Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-05-01
MEMORIAL DAY ORDER.
Department Commander WatrOuS
Urges Wisconsin People to
Observe the Day.

Department Commander Watrous of
the G. A r. makes the following sugges-
tons in general orders No. g. with re-
Spect to Memorial day:
The custom of observing Memorial day is
so well established in this department that
it is hardly necessary to speak of it in this
order, yet | will not so Ignore past custom
as not to say something on the subject.
1t is to be hoped that every post in the
state will observe the day tittingly 1t is
hoped that every pastor of every church, no
matter what the denomination, will preach
sermon on the Sunday evening before May
80, calling attention to Memorial day and
urging it's observance by all Of the people in
some manner. Last year hundreds of pas
tors complied with a similar request and
preached sermons that added interest to
country-in patriotism. | wish l might eX-
tend this invitation III person to every pas
TOR IN wisconsin and urge him to have pa
triotic service Sunday evening, May %.
mat being out of the question, through the
medium OF the press the invitation is eX-
tended, and it is as earnest as it is possible
Tor an invitation to be formed. 1t is hoped
that in every educational institution in the
state, from the college to the newest dis
trlct school, public, private and parochial,
will have patriotic services with addresses,
'ecitations and songs on Friday, May, %,
and that on that day, in all of these schools,
particular attention will be called to the flag
Il our country.
Presidents. superintendents, principals
teachers and pupils are informed that there
ire no members of the Grand Army of the
Republic-nO eX-soldiers--who are in the habit
OF talking or appearing in public to speak
or read, who will not gladly respond to their
invitation to talk or read to the pupils on the
occasion of their memorial exercises the
day named. | make this pledge in the full
belief that every, one of these. comrades,
throughout the department, when called
upon will accept the invitation and do his
full share in making Memorial day exercises
III our educational institutions as entertain
ing and impressive as possible. It is hoped
that the superintendent and teachers in
all OF the Sunday schools Of the state will
devote portion of the session of Sunday,
NAY Is, TO Memorial day; explaining what
It means, fmpressing their thousands of
scholars with the thought that they live in
country whose form Of government Is
equaled by that OF no other country, and
that If 1T Is to be made better and stronger
every man and woman, every boy and girl
must make it so by loving it better. and
planning through life to strengthen it by liv-
ing lives OF good citizenship and displaying
tnat patriotism which constitute the founda-
ton Of government, especially government
like ours, 'of the people, by the people and
for the people,
conSin, besides giving the news pertaining
70 preparations for observing the day. will
devote space 10 articles and editorials well
calculated to make their readers stop and
feHect upon past dangers aYerted through
the patriotism and unselfshnesS of the men
or other days, and plant deeper in their
hearts love of countrywide to their patri-
otlSm-make them better American citizens
1t is hoped that more of the posts will 90 in
body to some church to listen to a patriotic.
sermon than has been the case in the past
Many posts for Il number of years. have
made practice of accepting the invitation
OF some pastor to be present, and it has
proven beneficial in more ways than one
1t IS good custom to continue
Every paper in Wisconsin is respectfully
invited to print this portion of general order