Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-07
MEMORIAL Day ORDER
Call Of the Department Com
mander to Grand Army
Posts Of Iowa.
Why Soldier Dead Should Be
Remembered by Comrades
Who Survive.
Lessons Of Patriotism for Chill
dren..A Sacred Trust for
Citizens.
,ecial to Observation-Disclosures.


Des Moines May 7-Col. Madison B.
Davis. of Sioux City. department COM
mander of the G. A. r., has just issued
the annual order to the posts of the
and it will be sent out this week from
the office of the adjutant general by DR..
George C. Newman. The order includes
a request, in accordance with national
encampment orders, that Lincoln's fa-
nous Gettysburg speech shall be read
in all posts. The following is the text
of the order relating to Memorial day:
History may abound in eulogies of
great men and great deeds, the bards
of other countries may sing of a glory
that has fled, but in the hearts of the
American people there is love and
| devotion that will go down to all gener-
ations attesting the peoples love for the
brave and the true. Next to religion
comes the cause of country. and next
l the brave true soldier who went out to
defend that country The heroism that
war engenders far exceeds the cost for
when nation ceases to produce heroes.
that nations sun is setting and it will
son be recorded with the past. A land
/ without ruins is land without mem
ory. without history. Give me the land
where ruins are spread; yes, with "a
\ grave In every spot, a name on every
grave that shall not be forgot" Tho ter
rible, war has brought about great re-
4 suits, that satisfy the aspirations of the
heart and make every man a monarch
s~, r.
the brave" For this choicest gift Of
Heaven our forefathers fought.
4 They planted that standard on the
!. bloodstained field OF this country and
4 died for the principles 1t represents.
An you, my comrades, We're the ones
that kept irviolate that sacred trust,
4 and to you all humanity goes out. You
Il are the teachers of true Americanism
When on that April morning long ago.
when old Charleston larbor was arous-
ed by the boom of cannon that swept
over the waters aimed at the stars and
4 over Fort Sumpter, and war was de-
|ivalor you displayed, what coura gee,
what tenacious endurance! 1 have
thought much of this courage and hero
4 the women of American attribute
much of this patriotism. Their sacri-
!. fees, their deep devotion and their 10y
atty, has had its influence in every con-
flict waged fer this nation. They gave
us the boys OF '76, 81 and So. The pur-
Z sue their daily avocations with one
hand and with the other clasp to their
4 breast the future soldier. They lull him
4 to sleep with anthems OF his country's
4 glory. thus giving the first great lesson
a of patriotism.
n All hail the mothers of America; the
boys of 81 Go not forget your instruc-
3 tions. and when the eventful times
came. when success repaid endurance
and perseverance,. and when one flag
j waved over all the contrasting armies,
with what manly devotion did you de-
4 part from the field of battle. This was
symbolzed in the conduct of Grant
when in silence he turned from Rich
. mond that lay bleeding at his feet.
That was the feeling which prevailed
:, when the northern soldiers first strewed
! flowers on confederate graves.
: Your love of country was clearly dis
, played when in the third year of the
& war, amid the boom and blast of cam
non at Gettysburg was heard the voice
'Eof Abraham Lincoln saying that "the
nation shall under God have y new
birth of freedom and that government
of the people by the people, and for the
people, shall not perish from the earth.
oh, veterans; you have blessed this
!, country with liberty and freedom. tho
!. thousands of precious. noble lives We're
sacreficed to gain that blessing. The
poet says, HE truly is great that leaves
! a great example" And no matter what
a mans achievements in life. they never
equal a martyrs death. The grandest
I, thing a man can do in a grand cause is
!. to die for II, as did our comrades: and
4 in grateful remembrance of their purity
:. and patriotism. Thirty three years age
John a. Logan, commander in chief OF
the Grand Army OF the Republic. inall-
Isgurated Memorial day; that on this day
of each recurring year. we, their COM
radcs. shall decorate the graves ef the
> soldier dead. with rose and with lily
!, with pine and with laurel. To US was
: comnitted this sad but sacred trust
5 with this injunction:
Tho other eyes grown dull, othe,
hands slack, other hearts cold. in this
: solemn trust ours shall remember il
) still. as long as the light and warmth
: of life remains.
], Each Both day of May we have more
: graves to decorate; each year fewer
comrades to discharge this sacred trust
and the time will soon dawn when thi:
loving task must fall into the hands OF
our fellow citizens of whom is demand,
r ed deep and loyal love of country.
1t is the duty of every man to love
Z and protect his country and keep In re,
e membrane her dead heroes for TIL,
Y dead so honored died to save govern
: ment for the people and to render tn,
e pursuit of happiness universal. beg o.
. you then comrades. look to 1t that thi!
: day is not discredited by games of spor
and holiday amusement; let all bushes,
houses and shops be closed every fiat
at half-mast-the symbol of a ratiol
mourning for a nations dead. Let thei
:. he special services on the Sunday pre-
;, ceding Memorial day. and every pos
, commander extend an invitation to tn,
Women's Relief Corps, Ladies' of tn,
! g. A. r., Sons of Veterans. Iowa Ma
;, tional Guard. Spanish war veterans
and all kindred organizations to atten,
tthese services. Enlist the children ii
this duty: let them assemble in homo
t;of the dead let them chant their sweet
; est songs, let every child place fowe
n on each grave, remembering the Sui
v never matured a rose too sweet or to,