Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-09-16
HONORS TO THE BRAVE.
rKInUrEs To uEN. JuBr q. REYNOLDS.
Generals heixs and FRANKLIN spess warmly
!" frsisc OF tho Virtues OF Dosd
Lancaster soidt.r,


Generals ssix. aud FRANKLIN speaw warmly
]" frsise OF tho Virtues at ~ Doad
Lancaster soiaiyr,
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
- Hon. A. q. Curtin, president Of tho
reynolds Monument association, has re-
cniyed tho following tributes to the
memory OF tho gallant soldier whose
statue is to bs unveiled In front Of tho
CITY Hall on Thursday next
WASHINGTON, ID. c., llth Sept, 's4-
DEAR GovRRNoR l should much like TO
attend the unveiling of the Reynolds
monument, taking ~ do dsep interest
In the erection Of these memorials Of hero.
ism and courage and patriotism shown In
she defeusc OF liberty. They do honor to
this generation, and will serve as re-
minders to those who succeed us that the
necessity for active patriotic effort and
exposure and sacrifice may come to them
at any time, and thus tend to prepare
defenders for tho county In any future
timo OF need Bat have oili jial engage
menss At the time appointed for the meet
ing which l cannot neglect, and am
compelled 10 be absent from this interest.
| ing ceremony.
want. NJ. O. MEIas.
Quartermas.er General (retircd), Brevet
HARTFoRD, Coun., Sept. 10, 1sS4.-My
DEAR GOVERNOR l regret that l cannot
| be present Mt the unveiling Of the statue OF
General John +. Reynolds, on tho 18th
inst. No ordinary engagement should
have kept me away, but the board Of
managers Of the National Home. ID. V. =.
meets at Dayton, Ohio, on the same day, 4,
and must DO present there.
or all NE men who gave their lives to
the country iu the civil War, no one do.
serves to have his likeness desoesd to
postority In bronze more than did General
| Reynolds. The state of Pennsylvania Is
honored for being his birthplacc, and its
citizens have hODored themselves by TAX
ing care that his statue shall be erected
on their most noted site.
He was the embodiment of all that Is
noblest and most patriotic In mon. Bred
| soldier, with an experience III war second
to none, he thrsw himself into the hurly.
buriy OF the civil war with intense energy
and enthusiasm, making soldiers out OF
raw material, leading his comrades from
brigade to army corps on every field, in
the very front of the battle, and finally
falling nj the very head of his corps de-
Tending the soil of his native state, 30 end
ing most honorably aud most happily his
noble career. He was bIioyrd by his
l
men. He WAS respected by Oliicsrs Of Il Q
same grade in the service as nue able and
brave, always OF sound juds mcnt, careful
Of the lives OF his men, but alas, too care
less OF his own life when It's exposure
would do good. Like his friend Sedgwick,
he, corps commander also, was killed iu
the very front of his corps.
While every soldier feels that tho man.
ner and time of his death ~eTs 4 happy
rounding of the circle VI a soldiers
career, yet his friends whoIl he left bshind
never cease to mourn the untrmely ending
o, {; glorious life, ard sorro~ that he did
not i've to enjoy with the others who went
} through unsoathed, the honors and re
wards that wou,d have awaited him as uut
who deserved well of his country.
You appreciated him 30 highly, that il
is fit that you should be at the head o
the association formed to do honor to hi'
memory.
coDgyasu late you aud the association
that you have SO nooly completed the
work that you set out to do.
Truly your irieud, a
> w. b. FRANKLIN.