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He was elected president of the Stephenson County Soldiers Monu- ment Association and well and faithfully carried through to completion one of the finest county Soldiers' Monuments in the State. He was a gentleman of fine culture, of sound judgment and justly earned prominence in public estimation in both civil and private life, was president of 2nd National Bank of Freeport for many years. Died on the 18th day of August, 1881, at Green Bay, Wis., and was buried at Cedarville, Ill. His wife and one son survive him, also two daughters, Mrs. Alice Halderman, of Girard, Kans., and Miss Jane Addams, of Hull House, Chicago.
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LETTER FROM GEN. JAMES C. VEATCH.
The following letter written by Gen. James C. Veatchi was in response to a letter written him by T. B. Jones to attend a reunion of the 46th to be held at Freeport, Ill. in 1891. ,
Rockport, Ind., July 1891. T. B. Jones, Buckeye, Ill.
Dear Comrade :- Your letter is received and I am glad to hail one of the old 46th Illinois. It was one of my favorite regiments and I have always felt a special regard for it and every one of its members.
But to the business part of your letter first. I do not recall to mind private Wm. H. H. Rutter who you say was detailed and on duty at my headquarters . I regret that I cannot render any assistance to his widow in prosecuting her claim, for I do not remember any facts in his case. And as to my staff who might remember him they are all dead, or scattered where their address is not known.
Capt. Reid, 25th Ind. and Capt. Hewitt of 15th Ill., who were my aids a great while may be living yet but I have not heard of either of them for years. Capt. Ankeny, afterwards Col., who was detailed from the 46th, would be more likely to know about Rutter than any other Staff Officer but I do not know his address. Express to the widow of Rutter my sym- pathy for her bereavement and regrets that I know nothing that can be of any advantage.
Poor fellow, he was cut short in life's career by reason of exposure and exhausting duties rendered his country for which neither he nor his family can ever be rewarded as they deserve. I am glad to get the address of Gen. Ben. Dornblaser. I will write him. He was a good officer and a true soldier. Also to know of Dr. B. H. Bradshaw. Be sure to notify me of time and place of the reunion of the 46th. It is not likely that I can attend, but I should be glad to know the time. I am an invalid and rarely ever get away from my home. Broken down with neuralgia, rheumatism and disease of stomach and bowels. Am 72 years old, and may reasonably expect to be MUSTERED OUT at any time.
You add at the close of your letter the sentence "I did not steal that hog." I suppose that covers a joke that I have forgotten, as there were so many cases of "HOG" between the 14th, 15th, 46th, and 25th Ind. that it would be hard to remember any particular one.
Glorious good fellows, all of them, were fairly entitled to all of the fresh pork in the Confederacy that chanced to run against their bayonets. My best wishes to yourself and all those dear to you and every member of the 46th.
JAMES C. VEATCH.
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The reference to "HOG" was to restrict too much foraging and es- pecially from parties who resided near the camp of the Army. The pro- vost guards overhauled many of these fellows of the Brigade and when brought up before the Gen. and asked where they belonged, all, with one accord, said, to the 25th Ind. When the Gen. all the time knew the men and. especially those of his own regiment. With a merry twinkle in his eye they were assigned to some light fatigue duty. I do not think the punishment was for taking "HOG" but for lying.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BATTLE FIELDS, NATIONAL CEMETERY AND PARK, BY COMRADE E. A. SYNDER.
Cedar Falls, Iowa, February 13, 1907. Lieut. Thos. B. Jones, Gilbert Station, Iowa.
My Dear Comrade :- While recently enjoying the great privilege of going over Southern battle-fields and with one hundred and sixty others from Iowa, participating in the dedication of memorials and monuments to fittingly commemorate the patriotic bravery and self sacrifice of Iowa troops, I found myself frequently wishing that all of our comrades and their wifes could visit those grounds made sacred by the blood of our companions, who fell at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Chickamau- ga, Atlanta, and other bloody fields, as well as the 13,000 who suffered a thousand deaths from exposure, diseases and starvation, in that mur- derous prison pen at Andersonville.
For these appropriate memorials, the state of Iowa appropriated $150,000 to be expended at Vicksburg, $50,000 at Shiloh, $35,000 at Chat- tanooga, and $10,000 at Andersonville.
