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The National tribune., 1908-05-21
NsTITUTING THE DAY.
Cemmander-in-Chief Losan's Order
Creating Memorial Day.

Headquarters Grand Army of the Re-
public, Washington, d. c., May s, 1868.
General Orders, No. Il.
]. The 30th day of May, 1868, Is des-
ignated for the purpose of strewing
with flowers or otherwise decorating
the graves of comrades who died in
defense of their country during the late
rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in
almost every city, village and hamlet
church yard in the land. In this OBJ
servance no forpr of ceremony is pre-
scribed, but Posts and comrades will
in their own way arrange such fitting
services and testimonials of respect as
circumstances may permit.
We are organized, comrades, as our
Regulations tell us, for the purpose
among other things, "of preserving and
strengthening those kind and fraternal
feelings which have bound together the
soldiers, sailors and marines who united
to suppress the late rebellion" What
can aid more to assure this result than
by cherishing tenderly the memory oi
our heroic dead, who made their breasts
q barricade between our country and
fits foes? Their soldier lives were the
yeveille Of freedom to a race in chains
and their deaths the tattoo of rebellious
tyranny in arms. We should guard
The National tribune., 1908-05-21
MEMORIAL DAY
SELECTIONS.

The Soldiers Sabbath Day-The 30tb
Day of May.
(By Cyrene E. Morris. Co. C, Sd Mo. Cav.
Coon Rapids, Iowa.)
A remnant band of an army grand,
On crutch and cane depending,
To camp of rest on the lone hills crest.
Their weary way are vending.
Loyal and true they wear the blue,
Tho age their forms are bending.
Times iron heel they wearily feel.
And the heat Of the sun descending.
AS last of May Is passing away,
The soldiers Sabbath closing,
They seek the graves OF fallen braves.
Who lie in camp reposing.
Here and there on the Summer air.
A flag it's lone watch keeping,
Waves at the west of low graves
crest,
To mark soldier sleeping.
At word Of command they reyerent
stand,
Each one his blue cap raising;
With badge on each breast they stand
at rest,
On grave Of comrades gazing.
And as they surround the lowly mound,
Chaplain the service reading,
He offersa prayer. for each one there
1g iQYA YAapa&ssE2sst plesding..
Muffied the hum of.Afe and drum
On this sd daye sxpiE3nfs
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And each small squad of CorporaPs
guard,
Salute to the dead are firing.
They fire a shot Ger the hallowed spot
AS of old when a soldier, dying,
Laid down his life on the field Of strife,
To keep Old Glory flying.
AS in tender showers they drop their
flowers,
With tears for those who slumber,
This thought you may trace on each
sad face,
Who next will fall of our number?
And who with tears in the coming years
VIII soothe the last one dying,
Or garland the mound as sacred ground
Where the last Rear Guard is lying +?
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total
Prisoners of War.

II will be seen that Col. Fox carefully
excluded from his enumeration Of cas-
ual..es the number Of those who died
in Southern prisons. This is because all
obtainable figures as to these deaths
are highly unsatisfactory. The Confed-
crates had only imperfect reports from
great mass Of them they had hone at
all. AT the conclusion Of the War-to
be exact. July 18, 1s66-Gens E. A.
Hitchcock, Commissary-G General of. Pris-
ons, reported to Secretary Stanton in
response to a resolution: Of inquiry by
the House of Representatives.. At that
time the. War Department had reports
In Southern prisons. These, he went on
to state, Included only those at Ander-
sonville, Salisbury, Cahaba and Dahville
There were constantly being found
graves of prisoners of which no reports
had been made, one instance being SIC
discovered by the Christian Commission
The statistics gathered by the Shanks
Committee in 1868 gave the number
found up to that date as 36,401. This
was confessedly inconclusive and the
present belief is that the number OF
Union soldiers who died while in cap
tivity or Immediately after their release
will reach 10000.
Confederate Strength and Mortality.
The Confederates had probably ovel
100000 men in the field, and their loss
is far more of problem than the Union
loss, owing to the fact that the Confed.
crates had SO few records, and these
are go Unreliable. We have to rely
mainly upon the statistics which have
been gathered by the historians of the
several States, but these are far from
having the completeness and reliability
hoped for. So far $1,000 Confederate.
are known to have, been killed and 21,-
b70 to have died ofWounds. This would
make total of 1850, which Is prob
ably so per cent below the reality, and
something more than 100000 must have
been killed during the war. There j!
the same unsatisfactory condition as tc
the statistics of those who died from
disease. We have only reports of abou
10000, where probably the real mum
ber was treble that figure. The stats
tics so far given are of as little account
as can be imagined. For example, Nortf
Carolina, the statistics of which were
in much better shape than those of any
other Southern State, reports abou
2e,a00 killed in battle and 20.602 diet
from disease. AS North Carolina hat
about 0,000 men in the Confederate
service, these figures will approximat,
the truth. On the other hand, Alabama
which had approximately as man,
troops in the field as North Carolina
reports only 552 killed, 190 died o.
wounds and 724 from disease. Their,
are similar glaring discrepancies in the
figures given for all the other Confeder
ate States
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And showed the foe at Fredericksburg
living line of blue;
These are the men who long ago
charged Vicksburgs grim redoubt,
And saw upon the Southern plains their
comrades mustered out.
Who like a wall at Shiloh stood before
the men in gray.
And waved aloft on Lookout's brow the
flag that floats to-day.
These are the men CT Petersburg, of red
Antietam's plain,
The men who followed Farragut and
won upon the main,
Who rode and fought with Little Phil
and swept Virginia bare,
Whose shouts upon Atlantas field with
triumph filled the air:
These are the men who cut swath with
Sherman to the sea,
And saw that April sun go down upon
the cause of Lee;
Aye, these are they who saved our land
on many a field of fame.
And gave it in the Old Worlds thoughts
prouder, grander name.
To-day how thinned is every rank; to-
day how slow they tread!
The National tribune., 1908-05-21
NATIONAL

