from us to be aught else than a peace-loving, peace-preserving nation;
but, before God, realizing our great strength and high mission, let us
ever hold some things inviolable and dearer than our own comfort, wealth
and life. Still to be ready to fight and to die for justice and freedom
to mankind marks a people as courageous and noble. Let such courage,
such nobleness be forever the possession of the American people!
CHRONOLOGY.
April 27.--Enlistment at Kansas City, Mo.
May 7.--Departure for Jefferson Barracks.
May 8.--(Sunday) Day of work, fasting and prayer in Camp Stephens.
May 14.--Muster into the United States service.
May 26.--Departure for Falls Church, Virginia.
May 29.--(Sunday) Arrival, erection of tents.
June 28-30.--Practice--march to Difficult Run.
July 24-August 4.--First Battalion, Major Kelsey, at Colvin Run,
constructing rifle-range.
August 3.--Departure for Thoroughfare Gap.
August 3-4.--Burk Station.
August 5-6.--Bull Run.
August 7-8.--Bristow.
August 9-22.--Thoroughfare Gap.
August 23-September 6.--Camp Meade, Middletown, Pennsylvania.
September 6-9.--Return to Kansas City.
September 9-October 21.--Fairmount Park.
October 16.--Dismissal on 30 days furlough.
October 21.--Camp Graham.
Nov. 7.--Muster out.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
Honor the dead who died for Freedom's sake!
Time will their memory but greener make!
Brown, Philip, private, Company F.--Died of typhoid fever at Fort
Myer Hospital, July 30th; buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Carr, James E., private, Company F.--Killed by railway train,
August 27th, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and buried there.
Gray, Arthur W., private, Company K.--Died October 26th, at St.
Joseph's Hospital, of typhoid; buried at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Kleinke, Otto R., private, Company D.--Died of typhoid fever,
August 25th, in field hospital at Camp Meade; buried in National
Cemetery at Gettysburg.
Kinnard, Wm. G., sergeant, Company I.--Died at St. Joseph's
Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, September 22d, of typhoid; buried
at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Lautterbach, Charles, private, Company L.--Died September 23d, in
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia; buried in that city.
Maloy, Richard D., private, Company D.--Died at Fort Myer Hospital,
July 22d, of typhoid; buried at Elmwood, Kansas City.
McNair, John S., corporal, Company I.--Died in field hospital, Camp
Alger, July 15th, of appendicitis; buried at National Cemetery of
Arlington.
Mericle, Charles, bugler, Company F.--Died of typhoid fever,
September 22d, at Independence, Missouri, and there buried.
Murphree, C. B., private, Company A.--Died of typhoid fever, June
19th, at Fort Myer Hospital; buried at Arlington.
Murray, John P., private, Company M.--Died of typhoid, September
5th, at field hospital, Camp Meade.
Nicholas, Henry G., private, Company F.--Died at Fort Myer
Hospital, August 16th, of typhoid; buried at Lathrop, Missouri.
Parker, Fred, Sixth Company, signal corps (transferred thither from
Company F).--Died September 5th, at field hospital, Camp Meade, of
typhoid; buried at Independence, Missouri.
Rockwell, Samuel, private, Company C.--Died of delirium tremens, at
Fort Myer Hospital, June 18th; buried at Arlington.
Sargent, Wm. A., member of U. S. A. Hospital Corps, transferred
from Company C.--Died September 17th, of typhoid; buried at
Sabetha, Kansas.
Spriggs, Elwood W., private, Company G.--Died September 16th, at
Kansas City, Missouri, of typhoid; buried at Medaryville, Indiana.
Thraen, Sigmund, private, Company A.--Died at Fort Myer Hospital,
July 26th, of typhoid; buried at Arlington.