The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-02-17

The following historical poem Of Du-
Pont Post No; 4. @. A. 4. was coIhpossd
Ayars. on Saturday evening. the 18th an-
niVersary OF that Post:
Twelve years ago this very night
Was ushered in with dazzling light,
The birth of DUPONT Post number 2.
All brave men who had worn the blue,
In the days when the Nations life was
stake
At the hands Of The Rebels with hearts of
hate,
Who tried to rend our States I'm TWAIN
And caused them to bleed from every
vein.
For long weary years they Ind borne the
OF the many wild battles way down at the
front,
They had suffered together through cold
and In storm;
In the midst of IL all with them there was
A fraternity stronger than steel or of
brass
That bound them together and held each
While the crash of the battle" or tho
worse prison pen .......
Could not for moment break the Love-
OF these men
The war being over and their guns laid
aside,
These men had returned to their homes to
abide,
In the blessings of Peace" they so richly
had won,
And tho Nation, as given by our own
Washington,
Was saved, and Liberty" the Goddess,
we love. thou exclaimed,
No slaves shall again in our land be en-
chained
Ind these men who had won us so much
in that war .-..s.
Were mustered again in the g. A. r..
From,Philadelphia came the Host
That mustered IN our gallant Post.
From Winfield Scott tn y got their nam @
The Hero Of Old Lupdy's Lane.
| McMnllin aud Ferguson, i,aphun and
Cline.
| The muster the best that ever WAS made
| And thus WIS our Foundation laid.
Between these Posts friendship grow,
Eervent and strong and always true.
| No matter what our struggles were.
| We have tried to honor the name VIC bear,
Aud as worthy sons of gallant sire,
Our motto always has bean higher
| To honor and love the Parent Post,
| Has been the lesson tau ght us most.
Twelve years ago. the time don't seem
long,
VIII en- there at the altar knelt quite so
Men, who have pledged them, come wealt
or come woe
They would stand by each other and
That in sickness or sorrow in joy or in
pain
They would care for tho widows and the
fallen reclaim,
And to the best of our efforts that pledge
To the comfort Of many who in death
since have slept.
How gladly we'd call the roll OF the host.
That from then until ow have belonged
to this Post.
How adly we'd tell of their charity's
work.
! No matter the duty none ere yet has shirlk.
ed,
While many would answer some silence
there'd be,
| For many have crossed DER, the great ST.
To answer the roll CALI on eternity's
| shore
Where hattlngs and wars shall come new
er more.
run down the line.
We have been kindly dealt with by Old
Father Time.
Dr. "w alesn was the first, a commander
And fitted by practice o'or tho Post to pre-
Side. -. .-..-
His authority and rulings and judgments
were true.
With his heart Allied with love for tho
Boys of the Blue.
His year was a good one, we grew strong
and grew last,
And ties were there weldednthat through
life shall last.
There was Gregg and Haddock aud
Johnson OF four,
Who. ach in their turn the Post burdens
they bore.
1it1 zen. sa!t Blackburn and Ayars with
Gave proof Of their fitness and each did
their hest,
Brave Hadduck was called from his
mission OF love,
To answer the roll calf In Heaven above,
lie died as he'd lived both honest and
true.
And monrnel for his worth by the boys
of Post 2.
Then voshell and Bogia and Duffy next
came,
Their tel ms are all clean and on them no
blame.
They cared fer the sick aud went down 10
the grave
with many good fellows both loyal and
Bayn and Booth make tho twelve that
| are pact
| Who have kept tho Post Colors at the
hePf the mast.
| In Charity's work and Fratcrnaty's aim
Have cemented the work at the camp
fires flame.
How gladly we'd mention the names OF
each one,
That have stood in the breach since the
work was begun
| By the Post in its labor and great work of