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"4. TIIE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1921 Issued Daily Except Monday by THE STATESMAN I'l'IiLlSHlMJ COMPANY 21 S. Commercial St, Salera. Oregon (Portland Office. 627 lloaid of Trade building. 1'hone Automata 627-59) MKMBF.H OP THE ASSOCIATKI) ritKKS - The Associated Press ia exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication ot all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited . ia this paper and also the local news published herein. R. 'J. Hendricks Manager Stephen A, Stone Managing Editor Ralph OloTer : r. Cashier frank Jaskoakl Manager Job Dept. DAILY 8TATESMAN, served by carrier In Salem and suburbs. 15 cents a wVek, 65 cents a month. DAILY 8TATESMAX, by mail. In advance. $8 a year, $3 for six ; saonths, (1.50 for three months, 60 cents a month. In Marion j and Polk counties; outside of these counties, $7 a year, $3.50 for six months, $1.75 for three months, 0 cents a month. When ' not paid In advance. 50 cents a year additional. THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the great western weekly farm paper. will be sent a year to anyone paying a year in advance to the ! Dally Statesman. SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1.50 a year: 75 cents for six months; 40 cents for three months; 25 cents for 2 months; IS cents for one month. -WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued In two six-page sections. Tuesdays and Fridays, $1 a year (if not paid in advance, $1.26); 60 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. Entered at the Poatoffice In Salem. Oregon, as second class matter. MEMORIAL ' The custom of strewing flowers on the graves of the dead is an age-old one. Greek poets sang of it 500 years be fore Christ, and every century since has witnessed it. On April 13, 1862, the first anniversary of the fall of Fort Sump ter; certain ladies from Michigan are known to have decorat ed the graves of Union soldiers buried at Arlington Heights, Va.r On May 3, 1863, they did thjs again, and in May, 1864, they decorated Union graves at Fredricksburg, Va. Indeed, this pious expression of affection: for "Father and husband, brother and lover" who had laid down their lives that the na tion might live has been practiced from the very beginning of the war. Bat what is known as "Memorial Day" has a distinct his tory. On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan, Commander-in-Chief of the G- A. IL, issued a general order appointing May 30 as a day for this purpose and directed that all G. A B. posts should observe the service, an order that has been obeyed every jrear since that date. In 36 northern states May 30 is a legal holiday. In ten southern states , "Confederate Memorial Day" is observed, but it falls on April 26 in Mississippi, Alabama; Georgia and Florida; on May 5 in North Carolina and South Carolina ; on May 30 in Virginia and Arkansas; on June 3 in Louisiana, and on the second Friday in May in Tennessee. Texas and New Mexico have no such holiday, but G. A. RJ posts observe May 30 in those states, as in all the others. It is hoped that May 30 may become a world holiday, observed by all the allied na tions as a mid-year festival of flowers in memory of those who offered life for human freedom in all lands. I What It Stands For- ; The G. A. R. has from the first decorated the graves of all known soldiers of the Revolutionary war, the war of 1812, the Mexican war, and the Indian wars from 1790 to 1858. Spanish War men decorate the graves of their own comrades, and how the American Legion men perform a like service for their dead comrades.. When the last Civil War men have passed away it is believed that the American Legion will as tenderly care for their graves as they have cared for all their predecessors in their country's service. ' -.