The National tribune., 1908-05-21


western front of the armies gathering
around Gen. Lee
4 MEMORIAL DAY ORDERS.
| Continued from page three.)
emblem for those who sleep in un-
marked, unknown graves in memory
of the thousands of brave men of the
Union army and navy who sleep where
no loved hand can reach them
Let us not forget the beautiful Gus
tom of strewing with flowers the wa
ters of our bays and rivers in memory
of our sailor dead, and may we join
| with the comrades in remembering
those who went down to the sea in
ships and who rest beneath the oceans
wave"
| Especially beautiful is the General
Order of Mary Brown, Department
President of South Dakota:
| Time in It's ceaseless flight brings US
near another Memorial Day, the OBJ
jservance of whose hallowed rites is a
duty cherished by loyal hearts in men,
ory of the valor of our fallen heroes.
They gave their lives for the preserva-
ton of the Union. To this day our
comrades turn with saddened hearts
when they recall the scenes of the past
and those who fell by their sides in the
battle for liberty.
HE who conceived the thought and
gave the first Memorial Order is no
more, but as a monument to Maj.-Gen.
John A. Logan, in his devotion to his
fallen comrades stands Memorial Day.
Let us all unite with the Grand
Army in the observance of the sacred
day, and by our devotion to its inter-
ests prove that we realize the value of
the priceless inheritance bequeathed us
\ by those who to-day sleep beneath the
sod or lie buried in the deep. Let us
enlist the children in the service, there
| by teaching love and reverence for the
flag and loyalty to the country which
has been preserved at the cost of the
| lives of those for whom Memorial Day
was inaugurated. Instill in their minds
| love of country, reverence for that
country's dead defenders. and respect
! for the living veterans, whose marching
line grows shorter every year.
Especially let us not forget a fitting
tribute to the unknown dead. In all the
cemeteries of our country are there
".No tears may gem their graves from
eyes
| That know their outward semblance,
Yet not the less they rest, for God
Still holds them in remembrance.
|
"'Then for the blood that has flown
| for the right
| Crowns shall be given, untarnished and
| bright;
Then the glad ear of each war-mar-
| tyred son
Proudly shall hear the good Judgment
well DONE"
Blessings for garlands shall cover them
| over,
Parent and husband, and brother and
| lover;
God will reward those dead heroes of
And cover them over with beautiful
| flowers"
| One might expect beautiful orders
| from Lue Stuart Wadsworth, Depart
ment President of Massachusetts,, who
is the author of the Memorial Service
of the W. r. C. OF the veteran dead
she says:
''They were of that mighty host whose
daring, doing and dying kept the Re
public intact, and made possible our
present glory and greatness as a Ma
ton.
Memorial Day is the Nations Sab
bath, when, at the shrine of patriotism,
all creeds are forgotten, and we receive
into our hearts new inspiration to
duty. benediction day to all who OBJ
serve it in its true spirit and meaning.
No more impressive scene could be wit
messed than that of a great Nation.
turning away from its daily tolls, and
gathering around the graves of its de-
| tenders, strewing them with flowers and
giving expression of the love and graft
| tude its people feel toward those who
offered their lives in defense of their
country.
1 "The worthy observance of our Me-
mortal Day Is a duty every lover of
home and country owes to lofty patriot
| ism and heroic valor, 70: while our
soldier dead are voiceless. the spirit of
their sacrifice will live and inspire all
| our Nations future.
Memorial Day should become a last
| ing monument of unselfish services in
American hearts. in remembrance of
the trials and suffering thru which the
men whom we thus honor passed, as
they laid in tears and blood the un-
changeable basis of united and happy
country
| There is no brighter day in the CAL
endar than the Memorial Day of the
American people. This generation has
no sweeter duty than to increase the
| love of the people for this day, and to
advance 1t to the position of a univer-
sally accepted National anniversary. on
whose recurrence old bitterness shall be
| IorSotten, ana a great peace possess all
hearts. They whose services we honor
died to accomplish this result. Let us,
therefore. as the Auxiliary of the Grand
Army of the Republic, join with that
Organization, gathering where our heroes
are sleeping, and strew their last
couches with flowers. Thruout this De-
partment let us with praise and prayer,
with supplication and solemn pride in
all their achievements, and the great
results of their sacrifices, honor them
and bedeck them, and tell the world of
| their sacrifices and struggle for the
right
| Let us not forget those who sleep in
unmarked graves in the far Southland,
and let every Corps prepare loving
tribute for our unknown dead.
Let us remember our brave sailor
soldier dead, who sleep beneath the
oceans waves. Let us strew flowers upon
the waters, that they may share in the
honOrs we pay to the soldiers. at
"The army nurse, in loyalty, cared in
hospital and field for the dead and
wounded, and let us keep her in men,
ory.
! Let the children. who are to be the
citizens of the future, have q part in
the services Of the day.
"Let little ones bring blossoms sweet
To brave men lying low