The people of Illinois have erected one of the grandest memorials to be found in any of the five great Military Parks established by our govern- ment, three of which are in the West. Shiloh, Vicksburg, Lookout Moun- tain and Chickamauga, at a cost of over $300,000. This monument is in the form of a dome, about sixty five feet high, fifty feet in diameter; with massive columns and forty eight broad granite steps in front. In the seventy nine regimental and other organizations recorded in their order upon the inner walls, the name of every Illinois soldier who took part in the investment and siege of Vicksburg, appears in plain bronze letters, so arranged that each may readily be found. It is located near Shirly house, on the line of the approach by Logan's command in their efforts to drive a mine under the confederate fortifications. Many smaller monu- ments are seen where Illinois regiments sustained losses, while Union and
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Confederate field and siege guns are seen on every part of the park, pointing as in days when they were in action.
The State monument bears this inscription :
"The people of Illinois, free of malice, full of charity, dedicate this field."
There are other appropriate inscriptions to loyal citizens; I give but one :
Not without thy wondrous story, Illinois, Illinois, Can be writ the Nation's Glory, Illinois, Illinois. On the record of thy years, Abraham Lincoln's name appears,
Grant and Logan and our tears, Illinois, Illinois.
The record in connection with the 46th at Vicksburg, shows seven officers and one hundred and four men captured.
The Iowa State Memorial at Vicksburg is in the form of a circle, sixty-five feet across the front and about forty feet in height, with mounted equestrian figure, columns, and six battle scenes in which Iowa troops were prominent.
There are also thirteen Iowa brigade, regimental and battery monu- ments of beautiful designs, with appropriate inscriptions. These and the State memorial, were dedicated and presented to the United States Government on the 15th of November; fine addresses, singing by the school children of Vicksburg in the presence of a large assembly, mark- ing the memorable event.
ANDERSONVILLE NATIONAL CEMETERY
At Andersonville National Cemetery, most tender and impressive dedicatory services were held November 17th, '06, in presence of a large number of ex-prisoners of war. Gov. Cummins and others making most appropriate addresses, following the unveiling of a beautiful monument with the names of one hundred and thirty four of Iowa's starved prison- ers engraved upon it, surmounted by the statue of a daughter weeping over the 13,000 brave patriots whose markers tell where their emaciated forms were laid.
Great interest was taken in the prison grounds now owned by the Woman's Relief Corps; also in Providence Springs, from which the sweet water has been flowing since the hot August day in 1864 when 33,000
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famished prisoners were being poisoned by the filthy water flowing through a Confederate camp of 3000, and from excrement that rendered the prison a veritable receptacle of filth and vermin. A stone pavillion has been built over the spring and upon the marble slab through which the water gushes, are found these inscriptions :
. "This fountain, erected by the National Association of Ex-prisoners of war and W. R. C. in memory of the 52,345 comrades who were con- fined here as prisoners, and of the 13,900 comrades buried in the ad- joining National Cemetery.
The prisoners cry of thirst rang up to Heaven, God heard and with his thunderbolt cleft the earth and poured his sweetest water here.
A thunderbolt fell with omnipotent ring and opened the fountain of Providence Spring."
SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK.
At the historic battlefield of Shiloh, where grounds known as Shiloh National Military Park, consisting of 3700 acres, have been purchased and nicely adorned with tablets, memorials, and avenues, eleven hand- some Iowa regimental monuments were dedicated in succession on the 22d of November, 1906 and on the 23d more extended excercises were had at the State Monument, which is a marble shaft of elegant design nearly ninety feet in height, surmounted by an eagle with wings spread, and figure of "Fame" on left at base. On front:
"This monument is erected by the State of Iowa in commemoration of the loyalty, patriotism and bravery of her sons who, on this battlefield of Shiloh on the 6th and 7th days of April, A. D. 1862, fought to perpet- uate the sacred union of the States."
On the left :
"Brave of the brave the twice five thousand men Who all that day stood in the battle's shock,
Fame hold them dear, and with immortal pen Inscribes their names on the enduring rock."
On the right :
"The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here."
Four iron tablets mark important positions held by the 46th in line of battle, and a monument upon the open field where the regiment sustained its most severe loss Sabbath morning, has upon it this inscription :
"46th Illinois. Commanded by Col. John A. Davis; Lieut. Col. J. J. Jones, formed here for battle at 9:30 A. M. and maintained its position un-
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til 11 A. M., then withdrew northward to Jones' Field and formed a new line; twenty-five men killed, ten officers and one hundred twenty four men wounded, one missing ; total : one hundred sixty.
