The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-08-28

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full Of meaning. They feel that tfeir'a
is q heritage of glory. Bring the boys
nearer thea post room and they Will
form the new line of u~nion-lOying, pa
triotic men.
The responses to the general order
requesting contributions to aid COM
frades in the south In celebrating Me-
mortal day have been liberal.
The laudable effort of the g. "A. r.
to place love Of country and flag prom
|inently before the youth has reached
all parts Of the republic. The ten-
dency toward enactment OF laws df-
recting patriotic education and rever-
ence for the flag Is ~commendable.
Contributions for the home at Moun-
tain Springs. Ala, have been received
from every part of the
Wares Work is Good.
The administration Of the pension
laws. for SO many years vexatious and
unsatisfactory, seems adjusted to salts
faction. I believe the present COM
the Office honestly. justly, and yet he
Is not able to satisfy many, who feel
the government has not dealt justly
with them. The complaints are not so
numerous as in the recent past, yet
sufficient to warrant our careful atten-
ton. Complaint will never cease, nor
Will cases of injustice be entirely elm
mated, but by honest and liberal adj
mlnlstration Of laws we may reach the
minimum of injustice. Is not the time
at hand when wisdom and Justice war;
rant laws to provide a fixed pension
per month? I believe it would be wise
to appoint a committee to frame a bill
and present the same to congress, pro-
viding not less than $12 per month for
all honorably discharged soldiers. sails
Ors or marines.
The report Of the junior vice COM
mander In chief, James I. Averill, was
devoted to the federal dead who rest IN
the national cemeteries in the south.
Chaplain's Recommendations.
The chaplain in chief, d. B.. Shuey.
said In his report:
.Ihere Is a growing danger that Me-
mortal day will be used by some as q
holiday in the sense Of pleasure. and
thus lose sight of its sacred signih-
canoe. Baseball games and all kinds
OF amusements ought to be prohibited
on that day, and every effort should be
made by municipal authorities and.
others to prevent Its dissertation. The
school children, upon whose receptive
minds the greatest and deepest Inn
pressions of the sacredness Of the day
will be made, should be invited, yea.
urged to take part in these annual SER
vices. While all fraternal organiza-
tons should be invited to participate,
the decoration OF graves OF their de-
ceased members who did not serve In
defense Of the nation. should be dis
couraged as being in violation OF the
meaning of Memorial day and its SER
vices
The report Of Inspector General +.
A. Walsh contained the following fig
ures:
Number Of posts. 6.711. q loss OF s;
members in good standing, $1,000. q
loss Of 9,162; aggregate OF post relief
funds. $780, 69, All increase Of s25, 1856;
aggregate ~expediture by posts for re-
lief, s15S,666, q decrease Of $60.513. The
on hand S104, S7S. The value Of the
property owned by the posts is s1,S15,-
lOS.'
The report Of Quartermaster Charles
Burrows showed an increase in thu
total cash balance Of $2.347, q net in-3
crease of $1,696, for eleven months.