Hellraisers Journal: Poem for Militiaman Walker, Sent Home for Burial C. O. D.

And, if in Glorious battle,
Your life should offered be,
Your body will be sent home sure-
But strictly C. O. D.
-W. H. Piper
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Hellraisers Journal, Friday June 17, 1898
St. Louis, Missouri – Body of Corporal Walker Sent Home C. O. D.

From the Appeal to Reason of June 11, 1898:

Poem by W. H. Piper

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SOURCE & IMAGE
Appeal to Reason
(Girard, Kansas)
-June 11, 1898
POEM Corpse COD, by WH Piper, AtR p3, June 11, 1898
https://www.newspapers.com/image/66970598

George M Walker, Jr
BIRTH 1874
Wentzville, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
DEATH 21 May 1898 (aged 23–24)
Rossville, Walker County, Georgia, USA
BURIAL
Bethany Cemetery
Wellston, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Artificer Co D 1st Regt, Missouri Volunteers

24 years of age. Son and eighth child of Mr.& Mrs. George M. Walker, Sr. He had been a member of the Missouri National Guard for five years, and was employed at the local Pullman car shops. He had lived at 2208 Randolph St., and was engaged to be married. He died from injuries received in a train wreck while his regiment was on it’s way to Camp George H. Thomas during the Spanish American War.

“Yours for the Revolution”
-the Appeal to reason, 1895-1922
-ed by John Graham
(page 224)
University of Nebraska Press, Jun 1, 1990
https://books.google.com/books?id=2_YDAQAAIAAJ

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