The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-04
BATTLE-SCARRED VEAERANS RE-
LATE THEIR EXPERIENCE AT
A CAMP FIRE.
PROGRAMME AT MARKET HALL
COL. j r.. CHASE, A HERO OF GET
TYSBURG, THE PRINCIPAL
SPEAKER.
CAPT. VAN SAINT ON PATRIOTISM.
Col. James Lewis, a Colored Orator,
Arouses Enthusiasm ON the
West Side.

An audience numbering 400 people at
tended the campfire at Market hall last
night. Some Of whose names were on
the programme were unavoidably alb
sent, and the meeting was necessarily
shorter THAI the usual campfire. though
none the less enjoyable.
The Duluth City band inaugurated
the exercises with a spirited march,
and the Mendelssolin male quartette
contributed a couple Of new and pretty
selections. Then Capt. I. II. B. Beebee,
who presided, introduced the first
speaker of the evening, Col. J.. T. Chase,
Of st. Petersburg, Fla; Col. Chase's
remarks were listened to with the
closest interest, his address practically
consisting Of a description Of certain
famous features Of the battle of Gettys-
burg. Col. Chase was a member Of the
Fifth Maine battery, and at Gettys-
burg he lost al arm and received 4S
wounds from the bursting of a shell.
He was left on the field for dead, and
days later, he found himself In a wagon
where he lay among a load Of dead
comrades, about to be buried in a newly
dug trench. Col. Chase's recital pictur-
ed in a vivid n the horrible suf-
fering Of the soldiers.
Capt. Van SAINT, who was next intro
duced, spoke of the great sacrifice Of
human life which was the price Of
human liberty in this country. Was it
worth all this sacrifice? Yes, yes,
yes" responded the comrades in the
audience. Capt. Van SAINT said that the
spirit Of freedom abroad In the United
States had crossed the; ocean, and had
affected other countries such as China.
Capt Van SAINT closed his brief address
by introducing Rev. Frank G. Bruner,
of Chicago.
Rev. Mr.. Bruner ~eulogized the heroes
Of the war, and the flag they fought
under-a flag that embodied the prin-
ciples of justice, honor and liberty.
1t Is understood that Rey.o Mr.. Bruner
Is a candidate for national chaplain of
the Grand Army Of the Republic.
After two more selections by the
Mendelssohn quartette. ssCol, H. H.
Richardson, Of California. delivered
the closing address of ftheeevening.
I'VE builded better than we knew
said Col. Richmond. THE simple i'm
pulse of patriotism is the grandest i'm
pulse in the world, butt 1t was only an
impulse n to any an impulse
without urpose. I'VE saw our
nation assailed, a nationpwe loved bet
ter than life, and across the gaping
chasm of secession we offered our lives
as a bridge over which that nation
could pass to renewed life. We little
realized that in striking the shackles
from our slaves, we destroyed slavery
the world over. We hardly dreamed
that in fighting he rebellion to the
death, we had once for all fought the
battle of Republicanism for all time.
That we had determined for all time
that a government Of the people, for
he people, by the people could sur
vive every shock. Up to hat time our
nation had been but an untried expert
ment, After that time the world be-
came acquainted with the fac that
popular government was the one
stable government for all time. Thus
I repeat hat with the simple motive
of patriotism. the boys Of the Grand
Army had written the brightest his
tory Of the ages, that we had formed
the pageant that should shine through
the infinite years with the stars of
heaven. Our fight was the fight Of all
ages, and it made the Grand Army
the grandest organization the world
a ever SEEN"
Col. Richardson closed his address
with an eloquent tribute to Abraham
Lincoln.