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

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both sides was most pleasant. j made
no apology for being in Atlanta. in a
southern state, but appeared as an AM
erican citizen who had a right ut all
times to appear in any part of TINS
country so long as he obcyea the laws
of tfle8land; and in 2concluding my re-
marks said to Gen. Evans, commander
5in-chiefo of the United Confederate Vet
Grams, that representing the Grand
Army of the Republic as | did. and
addressing hir1&as the commandment
chief of the United Confederate Veter-
ans, 1t should be our aim and our pur-i
pose, as American citizens, to uphold
and maintain the government of our
fathers and its institutions, govern
Ement of the people. by the people and
for the people. and under one flag, the
nag of our Union--tlle only flag that
was or ever has been recognized In
this country CT. ever, would be: flag
that had never known defeat and never
would know defeat5-the flag of s,nited
America, and of our Union forever ant
forever; and upon these principles and
sentiments. In the presence of our
respective followers, We clasped hands.
amid the great applause of the entire
audience
i met the Confederate Veterans again,
lin Denison, Tex, and at g public
lneetine there divided the time with
them upon the platform. ! met them
also In Birmingham, Ala, at public
AT the encamplncnts OF
those two departments and In both
cities 1 found a most generous display
of our flag by the citizens In honor of
the G. A, r. encampment in those
places. And II am satisfied from all
that ] could see and hear and learn
that the men who stood upon the firing
lines in the southern confederacy n lad
enough OF the war and were anxious
and willing to support the government
of the United States of America under
Its flag. and that were It not for others
who did not participate In that great
struggle. but who are still laboring to
keep alive the lost cause, there would
be no difficulty In cementing the bonds
of5union between the north and south
NATIONAL CEMETERIES
Upon an examination of the list
of national cemeteries PREPARED In
the office of: the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
oral Of the war department., bearing
date June so, 1906, before any of the
Spanish War veterans We're inferred
therein I find that there were ms
tered In the national cemeteries
353,385 comrades, of whom 201,2S2$ 4
marked '.unknown..n OF these inter-
,ments $500 are of Confederates who
are Interested in the national ceme-}
teris ut Camp Butler. cypress Hills
Finn's Point Fort Smith, Hampton
Jefferson Barracks and Woodlawn. n
OF this number of interments, find
that 109,132 are Inferred in the Gene
teries Of, the Northern States, or states
which did not join the Southern Com
4federacy. OF this number 20,376 are
Inferred in the cemetery at Arlington,
Virginia, leaving the number of in-$
3terments in the Southern or Confed-5
crate states in the national gcemeterles
pa, 153. I have been thus particular
In giving YOU these figures that some
action may be taken by this encamp-.
ment. or some future one not too Tar
distant, with view that some arr
rangement may be made for the prop
er observance of Memorial Day and
the strewing Of flowers upon our de-.
ceased 5comrads graves In the SOUTH
ern departments when the departlnents
Eof the South will be unable 70 per-
form that duty. 4
ADJuTANT GENERALS REPORT
The consolidated reports Of the as s.,
sistant adjutarlt generals ending June
80 have not all been received, hence tne
adiutant general cannot tabulate and
consolidate them for the benefit OF this
scncampment, 1t Is Impossible to state
our numerical strength on June 80. 1901
The national encamprnent reports for
several years have been based upon the;
reports OF the assistant ad1utant gen
erals as of Dec. 81 preceding the nation
al encampment, and this report Is based
upon the reports of Dec. 81, 1908.
On Dec 81, 1907, by the report Of
my predecessor and his adju-
tant general, the members IN
good standing of the Grand
Army of the Republic num-
~ -lbered ---so' ~
The number remaining upon the
suspended list at that date
numbered 4. /. Z. 8. IS. ,.5 1s4s9
Making a total number in good
standing and suspended on
dec. 81, 1907 !. ......l..... a3s646
BY the consolidated report of
the adjutant general for this
encampment there We're re-
manning in good standing on
Dec. 81, 1908 $3.50. 220, 6l6
The number remaining suspend