Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-20
GRAND ARMY MEN FEWER
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should be made by municipal authori-
ties and others to prevent its desecra-
ton. The school children. upon whose
receptive minds the greatest and
deepest impressions of the sacredness
of the day will be made, should be in
vited. yea, urged to take part in these
annual services. While all fraternal
organizations should be invited TO
participate, the decoration of graves
of their deceased members, who did
not serve in the defense of the nation,
should be discouraged as being in vio-
lation of the meaning of Memorial
day and its services
The report of Inspector General +.
\. Walsh contained the following fig
ures:
Figures to Posts.
Number of posts, GIL, a loss of );
members in good standing, 255,100,
| loss of 9162; aggregate of post relief
| funds, $3OO,O69. an increase of $2j.1S5;
aggregate expenditure by posts for
| relief. $15S,666, a decrease of S6O.513.
| The post quartermastcrs and trustees
have on hand S1O4.s7S. The value of
the property owned by the posts is
| $1,S15, Jos"
Yesterdays Parade.
San Francisco, Aug. 2O.-Tcn thou
sand survivors of the civil war passed
in review. marching TO the martial
tunes that inspired them to endeavOr
forty years ago. Above the national
colors borne by every marcher proudly
hoatcd torn and tattered flags. These
1
/ gait, were eloquent reminders of the
sorrow and glory of war. Unlike the
| parade of Tuesday with the quick
marching line of youth, this procession
was the measured and steady tread Of
age. AS the different divisions marched
along waves of sentiment passed over
murchers and spectators. There were
many still vigorous in line, but they
waited for their weak comrades, and
| the column halted often on its two
| mile course.
| Some Made Their Last RIurch.
Its my last march," said many a
| grizzled veteran as he started out. 1T
| is now or never. and 1 am going to
try" One bent old ban, 40 years of
age, with the Wisconsin delegation,
could not be disSuadcd. His gait grew
slower from block to block, and he
would have fallen had he not been
| held up by two of his companions.
Two civilians stepped from the spec
tatorS and led him out of the line. In
| the long line were men from every
| corner of the nation. Veterans Who.
| perhaps. had enlisted from Maine or
some other far away state wore the
! badges of western commonwealth,
showing the growth of the nation they
| fought to keep intact. OF all the states,
California excepted, the one that had
the largest number in line was Hi
nois. but Ohio was a close second.
All the Delegations Bore EmbIems.
Almost every delegation had its en-
blem-Ohio its buckeye, Connecticut
a wooden nutmeg, Minnesota a loaf of
bread, and so on indefinitely. There
was something distinctive to each
group. The men from Vermont, the
Green Mountain State" bore line
of seven green banners, each contain
ing a letter, the whole spelling the
name of the state. Noted at the head
of the procession rode a veteran on a
bicycle Whenever the marchers halt
ed he circled around like an expert
and kept pedaling away with the ease
of a boy until the line moved on again.
A gray-headed bugler sounded the calls
for the Ohio delegation, and every time
he blew a blast the crowd cheered.