Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-12

sIpublic, the widows and orphans of those
! who have fallen, in various ways, near
4 " $4,000 Goo. 5 5s.i
LADIES OF THE q. A. r.
4 The Ladies of the q. a. r. are coat
posed of the wives, mothers. sisters ana
4 daughters or the comrades of ths Grand
Army Of the Republic. Thes. are a
i separate, distinct and independent orr
ganization by themselves.
i They We're organized at Guthrie,
Me-, in the year 1885. and have grown
to be a very strong organization. I'm
4 der the Wise leadership of their most
Z esteemed national president they have
added many circles to their order. MY
4 every request upon this organization
! during the past year has been cheer
i fully complied with, and they contrib-
/ uted S295.S6 to the southern memorial
1 fund, and have rendered valuable ass
sistance to our order in many ways
3|$lnAthe public schools. assisting at me-
4 mortal services, and in the large sums
i donated to homes for the aged vet
Grams and their families, to the Menl-i
4 orial university of Iowa, and many
4 other charities They have merited our
consideration and are entitled e. to &c, 4
ceive our acknowledgment and thanks.
i To its national president ! am under
| blasting obligations for an active ear.
nest and hearty support.
DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS.
This organization, as is stated by its.
name, Is composed of our own daush-j
! tiers. 1t originated with five girls on a
| Memorial day In 1855, after they, had
returned from a cemetery where they.
had taken part in the memorial eXer-5
Scises, and at Quincy. ILL.,, in 1880. with
1874 members they organized national
department. although they had at that
| time the sum of only s32.s5 in their
treasury. Their growth has been steady,
and at the twenty ninth national en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic held in Chicago, Ill, cordial
Welcome was extended to the Daugh-s
| tiers Of Veterans, and all departments
and posts We're requested to accept
their services. The tents take great
interest in the soldiers homes. where
frequent visits are made anl enter
|3tainments given. Atthe home at Chel-i
ment supplies the needs in q ward of
2S beds. which lis named The Daugh-
ters of Veterans, Ward. De, HI
This organization has grown untilsit
has become a strong one and under the
wise leadership of their accomplished
and energetic national president their
growth has been phenomenal during the
past wear. N, so III I'M Il
SONS OF VETERANS.
Il have given much thought and at
ftention to this organization during the
past year. They were first organized
as ascadet corps. Aug. 81, 1878. ut a
meeting Of Anna NJ. Ross, Post No. "a
q. A. r., of Philadelphia, Pa Other
corps were organized. Afterwards their
name was changed to Sons of Veter-
ans, and camps and divisions We're
formed In different departments. Final
ly in 1886 all of the divisions of the
various departments We're consolidated
under the title4of Sons of Veterans, W.
S. A., and they have grown to be a
strong organization 3S
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
] have been approached many times
during the past year and have received
many communications from members
of the Grand Army or the Republic
and our late opponents, United Con-
federate Veterans, in relation to re-
unions of the two organizations; the
| erection of twin monuments upon
| the battlefelds; union services upon
! Memorial daY. and other mat ers of
I like kind.
| Il did not hlsltata MS tile representa-
tive of the Grand Army of tho Republic
| In Directing to twin monuments upon
the battlefields, the one to the blue
! and the other to the gray. In all 9TH
4 er matters of this character have
4 suggested and recommended that ques,.
| lions of this kind should be submitted
| to the Grand Army of the Republic at
it's encampments by way of resolu-!
lions or otherwise.
| Inc ,ft a hn frY,c &c t,nt1f ,inr nf
| the G.. A. r. and the U. c. v. for 1910,
at Washington, d. c., strongly urged
| by comrades of the Grand Army Of
| the Republic and the United sConfed-
| crate Veterans, and this reunion has
been strongly urged and recommended
by comrades and the press Of the
northwest. Another, Is by the survi-5
Nors of the Philadelphia Brigade of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
survivors of Pickett's division for re-
| union of the two armies at Gettysburg
| on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle
of Gettysburg upon that historic ground
in the year 1913.
To these suggestions and others |
have been opposed to binding the
Grand Army of the Republic, and while
| I am in favor of reunions by the
survivors of the two armies, upon diff
ferent occasions, feel that 1t must al
ways be by them as American citi-
| ZeIlS hllu fuUlteuf WIFI Tie one OD1eCC
| and aim of preserving and perpetual.
ing the government of our fathers
under the one f1ag-the flag of Wash
| ington--the flag which never has and
| never will brook defeat. And that upon
1 such occasions no SO called flag, which
| never had legal existence, should
cast: even a shadow upon its glimmer-
ing folds as 1t floats in the blue azure
| of heaven.
| Resolutions of this character will un-
doubtedly be presented to this encamp-
| ment for your consideration and in
| vite your careful attention to the same.
| In conclusion, 1 desire to say that this
| year has been the most memorable and
most pleasant Of my whole life. have
been greeted everywhere by the COM
rades and others with the greatest cor
dlality, and the pleasure which has In