The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-09-04
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coMMANDER-IN-cHIEF TORRANCE
ISSUES AN APPEAL TO VET
ERANs OF THE G. A. r.
HOME FOR EX-CoNFEDERATES


Asked to Contribute, individually or
as Posts, to Provide Shelter for
Needy Veterans Of the South-Be-
Iieves Proposed Action surest Way
to Complete Unificatlon of Country.
Minneapolis, Sept. 2.-Judge Ell Tor
rance of this city, eoNMapder-in-chief
of the Grand Army OF the Republic,
has issued an appeal to the veterans of
the North to contribute to fund for
building home for the disabled South
ern veterans. He calls attention to the
fact that no provision has been made
for the care of the aged Confederates,
except such SIS has been made by pub
lie spirited citizens il the South. He
believes that his comrades hold as
next to the men that fought by their
sides the brave soldiers that faced
them. .-s
A home for Confederate veterans is
being built at Mountain Creek, Ala.
He appeals to the members Of the G..
A. r. to aid in the erection of the home
as one of the surest ways of complet-
ing the unification Of the country. HIS
address to the veterans of the North
is: '''' a'.'.'' 's'' .'... ....''''tt -
I'm April last I visited the depart.
ments of Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana
and Mississippi and Texas. ..a..s.sr
"My visit was in every respect de-
lightful one, but most gratifying of all
was the cordial good feeling found
existing between the Union and Con-
federate soldiers. anrm without
hesitation that among the
Best Friends Of Our Comrades
In the South are the surviving ex-Con-
federates. This friendship is based
upon the mutual respect which one
good soldier has for another. and had
it not been for the bronze button
would have often been unable to dis
tinguish between the blue and the
gray, for the cordial welcome extend
ed by the one was equalsd by the gen.
erous hospitality proffsrsd by the 9TH
er. In all my journey l found no se"-
tioral lines, sullen faces or closed
doors Ole marked contrast, however,
distinguishes the surviving soldiers OF
the two armies. The national govern
ment has properly made generous pro-
vision for her defenders, but whatever
aid the ex-Confederates receive must
come from their more fortunate com.
rades, or from the municipalities in
which they reside and while the PEG.
pie of the South have in spirit
worthy Of the highest praise done
much to relieve their necessities, the
nations wounds" have not yet been
fully bound.
"At the close of the war the South
ern people were too impoverished to
make adequate provision for those who
suffered from disease and wounds, and
the result was that many a Confeder-
ate soldier
Ended His Days in the ALmshouse,
and was buried in a paupers grave.
when at Montgomery it was my
pleasure to meet Colonel J. M. Falk-
ner, district attorney for Alabama, for
merly an officer in the Eighth Confed-
crate cavalry, who for some time past
has been earnestly directing his efforts
toward the erection of Confederate
home at Mountain Creek, Chiffon
county, Ala. The erection of the first
cottage was commenced April last
on forty acres of land donated by Colo.
mel Falkner, and today two comforta-
BILE cottages have been completed,
which shelter seventeen old Cenfed-
rate soldiers, not enc of whom could
earn living in a land of plenty
against the competition of child.
''The plan is to build forty of these
cottages, that many or more being re-
quired to accommodate these whose
disabilities are total. My purpose in
writing this letter, and It is the last
one shall address to you as command
er-in-chief, is to afford the members of
the Grand Army of the Republic, in
dividually or as posts an opportunity
to contribute to the shelter of these
demeanor and the accomplishing sol
dierly way in which they
Bear Suffering and Privation,
render them worthy of our respect and
sympathy, and it becomes privilege
10 assist in making their last days COM
Portable.
81 know of no surer or shorter way
to complete unification of this coun-
try in purpose and feeling than the
highway of kindness, and believe it's
extreme outposts should be jointly
held by the surviving soldiers of the
armies of Grant and Lee.
"Ths old order 'to kill has given
place to the gentler command to
make alive and for the bitter contest
forever ended at Apponaattox has been
substituted perpetual contest of good
will and patriotic devotion to a COM
mon country. Ibelievs is is within the
power of the surviving soldiers of the
great war to make fraternity a nation
al anthem, loyalty national creed and
charity national virtue.
my comrades, as we grow older our
hearts become more gentle and tender,
and next to the conrade who stood by
our side is the brave soldier who faced
us. n sg
Contributions should be forwarded
to Colonel j. M. Falknsr, Montgomery,
Ala, who will acknowledge receipt and
gladly furnish such additional informa-
ton as may be desired"
Statue Of Ex-Governor Flower.
i, WATERFOWL, N. Y, Sept. "A statue
or the late Ex-Governor Roswell Flow.
er was unveiled here during the day Z Z