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THE REVIEW.
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t ' Grand Jlrmy t
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5: the Republic I
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i Encampment \ :
; | San Francisco, J
} August, 1903. |
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S» TT / HAT recks it if the battle's fame in storied praise is told,
* 1/1/ O f 'f the fight's forgotten name no written pages hold? 3
J ' ¦ Brave men were they who fearless went to meet the leaden fate, -m
* And laurel crowns each whitened brow because their souls were great. •*
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J TT^OUR years of danger, toil and strife-^-of battles lost and won —
a- t~i 'Mid frozen winter's icy blasts or blaze of summer sun. i*
*" "^ 'Neath haughty Europe's scornful sneer or thoughtless kindred's blame, -m
£ They saved the land our fathers gave and ended Slavery's shame. •
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*- Tl TO thirst for glory led them on, no love of war was theirs:
jfc 7 V lust oi conquest steeled their hearts, such as the tyrant wears. B
Z- But love of home and native land and Justice stern and high, j»
J And love of Freedom led them forth with faith to do and die. a
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J s~\ VICTORS in the fiercest fight that ere on earth was made
3f | I. For human rights and human hopes! your fame can never fade; B
* j And countless millions vet to live will tell the tale again — w
$ The story of the greatest. war for liberty of men. «
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*¦ /nriHINK not that we whose lives began long since those fateful days -g
a / Can ere forget your service true or stint your well earned praise. , *
J -*¦ Your presence here in army blue rolls back the gathering years. W
J And thrills the heart with feelings full and blinds the eye with tears.
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J ; tt^ROM out the great heroic past you come to us to-day -g
jL hi With old-time tramp of marching feet and mock of war's array. -"¦
J "'¦*¦¦ Take then these lines as tribute due your glorious memory. II
J And as a welcome to the land beside the sunset sea. ¦"
J JOHN D, GALLOWAY, |
fcgj". Oakland.
A CHANGE lies on the city's streets, its traffic waves are stilled,
/-A Yet brighter far its walks to-day, by cheering thousands filled;
For here besides the pcean wave, with fife and beat of drums,
From lands beyond, the sunrise hills, a welcome army comes.
A N army of the olden time, in lines of faded blue,
AA With drooping banners dulled and torn and guns that battles knew —
Old eyes look forth from 'neath the caps, gray hairs shade every brow,
And steps that once were firm with youth are slow and faltering now.
* t come from where the prairie grass and golden cornfields grow,
/ And where New England's forests bend beneath the winter snow; ,
¦"• And these are from the rolling hills by broad Ohio's. stream.
And these arc from the northland where Lake Erie's waters gleam.
ONCE more the reveille is heard, once more the calls resound.
And hearts that feel the weight of years with quickened pulses bound.
Bright memory calls the past to view and lights eaclj faded eye,
And comrade meets with comrade old beneath this VVestern sky.
A ND you who stand with careless gaze and thoughtless, vacant smiles
A\ To see the thin ranks marching past with broken, halting files '
"* -*¦ Think not that thus they came when first they heard the bugle blow
Upon the grass-grown battlefields of forty years ago.
-H^HESE men once stood at bay, perhaps, when burst the battle flame
/ In Shiloh's woods, or Vicksburg's swamps, on Bull Run's field of shame
Maybe this rank now tramping by once heard the rebel yell
Upon the heights of Gettysburg, when earth was changed to hell!
A ND some once drove the Southern foe across the Tennessee-
A\ And some once marched with Sherman's men through Georgia to the sea
•*¦ ¦*¦ And some at Fredericksburg once passed the river's fatal shore '
And some at Richmond saw revolt go down to rise no more. *
standing until the familiar melody was
finished. Then a burst of cheers express
ed the fee-lings of the patriots who were
present. Governor Pardee was to have
welcomed the veterans in behalf of the
State and in his absence General Shafter
said he knew how the Governor felt to
ward the Grand Army. He regretted his
absence and said It was unavoidable ow
ing to Illness. He Introduced Mayor Eu
gene E. Schmltz, who delivered the wel
come of San Francisco to the visiting
veterans and their families. He spoke as
follows:
Fellow-Americans, Men and Women of the
Grand Army of the Republic: In preserving
the republic you established an empire — an
empire over the hearts of the American poo
p>. an empire where gratitude, affection • and
patriotism rule eunremc. and where the Star-
Epangled banner . proudly floats as the symbol
of national virtue and glory and the emblem
of our love and devotion to our united country,
and to you, heroes of the conflict which main
tained us a nation. (Applause.)