DC L
When nns sp51ns 51nss1as 5stnrnf- with bud leafe'
To cover with gariahds the brave ana
Love hallows tie tributes laid on each
Whether their, g4rstnents were gray
or were bIue
When songbirds are singing. and flowers
Where bright sparkling waters glide
We scatter spfing'sa treasure without
stint or MEASURE,
For those wh0, gave. all that our land
might be FIFE.
Bear with, hSSf flowers our beautiful
Honored "oldd Glory" the boast of
the free;
Emblem most sacred, a token that ever
Steadfast in memory this Nation shall
be.
The flag in its glory shall whisper the
story,
While lilies breathe peace and roses
speak love;
Their requiem sing sweetly, o. sea wind.
and meetiy, 'aa r-7
For Honor is guarding their bivouac
above.
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The soIdier-saiIor Dead.


tBy Elizabeth Robbins Berry,
Silent they rest in the caves Of the
ocean.
Heroes whose deeds we remember to-
day;
Neither elegy, dirge, nor grave their
portion
When their lives went out in the heat
Of the fray.
No flags mark the places, no mounds
furnish traces,
Where our dead Of the navy in quiet
Above them no weeping disturbs their
calm sleeping,
For Of kindred not one their resting
place knows.
Bravely they died, and the heart Of the
Nation
They gave Of their best to unite and
save,
Thrills at the thought OF their self
abnegation,
Leaving their all to meet death on
the wave.
An uncounted number they peacefully
slumber,
Forgotten the clash and the din OF
the strife;
While annals Of glory still tell US the
story,
How. cost never counting, each gave
l-AR his n1e:
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MEMORIAL DAY Law.
Rules, Regulations and Decisions Gov
erning the Observance.


erning the Observance.
The following are the G. A. r. Rules
and Regulations and the decisions Of
the Commanders-in-Ch as to the OBJ
servance of Memorial Day which are
the laws Of the Order:
''The National Encampment hereby
establishes Memorial Day, to be OBJ
served by the members of the Grand
Army of the Republic, on the 30th day
or May Annually, In commemoration of
the deeds of our fallen comrades. When
such day occurs on Sunday, the preced-
ing day shall be observed, except where,
by Legislative enactment, the succeeding
| day Is made a legal holiday. when such
| day shall be observed. V.
Article IA, Rules ard, Regulations.
Resolved, That the Commander-in-
Chief be requested to issue a General
Order calling the attention of the Off
GERS and members of the Grand Army of
the Republic and of the people at large
| TO the fact that the proper designation
of May 80 is Memorial Day, and to re-
quest that it may be always SO called"
National Encampment, 1882.
| "Inasmuch as there have been some
differences of opinion as to the intent
and meaning of Memorial Day, this En-
campment hereby calls attention to the
language of Chapter V, ArtKIe IA, of
the Rules and Regulations, and there
| fore, Resolved, That the Grand Army
of the Republic seeks thus to preserve
the memory of those only who fought
in defense of the National Unity."-Na-
| tional Encampment, 1877.
81. Memorial Day-Observance of
Memorial Day is obligatory.
| %. Private circumstances may excuse
a comrade from the observance, but a
Post that fails or refuses should be
subjected to discipline.
| "3. Where a Post fails to observe the
day, it is not obligatory on member
of the Post.
-. The manner or form Of the OBJ
servance is left to the Posts.
'5. Neither the Chief
nor the Department Commander have
any authority to prescribe a plan for
the observance of Memorial Day.
ommander-in-Chief's ruling, 1873.
The National tribune., 1908-05-21