-.Numbers Honored The U. S. Statistical Abstract, published annually by the Department of Commerce, gives the following official data concerning the number of enlistments in the army and navy in all wars up to 1898, and the number of individual men who served in the wars: Revolutionary w ar (1775-1783). War of 1812-1815 . Mexican war (1846-1848... Indian wars (1790-1858...: Totals before the Civil war. The Civil. war 1861-1865) Spanish- war. Philippine Insurrection (1899 - Boxer Insurrection in China 11901)... i --. Total up - to .1917 .,...4,364,319 3,309,207 - ri These figures do not include the regular forces of the army and navy that served in times of peace. So few of those; serving before 1858 are now living that we may fairly think! of Ihe 637,691 as having passed away. ' According to official estimates there were supposed to be 251,727 civil war Union soldiers living on June 30, 1920, a -.number that was expected to be reduced to 116,073 by June 30, 1925 ; to-37,073 in 1930, to 6,295 in 1935; 349 in 1940, and to zero in 1945. Making allowance for losses since 1920, there are supposed to be living about 222,013, May 30, 1921- Xi During the Civil war the Unioa army suffered losses i& 'follows, according to published official returns: '- Killed and mortally wounded 110,070 .Died of disease, accidents, etc. (4944 drowned) 250,152 .Total deaths while under arms ; 360,222 Discharged from the service 1,853,130 Died since the war 1,631,130 Total number of Union soldiers and sailors passed ' ' away 1,981,352 Total number of U. S. soldiers and sailors in' for mer' wars ;. 637,691 Grand total of soldier dead of wars before 1898 2,629,352 ' And this is the number of men that the G. A. R. will hold memorial services for on May 30, 1921. ; Mention of the Spanish and World war dead is not made here simply because official statistics as to the number now living are not available and for some time to come will not be possible Wherever known graves are accessible flowers will be laid on them; but that none may be forgotten, monuments to the "Unknown Soldiers and Sailors" will be decorated, and flowersjwill be scattered on rivers, lakes and ocean in mem ory of those drowned, and those buried at sea. , Our great country stands today at the height of power and influence . in the world with almost inconceivable ad vances of prosperity opening before it, to which greatness ev ery humble soldier who now sleeps in an unmarked and un known grave has contributed a life offering, and has done more 4o bring it about than shiploads of hymning pacifists who rfver stand between their country and real or threat ened danger. "Then cover them over, yes, cover them over, ' Father and husband, brother and lover; . i Enshrine in your hearts those dead comrades of ours, And cover them over with beautiful flowers!" ; j i .4 . The Union Army ' i The Union army was composed of 2050 regiments 1696 of jnfantry, 272 of cavalry, 78 of artillery, and certain small units aggregating four full regiments or various designations. DAY FACTS Enlisted 309,971 576,622 Served 184,038 286,730 78,718 88,205 112,230 127,718 : ...1,126,541 ...2 778,304 312,523 1902).... 140,038 (1900- 6,913 637,691 2,213,365 312,000 139,438 6,713 There are recorded 2400 battles, and 4400 other engagements of less magnitude and importance, though many of them were as severe in themselves as those of special note In a valuable book entitled "Regimental Losses," Colonel W. F. Fox, of New York, has collected a vast amount of in teresting and suggestive information about the Civil war, all of his discussions being based on official records. As indi cating the severity of the service performed by the army he contrasts the losses of the most noted European troops with those of our service. For example, the famous Light Brigade lost at Balaklava 36.7 per cent of its men, killed and wound ed; the 16th regiment of the Prussian infantry lost at Mars la Tour in 1870, 49.4 per cent, which is said to be the heaviest loss in the German army in the Franco-German war. ay con trast Fox notes that the First Minnesota lost at Gettysburg 82 per cent of those engaged. He also names three other Union regiments that lost between 70 and 80 per cent, 21 that lost from 60 to 70 ; 39 that lost from 50 to 60 per cent in a single engagement; in all, 73 Union regiments whose losses were greater than any German regiment. He also notes 53 Confederate regiments that lost above 50 per cent. In brief, here are 126 American regiments that lost more than half of the men engaged in a single battle. Fox records the fact that 17 Union Major Generals and Brevet Major Generals, and 34 Brigadier Generals were killed while commanding troops on the field, and 23 Brevet Briga dier Generals while on staff duty, making, in all, 74 general officers killed in action- There were 34 Colonels killed while commanding brigades. In addition to these battle losses, 35 general officers died of disease. To put it in another way, there were four corps commanders, 14 division commanders, and 70 brigade commanders who fell on the battle field. Men tion is also made of 40 surgeons killed and 73 wounded while attending the wounded on the field, and of a