Men of the war of '61. in those troublous
times you fought East, North and South for
the integrity and unity of our common land;
!he th 4t a^ rkeS^ & y ,"' Under the Inspiration of
the Stars and Stripes, you carried them to
triumphs and to victories, and when the wi?
was over you handed to future generation^
let us hope forever, the flag of a mat anrt
powerful nation, string, self-reliant, m fust
and generous. (Applause.) J
LOYAL TO THE FLAG.
And now, representatives of the Grand Army
you have com o West, far beyond the scenes
of that dreadful strife, west to the farther
shores of our great continent, to a land where
man and nature vie to give you welcome:
welcome to the homes and to the hearts of a
feople loyal and devoted to the principles for
which you fought, loyal to our country and
to our fizz, and filled with regard • and ; with
love for the survivors of the greatest struggle
known .to history. for liberty, .liberty of
thought, liberty of action, liberty of person.
We have had another war since, a war also
waged for the principles of Justice and of
personal liberty, a war which to be sure has
made new veterans, which has called forth
In a hew measure the old patriotism, but has
also served to wipe out completely all feelings
of difference between those who were In the
great war adversaries and antagonists, and has
made the Grand Army of tha Republic In fact
and in spirit as also in name, the representa
tives of the patriotic principles and thoughts
It was my privilege last February to com*
to your beautiful land In company with m:r
commander In chief and his staff at the time
he came to see about tha arrangement for ht.s
coming at this tlnje: and we realized then th*
true hospitality of the people of San Franclaco
and of all of your beloved State. We have
looked forward with a great deal of pleaaura
to our coming at thli time. Now, kind hearts,
we have come to accept of that true hosplfai-
Ity We have felt such a warm welcome ever
since we came within the borders of your State,
and we are appreciating It. we are enjoyintr
It and we thank you most heartily for your
kind words of welcome anJ :*»e klm! way in
which we have been revived, we realizei
then the beautiful flowers, the fnttt, »he mic
nincent scenery which we are all plt>as«l to
see and enjoy at thi* time, and w«r fiml »h^i
the promises made hr.ve be?n fulfilled. U'o
have come to accent them and »o enloy then*.
Kind friends, we thank you. and we trust tha:
during our stay here you will learn of ,wr
Interest In the work of the Gran.i Army-, an'!
we know of your Interest, and w« trust that
we may form a more united band of «-aru<?:«:
people and that the work that the Grand Army
has done n-.ay be perpetuated, and as the Gr.i-vJ
Army continues to come together year after
year wo may eaea learn to do more ani tnor«
to the end that toe country for which th«y
GLAD TO COME HERE.
It is Indeed a verv great pleasure that Is
ours to-night to be permitted to come into
this grand gathering of ths veterans of the six
ties and the friends that have gathered here
at this time to show honor to the boys that
wore the blue In those dark days. It i» Indeed
a great plasure to us to be permitted to come
here at this time and enjoy the hospitality
that !s extended to the Grand Army.
It Is my very great pleasure at this time to
be privileged to represent the Woman's Rrlief
Corps an organization composed of the wives.
mothers, daughters and sisters of the veter
ans, and other loyal women who have banded
themselves together to assist the Grand Army
In their noble work. Our organization con
sists of more than 1-40.000 of these true, loyal
Women, who are trying In every possiihle way
to assist the Grand Army inthelr nobl» work
and along patriotic lines. This Is a part of
the work In which we are all deeply Inter
ested. _N . -
And now. sir. I bring to you and to this
State and this city the congratulations an*
the salutations of the Grand Army of the Re
public for all the glory that Is ours to-day,
for all the progress and hope and promise tnera
Is in the future: and congratulations that In
1898 the boys In blue and the boys in gray
rallied under the stars and stripes and carried
It out through the Golden Gate In the march
of civilization and progress: carried It triumph
antly and welded together North and South.
so that to-day we are one people, with one
flag one God one destiny: and the work of
the Grand Army of the Potomac and all the
other armies that made up the mighty hosts
that followed Grant and Sherman and Sheri
dan and Thomas and Logan, and all the rest,
shall remain to ble*s the people of this land
yet to be. down through all the years that
Providence shall will us. -(Applause.)
The chairman then Introduced Mrs. L.
J. Taylor, national president of .the
Woman's Belief Corps, who spoke as fol
lows:
CONGBATULAXES CITY.
