Daily Republican., 1881-12-14
|IylrIoy'S DEFENDERS
-,,.xs MEET AROUHD
1DE cAnr FIRE
..,,mep, Of Delaware well
@'.d Epiertains Their
... from Other De-
,.,.,ts-Instituse Nall
-, d with tho Com.
',,dc and their
Friends.


sh,.s ,s..ss4lbed around the camp
~ i' Nn4rsrtment, and listened to
aasn a,nr words of elOquence that
Nrp,Sns ,ns Inns of ,h"ir comrades, they
hG n. W themselves back upon the
~ h.,ie s fed, or in the deadly
y pT Tbr words spoken by the dis
s,,i IL speakers touched chord in
ss,. Iisi,. made men feel proud to
4 l's ,bry lad responded to the
> la n,;r country in her hour Of
. .rJ Al au,rd women to 'eel CRATE
'us '.enl lad in the hour Of dan
Wa. .a.J 10 for us such brave de.
~ asl' 'r,nrla,ler in Chief, George s.
W VII d Massachusetts,, arrived in
iiir i,r riti, p. NJ. and was escorted
y. ,aGG GG1y,oA House. Shortly "fter
T Trmnaudtr i'll Chief Louis Wag-
sJMDrr, from Philadelphia arrl-
!, .tsdppos and were received 10y
',pDt Commander McNair, and
iEi, staff About i o'clock James
w po.t Commander OF New York,
Il and with the other distinguish
.s,. was taken to the Commander
hi. headquarters at the Clayton
<yojof New Castle, and No Q
N Greek, came in carriages and
Ne guests OF Smyth Post No |.
"a Got Dover and No Z of Mil
rrjyed on the evening train Of the
a,rs raj road and were entertain
NPD.,Nc. >. About 80 O'Clock,
N Post accompanied by their
n and v.car;od by the First kegr
hDd formed IN line, and marched
gr,pt SIR :, when they We're oin-
tInPynt los NJ. land their Wis
dty protr~l"u H., Market street
4, ln,titate Hal where they orca-
lrsasr that had been reserved
asm SulHn-r Post No. 1 was the
tpenter the Hall, and were follow
y,he others, who had been seated
,l-w minutes when Commander in
II N4rrl.le and staff, accompanied
DEPARTMENT Commander McNair
isaf, entered and occupied seats on
sa,e. AS the distingui he'd party
l,d the room, the band played
Hal 10 the Chief.
tgral McNair called the meeting
tier, and Department Chaplain
RrHorn offered terveutand impress
rpnyer The band rendered some
slelt mn~c and then Harry Sharp
Isl, President Of the City Council
luOiuced and welcomed the
tOr on behalf of the citizens Of Will
bslop.
blera McNar responded in behalf
thl. department., and said that he
[se Tor men who had been true to
Old fag aud always will be
e
he :ps4 in behalf of men who If
nggtr again threaten the Rephb-
HOld be the first to spring to arms
! i'' defence. To the visiting comrades
extended soldiers welcome, and
bSd by inviting all honorably dis
argel soldiers to unite with the Grand
my Of the Republic, and assist the
nraars in caring for the soldiers
hows aud orphans, help the conrade
'clstles', and stand together as they
Il in days zone by, bound with the
ndS Ct fraternity, Charity and Loyal
General McNair then introduced
nmander-ln.CHicf Merrill, who cX-
t,Sed his Pleasure at meeting 50 many
lls comrades Of TIE Department of
|aware.
be said that he fully understood how
| ca easier It was during the dark days
Fle war t. he loyal in Massachuset $
~ II WAS ~ ba so In the border
YES; the men that sho uldered their
lshets and Went out to fight the bat
POI the IllCn nom such States as
tawFre, went not through excite
tlt, but v, w,reactuattd by.a deep, de-
ssIN Iove OF GO untry.
fit tod a nun her Of amusing anec-
rs u the soldiers lie, and the
ElVA, ani sad that as guarantee
" Tie bacon which was issued
ce mad life in, there always was
my still in it, when il was received
'ae soldiers. The speaker dwelt
l'ehtIy upon the purposes and aims
se u, Griud Army, and concluded by
ulaIiy inviting all honorably dis.
Aged soldiers and sailors, to connect
mSeIves with it without delay.
le SAID that the wealth of Wander
s,@hnot y buy an admission, no act Of
,YHmtnt or Congress can open It's
'4Is' no, nofhi e but that little piece
Iher, soIled anu discolored it may
Uut II 1t is an honorable discharge it
4s the doors Of the Grand Amy, and
Seaftr is welcomed as u comrade
ofCther. At the close of his speech
" cheers and tiger We're given
ua will by his comrades and their
nds
WI ~ Department Commander, James
llaef, o! New York, a man who lost
y, Ills Iels in the war, was the next
ahef He said that when he looked
s anu upon the old soldiers present,
'el' mat although we were passing
'huse were plenty of the "boys'
Nefc good for 20 years yet, lie
proud that he was q member Of
1rahu y Army because it was com
y y ol the men who had fought tho
.es OF their country and had given
al TO perpetuaie this Union, and
IL DOWN to their children as they
at 'tecelved it, undivided and undis-
~ ~ men that composed the armies of
Unlon ~ were the b.st men God ever
'a oh this eartn, or the world ever
. n, ne had nothing to say against
: u VINO wore the grey and fought
'nat they thought was right, aud
.t y man stood before him who fired
'null a mat deprived him Of his legs,
Ia iIsuseu him to suffer ever since, he
Nv ~ give him his hand and call him
a asf' and that was great sight
~ y .ilan he would do for many OF
,.S ~ Sllat remained at home, and at
"" NJ, .ae Union army in the rear. He
a np' think that enough had been
sUout woman and her services du-
usland usl has sung and sounded the
I's OF her Florence Nightingale,
= AIIlerica has tens of thousands of
!. :, ladies' who left their comfortable
,,b,. .I 10 endure the privatiops aud
4 d1Iips ~ OF camp life, so that they
NJ olnd up the soldiers wounds, al
''o ~, ~ Tar as possible their suffer-
, , " wipe the death damp from his
= ch halhlster to his wants, or console
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