Official souvenir program of the Twenty-fourth national encampment, Boston, Mass., Aug., 1890, of the Grand Army of the Republic; also Fourth Convention National Naval Veteran's Association, and the Eighth Annual Convention Woman's Relief Corps . QOCDBVE country tliey had saved, and tliey were as fullydetermined to maintain its dignity and serveits interests in private life as they had beenon the field of battle. Among those who had borne the bruntof battle and had been rendered unable toi:)rovide for themsel\-es, were many whoIt obliged to call upon the communityin which they lived for
Official souvenir program of the Twenty-fourth national encampment, Boston, Mass., Aug., 1890, of the Grand Army of the Republic; also Fourth Convention National Naval Veteran's Association, and the Eighth Annual Convention Woman's Relief Corps . QOCDBVE country tliey had saved, and tliey were as fullydetermined to maintain its dignity and serveits interests in private life as they had beenon the field of battle. Among those who had borne the bruntof battle and had been rendered unable toi:)rovide for themsel\-es, were many whoIt obliged to call upon the communityin which they lived for assistance to carefor themselves and families. The promisesmade to the men who left their families togo forth to fight for the integrity of thenation were but poorly kept; and though some were provided with employment bythe Government, and many patriotic citizens, who rememliercd and appreciatedtheir services, came nobly forward and gave them the preference in their enterprises,still a great number remained unemployed and unprovided for. This state ol atlairscaused deep anxiety in the hearts of their comrades who had stood shoulder to shoulderwith these men, but who had come out of the war with happier fortune and whowere now better able to cope with t
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