This is near the large Illinois State monument.
The camp of the 46th, the place in rear of camp where the dead were buried, also in line where the regiment lay on arms ready for battle Sunday night, are each designated by iron markers about thirty inches square, supported by iron posts. All markers are duly inscribed.
I am indebted to Major D. W. Reed, Secretary of Shiloh National Military Park Commission and George Dean, Superintendent Shiloh National Cemetery, for the following list of names of the 46th Illinois Infantry recorded in the burial register of the Shiloh, Tenn. National Cemetery :
Names
Rank
Co.
Reg't
Ill. Inf.
Month
Day
Year
No. of grave
Robert Aikey
Pvt.
G
46
Ill. Inf.
April
6
1862
1925
A. F. Arnold.
Pvt.
A
46
Ill. Inf.
1911
George Ash. . ..
Pvt.
D
46
Ill. Inf.
April
6
1862
1927
George D. Beler ..
Pvt.
G
16
Ill. Inf.
April
6
1862
1924
Hiram Clingman.
Pvt.
A
46
Ill. Inf.
April
6
1862
1905
John Coyle ..
Pvt.
H
46
Ill. Inf.
May
6
1862
1932
Nittert Djurken ..
Pvt.
C
46
Ill. Inf.
April
23
1862
1918
A. F. Echelbarger
Srg't
D
46
Ill. Inf.
April
6
1862
1903
John Elliott.
Pvt.
A
46
Ill. Inf.
April
6
1862
1909
Henrich Giboni ..
Pvt.
46
Ill. Inf.
April
6
1852
1913
Fred Hasselmann
Pvt.
C
46
Ill. Inf.
April
7
1862
1915
H. Hickey.
Pvt.
G
45
Ill. Inf.
1862
1925
Wm H. Holsinger
Pyt.
A
46
Ill. Inf.
April
1
1862
1904
E. V. Kellog.
Pvt.
B
46
Ill. Inf.
April
7
1862
1923
Andrias Knock.
Pvt.
C 1
46
Ill. inf.
April
6
1862
1914
Aron Lapo.
Pvt.
C
46
Ill. Inf.
May
4
1862
310
Leon Marbeth .
Pvt.
C
46
Ill. Inf.
April
7
1862
1916
James S. Martin ..
Pvt.
E
16
Il1. Inf.
May
16
1862
1931
Samuel Milliard ..
Pvt.
D
46
!11. Inf.
April
6
1862
1928
Johann Rebel ....
Pvt.
C
46
Ill. Inf.
April
6
1862
1912
Con. Richmayer ..
Pvt.
C
46
Ill. Inf.
Jan.
1
1862
2912
W'm. H. Rodimer.
Pvt.
A
46
ill. Inf.
April
6
1862
1910
Henry G Rogers.
Pvt.
A
46
Ill. Inf.
April
6
1862
1:08
Burrell Stephens ..
Pvt.
D
Hoot John.
Pvt.
IA
46
Ill. Inf.
April
6
1907
James Welby
Pvt.
D)
46
Ill. Inf.
John Whistler
Pvt.
A
46
Ill. Inf.
April
6
1862
1906
Peter Welsh
Pvt.
E
46
Ill. Inf.
May
4
1862
19S9
Unknown.
C
16
Ill. Inf.
1917
1
Ill. Inf.
2851
John Este ..
Pvt.
C
46
The length of this letter forbids of more than passing mention of the battlefield of Atlanta, the beautiful Iowa monuments dedicated at Look-
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1929
1926
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Date of Death
REV. WM. J. RUTLEDGE Chaplain 14th Ill. Inft., one of the founders of the G. A. R.
B. F. STEPHENSON, M. D. 14th Ill. Inft., one of the founders of the National G. A. R.
PLATE XXIX
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out Mountain, Sherman Heights, on Missionary Ridge, and Rossville Gap. Also of the great National Military Park Chickamauga, containing about six thousand acres, dotted with cannon. monuments and memorials of the sanguinary struggle to perpetuate union and freedom.
Count not the cost of honor to the dead! The tribute that a mighty nation pays To those who loved her well in former days Means more than gratitude for glories fled; For every noble man that she hath bred, Immortalized by art's immortal praise, Lives in the bronze and marble that we raise, To lead our sons as he our fathers led. These monuments of manhood. brave and high,
Do more than forts or battleships to keep Our dear-bought liberty. They fortify The heart of youth with valor wise and deep;
They build eternal bulwarks and command Eternal strength to guard our native land.