See the battle-shot and SCARED
Grim old figures step along,
Heroes of a wars petard,
Men who heard the bullet song:
Men who caught the lightning shaft
of war within their living breast.
Who heard the screaming shell, and
laughed,
Who dared the danger and the rest.
See them march to where the head
OF some comrade, peaceful there,
Reposes in that realm of dead,
Dreaming dreams beyond compare;
See them march unto the drum,
Somber. mufIied. mournful drum
Tar-r-rum, tar-r-rum,
Tar-r-rum, dunn, dunn!
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The. Unknown Dead.


(By Elizabeth Robbins Berry,
Above their rest there is no sound OF
weeping,
Only the voice of songbirds thrills
ii the air;
Unknown their graves, yet they are in
Gods keeping, ..-~- -- 80
There are none missing" from His
tender care.
He knows each haIlowed mound, and
at His pleasure
Marshals the sentinels of earth and
sky; @
Ger their repose kind Nature heaps her
treasure,
Famed by soft winds which round
them gently sigh.
Bravely they laid their all upon the
altar
Counting as naught the sacrifice and
pain.
Theirs but to do and die without fal-
Ours to enj, y the victory and the
gain. ~
They are not lost; that only which was
mortal
Lies meath the turf o'erarched by
Southern skies;
Deathless they wait beyond the heaven
ly portal,
In that fair land where valor never
dies.
In the great heart of coming genera
tions,
Their fame shall live, their glory
never cease;
Even when comes to all earth's troubled
Nations
Gods perfect gift of universal peace
Memorial Day.
tBy w. W. Dilworth, Rock Island, I'D
Tar-r-rum, tar-r-rum,
Tar-r-rum, dunn, duml
Hear the pulse-beat, of the drum!
How it sends its vibrant thrill
In the stirring martial way.
From the crown of Bunker Hill '9'7'f-Y
To the Spaniard s last foray;i 'sni,o
How it quickens thefold hearts
Marching with the rythmfc tread
Out to where the biuebell starts @rh4t
Upward from the sleeping dead. %
Hear the rolling vibrant drum:
Tar-r-rum5 tar-r-rum,
''s Tar-r-rum, dunn, DUN! r'aa
The National tribune., 1908-05-21

TRIBUNE has acquired all the remaining pictures
Andenvle Prison We did not buy them SELL
be with The NATIONAL Any
TnUsn and paying for packing and postage picture
subscriber send along subscription and in either
40 pay for packing and postage The picture
absolutely free We only ask that send the 40 for
packing and postage
When the hundred copies that have hand gone
lit will be impossible the plate has been destroyed
and they will become that they be obtained
any reasonable REQa
The National tribune., 1908-05-21
FAc ms1.1il.E q OF THE ORIGINAL DRAWING.

The picture Of Andeonvle by Comade Thomas ODea drawn
memory the best pictorial that terrible
pen. fidelity only the lines of the stockade and the
the interior of the prison. but the dead
house, burial Of the thick coming dead and other
The National tribune., 1908-05-21
Memorial Day.


(By Martha r. Grant, Norwich, Vt: to
the tune of John Browns Body.)
We're bringing sweetest flowers for the
soldiers lowly grave;
We're bringing them in memory of the
land they died to save;
We've gathered them from meadow,
from the hillside and the plain,
On this Memorial Day.
Glory, glory to our soldiers,
Glory, glory to our soldiers,
Glory, glory to our soldiers,
On this Memorial Day.
We've gathered many a buttercup and
violet SO blue,
Forget tme-nots and roses and the pure
white lily, too;
We've bound them all together for our
soldier boys so true,
On this Memorial Day.
Chorus
The starry, flag is waving DER each 81
lent sleeper's head;
We bring the lovely flowers with a slow
and reverent tread;
Our cheers for soldiers living and our
tears for soldiers dead,
On this Memorial Day.
Chorus
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ORDER BLANK.

