Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-30

that war represented the whole people
OF the United States: and since its close
has been law-abiding and peaceful.
You may look in vain tor the names
OF these soldiers among the lists of riot
ers or disturbers of the peace. No one
appreciates the value OF law and or
der, of peace and good Viii. more than
the men who have seen the horrors OF
war. Our late president was a true
type of the volunteers of that war. No
more gentle heart has ever been stilled
by death than that of William McKin-
ley.
my old friend and comrade, Harry
l.. Spencer, in a recent visit to the Ne
cropolis at Glasgow, copied al epitaph
from a monument there which would
|apply to the life and death of Mckinley
in the fittest terms. This epitaph
should be written on ths tomb at Can
ton:
He gave his heart to his home,
His life to his country,
And his soul to his God
The bestowed man of his day. he
has gone to join the immortal Lincoln.
the COMMUNICATIVE chief OF the Grand
Army.
1T has been said that to love the
same things, and to hate the same
things, constitutes true friendship
Measured by this standard, the Grand
Army are indeed true friends. To love
our country and to hate its foes consti-
tutes the strong bond of friendship that
unites the hearts of our great organiza-
ton.
THE real hero of that war was the
private soldier. He fought for his coun-
try and not for fame. His shoulders
bore the burden of the contest, but it
was always possible for the same Shout
ders to bear the marks os promotion.
Comrades, we are growing old.
1.-The souls dark cottage, battered
and decayed
Let's in new light thru chinks that
time hath made.
I'm your declining years you may re-
ceive new impressions of good thru the
breaches in your armor made by Father
Time. There is an inspiration in age
that replaces the enthusiasm of youth.
Your aim now in civil life still remains
high.
Lone Chief said to his braves: Be
killed on hill, high up; it is dis
honor to be killed in a hollow The
high qualities which characterized
the soldiers of 1861 in the days of their
youth and vigor, animates them still.
The women of the war will always
fill high place in the history of that
period. The fathers and mothers who
parted from their sons, made sacrifices
that are incomprehensible. Forty-two
years ago many company of young
men and boys. formed in line to receive
the farewell hand shaking of their
friends and the kiss of wives, mothers
and sisters. as they then marched away
to the front, perhaps never to return.
1t is hard for us now to understand
how fathers of children left their wives
and families to go to that war. The
man whose son or daughters head was
no higher than the fathers heart and
who left parents and children alike be-
hind, made a sacrifice that the younger
man could not know or understand.
Here in Marshalltown we have in the
Soldiers Home the evidence of the love
of a grateful people. The citizens of
Iowa love the veterans of the war for
the union and they have shown their
regard in the most practical way. No
soldier of that war shall In our fair
state suffer want or discomfort in his
day of need Another Memorial Day
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