Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-29

full Of meaning. They feel that THERE
is a heritage Of glory. Bring the boys
nearer the post room and they VIII
form the new line Of union loving, pa
triotic men.
The responses to the general order
requesting contributions to ala COM
rades in the south In celebrating Me-
mortal day have been liberal.
The laudable effort Of the q. A. II.
to place love of country and nag prom
inently before the youth has reached
all parts of the republic. The ten
dency toward enactment OF laws d.
recting patriotic education and rever-
ence for the flag is ~commendable.
Contributions for the home at Noun
tain Springs. Ala. have been received
from every part of the country.
Wares Work 10 Good.
The administration of the pension
laws, for SO many years vexatious ana
unsatisfactory, seems adjusted to satis-
faction. / believe the present COM
missioner Is endeavoring to discharge
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 ease, MOI
will cases of injustice be entirely elm
mated, but by honest n liberal adj
ministration of laws we may reach the
minimum of injustice. Is not the time
at hand when wisdom and justice ar
rant laws to provide a fixed pension
per month? 1 believe II 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, sail
ors or marines.
TIz A. r-
mander in chief, James Il. Averfll, was
devoted to the federal dead who rest In
the national cemeteries in the south.
Chaplain's Recommendations.
The chaplain iE chief, ID. b. Shuey,
said in his report:
There Is a growing danger that Me-
mortal day will be used by some as a
holiday in the sense of pleasure, and
thus lose sight of its sacred signifi-
canoe. Baseball games n all kinds
OF amusements ought to be prohibited
on hat 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 i'm
| p~ressions 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-
lIoIlS 5IlouIu pS u W poh
the decoration Of graves of their de-
ceased members who did not serve In
defense of the nation. should be dis
coureged 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. Gill. a loss of 5;
members in good standing, 255, 900, a
loss of 1892: aggregate Of post reliet
funds, $500, 069, an Increase of $25, 185;
aggregate expenditure by posts for re-
lief, $l5S, 666, a decrease of $50. 513. This
post quartermes ters M trustees have
on hand $104, S7S. The value of the
property owned by the posts is $685.
l0S."
The report of Quartermaster Charle'
Burrows showed an increase in thu
total cash balance Of $2,347, a net in
crease of 81, e96, for eleven months.