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OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE
AT THE
THIRTY-SECOND MEETING.
HELD AT
DETROIT, MICH.,
NOVEMBER 14=15, 1900.
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CINCINNATI: Press of F. W. Freeman, 434 Elm Street. 1901.
CONTENTS.
PAGE Recording Secretary's Note ...... , .... 1 Officers for 1900-1901...... 2 Constitution...... 3 By-Laws ...... , ...... " ., ... '...... 6 Corresponding Secretary's Notice...... 9 . , .' L oca1 Commlttee s NotIce ...... 10 Postponement of Meeting...... 14 Local Committee's Second Notice ...... 15 Correspondence in regard to Annual Orator ...... 18
FIRST DAy-MORNING: Address, General R. A. Alger ...... 19
Remarks by the President .. u' •••••••••••••••••••••••• 19 Appointment of Committees ...... 20 Corresponding Secretary's Report ...... '...... 21 Telegrams and Letters...... 22 Recording Secretary's Report ...... 50 Treasurer's Report ...... '...... 50 Sale of Bonds ...... , ...... , ...... 51 Treasurer's Report, Sherman Statue Committee...... 52 Remarks, General Noble...... 52 Remarks by the President ...... 53 Remarks by General Noble ...... , .... " ...... 54 Remarks by the President...... 55 The Grant Monument ...... " .. " ...... 55 The Mower Monument ...... '.' ...... 50 Election of Mrs. John A. Logan as an Honorary Member ...... , ...... ; ...... 55 Letter from Mrs. Grant...... 56 Letter from Mrs. Logan ...... 56 Announcement of the unveiling of the Logan Statue. . .. 57 Letter from Mrs. W. S. Kent, formerly Miss Mary Logan Pearson ...... ' ...... 57 Marriage of Miss Mary Logan Pearson...... 58 IV CONTENTS.
Remarks by Colonel Cadle on McPherson Monument at Atlanta ...... , ...... , ...... 58 Remarks by Captain Everest ...... 60 Remarks by General Black ..... ; ...... , ...... 60 Remarks by Colonel Cadle...... 60 Remarks by the President...... 60 Remarks by General Black ...... , ..... , .. 61 Remarks by the President...... , 61 Remarks by General Hickenlooper ...... _ . . . .. 61 Remarks by Major Rassieur ...... 64
EVENING MEETING: Program ...... 65 Meeting called to order by General Alger...... 65 Prayer, Reverend S. S. Marquis ...... , ..... , .... 65 Remarks, General Alger...... 67 Address of Welcome, Mayor Maybury ...... 67 Response by General Dodge ...... 70 Telegram from Major Warner ...... " ... , ...... 75 Remarks, General Alger...... , .... 76 Annual Address, General Dodge ...... 76 Address" Major Rassieur...... 90 Address, Colonel Henderson ...... 92
SECOND DAy-MORNING: Designation of Successors...... , ...... 95 Committee on McPherson Monument...... 95 Reports of Committees...... 95 Election of Officers ...... 96 Resolution of Thanks...... 97 Visit to Michigan'Military Academy ...... 101 Address of General Dodge ...... 101 Address of General Black ...... 102 Address of Major Rassieur ...... 103
THE BANQUET: Menu and Toasts ...... 105 Telegram from Mary Pearson Kent ...... 115 First Toast, General D. B. Henderson ...... 115 Third Toast, Mrs. H. T. Noble ...... ~ ...... " .. 118 CONTENTS. v
Fourth Toast, Mr. Harold Jarvis ...... 125 Second Toast, General John C. Black ...... 125 Fifth Toast, Miss Amelia Hickenlooper ...... ~128 Recitation, Captain W. R. Hodges ...... 132 Toast, Mrs. John A. Logan, (Paper read by General Hickenlooper) ...... 134 Sixth Toast, General R. A. Alger ...... 139 Seventh Toast, Mrs. Mary Spoor Latey ...... 141 Eighth Toast, Major A. M. Van Dyke ...... 142 Ninth Toast, Mr. Harold Jarvis ...... 144 Members Registered at the Meeting ...... 145 Ladies Present...... 146 Biographical Sketches of Our Dead, 1899-1900 ...... 147 Captain Alphonso Barto ...... 148' Major Johrr A. Logan, Jr...... 148 Captain Bernard Essroger ...... 149 Lieutenant E. V. Cherry ...... 149 Major Robt. C. Crowell .... '," ..... ; ...... 150 Colonel A. M. Tucker...... 151 Lieutenant A. T. Andreas ...... 151 General John McNuIta ...... '" ...... '... 152 Surgeon Sam'l C. Plummer...... 152 Colonel Chester B. Hinsdill ...... 153 Colonel John Mason Loomis ...... : ...... 154 Ca ptain F. J. Bartels ...... 154 Major M. A. Higley ..... , ...... , ...... 155 In Memoriam ...... 157
UNVEILING OF THE LOGAN STATUE: Illustrations-The Statue ...... 167 General Dodge ...... 169 The President of the United States ...... 171 Hon. Chauncey M. Depew ...... 173 Mrs. Logan and Family ... , '" ...... 175 Invitation...... 177 Circular, Society of the Army of the Tennessee ...... 179 Proceedings of Special Meeting, Society of the Army of the Tennessee...... 181 VI CONTENTS.
Members Present ...... , ...... 181 Address, General Dodge...... __ ...... 185 Description of the Statue ...... 186 Address, President McKinley...... 187 Address. Hon. Chauncey M. Depew ...... 190
Life Members ...... < •••••••••••••••• 199 Honorary Members ... : ...... 204 Successors ...... 206 Meetings of the Society...... 210 The Annual Orators...... 211 List of Members ...... "...... 212 Members by States and Towns ...... 223 List of Officers...... 230 NOTE.
The Headquarters of the Society were moved upon July 1st, inst., from the Grand Hotel to Room 6, Masonic Temple, corner Third and Walnut streets. CORNELIUS CADLE, Recording Secretary. CINCINNATI, September 6, 1901. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.
1900-1901.
President, General GRENVILLE M. DODGE.
Vice-Presidents, Colonel ALEXANDER G. HAWES, General R. A. ALGER, Maj or CHAS. H. SMITH,. Captain CHARLES R. E. KOCH, Captain J. W. McELRAVY; Major JOS. SPIEGELHALTER, General GEORGE F. MCGINNIS, General L. F. HUBBARD, General JOHN McARTHUR, Mrs. MARY SPOOR LATEY, Captain M. F. MADIGAN, Major E. B. NUGENT.
Corresponding Secretary, General A. HICKENLOOPER.
Treasurer, Major AUGUSTUS M. VAN DYKE.
Recording Secretary, Colonel CORNELIUS CADLE. CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE 1. The AssocIation shall be known as "THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE," and shall include every officer who has served with honor in that Army. Honorary members may be elected from those who have served with honor and distinction in any of the armies of the United States.
ARTICLE II.
The object of the Society shall be to keep alive and preserve that kindly and cordial feeling which has been one of the characteristics of this Army during its career in the service, and which has given it such harmony of
a~.tion, and contributed, in no small degree, to its glorious achievements in our country's cause. The fame and glory of all the officers belonging to this Army, who have fallen either on the field of battle, or in their line of duty, shall be a sacred trust to this Society, which shall cause proper memorials of their services to be collected and preserved, and thus transmit their names with honor to posterity. The families of all such officers who shall be in indigent circumstances \Vill have a claim on the generosity of the Society, and will be relieved by the voluntary contributions of its members whenever brought to their attention. Ip like manner, the fame and suffering families of those officers who may hereafter be stricken down by death shall be a trust in the hands of their survivors.
ARTICLE III.
For the purpose of accomplishing these objects, the Society shall be organ ized by the annual election of a President and Vice-Presidents. The Vice Presidents to be chosen, one from each Army Corps of the old Army of the 'Eennessee, and a Corresponding and a Record ing Secretary. The Society shall meet once in every year, and those officers who, for any cause, are unable to attend its meeting, will be expected to write to the Cor responding Secretary of the Society, and impart such information in regard to themselves as they may desire, and which may be of interest to their brother officers. Honoring the glorious achievements of our brothers-in arms belonging to other armies, whose services have contributed, in an equal 4 Amendments to the Constitution.
degree, in the re-establishment of our Government, and desiring to draw closer to them in the bonds of social feeling, the President, or either of the Vice-Presidents of this Society, shall be authorized to invite the attendance of any officer of the United States Army at any of our a ry1U al meetings.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
FIRST. That the first sentence of the third article of the Constitution be amended so as to read as follows: "The Society shall be organized by the annual election of a President and six Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, and a Treasurer."
SECOND. That article third of the Constitution be amended so as to read as follows: "The number of Vice-Presidents shall be twelve, instead of one from each Corps of the Army of the Tennessee."
THIRD. "That each member may, subject to the approval of the Presi dent and a majority vote of the S<;>ciety, .at any annual meeting, designate by last will and testament, or otherwise, in writing, the relative to whom his membership shall descend, and in default of such designation, the same shall, subject to the same approval and vote, descend to his eldest son, and such membership, so descending~ shall carry with it all the rights, privileges and obligations of original membership. That in case such deceased member has no son eligible to membership and has made no designation, then his widow, if she so desire, shall be considered an honorary member, and as
!. such shall receive our care, consideration and respect, and shall be entitled to receive notices of proposed meetings and reports of proceedings."
FOURTH. "That honorary members may be elected from those who served with honor and distinction in the Navy of the United States."
FIFTH. That the Third Amendment to the Constitution be amended to read as follows: "That each member may, subject to the approval of the President and a majority vote of the Society, at any annual meeting, designate by last will and testament, or otherwise, in writing, the relative to whom his mem bership shall descend, and in default of such designation, the same shall, subject to the same approval and vote, descend to his eldest son, or no such son being alive, then to the grandson, to be designated by the nearest .Arrzendments to the Constitution. 5 relatives of the deceased, and such membership, so descending, shall carry with it all the rights, privileges and obligations of original membership. That in case such deceased member has no son eligible to membership, and no grandson is designated, and has made no designation, then his widow, if she so desire, shall be cOI?-sidered an honorary member, and as such shall receive our care, consideration and respect, and shall be entitled to receive notices of proposed meetings and reports of proceedings."
SIXTH. That the Fifth Amendment to the Third Amendment to the Con stitution be amended to read as follows: "The sons and daughters, or other relatives, who have heretofore been designated by members as their successors, and also the sons and daughters, or other relatives, who may hereafter be nominated for membership by any such member, shall be entitled to membership, if of legal age, upon the pay ment of the fees and dues prescribed in the Third Amendment to the by-laws. "And the sons and daughters, and if there be none, the nearest relative, when of legal age, of any deceased officer who was entitled to membership by creditable service in the Army of the Tennessee, but who died without becoming a member of the Society, may, uJ>on written application, approved by the President and a majority vote of the members present at any regu larly called meeting of the Society, become a member, but any such mem bership shall be subject to the payment of the fees and dues heretofore specified." 6 rBy=Laws.
BY-LAWS.
ARTICLE I. All persons applying previous to, on or after the annual meeting in eight een hundred and seventy (1870) for enrollment, shall pay a membership fee of ten dollars ($10), that the annual dues shall continue to be one dollar ($1), and persons applying for membership shall pay back dues; that all fees and dues are payable to the Recording Secretary, and all money received by him on account of the Society shall be transferred to the Treasurer, and that all ARTICLE II. Money for ordinary expenses of the Society may be expended by the Treasurer upon the warrant of the President. All other expenditures only in pursuance of a vote of the Society. ARTICLE III. The Treasurer will make a report to the annual meeting of all receipts and expenditures, with vouchers. The Recording Secretary shall report to the annual meeting all money received by him, and all transferred by him to the Treasurer. The Corresponding Secretary shall report to every meeting all correspond ence of general interest. ARTICLE IV. All questions and resolutions shall be decided by a majority of the mem bers present. But amendments proposed to the Constitution shall be acted upon only at the annual meeting subsequent to the one at which they may be proposed, unless the postponement be dispensed with by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. (See amendment page 7.) ARTICLE V. The order of business shall be as follows: 1. Reading of the journal of the previous meeting. 2. Appointment of committees on business and for nomination of officers. 3. Receiving reports. 4. Current business. 5. Election of officers. 6. Adjournment. rBy=Laws and .Amendments. 7 ARTICLE VI. If the Society shall, at any meeting, omit to designate the time and place of the next meeting, the President shall, by due public notice, fix the time and place. ARTICLE VII. Whenever any member of the Society is reported to the Corresponding Secretary to have disqualified himself for membership, by reason of dishon OJ"able or vicious conduct, he shall be reported to the President of the So ciety, who thereupon shall order a court of not less than three members of the Society to investigate the facts and report to the next meeting for the action of the Society in the case. AMENDMENTS TO THE BY - LAWS. FIRST. That article fourth of the By-Laws be amended so as to read: "All questions and resolutions, except amend"ments to the Constitution, shall be decided by a majority of the members present. But amendments proposed to the Constitution shall be acted upon only at the meeting subse quent to the one at which they may be proposed, and shall require a vote of two-thirds of all members present." SECOND. That any arrears of dues of deceased members may be paid by a relative or friend of a member so as to restore the record of a deceased member, same as provided for restoring the record of a living member who may be in arrears of dues. THIRD. All persons applying on or after the annual meeting of 1889 for enrollment, shall pay a membership fee of ten dollars; that the annual dues shall continue to be one dollar, and that persons applying for membership shall not be required to pay back dues, nor shall they be entitled to receive reports of meetings held previous to 1889, without paying cost of same. The following resolution was adopted at the meeting in Madison, Wis consin, July 4th, 1872: Resolved, That members of the Society may become life-members on the payment into the treasury of the sum of thirty-five dollars, providing any fee which has been paid by them previous to this time be credited against this 8 rBy=Laws and .Amendments. life-membership fee. After such life-membership is secured by any member, he shall be relieved from paying the annual dues as provided by the By Laws. The following resolution was adopted at the meeting in Springfield, Illi nois, October 15th, 1874: Resolved, That any member who shall be in default of payment of any part of his membership fee at our next annual meeting, or any member who shall be in arrears of dues at any time after our next annual meeting to the amount of five dollars, shall have his name dropped. from the published list of members; any member being so dropped, shall have his name restored at any time, \\'hen full payment of arrears for fees and dues have been made. PREFACE. The Corresponding Secretary issued the following notice: HEADQUARTERS, } SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, CINCINNATI, 0., August 27, 1900. To the Members of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee: The thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee will be held at Detroit, Michigan, Wednesday and Thursday, September 26th and 27th, 1900. The Annual Address will be delivered by Major William Warner, of Kan sas City, Missouri. All arrangements for this meeting will be under the control and direction of the following named LOCAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: General R. A. Alger, Chairman. General H. M. Duffield, Vice-Chairman. Lieutenant L. H. Chamberlin, Secretary. Captain C. K. Brandon, Captain C. C. Chadwick, Major G. W. Chandler,"" Captain J. S. Conant,' Lieut. Com. F. O. Davenport, Captain J. G. Dickinson, Lieutenant C. E. Foote, Lieutenant Robt. Miller, Colonel S. E. Pittman, Captain James Rhines, General F. W. Swift, General L. S. Trowbridge, Lieutenant James Vernor. This Executive Committee will perfect its own local organization, and give due notice of the details of their arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the Society. ' Commissioned officers who have at any time served with credit in either the Army or Department of the Tennessee, are entitled to membership and are earnestly requested to attend. Members of kindred societies are cordially invited to be present. The wives and daughters of members, and all invited guests, are by resolution of the Society entitled to be present at the banquet. Attention is called to the following extract from Article III. of the Constitution: "The Society shall meet once in every year, and those officers who, for any cause, are unable to attend its meetings, will be expected to write to the Corresponding Secretary of the Society, and impart such information in regard to themselves as they may desire, and which may be of interest to their brother officers." G. M. DODGE, CORNELIUS CADLE, President. Recording Secretary. A. HICKENLOOPER, Corresponding Secretary. 10 Preface. The local committee issued the following notice: HEADQUARTERS, } LOCAL EXECUTIVE COMMI'l'TEE, DETROIT, MICH., Sept. 12,1900. DEAR SIR :-The thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee will be held in this city, on Wednesday and Thursday, Sep tember 26 and 27, 1900, under the direct supervision of the following named committees: LOCAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: General R. A. Alger, Chairman. General H. M. Duffield, Vice-Chairman. Lieutenant L. H. Chamberlin, Secretary, 50 Miami avenue," Detroit. Captain C. K. Brandon, Lieutenant Robt. Miller, Captain C. C. Chadwick, Colonel S. E. Pittman, Major G. W. Chandler, Captain James Rhines, Captain J. S. Conant, General F. W. Swift, Lieut. Com. F. O. Davenport, General L. S. Trowbridge, Captain J. G. Dickinson, Lieutenant James Vernor, Lieutenant C. E. Foote. FINANCE. Captain J. S, Conant, Chairman. Captain C. K. Brandon, Lieutenant P. A. Ducey, Captain F. H. Blackman, Lieutenant D. D. Thorpe. TRANSPORTATION. Captain James Rhines, Chairman. Lieutenant Jos. Burger, Lieutenant S. Jasnowski, Captain J. C. Hardy, Chaplain D. B. Tracy. HEADQUARTERS. Colonel S. E. Pittman, Chairman. Lieutenant F. H. Rogers, Captain Chas. Dupont. INVITATION. Lieut. Com. F. O. Davenport, Chairman. Lieutenant H. R. Abbott, Colonel August Goebel, Lieutenant Geo. Dingwall, Lieutenant Z. B. Graham, Captain W:" R. Dodsley, Major G. H. Hopkins. RECEPTION. Colonel F. J. Hecker, Chairman, Lieutenant E. A. Sumner, Captain R. C. Olin, Lieutenant A. H. Bachmann, Captain C. P. Russell, General H. L. Chipman, Colonel E. P. R. Shurly, Preface. I I Captain John ConIine, Lieutenant L. S. Trowbridge, Captain R. A. Graeffe, Captain W. G. Vinton, Lieutenant W. R. Harmount, Major Geo. C. Wetherbee, Colonel G. J. Lydecker, General G. S. Wormer, Captain T. A. McGraw, Commander J. C. Wilson. General H. R. Mizner. ENTERTAINMENT. Lieutenant James Vernor, Chairman. Colonel S. Brownell, Captain W. H. Fisher, Lieutenant C. H. Chope, Captain Arthur Marks, Lieutenant H. J. Northrup. BANQUET. Major G. W. Chandler, Chairman. Acting Master S. B. Coleman, Captain C. J. Fox, Maior C. A. Devendorf, Major G. C. Hopper, Lieutenant G. L. Maltz, Captain C. C. Starkweather. Lieutenant C. H. Ritter. DECORATIONS. Lieutenant Robt. Miller, Chairman. Lieutenant O. C. Allen, Captain H. C. Christiancy, Lieutenant C. R. Brand, Paymaster H. S. Gregory, Captain C. G. Hampton. TOASTS. General H. M. Duffield, Chairman. Captain W. F. Atkinson, Captain J. B. Tuttle. MUSIC. General F. W. Swift, Chairman. Major R. W. Jacklin, Lieutenant W. C. Claxton, Lieutenant J. T. Jacobs, Captain C. H. Curtiss. HALLS. Captain C. C. Chadwick, Chairman. Captain Jacob Bristol, Colonel H. F. Kallman, Captain J. H. Graham, Captain J. B. Ruehle, Lieutenant W. P. Sumner. PRINTING. Lieutenant C. E. Foote, Chairman. Major J. H. Cummins, Lieutenant ,L. A. Smith, BADGES. Captain J. G. Dickinson, Chairman. Lieutenant Frederick Holzhauer, Lieutenant Gus. F. Smith, Acting Master Henry Reaney. J2r rpreface. Headquarters have been established at Hotel Cadillac where members and invited guests are requested immediately upon arrival to record their names, rank and postoffice address, and also the names of accompanying ladies, on the Society's register, which will be found in charge of the Reception Cotpmittee· in Headquarters room. Arrangements have been made at this hotel for accommodation of all who notify the Secretary of the Local Exe.cutive Committee of· their intention to be present. PROGRAM. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH. NOTE-The time given is, in all cases, Detroit time, which is thirty minutes faster than Central Standard time. Business meetings of the Society will be held in Convention Hall, Hotel Cadillac, commencing promptly at 10 o'clock A. M., continuing from time· to time at pleasure of the Society. A trolley ride will be given those who desire to view the city from open street cars, at 2:30 o'clock P. M. This ride will include the principal streets and several of the smaller parks. Cars will assemble on State street, corner of Washington avenue (in rear of Hotel Cadillac), and will leave promptly on time designated. The annual. address will be delivered in the evening by Major William Warner, in the Auditorium of the Masonic Temple, at which place other suitable exercises will also be held. The Society will assemble in the Turk ish room on ground floor of Hotel Cadillac, and move promptly at 7:30 o'clock to the Masonic Temple. The general public are cordially invited to attend these exercises, which will commence at 8 o'clock. THURSDA Y, SEPTEMBER 27TH. An excursion by steamer Promise is extended to members, their ladies and invited guests, from dock foot of Woodward avenue, at 10 o'clock in the morning. The steamer will proceed up the Detroit river, passing Belle Isle park, through Lake Ste. Clair, the United States Ship Canal, the Flats, passing the club houses, on to Grande Pointe, returning to Detroit in the afternoon about 4 o'clock. The round trip is over. sixty miles in extent, and will, the committee is confident, be an enjoyable one. An informal luncheon will be served on board the steamer en route. The banquet will be given at Hotel Cadillac, assembly being sounded at 8 o'clock P. M. Tickets at the rate of $5.00 each will be provided for gentle men, and $3.00 each for ladies. The issue of banquet tickets is restricted to members of the Society, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, kindred military societies and especially i~vited guests. Transportation. Arrangements have been perfected with the various passenger associations for one and one-third fares for the round trip. Pur chase full fare tickets one way, obtaining a certificate from the agent from Preface. whom you purchase, which must be signed in Detroit by the Secretary of the Society, and which will permit the purchase of a return ticket at one third fare, provided one hundred certificates are presented. R. A. ALGER, L. H. CHAMBERLIN, Chairman. Secretary, 50 Miami avenue, Detroit. NEW YORK, September 11, 1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, 0.: Mrs. Noble can not attend; what lady can I replace her with to answer toast at banquet. G. M. DODGE. CINCINNATI, OHIO, September 11, 1900. GENERAL JOHN C. BI,ACK, Chicago, Ills.: Will Mrs. Black respond to a toast at Army of Tennessee banquet, De troit, September 27th, selecting her own subject? CORNELIUS CADLE. CARBONDALE, ILLS., September 12, 1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Secretary Army of the Tennessee, Ctncinnati, 0.: Mrs. Black thanks for courtesy, will be East. Regrets. JOHN C. BLACK. CINCINNATI, September 14, 1900. GENERAL G. M. DODGE, No.1 Broadway, New York: Yours eleventh. Wired General Black asking that Mrs. Black respond. He answers she can not be present. Letter from Warner, Kansas City, states he can not be at Detroit" on account of court duties. Wired Atkins, his alternate. He answers he can not, so we have no orator. Hicken looper and I agree that in view of all the facts, the absence of many on account of Presidential campaign, meeting had better be postponed to November fourteenth and fifteenth. We can send notice by circular and through Associated Press. If meeting is postponed and Mrs. Noble can not, Hickenlooper's daughter will respond. CORNELIUS CADLE. PATCHOGUE, N. Y., September 15,1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Secretary Army of Tennessee, Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, 0.: I approve postponement, if you can arrange with Detroit. Wire decision. G. M. DODGE. 14 r?reface. CINCINNATI, September 15, 1900. CAPTAIN L. H. CHAMBERLIN, 50 Miami avenue, Detroit, Mich.: Neither Warner nor Atkins, alternate, nor Mrs. Noble or Mrs. Logan can be present at Detroit. Many members say they can not come account of Presidential campaign. Impossible to replace any of the speakers. Dodge. Hickenlooper and I, after consultation, approve postponement until No vember 14th and 15th. We can send circular at once here, and communi cate also through Associated Press. Answer quick. CORNELIUS CADLE. DETROIT, MICH., September 15, 1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio: Under the circumstances Duffield and I think meeting will have to be postponed; you send out circular and give notice through Associated Press to that effect, and I will cause publication made here. L. H. CHAMBERLIN. CINCINNA'l'I, September 15, 1900. GENERAL G. M. DODGE, No.1 Broadway, New York City: Detroit committee agrees to postponement to November 14th. Circular will issue Monday. CORNELIUS CADLE. HEADQUARTERS } SOCIETY OF' THE ARMY OF' THE TENNESSEE, CINCINNA'l'I, 0., September 15, 1900. To the Members of the Society of the Army of thf! 7 ennessee: Circumstances beyond the control of the Committee of Arrangements, necessitate the postponement of our thirty-second reunion at Detroit, announced for September 26th and 27th, until November 14th and 15th. The Local Committee will be continued, and in due time will give full notice of their arrangements. G. M. DODGE, CORNELIUS CADLE, President. Recording Secretary. A. HICKENI,OOPER, Corresponding Secretary. Preface. 'HEADQUARTERS LOCAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, } THIRTy-SECOND REUNION SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, DETROIT, MICH., November 1,1900. DEAR SIR:-The thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee will be held in this city, on Wednesday and Thursday, No vember 14th and 15th, 1900, under the direct supervision of the following named committees: LOCAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. ".General R. A. Alger, Chairman. General H. M. Duffield, Vice-Chairman. Lieutenant L. H. Chamberlin, Secretary, 50 Miami Ave., Detroit. Captain C. K. Brandon, Colonel Frank J. Hecker, Colonel Seymour Brownell, Lieutenant C. E. Foote, Captain C. C. Chadwick, Lieutenant Robt. Miller, Major G. W. Chandler, Colonel S. E. Pittman, Captain J. S. Conant, Captain James Rhines, Lieut.-Com. F. O. Davenport, General F. W. Swift, Captain J. G. Dickinson. FINANCE. Captain J. S. Conant, Chairman. Captain C. K. Brandon, Lieutenant P. A. Ducey, Captain F. H. Blackman, Lieutenant D. D. Thorpe. TRANSPORTA TION. Captain James Rhines, Chairman. Lieutenant Jos. Burger, Lieutenant S. Jasnowski, Captain J. C. Hardy, Chaplain D. B. Tracy. HEADQUARTERS. Colonel S. E. Pittman, Chairman" Lieutenant F. H. Rogers, Captain Chas. Dupont. INVITATION. Lieut.-Com. F. O. Davenport, Chairman, Lieutenant H. R. Abbott, Colonel August Goebel, Lieutenant Geo. Dingwall, Lieutenant Z. B. Grah~m, Captain W. R. Dodsley, Major G. H. Hopkins. RECEPTION. Colonel F. J. Hecker, Chairman. Lieutenant A. H. Bachmann, Colonel J. Sumner Rogers, General H. L. Chipman, Captain C. P. Russell, Captain John ConIine, Colonel E. P. R. Shurly, Captain R. A. Graeffe, Lieutenant E. A. Sumner, Lieutenant W. R. Harmount, General L. S. Trowbridge, 16 r?reface. Colonel G. J. Lydecker, Captain W. G. Vinton, Captain T. A. McGraw, Major Geo. C. Wetherbee, General H. R. Mizner, General G. S. Wormer, Captain R. C. Olin, Commander J. C. Wilson. ENTERTAINMENT. Colonel Seymour Brownell, Chairman. Lieutenant C. H. Chope, Captain Arthur Marks, Captain W. H. Fisher, Lieutenant James Vernor, Lieutenant H. J. Northrup. BANQUET. Major G. W. Chandler, Chairman. Acting Master S. B. Coleman, Captain C. J. Fox, Major C. A. Devendorf, Major G. C. Hopper, Lieutenant G. L. Maltz, Captain C. C Starkweather, Lieutenant C. H. Ritter. DECORATIONS. Lieutenant Robt. Miller, Chairman. Lieutenant O. C. Allen, Captain H. C. Christiancy, Lieutenant C. R. Brand, Paymaster H S. Gregory, Captain C. G. Hampton. TOASTS. General H. M. Duffield, Chairman. Captain W. F. Atkinson, Captain J. B. Tuttle. MUSIC. General F. W. Swift, Chairma'l't. Major R. W. Jacklin, Lieutenant W. C. Claxton, Lieutenant J. T. Jacobs, .Captain C. H. Cmtiss. HALLS. Captain C. C. Chadwick, Chairman. Captain Jacob Bristol, Colonel H. F. Kallman, Captain J. H. Graham, Captain J V. Ruehle, Lieutenant W. P. Sumner. PRINTING. Lie.utenant C. E. Foote, Chairman. Major J. H. Cummins, Lieutenant L. A. Smith. BADGES. Captain J. G. Dickinson, Chairman. Lieut. Frederick Holzhauer, Lieutenant Gus. F. Smith, Acting Master Henry Reaney. Headquarters have been established at Hotel Cadillac, where members and invited guests are requested immediately upon arrival to record their names, rank and postoffice address, and also the names of accompanying Preface. 17 ladies, on the Society's register, which will be found in charge of the Re ception Committee in Headquarters room. Arrangements have been made at this hotel for the accommodation of all who notify the Secretary of the Local Executive Committee of their intention to be present. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH. - (NOTE-The Ume given is, in all cases, Central Standard Time.) Business meetings of the· Society will be held in Convention Hall, Hotel Cadillac, commencing promptly at 10 o'clock A. M., continuing from time to time at pleal?ure of the Society. A trolley ride will be given those who desire to view the city at 2:00 o'clock P. M. This ride will include the principal streets and several of the smaller parks. Cars will assemble on Griswold street, opposite the City Hall, and will leave promptly on time designated. The annual address will be delivered in the evening by Major William Warner, in the Auditorium of the Masonic Temple, at which place other suitable exercises. will also be held. The Society will assemble in the Turkish room on ground floor of Hotel Cadillac, and move promptly at 7:00 o'clock to the Masonic Temple. The general public are cordially invited to attend these exercises, which will commence at 7:30 o'clock. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH. The committee has accepted an invitation from Colonel J. Sumner Rogers for members of the Society, their ladies and guests, to visit and inspect the Michigan Military Academy at Orchard lake. Cars of the Detroit & Northwestern Electric Railway will assemble on Griswold street, near the City Hall, and leave ,promptly at 10 o'clock A. M., arriving at Orchard lake at 11:30, leaving on the return trip at 3 o'clock P. M., arriving in Detroit at 4:30 o'clock. Luncheon will be served at the Academy. The committee believe that the trolley ride through a delightful country, and visit to this thoroughly equipped military academy, will be very enjoyable. The banquet will be given at Hotel Cadillac, assembly being sounded at 7:30 o'clock P. M. Tickets at the rate of $5.00 each will be provided for gentlemen, and $3.00 each for ladies. The issue of banquet tickets is restricted to members of the Society, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, kindred military societies and especially invited guests. Transportation.-Arrangements have been perfected with the various railway passenger associations for one and one-third fares for the round trip. Purchase full fare tickcts one way, obtaining a certific,ate from the agent from whom you purchase, which must be signed in Detroit by the Secretary of the Society, and which will permit the purchase of a return ticket at one-third fare, provided one hundred certificates are presented. R. A. ALGER, L. H. CHAMBERLIN, Chairman. Secretary, 50 Miami avenue, Detroit. 18 Preface. NEW YORK, November 12, 1900. COLONEL C. CADLE, Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, 0.: Warner says impossible to attend. If Atkins can not fill, I will be pre pared to have something to occupy the time. G. M. DODGE. CINCINNATI, November 12, 1900. GENERAL G. M. DODGE, No.1 Broadway, New York City: Atkins will not be at Detroit. You had better prepare to have time occu pied. I wired Warner if he would send his 1!1anuscript to me at Detroit, I would have it read. Will be in Detroit Tuesday night, 8:30. CORNELIUS CADLE. CINCINNATI, OHIO, November 10, 1900. MAJOR WILLIAM WARNER, Kansas City, Mo.: You must be in Detroit. You can understand what a fearful compli cation and annoyance the absence of an oration and orator will create. Even if you have not prepared an address, you can substitute impromptu remarks, and then touch it up for publication afterwards. A. HICkENLOOPER. KANSAS CITY, Mo., November.10, 1900. GENERAL A. HICKENDOOPER, Secretary Society Army of Tennessee, Cincinnati, 0.: The telegram of Judge Philips, together with mine to Cadle, will explain why it is impossible for me to be at Detroit. Noone can regret as much as I my enforced absence. WM. WARNER. November 10, 1900. MAJOR WILLIAM WARNER, Kansas City, Mo.: Yours to Hickenlooper just received. Mail me, Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, your oration. We will supply the reader. Answer. CORNELIUS CADLE. KANSAS CITY, Mo., November 12, 1900. CORNELIUS CADLE, Cincinnati: Address not in shape to be read. Have written. WM. WARNER. PROOEEDINGS OF THE THIRTy=SECOND MEETING OF THE Society of the Army of the Tennessee. OOMPILED BY THE REOORDING SEORETARY. DETROIT, MICHIGAN! November 14, 1900. The thirty-second meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee was held at the Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, Michigan, on November 14th and 15th, 1900. The Society was called to order by the President, General G. M. Dodge, at 10 o'clock A. M., on November 14th. The Chair man of the local committee, General Russell A. Alger, was introduced, and addressed the Society as follows: LADIES AND COMRADES: As chairman of the reception committee, it is my very pleasant duty to welcome you to our city. We regret very much that this meeting could not have been held during a time of year when we could have made it more pleasurable for you than we can now. Our pavilions and places of summer resort are closed, and our skating rinks are not open. I wish to assure you that in the hearts and homes of all the people of our city you have a warm place, and you will be welcome. They are all yours. We are very grateful to you for coming here and honoring us with your presence; and if there is anything-this is not original-that you want, just take it, and if you don't see it, send for it. The President :-The Society is very grateful for this welcome, and especially as it comes from a person who has given so great and distinguished service to the country in the last three or four 20 rFroceedings 01 the Society years. We all as soldiers appreciated your service at the time it was given. The world acknowledges and appreciates it today. And we thank you and the people here for your welcome to us. The first business is reading the journal of the previous meet ing. Unless there is objection, that will be omitted, as it appears in the printed volume. I hear no objection, and there fore it will be so omitted. The next is the appointment of committees on orator, for the nomination of officers and for place of our next meeting. How shall those be appointed? A motion was made,that the committees be appointed by the President, and it prevailed. The following committees were appointed: To nominate CORRESPONDING SECRETARY'S REPORT. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, November 14th, 1900. To the Members of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee: COMPANIONS:-As Corresponding Secretary I have the honor to herewith submit my annual report: At your last stated meeting held in Chicago, Illinois, October 10th and 11th, 1899, it was resolved to hold your next meeting in the city of Detroit, with the understanding that it should be upon such date as the local executive committee might subsequently determine. Which being dilly designated, your President directed the issuance of the usual official notices. It however later developed that the pendency of the Presidential cam paign would make it extremely inconvenient for many of our members to attend; which coupled with the fact that the designated orator notified our President that it would be impossible for him to be present at the date named, a postponement was reluctantly ordered, and notice promptly given. The local executive committee have given due notice of the pre parations made forthis entertainment. I have the honor to herewith submit letters received from absent mem bers, copies of which will, as usual, be included in the published report of this meeting. It also becomes my painful duty to report the names of ~he following members, who have died since our last meeting: General R. J. Oglesby, Elkhart, Ills., April 24, 1899. Captain A. Barto, St. Cloud, Minn., November 4,1899. Major John A. Logan, San Jacinto, Luzon, November 12, 1899. Captain B. Essroger, Chicago, Ills., December 9, 1899. Captain E. V. Cherry, Denver, Colo., December 17, 1899. Major R. C. Crowell, Kansas City, Mo., December 25, 1899. Colonel Alba M. Tucker, Detroit, Mich., February 7, 1900. Captain A T. Andreas, New Rochelle, N. Y., February 10, 1900. General John McNulta, Washington, D. C., February 22, 1900. Major S. C. Plummer, Rock Island, Ills., April 29, 1900. Colonel John Mason Loomis, Chicago, Ills., August 2, 1900. Captain F. J. Bartels, Everett, Washington, August 15, 1900. Captain M. A. Higley, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, October 30, 1900. Captain C. E. Squires, Major Henry O'Connor, Marshalltown, Iowa, November 7, 1900. Their biographical sketches will be published in our next annual report. In view of the difficulty experienced in obtaining full, exact and detailed information, in regard to the lives and military services of those who are suddenly called away, I may be excused for again soliciting, and urging upon our members, the propriety of at once preparing and filing with the 22 Proceedings of the Society Corresponding Secretary a complete, detailed sketch of their lives, and the prominent incidents of their military services; in order that when their time comes-as it assuredly soon will-we may have preserved in the archives of our Society a record of their services, from which data suitable sketches may be promptly prepared. I have also to present herewith a communication received from Colonel J. W. Scully, Assistant Quartermaster General, U. S. Army, relative to the McPherson monument, near Atlanta, which deserves consideration. Also a letter from one of our oldest and most esteemed members, Captain A. H. Mattox, requesting that record may be made of his desire that his son, Willard, shall succeed to his membership in the Society. Also one from Mrs. General John A. Logan, expressing her desire that provision be made for admitting to membership in your Society, John A. Logan III and Logan Tucker, her daughter's son. The former being the only son of Major Logan, recently killed in battle, and the latter the 'eldest son of. Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker. A. HICKENLOOPER, Corresponding Secretary. TELEGRAMS. KEOKUK, IOWA, September 27, 1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Cincinnati, 0.: Crocker's Iowa Brigade in tenth biennial reunion sends cordial greetings to its old adjutant and Secretary Society Army of Tennessee. We pray peace and happiness and prosperity to yourself and every member. H. H. ROOD, Brigade President. WASHINGTON, D. C., November 12,1900. GENERAL G. M. DODGE, President Society Army of the Tennessee, Hotel Cadillac, Detroit: I regret very much that I am unable to be with you, but my heart is with you and comrades. C. G. WARNER. WINDSOR HOTEL, } JACKSONVILLE, FLA., November 13, 1900. GENERAL GRENVILLE M. DODGE, President Society Army of Tennessee, Detroit: Regret can not attend meeting this year. Best wishes to all comrades, rejoice and be happy. JOHN CRANE. Of the ..Army of the Tennessee. 23 CHATTANOOGA, TENN., November 14,1900. GENERAL G. M. DODGE, President, Hotel Cadillac, Detroit: Sorry I can't be with you. Love to you and all the other boys. WILLARD WARNER. LETTERS. EXECUTIVE MANSION, } WASHINGTON, November 8, 1900. