The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1898-05-14
oFFTo THE WAR.
Co. B Left for Lille Rock Tuesday Morn
ing Last. Hundreds Bid the
Boys Goodbye.

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Company B of the End Regiment,
Arkansas Volunteers, promptly fell
into line at the sound OF the bugle
and left last Tuesday, at IL A. M for
Camp Dodge at Little Rock. Com
pany b is and ever will be the pride
of Harrison, and no finer organiza-
ton of brave, stalwart, handsome
and intelligent young men will come
to defend the stars and stripes from
any state OF territory of the Union.
The entire population of the town
was out to bid the boys goodbye.
The throng was greatly increased by
scores of people who had come in
from the country. 1t was a new ex-
perience for our people-a sad expe-
rience-whieh will be long remem-
bered.
Mere words can never tell of the
anguish which wrung the hearts of
parents, wives, children and sweet
hearts, caused by the going of their
loved ones; and yet, perhaps, the
deepest grief was somewhat relieved
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this splendid company of citizen-sol-
diers. Tears welled from the eyes OF
many of the bronzed and grizzled
veterans of the Blue and GRAY, who
were not represented by relatives In
the company, but they were the tears
of brave men whose hearts were
swelling because they saw the SIOUX
stirring evidence that patriotic devo.
ton to duty-when our country calls
was still the paramount virtue OF
our American character.
No pen will ever truly describe the
emotions of these brave soldiers OF
the receding past, whose aana were
proudly marching In the departing
ranks. Pride, born of the patriot
ism, refined and purified in the chas-
tening days of Gettysburg and Chic
amauga, commended in their hearts
with the tender solicitude of parental
love-and they found consolation in
the soothing thought that their sous
were indeed worthy of that inheri-
lance of honor bequeathed in the
glorious memory of a brave and pa.
tFiotie ancestry. No grander lesson
of the duty of Americans-North and
South, East and West,--was ever
taught than in this sublime blending
of the lineal descendants of the stern
warriors of the never to be forgotten
past.
To be forgotten No-but to be
remembered only from now evermore
for that rich legacy of martial glory
to be shared by all in common. No
more convincing proof was ever
seen, than was exhibited in the rank
and file of Company B, that a brave
and generous people were striving in
lpatriotic rivalry to ehliterate all
trace OF past estrangement and were
themselves the surest guaranty OF
rLiberty and Union, now and for
ever, one and iuseparahlel"
The soldiers Of this company are
patriots against whose title a shade
of doubt can never come, There
never was company Of soldiers re.
cruited, where greater care was
taken to impress on the mind OF
each and every applicant for enlist
men,, due appreciation of the trials
and dangers of the soldiers life.
There is not man in the ranks who
was permitted te forget himself ip
the hour OF enthusiasm, but every
man there acted with deliberatioA
and in response purely to the i'm
pulse of patriotic devotion to his
country, There is not q man in the
company who Is unwilling to die for
the Stars and Stripes.
Company B takes It's place among
the true defenders Of our country
and its inspiring example will be the
theme of our pride and praise when
ever men shall extol the grandeur Of
patriotism. The fortunes of war are
uncertain. The boys may return IN
a few weeks with no more arduous
experience than the weary monotony
of the dull routine of camp service, or
the course of events may prolong a
struggle, which now promises to be
brief, into long contest that viii
make them veterans when It Is over
but long or short, they will never
forget the farewell they received in
Harrison at parting. All honor to
the officers and private soldiers of
Company B.
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