Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-22
Memorial Day.
HEADQUARTERS G. A. r.
ApJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE. I
TnrEDo 0hio Anri1 30th 1225 \

HEADQUARTERS &. "A. r..
A1JUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
TOLEDO, Ohio, April Both, 1885.
General Order No. Is.
In accordance with rules and regula-
tions May 30 will be observed as Me-
mortal Day. AS defined by resolution
Of the eighteenth annual encampment.
it will be kept sacred to the memory Of
our heroic dead. Let no merry making
mar its c%onsecrated ours.
Twenty years have passed since our
last grand review. The death roll of
years has added tens Of thousands to
the half million graves we left behind.
The daily tolling bell, the freshly knot
ted Grape, the mu1iled drum, the slow
and solemn procession, tell how fast
our comrades join the silent ranks
above.
One by one of our gallant leaders lah-
guishes upon his couch OF pain, and
over myriads Of homes the death angel
hovers darby. .Hallowed be the day
that brings such thoughts as these.
Our comrades sleep well. No tear
can disturb their profound slumbers;
no perfume of flowers makes their rest
more sweet. But wherever Memorial
Day is observed there rises a higher
ideal Of American valor, a holier care
for the men who saved the union.
Let Posts of the Grand Army every
where assemble. Enlist all loyal hearts
in the observance of the day. Let the
women and children be invited. Let
all who reverence the flag unite in the
ministration of loyalty and affection:
The custom of inviting the clergy to
hold memorial services Oh the Sunday
preceding Memorial Day is again COM
Fmended, and comrades should feel it a
privilege and duty to attend.
Where there are no graves to gather
around, as on our far frontier, memori-
al services may still be held. Where
there are no flowers to wreath, there
still remains that perfect flower Of
Freedom-the Red, White and Blue.
Above each PATRIOTS grave may its
tbenediction fall.
The flowers Of love are Immortal.
Be It ours to cherish them III our hearts
and let their fragrance fill eur lives:
BY command Of
II JOHN S. KorNfz;
EW. w. ALcoRN, Commandet-in:Chief
! Adjutant General.
The uprising of the Indian tribes over
I 1.-THE Canadian border has givef rise to a
, more general interest in the tribes on
, this side of the line. 1t is not thought
) that there will be any trouble through
, Riel's influence among our Indians, but
if it should arise would most likely be
among the Gros Ventre, Piegan, Blood,
Blackfeet and River Crow tribes, all of
whom have their reservations on the
Montana frontier, which separates the
!. United States from the British posses
: sions.
There are 1900 Indians on the Dew
Efl's lake, Turtle Mountain and Fort
Berthold reservations, on the northern
portion of the Sioux reservation in Da:
kota and the Blackfeet reservation in
Montana, and Of these 1880 are males
over eighteen years Of age. These are
the Indians who might be influenced
to join the Canadian Indians in an up
rising in thedominion. To controlthis
element Gen. Terry, commanding the
Department of Dakota, has 5,164 men
345 officers, exclusive of staff officers,
providing the regiments are full. The
| details Of the command are as follows:
There aretwo regiments of cavalry, the
first and seventh Except ttoopG which
\ is at Fort Leavenworth, one light bat;
t terry of artillery If, of the Foufth) and
) seven regiments Of infantry, the Third;
Fifth, Eleventh, Fifteenth, Seventeenth
[ except Company G, at Fort heaven
WORTH Eighteenth and Twenty-ffth-
+. under Gen. Tefry's orders; distributed
> as follows: The light battery and four
companies of infantry at Fort Smelling.
In Dakota-Two companies ofinfaAt-
ry at Fort sisseton, two at Fort Penn
bina;; one troop Of cavalry and. three
COMPANIES Of Infantry at Fort ,1otten,
four .compa!lies at Fort Randall, four
at Fort sully, one at Fort Bennett, two
t trop,ps of cavalry and three companies
+ of infantry 1t Fort Yates, six troops
and four companies at Fort Meade, four
companies at Fort A. Lincoln. and two
, troops and fotiir companies at Fort Blu.
ford. -,
II Monn II t companies at the
eight companies at. Fort Keogh, five
troops and four companies at Fort Gus:
ter, two troops, and eight companies at
Fort Assinaboine, one troop and two
companies at Fort Ellis, four comps.
MES at Fort Missoula, four companies
at Fort, Shay and three troops and two
, companies at Fort Maginnis.