The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-24
MALL URGES
,eRANT'S natal
DAY OBSERVED
e.xrasr- Issues Proclamation Set.
ting Apart April % for Com
memoration Of Centenary.

e,vernor Len Small today issued
exclamation urging the obse-v-
-. N the centenary of the birth
n General Ulysses S. Grant on
thursday, April n.
s,rant-the name in Illinois is
..,iasd in the hearts of our people
sssh that OF Lincoln, who called
-, IN lead the armies of a war
,srn republic," the proclamation
I'D Though born in Ohio, Illi-
ais claims him as son, for from
s;s home in Galena he answered the
II, 10 arms and his first command
as Of a regiment of that great
host Of loyal, self-sacrificing men
rho volunteered from Illinois in
ne years from 81 to '65.
sTrained as a soldier, with an
sonorable and distinguished rec
ard as an officer of our armies
whieh invaded Mexico in 1886, it
rss but natural that he should be
selected for high command in the
dsrk DAYS of '61, when the flower
# our military genius was divided
n its loyalty 10 the union. The
wisdom of President Lincoln in
nlacing this superb soldier in su-
prene command was amply justi-
fied In his achievements. No man
ran say what would have been
ina outcome of the internecine
strife had the fortunes of war been
with the confederacy at Fort Don
slson and Shiloh, nor can one de-
met the future of our great nation.
without Grants matchless strategy
and untiring energy which gained
yicksburg and Chattanooga and
The Wilderness for the northern
arms and finally broke the mill
tary power of the southern confed-
eracy at Appomattox.
upon retiring to private life,
Gen. Grant journeyed around the
world and was received with high
est honors and acclaimed by the
governments and people of foreign
lands. He received his supreme
promotion IN the year 1885, after a
struggle with malignant disease
which excited the admiration and
sympathy of the civilized world.
Whereas, the 9th day of April,
1922, marks the centenary of the
birth Of General Ulysses S. Grant,
Iate commander in chief of the
armies of the union and 18th pres
dent of the United States; and
Whereas, his brilliant military
genius, and his untiring efforts in
the days of reconstruction, we're
given TO save and perpetuate this
great union of sovereign states,
handed down to us by our fathers;
and
Whereas, his unrivaled and pat
riotic achievements, in war and in
peace, have earned for him an i'm
perishable place in history and in
the hearts of his countrymen, sec
ond only to that of Washington
and Lincoln;
y Now. therefore, /, Len Small,
governor of Illinois, do hereby re-
spectfully request general observ-
anee Of Thursday, April 81, 1922, as
the centenary of the birth of Gen
sral Ulysses S. Grant; and l fur
fher request that municipalities
and civic bodies and citizens gen
orally throughout the state cooper
ate with Grand Army posts. the
Women's Relief corps, and other
allied organizations to the end that
appropriate exercises be held to
commemorate the bi14.l of this
great American soldier and states
man. | further request that the
public schools of Illinois conduct
suitable exercises on that day, TO
Impress upon the minds of our
children the lessons to be learned
nom the patriotic career of this
great American"