The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-31
ACTON AND BETHANY PARKS
Grand Army Day at the Former Is the
Occasion of Good Speeches.
Many Prominent Veterans Presentation. Sam
uelF Cary, the NonOgenarian Orator Speaks
Twice on Temperance at Bethany.


Addresses Made by Col. L n. Walker and
Department Commander Chead'e.
Yesterday ct Acton was set apart for the
Grand Army and Captain Lee had sent the
rallying cry to all the neighboring posts.
They began 10 come from the country early
In the day. No doubt many were deferred
by the threatening sky. SO the muster was
not as largo as those In charge had hoped.
At 9 o'clock there was childreh's
meeting for 1.-The grandsons and
daughters of veterans" Rev. Hud-
son had charge of this interesting
service. He gathered about sixty OF the
little ones and entertained them in his own
pleasant way. At 10 o'clock he met his
choir. which is rapidly increasing. 1t now
numbers thirty, and that soon will be
doubled. An orchestra is promised for to-
morrow.
Before dinner the old soldiers were scat
tered over the lawn i'm front of the hotel.
exchanging experiences and recalling old
times. At2P. NJ. they assembled for their
sDeechifying at the amphifheater. Rev.
&. w. Lee took charge and opened the
meeting with my Country, It's of Thee
The opening PRAYER was offered lay Rev. IT,
Il. Jenkins. Chaplain Lozier arose TO lead
Marching through Georgia." with the big
swing that he can get. When the chorus
came the veterans checred the "hurrab."
in a way that sent a jolly laugh over every
face. The Chaplain quickly marshaled
tho q. A. X. boys to the platform: He then
ordered the relief corps TO the front. HIS
third command was for every one who had
soldiers blood in their veins, who had
brothers and fathers in the service to raise
their hands Nearly every hand went ND.
Col. /. ~. Walker was introduced with
loud cheers. 1.-The Union soldier was a
peculiar mingling of citizen. sovereign and
subaltern." said he. They carried all the
arts and industries with them. and above
all with tho sublime ihope that thrice is he
armed no hath his cause just For every
man who wore the blue some woman sat
somewhere who gave the spirit that made
that man q hero. She is n beacOn.fight TO
man. The nations that have dIsgraced her
have fallen The women had their arest
part IN che Natiun's awfui Struggle. General
Thomas was a Virginian. but fortunately
for hmm he married woman from Troy,
n. Y. Look for the sufferers of that war.
i would name first those who lay IN south
ern prison pens. Second. would not speak
of those who lay in the hospital. bnt of
those women who stayed in suspense in
their Northern homes.
I'VE do not believe in any flag but the
one whose first sight thrilled the heart of
one returning from prison. People who
wish To fiaunt the red flag had better get
ont. We must preservepour hon0fs of those
days. In years TO come men Will stand on
those battle. fields with the boast that
their fathers fought on them. as their pat
emit of nobility. Marathon Was the begin
ming of Athenian greatness. You. won .
tiny hung In the balance. You fought till
100000 fell dead on the field and 800, 900
were MANNED. You taught the Nation the
rights of msh ssa noa do had you lam
free in Russia. Why then should We not
live in the past? Ii is the soldiers right
Tell your boys what liberty cost. You oan-
not do better work. / hope the day
talk of the war. 1t Will not
hinder the growth of the new South. II
was not Marathon, but the memory of
Marathon. that made Greece free. Our
work Is not done YET. while our dead he
roes are without monument. Republics
are not ungrateful if they are given time.
Cur ranks are thinned. but when one old
soldier lays down his gun half dozen
young ones are ready to pick it mp. And
when tho last tattoo on earth has sounded.
may God grant that our work may be so
well done that when the reveilIe shall
sound on eternity's morning among the
grand and glorious company who shall
partake IN the first resurrection at the gen.
eral roll-call the old soldiers of Indiana
and the United States of America may
be among the first TO make heaven resound
as they answer Heren"
Chaplain LozIer then made stirring ad-
dress, ending with a song.
At 1850 the song service drew a very ap-
preciative audience. Half an hour later
the soldiers again held sway. Governor
Chase dispatched that he was unable to
attend because of the funeral of q friend.
Department Commander Cheadle ad-
dressed his men. and then the evening was
thrown open for short talks In the good.
old campfire style. The evening closed
with a feeling in all that it was the best G..
A. X. day ever held, in spite of small mum.
bers. To-day begins the services of the
regular camp-mee:ing. The evangelist,
Rev. NJ. Swadener, has come to take charge
of the meetings. He will preach morning
and evening. with Chaplain Lozier in the
afternoon.