-HENRY VAN DYKE.
Your Comrade, E. A. SNYDER.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ILLINOIS STATE MONUMENT.
The pedestal is of best Barre granite, built solid with stones of large size, as will be seen by reference to the specifications.
It is twelve feet square at the base, with a graceful curving taper to about ten feet square at the top. It is twenty-three feet high, built up in ten courses. The lines are simple, but its massive construction impresses you with a sense of dignity and stability.
The crowning figure, of standard bronze and weighing nearly 7,000 pounds, is twelve feet high and is designed to represent Illinois, whose record of her son's achievements on this field can be found on the pages of the book where her finger parts the leaves. The sword is sheathed, but the scabbard is held with firm grasp. as if in readiness for release of the blade again and renewal of the battle should occasion at any time re- quire. Watchfully, guardingly, her gaze is bent toward the south, from whence her enemies came. and the look upon her face is one of admonition. The splendid countenance has a definite expression to its dignity. Over her shoulders is thrown a military cape, cast back to leave the arms free.
In the south front has been sunk a bronze relief. bold in its concep- tion and execution, and suggests a battle scene in the thick timber of the Shiloh field. Under this relief is cut in the granite the following legend :
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"ILLINOIS
ERECTS THIS MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE HER SONS WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES TO PERPETUATE THE HONOR AND GLORY OF THE UNITED STATES."
On the North Front-The great seal of the State of Illinois, seven feet in diameter, in standard bronze, and on either side a blazing torch. On the West Front-The quotation from Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg.
"The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here."
On the East Front-"Illinois had in this battle 27 regiments of in- fantry, 10 batteries of artillery and 6 detachments of cavalry. Her loss in killed and wounded was 3,957, in missing 410."
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
The order of the Grand Army of the Republic was organized in the State of Illinois early in 1866. To Dr. B. F. Stephenson, Surg. of 14th Illinois and Chaplain Rutledge of the same regiment, of the 2nd Brigade, in which the 46th served so long, belongs the honor of suggesting the formation of the Union of Veteran Soldiers and of launching the organi- zation into existence. The object of the combination was to afford assist- ance to disabled and unemployed soldiers. Dr. Stephenson had been a surgeon in a volunteer regiment during the war and was firmly convinced that an organization of the returned volunteers for mutual benefit was imparitively needed. A ritual was drafted under his supervision and the first Post of the new order was formed at Decatur, Il1. Other Posts were soon mustered throughout Illinois and contiguous states, and the first department (State) convention was held at Springfield, Ill., July 12, 1866. Gen. John M. Palmer was there elected Department Commander. Oct. 31, 1866, Dr. Stephenson, as Provisional Commander-in-Chief, sent out an order to all the Posts then formed, calling for the first National Convention of the Grand Army of the Republic. This was held in In- dianapolis, Ind., on Nov. 20 following and representatives were present from the states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky, Indiana and District of Columbia. Gen. S. A. Hurlbut of the old 4th Division was elected Commander-in- Chief.
During the year of 1867 the Order spread rapidly. The Second Na- tional Encampment met at Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 15, 1868, found the
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Order in a most promising condition. In 1868 the first observance of May 30, as a Memorial Day by the Grand Army of the Republic was ordered, and on May 11, 1870, May 30 was fixed upon for the annual observance by an article adopted as part of the rules and regulations of the Order. At this time a rule was adopted prohibiting the use of the organization for any partisan purposes whatever, a principle which has ever since been strictly adhered to.
Following is the Roster of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic held thus far :
Past Commanders-in-Chief.
*B. F. Stephenson (provisional) (died Aug. 30, 1871) 1866
*S. A. Hurlbut, Illinois (died March 27, 1882) . 1866-67
*John A. Logan, Illinois (died Dec. 26, 1886) 1868-70
*Ambrose E. Burnside, Rhode Island (died Sept. 18, 1881) 1871-72
*Charles Devens, Massachusetts (died Jan. 7, 1892) . 1873-74
*John F. Hartranft, Pennsylvania (died Oct. 17, 1899) 1875-76
*John C. Robinson, New York (died Feb. 18, 1897) 1877-78
*William Earnshaw, Ohio, (died July 17, 1885) 1879
Louis Wagner, Philadelphia, Pa .. . 1880
*George S. Merrill, Massachusetts (died Feb. 17, 1900) 1881
*Paul Van Dervoort. Nebraska (died July 29, 1902) 1882
Robert B. Beath, Philadelphia, Pa.
