The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-06-01
? aS Ss 81 NJ. s GRAND
ARMY OF the REPUBLIC
II NAY TAKES AS cRirgslos PASSING OF
sErGRAns

WARRINGTON. p. c. June h.
fsp~efai1 -it = customary ~tsh 1s-
mortal day arataEs 70 say that "thA
RANKS 81 the lrana Army 81 the He-
Dabiie are no~ hslas thinhesz faster
~ tha fAtAEra n time taAn they
were - shgt Ard shed laftaz ths
war" AfhouNh ehis may ssEFss a biz
hleh Hsandine u gives a thua4hs for
Rejection shieh should not be sa~-si
- GUS kly.
rh@ 6sfsna Army y passing stead
~ MT a. last. u c1ufns. a. during
the battle "a gsfttabtagr. whea ever
efesa aaiun suidssfs Nere killed. bet
thaFs IL a rpuat4nt redtlrtian feaF ~
year Since tss8 there have brea
va e1f deaths among ths members
% fhs .. A. a. It. membership nos
- 81 - fhs total nnfubsf - deaths
IN tne ranks during the past year
as szea This u a very hixa death
rute eaHsaasriuk fn~ ntifnh~F - racn
m the n A. n In some years there
sers mere than IS 90 deaths IN the
ranks Gt must b borne In mind.
huNHesr that al tha surviTina union
soidisss are MT m~mt.srs - the q.
A. ~ There are ether veteran a.
snriRttg1s. but the q. A. n = fnach
larger than anr ~ The others
Here are some seeufstr figures. OBJ
tanned direct from the var depart
ment during The Fast few naYs.
During ihs var ~ the rebellion the
~hoie rafuber II dsaths ar.on4 uff-
GERS "a enlisted men IN TIE union
army "a l53.44s Tar gFaus total
number - sniisfznsnts dafiHx TIRE
War Vas ans 1e& bpi u usnaf b. re-
were q tarra number % rs-@nllst-
rusnfs n Il estimated b. tas var
department. fraun tha best dzsa Oh
tairakts. that the Hssnhsr ~ fHfivid-
uAls In service IN the union army
and navy during she rebsllian Mas
l.1i1. lss- n IL atss ssttsnAt~a ~ the
department. thai the total number
~ uulau survivors - the var = 80
5I. Prom thla u N9uid appeNf that
5iisf Tetsrsns havs diet since the
ctos~ - ttq var age nrnits pFescFib-
"a hy The regulations for enlistment
during the war = the rsbsiiisa we're
Is ard - years This was n the
North; IN ths South every healthy
male in fna land seems 90 haNe BEEN
fraftrsf into service Of courns. there
were some boys IN The uuibn army
under - years % sEs. And nan IN u
over Is The is-ysaF-oid soldiers q
fhe union army are une not .esH than
"a years q age. and tho f-yssr-oid
rnsn - tboss titneH are nos ~.
AZ the close ~ the war the union
army numbered 9a0 its but there
Sefs more Ran t.ea.oo0 others who
hed served "A vafisus times. Al no
time during the sar did the aEEre-
xata military and naval strength n
the South exceed aJs 90. The more
difficuif mart % the war was On the
side u The Norths because its people
we're naturally less military than
those - The south. and while ~ the
same time II was Obliged o. maintain
large forces Tor defense. n also soon
after the opening - the struggle. had
20 carry on most % tho uifsuslVs np-
eraiious But IN The sKErezata the
South lost 90 heavily as dId the
North in number ~ soldiers who
were killed 0r died upon the field -
battle Historians estimate that the
combined losses af both sides during
in the Warakiiied| died iu fha fnld
and permanently disabiesi-was shout
10a 600.
me nREFeFate membership ~ the
Grand Army has 81 no time exceeded
$50 00a despite the fact that All of
the union soldiers ard ssiisFz whg
were hsnorably discharged were en-
titled e. membership. Many union
soldiers have never Joined any vete-
ran association b. reason ~ lack N
opportunity. Organization Of posts
throughout the country was slow "a
first. Many are still being organized.
Ths total number Of posts In the
country IL 500.
The Grand Army was orRanizad a Z
Spin EfiFins III dnrfnR the winter ~
1868. largely through the efforts of
nr - y Stephenson. formerly sur
Rs0n Of the Fourteenth Illinois IN
fautry The FIRST post was establish
% ~ Decatur. III, In 1886. and the
nrsi national @ncampment was held
az indianapolis, November -. 1885
ne fret commander iu chief was
stephen a Huribut n Illinois. Tho
present commander IN rhief r. Gcn. !
Th5maa j stewart 0f Panusyivania. /
THrt year the national oncampment