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N., Chairman, etc., Detroit, Mich.: My DEAR SIR :-The President has received your favor of the 3rd in stant, extending to him a most cordial invitation to attend the thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, to be held in Detroit on November 14th and 1.5th. It would afford the President a great deal of pleasure to be present on this occasion, and it is with much regret that he finds his public duties and engagements will preclude him from sending an acceptance. Conveying to you and your associates the President's best wishes for a most successful reunion, believe me, Very truly yours, GEO. F. CORTELYOU. Secretary to the President. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., November 5, 1900. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N., Detroit, Mich.: My DEAR SIR :-1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of No vember 3rd, inviting me to attend the thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, in Detroit, November 14th and 15th, and to express my sincere regret that I will not be able to attend the reunion. Very truly yours, BEN]. HARRISON. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, } WASHINGTON, November 6, 1900. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N., Chairman Committee on Invitations: My DEAR SIR :-1 have received your kind invitation to attend the thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, to be held in Detroit on the 14th and 15th of November, and very much regret that my engagements are so pressing that it will not be possible for me to lei:lVe Washington at that time. With many thanks, I am, Very tru~y yours, JOHN HAY. rFroceedings of the Society WAR DEPARTMENT, } WASHINGTON, jVove1~ber 7, 1900. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N., Chpirman Tnvitation Committee, Society of the Army of the Ten nessee, Detroit, Mich.: DEAR SIR :-1 thal1k you for the cordial invitation to attend the thirty second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, to be held, in . Detroit, November 14th and 15th, 1900, and very much regret my inability to be present. Very respectfully, ELIHU ROOT. NAVY DEPARTMENT,t WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 1900. f LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N., Chairman Invitation Committee, Society Army of the Tennessee, Detroit, Mich.: My DEAR SIR :-1 have your letter of the 3rd instant, on my return to the Department, and beg to thank you and the committee which you rep resent for your kind invitation to attend the thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, in Detroit, Mich., November 14th and 15th. I much appreciate the courtesy of your invitation, but I regret that my engagements for that time are such as to prevent my accepting. Please accept my thanks, however, and my best wishes for the occasion. Very truly yours, JOHN D. LONG, Secretary. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, ~ WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 1900. f LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N., Society of the Army of the Tennessee, Detroit, Michigan: DEAR SIR :-1 am much honored by the receipt of your invitation to attend the thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Ten nessee, to be held in Detroit the 14th and 15th instant. It would be a great pleasure to me to be present on that interesting occasion, and I regret much that official duties, which will be particularly pressing at that time in view of the early meeting of Congress, will make it impossible for me to enjoy that privilege. Very truly yours, L. J. GAGE. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, } WASHING-TON, D. C., November 8, 1900. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N., Chairman Invitation Committee, Detroit, Mich.,' My DEAR SIR :-1 regret that public duties will prevent me from attend ing the reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, to be held on November 14th at Detroit. If it were possible to do so, it would be a great delight to be present at your reunion and do honor to the brave and noble men who belonged to that distinguished army. Very sincerely yours, JOHN W. GRIGGS. OFFICF~ OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, t WASHINGTON, November 9, 1900. f LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N., Chairman Invitation' Committee, Army oj'the Tennessee, Detroit, Mich. " DEAR SIR :-The Postmaster General directs me to extend his thanks for the kind invitation to attend the thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, to be held in Detroit on November 14-15, and to express his sincere regret that his engagements are such that it will not be possible for him to accept. Very truly yours, CLARENCE E. DAWSON, Private Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, } , WASHINGTON, November 10, 1900. COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, Chairman., Society Army oj' the Tenltessee, Detroit, Michigan,' DEAR SIR :-Secretary Hitchcock directs me to acknowledge the re ceipt of your very courteous invitation to attend the thirty-second reunion of the Army of the Tennessee at Detroit, November 14, and to express his sincere regrets that he will be unable to accept the same on account of public business necessitating his presence here at that time. He sends his cordial greetings to all your comrades, and best wishes for a successful meeting. Very truly yours, W. SCOTT SMITH, Private Secretary. OFFICE OF THE' ADMIRAL, } WASHINGTON, November 5,1900. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N., Chairman Invitation Committee, Detroit, Michigan,' My DEAR DAVENPORT :-Thank you very much for your cordial letter of the 3d instant, inviting me to attend the thirty-second reunion of the Proceedings of the Society Society of the Army of the Tennessee, to be held in Detroit on the 14th and 15th of this month. I regret that my engagements are such that I am unable to accept. Very truly yours, GEORGE DEWEY. HEADOUARTERS OF THE ARMY, } VlASHINGTON, November 5, 1900. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N., Chairman IrtVitation Committee, Society of the Army of the Ten nessee, Detroit, Michigan,' DEAR SIR :-1 have your cordial invitation to attend the thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Arn1y of the Tennessee, to he held in Detroit, November 14th and 15th, 1900, and regret that, owing to other engage ments, it will be impossible for me to be present on that occasion. Very truly yours, NELSON A. MILES. NEW YORK CITY, November 13, 1900. DEAR GENERAL DODGE :-Having intended tQ be with you in Detroit, it is a bitter disappointment to me not to go; but our teachers at the Lincoln Memorial University are without pay and I dare not postpone my efforts in behalf of the institution any longer. Give the warmest possible greetings to our comrades of the Army of the Tennessee. I wish they could have heard your praise of them on my famous birth night. Very sincerely your friend, O. O. HOWARD. WAR DEPARTMENT, }. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 17,1900. LIEUTENANT L. H. CHAMBERLIN, Secretary Local Executive Committee, thirty-second reunion, Society of the Arm,y of the Tennessee, Detroit, Michigan,' My DEAR SIR :-Please accept my thanks for your circular of notification of the arrangements for the coming reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at Detroit. I regret that a meeting at Baltimore on the 26th instant of the executive, committee and national board of managers of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, of which I have the honor to be President General, will prevent my being present. My delightful experience at my first visit to Detroit under Senator Palmer's auspices would make another of similar hospitable and kindly spirit anticipated with rare pleasure. Again regretting that this pleasure must be postponed to some more auspicious occasion, and congratulating the noble Army of the Tennessee (which bore upon its shield the glory of such names as Grant, and Sherman, and Thomas, and McPherson, and Of the .Ar1ny of the Tennessee. Logan, whom I numbered among those I admired and loved, and many other great names of mighty men of valor) that its lines have now fallen in pleasanter places than those at the forefront of Vicksburg and Atlanta, where their place was filled with hardships and danger, but was in every way well worthy of. the great name and fame this Army won in the face of the enemy, I remain, Yours very truly, J. C. BRECKINRIDGE. COMMONWEALTH OF MICHIGAN, } DETROIT, November 5, 1900. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N., Chairman, Detroit, Michigan: My DEAR SIR :-I thank you most heartily for your cordial invitation, just received, to attend the thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. I regret that I will be unable to be present. Trusting that the reunion may be a very enjoyable affair, I have the honor to be, Yours respectfully, H. S. PINGREE, Governor. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, t DETROIT, MICH., November 5, 1900. ~ LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N., Detroit, Mich.: My DEAR MR. DAVENPORT:-The invitation of the local executive com mittee having in charge the coming reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee is cordially accepted. I shall be pleased to deliver the ad dress of welcome on the occasion mentioned in your letter, and esteem it a very high privilege to be permitted to do such gracious work. There is a bare possibility that a call to the east may upset my pleasant anticipations, but I shall know this in due time to have a substitute ap pointed by you, or I will select a substitute to appear in my behalf if you desire. However, for the present I see no probability but that I shall be able to be present in person. Cordially yours, W. C. MAYBURY, Mayor. No. 2520 THIRTEENTH STREET, N. W., I. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 13, 1900. \ My DEAR COLONEL CADLE :-Please accept my profound thanks for your kind letter of October 5th, and I am going to trouble you to tell me at what age the boys can enter the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Logan Tucker is 22 years old, and is the oldest son of Mary Logan Tucker. Proceedings of the S.ociety John A. Logan, third, is only ten years of age, and we wish him to be his father's successor as soon as he is eligible. On receipt of your reply we will forward the requisite fees. I find that I have not a copy of the last report, and I shall value it very much if I may have another. I feel very much interested in the meeting this year on many accounts, especially because the death of my son will be announced by the President, and the arrangements will be made to attend the unveiling of the General's statue. But it will be impossible for me to attend, as my daughter-in-law sails on the 17th for Europe, having decided to spend the winter in the South of France. Trusting that you may have an interesting reunion, and with most cor dial greetings to every member of the Society, and .with kind regards to yourself, I am, Very truly yours, MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN. CHICAGO, September 15,1900. GENERAL G. M. DODGE: My DEAR GENERAL :-1 need not tell you how much it would gratify me to be able to accept your kind invitation to attend the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, but I cannot ~ee any way to doing so. You have not forgotten, General, that I met you last year in Chicago. and that we exchanged impressions about our little Spanish affair, so that I have nothing new to chat with you about. If" Cump" comes out with you, please send him over here as I want to see him. Cordially always, T. E. SHERMAk BROOKLYN, N. Y., September 24,1900. DEAR COLONEL:-As a brevet member of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, I deeply regret that professional engagements prevent my being with you. I recall with infinite pleasure the delightful time I had with you in Milwaukee, and the never-to-be-forgotten courtesies extended to me by your grand old President, General Dodge. To him and to all your members I beg to extend my cordial greetings. I look forward with most happy anticipations of a royal time, when the Society of the Army of the Potomac will unite with your Society in doing honor to the memory in Washington City of General Sherman. If, for any reason, the dedication of the monument is deferred, we will post.pone our meeting there until you are ready. . Sincerely yours, HORA'tIO C. KING, Recording Secretary Army of Potomac. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Secretary Army of Tennessee, Detroit, Mich. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 13, 1900. GENERAL GRENVILLE M. DODGE, President Society of the Army of the Tennessee: My DEAR GENERAL :-The Society of the Army of the Cumberland will hold its twenty-ninth reunion at Chattanooga, Tennessee, October 9th, 10th ~nd 11th next. I am directed by our President, General D. S. Stanley, to extend to you, and through you to the members of your Society, a cordial invitation to attend. Be assured also that it gives me great personal satisfaction to convey this invitation to you, and to assure you that upon our part the friendly rela tions which have grown so strong of recent years are strengthening with "the passing of every annual reunion. To such members of your Society as can reach us, and will make them selves known upon arrival, a cordial welcome will be extended. For the earnest invitation received from you asking our members to attend your reunion at Detroit, I desire in behalf of the Society to return our thanks, and extend our wishes for a most successful reunion. Truly and cordially yours, H. V. BOYNTON, Corresponding Secretary. CHICAGO, November 13, 1900. GENERAL G. M. DODGE, President Society of the Arm_y of the Tennessee: My DEAR GENERAL:-I had set my heart on being present at the meet ing of the Society to be held tomorrow in Detroit, but I find at the last moment that I can not do so-my disappointment is great. As the years pass away and our numbers grow less, I appreciate more and more the pleasure of meeting and greeting myoId army comrades of the Society. God bless our Society and grant its members long life and prosperity. With cordial greeting and best wishes for yourself, I am, Sincerely and faithfully yours, A. L. CHETLAIN. NEW YORK", October 7, 1900. My DEAR GENERAL:-I hand you herewith request that my son, Willard, shall be placed on record as my successor to membership in Army of Ten nessee. If you will kindly present his name at the Chicago meeting next week, I wi'll esteem it a favor. Willard has been in Europe for two years, selling American pig iron, steel, locomotives and railway supplies. We hope to have him with us again soon. I think the Society will find him a member not to be ashamed of, and he will highly appreciate the honor of member ship. I hope you and yours keep well. My kind regards to Mrs. Hicken- Proceedings of the Society looper in which Mrs. Mattox joins. I am greatly disappointed in not being able to meet with you next week. Remember me to friends. Sincerely yours, A. H. MATTOX. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Cincinnati, O. CHICAGO, November 13,1900. GENERAL R. A. ALGER, Chairman, etc.: My DEAR GENERAL:-The change in the date of the meeting of the So cietyof the Army of the Tennessee, though made I am sure for a good and sutficient reason, will prevent me from being present and deprive me of a much anticipated pleasure. Some months since I promised to be present and address the annual meeting of the State Board of Charities a~ Cham paign. This meeting is on the 14th and 15th days of November-the date of the meeting in Detroit. I so greatly enjoyed the last meeting of the Society, held in your hospitable and beautiful city, in the grand Common wealth of Michigan-in one of whose batteries-De Golyer's 8th Michigan, I had the l;tonor to serve, that I feel most keenly the disappointment of not being able to attend. I know you will have a fine time-the entertained and the entertainers. God bless everyone of you! I shall hope to see the old boys next year at St. Louis, Toledo, Cincinnati or Chicago. Faithfully yours, R. S. TUTHILL. NEW CASTLE, P A., November 10, 1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Secretary Society Army of the Tennessee: My DEAR GENERAL:-The Detroit meeting happens to be, when our court is in session. I have engagements to try causes that will prevent my attendance. But for this I would expect to enjoy the meeting with you. I regret this very much for Detroit is quite convenient for me to reach, and I feel much disappointed at not being able to go. Very truly yours, OSCAR L. JACKSON. WASHINGTON, D. C., November 10,1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Corresponding Secretary of the Society of Army oj the Tennessee, Headquarters Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, Michigan: DEAR GENERAL HICKENI,OOPER :-It is with sincere regret that I find that it will be impossible for me to be present at the next annual meetinO' of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at Detroit. 0 Of the Ar1.ny of the Tennessee. Should the question of the dedication in this city, Washington, D. C., of the monuments to the memory of General Sherman and General Logan come up for consideration before the Detroit meeting of the Society, I beg that you will impress upon the members of the Society that it would be a mistake to hold these dedicatory services at an earlier date than the 1st of November, if such meeting is to be held in the autumn. Nothing should induce the members of the Society, assuming that the Society is to participate in such ceremonies, to allow themselves to be brought to Washington in the month of September, which, so far south as Washington, is one of the most disagreeable months of the year. In my judgment, the meeting to be held in Washington should be held either in the spring, or in the late autumn, somewhere between the 20th of October and the 10th of November, preferably in November. Believe me, with best wishes for a happy and a successftP1 meeting of the Society, Sincerely yours, MAxwELL V. Z. WOODHULL. CINCINNATI, November 13, 1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER : DEAR GENERAL: -I regret exceedingly that I have again to announce my inability to meet with you and dear old comrades at your present re union. Premonitions of a fifth return of 13. grippe at this time and slowly recovering from a lengthy siege of sickness admonish me to go slow and not advance the line beyond the probability of a safe retreat. With kind regards to all present and wishing" you all" a pleasant and joyous reunion and always a full dinner pail. Yours very truly, J. C. BANKS. CANAL DOVER, OHIO, November 13, 1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Corresponding Secretary Society Army of the Tennessee: DEAR GENERAL :-1 find at this date, that our meeting of the Army of the Tennessee in Detroit, Mich., November 14th and 15th, 1900, will have to proceed without me this year. I most sincerely hope you may all enjoy the gathering together to the utmost, and that you may have a large attendance. My dearest memories are our marches and battles of the Army of the Tennessee, at Vicksburg, Miss., Mission Ridge, Tenn., Brick House, 'Ezra Church, and Jonesboro, Ga.; and long may we all live to enjoy them. With my best wishes for long life, health and happiness, of all officers and members of the Society; and for a happy and most prosperous meeting, I am, as ever, Sincerely yours, GEO. H. HILDT. 3 2 Proceedings of the Society HAVANA, Il,I,INOIS, November 10, 1900. GENERAl, HICKENl,OOPER : DEAR SIR :-Not being able to attend the annual meeting of the Army of the Tennessee on the 14th and 15th of the present month, I avail myself of the privilege of writing something about myself, without being amenable to the charge of egotism, as I am requested to do so. Man is said tb be an ego-therefore to speak of one's self is egotism-but I see no great harm in that if he tells the truth. My disability comes mostly from age. I began voting for President of the U. S. in 1840, and have kept it up quadrien nially to the 6th of this month, making sixteen times I have done that duty, nine of which were cast for Ohio men--(counting the two Harrisons) -and all of them were elected and made good records. Hoping that you are all satisfied with the way things are moving and that I may meet with you again at some future time, I send greetings to all. J. M. RUGGl,ES. MADISON, WIS., November 12, 1900. GENERAl, ANDREW HICKENl,OOPER: DEAR GENERAl,:-I find after the battle is over-though won, and the nerves relaxed, I do not" tone up," as readily as I did in 1861, to speak tn,lthfully .. I have not the strength to go to Detroit. My regards to Gen eral Dodge and Colonel Cadle and others who remember me. In A. D. 1872 our Society of the Army of the Tennessee held its sixth reunion here. You are invited to repeat the visit in 1901. If I am not here, Governor Robt. M. Lafallette will treat you kindly 'and well. Yours, GEO. E. BRYANT. LA PORTE, IND., November 13, 1900. A. B:ICKENl,OOPER, Headquarters Army Te'rtnessee meeting at Detroit, Mich.: DEAR SIR:-I am not able to attend the meeting at Detroit, because of business and professional engagements. I am in good health at the present, and desire to extend congratulations to all who may attend the meeting. I appreciate the reports of the Society meetings, and am happy to be one of so honorable and worthy a body of patriotic men and women. Very truly, HORACE WARDNER. CHICAGO, November 13, 1900. GENERAl, A. HICI\;ENl,OOPER, Corresponding Secretary Society 0.1 the Army 0.1 the Tennessee, De troit, Mich.: My DEAR GENERAl,:-I am pained to inform you, and through you the Society, that for the first time, in many years, I will be unable to meet with and enjoy the Society of old, tried and true friends. Of the Ar1'ny of the Tennessee. 