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"The Unremembered Soldier '
To the Survivors of the Union Army In the War of the Rebellion By Win. Sooy Smith.
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Follow Seldiers:
During tlio great war in which wo
participated thu Amcrlcnn people
wito a nntlon of "hero worshiper,"
Kind to sound tho praises of tho ar
mies that fought, nnd perhaps still
tnoro delighted to heap honors on the
heads of thoso who led thorn.
Tho heroes of tho hour wore gen
erally the commanders of armies, or
nt least of corps. Xow and then a
commander of a division, or even oi
a brigade, regiment or company, fa
vored by circumstances, rose to tho
Htirfnro nnd was proudly tossed on
tho waves of popular applause. The
people were pleased to bestow hon
ors, nnd their favorites no less pleas
ed to receive them. And this was
right, when great services were real
ly rendered and the honors given
fairly won.
Hut how often did the soldiers at
tho front feel indignant at the col
umns of fulsome falsehood wc read
lu tho newspapers that reached us
describing unimportant skirmishes
as great battles, nnd lauding officers
to tho skies for their bravery and
skill, who perhaps had not even
sniffed tho smell of villainous gun
powder, when their handful of men
had won the great victory? How
often did wo know that some poor
straggling newspaper correspondent
had found his way to the camp, and
had been furnished with tent and
blanket, poor cigars and worse whis
key, and In the plentltude of his
gratitude, with his blood and his Im
agination heated by his generous
entertainment, and wishing to please
home, and make popular the jour
nal he served, had written
spread-oaglo nonsense, utterly re
gardless of truth? And even when
great battles were really fought, who
of us that took part in them would
oven hare recognized tho actual en
gagements from the written descrip
tions of them?
Wo nil know that there was a
very largo class of officers who, dur
ing the war, studied nnd employed
every mean's available to them in
getting all the notoriety and praise
they could for what they did, and
even for what they did not do. Many
of them had friends at court and did
more at Washington to get promotion
than they did in the field to earn it.
"We know that men were made briga
diers and even major generals who
knew little of military affairs theo
retically, and absolutely nothing of
them practically. We know what
war horses they bestrode, and what
wonderful plumes and epulettes
they wore.
And even some of the most de
serving were praised as they felt and
acknowledged far beyond that which
was due to their actual services.
When the purpose of tho government
to create tho rank of general and con
fer It on Grant was first known to
htm, he disapproved of it and stated
that up to that time be thought no
one had demonstrated his superiority
over all tho rest suflclently to make
it advisable to create this grade for
his benefit. How refreshing was
this truthfulness and modesty con
trasted with the scramblo for promo
tion In which so many wero engaged?
As time goes on the great public
drops from Its recollection tho many,
and exaggerates more and more the
merits of tho few.
It is the misfortune of the common
eoldler to bo remembered only In tho
mass. Ho can get no distinct, indi
vidual fame. The phalanx of Philip,
under him and 'his illustrious son,
conquered tho world; but was the
nanio of a single one of tho heroes
who held one of the spears that form
ed that glittering and resistless wall
no man knows.
Tho world may never forget the
brilliant Corslcan who toro through
Kuropo llko a cyclone, but it has
never had acquaintance with those
who, stretched on Africa's sands,
turned their Blghtless eyes to its
burning sun, or, frozen Btlft and
Mark, made food for wolves on Kus
slan snows,
It was tho valor and patriotism
and sterling character of tho soldiers
of our revolution oven moro than the
energy, bravery and skill of thoir
commanders that made them success
ful in their seven years struggle with
one of tho most powerful military
nations of tho world, And it is so In
in till wars. Tho quality of tho rank
and file of an army Is the prlmo
eauBo of Its success or failure and
tho Grcok proverb that "An nrmy of
flings with u Hon to command, is
better than army of lions with u stag
to command," la not and never was
true. Tiu simple truth Is, that tho
historian chronicling tho events
which muko tho birth, growth and
downfall of nations, mentions only
the names of tho most prominent ac
tors, and disposes of tho thousands
who suffer nnd die, with a moro
atroko of tho pen.
