The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-29

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hope first dawned upon the human
heart.
And from the banks OF streams
we will cast floWe rs upon h waters,
in token Of our love for those who
fought for liberty there and fell to rise
no more until the morning reville
shall call them to the assembly OF the
Grand Army on the other side of the
great divide.
And from the shores of oceans we
will trust our floral tributes to the
tides to tell our deep devotion to the
memory OF those who fought for
freedom there and fell to their last
resting places beneath the rolling bill
lows, lulled to sleep by the ceaseless
m~ur1nurings of the sea that whisper
ed to their departing souls, God
reigneth, and righteousness and liberty
shall prevail in all the earth"
And then our hearts will go out In
fervent prayer to the God Of battles
that all these-those who sleep where
kindred hands may cover them over
with beautiful flowers, and those
who sleep where only the sunlight
kisses the flowers into bloom about
their graves, and those who sleep be-
meath the blue waves, where "oid
oceans gray and melancholy waste"
is the only decoration Of their tornbs-
shall meet again and see each other
face to face" to be ~gloriously crowned
as Gods heroes, in the morning of
that day that shall have no night.
Our posts, wherever located, r
urged to see to it that May 80 of the
- 81 ~ -~1A4ntsY.~# lhaAVHrAE - a
sacred holiday, and to this end it IL
suggested that they associate with
them our auxiliary and affiliated or
CARNATIONS - the Women's Relief
Corps, the Sons of Veterans, the
Ladies' of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public and the Daughters of Veterans.
All other patriotic societies, and spec
tally the volunteers of the Spanish var
and the Philippine insurrection, and the
public generally, should be invited 70
take part in the ceremonies of the
day.
The forty-fifth national encamp-
ment, held at Rochester in August,
1911, ordered, that, as part Of the public
exercises Of Memorial day, bells be
tolled from IL o'clock noon to 1905,
that flags be placed at half mast and
comrades remain standing with uncov-
cred heads during this period.
It is also ordered, that in addition
to the reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg
address, general order No. IL, Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic, issued
by Commander lin Chief John A. Lo-
gan on May 5, 1858, designating May
80 as a day for strewing flowers and
otherwise decorating the graves of
the comrades who died in defense Of
their country during the late rebel
lion,' should be read as part of the
exercises. A copy Of this general orr
der No. IL, is herewith enclosed. 1t liz
printed in suitable form, to be kept
with other rituals, and post commands
ers are directed to preserve it for
use in future years.
The following resolution was adopt
ed by the forty-ifth national encamp-
naent. 1t is hereby promulgated for
the guidance and goverance of all our
departments and of all our posts:
Resolved, by the national encamp-
ment of the Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie Tin encampment assembled in the
city Of Rochester, N. Y, Aug. 25, 1910
that this national body raise Its digni-
fed protest against ali dissertations OF
Memorial day by those who are seeking
to introduce horse parades and other
detracting shows and exhibitions tend
ing to break down and destroy the
sublime sacredness Of the soldiers
Sabbath, and be it further
Resolved, that the commandment
chief and council Of administration,
prior to next Memorial day, by procla-
nation and general order, impress up
on each state department and each
Grand Army post, the necessity OF
prompt and united action toward in
fuencing all patriotic citizens to re-
frain from either participating in OF
contributing to the further support OF
such parades, shows or exhibitions in
the future, because only In this way
can we hope to preserve to future gen.
erations the purity and ~sacredness Of
Memorial day; and be it further
Resolved, that it is the hope of this
national encampment that SO long as
Memorial day dawns On a living rep
r~esentative of the Grand Army of the
Republic, when the assembly call shall
sound, uniform will be donned, place
taken and march be made In the ranks
OF the veteran division to the music Of
the union and under no other flag thar
the stars and stripes,
Attention is again called to the fol,
lowing resolutions adopted by the for
ty-f1fth national encampment:
Resolved, that this national encamp.
ment, Grand Army of the Republic, in.
wife the Sons of Veterans, Unitet
States Of America, as their perma,
nent oficial escort on all occasions
and that all departments and posts o
the Grand Army Of the Republic ar,
recommended to invite them to act Ii
a similar capacity for their organize,
tons.
The conamander-in-chie particular
" our comrades all over thi