The National tribune., 1884-05-29
Our Young Recruits.

Look from the heavens above with wan and
wistful face
And If the souls of men may reach from out the
spirit land,
Stretch forth, oh comrades tried and true, one
kindly clasping hand
For we on earth to you in heaven through fields
of azure air,
Send up on this our sacred day grateful Nations
prayer. edward Renaud.
Gracie" sends the following stanzas, set to
Pleyel's Hymn, by GLAND Bovine, written for
the first memorial services at the national
cemetery, Salisbury, n. c., May 80, 1868, the
original of which Is preserved as memento:
MEMORIAL HYMN.
Love immortal for the dead,
Lying here in gloried sleep,
Where the angels softly tread,
While their holy watch they keep.
Wreaths we bring that ne'er shall fade,
Greener with the passing years.
Brighter for our sorrows shade,
Jeweled with our falling tears.
Here they died that truth might live,
Here they fell in freedoms name,
Giving all that man can give
Life for glorys deathlsss fame.
Bend In love- o azure Skyl
Shine, o Stars, at evening tinsel
Watch where heroes calmly lie,
In their faith and hope sublime.
God of nations bless the land
Thou hast saved to make US free;
Guide us with thy mighty hand
I'LL all lands shall come to THEEI
FORGET -ME-NoTs
No stone, it may chance, marks the place where
No flowers may be ssrewn; but angels win keep
Their long loving watch TILL from shore unto
The nations shall never learn war anymore.
Nellie j. Gregg.
Let the memory of our fallen braves be as sweet
and fragrant as the flowers we scatter over them.
Bessie Bucket aged ten), sedaiia, Mo.
o, children Of the boys in bluel
] come, for one and so viii you
To bring sweet flowers for the brave
And strew them DER each comrades grave.
Anna III. Morse Jamestown, Pa
CLUSTER OF BLOSSOMS.
James E. Edwards Clarence, No. says: "We
have been trying, ever since you asked the
children to send something for Memorial Day,
to think of something appropriate for an occa-
sion so sweet and solemn. VIII you accept
these May blossons?D Indeed we viii, aud
well done, little glea4rs!
o, heroes departed LOOK down from above,
While we strew DER your slnmbers these emblems
OF love. james Z. Edwards.
The soldiers grave is lonely spot
We VIII place thereon forget-me-not.
-Lida Il. Edwards.
We viii gather the fairest OF flowers that grow
To cover the graves Of our heroes below.
-Milby l. Edwards.
GARLANDs OF May
am a little girl thirteen years old My papa
was member OF company a, lO3d p. v ", and d
Plymouth Pilgrim. He was eight months in South
ern prisons. Here is my tribute to Memorial Day
Gather the flowers, the sweet 8Iay flowers,
To strew every soldiers grave;
They went IN the flush of youths sunny hours
The Nation they loved TO save.
Gather the flowers the fair young flowers,
Fresn from the hand Oi God
Wet with the dews and the summer showers,
And scatter them Ger the sod.
Della Shields Ailerton, Iowa.
THREE ROSE BUDS
Strew sweet flowers above them,
Upon their lowly bed;
Many are left to weep for them
Our comrades with the dead,
-Nettie @. Ferris (aged twelvej, Gaylord, Kan.
In these beautiful bright sunny hours,
Deck them with g<Flauds Of sweetscented flowers
Minnie Nj. Ferris Jagged eleven), Gaylord Kan.
Our soldiers kept the Union dear;
Wen deck their graves from year TO year.
john r. Ferris (aged fourteen), Gaylord Kan.
STORY OF THE SACRIFICE.
EIy papa was one Of four brothers in the war,
one OF whom served IN company X, lIth Michigan,
and was killed at Stone River. another was hurt
at Shiloh, and died on the steamboat Express. on
/ his way home. Another thrown from his
horse, and was injured at the battle of Clinton.
/ His name was john NJ Goodaie, company a. ID
/ Wisconsin cavalry Papa served in onr,, many x
| Sd Michigan. My grandfather on my mother 3
side, Ephraim Van De Waricfer, served in COM
/ pany T. 10th South Carolina, war of 1872 l am
/ children's letters.-Gersie L. Goodal Grand
Ledge, Eaton county, Mich.
am named for the noble Colonel Creighton,
! who commanded the gallant 7th Ohio and was
| killed at Mission Ridge. My father-Henry G.
/ Farnsworth-seryed III company K 29th Ohio and
/ was III every battle participated in by that regi-
naent from Charlottesville TO the fall of Atlanta
| ! an a naotherless boy of twelve with 81 sister
seven and aIa serving my country by doing all |
out of doors, while father, who has never been
| well since the war attends to the work i'm the
house THE TRIBUNE is our best paper-Creiehtor,
! Farnsworth, Mt. Hope Grant county, Wis.
/ Two of my uncles served In the war, and were
! kiiled-Edward Spilky, in the 1lth Missouri and
William SpilSy in the 2lst Illinois NY father was
| shot in the left hand at Carl Station Tenn His
name is u. ID. Splky, and he served four years and
six months in company a, cd Illinois. He belongs
TO Frank Knetf Post and draws Sc month pen
| sion My mother is dead. and / keep house for
father Although sixteen, this is my first letter
ana that to nay fayorite paper-Ella SpiIlEy Sulit
| van, Ind.
My papa was first lieutenant In company I. 7ott
Indiana and died six years ago. l had two uncles
in the war; one los. his leg. / have brother anC
| two sisters names James Myrtle and Nina W.
all read unole's TRIBUNE when he IS through witt
it. and enjoy il very much-Molle Huntzinger
Alton. Iowa.
Nv father served three years In compapy A III
Rhode Island. He was wounded in the head il
front of Petersburg, July 4, 1864 and receives {
small pension Of y a month. / also had three un
ces in the army; one died in Andersonville prison
two returning home. / wish to correspond witt
| some of the soldiers sons and daughters of Oh,
sixteen circle.-Minnie G, Wright, Hopa Valley
RI
Papa was In the 9th iowa and badly wounded
and had two brothers in Tie Same company, ON
was killed and the otler wounded He also hat
tsIree step-brothersi two OF whom were wounde,
and one taken prisoner. j twelve with thre,
sisters younger, and two brothers and sister eont
| TO a better home and a brighter world When / g,
20 school il IS two miles and half over a rough
road.-Joseph Mccoy, Plato, Tex.
am a boy thirteen, and live with my uncle, VIII.
was shot three times in the war; was sergeant i,
company f. 3Ith Illinois. / had FIVE uncfss in TAI
| war one of whom died in the service love tt
read THE TRIBUNE and bear uncle's war stories
Will some boy girl, whose father was in tn
34th, write ?-Walter w. Fox, Clarion, Iowa.
ROSES AND LILIES
Carrie E. Crockett Hillsdale, Mich, who's
father was discharged after two years har,
service in the 47th o. V. I. for chronic rheuma
tisin, and who is badly crippled, says her fathe
would like to hear from some of his old com
rades. Carrie, who is fourteen, sends her trib
ute for Memorial Day:
Peace to our brave defenders,
Our heroes true and brave,