Wo roinombor how eloquently, dur
ing tho great war, orators promised
Immortality of fame to tho men who
donned tho blue, shouldorod their
wunkoUi left thoir mothers nnd
flOBErw dank ,KiirWir t.P, t'i'SiniH
General Win. Sooy Smith, of .Mcdroitl. Cniiininmler of Union Cnuilry
I'mler (Irani, and Hero of Many Unities.
fathers, sisters and brothers, their 1 1 wish that every ono of them might
wives and their children, and went ,
to the front to suffer by the millions,
and to dlo by tens of thousands. They
and their children's children to the
latest generation were to be held in
grateful remembrance, and like Jef
ferson and Adams, "their names were
to endure as long as If written in' let
ters of living light betwixt Orlan and
the Pleiades."
How they marched through dust
and mud and rain, bearing the bur
dens of pack-mules by day and by
night, often on short rations, endur
ing tho pangs of hunger and thirst.
How often did they Ho In bhouac In
their wet blankets, drenched with
rain or covered with snow, getting
up to a hasty breakfast of hard-tack,
bacon and coffe, long before day
light to form-In line nnd fight in
bloody battles the live long day. And
who can adequately describe the pic
ture which their blood painted on
the field strewn with their mangled
bodies, or the scenes which our hos
pitals presented after a fight?
"Sad, sad indeed are the signs of a
foughten field." And sad too wero
the home scenes after a battle.
Breathlessly their dear ones waitod
for tidings from them and trembling
ly they scanned the long lists that
wero published of the killed, wound
ed and missing.
In our pension offices, custom
houses and post offices throughout
the country, and in tho department
at Washington, many old soldiers and
many widows and children" of sol
diers are employed. More should be.
And even as employees In our private
business, other things being equal,
they should have preference. Our
wonderfully generaus provision of
pensions for soldiers and their wid
ows, proves that thoy aro collectively
held in grateful reinomberance by
our people, but the truth still re
mains that as Individuals they aro not
honored as they should be.
In tho Kromlln at Moscow, passing
through tho palace, I saw stately col
umns covered from base to capital,
with the names of thouhands of com
mon soldiers and officers who had
fought gallantly and died for their
country. And I thought, this much
abused Russia here sets an example
to the world In giving aB far as possi
ble to tho common soldier lasting
recognition for his merits, and u rec
ord to which his descendants may
point with pride.
I wish thut our government would
erect at tho seat of government a
shaft as high as the Vushlngton
monument, mid cover It with non
corrodlblo aluminum bronze on which
should be Inscribed tho name of every
officer or soldier, who during tho
war won special mention in official
reports for gallant and meritorious
conduct iu action.
On nil great civic occasions, lu tho
midst of pom)) and pageantry nnd
ceremonial, prominent places should
always be icscrved for tho surviving
votorans, common soldiers as well as
officers, ami dear as is our starry
banner to tho sight of our peoplo,
should ho that of thoir furrowed
cheoks and Bnow-whlto huir.
I wish that ovory position In tho
civil Borvico of our country, nt homo
and ubroad, was filled by an old sol
dier, so long as thoy could bo found
Biiltublo lu every way to kill them.
have enough of this world's goods to
place him beyond want and make him
comfortable lu his old age. And I
especially wish that all whose con
duct In life is worthy, should be held
m such esteem and receive such kind
and geuerous treatment that they
would be made to feel that their
services are appreciated and that they
are respected and honored by the
country they saved from division nnd
destruction.
