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General Surveying Offices In 8ILVAGNI DUILDINO Price, Utah. j "AT EVERY SOLDIER'S GRAVE, WITH TOVE Let tears Ledew each wreath that decks the lawn Of every gravel and raise a solemn prayer That their battalloned souls be Joined to fare Dim roads, beyond the trumpets of the dawn Yet perfumed, somehow, by our flowers that heap The peaceful barracks where their bodies sleep. MEMORIAL DAY ANCIENT CUSTOM Ceremonies Can Bo Traced Back to tho Very Earliest Days of Civilization. MEMORIAL day, eclcbratod In al most ovcry stato of our Union, has been set apart by atatuto as a special day for decorating tho craven of tho nation's soldiers and for hold ing approprlato exorcises In their memory. Whllo It originally aprang from n spontaneous dcslro to do honor to tho hcroci ho foil In tho Civil war, still It Is now celebrated In honor of all tho soldier dead, that their hero isms and sacrifices may norer bo for gotten. It Is Interesting to traco tho origin of this holiday, for, llkn many another modern Institution, It goca back to tho early days of civilisation. Wo haro been celebrating It with a special slg nlflcAnco foi years, and yet, upon ox amlnlng It, no llnd tho adaptation or an ancient custom rather than tho ex pression of a now Idea. In fact, days set aildo for ceremonies to honor tho dead nro so Intlmatoly connected with nil races Hint they seem Inseparable from tho practices of civilisation. Tho pagan Oreckn held sacred rites nt tho graven of their dead cnllc4 xoal and mado offerings of olives and flow ers. A floral wreath wan placed at tho head of tho grave, and If a bloom sprang from tho mound It was con sidered n sign of tho happiness of tho departed ono. Poman Parentalla. In Itomo a similar festival was held for several days In TVbruary, It was known ns thn Parentalla. During this celebration tho temples wero closed and tho last day offerings wero mado nt tho tombs. These consisted of milk, honey, fruit, wine and other things, whllo flowers of ovcry variety wero used In profuso decoration. Tho Druids held a memorial servlco In tho autumn on tho ova of thu Thanksgiving feast, whllo tho ancient people of Japan and China had a sorv lea for tho dead called tho renet of Lanterns. After tho various nations embraced Christianity this custom becamo inoro widespread and the nature of Its celo bratlon changed materially Tho spir itual sldo of the day becamo the upper most feature, and this led directly to tho founding of All Souls' day This Is observed In our own country strict ly In a religious manner, hut In many placea In Europe It Includes tho deco ration of flowers In addition to the spiritual exercises. In Franco for sev eral days before tho feast wreaths and bunches of Immortelles, dyed In va rious colors, are seen In tho shop win dows. After the religious services aro over tho people go to tho different grave yards laden with baskets and bunches of flowers, and bofore tho day Is over theso burying places aro a mass of brilliant color Not a grave Is slight ed, ond vcn In a corner of potter's lleld one Till find a token of remem brance for tho most neglected ono. Another Interesting fcaturo Is tho plao Ing of a lighted lamp at tho foot of tho graves Tho lamps are usually taken to thn graves as evening draws on, and often tho people stay and kneel there In silent meditation Tho colored garlands and the flickering lights present a strange and novel sight. All Had Grave to Decorate. Our Memorial day Is In truth noth ing more than a secular All Bouls' day It owes Its origin to the women of tho Bouth, who began tho practice of deco rating their graves less than two years after tho close of tho Civil war. That struggle of four yeani had kept our couBtry In a constant stato of commo tion and excltemenL Every part of the nation bad contributed Its men, vouns and oM, to tbe coufllcL When peace was restored thcro was scarcely a vlllago or town that did not have a gravo to remind It of tho fearful cosL A Niw York newspaper first pub lished a paragraph atatlng that u few women or Columbus, Miss , had strewn tho graves of tho dead soldiers, Union as well as Confederates. This touch ing tribute caused a thrill or tender ness to inss through tho North, and It aroused, as nothing elso jcould havo dono, a reeling or national amtty and lovo. The practical result or this Incident camo In May, 8G8, when Adjutant General Chlpman suggested to rjen. John A Logan, commander In chlof or tho Ornnd Army or tho Republic, that their organisation set a uniform time to decorato tho graves of tho Union soldiers, flcnrral Logan Immediately took up tho surgcstlon nnd named May 30 is tho day for decoration. Ho added that It was his purpose to Inaugursto Oils observance, and sincerely hoped .t would bo kept up each year whllo a survivor of tho wor romalns to nonot tho memory or