The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-06-15

IL rDDNIl ny 'fAAeH'i l'A"f
does not include the private contri
buttons for sanitary purposes, which
would run the whole contribution
up TO $50 900, 900.
Then to show more fully the enor-
mity Of the struggle and sacrifice
made, Governor Morton issued dur
ing the war Is, ,Ssi commissions to
officers in the army. From this we
get some idea of the magnitude OF
the army, and the length Of the time
il was in the field. The soldiers Of
Indiana fought in 30S battles. The
first regiment 10 open fire on the en-
envy was the 7th Ind. at Phillippi,
w. VA, June 3, 1861. Wethought
it was great battle then, and all the
bells at the State capital were rung
in honor of the event. But il was a
small affair as compared with what
took place afterward. BUTT served
to fire all our hearts. The first man
to fall on the battlefield was Wm + :.
Gerard, of the 9th Ind. Regt. at
Laurel Hill, Va. Indiana troops
fought in the last battle Of that war,
also, the battle OF Palmetto Ranch
ia Texas; on the old Mexican bat
tletield of Palo Alto. The last man
killed in the war was John J Viii
liams Of Co. y, oath Ind, at Pal
metto Ranch, May Is, 1860.
y But other states were no less dis
tinguished than Indiana. Our ccsln-
try is hallowed forever by the rich
libation of the hearts blood and
sacrifice made by her martyred sons
Let the graves of the dead be
lstrewn with flowers; let the dirges
be sung; let the embers ofpatriotisn
be famed into a fla ne, that the
friends Of the dead, and brave mcr
who stood side by side with then
! when they fell, may feel that th'
Republic is neither ungrateful no
forgetful of them.
!. But all the graves which no mar
, names or Knows
r Uncounted graves. which neve
can be found. Graves of the preclou
8 missing" where no sound of ten
: der weeping will be heard wher'
= goes no loving steps OF kindred Z
, strew flowers. Oh, how flows an'
! yearns our thoughts to them.
Is it not true, and a glorious truth
. too. that the bitter antagonism an
7, hatred that existed at the close o
! the contest is passing away, an'
I that north and south, east and west
we are learning and recognizing tha
! we are brethren, the children Of on
, God and Father Of Us all?
And a nation wherever our fla
, i planted, on land or sea, that pin
n.ciple which actuated our Pilgrim
, fathers when they landed on Ply
mouth Rock. ever has been, and !
I. still. deeply and firmly planted j
t every true American heart. There
! fore this day and service should b
> unto us for Memorial. / prefe
: calling the thirtieth of May, as we
/ as this day, Memorial Day, instca
! Of Decoration Day, as the latter
crude, and the former carries tn
] mind back, as we come to these SCI
: vices and strew flowers over the
i graves, to the sacred duty perform
J. and the sacrifices made by them.
J Perhaps these days, north an
! south, have become less distinctivel
= memorial in character than formerl,
n more commemorative in characts
! than at first, when the colors wei
. placed at half mast, as now they Sc
! dom are. Like as the sacrament I
n the Lords Supper Is commemor;
i tive Of the death and suffering an
1 shed blood Of the Lord Jesus Chris
who gave himself, these services al
. commemorative of the shedding I
blood, suffering and death OF our b'
i loved soldiers, who gave their live
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i nation. But these days, commen
! corative of loss and sorroy, lose the
!. pathetic character in time, and bs
come more and more monumenti
:. and purely commemorative.
+ But passing that phase OF tn
subject, new emphasis is place
upon our two memorial daTs, tn
! northern and the southern, by tn
unity Of spirit which prevails re
i gardless of latitude, or whether the
/ wore the blue or the gray, G
i whether they served in this war c
I that war.
! For instance, what widest dream
7 er would have ventured to predic
. that thirty-five years after Appoms
! tox two distinguished generals {
n the confederacy would offer for sci
! vice under the very flag agans
I which they fought for four Ions
! bloody years.
Aud not onlv al hIt that In