The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-10-17
LET Us ALL GO RECRUITING.

uaINGsuS, iDe lelSlHelllS Ol the GILL
evenings, suggestive of bright interior:
cheered by friendly meeting and socia
intercourse. all turn the thoughts strong
ly toward the Post rooms and the stead
fast, heart-satisfying comrades to b
found there.
Thinking of how be can best emplo,
himself during the Fall and Winter
nothing can so commend itself to Thu
comrade as some plan by which he car
help build up his Post to its creates
numbers and capacity for usefulness
In no other work can he reap so rich :
reward of consciousness of duty vel
done. The farther we advance in years
the more strongly must we feel that
there are no friends in the world like
those who bore with us the storm and
stress of the arduous battle for the Ma.
TONS salvation, and the keener the de.
sire for the most cordial and intimate
relations with them. We can depend
upon them as we can upon no others.
With them we had the lesson of the
need of standing firmly shoulder to
shoulder burnt in upon us ineffaceably
in the awful fire Of battle. However
much we may have drifted apart in the
course Of long years of peace-however
differently our fortunes have since
placed us-these men are still our COM
rades, and we are united by ties which
death alone can sever.
1t is not at all well that any of these
men should be still outside of the ranks
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
They belong with US; they are away
from home and true friends when they
are not in our ranks. No honorably-
discharged soldier of good repute can
give a sufficient reason for not belonging
to the GAR. None of them have rea-
sons which can not be overcome by
little proper persuasion on the part of
the comrades. There are hundreds of
thousandsof men who really want to come
in, and will come in if approached in the
proper way. Political, church, social or
business considerations NAV have hither-
to influenced them, but this should no
longer be the case. We are all older,
wiser and more tolerant than we once
were. The GAR. is high enough,
broad enough, and catholic enough to
be above and beyond all such things.
1t is as all-embracing as our Nationality,
as exalted as our patriotism, and its
grand platform Of Fraternity, Charity
and Loyalty is wide enough for all true
Americans to stand upon in comfort.
Now, let us spare no effort to gather
all these men in. Let us devote the
coming months to earnest work in this
direction, so that we can 90 to St. Paul
next year with the proud satisfaction of |
having added at least 100000 to our
enrolled numbers.
This can be done if every comrade |
VIII do bis part, and every Post 60 at
is work in the proper spirit.
Let US appeal to these men who are
till outside to come in, not to help them
.elces, bat 10 help as. They know full
veil the noble work the GAR. is doing
n honoring the dead and caring for the
living Of those who fought the good fight
or the Nations salvation. They GER
ainly want their share Of it. AS sol
liers who remember with pride their
'wn part in the great work Of the war,
hey must feel a deep affection for and
ympathy with all those who stood with
hem for the country in the evil hour.
They desire to do their part in sustain
ng the tottering forms of the broken
md helpless, and in paying the last sad
ties to those who pass away. They must
feel remiss and lacking that they are not
among those engaged in the noble work.
Let us all and everywhere make
campaign among these men, and bring
hem into camp. They are all ready
o come. They have probably been
-eady for years, but have held back
because they were not properly APP
or on account of some trivial