tho departed. Tho Idea spread rapidly, and tho legtslaturea of tho varloua atates enacted It into law until tho holiday Is now a legal ono tu all but six atates. In many of the southern states tho celebration Is nolo April 20, as spring visits tho South n full month beforo Its first harbtngors appear In tho North. Plrst Services at Arlington. On tho first Memorial day the serv ices at Arlington wero perhaps the most Imprcsslvo. Tho speaker on thai occasion was James A Oarfleld. In his soul-touching address, which ie malns to this dny an a foremost ex ponent of tho spirit nnd significance ol Decoration day, wo road: "I lovo to bcllovo that no heroic sacrlflco Is over lost: that the charao ters of men nro molded nnd Inspired by what their fathers haro done; that treasured up In American souls aro all the unconscious Influences ol the groat deeds of tho Anglo-Saxon raco from Aglncourt to Hunker Hill Ench ror himself gatherod up tho cher ished purposes or life Its iilms and ambitions, lis dearest affections and flung nil, with llfo Itself, into the seals or battle. U each gravo had & volet to tell u.i what Its silent tenant lasl saw and heard on earth wo mlghl stand with uncorored heads and heat tho wholo story or tho war. We should hear that ono perished when thn first great drops of tho crimson shower began to fall, when tho dark ness of that first disaster at Manassas fell like nn ocllpso on the nation; that another died or dlsoaao whllo woarllj waiting ror winter to end; that this ono roll on tho field when tho tide ol war shook tho domo of yonder cnpltol and re-echoed In the chambers of the executlvo mansion, Tho voices of these dead wilt forever fill tho land like holy benedictions. What other spot so fitting ror their last resting place as this, undor thn shadow or the capltol saved by their valort Hero, whero the grim edge or battle Joined: here, whero all tho hopo and rear and agony or tholr country contered; here let thorn rest, asleep on the nation's heart, entombed In tho nation's lovel" Memorial day has now grown to bo a day or thought ror all dead. When the national Decoration day comes, many who have no soldier dead, take tho opportunity to honor relatives nid other dead ones by strewing on their graves the symbols or love and affec-tloa THE NATION'S DEAD. IJealde the army of her dead Once morn the ration stands. With banners wavln nt her back. And blostoms In her hands. With equal love nnd srlef and prlds, Impartially, today Bh drops her rosea and her tears Upon the Blue and dray. Forgotten sre the years o( strtre. The cause they lout and won, Each sleeper In the silent tents Is her beloved son, Tbe uniforms are ashes now, The swords arij guns are rust, Hut Memory's eternal green tt rooted In their duet MJnna Irvine la LetlU'e. INSTILLING FEELING oT PATRIOTISM I PPPffaJssTTst Ksi wmLy&mH ft Thv CTiOB L 7sW JBBBssBnfcassB afPJsfll tPssfl Come away from the tolling and moiling, away from the turmoil, and din, ppj Away from the flurry and worry, the reaching and grasping, and sin, pH Let us Join In the floral procession, where besuty's llbstlons are poured, kpj And carry the lilies and roses; Peace reigns, she Is sheathing her sword pH Let us march with the veteran soldiers today, and with plenty of cheer, pH And with them weave our memory garlande for one happy day In the year, ppj So many have faltered, and wearied, who marched with the brave ones j ppj abreast, pH Bo many have passed o'er the bridges to ths besutlful Islands or RssL ppj VETERAN'S STORY OF WAR CAREER Had Learned to Obey, and Con sequently Successful When Ho Camo to Command. Tlin llfo story of n veteran, whoso rlso In tho commercial field waa from errand boy to bead or tho firm, and whoso deration on tho bit tlcfteld'was that from private to cap tain. Ho had tho old soldier's mod esty and wariness of bombast, but tho chnracter or tho man allows through his wholo explanation. Ills war rec ord and bis high position In tho city's responsibility apeak ror thomsolvcs, Roforc I was twelro years old I bad to go to work omowhore, nnd, searching around, I round a ono-dollar-a-wcok position In a wholosalo cloth ing store. It was tho old story or go ing to work early nnd quitting lato. As I grow dldor nnd round tnoro things to do thoy piled responsibility upon mo. I learned nt this point tho things which havo mado mo success rut In later years. I dovolopod tho qualities or dispatching duties with precision nnd exactnoss, I also learned to obey orders. When ono or tho i heads or tho firm snapped out some thing at mo I did It, and did It quick. This training was of luesllmnblo value on tho Hold and helped much In my promotion, All tho agitation between tho North and Bouth I followed closoly In tho papers. I was enthusiastic for tho Union, and when thn fort was fired upon I enlisted. I was then seven teen. I was young, too young, per