Dayton, Ohio, July 27th, 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. Please find receipt from our treasurer,
Very respectfully,
William Earnshaw,
President, Historical and Monumental Society.
While in Cleveland the terrible news of the massacre of General Custer by the Indians reached Captain Glazier, who, as a cavalry officer, had seen service with him in the late war, and felt for him that respect and love which only a true soldier knows for a brave leader. The stunning intelligence left a deep impression, and in due time he showed his respect for the dead general by substantial aid rendered in the erection of a monument to his memory.
The following letter was received before leaving the Forest City:
Headquarters, Post No. 1,
"Grand Army of the Republic," Department of Ohio,