The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-03

our army, whose last enrolment Is SErlad
On nduring pages of stone
In the si;en, camps they sleep;
! The night winds sigh as they pass,
| And the moOnlit dess where the heavens weep
/ Gleam mid The green grave-grass.
| No more for them will the tattoo beat
| When tie day with It's strife is gone;
! No more these s'eep,rs b called to their feet
By the drum at the days dim dawn.
| Meath their low green tents at the South,
AID the North anu the East and the West,
The hundreds of thousands Of g liant ones
Who 70 lowed the flag are st rest,
Some la d them down ere the strife vas done,
With their blood in the dust still wet
And some at the end when the peace was won,
And some in the years that were vet.
And each brief day which the swift years gave
To the sweep of time as it sped
Has added its quota of names of the brave
t. the rcgist of the dead.
The ranks of the silent host fill fast,
While the living ranks grow thin
And tie lie recruiting serge mt at last
Will gather the s:raggler in.
Full soon the names, upon marble spread,
OF these lingering ones will appear.
And the army's last roll cal shall be read,
And each man answer "Herew
This is our hero time: we bend with grateful
tears
To gar:aud the graves of those whose deeds
With the springs first blooms We come today
OF Our love and our price to tell,
And tOnble tribute Of honor pay
IT. tin 1oo 4 md tho wi aS Wal(.
TO those whose steps have passed beyond
Tie sound of the drums wild beat,
To those yet Ee-e, but following on
With ever fastening feet:
To all who for flag and home
Stood fast with a dauntless zeal
Where the battle stormed a. death was abroad
With its message of fire and steel!
Learn here, O ye wfo toll up the sleeps to an
empty fame,
And write at the top on perishng scroll with
the trea. your own poor name,
That your fame, though carved on the SUBMITS.
shall perish in all its parts,
But the fl me o. these brave shall live to the end
it is treasured in loving hearts.
At the conclusion of the reading OF the
poem the band performed PATRIOTIC airs,
after which
JUDGE W. J. GALBRATH
WAS introduced. In opening the Judge re-
ferred briefly to the history, purposes and
achievements OF the Grand Army OF the
Republic. Who, he asked, would have
thought twenty years ago while fighting the
battles OF the country, that these veterans
would have assembled here on the summit
of the Rocky mountains to renew their fel-
lowship and comratlship. Yet such is the
case. The war, though long ended, is not
forgotten; and Il band OF the brave men who
were actors in it's perils and triumphs are
here gathered together, inspired by that
warm and holy bond that bound them to-
gether in the dim past. AS an evidence
that
THIS FRATERNITY STILL EXISTS,
he spoke of the tender regard shown by
the veterans for their old commander,
General Grant, and the eagerness with
which they watched for tidings concerning
his condition, in the recent battle with
death. There was an universal feeling OF
thankfulness in the hearts OF all soldiers,
that the hero OF Appomattox and other
critical eDochs in the war history OF the
Nation had been spared, to join with his
comrades in celebrating this anniversary OF
the Nations dead, and to be present with
them in sympathy if not in person.
Speaking of the debt due by the citizens
to the veterans, the orator said that 1T
could never be repaid, and while he appre-
ciated the methods adopted to care for
the widows and orphans OF the soldiers, as
we'll as for the MANNED veterans, he thought
MORE SHOULD BE DONE,
and the ma tier should be taken i'll hand in
the manner in which it was done in other
countries and the needy ex-sol'ller amply
provided for by the State.
Tn regard to the survivors OF the South
ern army he spoke most kindly and said he
was glad to know that some OF them were
present. and was also glad that the ques-
tions which had so radically divided men
twnntv wears ago, and which cost so much
nrac;ous blood. were now almost forgotten
and those who had met in opposing armies
| could now meet together as brothers under
one flag. For integrity OF intentlon'
honesty of purpose they deserved praise
for they thought they were right. And as
for their valor, they were foemen wh"m
! their ODDonents found to be
WORTHY or THEIR STEEL.
In concluding he asserted that II was the
duty of all citizens, whether eX-soidIers or
not to SPARE no effort to advance the
nn,,ntrv,s standing among the nations OF
tbe Garth. This was not only a patriotic
dutv hut a matter that Appealed to the
honnr and pride OF men, the bones OF whose
| nomrades whitcn in the beds OF rivers and
thn hottom of seas, or are hidden IN the
sni, n for the defense OF which their brave
| lives were given. &C.,,
Nusic, Comrades in Arms. and God
pless Our Native Land" was then given,
and after benediction by the chaplain, the
audience and was dismissed. The several or
sanizations then reformed and marched To- to
Their respective quarters where they were
dismissed
British Evacuation.
CAIRO, May 29.-Tamai has been evae"
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