Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-11-10
He says the Grand Army Can
not Consistsutly Participate
in Public Ceremonials in
the South,
When tre Confederate Flag Is
Displayed, as at the Un-
yelling Of the Grady
Monument.

ALBANY, y. Y, Nov. ten.
! Palmer, commauder-iu.ch chief of the
Grand Army o. the Republic, has just
made public the following order:
Headquarters Grand Army Of the
Republic, Adjutant- Generals on e.
Albany, Nov. 4, lS9l.-The attention
Of the coinmsnder-in-chie has been
called 10 the fact that comrades wear.
lug the bsdge and uniforms Of the
Grand army of the Republic partici-
pated in a recent demonstration where
the Confederate flag was carried and
displayed.
Four long years you braved all the
peTils and vicissitude Of war TO wipe
out al that that fisg represented
When your great work was secomp-
lished the grand Union armies had be-
co me the most powerful and effective
the world had ever seen. They u elfed
away like the snOw on the hill tops
under the beams of q MONDAY sun.
You resumed the peseeful vOcations Of
civil life, and the nation resumed once
more its career OF unparsl llelod progress,
prosperity aud happiness.
There never wa ia the history of
any civilized war are such rnagnsnim
ity evidenced toward foe ss the teru $
Of the irender of l. e's army al
AppOmattpx. We have lesrDei 10
ADMIRE the R5l'aut,y Of the men W
] ! l.sr 4 Hr~ I.
had observe their varlor snd eudur-
ance on the fed couid. When they
laid down their arms we sOught psiCe;
We rssrh out The right hand of fell
IoWsbip fo u'l WHO world accept 4 on
the brad grounds Of American citizen
ship and unconditional loyalty.
The .lu Z hta Get ~ untold mil
lions Of doilsrs aud the lives Of ihoi :
sands of the lrave-t end bost, who
ma ebed under the stars ald sir.pe4
down iuto the jaws OF death, not for a
party or a crr. 4, for men OF al sfii i .
t'ous gave up their live. - ave the
nation fom disfaption aud the fsc
fnom d shooor.
Today The some flag which f. Is
over 2 I'd p Oicct- the ,onquero.s p-o-
ties equs'ly os well the couqueicd
The sp'rt which prompts the peorl,
OF the South % colnmemoTa' e the gall
lsutly Of the men VINO sacIifi ed Their
lives IN the lost cause, but that CIV
conflict settled one g eat questionable
battle for tue Union was right, tn,
doctrine of secession was wrong; and
the stsrs aud stripes, the emblem o
liberty, eq1al rights, justice aud law
is the only flag which the loyal people
Of this great nation respect and honor
We saved our children the con es
that they would have been cOmpelle,
TO encounter. We have given them
heritage OF peace and prosperity, in
stead Of an enormous and expensive
litigation, to be settled by a jury o
soldiers, and today every American
citizen 10 ia the full enjoyment Of tn
fruits of our great labors.
: We cannot afford to lose sight Of to
, valor that achieved victory or th
| right. We can never forget what th
+! contest cost Us in blood and treasure
We must not forget that loyalty to ou
country Il not a mere sentiment, bu
that IL requires a devotion/to princi
pie. and that principle means that tn
flag which every Union soldier stoo
ready TO defend with his life must no,
!, be sslutsd with honor. One Of th
great principles Of our organization
to teach the rising generation lOyalt
10 country snd fidelity to duty. Tn
Union soldiers have repeatedly said I
the soldiers Of the south: We bay
no desire 10 cruise sectional snimos
ties or passions eDgendered by the wa
Give Us loyalty end give Us fraternit,
You have demonstrated your fratel
nifty on numerous occasions, but whe
> comrades joined In the recent cereme
nies 10 honor OF the memory of
patriotic jou, alist aud phIlanthropis
they found their fraternity confronte
with the emblem Of treeson, which
an evidence to you that there stI
turks Ia the hearts of a few = desir
by the display Of that dag, 70 FIRE n
hearts Of The young generation Of II
South to rebellion.
A oomraae wearing the badge
uniform Of the order, participating
any demonstration where the reb
dag Is displayed, violates his obligl