ORDER BLANK. s.seES'
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington D. o.:
Inclosed find $140 the dollar pay for gears su5psion
and the 40 cents packing and postage Thomas ODeas And
sonvlle Prison picture.
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dents which ndiby impressed the of all those who
there The picture artsa executed and upon
preached other attempt Andonve pcure
Comrade ODea for long time in Andersonv
had the artistic ability put the that there
The Washington times., 1908-10-08
COLUMBIA ROAD
RESIDENCE SOLD
Joseph M. Carmody Receives
$4,000 for Brick and
Stone House.

Joseph n CarmOdy the builder. has
sold the large residence at The south
east corner Of Fourteenth street and
Columbia road northwest, TO a Govern
ment official. who paid $1,000 there
for. The purchaser viii OCCUPY tha
house as his home The sale was made
through the Office Of Stone & Fatrfax-
The dwelling IS Of brick and stone
construction, has three stories and con-
crete cellar. and is heated By hot water.
II contains twelve rooms and two baths.
II has q frontage Of about fifty feet
on Columbia road. extending 100 feet
on Fourteenth street The first hoor
OF the house is finished in hard wood.
Mrs Maude Davis has sold four new
twO-stOry brick buildings. numbered
1904 70 12l0 Water street. between II
and y streets southwest. 70 Mrs. Jo-
sephine Gassenheimer. The considera-
ton was $500 The first floors Of the
buildings are occupied for business DUP
poses. and the upper as apartments
The new owner viii hold the properties
as an investment The sale was made
LnIOugl the office Of Willige, Gibbs &
ton with T. Richold.
Inc deed has Jeen recorded trans
terrlng from Charles T. johnson. trus-
tee, lot % Of block 2 IN FrIendsbI,
delglts, 20 Eustace G. Blake, for s.. sol
p francis saul eC al have sold %
Acella J.. Slipp, lot I. in square Z7Os. in
ot-l AC--L-OEs 1Or 500.
The Washington times., 1908-10-08
REALTY TRANSFERS.

1923 Linden place northeast-LJuis
GUndling 70 Henry Euell, lot 327, square
I4Z7 Corcoran street northwest-John
Weaver ct uX-, Alice NJ, to William IL
and Louisa r. Fortune, lot Sc, square
Us. SO.
Brightwood Park-Frances VAIN
wright TO NJ Frances H. Sayers. lot .
Manor Park-WuIiam NJ Terrell. trus-
tee, 10 Gustav I Anderson lot Il.
square 33i2. SO.
Barry Farn-JOhn Byrnes- trustee, TO
Charles Monroe, part lot .. SECTION 7, so.
Richmond Park-NOrtLWeS Washing
ton Improvement Company to John NJ
Suffrins. lot 81, square 1891, 80
Richmond Park-NOrthWeSt Washing
ton Improvement Company TO Edythe
W. Suffrins, lot y, square 1857, SO.
Ninth and O streets noTtheast-Will-
lam H PiersOn 10 Bertha T. Plerson-
sublOt g. square 81; $40.
Ingleside-LeWis T. BTeUuingeT ct uX-,
Sadie /, to Sophie 3. Rakemann, lot 20.
block Z: SO
Garfield Helghts-M. Rebecca Reid to
Cora y ROulhaC, all Of block !, $50.
Fourth and A streets nOrthwest-Dan-
iel +. Sullivan et uE-, Agnes g, 70
Carltcn NJ Be;H, lots % and So, square
$40; SO.
Fourth and Q streets northwest-Carl-
ton NJ. Beau eft uX-, Nina P, to Nora
A. Collins, lot 5, square $50; SO
Fourth and O streets northwest
Carlton NJ. Beall ct uX.. Nina p, TO
Patrick J. Collins, lot 56, square go,
Fifteenth street southeast, between
D and Z streetS-Pauliue VI. Cruppgr
to John G. Kelly, lot 4s. square 1862,
Twenty-first street and Virginia ave-
nue. nOrthwest-William q Ogle and
William A. Coils, trustees to Charles
+. Myers, lots 43 and A, square south
B street northeast. betw cen Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets-kCn-
nedy & Davis Company, Incorporated,
to Louis +. c. Heintz, lot 75, square
Clark Mills estate-Robert A. High
tower ct Ux-, Ida NJ, to Alpheus J.
Wood1ey Park-H. Rozier Dulaney
ct al, receivers, to Z Pepita Gadders,
part lot 81, square ZZO4, $2,I6O-
1928 S street nOrthwest-d6rSa Da-
Wis to George Henderson, lot 13, square
191. $40.
Twenty-sizth street, between I and K
streets northwest-George w. Marsh
to John +. Myers, part Of lot II, square
First street and Florida avenue
nOrthwest-William G. Carter ct ux.
Margaret Jane, to George Z. Stewar
lots lS6 and 100, square 551, SO
Tenth street and Massachusetts, ave
nue. northeast-Charlie E Thatcher and
Fred w. Sweeney TO trustees Of In
gram Memorial Congregational Church.
lots 3, 4, ., square $40. SO.
Tenth street and Massachusetts, ave-
nue. nOTtheast-LIllian Ackley to tr.,s-
tees Of Ingram Memorial COnerees
tional Church. lot . square go SO
Tenth street and Massachusetts ave
nue. northeast-Augusta A. Ketcba,n 81
Al to Charlie z. Thatcher and Fred W.
sweeney, lots 3, T. 5, square $40. S5.Gn2
Eighth street, between G and II sfreets
northeast-Adolph Feldross and William
j. Vonderheide, trustees, to Mary II
Nierbuchen, part lot y, square S9f: $40,
The Washington times., 1908-10-08

