After all was over, and as I stood by the side of the covered mortal remains I thought: "You have fulfilled your promise to the wife, your duty now is to the many living, suffering, wounded officers committed to your care in your ward at Armory Square General Hospital," and I left the house in deep meditation. In my lonely walk I was aroused from my reveries by the cold drizzling rain dropping on my bare head, my hat I had left in my seat at the theatre. My clothing was stained with blood, I had not once been seated since I first sprang to the President's aid; I was cold, weary and sad. The dawn of peace was again clouded, the most cruel war in history had not completely ended. Our long sorrowing country vividly came before me as I thought how essential it was to have an organization composed of returning soldiers to guard and protect the officers of state and uphold the Constitution. This great need was simultaneously recognized by others, for on that day, April 15, 1865, there assembled at Philadelphia a few army officers for that purpose and originated the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Among the archives of our organization, the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, we have recorded:-- _ABRAHAM LINCOLN._ _President of the United States, March 4, 1861, to April 15, 1865._ _Born February 12, 1809, Hardin (La Rue County), Kentucky._ _Assassinated April 14, 1865; died April 15, 1865, at Washington, D.C._ _Enrolled by Special Resolution, to date from April 15, 1865._