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HEADQU ARTRRs. DEPARTMENT OF OHIO \
SO GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
a. EVANSVILLE OHIO June H. 1SS5


GRNERAL ORDERS
Ne. 8.
L From all parts OF this great Common
wealth. come reports of renewet interest in
the observance oil Memorial Day. The heroism
OF the soldier and sailor dead was httinsly
Lovingly, tiotlcaliy commemorated ana the
moundsand shonum enis W heh mark their rest
ing places were adorned with the fairest and
choicest OF earths treasures Great hearted
speakers pronounced eloquent eulogies upon
our Comrades who have joined the Grand Army
above, and this spirit OF 10y atty has been broad,
ened and deepened by the sweet services of the
3uth OF May, The Nation has been exalted
paTified aud strengthened, because of these Of
Ierings and outpourIngs of love and gratitude
Interest of the loyal citizens at large in the
unexampled work oil the Grand Army of the
Republic, seek to extend its induence, until
membership shall be enrolled under cur
bannera Let recruiting go forward with
increased ed, energy, ,n. q'lt,d deterai4ss
very forefront of the eo'minn. Iu.me iiate y
after this General Order Is read, all business
should be suspended unit! each Comrade in the
Post Room shall have been furni she'd a Blank
Application. with the added request that he re
turn it at the next stated meeting, properly
filled out, thus voicing the patriotic desire of
some honorable soldier or sailor to be enrolled
in the Grans Army oil the Republic, If we are
really IN ear9e st b sniS .s aasy promPty ana
to ,he principles We profess. when Post has
reached its maximum strength. because there
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until then. should its members cease their la
bors in this line of effort The completion OF
this work, in any given community, will he
announced in General Orders upon satisfactory
evidence of thst fact being forwarded TO be-
partment Headquarters.
IL. the Department Commander recognizes
with unfeigned gratitude the unSeihsh and
ever increasing interest of the ladies of the
Woman's Relief Corps of Ohio, IN all that per-
tanned to tae part they bore i'll the observance
of Memorial Day. and in the name of the great
Comradeship of the Buckeye State tenders to
them the thanks of the Order which they S. rye
with such womanly devotion. Nor should a
generous patriotic people. as representa- in
their private capacities. fraternal societies.
schools and church organizations. be forgotten.
To one and all, the Grand Army makes ac-
knowledgment of its hearty appreciation of
every thought, word and deed by which Memo
rial Day of 1895 was made memorable in the
annals of cur beloved State
III Post Commanders will as early as prac-
tieable cause to be made lists of all eX soldiers
and sailors residing within the territory tribu-
tary to their Posts, and " no 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 ta-
ken carefully transcribed in a permanent rec
ord. A copy will be forwarded to these Head
quarters where it will be faithfully preserved.
and as opportunity presents itself, the cx-sol-
diers and sailors will be communicated with IN
reference to their duty and privileges, as reia-
ted to the Grand Army OF the Republic. A
proper division of this work will not impose a
harden upon any Comrade. and a faithful com
pliance with thus Order will prove of inestma-
ment. With such Roster. each Post can in
angurate and carry forward an aggressive and
we'll directed movement to the front.
BY command of r. R. BROWN,
Department Com ander.
III. A. AXLiNE.
Assistant Adjntant General