There arc many who are here pres
ent, who have the ploasant con
sciousness of long nnd arduous ser
vice ciieernilly sum faithfully ren
dered, who have not had the expe
rience of Clnclnnntus while living,
and who cannot hope for perennial
fame when dead. Hut that conscious
ness, and tho glorious privilege of
living as free men in our beloved
country, and the pride and satisfac
tion that wc feel In the fact that,
united and great and powerful, wo
hand it over to our children and their
descendants as tho richest and best
heritage. Is our nmplo and soul-satisfying
reward. And so with no envy
townrd those who have filled and
still fill the public eye, let us enjoy
all the well earned vlans that our
memorlos spread before us, and re
joicing that we fought and still live
as American citizens, march down the
hill and lie with those who sleep at
Its base the "iinromombered sol
dlors" of all the centuries.
THIS VILL INTEREST MOTHERS
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders foi
Children, a Certain relief for Fever-
Ishness, Headache, Had Stomacn,
Teething Disorders, move and regu
late tho Dowels and Destroy Worms
They break up cold, In 24 hours
They are so pleasant to the taste
Children llko thorn. Over 10,000
testimonials. Used by Mothers for 23
yoarB. They never fall. Sold by all
Druggists, 2Cc. Samplo mailed
FRErJ. Address, Allen S. Olmsted,
L Hoy, N. y.
Medford Real Estate
& Employment Agency
1C0 ncro mountain ranch, 7
miles f i oin a good little town,
S, 000.
120 acres In lower Sams Valley
will go at hulf price If taken at
once; It Is Al unimproved land.
10 acres nicely Improved alfalfa
laud, 8 miles from Central Point,
112,000.
18 acres of fine black Koll with
about 1H acres of hay, good houso
and barn, 112,000,
100 ncirm of sticky, well Im
proved , 17fi per acie.
Wo have homo good 10 aero
tracts close In tit $150 per acie.
Several first class relinquish
ments well located, at a very low
price.
HiikImcks ('banco
Good unto truck only C2fi If
taken at onco.
Soveral good automobiles rang
ing lu price from $200 to $800.
If you wmi t to snvo money on
your furniture como and sco us.
l'liiployiueiit
Wo want seveial good girls at
once,
Mrs. Emma Bittnor
IIOO.MH AND 7, lAI,M HWOK
Opposite Nash Hotel
Phono II II; Home, 11,
AT CRATER LAKE
Superintendent W l Atnnt nnd
Hanger II. K. Mnui)cr ' Crater
Lake National Park lme left for the
government heudquiutors five- Jul los
this side of the rim of Crater Luke
to make the first steps low aid getting
read for the summer tourist season.
They expect to bo gone about two
weeks on this trip, Superintendent
Araitl anticipates encountering con
siderable snow before reaching the
lu.ulqunrters hut helioses tho trip
nu be made easily en snow shoes
and possibly without the aid of these
because of tho crusted snow, lie
also thliiKs the snow nt the lake and
headquarters will not be found mi)-
thing like as deep thin spring as It
was at this time Inst .enr. Nearly
r .3 feit of snow fell ear ago at the
park but It Is not believed anything
, like this amount fell during tho past
i winter ns It has boon much more
open ami less snow has fallen all
over
Mr. Mamjer will probably be In
the park most of the time from now
until next fall when Hie storms drive
him out. lie wilt take his wife and
they will have general supervision
over things there under Superintend
ent Arnnt,
CLARK GETS VOTE
MONTANA
DEMOCRATS
1HTTK, Mont., Mi,v HO. Chump
Olnrk lotlnv linn been emlnrxed I y
llie state convention of llie ileiuoerulH
inoetintf lioui uiitl eight tleleutes
were iiwlrueleil to oli lor linn nt
llie national convention tls lon Hie
inujoiitv (lele;nes hme it belief that
lie linn n eliunee to win.
Get thi Original ind Genutnt
HORLIGK'S
MALTED MILK
The Feetf'rirktk fir All Ajis.
For Infants, Inva!kli,and Growing children.
PurcNutrition,upbuildingthevho!cbody.
Invigorates the nursing mother and the aged.
FJtch milk, malted grain, in powder form.
A quick IoBcb prepared in a annate.
Take no substitute. Atlcfor HORUCK'S.