33 Last month, while on our annual trip East, my good wife had her right foot broken and left leg severely bruised; in fact, in the accident she was so bruised from head to foot, that she could not walk or help herself. I was fortunate in getting her home, without further injury; she is now quietly resting in bed, under the care of a surgeon, assisted by a trained nurse; one foot in a plaster cast and the other leg, from knee to ankle, in bandages. The surgeon informs us that there will be no permanent injury, and that in from four to six weeks nature will effect a cure. . Having attended together nearly every meeting of the Society, and to gether sat at every banquet, since ladies were admitted, and together enjoyed the annual feast and social intercourse, I am forced to send my regrets, until my good wife can again participate with me in that pleasure. Very respectfully yours, 'VIl. L. BARNUM. MILWAUKEE, ]\lovember 12, 1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Corresponding Secretary, Detroit: My DEAR GENERAL:-Circumstances beyond my control prevent my being at Detroit to enjoy with those in attendance our thirty-second reunion. Please remember me to all. I took an active part in the elec tion, and the result surpasses my most sanguine expectations. Yours truly, F. H. MAGDEBURG. CAIRO, November 13,1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Corresponding Secretary Army of the Tennessee, Detroit, Mich.: GENERAL:-Until last Sunday evening I fully expected to attend the reunion of our Society at Detroit; unexpected affliction, common to our latitude and climate came on, and I had to defer my departure much. to my regret. I was just in to see our comrade and mutual friend, Captain C. O. Patier, who has formerly been a constant attendant at the meetings since the organization of the Society. I found him quite feeble from nervous prostration and unable to travel. We both sincerely regret our inability to attend the Detroit meeting. Very respectfully, JAMES S. REARDEN. CAIRO, ILLINOIS, November 12,1900. My DEAR GENERAL HICKENLOOPER:-It is with the greatest reluctance I send these regrets; but, owing to father's poor health, it will be impossi ble for us to participate in the Detroit meeting. He desires me to express to you his sincere wishes for a successful reunion. 34 rproceedings of the Society Personally, I feel that I am missing the best treat of the year, for it is always a pleasure to meet the dear old comrades of the Army of the Ten,. nessee. I am, Most cordially yours, MAUDE WOLFF PA'rIER. CHICAGO, November 13, 1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Detroit, Mich.: DEAR SIR:-1 regret that business engagements, which I can not control, will pre~ent my meeting with the" Army of the Tenl}.essee" at its thirty second reunion at Detroit tomorrow, the 14th inst. With kindest regards to all, I remain, Yours respectfully, HARLAN PAGE. VICKSBURG, MISS., Septe1rtber 17, 1900. DEAR GENERAL:-Regretting that I can not attend the meeting of the Society at Detroit, I send greeting and the very best of good wishes to every companion there present. On behalf of the Park Commissioners, I invite .the assistance and co operation of every member of the Society in the work of establishing the Vicksburg National Military Park, to the end that it may be made worthy of the Army of the Tennessee and of its illustrious commanders. Fraternally yours, WM. 1'. RIGBY, GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Acting Chairman. Corresp01zding Secretary. ERIE, KANSAS, November 9, 1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Corresponding Secretary Society Army of the Tennessee, Cincin'rtati, Ohio: My DEAR GENERAL :-1 have received the usual circular of invitation to the thirty-second reunion of the Society. of the Army of the Tennessee, to be held at-Detroit, Michigan, on next Wednesday and Thursday. A regular term of court in one of the counties of my district will begin next Monday, consequently it will be impossible for me to attend the reunion. While I am thus prevented from participating in the pleasures of the meeting,-and which I greatly regret,-nevertheless we have elected McKinley and Roosevelt, and that is possibly happiness enough for one campaign. \' our sincere friend, L. S'rILLWELL. OJ the .Ar1·ny of the Tennessee. 35 PEORIA, PEORIA COUNTY, ILL., November 10,1900. GENERAL A. HrcKENLoOPER, Cincinnati, Ohio: DEAR SIR:-Your circular announcing the change of the meeting of the Army of the Tennessee received. I am very sorry that it will be impossi ble for me to attend the meeting at this time, much as I should like to do so. Business here is such that I feel I can not leave at present. Hoping that you may have a pleasant reunion, with regards to yourself and all comrades, I am, Yours respectfully, R. M. CAMPBELL. HOT SPRINGS, VA., September 22,1900. My DEAR HICKENLOOPER :-When I was very ill I had Dr. Dewey write to you anent the Force matter. It would have been a labor of true love to have helped in that matter, but I was too near death's door. I am recover ing you will be glad to know, but I dare not risk myself to go to Detroit. The uneven hours might and probably would be too much for me. Please remember me to Colonel Cadle, and to General Dodge, and please remem ber me to your family, or, at least to such members of your family as remember me. With the best wishes for you and yours, I am, very truly your friend, AUGUSTUS JACOBSON. Cr.INTON, IOWA, November 14,1900. GENERAL A. HrcKENLoOPER, Hotel Cadillac, Detroit: DEAR GENERAL :-The notice of the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee has been to hand for some time and I was in hope to attend, as I wish to meet with the old members as often as possible. My reason for not being with you at this meeting is: I have been appoint~d by Go~ernor Shaw as one of the Commission to locate the lines of Iowa troops at Vicksburg, and have to leave. for the work November 20th instant. The delegation is made up of thirty-five members, the Shiloh commission accompanying. us as far as Corinth, Miss. We take in on our trip Chicka mauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, traveling the Memphis and Charleston Railroad from Memphis by daylight, passing through Jackson, MiSS., and over the historic fields of Champion Hill and Black River Bridge to Vicksburg. You will see by our route we will be over the same line that was fought on by General Sherman's troops in going to the relief of the Army of the Cumberland, that were besieged at Chattanooga in November, 1863-thirty-seven years today-not very long to look back, but thirty-seven years ahead is a great distance. None of us will be left to tell the story. Hoping you and all the companions will have a good time, my compliments to all. Yours very truly, J. D. FEGAN. rFyoceedings of the Society CHICAGO, October 1, 1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Cincinnati, Ohio: DEAR GENERAL:-I have received your notices in regard to the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee this fall at Detroit. I don't expect to be able to attend, bodily, but will be there in spirit. Please accept my best wishes for yourself and all companions, and hope you will have a good meeting. Fraternally yours, GEO. W. EMERSON. PHILADELPHIA, September 19, 1900. DEAR GENERAL:-I have received your notice of the postponement of the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, which I am sorry to say may prevent my presence. I trust that nothing serious is,the matter, and am, Sincerely your comrade, JOS. R. SMITH, GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Colonel U. S. A. Cincinnati, O. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 18,1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Secretary Army of the Tennessee, Cinci1znati, Ohio: DEAR SIR:-I must thank you for the invitation to attend the thirty second reunion of the Army of the Tennessee to be held this month at De troit, and to express to you my regret that I can not be there to meet my husband's comrades in whom I take such interest. . Since my husband's death it has been my intention to attend these reunions, but so far each year has brought its trials and made it quite im possible for me to carry out any definite plans. This year my heart has been crushed by the death of my son, Richard Hovey, whose career had been one of marked promise as a writer and poet, and whose success already achieved had made glad the hearts of his father and niother. Give greetings to all the old comrades, and believe me, Very sincerely yours, MRS. C. E. HOVEY. CHICAGO, August 30, 1900. GENERAL A. HICKENI,OOPER, Cincinnati, Ohio: DEAR GENERAI,:-I am pleased to acknowledge receipt this day of your notification, 27th instant, of the thirty-second reunion of our Society of the Army of the Tennessee, but regret to say that I shall not be able to attend as I have already taken much time from business for army affairs, and will Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 37 be engaged at the time set for our reunion at a convention of which I am an official. Hoping you will have an enjoyable time, I am, Yours truly, BEN]. F. MONROE. LAMOILLE, ILL., August 31,1900. DEAR GENERAL :-1 am this day in receipt of your notice to attend the meeting of the Society at Detroit on the 26th and 27th September. Thus I am reminded that another year has rolled around, and that many of our comrades have responded to the roll call of our Great Commander, and as we hope and trust have joined the grand army above, while I have been spared to see the eve of my eightieth birthday anniversary. Congratulating, in advance, every member who may be able to attend the rneeting, . I am, fraternally, R. B. FRARY, Late Captain Co. G 139th Reg. Ill. Vol; Infantry. GENERAL A. H~CKENLOOPER, Corresponding Secretary, Cincinnati, O. ST. LOUIS, November 12, 1900. GENERAl1 A. HICKENLOOPER, Cincinnati, 0.: My DEAR GENERAL :-1 regret very much not to be able to attend the thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, to be held at Detroit, November 14th and 15th, 1900. My kindest regards to all. Enjoy yourself and remember the absentees. Y onrs very truly, CRAS. STIESMEIER. MASON CITY, IOWA, October 19,1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Cincinnati, Ohio: My DEAR GENERAL :-Acknowledging your kind invitation to attend t~e thirty-second reunion of our Society at Detroit, Mich., I beg leave to say, that on account of the condition of my health, I am unable to be present. I wish you all the pleasure possible and many happy returns of the occasion. My health has been failing for the last four years, and for two years I have been confined to my bed; and nearly a year of that time unconscious of my surroundings. I have been much better, in many respects, for the last four months, but I am a helpless cripple probably for the remai~der of my life. Some of my physicians have attributed my disease to lead poisoning, from the bullet shot in my breast, at. Grant's first battle at Belmont, Mo., November 7th, 1861, which I have carried since that time. Proceedings of the Society My mother died last April, aged 82 years, after being a widow for 52 years. In looking over her papers I found a portion of a letter written to her by me during the war, and as it refers to our president, I enclose it, thinking it will be of interest to you: "DEAR MO'l'HER :-1 have only a few minutes to write before the mail goes out, so will just drop a few lines which will be better than no letter at all. I am well. We have not got Atlanta yet, although we can look over and see the town. We have got to take it by siege, as it would be almost impossible to take it by assault, the works are so heavy and every obstruc tion that man can think of is placed in the way. Two rows of palisades around th~ works besides a heavy abattis of fallen trees which would make it a11l10st impossible to get in without anybody behind the works. I have just got out of the ditch. The rebels have been shelling us. They cannot hurt us much if we keep in our works. I am getting almost hump backed with walk-i'ng along the works with my head down to keep from bein.gshot by the rebel sharpshooters. Unless a man -is careless and sticks his head above the works they cannot hit him. It is very tiresome. I am afraid if you should see me you would hardly own me as your son, I am so dirty. I stood bes~de Major General Dodge when he was shot. I was on the skirmish line. I had a hole through the top of the rifle pit to look through He asked me some questions about their works and I told him to look through the hole and a rebel sharpshooter shot him in the head, but fortunately the ball just cut across the top of his head and did not enter his skull. He fell right back 011 me, as I was squatted down behind him. He is doing well and expects to go home before long. I send you a lock of his hair that I picked up after they had carried him away that the ball cut off. The scalp is yet on it. They are packing up themail.soImust close. Your affectionate son, HENRY I. SMITH." I have always been proud of the fact, that I was the £rst one to enlist in the war of the rebellion, from my county, and it so happened that my third son, who was attending the University in Minnesota and enlisted in the 13th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, was the £rst one in my county who was out on the £ring line in the Spanish American War. He was in the battle of Manila and served fourteen months in the Phillipines. I would like to have him designated as my successor in the Army of the Tennessee. . His name is Robert Percy Smith, born November 1, 1878. With most affectionate regards to all members of the Army who never were defeated, I remain, HENRY I. SMI'l'H, 7th Iowa Infantry. MEDIA, PA., September 7,1900. GENERAL ANDREW HICKENLOOPER, Cincinnati, Ohio: My DEAR COMRADE:-Your circular letter of August 27th' has been recei.ved, announcing the annual meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at Detroit on the 26th and 27th of this month. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 39 I very much regret that it will not be possible for me to be with you on that occasion. The Society of the ," Crocker Brigade" meets at Keokuk on the 26th and 27th, and I have promised the committee that if possible I will attend their meeting. I am sorry that the dates have been fixed for the same time, as I could have attended both just as easily as one. I know you will have a good time. Remember me very kindly to all comrades, and give to each one my sin cere love and regards. Sincerely, your friend, EDGAR T. MILLER. MACON, Mo., September 8,1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Corresponding Secretary Society Army 0./ the Tennessee: DEAR SIR:-With much regret I write to inform you that I will not be able to be present at the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Ten nessee at its coming annual reunion to be held at Detroit, September 26th and 27th, 1900. I would like very. much to be present, and perhaps meet old comrades from Ohio, with whom I am personally acquainted, but I have to deprive myself of that pleasure, and the deprivation is the more regret ted, because in the nature of events the number of meetings to be held during my stay among the living will no doubt be few. May the meeting be a pleasant, happy one to all in attendance. Very truly yours, W. C. B. GILLESPIE. CHICAGO, September 3,1900. A. HICKENLOOPER, ESQ., Corresponding Secretary: DEAR SIR:-It will be impossible for me to attend the reunion of the So ciety of the Army of the Tennessee at Detroit, September 26th and 27th, and I avail myself of this opportunity to send myoId comrades a hearty greeting and my best wishes for their continued health and happiness. Very truly, your obedient servant, FRANCIS P. FISHER. PHILADELPHIA, PA., September 3,1900. GENERAL A. HICKENI,OOPER, Cincinnati, 0.: DEAR GENERAL:-I am in receipt of the notification of the thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, which will be held at Detroit, Mich., September 26th and 27th, 1900, and very much regret my inability to attend. Yours very sincerely, H. R. TILTON. 40 Proceedings of the Society CROCKERS, IOWA, September 5, 1900. My DEAR GENERAL HrCKENLOOPER:-I am very sorry to .see the Army of the Tennessee meeting fixed for September 26th and 27th-same date as our Brigade meeting. We took care to send our notice out early to prevel;1t any conflict. We will not suffer in attendance, but six or eight of us, who hoped to go to Detroit, will be cut out. Yours fraternally, H. H. ROOD. ARKANSAS CrTY, KAN., iVovember 6,1900. GENERAL A. HrcKENLoOPER, Cincinnati, Ohio: My DEAR GENERAL:-Circumstances I am unable to control, will again prevent me from meeting with you on the 14th and 15th instant-thirty second reunion Society of the Army of the Tennessee. , The Army of the Tennessee may well feel a pardonable pride in the part it played in perpetuating and preserving a government which is now the respected and admired of all the great mttion", of the world. Had it not been for that "Army" where and what might our national standing be today? Repeat its history and its lessons. Respectfully, W. M. SLEETH. ST. LOUIS, October 12, 1900. GENERAL A. HrcKENLoOPER, Corresponding Secretary Society Army of the Tennessee: My DEAR GENERAL:-Just received your notice of change in date of meeting. I regret to say, howeve!', that I will be unable to attend Novem ber 14th and 15th, but hope you will have a large and pleasant meeting. Very truly yours, ROBT. BUCHANAN., DAVENPORT, IOWA, September 7, 1900. GENERAL A. HrcKENLoOPER, Cincinnati, 0.: DEAR GENERAL:-It is especially aggravating that having missed so many annual reunions of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee of late, and resolved to go to "the next" this year, my regrets must take the place of presence. And all this" you uns " fault, not mine. The dates of your thirty-second annual reunion, at Detroit, are precisely, it looks almost mf1liciously, the same dates, September 26th and 27th, of the tenth biennial reunion, at Keokuk, of the" famous Crocker Iowa Brigade," and its dates established first. This brigade had the peculiarity or honor, as we esteemed it, of the four regiments of which it was composed, brigaded at nearly the beginning of the war, not another regiment was added to it , Of tke .Army of the Tennessee. with all its decimation by battles and disease. As the so long time com mander of one of these regiments (and General Belknap was of another), my allegiance of happy duty is now due it, therefore I can not be with you at Detroit. With regrets for this, I shall be with you in spirit, if I can't with spirits. V ery respectfully, etc., ADD. H. SANDERS, 16th Iowa Brevet Brigadier-General Vols. CUF'tON, CINCINNA'tI, October 9, 1900. GENERAL HICKENLOOPER: My DEAR SIR:-l want to thank you and the gentlemen of your com mittee for your continued kindness in sending me invitations to the meet ings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and for the handsome books that Colonel Cadle sends me. I wish you all a very happy reunion this year. Yours very truly, MARY T. ARMOR. NEW ORLEANS, November 8, 1900. GENERAL AND. HICKENLOOPER, Cincinnati, Ohio: DEAR GENERAL:-l shall not be able to attend the Detroit reunion. I am just recovering from a long illness. The doctors had almost decided to send me above, where all members of the old Army of the Tennessee in good standing go, but I have a 'temporary respite and hope to be as well as ever soon. My best wishes for the health and happiness of all old friends and comrades fortunate enough to assemble at Detroit. Yours truly, EDWARD JONAS. CINCINNA'tI, August 30, 1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Cincinnati: My DEAR GENERAI,:-l am in receipt this morning of the circular of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, dated the 27th inst., notifying members of the Society the date when the thirty-second reunion will be held at Detroit, of which I take due note. Allow me to thank you for your attention to this matter. Hoping that I may be able to be present, lam Yours very truly, J. V. LEWIS. 