, 1875-05-11

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Hna "u'ou th' ps'se"I "soA ""' eso uos W. auu
ended 10 th1s CITY oSeo ita e3sstenco 70 tho o.
forts Of tho mombera Of tho trai'd Army Of the
Ncpublic, an organization Wide eprona In uon.-
h.,s,,i, hut rorv 1f,tl. vndoratood hv tha n,l,io
n.s,Sn IN ut. NJ ntno- sorrot .ooiotv -, o,a..
oueo has - bssn @ tbo obiee. Of 80 mueh vituposs-
ton AZ this ono; no other has been 80 oftou and
porsistcn,,y pesailad BY newspapers and po,it,-
49,, ,aa nnal,, mt nm In, o,orvni1 n IN H..
sl@ue ao' Aoa3. .'os .o Aaa aoIs1 ~ oo ~
TnH oEi1M
Of tho Grand Army WIS Ia tho succeaatul Gloss
Of tue Wnr Of the lsobeilou, which sent back
aato clsii mo ,no,e 'pna mill'on ol soionele'
many OF mhom had dVelt soselhof Tor years 10
the field and bad beon comrades and friends IN
tho hartlshIrs aud privatona Of tho soldiers lifs
t,s .a...,t so.,n,,,,,,.t;o. .., I, 49,. ~.
aeeP > aone'ans eon'lu"l4e@''oo' Aao ~ WAC 'no
natural dosifs 1of soanloa "'tn many ifehas
TIM. ausgostsa tho idsa Of tho ordor to ta found
~. rn,n,u h,.tn cor an n ayo i,a jnc,ntin, h;
Wv ..~u o. ~ ~. ...., -
any oao loeal'y' Hew na1u1a1'y OUT OF tno !''s
| moved In po.co tho pleasant fsioudships first
| Yornad m tia piokos-liuo and around tho CAMP
ara
A's' r,,p vruer ro.r
Of tho order, formed Immediately aiter tho o'oao
| OF the War 10 1865, Was nothing mora than suoh
I = cotorie ~ this. ent WHOM 1t was found taat
thore were hundreds Of other localities that
ganization fever and 30 rapidly did It spread that
IL Iuty, 1866, scarcely . year attoe tho War. tbs
State A Illinois had ID oyor forty posts,
@ GOO mebe9s es M Theeo tso or a roo % yesra may may
| he callod the golden ago of tho order, go fsr as
moro. metnbcfship was concerned. but the
practice Of That tlmo fn Soma n!attoEs had IN It
the sess ct ths decay Of tue ordor snd tho fsl
those causes OF disintaRration It neods to con-
sldor the obIeota Of tho Ordor. THESE were, n
above motor, primarily, The dosirs to keep a!ivo
army &saoci.tionn. aud by Interchange Of OK
Of the War, and Incidents Of tho Roldior's
Itta In camp. This, Of courgn, was NOT al.
for no organization could hopo for SUCCESS
n msa 70 ' to lsmarnbsr tho horfors @ Of lilo battlo.
feld. Tho organizers desired also to keep in
view tho cost Of lidsrty and tho suppression Of
rebellion. md to m preserve &c si.e hsl!owed memory
iicf to the families borrowed by tue Var. Thos.
woro the nobler impulses And cauecs which lead
70 the widoapread growth Of tho Order. II thoy
dtti MT insptFo u orGaniza'ion; Had only these
bson at this tins In much moro tlourlshiug
atass than = Ia, but the truth is that the man.
ssofs IN this and many osl,er States aought to
e,aa 81 .ag sesh oss
Of record that they succeeded, aud that In tue
Presidential campaign OF 1Sca, thoae per.ona
thnt sho m. ursr w. n0tnx moro .an
waicn It aho1sd not hnfo hsti, and modt'llnB IN
mattsfa Vhlolt concerned IL not' Oh IN older'
. THE RESULT
o. this stato OF things may easity be imagined.
out tle 9pJecta GOT ihft! n tAe Original
design ware disguhtad with tho etneo Of tmngs
anu Tes,Raea PFosty unan!lnoualS Wnofoses
Organization, and to teep l. out q ths hands Of
J tho politicians. 1ho withdrawal of tlleao men
, TOOK out tbs real backbone ol tho ordeE, and
ths politicians who had Joined only 70 give
taemso!sea powes asopp,saa sae mater a. oneo
:. az soon - ttey had hnlBlot tho caf3pnlea. or
~ Soon - they found tlas tho power thoY l,ad
, honoa 1os nay oe2aItod. In thss t"oloa da-
, solIlea the 4fana Army aaMeIoa gfeatty m
, yssfs 1s6s anu aSlo may be ca'ed tno pessoa Of
utmost don,eHson. posts dropped III plecea
on ~ a'nos, Anu charters uara aul-
! | rendered ainloss without nuinbor. Mover.
the'ess there were n almost every State ANAL
number Of Posta which continued 10 keep them
tolvos o1t Or fhe pool. and among them tha
, Order Wa ksgs up. A. illustrating, tlo ce';
, diton up 70 la7l, the Aa}ntsnt~dcnerA reported
~ follows At sho Nasio,al Encsmpnent hold At
Now navsn. conn,. in May ot th"t yeAr'
: rer1nsnes. depa1tmeas July z. laeo IN 1909 tha
Department. nnnhsrcd essF ~ pcsss Will ~ ostt.
sassaeea aas u pfesens q pt o9st M 1n'
.7o a,ecsse pasts aid msnibcrn Of ustwesn @ 33 ov
an o0co within two ysass onjy ons poas--thai Il
= Newtoavtls-anrs4ye1.
This state of thl1lga was nearly universal, Ct.
escenton,. and these woro mnin1Y Eaat, il
!. Mssaach,lsetts and Yo11nout,