The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-06-05

manner. Then, amidst rounds Of applause. was
sung by the choir Columbia, the Gem Of the
Ocean,"
Now came the installation of Dr. Clark NJ Gallo
wey Medical Director Of the Department of
Ohio. GAR. Gen. Young called for Comrade
Patterson to advance to his station which ne did
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direct him to report Mt his station Mai Patterson
conducted Or. Galloway TO his statios. Gen.
Young then gave the newly-eleeted officer the oath
of office. and invested him with the insignia Of his
work. Comrade Patterson introduced Medical
Director Galloway to the audience and the Doctor
responded in an entertaining manner.
One Of the treats OF the eveHiHg-One which we
are willing ut all times to have repeated-was the
singing of The Star SpangIed Banner" by Mrs
Marble, daughter of Gen. Sherwood She held the
audience in rapt attention, and WAS encored until
she favored Us with "Tenting Tonight on the Old
CampgTOund."
Gen Rice was again called out by Gen Young
After entertaining the audience for some moments
with retrospective view OF the Home he presented
Chap Collier with his commission as honorary
Chaplain of the Home. The Chaplain was taken
by surprise. He received it and spoke in a most
eloquent and touching manner.
Our new Board member. Gen Alfred r. Lee was
then introduced by Gen. Young. who spoke Of him
AZ the confidential friend of Gen Hayes Gen. Lee
made response eloquent and full of feeling.
Gen. Sherwood next spoke. lie made an inter
esting and scholarly talk in his own manly and
dgniied way. Gen. Jones follow ed with speech
both instructive and entertaining His many fitting
quotations and fund OF illustrations his illusions
To history and his tribute to the brave ones who
died in their defense of the Aag,-all this showed
true patriot and a true man.
Mrs Putnam addressed herself to the children
She impressed upon them that while the State
owes u to the orphans Of the soldiers to give them
home, every child who goes from this Home out
into life owes IL in special manner 10 the State
that he live n useful. upright life He disbopors
sided, they mutual. Every child at this Home
owes the state debt, and that debt is the living OF
such life as not to bring dishonor upon this Home.
Mrs Marble then beautifully sang " Rally Round
the RAG" the audience joining in the chorus ;
which closed the exercises.
Gen. Young and his wife are to be congratulated
on the entire success Of the whole program. It
showed excellent generalship throughout. But
especially are they TO be commended for placing
our Home. the home Of soldiers orphans under
the protection of the flag of our country.
VICTORY THROUGH sACEIFIcE.
One Of the noblest pleas for greater conservation
In Relief Corps work was made by Martha B.
Craig, Department Chaplain of Indiana, as n pre-
Jude to her report to Department Convention
Dear sisters, who grow faint and weary In your
self-appointed tasks read these golden words and
take new heart aud hope;
Victory achieved at the cost of untold sacrifice.
How much more useful has been the life Of even a
common soldier who has shouidered his musIset
mt the call o his country, and gone forth battle
aye, and Otime death than has been the life OF the
man who has lived only TO accumulate wealth
Cicero, an eloquent Roman, once said e No man
deserves to be crowned with honor whose life is
failure, aud he who lives 10 eat aud drink and ac-
Cumulatc money. is n failure. the world IL no bet
ter for his living in 1t he never wiped tear from
u sad face never Eiudled fire on a frozen hearth
There ~ no flesh ia his heart he wCrships no god
but gold These words OF heather vet full
of truth and wisdom. Honor must be won at some
cost some sacrifice Rome was Rome no more ~
when the imperial purple had become an article of
traffic, and when gold could purchase with ease
the honors that patriotism and yalor could once Sc
cure only with difficulty
Each and every should have some grand
purpose ia life The sun sets behind the western
hills, but the trail Of glorious light left behind
guides some weary pilgrim to his humble home
The tree falls ia the forest but la the lapse Of years
II - turned 10 coal, and fires burn brighter
because II grew and fell We live and we die but
the good and evil we do lives after ia.
Napoleon Is still France, ana France is almost
Napoleon. Martin Luther's accents still ring in
the churches. The martyrs from the stake the
soldier in the field. though ia their graves still
live ia the deeds they did. the lives they lived
Truly none liveth unto himself" for others are
influenced by their lives: none deth unto him
self, for others are affected by their death.
Ny sisters, in being accounted among earth's
beuetactors, we must, oftcutimcs be obliyious to
self. and bear IN mind and obey the two great com
mandments on which hang all the law and the
prophets" When all the purple and gold, the
glitter OF our earthly life, Is ended, and the great
unknown - spread out before our immortal vision
viii u not then be source OF great 10y TO have
relieved and sOOthed the lonely widows life by
deeds oil Kindness? And thus we may honor those
Whose sword or voice has served mankind;
And are they dead, " hose glorious mind
Lifts them on high?
To live in hearts we leave behind
l. not To die"