Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1901 — APPEALS TO WAR VETERANS. [ARTICLE]

APPEALS TO WAR VETERANS.

Commander Rasaienr Urges Them to Join the G. A. K. Commander-in-chief Leo Rassieur of the Grand Army of the Republic has issued an address to veterans, in which he urges those who fought in the Civil War but who are nt present outside the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic to join the organization. The address reads as follows: “The nineteenth century is a thing of the past, and of all the agencies which have been effective in giving it prominence and character in the world’s history none will stand superior to the Grand Army of the Union, out of which the Grand Army of the Republic was recruited, which triumphed in the greatest war of all times, preserved this government and nation with the principle of perpetuity indelibly impressed upon it for all future time by the costly sacrifices of the army, and then manifested the greatest civic qualities of the American citizen in the teaching of patriotism and in the industrious pursuit of all honorable activities which could possibly aid in the advancement of our great country. “The record of the past is as nearly perfect as fallible humanity could make it. The twentieth century, which so many have beeu spared to witness, requires from us as a foundation for its success and greatness the same unselfish services, the same faithful conduct and the same unstinted devotion to duty and country. The responsibility rests with us, and must be cheerfully borne by us. Organization is as necessary now as it ever was to accomplish the best results. Each comrade must be in our organization if he desires to do his full duty. The burden ceases to be a burden when borne by all. Those entitled to membership who remain outside otour ranks are untrue to their past history. “Let the comrades bring these facts home to those who are not with us in the doing of the great work assumed by us in taking care of the needy veteran and of the dependent widow.”