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*' Echoes from the Revolution," delivered iwx our city July 6, 1876, 

 and by your direction have forwarded the amount to Chaplain Wil- 

 liam Earnshaw, President of the " Soldiers' Home Monument 

 Fund," at Dayton, to assist in erecting a monument to the memory 

 of the veterans who by the fortunes of war await the long roll at the 

 National MiUtary Home, and may your reward be no less than the 

 love and gratitude of our unfortunate comrades. 



By order of 

 General James Barnett, Commanding. 

 E. M. Hessler, Qu,artermastet\ 



There are certain results following every under* 

 taking which are looked upon either with gratification 

 or dissatisfaction, and which, through side issues, very 

 often assume the importance of those desired to be 

 attained. The recollection of the splendid scenes 

 through which I have passed, the people whom I have 

 met, the cities I have visited, will be a lifelong 

 satisfaction, but tlie opportunity to help perpetuate 

 the memory of fellow-soldiers and to do others honor 

 while they yet live, will be the most gratifying outcome 

 of my journey. Knowing this, the following letter 

 from Chaplain Earnshaw holds an important place 

 among the papers of my correspondents. 



National Soldiers' Home, 



Dayton, Ohio, July 27, 1876. 

 Captain Willard Glazier, 



My dear Comrade: We have received, through Major E. M. 

 Hessler, your generous donation to aid in erecting the Soldiers' 

 Monument at the Home. You have the hearty thanks of three 

 thousand disabled veterans now on our rolls; and a cordial invitation 

 to visit us whenever it is your pleasure to do so. Again, we thank 



you. 



Very respectfully, 



William Earnshaw, 



President Historical and Monumental Society. 



On leaving the city several gentlemen gave ine the 

 pleasure of their company for some distance, among 



