Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-05-26
No. 1s,

Cor. Fifth and
No. 13, Chestnut Streets
l. The blossoms of spring time
remind us that Memorial Day is
again ut hand. Our Memorial Day
il one of sacred memories and is to
be devoted 20 the loyal dead of the
land: day in which u grateful
people pay loving tribute to the
men who died that theNation might
live II day set apart by the Grand
Army of the Republic to fittingly
commemorate the glorious deeds
Of heroic men who fell defending
one country and one fiag.
Ii is our hallowed duty to partici-
pate in the observance Of the cere-
monies of the 30 of May and no con
Sileration should turn us aside from
our sacred obligations, Let all the
comrades unite in the privileges
and duties of the day: none should
tail to join the column of these en-
gagged in loving and patriotic servic
es to the memory of our dead COM
rades. The graves of every com.
rade should be marked with flags
and flowers, and not one of these
mounds should be neglected.
Ifthose not of our organization desire
to JOIN with you bid them welcome
yet let none but loyal hands touch
the hallowed ground.
Let all unite in these offices of
love to the memory of Onr comrades
in arms whose lives were cut off by
the fratricidal darts of treason, OF
having passed through the fire of
battle and the barbarisn II of rebel
prison-pens have since joined the
Grand Army Encampment in the
shades of the other shore.
When we make our annual pilgrim
age to the silent cities of the dead
we will find many new mounds
marking the final halting places of
comrades who have fallen out by
the wayside during the year, and
who are now at rest under the sod
and the dew.
The new made graves of the sol.
diers and sailors rising 80 rapidly
in our cemeteries admonish as that
we are on the western slope of life
and that our great organization is
fast growing smaller in numbers,
and that many of our comrades who
have heretofore assisted in doing
honor to the memory of the dead
are now in the ranks of those who
have passed on before.
Let us contlue to keep our patriot
ic Memorial Day bright before the
American people. "Let us so num-
ber our days that we may apply our
hearts unto wisdom, so that when
done with the tolls and duties
of this life our names may be found
among those who have been faith
ful To the end.
The roll of the mustered-out will
continue to increase until ere long
the entire membership of our mag
niticent Order shall be at rest IN the
bivOuacs of the dead and the Grand
Army of the Republic will live only
in history
"Step by Step our ranks are thinning,
One by one they pass away,
Here tine loyal blue are falling,
Yonder fall the vanquished gray;
And the solemn bells are tolling
Dust to dust and clay to clay"
III As part of our duty it is di-
rected that Posts attend Divine Ser
vice on Sunday, May 2sth, to unite
in praises and Thanksgiving TO AL
mighty God for the many blessings
vouchsafed to our beloved country.
Every church will gladly welcome
you, and arrangements should be
made with the clegymen as to the
sermons to be preached and the mus
ic to be sung on the occasion. The
sermon should be based on the
theme ''of the results of the war
for the Union to mankind and hu-
manity, " and the music in addition
to being devotional should be patrio-
tic. Every Post must take part IN
these church services aud 80 far as
practicable every comrade should
wear the uniform and badge of our
organization.
III. 1t is urged that comrades be
detailed to visit the Public Schools
on one or more days of the week
commencingMay ED, to instruct The
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