The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-19

civil and religious liberty. Your
committee further recommends that
| the incoming COMMUNICATIVE chief
/ be authorized to formulateI pro
gram or order Of exercises for the
use of posts on that occasion. and
| that all members of the Grand Army
of the Republic, insofar as they may
| be able, shall participate i'm some
simple yet direct way in honOring
the memory OF Ulysses S. Grant.
THAT all patriotic societies and
| organizations representing the sew
eral wars In which the United States
| has at any time participated, be re-
quested to unite In the celebration
of the anniversary, and that the
| Womar's Relief corps. auxiliary to
| the Grand Army of the Republic,
the ladies OF the Grand Army Of the
Republic and all orders allied to
the Grand Army OF the Republic he
invited to join us in honOring the
memory Of General Grant"
The memorial in the botanical
garden at the foot Of the capitol,
which will be dedicated simultane-
ously with the exercises Of General
Grants birthplace at Point Peasant,
Ohio. was conceived by and erected
with funds gathered by the surviv-
ing veterans OF the army Of Ten
neSse, Many veNatious delays oc-
Cured after the sculptor began his
work, but the handsome bronze
groups were completed at last. Tho
dedication will be under the auspices
OF committee including Senator
Brandegee OF Connecticut, Secretary
Weeks, Bishop Fallows Of Chicago
and col. Clarence O. Sherill of the
army engineer corps.
Grants birthday anniversary
comes almost on the fifty-seventh
anniversary of General Lees sur
render at Appamotax, which took
place on April Q, 1865. At the close
OF the Civil war Grants name was
more frequently on the lips OF the
! people than that of any other Amer
| lean, unless 1t was Lincoln. In 1869
he became president and was re-
elected to n second term So his
name continued to be before the
people. After retiring from the
presidency In 1877 he was for
time less in the public eye but he
still was a favorite. His unfor-
tunato business venture some DAYS
later excited the sympathy and con-
Germ OF his friends. II was known
that he was reduced almost to pow
erty Then followed his Illness from
the dread disease Of which so little
Is known even now.
When Grant began the prepara-
ton Of his memoirs he was in. II
became known he was hoping that.
when published, tho two volumes
would yled competence for his
family. His sufferings increased as
the work went on, and at last 1t be-
came a race between him and death,
while mankind watched and waited
In anxiety for the result Grant
conquered, for he lived TO complete
the work. That accomplished, he
welcomed the relief from his suf-
fertngs that soon came.
That was nearly thirty-seven
years ago other wars have inter-
venod, great national and interna-
tional problems have arisen and
commanded to attention Of the
people. and thus the name and the
fame Of Ulysses s. Grant have not
figured so prominently with the peo-
pie as they did 80 or so years ago.
But during the more than half
century those veterans who served
under him and loved him have
never wavered In their devotion TO
his memory. The veterans of the
civil war are fast disappearing. In
a few years there will be none left.
But old and feeble though they be
the mention OF the name OF their
leader still stirs their martial spirit
and awakens fond memories.