Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-07-10
MEMORIAL DAY.
General Order From Department Com
mandcr Brown.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT or ONO, \
GRAND Amy OF TuE REpUBLIC, y

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT or ONO, \
GRAND AHMy or THE RErUBLIC,
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General Orlers--No. g.
l. From all parts of this great Common
wealth come reports Of renewed interest in
1 the solemn and tender ceremonies incident
to the observance of, Memorial Day. The
hcrosm of the soldier and sailor dead was
fittingly lovingly, patriotlcally commcmo-
rated, and the mounds and monuments
which mark their resting places were
adorned with the farest and choicest of
eartl's treasures Great-hoarted speakers
pronounced eloquent euloglcs upon our Com
rades who have joined the Grand Army
above, and the spirit of loyalty has been
broadened and deepened by the sweet scrv-
ice of the 30th of May. The Nation has
been exalted, purified and strengthened, be-
cause of these offerings and outpourings of
love and gratitude. Shall we not, in recog-
milton of the manifest interest of the loyal
citizens ut large in the uneXamplod work Of
the Grand Army of the Republic
seek TO extend its influence until
every old soldier and sailor eligible
to membership shall be enrolled under our
banner? Let recruiting 20 forward with in
creased energy. A united, determined effort
front of the column. Immediately after
this General Order is read, all business
should be suspended until each Comrade in
the Post Room shall have been furnished
Blank Application, with the added request
that he return II at the next stated meeting,
properly filed out, thus voicing the patriotic
desire of some honorable soldier or sailor TO
be enrolled in the Grand Army of the Re-
public. If we are really in earnest, let this
duty promptly and willingly performed. be
the test of our devotion TO the principles we
profess. When Post has reached its maxi
mum strength, because there is no longer
field for recruiting, then, and not until then,
should its members cease their labors in
this line of effort The completion of this
work, in any given community, will be an
nounced In General Orders, upon satisfac-
tory evidence of that fact being forward cd
to Department Headquarters.
III. The Department Commander rccog-
nizes with mfeigned gratitude, the unselish
and ever increasing interest of the ladies of
the Woman's Relief Corps of Ohio, in all
that pertained to the part they bore in the
observance of Memorial Day, and in the
name of the great Comradeship of the Buck
eye State, tenders to them the thanks of the
Order they serve with such womanly dcvo-
ton. Nor should generous, patriotic peo-
pile, as represented in their private capac-
ties fraternaf societies. schools and church
organizations. be forgotten. 10 one and
all, the Grand Army makes acknowledge
ment of its hearty appreciation of every
thought, word and deed by which Memorial
Day of 1885, was made memorable in the
annals of our, beloved State.
Ill. Post Commanders will, rs early rs
practicable. cause to be made lists of all en-
soldiers and sailors residing within the ter
ritory tributary to their Posts. and who are
eligible, but have not been mustered into the
Order. This work should be Systematically
assigned to Comrades by school districts,
or in cities, by election precincts, and the
census" thus taken carefully transcribed in
permanent record. copy will be for
warded TO these Headquarters where it will
be faithfully preserved, and as opportunity
presents ITSELF the ex-soldiers and sailors
will be communicated with in reference to
their duty and privileges, as related to the
Grand Army of the Republic. A proper
division of this work will not impose bur-
den on any Comrade, and q faithful com
pliance with this order will prove of inesti-
mable value to the Grand Army in this De-
partment With such Roster, each Post
can inaugurate and carry forward an ag-
gressive and well directed movement to the
front.
BY command of r. b. Brown,
Department Commander.
III. A. ANIME,
Assistant Adjutant General.