The National tribune., 1911-04-27
MRS. BELLE c. HARRIS,
National President Womsn's Relief
Corps Issues Her Memorial Day Or.

National President W0manS = Relief
Corps Issues Her Memorial Day Or.
der
The National President OF tho wo-
mans Relief Corps has issued her
Memorial Day order, and it will ever
rank high as a literary production. 1t
opens with Walt Masons exquisite
tribute to the Nations dead, and is as
follows:
Headquarters Woman's Relief Corps,
Auxiliary to the Grand Army Of
the Republic, Emporia, Kan,
April IL, 1911.
General orders, No. 3.
Memorial Day.
The little green tents. where the SOL
diers sleep,
And the sunbeams play and the wo-
men weep,
Are covered with flowers to-day;
And between the tents walk the weary
few
Who were young and stalwart in so,
When they went TO the war away.
They are not long and they arc not
broad,
But the soldiers have lots OF room:
And the sod is part of the land they
saved,
When the flag OF the enemy darkly
waved,
The syrnbol Of dole and doom.
THE little green tent is thing divine:
The little green tent is a country's
shrine.
Where patriots kneel and pray:
And the brave men left, so old. so few,
Were young and stalwart in 'G2.
When they went to the war away
7. Another year has, with its varied
events, mingled its flight over the
ocean of time, and has brought us
again to another milestone in our Ma
tons history; to another Memorial
Day, the annual patriotic Sabbath OF
united Nation; the day first insti-
tuted b. the Grand Army of the Re
public to be held sacred to the memo
ries of those who gave their lives that
the Nation might live, and since then
adopted by every class of citizens as
the most appropriate occasion on
which to make their annual Pilgrim
age to the last resting places of loved
ones.
II. II any day in all the year should
be held sacred, it should be this one
AS We stand by the graves of our dead
Iots cii tilIo I'LL bdy ltl VS.
not forget that Thcy were the men of
peace: men that loved peace so well
that they were willing to give all they
had, their lives, lighting for peace;
that the American Nation never goes
to war excepting for liberty and
peace; that the American Nation Is
the only ono in the history of Nations
that has ever gone to war with an
other Nation for purely humanitarian
causes.
III. As VIC strcw beautiful flowers
over the resting places of our sacred
dead and sorrow at their loss, let us
not forget to thank God for giving
them 10 us and to our country, and
let us rejoice in the giorics of their
deeds and the fact that they gave
their lives to make men free.
They died for libcrty-they died
for us. They arc at rest They sleep
in the land they made free. under the
Flag they rendered stainless. under
the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks,
the fearful willows and the embrace
ing vines"
". In the strcwing of flowers let us
not forget those who lost their lives
meath the oceans wave.
V. The Sons of Veterans and Daugh-
ters of Veterans should also particle
pate with the Grand Army and the
Woman'S Relief Corps in observance
of the day. See that the children are
given prominence in the exercises,
thus in1pressing on their youthful
minds early lessons OF patriotism.
VI. Memorial Sunday will fall on
May 2S this year. Corps should where
possible. accompany their Posts in the
public Observance of the day by at
tending religious services.
VII. Circular Letter No. ! of the
National Chaplain will accompany
these General Orders, three copies Of
which should be sent each Corps Pres
ident.
Department Chaplains will forward
their Memorial Day reports to the
National Cha plain, Mary a. Gardner,
i110 Linden avenue, Seattle, Wash,
not later than June 90.
BY command of Belle G. Harris, Ma
tional President; Ida Wilson Moore.
National Secretary.