The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-20

Headquarters Department OF Pennsylvania,
| Grand Army Of the Republic, $. W. corner Firth
aud Chestnut streets.
Philadelphia, May |, 1901.
General Orders No. II.
l. Two score years ago the revcrbc,ation OF
| tho first gun fired at Fort sumter and the tas
found its answer and its echo. Scarce had the
smoke risen in Charleston harbor ere the sl,rck
Of the fife, the blast OF the hurc, and the rattle
of the drum were heard on every hilltop. in
every valley, in every town and in every city,
north and west. where loyalty dwrlt. The farmer
hoy left the plough, the apprentice dropped MS
hammer. tho Office clerk put aside his pen, the
student closed his book, and forsaking the voca'
tions and pursuits of daily life, these patriotic
boys donncd the uniform of blue, araspod miiSkrt
| or sabcr and with un0ui,c,ing voices sang "lhe
Union Forever lurIal,. Boys, llnrrah,' in an
swcr TO the defiant shouts of secession and dis.
union.
-Four years of war. four years Of deadly strife.
four years of danger aid suffering, four years
OF privaions and daring. four years of devotion
to ono country and ono flag. four years OF surg
ing armies from the banks of the S,squchanna
TO the guf.washcd shores oil tho south, and from
the surf Of the Atlantic to far beyond the lovees
Of the Mississippi two great American armies
fought inch by inch, foot bv foot. the one tor
the rcrpctui,y of the American Union, the other
for its destruction During these four years tic
grand old emblem of national unity was
kept to the breeze by the willing hands aud
strong hearts of the flower OF Our loyal younI,
manhood and of patriotic youth.
On the sea, the land. brave lads VINO
wore the honorcd uniform of blue won glory and
r,nown: gallant bows who went down to the sea
in shns sang chccriIy ..Wc Will Fight for Free.
dom's Banner"
Strcwn on the oceans bottom, down deep in
the gulfs and bays. in the swanps and in the
folds ,,nfer thc ,parno]ias and beneath the
drooni,r vi,Iows l,,o,v ,hc waving grain and
tho wild Nowc,s in tho Main village churcl,
v,rd and in tho monument ,norkcd cemeteries of
Tho c;,i,s from, ,hc ,o, hound coast of Maine
ia thc shallow waters of tlc boyous Of Louisiana
f,,p, thc bo,cbcs and hIuEs of tbc majestic At.
lortc to and bcvonJ ,hc rrcat mountains. where
tbc mncrial Pacific laycs the western shores of
onr co,mt,v-undcr ,hc sod and beneath the sea-
there are s,ecpnr hundreds of thousands Of those
comrades of ours who with lis shared their pleas.
,rcs and l,clncd us endure orr priyations.
IN these comradc, with whom VIC touched cl.
bows in days of war. wc nav our loving tribute;
win, swcct aorcrs with sacred song and with
streaming fac, we will visit the silent cities of
,,c ,c,d and riyc rroisc to God that lie had
c,vcr s,,b mcn os wcrc tbc,c comrades of our,
for that crcot struggle for free America
.. An trcmblinr was fin, meadow: all crimson was
,hc rill
Tho dc,d liz in tI,c y,Icv. tb, dead lie on tho
bill.n
II In localities where tbcrc arc two or moro
no.,s tho o,,,c,s of t,c pron,r committees will
arr,n,,c io. !, divis;on of thc work IN Memorial
d,, vo,v ,,o,v os our nosts brinc. othcr orrauiz.
,ions T., io;n win, thcm IN ,hc sacred services Of
III, oo,,s;on .uJ n ie urood thar tLis bc made
universal church congregations, school children
,n;,i,,r,. and som;niI,,rv hodics and civic osso.
;o,;,rs viii ho found ,.l,J to aid in having
tribu,o to Amo,ic,', drad hcrocs