large number of chaplains who lost their lives in the same way, or when fight ing in the ranks with the soldiers. Sedgwick Post Sedgwick Post No. 10, G. A. R. of Oregon, has now 108 members who come from 16 different States, and represent 75 regiments of infantry, 14 of cavalry, and 11 batteries of artillery. If dates, names of places, and official returns of nersonal services could be secured it would undoubtedly be found that the members of the post represent not fewer than zoo engagements of different degrees of intensity, and that they saw more dead and wounded men on the battle field than fell in all the wars named above as occurring before 1861. ALBERT LOUGHRIDGE, Post Commander. THE G- A. R. (By Dennis A. McCarthy.) Every year they're marching slower, Every year they're stooping lower, Every year the lilting music stirs the hearts of older men; Every year the Flags above them Seem to bend and bless and love them, As if grieving for the future, when they'll never march again. Every year that day draws nearer, Every year the truth is clearer, That the men who saved the Nation from the severing Southern sword, Soon must pass away forever From the scene of their endeavor; Soon must answer to the roll call of the angel of the Lord. Every year with dwindling number, Loyal still to those that slumber, Forth they march to where already many have found peace at last, And they place the fairest blossoms, O'er the silent mould'ring bosoms, Of the valiant friends and comrades of the battles of the past. Every year grow dimmer, duller, Tattered Flag and faded color, Every year the hands that bear them find a harder task to do, And the eyes that only brightened When the blaze of battle lightened, Like the tattered Flags they follow are grown dim and faded, too. Every year we see them massing. Every year we watch them passing, Scarcely pausing in our hurry after pleasure, after gain. But the battle flags above them Seem to bend and bless and love them, And through all the lilting music sounds an undertone of pain. The statement is made that Colonel Bryan is about to begin the practice of the law in Wash ington, D. C. There ought to be a good opening for a bright young man in that town. And it will be recalled that Bill McAdoo was smart enough to get out of the railroad situation be fore it was all gammed up. He showed the same cleverness at -the San Francisco convention. The population of Nevada has so increased that it is now about the size of Wichita. Kansas, or Harrisburg, Pa. And it elects two senators and a congressman. In some respects we are yet a government of square miles in stead of people. Can you recall a time when the country, in the opinion of com petent observers, was not going to the dogs; when the farmer was satisfied with the prices he was getting for his products or ad mitted that he was making mon- FU1 URt DATES May 26. 7 and 38 BurbaH. Willam ette va. Wif man. at Walla Walla. MaT 28. Raturdar Trark tnrrU Rmem kith arhooT and Jim John high a-bool of Portland, on Salrm field. May 29, Sunday Memorial Sunday terrim. Ma .10. Monday Memorial dar. Jun 3. Friday Annual aroior play by Jan 7. Turaday Auction aale of blondrd J !" at atat fair rroonda Juno 14. Tnraday Klks annnal flag dar program. Jun IS to 29 Oregon National guard Bfimpmnti at Camp Lewia and Kort tTna. Jun IS, Thnraday Orrron Pioaoer taaoriation Dinting in Portland. Jane 17. Friday High arhool grjJu anon ecerriara. Hick Srhool Jan IT, Friday Annual Tows pirn if. Btt fafr rmoiula Jan. 20. Monday Rrhool i July 23. Raturdar Marion ronnfr Bsaday achool picnic, ttate fair grouada. VETERANS ey; when the manufacturer and the merchant were not complain ing, and what was needed was a change in administration and a chance to let prosperity bloom? It is believed that in a few weeks there will be a definite de termination of our attitude to ward Mexico. What Wood row Wilson failed to accomplish in eight years may be done In almost as many weeks. The recognition of the Obregon government is in volved. ORKGOX AT THK HEAD. (Journal of Education, Boston.) Oregon legislators seem to have the noblest kind of leadership in education this year and stand near the front, if not actually ai the front in the promotion of edu cational interests. The office of county superin tendent was abolished and expert supervision provided for the cre ation of three classes of school districts, city school districts, town school districts, and county school districts. This does not affect a city having more than 20.000 children of