42 Proceedings of the Society PARIS, ILL., November 8,1900. LIEU'tENAN't COMMAN'DER F. O. DAVENPOR't, U; S. N., Cliairman, etc.: DEARSIR:-My official duties preclude my .attending the coml11g re union of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, which I very much regret. Very truly, etc., H. VAN SELLAR. CINCINNA'tI, OHIO, November 13, 1900. MAJOR GENERAL R. A. ALGER, Chairman. Local Executive Committee Society Army of the Ten nessee, Hotel Cadillac, Detroit,Michigan: GENERAL:-I regret that I cannot attend the thirty-second reunion. These reunions are rests beside the way whose end looms upon the horizon more and more conspicuously. They rally our failing forces giving us fresh draughts from the springs of our earlier days. They make life sweeter, and stronger, and longer. With steadfast regard for yourself, and a hearty greeting for every com rade who fought for the Union, Yours truly, AND. C. KEMPER. CORONADA, CALIFORNIA, September 19,1900. LIEU'tENAN't L. H. CHAMBERLIN, 50 Miami Avenue, Detroit, Mich.: My DEAR SIR:-EnJoyable as it would .be to meet again with the mem bers of the Society of· the Army of the Tennessee at its an~ual reunion to be held the 26th and 27th instants, yet advanced life and distance forbid me that pleasure-being settled in the southwestern corner of the country, many miles from Detroit. Certain I am that you Detroiters will make the occasion enjoyable to all those present, as the past testifies, yet I must content myself by sending regrets and best wishes. Please hand this to Colonel Cornelius Cadle, Sec retary, as there is hardly time to reach him at Cincinnati before he will leave there. Very sincerely yours, M. CHURCHILL. S't. LOUIS, Mo., October 31,1900. My DEAR GENERAL:-I have your letter of October 29th, advising that the Army of the Tennessee reunion has been postponed until November 14th and 15th at Detroit. I hope to be able to attend at that time, if my business engagements will permit. If I can, I will be glad to do as you suggest, and have the St. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 43 Louis members go with me, but I can not state positively so far in advance. r failed to see you the last time I called upon you in New York. Trusting that you are in your usual vigorous health, I am, Very truly yours, C. G. WARNER. GENERAL G. M. DODGE, President The Army 0./ the Tennessee, No.1 Broadway, New York, N. Y. BURLING'tON, lA., November 8,1900. LIEU'tENAN't L. H. CHAMBERLIN, Detroit, Mich.: DEAR SIR:-I am very sorry that I can not be with you on the 14th and 15th instants. This new wave of prosperity has given me an increase of business. So r must stick to my post here. I hope the old boys will have a good time. Very truly yours, C. A. FRICK. DAY'tON, OHIO, November 12, 1900. LIEU'tENAN't L. H. CHAMBERLIN, Secretary: DEAR LIEU'tENAN't:-My health will not permit me attending our thirty second reunion; would like to be there; the last one, I attended in Detroit, is a pleasant memory; regret exceedingly that I can not be present and enjoy meeting the old comrades. I wish you a happy enjoyable meeting. Respectfully yours, LOUIS KELLER. FOND DU LAC, WIS., Novemer 5,1900. GENERAL R. A. ALGER, Detroit, Mich.: DEAR SIR:-I regret that my official duties will prevent attendance at the thirty-second reunion of the Army of the Tennessee at Detroit. Very respectfully, N. S. GII.SON. COBOURG, CANADA, September 20, 1900. LIEU'tENAN't L. H. CHAMBERLIN, Secretary Local Executive Committee 0./ the Society Army 0./ the Tennessee, Detroit, Michigan: DEAR SIR:-I regret exceedingly that I cannot be with my companions of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the thirty-second reunion 44 Proceedings of the Society of the organization, as nothing could give me more pleasure than to again unite with the dear old friends of auld lang syne. Wishing you all a most happy reunion, I remain, Yours fraternally, B J. D. IRWIN, Colonel U. S. Army (retired.) CHICAGO, November 14, 1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, Mich.: My DEAR COLONEL:-I have to regret the disappointment I feel in not being present at our thirty-second reunion. I had arranged to be there, but after the postponement it changed my plans. With best wishes for those who are with you, Very sincerely yours, CUTHBERT WARD LAING. ORCHARD LAKE, MICHIGAN, September 17, 1900. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT, U. S. N.: My DEAR DAVENPORT:--I wish to thank you for remembering us. Re gret to say that I have no army officer on duty with me' now. All active officers have been relieved from college duty, as their services are required in our foreign.possessions. Hoping that you will have a very pleasant reunion, I am, Fraternally yours, J. SUMNER ROGERS. BISMARCK, N. D., November 12, 1900. DEAR GENERAL:-I should have made reply to your committee letter, but it slipped my mind until now. I wanted to go to the Detroit meeting very much, but am flat on my back from a dislocation of hip caused by a fall in May, and so unable to move. I know you will have a grand good time, and only wish I could have _part in it. Possibly next year will find things more favorable. Yours fraternally, JOHN W. GREGG. To GENERAL JOHN McARTHUR. VINTON, IOWA, September 3,1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Cincinnati, Ohio: My DEAR COLONEL:-The notice, 27th ultimo, for the coming meeting of our Society of the Army of the Tennessee has just reached me, and I respond without delay. It has been my hope to attend this session, but I fear it cannot be , for the reason that the biennial meeting for our "Crocker Brigade Society" will Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 4S be held on those same two days-September 26 and 27--at Keokuk, Iowa. As you will remember, this Society is made up from the survivors, officers and soldiers, of the four Iowa regiments-11th, 13th, 15th, and 16th -which composed Crocker's Brigade, and the members make untiring effort to attend the reunions, which being biennially only, ought to be at tended. And as for me, having been its first president nearly twenty years ago, I feel that duty requires my presence there rather than with any other such society and I cannot but think you will agree in opinion. I am very sorry this conflict in dates has happened, and trust it may never again occur. I wish you could join us at the brigade reunion, for you would be sure of a most cordial reception, and renew your old-time Iowa acquaintanceships. But I will remember to send you reports, so that you keep posted as to your many Iowa friends and comrades. As to the Society of the Tennessee, although for the reason above given I cann0t attend the 1900 reunion at Detroit, I hope to remain on your membership roll so long as life lasts, and be privileged to have the regular reports of the meetings, for which I will be truly grateful. Under separate cover I hand you one of our latest State R. R. maps, which may be of interest to you. It is published by State authority, and presumably correct. Pray pardon so long letter, and believe me, Sincerely yours, now and ever, BUREN R. SHERMAN, Late Captain Co. E. 13th Iowa Infy. Vols. CADIZ, 0., November 9, 1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Cincinnati, 0;: DEAR GENERAL:-I find as the time approaches for the next meeting of the Society of the Army of Tennessee, that I can not obtain a leave of absence from my position to attend it, w4ich I very much regret. I am in excellent health, and would love to be with you. I sincerely hope that all will have a glorious good time. Truly yours, EZRA MCCONNELL. RED WING, MINN., November 9, 1900. COLONEL C. CADLE, Cincinnati, Ohio: DEAR COLONEL:-The postponement of the meeting of the Army of the Tennessee" knocks me out." I have an annual meeting to attend on the 14th instant; hence can not be with you at Detroit. With regards to all comrades, I remain, Sincerely yours, L. F. HUBBARD. Proceedings of the Society TOPEKA, KANSAS, September 15,1900. COI.ONEI. CORNEI.IUS CADI.E, Cincinnati, Ohio: DEAR COI.ONEI.:-Your notice of annual meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at Detroit, Mich., on the 26th and 27th of this month at hand. I regret to state that I cannot meet with you this year. Respectfully, D. A. MUI.VANE. MUSCATINE, IOWA, November 6, 1900. COI.ONEI. CORNEI.IUS CAD I.E, Recording Secretary: My DEAR CADI.E:--I am in receipt of the notice of the reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at Detroit, November 14th and ~5th, and regret very much that I can not attend. As time goes on our membership grows less and less, and in a few years at most, "taps" will be sounded over the remains of the last survivor of that great army of a million and a half of men, who marched and fought with Grant and Sherman and McPherson and a host of other soldiers-the bravest of the brave. These annual gatherings bring to mind the services rendered by the old Army of the Tennessee and other kindred armies in the civil war to preserve the Union and the flag of our fathers, whose patri otic blood courses through our veins. God bless the old Army of the Ten nessee. Last year we had with us Dr. Plummer, Major Higley and others -now gone to their last reward--all good and true soldiers of the Republic. A few weeks ago I met Major Higley at Keokuk, attending the reunion of Crocker's Iowa Brigade, and he was much disappointed in not meeting General Hickenlooper and yourself. He then spoke of the approaching end, and said that he was ready when the summons came. Hoping that you will all have the usual good time, I am, Yours very truly, INO. H. MUNROE, Late Captain and Assistant Adju(ctnt-General. ANAMOSA, IOWA, November 5, 1900. COI.o:t-mI. CORNEI.rus CAD I.E, Cincinnati, Ohio: DEAR SIR:-I herewith enclose an account of my services which you requested a short time ago. I regret that on account of failing sight I can not attend the meeting at Detroit, but give the boys my hearty good wishes. Yours truly, WM. T. SHAW. Of the .Army of the 'Tennessee. 47 VANCOUVER, B. C., September 5, 1900. COLONEL C. CADLE, Cincinnati, Ohio: My DEAR CADI.E:-I very much regret that I shall not be able to attend our meeting this year. Kindly remember me to Dodge, Hickenlooper a'nd other comrades. Wishing you a successful and happy reunion, I remain, Yours truly, F. WELKER. LITTLE ROCK, ARK., November 12, 1900. GENERAL R. A. ALGER, Detroit: DEAR SIR AND COMPANION:-I regret that my work will keep me too busy to enjoy the pleasure I should have in. accepting the committee's invitation for the 14th and 15th instants. Conditions must make the meet ing a very happy one just now. Fraternally yours, HAMILTON Vol HALL, Captain 59th Illinois, Acting Assistant Inspector-General 14th Corps with Jeff. c. Davis, Commanding. HUNTINGTON, IND., November 13, 1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Cincinnati: My DEAR COLONEL:-I had intended to attend the meeting at Detroit without fail, but at the last moment I find that I must send you my regrets. Wishing you, and all, a royal good time, I am, Very truly yours, GEO. G. PRIDE. FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, November 8th, 1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, , Secretary Society of the Army of the Tennessee, Detroit, Mich.: My DEAR COLONEL:-Your friend, the always rosy and ever rotund Edwards and I have just had a discussion as to how we could manage to get away next week for the meeting at Detroit, and I regret to say that we have reluctantly arrived at the conclusion that it will be impos~ible for either of us to leave home this month. The Major is the editor of the leading daily in the state, The Forum, and has had more to do than any other man west of St. Paul in securing the results that were announced in a political way yesterday. Therefore he is toleri3;bly happy at home. For myself, I would rather be with you at Detroit next Wednesday than any where else on top side of earth, but because of Mrs. Morton's frail health I cannot see my way clear to getting away this year. I wish to announce as my successor in the Society my daughter, Miss Rosa Morton, and if you rFroceedings of the Society will have the necessary steps taken at the coming meeting to have her so recognized I will be greatly obliged. Upon your advising me of the ne cessary sum for her initiation fee I will promptly remit. With affectionate regard for each and everyone of you, my dear COlonel, I beg you to believe me, as ever and always, Most sincerely yours, CHAS. A. MORTON. ANDRUS, S. D., November 10, 1900. My DEAR COMRADEs:-Replying to yours of 5th inst., I regret to say it will be impossible for me to be with you. I had arranged to attend at date set' in September, but change of date will prevent my presence this time. Have put in much time to relegate Pettigrew to innocuous desuetude and cannot spare time for reunion. Feel repaid now the man his State is ashamed of is retired. Yours fraternally, W. D. E. ANDRUS. QUINCY, ILL., November 13, 1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Secretary Society Army of the Tennessee, Detroit, Mich.: My DEAR COLONEL: -I had made all my arrangements to he present at this year's meeting. The first date suited me, but the postponement has brought the date in the middle of our Circuit Court, which prevents my coming. I very much regret that I can not be present and meet all the companions again. I am sure you will have a good time. With kindest regards to all, I remain, Yours truly, E. B. HAMILTON. ST. LOUIS, November 13, 1900. DEAR CADLE:-Your old tent mate will not report for duty this year. Up to Monday I fully expected to be with you, but circumstances-are such that I could not get away, and I regret that I can not be with the old com rades and enjoy the good things with them. Here's hoping that I can see you all next year. Remember me to all. Yours truly, WM. E. WARE. CHICAGO, November 12, 1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Recording Secretary Army of the Tennessee, Detroit, Mt'ch.: My DEAR CADLE:-It is with great regret that at the last moment I am obliged to deny myself the pleasure of attending the meeting at Detroit. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 49 Please give my love to all the dear old boys, and tell them I will be with them in spirit, if not in person. Yours very truly, ROSWELL H. MASON, Late Captain 72nd Illinois Infantry, U. s. v. FREMONT, OHIO, November 13,1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Hotel Cadillac, Detroit, Mich.: My DEAR COLONEL:-At the last moment I find it will be impossible to at tend the thirty-second reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Mrs. Buckland joins me in warmest regards to all. Sincerely yours, GEORGE BUCKLAND. My DEAR COLONEL CADLE:-At the last moment I find I can't come, No one, able to travel, ought tf) stay away, and I am ashamed to think that I allow a little business matter to keep me at home; but the older I get the meaner I seem to become. I make this frank confession as a sort of penance for staying away, and sincerely hope you will have such a good time that I will always regret my absence. Faithfully yours, GILBERT A. PIERCE. GALESBURG, ILL., November 10, 1900. DEAR GENERAL:-I have just returned from Chicago. When I came from my ranch in Nebraska, after three weeks absence, and I thought I would sure get to Detroit, but I am obliged to return to Kansas City at once, and I regret that I can not be present at Army of Tennessee reunion. The squaw that has old Jim Bridges' photo was at my office last week, but would not leave it without seeing me. I will send you a copy soon. Yours truly, JOHN B. COLTON. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Cincinnati, O. so Proceedings of the Society The report of -the Recording Secretary was as follows: RECORDING SECRETARY'S REPORT. DETROIT, November 14, 1900. GENERAL G. M. DODGE, President: GENERAL:-I have the honor to submit the following report: Since the last meeting in Chicago in October, 1899, I have published and distributed to our members the report of that, the thirty-first meeting of our Society. Since last meeting I have received the following: Account dues collected. _...... , ., ...... $ 96 00 Account interest on Dayton Fund ...... 285 00 $381 00 Which amount I have transferred to the Treasurer. In my report as Acting Treasurer a year ago, I showed that .my balance on hand was $825.44. Immediately after the meeting I turned over to the Chicago local committee $500, the sum which is appropriated for each meeting, leaving a balance of $325.44, which I transferred to Major Van Dyke, our new treasurer, and for which he will account. NOTE.-I reported, as Acting Treasurer, as turned over to Major Van Dyke $325.44. He reports as received from me $326,24. This excess of eighty cents was transferred to me by the estate of General Force, and was a surplus over the amount called for by his books. Very respectfully, CORNELIUS CADLE, Recording Secretary. The report was received and placed on :file. Major Van Dyke, the treasurer, presented his report, which was received and placed on :file. It was as follows: TREASURER'S REPORT. MR. PRESIDENT:-I have the honor to submit herewith my report as Treasurer for the year 1899-1900: RECEIPTS. Oct. 28, Cornelius Cadle, Treasurer pro tem. . .. $326 24 Oct. 28, Proceeds sale of U. S. Bond...... 557 50 Jan. 20, Interest from Dayton Fund _ ...... 142 50 Mar. 3, Interest U. S. Bond ...... _. . . . 90 00 Apr. 7, " " ...... 9000 Of the .Army of the Tennessee. Sept. 15, Interest U. S. bond ...... 90 00 Oct. 30, " " 90 00 Nov. 12, Interest Dayton Fund, .... , ...... 142 50 Nov. 12, By Dues, ...... , ...... ' ..... ' ... . 96 00 ---- Total Receipts, ...... , .... , ...... $1,624 74 DISB URSEMEN'tS. Oct. 28, F. W. Freeman, Printing Report ...... $525 63 Oct. 28, J. M. Riddell, Clerk ..... '...... 25 00 Nov. 1, J. L. Bennett, Reporting" ...... ' . . .. 50 00 Nov. 8, A. G. Corre, Rent.,...... ' ...... 75 00 Feb. 9, " ",...... 75 00 May 14, " " 75 00 May 14, F. W. Freeman, Printing. ' ...... ' .... . 25 60 Sept. 8, A. G. Corre, Rent...... 75 00 Sept. 9, Insurance , ...... ' ...... , 12 50 Sept. 22, Rent Safe Deposit...... ,5 00 Oct. 5, American Express Co ...... ' ...... 71 92 $1,015 65 Balance on hand Nov. 12. '...... $609 09 There are $9,000.00 in U. S. 4% Bonds in Safe Deposit Vaults, Third National Bank, this city. A. M. VAN DYKE, Treasurer. THIRD NA'tIONAL BANK" } CINCINNA'tI, November 12, 1900. A. M. VAN DYKE, ESQ., Treasurer Society of the Army of the Tennessee, P. O. Box 627, City: DEAR SIR:-This is to certify that according to our books at the close of business today, there is a.balance to your credit of six hundred and nine dollars and nine cents ($609.09). Yours truly, W. A. LEMMON, Cashier. Major Van Dyke:-I will state that the vouchers for these payments are on file, and if the Society thinks it necessary to appoint an auditing committee, I would be glad to have that done. The President:-What is the pleasure of the SoCiety? General Hickenlooper:-I do not think that it is necessary. The Recording Secretary:-In connection with the Treasurer's report, I desire to make this statement: We have on hand $609.09. Printing the last book, and various expenses, postage, rproceeding$ of the Society stationery, and so on, amounts to $656.35. The Detroit local committee is entitled to an appropriation of $500 for their use, making more than our balance on hand by a little over $500. I offer this resolution and move its adoption: Resolved, That the Treasurer of our Society be. and hereby is authorized to sell, not to exceed one thousand dollars of the- U. S. four-per cent. bonds now in his possession, in order to meet the current expenses for the ensuing twelve months. The motion was unanimously adopted. General Noble presented the report of the Treasurer of the Sherman Statue Committee Fund as follows: ST. LOUIS, Mo., November 12, 1900. JOHN W. NOBLE, Treasurer: In account with Sherman Statue Committee, (Society of the Army of the Tennessee): 1899. DR. June 1st, To balance on last report, dated Oct. 2d, 1899 .. $5,564 50 Dec. 1st, To interest on account ...... 83,46 1900. May 31st, To interest· on account .... 84 70 CR. Balance...... , ...... $5,732 66 The above is submitted as the true account of myself as Treasurer of the Sherman Statue Committee, as on the date of May 31st, 1900, when last entry appears on the account. The account is kept with the St. Louis Trust Company, and bears three per cent. interest per annum, when no check is' drawn during the year, and the interest is credited on account semi-annually. JOHN W. NOBLE, COLON"EL CORNELIUS CADLE, Treasurer. Secretary. General Noble:-Mr. President, there is very little to be said about this report. There have been no expenditures during the past year. My last report, of October 2nd, 1899, showed on deposit at the St. I.~ouis Trust Company $5,564.50. That insti tution pays interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum where there are no checks drawn during the year. There having been none during the past year we have had two interest items, giving us on December 1st $83.46, and on May 31st $84.70. Th&e Of the Army of the Tennessee. 