burden, this and coming generations will say, "He did all he could, offering even life itself, and has gone to his reward."

Today especially our hearts are sad, for he whom we mourn was with us from the beginning. Active, generous, impulsive in all his actions, yet his heart was in plain view of all his comrades. And here in this our Grand Army home, which he worked so hard to help establish, where he first took command of the Post, come the thoughts of days that have passed. We know that what we are doing now in this simple service would please him if he could have a voice in this matter. Many a time when we have laid our comrades away he has placed his hand on my shoulder and said, "Ah, this is the way I want to go home!" Friends, we who knew him best loved him most, and his virtues shine through all the faults which humanity always has. Comrade George H. Innis, our friend and past commander, will ever be kindly remembered by every comrade of this Post and every Grand Army man who knew him throughout the Department and the national field. So today we go out, bidding good-by to a good soldier, a man whom you have been told enlisted in the very beginning of the struggle, who as a member of the Tenth Massachusetts Light Artillery served his country well, carrying into the thickest of the fight the little guidon which directed, under the captain, the movement of the pieces. I remember as it were but yesterday, and some of you, my comrades, were there, Cold Harbor, when the infantry line was being pushed back and we were losing men by hundreds. The cry was, "Where is the artillery?" Up through the smoke which hung over that fateful field came the Tenth Massachusetts Battery, Guidon Innis directing it into a proper position in the line. And, oh, how the infantry lines once more took courage as the order came, "In battery, action front!" and the battery opened with grape and canister and held the line while we could reform. These scenes, my comrades, come back today as vividly as ever. Oh, how close the touch of comrade is to comrade! Today the elbow touch is gone, it is the heart touch now. Our members are few, but we are closed up close on to the old colors we all loved so well, and we are going on with each heart feeling stronger and stronger and our purpose in life to be more

faithful as our numbers grow less, so that at the end, as the last man goes out, he can receive the approving sentence, "Well done, good and faithful servant."

And to this organization of which he was the honored commander I bring my tribute with hundreds of others. It is a sad pleasure for me to leave the position of Department Commander and come here as the humble chaplain of this Post, and say that no greater gap has been made than that which now severs our ranks. To you who have known him in later life we say that no better soldier ever took upon himself the duty which the war brought to every one than our comrade, George H. Innis. You mingle your tears with ours. Your colors join in this sad ceremony, and together we show to the family and friends of him we love that the least we can do today is in this our expression of heart and soul, bidding God's blessing upon them. And so with our faces always toward the east, listening to the first call of the day, reveille, we move onward, yet knowing that our column is being pushed westward, ever westward, but with hearts full of noble impulses to do all we can while we yet have life, and cheerful in the recognition of the fact of the approval, not only of our fellowcitizens, but we feel of the great Commander. The touch of another vanished hand brings to mind that the minor strain of music ever rings in our ears, but we leave all to Him who knoweth what is best, and into His hands we commit not only our lives, but the life of the Nation, which we and he who lies before us fought to maintain.

And now the silver cord is loosed and the golden bowl is broken. We commit this body to the earth as it was, and the spirit to God who gave it. Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, waiting for the resurrection and the life to come, through Jesus Christ, our great Commander. Amen.

"The Sleep That Knows No Breaking"

BENEDICTION.

REV. ALAN HUDSON, D. D.

The Adelphi Quartet.

May the peace and comfort of God, the Father, rest and abide with the stricken family and with all of us his comrades today and evermore! Amen.

At the close of the service the body was escorted by the Company, the Grand Army, and representatives of other organizations, to the Dorchester line. There the final military honors were paid as it was taken by the family and immediate friends to Forest Hills for cremation. The pall bearers were Lt. Col. Perlie A. Dyar, Maj. Henry G. Jordan, Capt. Edward P. Cramm and Capt. John D. Nichols, representing the Company; and Past Commander Frank Wilkinson, Nathaniel T. Howard, Dr. Asa Smith and James H. Green, representing Dahlgren Post. It was the intention that the ashes should be buried in Marblehead, Captain Innis's birthplace.

At the meeting of the Company February 18, the following letters were read:

LIEUTENANT BENJAMIN COLE, JR.,

Acting Captain of the Ancient and Honorable

DEAR SIR:

Artillery Company.

