel ped
to Ie-InspIre confidence and to turn the
tide Of disaster, 50 have you since, thro
all your battles, maintained your reputa
ton for unilinching valor, and earned Il
rcuown of which every Pennsylvania
will be proud, the glories Of which belong
TO the living and the dead Of your organ
ization, and will never be forgotten. Like
Napoleons : old Guard, the men of the
Reserves died but never surrendered. AS
Guards, as your battles have been more
numerous and bloody, and as your cause
WAS more just, 50 will history award to
you higher honor.
The welcome which ROW, in the name
of the citizens of Lcwisburg and of Tn
ion county, extend to You, is sincere, is
earnest. Welcome home. Come into
our families-come to our fresides-re-
count to US in the hearing Of our children
your trials and your triulnphs, that even
our little ones may catch the inspiration
Of your valor, and live To emulate your
patriotism. lou have suffered and bled, ,
and your comrades have laid down their
lives for us and for our country. Our
debt Of gratitude to You is great, and as
this community shall hope for the bless
ing, Of the Almighty, 50 will it be true
to the merits of the returned soldier :;
and will nevcr-no, never-forget the
wants Of the widow aud orphan Of
him who fell battling for Liberty, for
Humanity, for Country, for God, Again
| repeat to You what you see on all these
houses, what You read in each counten-
ance, what is spoken to you by every
throbbing heart-NELCoME HOME.
The Company was then dismissed to
discuss most elegant supper at Weiden-
saul's, after W hich they returned to their
different homes ..and the " .Sliler Guards
live in history only
Geo. W. Schoch, captains clerk, furn-
ishes us with the following memoranda;