The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-05-27
The News of Carbonda1e.


Grand Army above the ties which bind
lis seem to- draw us more closely together,
and the cardinal principles of our order
have Il deeper Significance than the I'M
port of the words convey to the people
not familiar with the spirit of that conf
panionship which was tried In the IRE oil
battle, and that test OF physical COURAGE
and fortitudc, which was theirs when this
continent trembled with the tread OF u
million armed men during the dark and
bloody days from 1861 to 1860.
AS an Illustration of the deep and last
ing regard which the soldiers of Grant,
Sherman and Sheridan entertain for each
other and for the sailors and marines
who fought for the Stars and Stripes
during the war to preserve the Union, 1t
Is only necessary to call to mind any fu-
neral event in tho history of our post.
The comrades believe in the mission Of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and in
the glorious achievements OF the boys
who wore the blue.
They are willing to aid and serve each
other. 10 the best of their ability they
assist In the good work. and seek no glory
fer themselves.
They know how loyal, willing and faith
ful their comrades arc, for they have
proved 1t by the test of time Their
staying powers are maintained by deep
regard for substantial practical results.
That is :lpparcnt, for there can be no In
fusion of young warm blood. The cold
facts are shown OF the tcnCiriis OF zeal
and the flowers of enthusiasm. and .he
Grand Army OF the Republic stands the
admiration of the world because its MEM
bcrs are bound together by such unset
fish fratcrnal regard. void of social dis
tinction and commercial incentive.
Thirty-scNcn years after the disbandiig
of our great volunteer army we find nalf
IL million men cherishing the memories OF
their fallen comrades and enjoying con-
genial fellowship, made sacred by tho
recollection of past danScIa privations
and suifcrings. and verifying how sure
they were in 1866 that there was sub
stantial foundation for the ordci to rest
upon. Their children and their grand
children have inherited the same ideas.
and generations to come will pcrpetuate
the reverence and the respect which we
now bear for our honored dead whose
mounds we strew with flowers on Memo
rial Day.
The soldiers of the Union are falling
every day under the dread artillery of
Time almost us fast as they fell in 1862
and '63 and 'Gi TO that fatal fire VIC are
powerless to reply. Against that foe cur
once trusty mushets are dumb. The
sharpest sword is without point or edge
to the vewless forms which besct us in
front and flank and rear. Over those
grim barricadeS we we'll know we shall
never carry one solitary bayonet. ON
them no hand shall ever plant hostile
flag. The soldiers of those once vcto-
lious hosts must advance. and still ud-
vance without pause or possibility of le-
treat, until the last survivor shall throw
up his arms in mortal agony, and the
Grand Army of the Republic shall have
perished from the earch
Since last Memorial Day many thous-
ands of our comrades have been touched
by the icy hand of Death.
Among the number we have specially
for Major William Mckinley
who in the grandeur OF his vrity stood
the foremost man in all the world, and
who by the genius of his towering intel
lect and the franchise of his admiring
occupied the most exalted po-
stion in this nation
Last September he fell at Buffalo by
the hand of an assassin when we We're re-
ioicing in the glorious accomplishments
of our army and navy, and. he was ming
ling with his fellow countrymen at Il
great industrial exhibit where the white
winged angel o. peace seemed to hold un
disputed sway in the minds OF men, and
good will appeared to characterize every
of the people
The list of our local soldier dead has
been heightened by the names OF six who
wore the Unions blue. They arc as fol-
lows:
James c. Decker, buried at Clifford
July u. 1901.
Edmund Inch. buried in Maplewood
October 3, 1901
Luke White. buried in ST. Rose ccmc
terry, October 4, 1901.
Darius c. Benscotcr, buried in Maple
wood cemetery October %, 1901
John Martin, buried in Maplcwood cem-
,tcry April 10. 1862.
Alvah w. Daley, buried in Iaplewood
April u, 1892.
We have lying within our precinct about
Two hundred graves of soldiers which we
shall decorate with flags and flowers on
Memorial Day We realize that with
zach succeeding year there will be more
lags and flowers required on the 30th of
May. and that there will be fewer soldier
lands to do the work. But there is moth |
ng appalling in the contemplation OF this
'act.
The members of our organization do not
Iuail in the face of what is sure to come
% all who live, Death has no terror for
hem. They calmly survey the situation
md TRANQUILITY await the order to be mus
cred out
70 the dead who went down by the besom
of wrath
On the fields that with carnage were
spread
10 the dead who expired from the fights |
aftermath.
In the prison on hospital bed;
70 the dead who were called from their
duty assigned
No matter in what place. or When
And to those whom the fortunes of war |
left behind |
We accord them the honors of men.
BY order OF
John McComb Commander.
Attest: w. b. Chase. Adiutant