53 will be another due at the end of this month. There is on hand now $5,732.66. I have embodied these facts in this report which I submit with the bank book. The President:-The report will be received and placed on file, unless there is 0 bj ection. I desire to say to the Society~ as a member of the Commission that has in charge the erection of the Sherman statue, that the work on that progressed very satisfactorily up to last June. The pedestal was finished, the models for the four figures stand ing at the corners, the bas-reliefs well under way, and some of the medallions. The Secretary of War, at that time General Alger, was of great aid to .us in obtaining the ground upon which the statue is to stand and through his engineer officers, General Wilson and Colonel Bingham, in their plans, etc. The amount of ground allotted to us is over three acres. When they came to build the pedestal it was discovered that we were upon lJ.uicksand. Our plans, under the $95,000 agreement, did not contemplate that kind of a foundation. We were assured that the plans submitted to us would give us a solid foundation. However, the commission took the responsibility and went on and put in a solid pile and concrete foundation; and I went before Con,gress, and with the aid of .all our members there, the necessity being recognized, and that it was not fair to charge that to the sculptor, Congress passed a law giving us a little over $9,000 to pay for this extra work. At the same time they gave us $10,000 to build up and complete the ground upon which the statue will stand, and a magnificent stone coping to surround the whole grounds. I don't know whether any of you have seen the pedestal since its completion, but the consensus of opinion, I think, is of all officers, and especially of the army officers who had it in charge, that it is a success. It certainly is a commanding pedestal, and will be in a very commanding position. Carl Rohl-Smith, our sculptor, was taken sick early in the spring, but he continued his work until June, when he went to Copenhagen, thinking that he might be benefitted there. There he died, and unfortunately we have lost the sculptor who was just about getting ready to complete his work. It is a very unfortunate condition of affairs. I f"eceived notice from his wife that he died on the 10th day of 54 Proceeding s of the Society October, and that she would come back here and devote her time to aiding in completing his work. But since that time the Com mission has been unable to come together. The Secretary of War, the General of the Army, and the President of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, are the three members of the Commission. Immediately after this .meeting, when Secretary Root returns from Cuba, we will have a meeting. We were so unfortunate, that when I called meetings twice in Washington, either the Secretary of War or the General of the Army was absent; and the matter was of so much importance that I did not feel like going forward and selecting another artist, and making a new contract, or doing anything further, without hav ing them all present. I saw the Secretary of War in New York, before I came here, and he has been giving a great deal of attention to this, and I have letters from Colonel Bingham, the officer in charge; and whilst there is delay, it is only the delay that is attributable to these facts, and as soon as the Secretary of War returns, we will get together and come to some conclusion. The working model for the statue has been completed, so that any artist taking it up can go forward and carry out Carl Rohl Smith's conception, I think, without much difficulty. And that, of course, will be the endeavor of the Commission, to find some artist, some sculptor, or some firm, that is willing to do this. There are two very responsible firms connected with the statue. One is the Gorham Manufacturing Company, who have the con tract for casting the bronzes, and the other is the Harrison Con tracting Company, which has built the pedestal. So we have those two factors that have great pride and great determination to carry forward Carl Rohl-Smith's work, and see it completed in some way. General Noble:-I would like to have a word or two. It was my fortune to be in Washington for some weeks in April. At that time I called on the sculptor, and I want to bear testimony to what you hav~ said. I have seen the pedestal, and I con versed with the sculptor about his work. I saw several of the models, particularly one of the infantry soldier, which is of heroic size, and it was a complete clay model; and, having some responsibility as one of the committee which was assailed about Of the .Ar111-Y of the Tennessee. I ss the business and which carried through the fight, I think, suc cessfully, I was greatly gratified at the appearance of the work that has been completed, the pedestal, and the sculptor's con ception and execution. I saw nothing about him at the time that elicited any anxiety upon my part about his going forward and completing the work. He was full of earnestness and interest, but, as you say, unfortunately he was taken ill and died, in the summer. I want to say now, since the matter is before the Society, that the original action of the committee was well taken, and that we had a man of great genius and fine execution; and we have a model, I am very much gratified to know, so completed and put in our possession, that another artist, who understands that kind of work, can carry it to per fection, so that our great general will be represented in all future ages in a most becoming and worthy way. The President:-I believe I am the only member here to report in relation to the Grant monument. I desire to say that through our representatives, and our distinguished speaker, we passed through the House, or they passed through the House, an appropriation of $10,000, upon the letters and petitions and resolutions that I presented from this Society, for models for the Grant monument. The bill went through the House in a con dition that it never could be utilized, in my opinion; and there fore, when it comes up in the Senate, I hope they will amend it and make it so that whoever is appointed under it can act intel ligently. I think this next session that we will be able to make that law so as to start the Grant monument. The committee in the Senate and House, members of the Society, have it in hand, and are watching it. In regard to the monument to General Mower, upon which the Society took action at its last meeting, Captain Hull intro troduced a bill in the House and got it reported, but in the great pressure there it was not passed into a law. He intends to take it up this winter aud endeavor to pass it through.' It does not ask for a very large sum, and I believe it will become a law, and the action of the Society in that matter will produce results. I wish to suggest to the Society the making of Mrs. John A. Logan an honorary member. All in favor of that please signify it by saying Aye. Proceedings of the Society The motion unanimously prevailed. I suggest to the Society that, in response to this letter of Mrs. Grant, a dispatch be drawn and sent her. If that is the pleas ure, the officers of the Society will draw it, and send it on your behalf: WASHINGTON, D. C., November 12,1900. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER F. O. DAVENPORT: Your invitation to join in the thirty-second reunion of the Army of the Tennessee is received, and how happy I would be to accept, but I cannot, I am too feeble now. Every once in a while I see that one or more of our brave, gallant com rades is passing out and on to join their old Commander Grant. I fear that I will have to wait now for that reunion. I hope that you, brave comrades, may yet meet many times, and that when you do you will not forget your old commander or his loved ones. JULIA DENT GRANT. I have a letter from Mrs. Logan, in which she says: "It seems now from correspondence with Colonel Bingham, who has the matter in charge, that there will be no doubt as to the General Logan statue being unveiled the 30th day of May, 1901; and I hope that in taking up the matter at this meeting, they will decide to send as large a delegation as pos sible to attend the unveiling. The statue will not be here until after the 1st of December, and then there are very many things to be done before it can be put in place and unveiled. Then the inauguration of the President will take up everybody's time until the 4th of March; and I have stated to Colonel Bingham that the season, and the fact that General Logan was the author of Decoration day, would lend much more interest to the occasion, and he is quite agreed with me that it will be very fitting. I write this so that you may be advised. If there is anything that I can do to contribute to the success of the meeting, I will do it." The President:-What is the pleasure of the Society as to its action at the unveiling of this monument? Of course we desire to be represented there. Shall we be represented by a com mittee? General Black:-I move that the Corresponding Secretary be requested to ascertain the date at which the unveiling ceremony will take place, and that thereafter he address a communication to each member of the Society under this resolution, requesting them to attend the ceremonies. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 57 The President:-I will suggest that if they do attend there, that we meet at some place. There are a great many of our So ciety that are living in the vicinity of Washington. General Black:-I will add the suggestion of the chair, and with the consent of my second add that the place of assembly be designated in this communication. The motion prevailed: The President:-I have a letter here, which will interest you, and which I will ask Colonel Cadle to read. Colonel Cadle then read the following letter from Miss Mary Logan Pearson, now Mrs. Kent: CHICAGO, August 26, 1900. My DEAR GENERAL DODGE:-Feeling sure of your friendly interest in anything pertaining to my welfare, I write to tell you of my engagement and that I expect to be married on the 10th of October. Of course I must have your consent, together with the entire Society of the Army of the Tennessee, to fill my cup of happiness to the brim, and as I cannot write to each one of them individually, will ask you to be sponsor for them, as I am sure you would willingly be, could you know what a dear, good man I am about to marry. Another reason why I particularly wished to write you, was to find out, if possible, the date of the reunion this year. I thought perhaps it would occur about the time of our wedding, and in that case we might arrange to attend it on our wedding trip. I should very much like to do this, as I am anxious to have him meet my "soldier fathers" in the Army of the Tennessee. The gentleman's name is Mr. William S. Kent, of Kent, Ohio, and he is a man I shall be very proud to introduce to all of my dear friends in the Society. You may be sure from that that he is pure gold, and in every way worthy. He is a widower, somewhat older than I in years, but not too much so-for perfect congeniality. He knows all about my relation to the Army of the Tennessee, and is almost as proud of it as I. He knows, too, that the fact of my being married will never lessen my affection for the Society, nor my desire to attend the reunions. I hope on the other hand, that when he becomes better acquainted he will be as eager to go as I, and am sure he will. I am also sure that when you know him you will agree with me that my life's happiness will be perfectly safe in his keeping. Will you kindly let me know then, General, the date of the reunion, as soon as you know it yourself, and believe me, Yours affectionately, MARY L. PEARSON. The President:-There is also a communication from General Robert Newton Pearson, announcing the marriage of his daugh- Proceedings 'of ·the Society ter, Mary'~ I·,d,~sire to say· that I.responded to the sweet letter of the daughter QfQur Soci~ty, and; gave them our consent, and wished them God;.speed from one and all: General Robert Newton Pearson announces the m:;trriage of his daughter, Mary Logan, to Mr. William Stewart Kent, on Wednesday,. the tenth of October, nineteen hundred, Chicago. At Home, after the tenth of November, Kent, Ohio. KENT, OHIO, November 15, 1900. GENERAL G. M. DODGE, Headquarters Army of the Tennessee, Hotel Cadillac, Detroit: Loving greeting to all from your daughter, MARY L. PEARSON. Colonel Cadle:-I was in Atlanta on the 22nd of last July, and I noticed the bad condition of the monument erected by this Society to the memory of General McPherson. My attention was also called to it by General Dodge, who had received a letter from an Army of the Tennessee man, who had been there. I arranged with Major Watson, a Loyal Legion man-a friend of mine, to place the monument in perfect condition, cut the grass, clean the weeds out around the fence and around the can non, and replace the ball which had been thrown from the top of it, and told him to send the bill to me, and I would have it approved by General Dodge and pay it. In reply I received this letter: ATLANTA, GA., September 14, 1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Cincinnati, Ohio: My DEAR COLONEL:-Referring to your letter of July 26th, .which I believe I acknowledged, I had the McPherson monument and fence given two good coats of black paint, the foundations painted white, the lot cleaned up thoroughly, the cannon ball placed back properly, and I think everything is now in good condition. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. S9 The expense connected therewith was very light, and otlr Post G. A. R. has paid the bill, feeling that this was a duty that they rather ought to attend to, being so near the spot, and with this I enclose you an official letter of the adjutant of the Post showing its action in the premises. Trusting this will be satisfactory to you, I am, Yours very truly, C. T. WA'tSON. Colonel Cadle:-Also, the following letter from the Grand Army Post, to which I replied: HEADQUAR'tERS O. M. MI'tCliEL POS't No.1, } DEPAR'tMEN't OF GEORGIA G. A. R., A'tLAN'tA,. GA., September 13, 1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Recorder Society of the Armycof the Tennessee, Cincinnati, Ohio: DEAR SIR AND COMRADE:-At a regular meeting of this Post, held this day, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: "Resolved, That O. M. Mitchel Post No.1, Department of Georgia, Grand Army of the Republic, cheerfully assumes the care of McPherson monu ment and lot located in Fulton county, Ga., belonging to the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and it is hereby made the duty of the Quarter master of the Post to see that the monument and lot are always kept in good condition, provided this action is acceptable to the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be furnished the Recorder of the Society. of the Army of the Tennessee." Yours in F. C. and L., C. F. FAIRBANKS, Adjutant. SOCIE'tY OF 'tHE ARMY OF 'tHE TENNESSEE, ~ CINCINNA'tI, 0., September 18, 1900. J MR. C. F. FAIRBANKS, Adjutant, O. M. Mitchel Post No.1, Department of Georgia, Grand Army of the Republic, Atlanta, Ga.: My DEAR SIR AND COMRADE:-Major Watson has forwarded me your letter of the 13th inst. Personally, I am extremely gratified that your Post will take care of the McPherson monument and lot belonging to our Society, and know that our Society will be pleased to accept your kind offer. When I was in Atlanta at the meeting of the Blue and Gray I saw the somewhat dilapidated condition of the fence and grounds, and when I asked Major Watson to have some one put it in good condition and send the bill to us I did not expect it would be done except as I asked. It will be very gratifying to our members to know that you have assumed this duty, and at the next meeting of our Society, which occurs in Detroit on November 60 Proceedings of the Society 14th and 15th, I shall make a report including your letter and action, and a formal resolution of thanks will be sent to you. Yours ill F. C. and L. CORNELIUS CADLE, Recording Secretary. Captain Everest:-1 move that a vote of thanks be tendered to the Post mentioned for the patriotic service that they have ren dered this Society ~ and' that we accept their offer to continue to keep the lot and grounds in condition, and that the Secretary be directed to selid a statement of our action to the Post. The motion prevailed. General Black :-1 would like to ask Colonel Cadle, or the Chair, where this monument stands, exactly, in the city of Atlanta? Colonel Cadle:-It is not in the city. It is about the exact spot where General McPherson was killed. General Black:-Who owns the ground on which it stands? Colonel Cadle:-The Society of the Army of the Tennessee. General B1ack:-1s there any endowment at all for its perma- nent keep, beyond the voluntary offer of this Post? Colonel Cadle:-None except the funds of this Society, which I said we would pay, when I asked this work to be done, but they refused to let us. General B1ack:-It is evident, Mr. President, from these state ments, that the condition of the McPherson monument will soon be that of a monument without a keeper. I do not want to make a motion, but I want to suggest to the Society for consid eration, so it may come up a year from now, whether it would not be well for us to arrange for the transfer of the monument, say, to the Government park at Vicksburg, or some other place where it would have perpetual care? The President:-There is now before the Congress of the United States, prepared'by the citizens of Atlanta, and others, a bill for the purpose of making a national park on the grounds surrounding Atlanta upon which the battles were fought there. It is supposed that the bill, or some bill similar to it, will become a law at this session, or the next session. When that is attained this. actiol1 will be proper. Of the Army of the (Tennessee. 61 General Black:-In the event th::).t that is accomplished, of course there would not be any object in our further consideration of this matter, but I have very grave question 'about making a park of the Atlanta grounds. In the event they do not pass the bill, then this matter will be ready for consideration at the next meeting. The President:-Yes. Colonel Cadle:-I called it a monument. It consists of a 32- pound Parrott standing upon a stone base, and with a cannon ball upon the top. General Black:-We have treated it as a monument in all our resolutions. Colonel Cadle:-It was placed there to mark where General McPherson was killed. General Hickenlooper:-Bearing upon the same subject is a letter from the Assistant Quartermaster-General. The letter was read as follows: NEW ORLEANS, LA., August 18, 1900. GENERAL ANDREW HICKENLOOPER, Corresponding Secretary Society of the Army of the Tennessee, Cincinnati, Ohio: GENERAL:-I have the honor to enclose herewith, for the information and such action as may be deemed best by the Society of the Tennessee, copies of correspondence received by me from the Quartermaster General's Office, Washington, D. C., relative to the McPherson monument, near Atlanta, Ga., and from the Superintendent of the Marietta (Ga.) National Cemetery, as to its present condition, with an estimate of cost of needed repairs and recommendation regarding future care of same. Anything that I can do, without expense to the United States, in further ance of this matter, will be cheerfully done. Very respectfully, J. W. SCULLY, Assistant Quartermaster General, U. S. Army. NATIONAL CEMETERY, } MARIETTA, GA., June 29, 1900. COLONEL J. W. SCULLY, Assistant Quartermaster General, U. S. A., New Orleans, La.: SIR:-In obedience to instructions in your indorsement on letter from the Quartermaster General, U. S. A., dated June 25th, 1900, herewith Proceedings of the Society enclosed, I proceeded to Atlanta, Ga., on the 27th instant, and visited the spot whereon is erected the McPherson monument. I made a careful inspection of the present condition of the monument and its surroundings, and would submit the following report: The monument-a thirty-two-pounder cannon-is erected on a large square stone in a lot about twelve feet square, enclosed with a wrought iron fence with a gate at entrance. At the time of my visit a cannon ball was on top of the gun. The monument is marked on all sides with the initials and names of visitors to the spot. It is firmly set, but needs painting. I am informed that the first fence erected was made of musket barrels, was destroyed by relic hunters, and the gun barrels were carried away as relics. The present enclosure is a wrought iron fence, erected about twelve years ago, and is now in bad condition. Seven of the top parts of the fence (iron pickets) have been broken off, and the tops of two iron posts carried away. I found the gate to the lot open, the lock broken and entrance free to anybody. The base of the monument-a large square stone-is almost covered by the accumulation of washed soil. The name McPherson, cut on the front edge, is nearly covered with soil, only four letters being visible. The surface of the lot is covered with a thick growth of Bermuda grass, but it is much trodden by people who visit the spot. All point to lack of care and a total neglect. The surface of the adjoining land, within fifteen feet of the inclosure, shows the effect of heavy rain and lack of good drain age. Washed out places have formed, giving the spot an unslightly appearance. I have been informed by a past department commander, G. A. R., De partment Georgia, that the monument was placed in care of O. M.!M:itchel Post, Atlanta, Ga., and that General Lewis, U. S. A., retired, who died several months ago, took special interest in trying to keep the monument, the fence and lot in good condition. There is no record in this office' from 1883 to the present time, showing that the superintendent of Marietta (Ga.) National Cemetery, was instructed to make visits to the monument and keep it in order. I think $75.00 for repairs of the fence and labor of grading would cover the expense of putting the monument in good condition, including paint ing the gun and fence. To protect the monument against vandalism, it would be necessary to put some reliable person in charge of it, one who lives near by, and who will be there when visitors arrive. I am told that relic hunters take advantage of no keeper being on hand, and feel safe in their work of destruction. Very respectfully, (Signed). J. A. COMMERFORD, Superintendent National Cemetery. A true copy. J. W. SCULLY, Assistant Quartermaster General, U. S. Army. