The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-07

ted States. When the war ended
his magnanimity to the conquered
enemy. WAS no less conspicuous
than his great victories. His coun.
trymen twice called him to The
presidency of the United States, at
the most critical periods of our ma
tons history. When his public
duties we're finally laid aside, he
visited other and foreign countries,
and was everywhere received with
acclamations of praise Kings and
beggars We'd with each other in
giving him honor Today, soldiers,
your old comrade and commander,
Ulysses S. Grant, sleeps in moso
leum, on the banks of the classic
Hudson, that rivals the pyramids
of Egypt in grandeur. And his
name stands at the very head of the
greatest military leaders of the
world.
1t was on the 7th day of June,
1861, that Cincinnati lawyer in
the prime of life, was enrolled as
one Of the defenders of his country.
BY his own intrepid heroism on the
field of battle, and the military tai
ent displayed in every task assign.
ed him, he rose to the rank of Ma
jor General. While away at the
front of his regiment, fighting for
flag, his people elected him to a seat
in the congress OF the United States,
but he refused the honor and re-
manned in the field until the last
rebel had laid down his arms,
hen he quietly returned to his
chosen profession. His people twice
elected him to congress and three
times governor of his state. On
the 9TH day of March 1877, that
citizen soldier, Rutherford B. Hayes,
was crowned with the civic wreath
of president of the republic.
In the month Of August 1861, a
college professor, moved by his love
of country, entered the United
States army. On the battlefield of
Chickamauga, he won the shoulder
straps of a Major General. At the
urgent request of Abraham Lincoln
he STEPPED from that position to a
seat in the congress Of the United
States, and finally from there to the
chief magistracy of this nation.
And today soldiers, the life OF your
old comrade, James A. Garfield, is
a most eloquent illustration of the
possibilities of the energetic Ameri
can youth born to poverty, and is
true type Of the A merican soldier.
Ayoung Indianapolis lawyer en-
tered the union army as second
lieutenant in the early part of the
war He won praise for gallantry
on many battlefields, and rose to
the rank of Brigadier- General. He
marched with Sherman to the Sea,
and continued with his brigade un-
til the army was disbanded. He
then returned to his home and the
profession he had left. His people
rewarded his sterling qualities by
electing him to seat in the United
States senate. He too, became a
national character, and on March
4th 1889, another old soldier, Ben
jamin Harrison, took the exalted
station of president of the United
States.
And it was on the 18th day Of
June 1861, that young post-of1ice
clerk, then scarcely IS years OF age,
entered the union army as private
soldier. From that moment until
the end of the war, that young SOL
der was never off duty. He served
on the stats of some of the great
fighters of the war. He won rec
ognition with his sword. Was APP
pointed Captain at the age of 81.
He was commissioned Major by
President Lincoln in 1865. When
the war ended he returned to his
home and commenced the study OF
law. For fourteen years he repre-
sented his people in the congress of
the United States, and was for two
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