Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-06-02


, our Order has established Men
orial Day" as one sacred to tn
memory of our dead. In doing S
a delicate and responsive chord 0
popular feeling was touched. Tn
exercises of the day appeal mos
strongly to the tender and sympa
thetic side of human nature: anc
thus 1t is that our people, almos
with one accord, spontaneously
join US in our labor of love, giving
to the ceremony a character that is
truly national. The members. OF
the Grand Army are banded to.
gether in no spirit Of selfshness,-
no arrogant assumption of super
iroity over Others, : no desire to be
especially singled out for distinc-
ton. We perform the duties Of this
day with malice toward none" but
with kindly and gentle considera-
ton for Ill. We feel it to be wise
and appropriate that on one day of
each year-in the beautiful Spring
tlme-the season Of birds and
flowers busy cares Of life
De forgotten, and our hearts yield
ed to the mild and subduing in
huence of such ceremony AS this.
That We should turn aside from
the turmoil of every day affairs.
and bestow thought upon those
OF our comrades who have crossed |
the dark river, and are now en- |
camped in the mysterious and ST.
lent beyond. There is no feeling
OF comradeship so strong as that
which obtains among soldiers.
they be soldiers on land
Or soldiers on sea. The wild and
adventurous life they lead, their
mutual dependence upon each
'ther, and the privations which
hey share together all combine to
'eget feeling of kinship to which
men IN general are strangers
With those who were engaged in /
ne war of the Rebellion. this feel !
ng existed in a degree seldom
ound even among soldiers. It was {
OF merely the fact of close com G
anionship in the midst of danger t
nat made their hearts beat in uni '
IN. But they were fighting to up- i
old principles that were dear 10 c
lem, = which they thoroughly 0
unprecedented and fully endorsed. a
hey were not human machines Ii
,htlns for pay! When they stood a
BOULDER to shoulder, breasting the b
orm of bullets, it was In what b.
ey deemed high and holy cause. 81
hey were risking their lives to pt
We the life Of the nation. They G
IRE fighting to yindicate the in tie
enable rights of man. To make la
e American Union in fact what &C
had long been in name. ''the in
I'd Of the free ana the home of
brave" To wash from our W
tlonal ensign the only stain that in
er marred its beauty, and to al
Ike 1t honored and respected III
erever the dews Of heaven fall. Gu
US was engendered feeling of - -,
therhood without parallel in -:
age or country. or among any 20,
IS OF men, and this feeling has IN
wn and strengthened through To
the years that have passed Re
'e the war. They can still re ha
the scenes and incidents of kn
sc stirring times as freshly and res
dly as though they were but AN
erday. Visions of the camp dal
dress parade, the lonely vidette. W.
weary march and the roar Of ~
lie all come thronging in. In ,.h
bly, fixed upon memory's cam bo,
are the forms ana features Of IF
comrades with whom thew less
d and marched and fought: eve
r to be forgotten are the cold. fort
rned faces Of those cherished of !
IDS whom they buried upon eve
battlefield, wrapped in their th Inc.
'iae coats and faded blankets, aoil
| stained, weather beaten and ~, ~,
!. Such are the recellections ~
h DOW bind them together and who
the soldiers of the Union, late
ers wherever they meet. thei
ID SO we honor their memory to- ence
With bowed heads and re- thei