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. WAR DEPARTMENT, } QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, July 13, 1900. COLONEL J. W. SCULl,Y, Assistant Quartermaster General, U. S. Army, New Orleans, La.: SIR:-Referring to your endorsement of the 3rd instant (1115-1900), inviting attention to the report by Superintendent Commerford, of the Marietta, Ga., National Cemetery, respecting the condition of the McPher son monument, near Atlanta, Ga., and submitting an estimate of the cost for repairing the same; by direction of the Quartermaster General, you are informed that under date of June 14th, 1882, General W. T. Sherman, then commanding the army, returned to this office a report by the Superin tendent Marietta, Ga., National Cemetery, respecting the monument in question, with an endorsement as follows, viz: "The railing and monument, which marks the spot where General McPherson fell, is in no sense a National cemetery. The deed to the ground is to the' Society of the Tennessee,' which has undertaken to keep the spot in order. The Quarteq:naster's Department has nothing to do with it." Again, on April 9th, 1884, General M. F. Force, Cincinnati, Ohio, treasurer of the Society of the Tennessee, acknowledged receipt of a communication to General Sherman, on the subject of the monument, and stated that if Major C. A. Reynolds, Quartermaster U. S. A., then stationed at Atlanta, Ga., would be willing to employ some one to put a low stone wall or coping around the enclosure, he (General Force) would pay the bill. No action, however, appears to have been taken. In view of the above, and there being no appropriation from which the expense of repairing and painting the fence, as suggested by Superin tendent Commerford, could be paid by the Quartermaster's Department, you will please correspond with some representative of the" Society of the Tennessee" in regard to the matter, and advise him respecting the report and recommendation of the superintendent of the Marietta, Ga., National Cemetery. The papers are returned herewith for your information. Respectfully, (Signed). W. S. PATTEN, Quartermaster U. S. Army. A true copy. J. W. SCULLY, Assistant Quartermaster General, U. S. Army. General Hickenlooper:-I must confess in that connection that I am personally in hearty sympathy with General Black's sug gestion in regard to the future care of that monument. While the action of the local Post of the Grand Army is very com mendable, and is one that we ought to very highly appreciate, rproceedings of the Society at the same time it does not carry with it, as, General Black has very forcibly said, the care of that monument in perpetuity. It will require the Government's care and custody, so that it may live forever as representing an action that was commendable by the Society in its inception, and which if it can be so carried out, as suggested, by deeding from the Army of the Tennessee to the general government, ap.d they be willing to accept that deed, and make it a part of a national park, I think it will be welL That action will be necessary. The mere fact that they have in contemplation the making of a national park neat Atlanta is, as the General very properly said, a doubtful proposi tion, as to whether it will be carried out, but whether carried out or not, in my mind does not have any bearing on the point which is suggested, namely, that they could not appropriate very well land which belongs to us, except by condemnation proceed ings, and it would be, therefore, better, if they are willing to accept it and make it part of the park system, and it would be better for us to convey to the government the title of the property. Major Rassieur:-I would like to make this motion, to cover this suggestion. I believe a committee ought to take charge of this matter, consider all propositions that have been adva~ced, and then make recommendations to the Society at the next meeting thereof. I therefore move you that a committee of three be appointed, of which General Black shall be Chairman, to take charge of this matter, consider it in all its details, and make recommendations which shall cover the points, that this monu ment should be cared for in perpetuity, whether by the general government as part of a park or by a private trust company that would take a fund which this Society should contribute, under an obligation annually to see to its care. The motion prevailed. The President:-I call the attention of the Society to the meeting this evening, at half past seven. We will form here to march to the Masonic Temple, and we'will have a bugle call for us to gather and proceed there. Adjourned. Of the Army of the Tennessee. EVENING MEETING. The following was the program for the evening's exercises: PROGRAMME. 1. Reveille. 2. Prayer ...... REv. S. S. MARQUIS. 3. "Star-Spangled Banner"...... MISS LOTTIE BEYER. (The audience is expected to join in singing the chorus). 4. Welcoming Address '. .... HON. WM. C. MAYBURY, Mayor. 5. Response ...... GENERAl. G. M. DODGE, President of the Society. 6. Song-" Angus McDonald"...... MISS Cl.ARA JOSIE JACOBS. 7. Annual Address MAJOR WIl.l.IAM WARNER. 8. March HOFMAN'S ORCHESTRA. 9. "What the Army of the Tennessee Has Done to Honor and Com- memorate its Distinguished Dead," ..... MRS. John A. LOGAN. 10. Song-" Annie Laurie" ...... MISS JACOBS. 11. "America" ..... '" ...... " ...... " ... MISS BEYER. (The audience will join). The meeting was called to order by General Russell A. Alger, chairman of the local committee, who said: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COMRADES OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE: It gives me very great pleastJ.re to preside over this dis tinguished gathering tonight, and to again welcome those we love that have come from a distance to our own city. The first upon the program this evening is reveille by the bugler. The reveille was followed by prayer by the Rev. S. S. Mar quis, in these terms: Let us unite in prayer. Oh God, our Father, thou wert God of our fathers of old; they trusted in thee, and were never put to confusion; in darkness thou didst send them light; in danger 66 (Proceedings 0/ the Society thou didst give them succor; from all their perplexities thou didst deliver them; and through their hands thou didst work many great and glorious things for the benefit of thy truth, and for the establishment of the principles of liberty and freedom among men. We thank thee for the heritage which they have left unto us, for the blessings for which they fought and died, and which we enjoy tonight. We thank thee for the privilege of the birthright that has come to us, and ask that we as men and as citizens of this great nation may ever act in the remem brance of the greatness of that right which has come to us and of the cost that was paid for it. We ask thy blessing upon this, our land, that it may be kept from national sin, that the spirit of the fathers may be upon the sons and upon the children unto the end, and that the same high, true and noble principles, which have actuated us through our history, may actuate us in the present and in the centuries to come. We believe in our nation, believe in it, because we believe that God is in it. and that God will continue to direct its destinies. And we ask thee that thou wilt lift us ever more and more into the consciousness of the great responsibilities that rest upon us, that we may dis charge our duties ever as citizens in the fear of Almighty God. We ask thy blessing upon our rulers, upon our chief executive, upon the officers of our state, upon the judges of our state, and upon everyone upon whom the responsibilities of our govern ment rest. Keep them pure and clean and true to the principles which they have sworn to uphold. Bless, we pray thee, the privilege which we have as citizens of the ballot. Keep us pure and clean and true to the trust that thou hast given us. We ask these blessings, oh God, upon this our land, because our land is dear te> us. There are those here tonight, who have stood in the fierceness of the battle; and who have shed their blood upon the field for these principles, making them sacred forever. There are those not with us tonight, who lie on the fields of glory, who have given up their lives for these sacred principles of our government. And therefore we pray thee that thou wilt pre serve and keep them, because we have consecrated them with our blood, and with the lives of our dead. Keep us pure, and keep us true to these things. We ask thee, our father, that thou wouldest bless the t;tations of the earth, that thou wouldest keep OJ the Army of the Tennessee. them more and more in the way of truth, and lead them into the paths of peace, that the time may come when the king of right eousness and the king of peace shall be recognized as the king of the world and 'of nations. As we stand here tonight, in the beginning of our reunion, we would not forget thpse who are no more among us. Some of them lie beneath the stars of the southern sky. Others are sleeping beneath the snows of the northern lands; but we think not of them as beneath the snow or as lying beneath the stars, but as spirits dwelling above the stars, where they shine before thee. We ask that the spirit, which actuated them and directed them and led them to sacrifice themselves even unto death, for all that was dear and noble and pure in our land, may actuate us in our lives. Help us to live and act and do so that when the final summons shall come, we may be reunited in that other land with the thousands that have gone before, that we may stand before thee among the heroes, who have given up their lives for the true and the good. Bless, we pray thee, the councils of this organization. Be with it in the days that are to come; and give, especially ~ thy divine bless ing to these men in their declining years. God grant that the nation may honor them more and more, that they may not be forgotten, that the things which they have done, may become more and more impressed upon the minds of the people, and that th~ir last days shall be fuller of honor than the days of the past. Go with us in all things that we attempt to do. Guide us unto all truth and purity, we ask in Jesus' name. Amen! Miss Lottie Beyer sang, "The Star-Spangled Banner,)' the audience adjoining in the chorus. General Alger:-It gives me very great pleasure, comrades and ladies, to introduce to you a gentleman, whom we all at his home love and respect; and, while we do not agree with him in all things, we do agree together in this, that he is a most excellent mayor. I have the pleasure of introducing to you the mayor of our city, who will say words of welcome to you, Mayor Maybury. The mayor said: 68 rFyoceedings of the Society MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: There are times when human language seems inadequate to express our emotions. Perhaps this idea was best expressed by the poet in th~ couplet "There are billows far out on the ocean That never will break on the beach, There are waves of human emotion That find no expression in speech." As I look over this gathering tonight, the events of years ago rise before me as a visioh. I am here to welcome tonight the men who stood with Sh~rman, and Sheridan, and Grant, and they are met together to renew the kindly and delightful friend ships of the bivouac and the battlefield. Is it to be wondered at that I have no words in which to give adequate expression to the welcome with which we greet you in this good old city of Detroit. It has often been the occasion of wonder to me if the soldiers of the old army-and I say old army because we have a newer army-appreciate how much they are beloved in the very depths of the hearts of their countrymen. As I see them march along, bearing their tattered colors, and too often failing to receive that joyful acclaim mingled with the minor chord of sadness that the passing of these venerable men brings to the mind, I ask myself the question 'Do they know that everyone who views their passing is not only respectful but has a feeling of veneration for them?' The silence is not borne, my friends, of coldness or indifference -it is borne of thoughtfulness. It is borne of a .deep love that would take each of them by the hand and assure them of the gratitude of the generations who enjoy the fruits of their valor. For my own part, if it were my privilege to exchange all that this world has or can give me of its honors, I would choose be yond all things the privilege of being a member of the grand old army that went out in 1861. The scenes we witness here tonight and the visions that come with it seem to tell us that there are no dead. The veil seems lifted between the living and the departed. When you come together the shadows that separate life here and there are obliter ated-there are no dead. In a far off vision I witness the scenes of the 22nd of July, Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 1864. Two great armies are meeting .in conflict. They had learned to respect each oth~r's prowess. They were noble foe men. r see the army of Sherman and Thomas gathering around Atlanta. r see the lines advancing in the face of a stubborn resistance. Far up upon the hillside r hear a cry. It passes along the line. These fated words were 'McPherson is dead' and the world witnessed what it never witnessed before, an army fighting and yet in tears. McPherson, the Chevalier Bayard of the Army of the Tennessee was dead. And r see now upon the spot where he fell a modest monument erected-erected in the land of his then enemy, and today kindly care is seen on every hand and the flowers around it are never permitted to wither. With the fated cry that comes down the line 'McPherson is dead;' there seems to be a moment of hesitation, and then, after a momentary silence, there emerges a dark haired figure, a mounted horseman, grasping his country's flag, and John A. Logan rides into an immortality of fame. r look away to the left. A cry of alarm is raised which says there is a defile in the mountains, down which the enemy is approaching. The gallant Sherman, undisturbed by the news, says 'Yes, r know it, but the 20th corps is there, and. Old Pop Williams from Michigan will give the advancing host a warm welcome.' A little further down the line r see a colonel of infantry. r have seen the same form today walking the streets of our city. Down through the defile comes a battery of artil lery, and the guns are sited and turned upon his men. From the commanding general comes the direction that some regiment must take that battery. It was playing sad havoc in the ranks of our advancing army, and the 14th Michigan, led by the gal lant Mizner, came to the rescue and the guns were ours and were silenced. And r see another vision. A general commanding is shot from his horse and borne to the hospital. His desperate wounds are treated, and again, against the protest of the surgeon he remounts his horse and leads the 16th corps in a glorious charge. That man presides tonight over the assemblage of the Army of the Tennessee. Another scene dawns upon our vision of that glorious fight. When Sherman's chief of staff,. beloved and lovable Poe rode Proceedings of the Society everywhere where encouragement was needed, the veryembodi ment of courage and energy in the execution of his orders. I saw him afterwards, as he walked the streets of this good old city, enshrined in the affections of all who met him, loving him both for his character as a soldier and citizen; and away to the northward there stands the fitting monument of his genius in the great Soo canal, which connects the waters of Lake Superior and of the St. Mary's river and makes an avenue for the great commerce of the Great Lakes. We look forward to the time not distant when a grateful people will erect a statue ~ow in contemplation upon the banks of the canal, and the vessels as they pass will dip their colors, while the sailors stand at atten tion, and upon that monument will be written only the name of Orlando Poe. So, my dear friends, you are here with us tonight. You have often bivouaced where there was danger, but there is no danger here. You have camped where you had to post your own guard, but a guard is here provided for you. Three hundred thousand people will guard your camp as they bid you welcome to their hearts and homes. General Alger:-I was a little amused today at the business meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, when committees were appointed for the nomination of officers. I, thought how needless it was, how useless the task and how light the task, to name the President who is and always will be, as long as he llves, the head of this Society; and who will respond to the mayor's welcome. I introduce General Dodge. General 'Dodge said: MR. CHAIRMAN AND MR. MAYOR: Of course it is useless for me to say to this Society that it would be impossible for me to answer the kind and eloquent words of the mayor. We all appreciate them, and will carry them with us. This is our thirty-second reunion, and the second in this city. Thirteen years ago this month we assembled here under the call of our great commander and worthy president, General Sher man. Not one of us who were present, but remembers the Of the Army of the Tennessee. 