St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-28
SIT. PAUL VETERANS HONOR AN
OLD CONlRADE FROM ST.
LOUIS,
PAST COMMANDER BURTON.
FINE TRIBUTE TO THE SPIRIT
THAT INSPIRES THE GRAND
ARMY.
KIND WORDS FOR DEaEL1CTs.
Most Hearty welcome to the
Visitor.

Acker post, G. A. R., last night
gave reception to Judge Charles
q. Burton, of st. Louis, past COM
mander of the Department of Mis-
souri,, who is here on visit. There
was good attendance, Central hall
being we'll filled with members of
the G.. A. r. and numerous citizens
besides. A number of good speeches
were made, that of Judge Burton
| being especially fine, and between
| the addresses was filed in with vocal
music by the Minneapolis quartette,
composed of E. F. McCrumish, R. C.
| Wood, H. E. George and P. B.
Churchill, and the famous team,
Tenney and Wolf.
Capt. I. L. Mahan, senior vice
! commander, presided, and opened
the meeting with a brief introduce
| ton and few words of welcome to
! the guest of the evening and the
visitors who are not members OF
! the post. He then introduced Col.
j. H. Davidson, who entertained the
/ audience for a time with war rem
iniscences and stories. Then fol-
lowed Judge Torrance, of Minneapo-
lis, commander of the Department
of Minnesota. He told a number of
good stories, and incidentally urged
/ the post to make an effort to bring
/ the members who have dropped by
the wayside back into the ranks
In introducing Judge Burton, Capt
Mahan said that he had become ac-
quainted with the judge while visit
ing in ST. Louis, and had made up
his mind that if he ever caught
! him in st. Paul he would see to it
! that the old comrades here had an
! opportunity to hear him speak, as
| he knew it would be no less a pleas
ure to them than it was to him
when he heard him at his post in
| st. Louis.
Judge Burton began by saying that
he was a stranger in the city, and
yet not stranger, because he al
ways felt at home wherever he
found the little button of the G. A.
r. ''An individual can offer no ex-
cuse for his existence" he con-
| tinued. eve all came here without
| being consulted as to our wishes in
the matter, and most of us are
| likely to go out the same way. But
we all ought to be able to give
some reason for the faith that is in
us" The speaker then entered into
! an eloquent recital of the reasons
for his love for the Grand Army.
ut is different. in two respects
| from the other fraternal organiza-
| TONS" he said. at is different in
| the ties by which its members are
held together, and also in the tenure
of it's existence. The ties that bind
us were formed on the skirmish line
| and welded in the heat of battle,
and while some of these other or
CARNATIONS may last as long as
time itself, when the last soldier of
the rebellion has passed away, the
Grand Army will exist only in his
tory. Stand shoulder to shoulder
then, boys, until the last one of us
shall have gone to his final rest
, ing place. All the nations of
! Europe have large standing armies
and navies, but in this nation 25,-
600 soldiers is all that is required
| to keep the savages from ravages on
the frontierSmen and to keep the
scoundrels on the frontier from rob-
bing the poor savages.e But every
school house is a fertilization, and
every intelligent mother is re-
cruiting officer intoxicating principles
of loyalty and patriotism that will
forever perpetuate the glory Of the
Grand Army"
Judge Burton then dwelt on the
fact that the younger element could
not feel toward the flag like the
| old soldier, whom it reminded of
Shiloh, Mission Ridge, Chickamauga
and scores of other similar engage
| ments. He said there was no poll
tics in the G. A. r., though some Of
| the old soldiers had seen fit to hold
themselves aloof from it because of
| political prejudices. Every man
who honorably wore the blue, and
| who now honorably wears the man.
tie of American citizenship, should
be enrolled among it's members In
| conclusion he urged the members
to deal leniently with suspended
members and endeavor to get them
back into the fold. Some of them
were too poor tn pay dues. It
might be called pride in them not
to come to the post and make their
poverty known, but that was the
kind of pride that carried them to
victory on the field of battle.
AS Judge Berton took his seat he
was greeted with prolonged ap-
| plause.
Short speeches were then made
by J. J. McCardy, Thomas Coch-
rane, who is not a member of the
G. A. R.; F. B. Doran and Judge
Mcdonald, and the reception closed
with a choral song by the whole
audience.