school age. A city district must have from 1000 to 20.000 children, a town district from 500 to 1000 chil dren, and all schools In a county not included in either a city or town district, are a county dis trict. Every city district, town dis trict and the county district must have a superintendent. Each dis trict has a board of education with great opportunities and re sponsibilities. In abolishing the office of the county superintendent, the super intendent of the county school district assumes most of the op portunities and responsibilities of the former office of county su perintendent. The Oregon law peoms to lie as satisfactory as any bo far de vised. It is a budget system in school finance. It is expert supervision. It prevents all scrapping between cities and towns, and between either or both against the county. There must be good schools, good teachers, good supervision, good school buildings and grounds, and adequate financing when the new iaw gets in good working order. Oregon also now has a first class consolidated school law. The ligeslature appropriated $300,000 for a state training school for boys. The chief object is educational and reformatory, and the buildings and the plan of instruction will be along the lines of most modern and scientific thought for the purpose of voca tional a9 well as academic train ing, and leading, as nearly as pos sible, to the complete reforma tion and rehabilitation of the in mates to fit them for useful and honorable citizenship. There will be kindergartens in every city with 20,000 children of school age. The only limitation Is that not more than five kinder gartens shall be established in any city the first five years and that the total cost shall not be more than $10,000 per year the first five years or more than $20, 000 a year the second five years. Provision is made for an ele mentary teachers' training course. Until January 1. 1923. it will be an intensified continuous course of twelve weeks. From January 1.; 1923, to January 1. 1925. it shall be 36 weeks, and after Jan uary 1, 1925, it shall equal 72 weeks. The term of the state superintendent is to be four years and the salary $4000. Owing to the apparent appall ing turbulency of the world's chaotic political and socfal con dition, particularly in the bol shevik and soviet countries of eastern Europe, and the probabil Maxwell Prices "Reduced New Organization, Taking FuliControl, Turns Prices Back Three fears ' 371 Court Street ity of such contagion extending over and permeating our own Anieriiun government, provision in made for home teachers to work In the homes of the pu pils. Instructing children arid adults in matters relating to school attendance and prepara tion therefor: also in sanitation, in the English language, in house hold duties. auch as purchase, preparation and use of food and of clothing and In the fundamen tal principles of the American system of government and the rlshts and duties of citizenship. Because many influences are at work to destroy and discredit the purposes and authority of our government and to scatter seeds of dissension and disloyalty among those who are to be the custodians of our free Institutions it is of the utmost importance that nothing derogatory to our ideals of government be taught in our plate schools, and that the prin ciples of Americanism be main tained at all times. Most strin gent provision is made lor pro tecting the schools from all in jurious influences and for elimin ating all teachers whose ardent Americanism is questioned. . . REALTY ASSOCIATIONS. Ira E. High, president af the Interstate Realty association. In an article published in the Idaho Homestead, gives an interesting account of what the Tealty associ ation stands for and what it means to the public in general, lie Bays: "The purpose of the realty board is to elevate the real estate prfession to its proped place among the world's leading profes sions, and to systematize this im portant and hitherto more or less neglected field. The real estate profession is as closely related to the public as law or medicine, a profession that .goes hand and glove with all the large construc tive forces. "The realtors Individually and as a body, are today the guiding hand in the growth and develop ment of our cities and countries. The city of today and the future The last step in the Maxwell reorganization was the7aIe"of tnl Max well properties to the new and powerful organization, May 12. t The first step of the new organization was to raise the value of te good