The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-05

ones crowned,
With grief that will not die
Memories of the days and nights spent
on the battle fields of the South, Where
they left hundreds of their brave COM
rades were stirred afresh in the hearts
CT the veterans of the G.. Van Houten
Post at their annual reunion and In
stallation of officers last night. Thoughts
of the days gone by" when they SUI
fered everything without murmuring for
their blessed country's sake came vivid
ly before their minds as they listened
to the touching words of that soul stir
ring song, feelingly rendered by Mrs. Z.
Cole. They thought of the '.many who
will fght no more" who died on the
battle fields, or who have since passed
away. All Joined in singing the chorus
and never did music sound sweeter than
that which arose from the throats OF
the hundred or more old war horses,
who, as they sang, in memory re-
fought the battles on the "Old Camp
Ground.
The veterans met at their headquar-
ters and headed by the Van Houten mute
and drum corps, marched to Hasorouek
Hail. The seats in the front OF the build
ing were reserved for them. 1.-The rest
of the hall was crowded with their sons
and daughters, wives and friends, VINO
gathered to witness the installation or
the officers for 1895, and to enjoy the
entertainment that followed The ex-
ercises opened with an organ voluntary
by Mrs HIS Blauvelt. The installation
followed. The ceremony was conduct
ed by Post Department Commander
Frank o. Cole, and was very impress
sive. The officers installed were:-
Emanuel Sands, Post Commander; w.
H. Black, S. v. Commander: c. A. Bow
ers, ]. V. Commander: John f. Linskey,
Adjutant; Allenby Thompson, Quarter
master; John E. West M. D., Surgeon;
Charles P. Knoeller, Chaplain; Thomas
F. Watson, Officer-of-the-Day; Denis
Bloomer, Oficer-of-the-Guard; Edward
Devlin, Sergeant Major; B. F. Goetschi-
us, @. M. Sergeant.
Following the installation Mr.. Cole
made a stirring appeal on behalf of the
movement to erect a monument to the
memory of the brave men of Jersey
City who died lighting on the old camp
ground What he said follows
NORTH AND SOUTH UNITED.
Last September I attended the Ma
tional Encampment at Pittsburg. On
my return I stopped at Harper's Ferry
and visited the battlefield at Cedar Greek
and looked out on the ground where on
the 18th of October, 1854, the bridgade In
which served, going into action that
morning with less than a thousand ef-
fective men, in less than thirty minutes
lost nearly five hundred killed and
wounded. In the afternoon my two COM
panions, Comrades Sands and Kennedy
and myself returned to Winchester the
Winchester of which, the poet sings
twenty miles awayJ, and desiring to
visit the National Cemetery, walked down
the street from the depot. We met two
charming young, red checked girls.
Stopping them said will you kindly tell
us where the soldiers burying ground
Isl? Which, the Northern or the South
ern?' she replied we wanted the
Northern, answered, but guess we will
visit both Which one do you go to"
Il go to the Southern, she said, this girl
goes to the Northern Could we find
grander illustration that the war is in
deed over than this?
1--WE entered the ground dedicated to
the Confederate dead where the long
line of mounds showed those who from
a mistaken sense of duty had sacrificed
their lives in cause we know wa had.
In the very centre stood lofty monu-
ment beautifully carved from Tennessee
marble Drawing near we read: Erec-
ted by the grateful people of the State
of Georgia to the memory of her heroic
sons who fell in the Shenandoah Valley
in defence Of State Rights AS / looked
upon this shaft, reared by people who
had been beaten ten n nsd the M s{gsead greas
from that devastation and de-
struction incidental to four years bloody
war; from whose every household their
best and their bravest had gone down
to death, and in cause which they now
realize was false; a cause, which would
have crushed liberty. freedom and GOV
ernment by the people; So9ldns aat,on help ae
these Southern people. thus displayed
SO bravely in their cause: And as |
numbering rnn i = two hundred thousand; q city
that has grown UP from six thousend
only tho years nk aso f ne the ody
and products Of our country must go ere
they find foreign lands; city that was
just as loyal. as true, as deyotsa p the
who sent men to the front that were
soldiers whom Caesar or Napoleon might
have been proud to have led; soldiers
whose record is second to none, who
barred their breasts for our country on
every battlefield of the war; city
where, from 81 to '65, nearly every houses
hold wept and mourned for those who
had died that liberty might not perish,
that here there should be no mark, no
monument nor any arch or storied
column to tell posterity how we remem-
bered our heroes who had died that free
dom's flag might still wave throughout
to the Rio Grande, the humble mounds
mark their last resting place. In the
name Of patriotism and OF justice let
us determine that the monument shall
be reared.
EFFORTS FOR A MONUMENT.
s'There was an effort made in 1889 which
resulted in raising s117.6. In 1891 law
the Board of Frreeholders to appropriate
SIS, 600 on condition that the Grand Army
raised one-hal' as much money. Under
this law the appropriation was made
and the monf was raised in the county
| $4093.02. This sum-, together with the
money of 81, in charge of Comrade L.
J. Gordon, has been placed at interest
$4,000. This, with the public, money, max
ing, $4,000. will suffice to erect q credit
+ able column. but there are some details
which must be arranged. Legislation is
desired. The commission charged by law
to erect the mon nument should be charged
to make it smaller, less cumbersome,
and, II possible, let us make one more
! effort to raise such sum Of money as
| will suffice to build monument that
|: will fifty express the patriotism of the
| principal city of New Jersey
Let the new commission be author