The National tribune., 1895-05-23
THE RELIEF CORPS.
Gleanings from National Headquar-
terS---NOteS from Departments.
MEMORIAL DAY.

utes-Where They Sleep-Perpetual Red,
| White, and Blue-Honor to Lincoln-The
National Treasurer-Lizabeth's Loyalty
Charity Rusk Craig Honored-Patriotie
Activities from Every Quarter.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Another week, and all over this great land
of ours loyal men and women and little chill
dren, by tens and hundreds of thousands, will
join in the observances of Memorial Day, under
the auspices of the men who saved the Nation
and preserved US united country.
Over all the flag of the Union will wave in
triumph. Even at Chicago, where monument
is to be unvailed by the men who wore the
gray, in memory Of 5000 ex-Coufedcrates who
died in the military prisons at Chicago, no
other flag, by order Of the Commander. viii be
permitted but the glorious Stars and Stripes.
Surely, the men who fought for one country
and one flag did their work well. But the
heroes who ordained Memorial Day are fast
following its founder to the eternal camping
ground.
Soon the stirring appeals that have inspired
the spirit of the day will be no more. The
| last orders will have been penned, and the last
battalions that strew the flowers for comrades
gone will be sleeping the sleep that knows no
waking.
What is the duty of the hour, comrades and
! sisters, as you gather around your sacred
| graves on Memorial Day?
Is it to teach your children to grew MP loyal
and loving, to take the places you fill SO royalty
| to-day?
Yes, it is this, but it is something more than
| this.
In every State, city, town. village, and coun-
try crossroads, this Memorial Day, 1895, whcr-
ever old soldiers are met to revive the memo.
ri nd he rti ciu q a
there should be adopted a resolution reading
like this:
ResoiUed That In order TO perpetuate the spirit
OF Liberty and Union, and honor the virtues of the
men who saved the Nation in the great struggle OF
1861 TO 1865, we call upon the United States Con-
Cress TO ordain Memorial Day "a day sacred 10
Loyalty and consecrated to patriotic observnncos
and the elevation OF The flag OF united country,
Do not fritter away your days, comrades of
the Grand Army, by passing resolutions OF less
vital moment. Concentrate your strength, null
| tiply your endeavors, show this great people
| that your efforts are not complete until you
have engrafted Memorial Day among the Ma
| tional holidays.
Sisters of the Relief Corps, bring this to the
attention of your Posts; join them in their
efforts. Pass such resolution, and place ii in
the hands of your member of Congress. Call
| upon your Legislatures TO assist. The time is
ripe for this great movement Strike when
| the iron is hot.
PATRIOTIC VERMONT.
Vermont is well in line for any kind of pa
triotic legislation Vermont usually is. but at
the last session of the Vermont Legislature
very important patriotic step was taken.
This was that at the last half-day's session of
the public schools, preceding Memorial Day,
shall be devoted TO exercises commemorative
of the history of the Nation during the of
the rebellion and to patriotic instruction in the
principles of liberty and equal rights.
Department President Needham calls atten-
ton TO this in Memorial orders, and hopes that
every school will number among its visitors
upon that day, members of the Womans Re
lief Corps. Let us manifest our approval and
interest in the object of the day by pres
ence," she says, land show both teachers and
pupils that we appreciate every effort to pro-
mote patriotism and equal rights"
THE NATIONS TRUST.
By Laura Rosaptond White.
o, ye who sleep In glory's bed,
And may aps hear The splendid tread
OF legions bearing TO The dead
The Mnytime need OF flowers;
o, vanished heroes grand and true.
With floral red and white aud blue,
And flags and songs we bend DER you
In these Memorial hoursl
Our words of love revoice your praise,
Your deeds will decorate all Mays
And Freedom through her happy days
VIII yenerate your dust
In Gods ecstatic cline YOU wait,
Spirits OF patriots eiaie,
But camped around your dream estate.
The Nation guards its trust
WHERE THEY SLEEP.
From Louisiana and Mississippi, josephine
y. Lewis President: " Let us bear in mind the
approaching Memorial Day, May 90 when it
shall be our sacred duty to honor those who
died in defense of our National Union, and
sleep in some one of the seven National
Cemeteries of this Department Let the mem
DRY of their heroic sacrifice be forever sacred,
and as we unite with their old comrades of the
Grand Army OF tho Republic 10 Irvine garlands
of Springs sweetest and freshest flowers, bear
ing in mind that those whose graves We deck
sacrificed their lives that might live in a
land free from dishonor. They died in the
South many of them far from the home of
kindred and loved ones. Justice made the
demand and they made the sacrifice. Their
death was freedoms victory.
Then let us make Memorial Day day of
general absolution aud conservation. Enlist our |
children in the service, thereby teaching them |
love and reverence for the flag aud loyalty to |
country, which has been preserved at the cost |
OF the lives of those for whom Memorial Day |
was inaugurated. Then lot us sec to il that |
none of the $4,000 graves in the Department of |
Louisiana and Mississippi be neglected or for |
gotten"
PERPETUAL RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
DEAR Tribune: James A. Garfield, jr. will |
give the Memorial Day address in Geneva.
Instead of arranging baskets of flowers |
bouquets ETC., this year, Bowers Corps will pro-
vide potted red and white gcraniums and potted |
blue heliotrope These Will be carried out and |
planted on the graves, forming the glorious |
combination Of National triune colors-"red, |
white aud blue"
Each member of Bowers Corps will carry a |
small bouquet to the Corps meeting May %, |
10 be deposited in patriotic Memorial service |
at the altar. Each member will give "a brief |
patriotic quotation. t8
Laura Rosamond White, W.R.C Press Re. |
porter.
HONOR TO LINCOLN. '-f
Visitors to Washington fnd the house where |
Lincoln died Of deepest interest since Comrade |
o. ii. Odroyd has been its occupant, with his |
large and interesting collection of Lincoln |
relics, removed from Springfield, ILL.,
Until Gov. Altgeld became Chief Executive |
OF the State of Illinois, or from 1888 to 1893. |
Comrade Oldroyd was Custodian of the Lincoln |
Homestead, where his collection was in part |
made, though he has been for more than 30 |
years, or since the Presidential campaign of |
1860 getting these things together.
This collection contains nearly 5000 speci- |
mems directly connected with tho life and |
death Of the martyred President. 1t includes |
portraits, proclamations, calls for troops, badges
manuscripts, pieces of furniture and furnish |
ings. gifts from foreign nations etc. and the |
chair in which Lincoln sat when he was shot |
by the assassin Booth, the upholstery splotched |