And now, to-night, in this magnificent pres
ence and on this patriotic occasion. I accept
for the Grand Army of the Republic th? gen
erous welcome that has been so heartily and
so eloquently tendered. I accept It for every
soldier within the gates of California. I accept
It for every soldier within the city of San Fran
cIaco- and In this presence I accept It for all
the great bosts who are to-nierht throughout
the State at their homes, thinking of their
comrades In this far-away city, many of them
brave soldiers of the republic in time of war
fighting her battles bravely and successfully,
but unfortunately, fighting the battle of bread
to-day unsuccessfully. I accept It for all thosa
disabled by wounds and disease. I accent It
for every soldier of the republic that la not
hero to-night. I accept 'it for tfta
patriotic boys that waul* gladly be
here at this reunion of the Grand Army or
the Republic, and who await our return to
bid us welec«ne to our several homes and com
munities. I accept It for the Grand Army of
the Republic that carries upon Its rolls to-day
"60 000 of aa brave men. soldier and sailor,
as ever battled for a flag, marched under ban
ners or trod the sllpDery decks of a man-of
war I accept It for an organization that dur
ing "all the years from 1861 to 1903 has been,
true to all they fought for tn all places of.
trust and responsibility In this land of our*,
and two of whom fell In the highest executive
station within tha gift of this mighty peopla
and taught the American people how * soldier
can fight In war and die In peace — the brave
Garfleld and the eloquent McKlnley.
And when In 1865 there came an end to tha
conflict, there came an end to the dying, there
came an end to soldier life for the American
volunteer, there had been written on the eter
nal granite of history the name and the fama
of the American volunteer soldier, thera to re
main forever to prove an inspiration to genera
tions yet to be. (Applause.) We- had written,
we had hung out as' it were on banners
from the sky. the sayings of the great chief
tain that shall never be forgotten; we hun«
out. "We will fight it out on this ltn« if It
takes all summer" (cheers): and we hung
out, as if on the banner fVom the heavens.
"Unconditional surrender." (Renewed cheers.)
And then between the armed legions of blue
and of gray that had faced each other for four
years in deadly combat and had marched under
great and magnificent leadership, we saw tha
soldier of the ages, the great Grant, standing
between the lines uncovered and asking, "Let
us have peace." (Applause.)
Seventeen years ago I sat in this building in
a great campfire and concert of the Grand
Army of the Republic: this building was filled,
the entertainment was magnificent, and I shall
never forget as long as 1 live- the photograph
that came on my mind that night when a lady
here sang the "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
and stirred that great audience, and then. In
response to an encore, sang "Home. Sweet
Home." and I saw that audience become peace
ful and still and quiet as the grave. This was
at a campflre of the Grand Army of the Re
public held only seventeen years ago. We are
here again in California and In the magnificent
city of San Francisco. But seventeen years
from this day the surviving soldiery of tha
war for the suppression of the rebellion will
average about 81 or 82 years of age. Time wtll
have reaped a rich harvest and deep swathes
will have been cut by that time In the now al
most overripe field of grain.
But we come now. In 1903. -with the old bat
tle flags which will be paraded in the street*
of your "magnificent city to-morrow. We come
here to hold our annual reunion, a reunion of
an organization unparalleled in history and
unmatched In patriotism (Applause): an or
ganization without a predecessor and without
a successor. And soon the time will corn**
when tn all this land there shall not b« left
among the busy millions that shall Inhabit tha
republic one single surviving soldier or sailor
Of the war for the auppresslon of the rebellion.
But the flag that they saved shall still float aa
the banner of this great republic: upon her
altars shall burn the fires of patriotism and of
freedom. Sustained by the memories of tha
past sped by the aspirations of the future, tha
cause of liberty and human progress will &*
doubly safe And this is what the Grand
Army cf the Republic shall represent to tha
generations yet to be.
ACCEPTS GENEROUS WELCOME.
PEACE OVER THE LAND.
For four long years th* eoldiers of th»
Union army and the soldiers of the Contrtei
ate army battled In this land of ours For four
long years they fought and they hied and died,
and as the graves were filled the homes of
the land were opened to let another son go
forth and take his place in the ranks.
We shall never forget the days of ISflt to
1865. Those were years of awful Import to
this land of ours; and locking back over th«
years that are gone, we can recall tha hour of
parting, and we can see the troops gathering
In the villages and cities of this land: w ¦ can
hear tha speeches that were made, the soul
sttrrlng music, and we can see the column, tha
company and the regiment move off day by
day and see the waving handkerchiefs ani al
most feel the thumping of the breaking hearts
In this day and time, removed as we are ranrm
than forty years from the beginning of that
great and terrible conflict.
the shouts of Tictcry and the groans of the
fallen brave to whom death came in the hour
of victory. Such memories, my comrades, re
main forever, and these memories will remain
in this land of ours as long as there are lips
to sseak and minds to remember.
