The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-31


Daring these numerous conflicts there
were Killed of the brave defenders
OF the Union 3 1926 officers, and 5T,7S6
enlisted men. There also died from
wounds received in these several en-
gegements, $50 officers and 81, 232 en-
listed men. There also died from dis
ease during this period of the war, 2,3i4
officers and 1S0973 enlisted men, aggre-
gatIng in all, of rank and file, a death
list OF 219, $40 men. Add to these fig
-ures 150,O 600 who have since died from
the effects of wounds and disease re.
ceived or contracted during the war, and
we have a total of 429 $40 as the price
in human life which ii cost to maintain
the union of these states and make
them the good and prosperous nation
mat they are.
Fo.ir hundred thousand men.
II be brave, the good, the true.
In tangleG wood and mountain glen,
On battle plain and prison pen,
Lie dead
Four Hundred thousand Of the brave
Have made our ransomed soil their grave.
For me and you
In many fevered swamp.
In many black lagoon,
Ia many q cold and frozen camp.
The wear1ed seminal ceased his tramp,
For me ard You.
From oceans plain to mountain side
Are stretched the graves of those who died
For me and you
In tIeason's prison-holl,
Their martyr spirit grew;
IN stature ike the saints OF old.
While mid dark agonles untold,
For me and YOU.
The good the patient and the tried,
-Four hundred Thousand men have died
For me and You.
1t Is said that republics are ungrateful.
am sure, however, that nc true soldier
of this republic, dead or now living,
ton ever thought 50, although
he may have otttimes grieved because he
thought such services were not or are
not more fully appreciated. The men
who faced the deadly mtssels of their
country's enemies, and by SO doing pro-
tected our homes and property from
the red hand of war, and guaranteed to
US the heneficent government that
we now enjoy, have a right
to claim its aid and protection in the hour
of need. } his much | presume TO say,
comrades, and fellow citizens, on this SOL
emn occasion Ia defense of the living
soldier whose locks are whitening with
disease and time, while his application
for pension is moldering to dust in some
forgotten pigeon hole at Washington.
This much also. venture to say IN re.
ply to those earnest patriots who. in these
late and prosperous years of our beloy.
ed country, hold up their hands in holy
horror, and voclferate in tones
of horror that the pen.
sion roll Will soon bankrupt the
country
Who made eur conniry-now at peace
with itself aGt ali other nations, and
wrrn Se' - 800 -. Oh lii.phs -,
terprise llrst ft4s9 I. not ,,s m "a veil
prospeyiy-its 2aacs-its happiness
largely lac - '3e -sacriflcins patri
U Oo1n ct -, 80; - zen mt a.e S
their Iivi,,g e,...-. x5ho So 80 ~, ,,s Oh
er in these sasts.s IL .ccs to do honor t.
their memory
a,d "a al IL nor ne,.n lor lI'ose eltlzen sol
the front and fnnght for the RennbliC
our free institutions would have sanBS 10
oblivion; the peace and happiness we
nov ENJOY rs = natioh would not nave
ruin sod dasoIs,ioY hanii ~, > ;'pny
supreme. with none to modest and max,
afraid
lhen, comrades ana fellow citizens, 1
sf,arnoo, nf VI ; S;ca nen Low III ~. ~
wounds and disease. and needing as
sistapce, ret us in the sacred name o
gratltude-ln the name OF loyalty-as
GO an rr''a oct If We n6ft ,io Us. ue"s =,
dufu which the he1efiftad owe Tn III,
benefactor.
The decoration of the grayes of sol
ders by the members of the Post thel
followed, and his beautiful ceremonial
was accompanied by music by the X. T
baud, which seemed fully imbued viii