The morning call., 1891-02-21
In MEMORIAM.
Tokens Of Respect to the Dead
War General.
Business to Be Suspended This Afternoon
Honors at the Military Posts = To-
Morrow's Memorial Services.

This being the day set for the obseauies
of the late General Sherman, business gen.
orally will be suspended in this city out of
respect to the memory of the distinguished
soldier, after the noon hour.
In obedience to orders received from the
War Department the national flags in all
of the military posts in this division were
put at halt-mast yesterday morning and
will be displayed there until retreat to-
night
AS an additional mark of respect salute
of seventeen guns will be fired at intervals
of half an hour. commencing at o'clock
this morning, and at 10 o'clock the troops at
each post will be paraded and the order an
nouncing the death of General Sherman
read to them. after which all labor for the
day will cease.
At meeting of the members of Lincoln
Post. G. A. R., held last evening, for the
purpose of taking action upon the Generals
death, Comrade George Babcock pronounced
the following eulogy of the deceased:
A COMRADES EULoGY.
Commander and Comrades: Ii Is not given to
any humun being, certainly not to me. to find
words 10 EXPIRE IS the emotions which we all feel
as death removes, one after another, our great
cominanders-Grant, Hancock. Logan, Sheridan,
Porter. Sherman. No resolutions, however elo-
Quent OF admiration and sorrow, can translate
feelings 10 the world. Or even to one another.
As look into your faces, and know that In less
than ten years quite one half OF those who wait
upon me now will have finished their earthly
pilgrimage, feel Ii, saying "I thank God that
this peerless soldier has finished his course in
the fulness OF years, In the undimmed beauty
and glory of unsetsh patriotism; that he is only
Il short march ahead OF US, and that
while waiting the final summons we
comrades are slorIhed by the Unreasonable
wealth OF his heroic deeds, his Respondent gen.
ius and his honest name. These. 1t is true, are
The common heritage OF all mankind, but TO
them we as comrades attach value aud a claim
that can never be understood by those who are
not OF us.
/ would not. if could. conform TO the set form
OF euiogstic speech. IL would be vain, for he
characters Of living Hight, the name I" William
Tecumseh Sherman" clear across the pages
which record the events OF the mighty struggle
in which we had part. and there 1t shall stay,
shining with undiminiShed splendor 10 The end
OF time, TO BE- read by all men and all nations
He needs no orator 10 sound his praise. HIS
deeds are already written In The history OF his
country, as they were separately written. long
ago, on the hearts OF his comrades from Atlanta
TO The sea.
HIS NAME AN INSPIRATION.
Death has pulled down and carried away from
human sight the tenement IN which he lived.
but the maTchless energy OF that great soul is
not dead-It can never never die. His name
shall be an inspiration 10 heroism forever. This
mighty nation, aifiueGt In all the resources OF
peace and war, was never meant to live for a
brief space and then so down in anarchy, dark
ness and ruin, ana so we may believe the seal OF
The Almighty put upsn Sherman to write this
truth with IN iron hand OF war upon The GRIM
ysaged front OF treason, so that, not again
forever, should any man dare TO raise his
hands against freedom, Ia this her divine
heritage and home. And right royalty did ne
answer that high behest. as We know. for we
helped TO steady his hand and nerve his arm as
he struck those mighty blows which were heard
the world around, and, L believe, in heaven.
The sublime truth that this nation, the Union of
these States, IS living potentiaiity in the
heart of this great people, existing independently
OF constitutional declarations, has received an
awful and a bloody baptism, and now TO
have shared Its immortality with our dead
heroes.
But, comrades, it Is said sorrow is most elo-
quent, aud, as is most fitting, l simply move the
customary resolution:
sSoIycd That the colors of this post be draped In
moarnlnV, aud that the ofhcers wear the customary
badge for thirty days.
The resolution was adopted, after which it
was ordered that the remarks of C0mrade
BabcOck be adopted as the sentiments of
the post.
To-MoRRow's SERVICES.
Memorial services in honor of the dead
| soldier will be held in this city tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, at the First Con-
| Mason streets Admission to the church
| will be by ticket, which can be obtained
| from General John II. Dickinson, or any of
the Citizens Committee having the celebra-
| ton in charge. In addition to the seats re-
| served in the church for official guests, the
| galleries of the church will be reserved up
| TO 80 O'CLOCK in the afternoon for members
! of the Grand Army of the Republic, Loyal
Legion, Woman's Relief Corps, Ladies of
the G. A. r., Sons OF Veterans, Society of
! California Pioneers aud Mexican Veterans,
| whose badges will be sufficient 10 admit the
wearers 10 the galleries.
The services will be conducted by the
| Rev. Robert Mackenzie, and besides its re-
ligious features, will include a eulogy by
| Hon. George A Knight 1t is expected that
| the Board of Supervisors, School Directors
and other organizations or their representa-
] tives will attend in body.
Among the official guests will be General
| Gib0on and staff, representing the army,
| and General Dickinson and staff, represent
| ing the military forces of the State. Lincoln
! Post and other divisions Of the Grand Army
| Will attend in body.
The Signal Corps of the Second Brigade,
| n. G. c., has been detailed tor duty at the
| church on the occasion of the ceremonies.