The- sounding-board used to increase the
volume of music was in the form of a
huge shell, studded with electric lights
and beautified with the national colors.
The park band was never heard to better
advantage. Leader Paul Stelndorff
brought out all the beauties of the com
positions rendered and the musicians
were enthusiastically applauded after
each number. The selection of patriotic
pieces was a wise one and the music was
a feature of the evenings entertainment.
Governor Pardee was detained by rea
son of illness and General Shafter made
his apologies. There were cries for Lieu
tmant General Miles, but that distin
guished soldier was attending a function
elsewhere and the audience regretfully.
ctased calling for him.
At the conclusion of the medley of na*
tional airs General George Stone, chair
• ir.an of the executive committee of the
Thirty-seventh National Encampment, in
troduced Major General William R. Shaf
ter. In doing so General Stone said:
Fellow Citizens cf California: I think that
UM treat outpouring of the people, which is
*wdenc«><i ui<on the streets this evening, is a
sufficient guarantee of the welcome extended
i<> ihe veterans of the Civil War by the people
of our State. It is v«ry gratifying to us to
haw endeavored to ir.ake a eucc*-t»s of the en
- . r^ -- -i»»- n« .•>'¦"*» % >ingi fe{44 wirhjn our « :ry an.1 .
to kr.ow it Is appreciated by our people and
ais-o by cur vif-ltors. Upon this occasion it is
v'-ry rwtfMr end proper that the senior ofn
< «-r. thp commanding officer cf our organiza
tion, m-ithin our limits thould preside at this
function, and it is with great pleasure that I
pHStent to you for the presiding officer this
••vrning the distinguished eoMier ani citizen —
now a citizen of our State — Major General
William R. i-hafter. commander of the I>epart
rr.rnt nf California and Nevada. «Applaus*.)
GENERAL EHAFTEE CHEERED.
(Jcneral Shafter was accorded a hearty
roc-option whin ho stepped forward to ac
cept the position of honor. He had to
wait a minute before the cheering subsid
ed and he then spoke as follows:
Comrades of the Grand Arcsy of the Repub
lic, Ladies and Gent!<?m«*n : As the commander
cf the Department of California and Nevada.
Grand Army of the Republic, and for the com
rades of this department. I wish to express
the great gratification it gives us to again
rr.^t our comrades from the States from which
we went out forty years ago to uphold the laws
and defend the National Government from the
assaults of her eaemiei.
Upon the puccessful termination of that
great war numbers of the young and vigorous
men of th* disbanded armies struck out for
Um far West, many of them making their
homes in California.
Distance and expense have prevented the
greater part cf them from meeting with their
comrades, clthtr in the national encampments
or at their regimental reunions, and only at
The encampment of seventeen years ago have
they met the men with whom they served eo
:ong ago.
When this condition was presented to our
comrades at Washington in October last they
most generously and almost with one accord
yielded for this year their Eastern preferences
» give this opportunity, in all probability the
list one. for the thousands of comrades on this
t'oaet to graep again in love and good fellow
ship the hands and look into the eyes of their
gallant comrades of the oM campaigning days
I hope the pleasures and benefits of this
encampment by the Western era. will not be
all on one side, but that you. dear comrade*,
will be made happier in seeing the extent'
prosperity and grandeur of the. great country
your valor made a eolH whole.
• My comrades, it seems to me we should
thank God that we have been permitted to
pee and enjoy the fullness of our work while
thousand* of gallant souls were sped on many
birody fields.
Again I welcome you, my comrades, for my
department, and wish you a thoroughly enjoy
able reunion here and a eafe return to your
<I! start homes.
WELCOMED BY THE MAYOR.
When General Shafter concluded ! the
band, rendered patriotic melodies. "When
the national anthem was played every
person in the hall arose and remained
PLAYED PATRIOTIC MUSIC.
enthusiastic audience. Feelings cf pa
triotism were manifested throughout the
ever.ir.g whenever the Golden Gate Park
hand 1'layed some stirring melodies or
whon some speaker in words of fire paint
ed the achievements of this country and
of its great men.
The interior of the immense structure
was converted into a scene of color. Flags
floated from every rafter: flags covered
every gallery, and every pillar was en
twined in bunting of red. white ar.d blue.
On the walls of the building were the
pictures cf the commanders of every army
corps and its insignia. Shields and silken
flags containing the coat of arms of
every State in the Union and the date of
its admission as a State were used in dec
oration. Palms and flowers were used In
abundance in decorating the immense
platform.