haps, but my body waa strong and well knit for my ago, and I supposo I was older In experience than many or my seniors. I felt at homo with men older than I, mainly becauso I hnd developed a responsibility nnd se riousness through bard work from an early age. Whllo wo woro In camp I waa mado corporal. It was a minor post, but thcro wero some duties to be per formed. I went about them quickly and directly, na I bad been trained to do with all details which crossed my lino of duty. 1 learned the dlsclpllno and conduct or" tho camp, to say little, and to Jump wlion spoken to. In the Army of the Potomsc. Wo wero ordered from camp and Joined tbo Army of tbe Potomac. I was not bidly frightened In tho first battle. I was simply nervous and afraid of being afraid. When wo ro celved orders to charge, however, all sbaklness left me, and I went Into tbo fray concerned, only with doing what I waa told to 'do. Through tbosa first campaigns 1 was Just ono of tho rank and file. Nothlug out of tho ordinary happened to roe. A bul at cut through my clothes once, but did not break tbo skin. A queer thing (.bout that Inci dent was that I ha) a allk handker chief In my breast pocket, and tbo bullet, slicing through tbo folds, put 23 distinct and separate holes In It. Tbo ball ran around rcy body and dropped Inside my belt. I waa ma Jo captain Just beforo Lookout mountain bocause tbo cap tain and first lieutenant wero k.lled. I had risen from corporal to sergeant nnd to second lieutenant fn rapid or der. My promotions wero not tbo result of any riramatla denouements or grandstand berolca. It was all In tho day's work. Men dropped out bora and there, and I went up by degrees. It woo tbe natural order of events, and the reiult U doing my duty and obeying ordtri. j It was my lot to bo In most of tho ppj Important battles fought by tbo Army '' ppj or tho Potomac. I served at Antlo- pH tarn, Gettysburg, and all tho rost. Then ppj wo wero transferred to tho West, and BH sorved In tho battto of Lookout ppj mountain. 1 remember that battle In ppj articular becauso I came thn H nuarost to doath In that fight or auy. pJ It wns Just after I had been- msds pH captain, and I was, whoro I was sup- (J pH posod to bo, out In front of (ho troops I pH on tho climb. Tho Confederates were I flpj at tho top of tho mountain, and hero I 4 ppj and thcro among tho fir trees, pop- I pH ping at us, then volleying and cannon- f ppj ndlng. Tbo men behaved gallantly, pkj going right up, shooting and climbing bH steadily. Wo bad Just got over a per ' ftpkj pondleular plnco when a bullot hit mo ppj In thn chest. It knocked me back- R ward do n tho slope, I could not toll , ( Jppj "It Knocked Me Backward." ' I 'H how badly I was hurt I only knoM I lj gjppj that my heart was continuing to beat fekpj dcsplto tho dull echo Just over It. ,', Ijppj Aftor tbo fight was over and thu , , H Confederates had gono "kiting" Into r t PPJ tbo valley on tho othur sldo, I sat 'knpj down and opened my clothing. Thcro ' ' npl was a bolo In my uniform nnd a dark ''-pH brulso on ray chest, but no blood had ' ' v!pkj been lost. Searching, I found that 1 i '1f tho ball had ripped through a note- 1 t. 'tlgppj book In my coat and smashed my S f fJppj watch Into smithereens. I have the j PySMpfl tlmepleco and tho bullet, both flat- J-jiMipfl tonod and bont beyond recognition. t ll'lnHPfl When I camo to command men ' ftpj I used the knowledge I had gathered j i PpJ from watching the methods or my ) ,,PJ former commanders, modified by Ideas $ ,'pfl of my own. I tod my company after ,' j 4pV that campaign down to Sherman's f1 IVajpV army and followed him on bis ' $ uTpj march to the sea. It was, I vypB great march from Atlanta to the ' 4 Ifkfl Atlantic, full of fights and hard i !' walks and full or run, too. We f ilH wero sura or success and or breaking ? tjjsl the backbone or tbo enomy. I mado ' 1 il'iPJ seven! lasting rriondshlps on this trip, t I t-n'Lpj and won the companionship of a lot .til mLH of men who helped mo when I got out. I n IPJ'pJ I was still youiif. In years, but youths j Jji fllfpfl aged fast In those days, and slender ! 'jl frames toughened under tho strain f Hj'pfl or wilted. My youth never hundl. 1 fl'pfl capped me In ordering men older than $i fl myself. It was n rather delicate situ- M'lHlH atlon at first, but thoy saw I meant Cj . 21 what I said nnd I bad no trouble j f9pj Finally tho war was over and I U , ,IpV came home. I had no trado. I had i . 9pV higher ambitions than tbo clothing business, so for a time thero was noth- ' (Jlpj Ing for mo to do. Then soma of my j IpJ comrades recommended mo to a big EbIBJH mercantile bouse, and I went In tha tIrhIsH superintending department. Aftor sev iKlSH oral years I left to take the official yLMsSsfl position I now hold. I'tHlndelpkU HuKH j North American, hHjMPJ bbbbbbbbbbIbbbHssbbbIIbssbhsbBbVsk. f JIH