Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-05-18
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81. Paul April q. 1903.
I, nemorial Day. Noy 18th, tho
saceed day Of tie 0raud Aray Of the
Republic 10 close @ hand. ItD obsor-
vance % 9 saored day to every Gur-
viving veteran az the civil var. aud
the people of this great nation are
IN he1Sty sympGthy with 10 in hon
.o9iu9. the 1s0ogy q all our COM
rades who have pa1Ded into tho 0ys-
tseies Of the v1st beyond. and are
ready to assist 40 in properly observ-
Ing the day.
They expect %. however. to head
In tho Observance. We should without
delay formulate out plans.
the w Women Rsiisf uosps. tie Ladies, IS
Of the q. A. R., and the Sons Of Vet
Grams. should b sought for. and the
children In our schools should 20 in.
terested. espeei sly n procuring the
flowers necessary. Active partioipa.
tion in these Memorial Day exercises
viii prove an object lesson to them.
which viii make them mindful OF
this day, whom Ne shall ourselves DO
sleeping beneath the sod.
Care should be taken, that the
grave of every loyal soldier is marked
with the flag he defended with his
life when it was axailed. and that
flowers are strewn upon 1t on this
Memorial Day.
It ID . very sweet custom to strew
flowers upon the lakes or streams In
your vicinity In memory Of the sailors
whose remains were left in the water
where they fought, and this should
not be neglected.
II. President Lincoln's Gettysburg
address, which has become q classic
in American Literature. should be
read at every Memorial service and
Post Commanders are directed to see
that this is done.
It will be found in National Order
No. enclosed herewith.
III. Sunday. May 27th, will be
observed as memorial Sunday. and it
is hoped that every post Will attend
divine worship in some church. Pas
tors of churches will be found not
only willing but anxious to prepare
an address appropriate to the COCA
sion, and the congregation will glad.
~ welcome you to this service.
~. It has become the custom for
patriotic services to be held In all our
schools on some day previous to Mem.
DIAL Day, usually the Friday before.
There Is no sure way of instilling
patriotism into the minds of the
coming generation than this, and the
Department Commander directs that
every post sees to it that comrades
are detailed to thus attend the school.
Elaborate addresses are not expected
or desired. The simple recital of
some personal experience In the war
will interest and instruct.
Y. It has been customary to dis.
play all flags at half mast on Memoir.
al Day, but at the National Encamp.
ment held at Denver. it was suggested
by the committee on rules and ragu-
ulations that they should be thus DIS
played until noon, and then at full
mast. This il in accord with the rule
observed on all U. 8. government
buildings.
VI. Enclosed will be found q blank
port chaplain's report together with a
return envelope. If post chaplains
Will read this blank over and become
familiar with the questions to be an
sWered. and then make it out imme-
diately, they will lind little difficulty
in giving to the Department Chaplain
the information required.
If the post has no Chaplain, the
commander should see that either the
adjuta"t or some other comraie does
1t, and then forward to these Head.
quarters at once.
VII. It is suggested that your local
papers will gladly publish this order
if they are asked to do 40, and the
whole community will thus be inter
ested.
By command Of
~ 9-. LEVI LONGFELLOW,
Official: Department Commander.
ORION s. CLARK,
Asst. Adjt. -Gen,l.
Tins TrQftnn whn on1iefo6 IN tn.