The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-03-16

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| Of our brave State.
1 hsvs held Two meetisgs With them h
their camp on Dsuphine's Lland. and the
have considered the orphan work %,
stand the banner regiment in the amoun
pledged toit There stands / bhnk 1,
the history Of = man who fails 70. see q
lows regiment assembled to consider
subject OF moral or patriotic merit. Th.
interest of these meetings is beyond de-
scription. They extended to me aud u,
mission the most cordial greeting. Thei,
intslligsst appreciation Of the holy caas.
will be seen in the following resolutions
and their heart msgnanimity in the
amount which they propose to pay to it,
and never were subscriptions better than
these made by. the men Of honor. Who
savs our country. The men at homo who
DO not brave the enemy's guns OF live in
the soldiers camp, must respond to this
example Of the army in . manner com
mensurate with the advantages they pos
sess and the ease they enjoy.
Seven thousand nine hundred and
thirty-three dollars makes this the ban
ner regiment Of all Jet visited, and com.
pany H, from Van Buren county with
81, $50, 70 the banner company of I'll
companies Of all the regiments.
PsARI p. INGALLS,.
Dsaphine Island, Ala, Feb. 96, 1865.
Att meeting of the officers and men
Of the 10th Iowa infantry volunteers,
held IN camp on Dauphiu' . Island, Ala.
Feb. 25th, 1865, the following was unau.
inously adopted - our sentiments
We have heard With grati6ed pride of
the efforts making TO establish the Iowa
State Orphan Asylum--sn institution
which 10 specially demanded by the
times, and which is designed to relieve
the sufierings and mitigate tho evils en-
tailed upon society by the present war
That an institution contemplating a.
this does the maintenance and education
OF the orphans of our fallen comrades. il
one Of particular interest to us, and merits
our warmess sympathy and material aid.
In the dsvising and Inauguration Of
th,s echeme, We recognize an act of that
admirable benevolencs and magnsnimiiy
that cannot fail TO gild the names and
smbaln the memories Of is founders.
In the generosity and zeal manifested
Dy our friends at home 10 behalf of this
enterprise. We realize 40 appreciation of
The claims not only Of the soldier, but Of
ms helpless offspring upon that Society, |
. the defense of whose firesides and hon.
" he has fallen.
We commend this Institution TO the
snd support OF our friends,
eliow-cilizens and soldiers, and we beg
ave to present to every one who claims
'ride at the gallantry of our soldiers and
be high position their valor has given
oHa IN the sisserhood of States, that
his has been gained through The sacrifice
L many fathers those orphan children
annot in honor be suffered to beg their
'read.
And We hereby plsdge our present and
uture support With our friends at home
nd brothers in arms, in rearing this
'reat temple of love, which shall 1t once
resent monument of the virtue and re-
ned sentimen, OF a people whose deeds
war history shall record, and an alma
mater from which men and women shall
o forth through successive ages, re-
ec'aimed from childhood of penury and
rant. fitted for positions of honor and
rust;
That We tender our thanks to Rev. p.
:. lngalls for his able presentation of this
natter to US with copy Of tha above to
e used in such a manner a. be may
eem for the advancement of the object
ought. JoHx BaucE,
....-. 1t. Col. d Psesident.
l.. N. SLoANAKER,