Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-05-27
PATRIOTIC INSTRUCTORS REP oRT.
MAY 18th. 1906.

May 18th, 1906.
To the Commander and Officers Of the Department of the
Indian Territory Grand Army of the Republic:
have the honor to submit the following report;
Having been honored by the Department Commander
to appointment as Patriotic Instructor, it therefore be-
comes my duty and privilege to urge upon my comrades
Of Indian Territory to be more persistent in doing what
they can to keep in memory our flag and the principles
1t represents, %enshrined in every heart, and the flag sol
idly nailed to the mast, and impress upon the mind of
every man, woman and child the great truth that this
is my flag, the Aag of my country, then let us stand
loyalty by it.
From the best calculation we can makethere is only
living today one person out of every ten who was living
at the close of the civil war, forty years ago, and from a
careful investigation, we find that there is only about
one half of one per cent of the present population that
are veterans of the late union army.
My comrades, our days of work are over. Our sun
is setting. Our victories have been won. Our crisis is
upon us, and our glory awaits us at our last roll call,
Don't be too modest but tell the story of how We fought
at Gettysburg, and under Grant at Donelson, Shiloh, the
Wilderness, and Appomatox; with Hooker at Lookout
Mountain. Farragut at Mobile, Porter at Fort Fisher;
not only these, but the march to the sea under that great
commander, W, T. Sherman, and thousands of other bat
ties and marches, such as only American soldiers are cap
able of making.
When one takes hold of this work, the more interest
lng it becomes, the longer he is connected with it. Col.
Allen c. Blackwell, of New York City, the National Pat
riotic Instructor of the Grand Army of the Republic, has
served for years in this capacity, and is now more inter
ested in his work than even before. Its magnitude and
Importance, as well as its necessity grow upon us daily
as they surely must upon every comrade who looks at it
in the true spirit of Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty.
The new rules and regulations provide, chapter g.,
section |, that the department commander shall, immedi-
ately after entering upon his office, appoint a patriotic
instructor, and ms many assistant instructors, son the
nomination of the department p, IT, as he may deem
necessary. To com ply with the above, every post com
mander of the Department of the Indian Territory is
called upon to nominate some comrade who will aud can
send his name and full %postofice address for contirma-
ton by the department commander, and then send same
to the department 7. |.
Comrades, this department should see that the first
legislature of the new state of Oklahoma pass a flag law,
and that there should be unfurled to the morning breeze
our national colors from the top of every school house,
church, county and state house in this new state, and
that We recommend the fourteenth day of June and the
fourth day of July our regular flag day, when every build
ing, public or private. every door and win,ow, every
wagon, horse and mn!e. rvey boy and girl, and from
every other place whe'e a aag can be attached, from the
largest to the smallest Ha1, coull be displayed. then the
decoration would be complete. and this will be the most
Successful way of teaching patriotism in this broad land
Of ours,
And in conclusion. let me say | am SO glad this flag
is like the moon and stars. hung So high that no presum-
.ny hand could ever reach and pull it from the sky.
VIM. QUERY.
Tulsa, |. I.