The Maine bugle ... campaign; 1-5 Jan. 1894-Oct. 1898 - Maine.gov

356 THE MAINE BUGLE.
Rev. J. H Parshley was next called upon as a man who did
not belong to the Grand Army, but possessed a great, noble
Grand Army heart. As well follow a whirlwind as report his
impetuous, brainy and matchless speech. It was eloquence on
fire. He named three classes—those who saw actual service,
those who had youthful memories of the war, and those who
knew it only from history. He belonged to the middle class.
We had not yet come to an appreciation of the results of the
civil war or even of its true significance. No man can measure
the services of our citizen soldiery in that war to a saved repub-
lic. Even the soldiers themselves can't measure the value of
their services.
Col. Elijah Walker was called upon to close. He gave a
simple, stirring, but superb description of the awful struggles,
the matchless bravery and the conspicuous services of the
Fourth Maine Regiment, especially at Gettysburg. Gen. Davis
Tillson paid a high but merited compliment to the military rec-
ord of Col. Walker, and the seventh reunion of the Knox and
Lincoln Veteran Association ended.
Col. Carver made a most admirable presiding officer. Dig-
nified without being stiff, genial and witty without frivolity,
happy in introducing his speakers without being fulsome, and
sensible in never obtruding himself to weariness upon the audi-
ence. The following resolutions were passed
Resolved, That we, the veteran soldiers and sailors of Knox and Lincoln counties,
reaffirm our loyalty to the principles for which we fought, and renew our devotion to
the flag as the emblem of the union of the States of the American Republic; that
while we revere the memory of our comrades dead, we will loyally stand up for the
interest of our comrades living.
Resolved, That the Knox and Lincoln Veteran Association condemns the course of
the national government which has confined its reduction of expenditures to the depart-
ment of the interior, thus depriving the needy and destitute survivors of the war of
pensions to the amount of nearly ^20,000,000; that we indorse the action of the com-
mander-in-chief and the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in
the matter of pensions.
Resolved, That we recall with gratitude the untiring efforts of the senators and rep-
resentatives of Maine in behalf of the soldiers of the republic and for their faithful
and able services we tender to each of them the hearty thanks of this association.