Hot in Any milk Trumt
CHICAGO GIRLS MOST
MODEST OF LOT
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I'HU'AOO. May 510. That tho
working girls of Chicago are more
modest than thoso of Now York Is
the opinion expiessed today by C. II
Plnley, mnunger of tho 500 girls em
ployed by the Western Union Tele-
graph company here.
When told of the rule Just made
that all girls working for the com.
puny In New York must wear shirt-1
waists covering up their chubby
necks and extending below their el
bows, Kin ley said:
"It Isn't necessary lu Chicago, lu
New York 't wnu done for moral effect."
SPECi I ALS
THIS WEEK
Colonics Talcum Powder, Die regular -Oc size.
Here in Ihroo odoi'H ('nnli!iioro, Hi)tiH, Violcl,
Dnclylis; also tho unsciMilcd. Special (his week,
15 Can, 2 for 2fty
Nol over (i lo one person
The A wakening of
Rip Van Winkle
BARGAIN
FOR SALE
Greatest auto bargain of the
season, 25 li. p. roadster,
new, run less than .150 miles.
"Will Sjpll at m'cat sacrifice.
Home phone 301-X or write
JANES BROS.
Hosiery
MEN'S
LADIES'
MISSES'
INFANTS'
BOYS'
The usual 05e qualify
iu all stores, hero in
Mlack, While, Tan
and colors,
25c pair
Driving and
Work Gloves
MEN'S
LADIES'
BOYS'
MISSES'
Xo heller made or
heller wearing (.Move
iu the eity, hero iu
anvsi'.e at a saving of
25Mo$1.00n Pii".
Was nothing to tho general awaken
ing of users of Glasses mid Spectacles
to tho superiority of my lennos mid
methods of fitting tho eyes with Out
correct glasses to suit the Individual
vision. I prescrlbu and adjust the
kind of (llasses that will Improve thu
sight mid rest tho eyes.
No Drugs (drops) Used.
DR. RICKERT
Kyrtdglit KpeclnUttt Over Kentner's
Dinnerware
We carry iu Open Stock the hest line of emi
porrclain and American China Dinnerware in
the city, at a saving of 15 to-l() percent. You can
huy an odtl plate, at the same price, as in a full
dinner set. In this wav vou keep vour dinner
sel complete.
Now Dinnorwaro Just In.
HUSSEY'S
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know that Gor
don Hosier' is
the most sheer
and attractive as
well as most dur
able Hosiery you
r'in ln' "Pi'ir'P
fO?25to$1.25
HOSIERY
MOE & CO
125 East Main St.
Henderson
Corsets
'Kv!ry Henderson Corset
represents a well satisfied
customer who will always
wear these genuinely good
models, priced from
$1.00 to $5.00
Items That Will Interest You for
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
CURTAIN SCRIM
10 pieces of now pattern 30 inch Curtain Scrim,
printed on both sides, regular selling price is 25c
Special 17
BLACK HOSE
10 dozen Ladies' Black Hose, good 15c value,
ftpeciid, 8 1-2, 3 pair for 25
DRESS SHIELDS
"WiiHliablo Cambric Dress Shields, all sizes, real
15c value, 8 1-2 or 3 jrJr for 25
KINDERGARTEN CLOTH
'Absolutely fast wash colors, the best cloth to buy
for children's dresses. These goods aro very
scarce and in great demand. Price 25
BALBRIGGAN UNDERWEAR
Men's Halbriggan Underwear, 25 per garment
or, per suit .......... ...iwy
WASH SKIRTS
.10 don. Ladies' Gingham and Percale Wash
Skirls, fast colors, plain and fancy, real 50c.
it till' ,..,,,,,,.,. C
SUPPORTS
Silk covered wine color Supports with lapo cov
ered ends, 3 card, 2 cards for 5
PAD HOSE SUPPORTS
25c Ladies' Satin Pad TIoso Supports, assorted
colors. Special value 15
Always a complete line of Linen Cluny Laces in stock.
Prices from 5c to 15c per yard
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