Maxwell still higher, by restoring prices to the former low level of 1918. The reduction is $150 on each of the four models, effective t once!' This is the second price revision made by the new organization; and the o!e 28' 1920 haP 10 PohLIbas8L 18 tUrab bai ell tihesUaat MaiWe11 i8 wr was re cars ago. It has been given a new goodness, by lowering costs, by increasing olant rffiaency, and by greatly improving" the manufacturing praS ? The new organization now owns the great Maxwell plants outright' Its way i, clear to carry out in full it, larger plans an! polideT 8 tLPiSffM? I"? !?P Work!n for f her betterment of oAcar 8rMter Sati8faCtia f and f?ture V " w Coup. iW &daaS OSCAR B. GINGRICH SALEM, Tht will not be allowed to 'Jupt come up' like Topsy. but its additions oh they are laid out will be, and ore being developed with the common good of the community In mind. The realty board cannot succeed and cannot acroniplisli many big things in its ' program without your support. Ttire ar in the real estate profession, us in any other, all clause? of men men of vision, high ideals and real initiative, and I ;mi sorry' to admit, many whose ideas of eth ics and principles are anything hut inunaculate. With your co operation this fly-by-night un ethical element can he eradi cated. 'The future growth and pros perity of our city, in fact th" whole country Is influenced to a great extent by the real estate profession. With this truth in mind the real estate boards,; of the nation were organized; fiot only our local board which Is but a spoke In the wheel, but the state and national organization! as well. "The day has gone by when any body of men in any walk of life can organize for a selfish pur pose and prosper, and I might say the day Is arriving when the men and women in any profession must organize to protect the pub lic, for in protecting the public they are not performing any act of charity, but on the contrarj', their business or professional life depends upon them protecting the public from unreliable or unethi cal persons engaged in their par ticular line of endeavor. 'v; "There is no limit to the amount of good a properly sup ported real estate board can do for the community. It can and. will influence industry to locate; it can and will get back of the transportation problems, keep at and after them until a satisfac tory agreement is reached. These and many things too numerous-to mention will be done if you will give the realtors your support I know you will keep in mind the truth that the board was organ ized for the benefit and protection of the public, and is not ai real estate trust, as many unscrupu SV al a WA. . IrSI MOTOR AND TIRE CO. OREGON Good lous operators would have you ' think." 'Ty BITS FOR BREAKFAST Z "Fair and warmer." Next wee,., im vluy June -1, will be soldiers week in K.ilein. o to loan " y During this t.me ihe American Legion boys and tlie'r i I attempt to show all the people of i this section that the success of tn " ! soldiers' loan amendment at the 1 election on June 7 would be a I good thing for Oregon, to say . nothing i,f doiiiK ,art:ul justice til' I the :n,.-;O0 men ; this ato who ' ' staked their lives lor the safetr ' Ul II ili.UU JIJ. ( It now appears that there wilt be at least f.oo acrej of broccoli ' in the Salem district for the bar- ' ' vest of next February and March ' , There is perhaps enough seed V ii pcf,iii ii iHdnr ii ifij acres and ' there is time enough for 'this V within the next weeh or so. it should be done; and that will i mean. If all goe6 well with the crop,, about 15 cars a day going' forward for the better part of two months, bringing some. $309.. nut casti at a time when it will 1 be mighty handy. Pretty good showing, do you not agree, for s. ' movement started only a few" short week ago, with the idea of " getting at least 20 acres planted" so that there might be a car ship- ". . . . .......... . . 1. . .1 iiit-ui ctci uurr U& ; i a a ' 5 It was a fair, fine day for start." ' ine the nutting down n' t.. '. ment on the Pacific Mrhw.w A sidp of Jpfferson and onm.- " a j j en tenia Burrows Sorry, old chap, hat I am looking for a little financial succor again. Bangs You'll have to hunt fur ther. I am not the little financial sucker I used to be. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Q VAVAVAVAVAV4? Q 1 5 GEORGE BEBAN g Is Not Italian as Yon g kJ He was born in San 5 J Francisco of Scotch- f- Irish Parentage ' ' J He will be seen at v J THE OREGON gj Saturday gj O &7AVAVAVA7AV4 0 i 7 Phone 633 4