The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-24
HE is ELECTED AN HONORARY
MEMBER OF A LOCAL
g. A. r.. POST.
CHINESE MINISTER ASKED
Jy SUCH ACTION In ANY WAY CON-
FLICTS WITH THE CELEs-
TIAL EMPIRES RULES.
HIS ACTS AT THE GRAyEsIDE
OF Washington and Grant Insntres
Gettysburg Post to Grace
full Tribute.

'sLi Hung Chang has received new
honors. His peacock feather and his
yellow Jacket may yet have to con-
trast their Oriental glories with the
tr1color of the Occidental emblem of
liberty, the American flag, as grace
fully draped in the design of the in
sigma of the Grand Army OF the Re
public.
LII Hung has been elected an hon
orary member Of the G. A. r. by a
St. Paul post, subject to the consent
or the Chinese minister, lest the i'm
periai potentate of the Mongols think
that America had designs on his vice
roy, and to the approval of the state
ana national communicates Of the pa
tr1otic order Of surviving veterans.
It is not clear to what extent the
oroer may go In comforting such de-
grees, but when Ii Hung Chang rev.
erentiy bent over the grave of George
w ashlngton, whose craftsmanship he
had long and truly respected, and
when he paid the same tribute of re-
spect to Grant, whose military Prov
ess had awakened his deepest admira-
t1on, the Chinese potentate struck a
sympathetic chord in the heart of
Gettysburg post, of this city, as the
following letter attests:
HEADQUARTERS Gettysburg Post No t4s De-
Pparlment OF Minnesota. Grand Army Of the
81. Paul, Mimi, Sept. %, 1896.
10 the Minister Resident of the Emnira of
China. Washington, D. c.
esteemed Sir: Desiring to extend to His
lmmper1al and Exalted Majesty the Emperor
p pl emma. the highest difference and repect,
by due appreciation of the actions Of his
vlceroy and envoy extraordinary, in the per-
son son OF mis- most loyal and most devoted sub
3ect, Earl Il Hung Chang, so justly es-
to be prominent as a counsellor, statesman
ana military chieftain, Of His Exalted Mai
essys government, our organization of ex-
Of 1861 to 1866, known as GETTYSBURG POST
Number 148. Department of Minnesota Grand
army OF the Republic desire to present to
s ELI "a sung Chang an address, expressing
sentiments OF our grateful appreciation of
ms noble and unostentatious acts in placing
tributes of the highest yeneration and RE
s spec upon the tombs of our deceased presi-
uehC ana general, George Washington and
our deceased president and general ULYSSES
,. Grant, our sacred dead, an act fraught
with very great significance to both the En-
p1re Of China and the government nf tha
United States Of America. Including also in
said address, our emphatic assurances Of an
P R OF the sentiments of Earl Ii Hung
Ina Unang IN MS modest though explicit. ap-
peal to the people Of our country for fair
play in the battle Of life for his fellow
tounerynen VINO are residents of our coun-
h Try we desire, also; to honor ourselves
honorary membership of Gettysburg Post
NUMBER i4S, Department of Minnesota Grand
Ally Oh the Republic and to forward to
MIN the documentary evidence and ensienia
OF sald honorary membership
:, Havlng myself introduced this matter into
.ne me, organization, 1t was, 1 assure you, most
ehlnuslasucally received, and immediate ia
Vorabie action decided upon and nv unani
nous decision Of our organization / as it's
adJutant, was directed to communicate with
i X without. delay, and ascertain If 1t. would
ps consistent with the customs and rules
OF your government to recognize such action
ana tributes OF respect, rendered in the man
ner above indicated.
The formalities we should like tn ohserva
should we receive g. favorable reply from
you, would be to have our organization and
It's action fully authenticated and approved.
omciaiiy, by the state and national officers
OF our order, the governor of our state and
the president OF the United States. and tn
forward our documents, through the depart
ment of state, to His Exalted and IMPERIAL
Majesty, the emperor of your country and
there to be by his order conferred and CON
nrmed upon Earl Ii Hung Chang by our
States sAo on4'eu
If this formality cannot be observed. kind
~ lnoicate to us the proper course to be
pursued In concentrating our desire. Re-
spectfully your obedient servant,
e. H. Wood,
Adjutant Of gettysburg Post No. 14S, De-
partment or Minnesota, G.. A. R.
L.. r. Plummer Post No. so. of Min
neapolis. has unanimously adopted the
following:
Realizing the great labor that has been per-
aormea by the citizens committee of St Paul.
ana the annoyance and endorsements that
have strewn their pathway, all of which have
been heroically met and successfully con-
quered. and realizing that so much has been
done for the comfort, convenience and en-
Joyment OF our comrades of the G. A. R. at
their thirtieth national encampment as to re-
meet great credit to the city of ST. Paul and
to the said citizens committee, therefore he
1T
Resolved, That L. P. Plummer Post No. so.
Department of Minnesota, extend to the citf-
zens' committee of st. Paul vote of thanks
for their earnest labor in making the thirtieth
national encampment of the Grand Army Of
the Republic what 1t was, in every particular
a grand success