Please extend to the officers and members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company the thanks and appreciation of the family of your late Captain, and my beloved husband, Captain George H. Innis, for the many kind expressions of sympathy and love, and honors bestowed upon him, also for the beautiful floral tributes.

The National Lancers have learned with sorrow of the death of Capt. George H. Innis, and share with you the sadness.

His service as a soldier of the United States during the Civil War, together with the interest he always displayed in military affairs, will live in history, both of the organization he commanded at his death and that of his country he so well defended.

Some years ago Captain Innis was connected with the National Lancers, and while with us was always considered a highly valued member.

The National Lancers in meeting assembled unanimously voted to express their sympathy to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston at their loss and his passing away.

Fraternally yours,

CHARLES WAUGH, Clerk.

Col. J. Payson Bradley, Capt. Edward P. Cramm and Capt. Jacob Fottler were appointed at the meeting of April 15 a committee on resolutions on the death of Captain Innis. They reported May 13 and their report, the adoption of which was seconded by Sergt. J. Mitchell Galvin, was adopted unanimously by rising vote. It was as follows:

Capt. George H. Innis, Commander of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, died at his home on Blue Hill Parkway, Mattapan, Jan. 19, 1907. He was born in Marblehead, Mass., Jan. 5, 1845, and received his early education in the public schools of that place. In the year 1860, at the age of fifteen, he was a member of Company B, Eighth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, but soon after the breaking out of the Civil War enlisted, Aug. 16, 1862, in the Tenth Massachusetts Light Battery.

In March, 1864, he was appointed Guidon of the Battery, holding that position and serving through the hard fought campaigns of The Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg and other engagements, up to the time of Lee's retreat and surrender at Appomattox, and on the 9th of September, 1865, received his discharge at Gallups Island, Boston Harbor. At the close of the war he removed to Boston and engaged in business, but with many others was forced to retire in consequence of the great fire of 1872.

He became a member of Dahlgren Post 2, Grand Army of the Republic, when it was organized, and was its Commander in 1887. In 1890 he was elected Department Commander of Massachusetts, filling the office acceptably during his term, and the following year was Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief.

Aside from his military connection, Captain Innis has held many other important positions, having been at one time a member of the state detective force, also a court officer of Suffolk County. He was appointed Fire Commissioner of the City of Boston, and after filling that term of service was elected to the Board of Street Commissioners.

He joined this Company April 17, 1893, was elected First Lieutenant June 6, 1898, and Commander June 4, 1906, holding the latter position at the time of his death. But few men

could claim a more extended acquaintance, or have enjoyed the good wishes of a larger circle of friends, than he. His judgment was good, his opinions were decided, his nature was warm and generous. We miss our comrade and sincerely deplore his departure; therefore, be it

Resolved, That by his death the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company has sustained the loss of a valued member, who was always devoted to its welfare and best interests. May we cherish his memory, as we have honored him in life, ever mindful as the years pass by of the changes constantly occurring, when one by one the vanishing forms of our comrades are silently moving through the shadowy valley to join the innumerable throng beyond the confines of that bourne whence no traveler returns. To his family, especially to her whose lot it has been to share with him the joys and sorrows of this world, we extend our deepest sympathy.

Resolved, That in regular meeting assembled we desire this tribute of respect to be inscribed upon our records, and a copy thereof sent to his family.

DEATH OF CAPTAIN TEMPLE.

Capt. Thomas F. Temple, who commanded the Company in 1886-1887, died at his home in Dorchester, January 2, 1907. Capt. Edward E. Allen, Col. Sidney M. Hedges and Capt. J. Stearns Cushing, as a committee on resolutions on his death, made a report which was adopted by the Company, by rising vote, at a meeting held May 6, 1907, and which was as follows:

In attending to the duty assigned us by vote of the Company to report resolutions on the death of our late Past Commander Temple, your committee believe it proper to place before you some of the more important events of his life history as we know them.

Capt. Thomas F. Temple was born May 25, 1838, in Canton, Mass. On his graduation from high school he entered the employ of the Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Company, becoming its President and Treasurer in 1890. He was elected Clerk and Treasurer of the Town of Dorchester, holding these positions at the time of its annexation to the City of Boston. He also held the position of trial justice for several years.