The Portland daily press., 1869-05-31

God to stand here to-day, have yet In the pres
ent, and it may be in the future, duties and re-
spOnsibilities. As the old Carthagenian be-
queathed to his son, generation after genera
ton, war with Rome, SO have they bequeathed
to us war with wrong, to be carried on till
victory shall crown our arms. 1t is an ire
pressible conflict still We call ourselves the
Grand Army2 What shall make the name q
true one; numbers? Millions might compose
mob without an element Of grandeur. Dis
cipline? The most severe may but make
more effective band of robbers. Influence?
1t may detract from our grandeur, for evil in
tensifies in meannesS with increase in magni-
tude One thing alone. A high and noble
purpose to be grand men-men with true
hearts and pure, men loving right and truth
more than place and power, country more than
wealth or ease, man more than self, and God
more than all. Thus shall we form Grand
Army of the Republic indeed, growing grand
er year by year, though its numbers may
dwindle until butts q little handful of gray
haired veterans shall come with staff-support-
ed, tottering feet to drop single ear-bedewed
flower upon the grave of each comrade, them
selves signing the while for the time when
they too shall be at rest.
Its is ours, comrades, united by the memo
ries of the past, to make ours the grandest
army the world ever saw. Then, whenever
and wherever we fall, whether falling in the
heat of battle we lie piled with the undistin-
guished slain, or by the roadside sunnoticed by
the living. where no friend takes note of our
departure" or in marble mausoleum, sculp-
tured with our fame, will little matter to us So
we may be sure to receive from the Master
"Well done, good and faithful servant; enter
thou into the joy of the Lord"
After the benedction OF Chaplain Root, the
procession reformed and marched to the depot,
arriving in the city about o'clock, when the
military escorted the Post to their hall, and
then proceeded to their own armories where
they disbanded.
We give below list of the dead buried in
the different cemeteries, with the company
and regiment of each, as far as they could be
ascertained. Some of them served in the Ma
Wy and some in regiments belonging to other
States, and those in Forest City Cemetery
mostly died in hospital at Camp Berry, and no
record of their names exists. 1t is suggested
that the city should erect small stone cube
over each of these unknown graves, surmount-
ed by small metallic flag, which could be
done at small expense. and show to the world
that those who volunteered SO bravely in de-
fence of their country are not forgotten.
The day was observed in the city by the clos
ing of all the city offices at noon, and by a
general display of flags at two-thirds mast,
prominent among which were those of the
City Building, Infantry and Blues armories,
Falmouth Hotel and Army and Navy Union.
The latter organization united with Post Bos-
worth, of which association many of them are
members. 1t is hoped that another year gen.
eral recognition of the day will be made by a
thorough suspension of business, and a tolling
of the bells on the several churches from to
10 o'clock in the morning, while the cemeter-
les are being visited, and from to o clock in
the afternoon: