The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-05-03

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in-Chief Van Dervoorts Memorial Day order:
HEADo' RS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC,
Union Block Cor. Fifteenth and farTam SITS.
OMAHA, NEB, ATpl IL, 1888.
General Orders No. 10.
]. Ia compliance with the Rules and Regulations
OF the Grand Army of the Republic, Wednesday,
Nav Slfh will be observed a Memorial Day.
The National Enoampinent adopted a resolution
81 il at baltimore declaring that tins holy
day should be called Memorial and not Decoration
Day
2 earnestly request ali ministers and priests of
every denomination TO deliver appropriate sermons
OF lectures calling attention te duties of the day
the Sacrifices made and the lessons taught-on
Sunday, May 9th. hereby command Posts OF the
Grand Army Of tie Republic 10 attend said ser
vices la uniform. In cities and villages where VIII
be practicable ! recommend union services.
g. J recommend that the Grand Army take es-
pec1 steps the presence and AID OF the chill
drem and youth OF the country IL the ceremony OF
strewing flowers and otherwi se honoTing the dead,
and TO tiatend hope all public and private schools,
colleges and academies VIII be closed
4 lctte hand OF fraternity and charity be extend
ed 10 the widows and orphans 81 our DEAD heroes
seek them out distinguish them from all others,
ana teach them that on this day the Grand Army
nourns with them tire loss Of the precious ones
whom they gave 10 save the Nation.
5. j recommend that the loyal women OF the
Nation be invited 10 aid IN this work. They VIII
toll with willing hands and grateful hearts. Though
Others may have forgotten the dead. the women
have never ceased 80 remember them and treasure
ga their pure hearts their heroic services.
6. The marvellous growth OF the Order through
thai grave Is neglected. trust every spot where
q soldier lies buried viii be strewn with the sweet
flowers OF spring time, and urge the Posts OF the
Grand Army 70 take immediate steps 10 remove
every soldiers remains from The poiters held or
paupers buIs'ing ground and RENTER them IN Grand
Army grounds. We cannot perform this ceremony
in the nrolsr manner unless we have done our duty
20 the living and the dead
:. With malice towards none and charity for
ALL let unite IN this sacred duty. Let the
choicest aires and most fragrant flowers be cullcd
and the soft white hands OF The loyal women OF the
land cntwine the wreath and fashion the cross and
crown. dropping here and there, like the dew, a
tear for the dead. Let the choicest gardens be des-
olated that the memory OF the Union soldier may
not withcr. We viii lift the curtain that
hides the dark past and see our fallen martyrs die
for liberty. They gave their lives cheerful sacri
fee. They died in the hospital on beds of pain be-
fore the flag torn with shot and shell; on the
battlefield IN the fierce maddenlng charge on the
pickle; line under the lea trees close the babbng
heard and no hand reached out 10 save; in the
sWamIs. fleeing from fate worse than death, and
some went down in the mighty deep where the
wild waves lash ceaseessly over their bones. Many
sleep in graves marked unknown, but the loving
hearts and eager hands of grateful people viii
cast flowers upon the soft greensward that covers
their dust. Let the gates Of ali the cemeteries In
the land open wide and their guardians render all
the aid in their power in this noble work.
Comrades few short years heeting swiftly by,
and our children will be called upon TO perform this
duty Let so live that the lessons of Memorial
Day VIII be imprinted upon their hearts, and they
VIII willingly take UP the work where palsied
hands have let it. and perpctuate for all time to
come the touching ceremony we have lnaugurated.
BY command OF PAUL NASDERvOoRT,
Commander-in-Chief
IF. E. BEowE. Adiutant-Genera
During the last week THE TRIBUNE has for
warded blank applications for Post charters as
follows:
o. S. jerks Netherlands, Kan; c. G. Nell
son, Corydon, Iowa; Jas. w. Ellis, Long Prai-
rie, H.; ID. NJ. Lazenby, Cantril, Iowa; E. At
kinson, Pilot Mound, Iowa; Alex. Douglass
Fenton, Mo-; Elijah Tower, Valeene, Ind.
The following TRIBUNE applications for the
organization Of new Posts duly signed, have
been transmitted TO Adjutant-General Brown,
al National Headquarters:
Sidney, Iowa, twenty-one signers; Pleasant
Hill, IL, twenty-five signers; Baldwin, H.,
nineteen signers; Monticello, H., thirty-twc
signcrs; Viola, Wis, thirty-fve signers; Hol-
ron, Mich, fourteen signeTs.