The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-05-17
AT FORT DODGE.
Memorial Day will be Observed at the
State Soldiers Home. N

Memorial Day will be Observed at the
State Soldiers Home.
The Both day Of May will be duly OBJ
served at the Kansas State Soldiers
Home under the auspices Of Victor Grand
Army Post and Its associate orders. These
societies are banded together by the as.
sociations Of the present and the memo
rles Of the past. The echo from the
guns that fired upon Fort Sumpter had
not died away 'ere we, the boys In blue,
responded to call to arms In defense OF
our flag and national unity. Loyal wo-
men as ever In the fore front OF every
worthy object, nobly assisted us in the
drrkest hour of our nations history. All
over the north there sprung up as If by
magic societies composed Of women ready
and willing 10 assist In meeting the ne
cessties Of the hour. While we, more
boys than men, did battle for freedoms
heritage, the Ladies' Auxiliary. Ladies'
Relief and other aid societies labored at
home no less valantly to "help save the
Union" Out at the front our army
nurses, unnerved by sight of blood or
mangled forms. stancheo the life flow
from bleeding arteries in our army hos
pisals. On many battlefield were
screaming missiles and bursting shells
made the stoutest hearts of men to quail,
yeh,hese noble women stood undsmayed
and performed the noblest duty. All
praise is due them, not only for the SOL
dier lives they saved but also from a
grateful republic that In no meager sense
owes today Its existence. No soldier
dared to turn his back upon the foe when
nerveo to duty by their heroic example.
To woman, loyal woman let there be no
stinted mead of praise, and honor rest
where honor is due.
Memorial Day, what II Is and why so
called. 1t 10 day especially set apart 10
recognition of our soldier dead and for the
strewing with flowers or otherwise deco
rating the graves OF those who offered
their lives on our country's altar that our
nation might live. They having paid the
full measure Of their devotion though
dead, yet still they live and Memorial
Day Is ever to be held sacred to their
memory. 1t was first directed to be OBJ.
served by the Grand Army Of the Re-
public, John A. Logan, Commander In
Chief. This was done at Washington,
d. c., May 5, 1868 and May 3Oth Of that
and succeeding years SO designated
Since that date by special enactment 1t
has become obligatory upon all Grand
Army posts to hold it In sacred observ-
ance. Not only them but their auxiliary,
the Woman's Relief Corps and all olher
allied associations, are invited and ex-
peoted to participate and assist In keeping
before the minds of the rising generation
she spirit of true patriotism. 1t is day
when fraternity, charity and loyalty
means fraternal sentiments, charitable
impulses and loyalty unlainted by trea-
son. 1t is day when Grand Army posts
aud their auxliaries, the Union Legion,
aH2the Union Vetrean Union and their
Helpers and Sons and Daughters of Vet
Ieans and all school children are given q
place In our ranks on this the one most
sacred and eonsecrated day of the year.
Consecrated in blood shed by the brave
Who are sleeping in graves watered by
tears;
Cover them over with beautiful flowers,
Cherish their memory through all coming
years.
d. D. Rose, Post Adj't.