The credit of putting down the rebel
lion and saving the Union is due to
the generation living in the northern
states at that time—to the loyal men
and women of IHR 1 18(5a Probably
if the history of iliese G. A R heroes
who were not in the army at all could
be ascertained, they belong to the ex
ccplions of that time, that neither
went in the army nor gave any ser
vice to the country as cilizuns —they
shirked all the duties that citizens
owe their government and now seek
to enroll themselves among tho most
honored.