1883
S. S. Burdett, Washington, D. C .. 1885
*Lucius Fairchild, Wisconsin (died May 23, 1896)
1886
*John P. Rea, Minnesota (died May 28, 1900)
William Warner, Kansas City. Mo .. 1888
Russel A. Alger, Detroit, Mich .. 1889
*Wheelock G. Veazey, Vermont (died March 22, 1898) 1890
*John Palmer, Albany, N. Y. (died April 15, 1905) 1891
A. G. Weissert, Milwaukee, Wis .. 1892
*John G. B. Adams, Mass. (died Oct. 19, 1900) 1893
Thomas G. Lawler, Rockford. Ill .. 1894
*Ivan N. Walker, Ind., (died Sept. 22, 1905) 1805
T. S. Clarkson, Omaha, Neb .. 1896
1897
John P. S. Gobin, Lebanon. Pa .. 1898
*Jame A. Sexton. Illinois (died Feb. 5, 1899) .
W. C. Johnson, Cincinnati, Ohio (elected Sept. 6, 1899) . 1899
1899
*Albert D. Shaw. New York (died Feb. 10, 1901)
Leo Rassieur, St. Louis, Mo .. 1900
Ell Torrance. Minneapolis, Minn. 1901
Thomas J. Stewart, Norristown, Pa. 1902
John C. Black, Chicago. Ill .. 1903
*Wilmon W. Blackmar. Mass., (died July 16, 1905) 1904
John R. King. Baltimore, Md 1904
Robert E. Brown, Ohio. 1906
*Deceased
1887
John S. Kountz, Toledo, Ohio. 1884
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PEACE.
Thank God for rest, where none molest, And none can make afraid .--- For Peace that sits as Plenty's guest
Beneath the homestead shade !
Bring pike and gun, the sword's red scourge, The negro's broken chains,
And beat them at the blacksmith's forge To plowshares for our plains.
Alike henceforth our hills of snow, And vales where cotton flowers ; All streams that flow, all winds that blow, Are Freedom's motive-powers.
Henceforth to Labor's chivalry Be knightly honors paid ; For nobler than the sword's shall be The sickle's accolade. -Whittier.
ORIGIN OF MEMORIAL DAY.
Headquarters Grand Army of the Republic.
Washington, D. C., May 5, 1868. General Orders No. 11.
I. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet in the land. In this ob- servance no form of ceremony is prescribed, but Posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit. We are organized, comrades, as our Regu- lations tell us, for the purpose, among other things, "of preserving and strengthening those kind and fraternal feelings which have bound to- gether the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion." What can aid more to assure this result than by cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead, who made their breasts a barricade between our country and its foes? Their soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains, and their deaths the tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms. We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the Nation can add to their adornment and security is but a fitting tribute to the memory of her slain defenders. Let no wanton foot tread rudely on such hallowed grounds.
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Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided Republic.
If other eyes grow dull and other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remain to us.
Let us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred re- mains and garland the passionless mounds above them with the choicest flowers of Springtime ; let us raise above them the dear old Flag they saved from dishonor; let us, in this solemn presence, renew our pledges to aid and assist those whom they have left among us, a sacred charge upon a Nation's gratitude-the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan.
II. It is the purpose of the Commander-in-Chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be kept up from year to year while a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory of his departed com- rades. He earnestly desires the public press to call attention to this Order, and lend its friendly aid in bringing it to the notice of comrades in all parts of the country in time for simultaneous compliance therewith.
III. Department Commanders will use every effort to make this order effective.
By command of John A. Logan, Commander-in-Chief; N. P. Chip- man, Adjutant-General.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG.
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this con- tinent a new Nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that Nation, or any Nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field. as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that Nation mnight live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But. in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate-we cannot consecrate-we cannot hallow-this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who strug- gled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedi- cated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task
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remaining before us-that from these honored dead we take increased de- motion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain --- that this Nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
THE PHANTOM ARMY.
(By Bret Harte.)
I read last night of the Grand Review
In Washington's chiefest avenue-
Two hundred thousand men in blue, I think they said was the number --
Till I seemed to hear their tramping feet,
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