«g m* AYOR SCHMITZ formally
/fl /g turned over the city to the
f^/§ rr.err.bers of the Grand Army
•r r xL c f the Republic and kindreU
crgranizaiions at the public re
ception tendered them in Mechanics' Pa
vilion last evening. In doing so he ex
tended a cordial welcome to' the visitors
and tcJd them in eloquent words how
proud the citizens were to have the vet
erans among them.
Mechanics' Tavilion was not filled to
overflowing, hut it contained a large and
Bids Them Welcome
in Behalf of
Citizens.
Speaks in Glowing
Words of Past
Victories.
Mayor Turns Over
the City to
Soldiers.
Commander Stewart
Recalls Old
Memories.
FORMALLY
WELCOMES
VISITORS
AUDIENCE
APPLAUDS
SPEECHES
VETERANS ATTEND BIG RECEPTION AT THE PAVILION
THE SAN FKANCISCO CAL.L, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1903.
Commander-in-Chief Stewart of Grand Army of the Republic Addressing a Large Audience at the Pavilion
Continued on Page 5,. Column 5.
I bid you welcome for a city which, until
recently but an outpost of our national life,
is now fast.becominsone of its great centers.
I .. welcome you to the • scene of , our present
national activities and point to you: the great
ocean on which In the- time about -to come
American enterprise, American progress and
American patriotism are destined to play a
mest important part. (Applause.) . . .
I welcome you to this western shore, . beyond
.which and far, ,. far ' toward • the setting sun
rises a new sphere of , national action, - a new
theater for American activities, a new : scene
for' American achievement, ¦ where; American
arms and American valor .have already estab
lished an expansion of our national greatness
and an extension of -our. national elory. " "
I welcome you . to San Francisco, , queen city
of California, metropolis of the . commercial
life of our Pacific Ocean, where the bitternesses
GROWTH OF . THIS CITY.
I bid you welcome on the part of those who
wore the. gray as well as for those who wore
the blue, and for ! their children and their,
children's children. ¦> • ....
of an undivided nation and* an entire people.
(Applause.) ' . •_ ¦•..-¦¦
On behalf of the citizens of San Francisco,
Irrespective of class, condition or former
affiliation, I, her chief magistrate, bid you
a cordial welcome. . ¦
of war are now of the past and forgotten and
where ' In one great ' brotherhood, the sons
of the South Join with those of the North,
of the East and of the West in extending this
welcome in token of a nation absolutely solid
ified and a country completely reunited. (Ap
• Veterans of the war and those who have
come with you, the city of San Francisco U
now yours. (Great applause.)
GENERAL^ STEWART/ EEPLIES.
Comm'ander'stewart was Introduced and
responded on behalf of the Grand Army
of. the' Republic. He proved an orator of
ability and his speech was listened to with
deep : interest by bis auditors. He spoke
as follows:
Mr. Chairman, Comrade* of the Grand Army
of the Republic, Ladles and Gentlemen, and
Friends : I do not know that in all my expe
rience I have ever appreciated so fully or felt
so much the poverty of language ; and- of ex
pression as I do at this moment. : in this as
semblage and on this occasion. At I look out
over this "sea of faces" I am reminded oi«i
story of -the war that Ms t61d of an aid to a
general officer at Gettysburg who was sent
with an : order to a captain of a battery In the
thick of the engagement. He rode up to the
captain of the battery and h« delivered the
order and presented the compliments of his
commanding officer. It -va» very warm at
that time and the commander of the battery
turned to him and said: ••Would you like to
use my glasses to look out over the Hold"*
The aid replied: "Great God, no. Iamsca^d
to death with what I see with Just the naked
tTn to-n^ht Khter> That " Ur8ely my ™ l -
I have looked about this building:, and I can
associate with the old days everything beneath
the roof and between the walls, including the
young ladles and the young gentlemen and
these old bald-headed fellow.-: I can mix up
everything In this building and tie It up to the
old days. except "water spins." (Laughter.)
We never had them. {Continued laughter.)
BECALXS THE PAST.
But speaking seriously, and only for a mo
ment—I have had two days of very hard
work, and I shall not attempt at this time
any - finished address In response to the elo
quent speeches that have been made, but sure
ly.' this assemblage, with these badges, uni
forms, flags, corps marks, this magnificent
music, must have brought back to every one
in, this pavilion, as they did to me overwhelm
ingly the days that are gone; must have re
called the fields of carnage, of strife and of
.peril, anil it seem»-*« me that we beax aa-aJo
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