Garter led to the belief that the busi-
ness could be operated more econo-
ncaly and, therefore, prOdJably, II car
.led on by another concern using the
Old plant
Mr. Carter was the prime mover in
eHeclnS the new organization. As a
member OF the firm Of Golden & Co.
provision merchants, he has q practical
knOWledge Of the technical workings
OF sucn business He decided that
a new company with new buildings and
machinery, but with the old plant stfU
IN use, would be the better means OF
carrying on the business. In other
words, the new and the old business
are to be run together.
New Building Planned.
I'VE shall erect a new. foursforv
building. and have several new oil tanks
installed The contracts for this work
were awarded Tuesday There is al
ready steam machinery plant on the
site OF the Virginia StOCkyards and Alb
batOir Company.
Inc company also VIII manufacture
and sell lards. compounds and short
enings, the last named being among the
various products TO be obtained from
cotton seed oil
d" All oils viii be handled in the com
Dany's own tank cars, but the purchase
OF such rolling stock is a matter to be
some time I'm the future
George +. Sacks. the president OF
tnt new company, is out Of town and
WEI not return to the city for about
q week Upon his return. more details
as 10 the operation of the new bust
less viii be arranged"
The Washington times., 1908-10-08
MUCH TRADING DONE
IN PRODUCE MARKET
Demand for Eggs Less Ac-
tive, But Poultry Is
Steady.

Considerable activity marked the trad
ing in the local wholesale markets to-
day This viii probably be continued
tomorrow, according TO wont, as the
orders for the Saturday retail trade. con-
tiuue To arrive.
The market for eggs was quiet today.
With the coming Of cooler weather,
there has been an Improvement in the
quality Of the receipts. The strictly
fancy grades are still wanted. Poultry
was steady. Receipts were moderate
and the demand good. Cattle We're duh.
The market for veal calves was easier
and prices slightly lower Earlier in
the week the market on calves was
exceedingly strong, but the arrival Of
carload from Baltimore has sent
choice down y cent. ana ordinary grades
still lower Sheep AID lambs were IN
better demand. Vegetables were steady.
Soft fruits were IN light supply and
wanted. Apples were marked I'D 35 to
80 per cent.
The Washington times., 1908-10-08

man bride for him, but It so happened
that the prince had eyes for no one
save the fair Princess Alexandra OF
denmark His majesty first saw a
photograph of the young princess, quite
by chance and then a miniature and
forthwith fell in love with her
As usually happens In sucn affairs.
ambassadOrial wisdom had its saw IN
the matter. The British ambassador et
Copenhagen and the Danish ambassa-
dor in London were both OF the opinion
that such a match as afterward came
ABOUT would be politically advantageous
70 the two countries concerned. 1t is al
ways thus in royal marriages.
meeting Is Next.
The next step in the path Of love.
as II is conducted for royalty. is the
meeting Of the prince and princess. This
is so arranged as to bear natural air
# having happened by chance, and to
the young lady who is TO be Inspected
no mint or what the occasion my mean
Is given. A ball is arranged, or a visit
to some mutual relative takes Ulaca-
The Prince OF Wales met the princess
while he was visiting his sister. the
crown Princess Of Prussia in Germany
quite by chance"
Settlements are always prosaic items
Of a love affair. but they are OF the
hlgheSt importance in royal alliances
W hen a reigning monarch or an heir
apparent is about to be married parIfa-
ment IS asked 10 vote a sum for the
maintenance of the happy pair.-Ex-
change