7I grand ovation we received, and the happy moments we spent here. Michigan in the Army of the Tennessee was well repre sented, as it sent nine regiments and four batteries to us. The Second Michigan Cavalry had as a captain, and afterwards as its commander, your distinguished citizen and our honored com ade, General Russell A. Alger, who in the late war with Spain as Secretary of War organized and placed in the fields our armies, and under his administration the, conflict was brought to an honorable and successful issue. What has occurred since then in South Africa and other countries have given our people an opportunity to compare the methods of our war department, which had to create, inaugurate and provide everything needed in a war, with the methods of nations supposed to be ever ready for any conflict, and this comparison has been so favorable that General Alger's administration is now receiving the credit to which it is entitled. When the history of the war with Spain is written, every American will be proud of the record which our army and navy made. In the early days of the Spanish war we passed through what is known as the" hysterics" of war, when neither reason or good sense prevailed, simply because war was anew problem to our people, and experience alone could educate them and convince them what the necessities of war demanded. Now from.our armies in the 'field we hear no complaint. The early critics, who filled the press and aroused the sympathies of our good people have lost their occupation, simply because soldiers and citizens have been educated as to what war demands, although in our three late wars our troops have never experi enced the hardships, or taken part in as great campaigns and battles as those that fell to our lot. Still, war today is as Sher man defined it, "Cruelty without refinement." It is a notable fact that in the war with Spain, in the Philip pines and in China, a large number of the members of our So ciety have representatives at the front. The S0ns of four of the commanding generals of the Army of the Tennessee were among the first to take part. They were General Frederick Dent Grant, Father Thomas E. Sherman, Colonel Guy Howard and Major John A. Logan ,-three of them members of our Society. Howard and Logan fell in battle while performing their duty. Colonel Guy Howard, son of General O. O. Howard, was in Proceedings of the Society the quartermaster department of the regular service, and was an educated soldier. ~e was a very efficient officer, and his record in the Spanish war was the cause of his being selected and imme diately $ent to the Philippines, where he was on duty supplying the columns in the field when he fell. My heart went out to our old commander-his father, General Howard-"when he came into my office with tears in his eyes, but brave under his great sorrow. He said: "Dodge, although it is hard to bear, you and I have no right to complain; it is what we have been edu cated to, and is what we might expect and be prepared to meet." Colonel Howard was best known in the regular service, and loved by those who knew him best, among whom we claim a place. I had the great pleasure of being present at the great banquet in New York on the evening of November 8th in honor of General Howard, given on his seventieth birthday by the citizens of New York; and as the President of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, I tendered him your congratulations, God-speed and heartfelt prayers and wishes for his good health, long life and continued presence with us. It would have been very gratifying to you to have seen how that distinguished com pany honored and greeted our comrade and old commander. His friends gathered from all parts of the country, and his work in war and peace was so thoroughly commended that his days must now be those of satisfaction, peace and happiness. It is a singular coincidence that at our reunion here thirteen years ago this month, General Sherman announced the death of our last commander, Major-General John A. Logan, and paid an eloquent and just tribute to him as a great soldier and states man. Today at the same place, I have to announce the death of his son, a member of our Society. He fell in battle in the Philippine Islands, on the front line, while leading his command against the enemy. His body was brought to this country, and our Society took part in laying it in its final resting-place at his home in Youngstown, Ohio. Had I been physically able, I should have been present to tak.e part in the services, as father, mother and son were devoted friends of mine. " His young and devoted wife ,and chi1dr~n we hope soon to welcome as a part of us. As soon as our differences with Spain took on a threatening aspect, young Logan commenced preparing Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 73 for it by raising a regiment of Illinois cavalry. He made every effort to have it accepted, but under the call selecting the National Guard of each state it was impossible to accomplish it. He then immediately entered the service as a Major in the Adju tant General's Department, and served gallantly and successfully throughout the war with Spain, and was mustered out with the rest of the volunteers. When the attack of the Filipinos on our forces brought about the organization of the United States Vol unteer regiments, the President made Logan a Major in the 33rd United States Infantry regiment, which was mostly raised in Texas. Nearly all the :field officers of these regiments were selected from officers of the regular army, but the President made an exception in this case, and gave Logan his appointment upon his record in the Spanish war. His father died when his coun try had received the benefit of his distinguished services, and when his duties in this life had nearly ended, but the son fell in the prime of life, with a bright future before him. Both father and son served in two wars,-the father in the Mexican and Civil, and the son in the Spanish and Philippines, and it so hap pens that I know how well each performed his duty, for many times I saw General Logan in the great contests on the battle field and in civil life, and the son's record in both wars, as I ha'Ve seen it, was worthy of the father and mother, an honor to this Society, and it is a great satisfaction to us to know that young Logan was honored most by those who knew him best, his comrades in arms. While we mourn this loss, we are most grateful that we have "\vith us that devoted wife and mother, to whom this Society never fails to extend its love, and the letter I will read from her will touch your hearts: "WASHINGTON, D. C., September 7,1900. My DEAR GENERAL:-Since I saw you last my heart has been almost torn in twain, and I shall in consequence be unable to appear at the reunion of the Army of the Tennessee. But I shall send a brief paper in the line I suggested to you, and you can get General Hickenlooper to read it for me, and extend my cordial greetings to the Society which holds a sacred spot ill my heart. I have tried to bear-the unspeakable sorrows that have come to me unmurmuringly, but the death of my idolized son has been such an overwhelming blow that I shall never rally from it. With all good wishes for the Society and you personally, I am, Sincerely, MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN." 74 Proceedings of the Society Each year we have to mourn the loss of many comrades. The list is long and carries many dear and noted friends. Among them none will be missed more than Dr. S. C. Plummer. He read a charming paper at our last reunion, and we hoped to have him continue at this. He was always with us, cheerful and helpful, and holding high in our old days the standard of our Society, and every member greeted him as our soldiers did. Their confidence in him and his words to them did more to cure than his medicine. I first met him at Rolla, Missouri, in 1861, when he fell under my command as surgeon of the 13th Illinois Infantry. I soon discovered what a great factor he was in those days of trial and sickness, especially homesickness, and that his cheerful, ready and apt handling of the homesick soldiers was worth all the medicine and orders we could produce. From that time until the end of the war he rose in position and influence, until his standing and record as a practical surgeon were equal to the best. There were many other noted officers of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee who passed away during the year, and their obituaries will appear in our record. I have spoken in de tail only of those of whom I had personal knowledge, but I can repeat the tribute of General Sherman uttered here in speaking of our comrades who had passed away, and his words are parti cularly appropriate now. He said: " We may not erect monu ments of marble and bronze for all, because we are poor in money, and our members grow daily less, yet we record their virtues and deeds to be gathered into the general history of our country, to be a source of pride to their families, and to serve as examples to the patriotic youth of our land." This army can have no sympathy with that small element in our country which always criticises it, when in trouble. They seem to be so constituted ment~lly that their support always goes out to the enemy, and their hopes lie in our defeat. We experi enced that so fully in our civil war that it does not disturb us, and we remember the remarkable quotation of General Sherman in speaking of similar difficulties in the civil war. He said: " When war is on and armies in the field, there 'are but two sides to the question. Every man must be for the United States, or against them. There can be no neutrals-only patriots and Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 75 traitors." We are not only soldiers, but loyal citizens, and as long as our sons are facing an armed foe we want no communion with those wh.o, even by indirection, would place blocks in the way of our success, or give comfort to the enemy. With us it is first settle with the enemy in battle array, and then this great nation which carried on the civil war, reconstructed our country and reconciled a great and brave people who are happy today and fighting side by side with us, will, when the time comes, successfully solve the problems that have been forced upon us by war in a manner equally as humane and just, and in a way to bring favorable results, as did the final settlement of the prob lems of the civil war. I look forward to the day when our army will have returned from the Philippines, and the people of those islands will look back with gratitude to the day that God gave victory to our army, and placed those islands under the sovereignty and protection of the people of the United States. For your generous welcome, for the kind words that have been spoken to us, our Society extends its grateful thanks. It feels that the respect paid us, the honor given us, coming so many years after. its deeds, carry with them more than words can express. General Alger:-I want to thank General Dodge for his per sonal allusions in that paper to myself. I would have hardly dared undertake to come here and take my place on this stand, had I supposed my name was to be mentioned. The next on the program is the song, "Angus McDonald," by Miss Clara Josie J aco bs. Miss Jacobs replied to an encore by singing" May Morning." The Secretary read the following telegrams: KANSAS CITY, Mo., November 10, 1900. COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE, Secretary Society Army of the Tennessee, Room 4, Grand Hotel, Cincinnati: It is impossible for me to so arrange my official business so as to attend the meeting at Detroit next week, the comrades will understand that official duties can 110t be neglected, and therefore I trust will excuse my enforced absence. WILLIAM WARNER. rproceedings of the Society KANSAS CITY, Mo., November 10, 1900. GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER, Secretary Society Army of Tennessee, Cinci1t1zati, 0.: Major Warner has shown me your dispatch. His official duties as U. S. Attorney require his presence in court all next week-indispensable. ]NO. F. PHILIPS, Judge. General Alger:-During that great campaign from Chatta nooga to the sea, when that great General who has passed away wanted assistance and at once, he would say, " Where is Dodge? Where is the 16th Corps? Put it in so and so." And the 16th Corps was always ready, and General Dodge was always ready, and he has been prevailed upon t0night to read a paper in the place of the address of Major Warner. He quietly informed me, as he sat by my side there, " You have been called upon to pre side, because I am to be one of the speakers here, but as soon as I have read my address you are through." It isn't the first time in my life that I have been relieved. As a last word, I wish to say that we have here tonight a man who fills the high position that I once occupied, of Commander in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic-Leo Rassieur; and we have also a modest man who isn't much on the run but great in talk, the disting~ished Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives, whom we old fellows all love to call Dave Henderson. Don't let him escape without saying something. Now I have the pleasure of presenting General Dodge, and retiring to private life. General Dodge:-Comrades and friends, what I will read to you are my personal recollections of some of our great com ' manders during the Civil War: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I first met Abraham Lincoln in Council Bluffs, Iowa. It was, I think, in 1858. I had been making reconnaissances west of the Missouri river for the Union Pacific Railway, and on my return I stopped at the Pacific Hotel. After my dinner Mr. Lincoln sought me out and engaged me in conversation about what I knew of the country west of the Missouri river. He very ingeniously extracted information from me, and I found Of the ..Army of the Tennessee. 77 that the secrets I was holding for my employers in the East had been given to him. My second interview was in 1863. While in command at Corinth I received an order from General Grant to report to the President in Washington. No explanation coming with the order, it alarmed me, as I had been arming some negroes to guard a contraband camp; and, as there had then been no authority given me for it, I thought I was to be called to account. But when ::( reached Washington and reported to the President, I found he had not forgotten our conversation on the Pacific House stoop, and he had called me to consult as to the proper place for the initial point of the Union Pacific Railway; and, after a full discussion of all the points, he decided upon Council Bluffs, the place I recommended. Again, in 1864, after the Atlanta campaign, General Grant called me to City Point. It was in October, 1864, and at a time when everything around Petersburg looked blue; the desertions from our army were about equal to the enlistments, and there was a general demand that Grant should move. I spent two weeks looking at one of the finest and best equipped armies I ever saw. As I was leaving, General Grant suggested I should call on President Lincoln as I returned to my command in the Army of the Tennessee. General Rufus Ingalls, Chief Quarter master of the Army of the Potomac, and Major-General Burke, of the British Army, who commanded in Canada, were on the headquarters boat that took me to Washington. When I arrived I went immediately to the White House. In the ante-room I met Senator Harlan, of my state, who took me immediately to President Lincoln. He had a room full of callers, and asked me to sit down until he disposed of the waiting crowd. I sat there and watched President Lincoln dispose of one after another, always in a kindly way. After waiting a long time I felt that, perhaps, he had disposed of me in the same way that he had the others, and I took occasion to say to him that I had only called to pay my respects, and, unless he desired me to wait longer, I would bid him good-bye. He immediately asked me to wait, saying he desired to see me if I had the time to spare. After the crowd had gone the doors were closed. President Lincoln saw I was ill at ease, not knowing what I was there for or what r?roceedings of the Society to say; but he sat me down near his desk, and crossing his legs, took down a small book; I think it was called the Gospel of Peace; at any rate, it was very humorous, and as he read some extracts from it he soon had me laughing and at my ease. He was called to lunch and took me with him; and then he continued the same methods he did the first time I saw him and extracted from me all I had seen on my visit to General Grant and the Army of the Potomac, got my views, and finally drew me out until he had obtained from me an answer to a question something like this: "You know, Mr. President, we in the West have no doubts about Grant, aud, if he is given the time, I have no doubt he will soon whip Lee's army. When, or how, I confess, I can not see, but that he will I have no doubt what ever." As I said this we were leaving the table, and Lincoln brightened up, took my hand in his, and said, with great solemnity: "I am so glad to hear you say that!" As I bade him good-bye, in a cordial way I asked him if there was any thing I could do to repay his great kindness to me. He an swered only: "If you don't object, I would like to have you take to your army, when you go, my kindest regards." I was then too young to weigh and comprehend all that was said, but in after years, when I learned the great crisis pending, I saw how completely he took me into his power and extracted. my innermost thoughts, and what a satisfaction it was to have me express that implicit faith in General Grant while so many were disseminating charges and denouncing his great battles as great destruction of life without proper compensation. In after years, I learned that Grant knew the conflict in Wash ington and knew that, if I had the opportunity, I would give the President an unprejudiced view of what I saw and learned. I never saw President Lincoln afterward, but while in command of the Department of the Missouri, I daily saw what a kindly heart he had, and how his sympathies went out to everyone in trouble, and his great desire to save life. rhe conflict in Mis souri was a bitter, personal revengeful one. I remember, the day before President Lincoln's assassination, a lady came to see me whose son was about to be executed for murder, committed as a guerrilla. She had been to Washington to save him, and Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 79 had seen the President. She brought to me Mr. Lincoln's card, on the back of which he had written: "My DEAR GENERAL DODGE:-Can not you do something for this lady, who is in so much trouble? " I understood the case; that, while he would not interfere, he hoped that I could see my way to do so, and he disposed of the lady in that way. The lady, in presenting the case, supposed that card alone would pardon her son, but when I told her I would consider it, she was indignant and left, no doubt determined to report me to the PresideQt and appeal over my head. That evening President Lincoln was assassinated; all officers holding important com mands were notified in the night, so that they could prepare for the excitement that was bound to come. The lady called the next day and asked me for the card; said she desired to keep it as a memento, no doubt giving' up all hope for her son; but I did not have it in my heart, after Lincoln's death, to carry out the order of the court, and therefore commuted the sentence to imprisonmen t. GENERAL GRANT. My first interview with General Grant was a day or two after the battle of Corinth. I was in command of the 4th Division, District of West Tennessee, and was rebuilding the railway from Columbus to Corinth. I had just made the connection at Hum boldt and had been several days at the front, giving personal attention to the work. I received a dispatch from General Quimby, my commanding officer, directing me to report imme diately at Corinth for orders. I was away from my own head quarters in a working, undress suit; had nothing with me and hesitated about going as I was, but I concluded it was best to report, so took the train and at Jackson, Tenn., General Raw lins, whom I had never seen, came on to the train and asked if I was on board. I made myself known to him, and General Raw lins said that General Grant was out on the platform and desired to see me. I apologized to General Rawlins, stating that I was not in a proper condition for presenting myself to the command ing officer. General Rawlins saw my predicament and he said: "Oh, we know all about you, don't mind that." I stepped out 80 Proceedings of the Society on the platform. General Grant met me, shook me cordially by the hand, and I then saw that he was no better dressed than I was, which greatly relieved me. In a few words General Grant informed me that he had assigned me to the command of the 2nd Division of the Army of the Tennessee at Corinth, and y'uietly, but with a determination that struck me so forcibly that I could make no answer, said: "And I want you to understand you are not going to command a division of cowards." I stammered out something, I know not what, and tried to thank him, but had no comprehension of what he meant, as I had heard nothing against the division; but when I arrived at Corinth and assumed command, relieving General Davies, I found that in the battle of Corinth, on the second day, the division had been forced back into the town of Corinth, but had held their organization intact and finally regained all lost ground, really saving the day. I also found that it was the division that was organized by Grant at Cairo, that fought at Belmont, that stormed the works at Donelson and was a favorite with Grant. General Rosecrans, in his official report of the battle of Corinth, had branded the men as cowards and General Grant had disapproved his action and comments. The division won imperishable renown. Upqn their banner was inscribed, " First at Donelson," and from that time until after the Atlanta campaign they served directly under me. From Corinth to the end of the war, they took no steps back ward. Their great battle at Altanta, where they held a whole corps of Hood's army, and afterward Altoona, when, under General Corse, they held that strategic point against the terrific onslaughts of four times their number, gave me cause to always remember the words of General Grant. I have no time to recite here many of the acts of General Grant which bound him so closely to those who served under him, and which marked him as the greatest general of this or any other age. The great distinguishing qualities of General Grant were truth, courage, modesty, generosity and loyalty. He was loyal to every work and every cause in which he was engaged; to his friends, his family, his country and to his God; and it was these characteristics which bound to him with hooks of steel all those who served with him. He absolutely sunk himself to give to Of the ..Army of the Tennessee. 8I others honor and praise to which he himself was entitled. No officer who served under him but understood this. I was a young man and given much larger commands than my rank and experience entitled me to. Grant never failed to encourage me by giving me credit for whatever I did or tried to do. If I failed he assumed the responsibility; if I succeeded, he would recom mend me for a promotion. He always looked at the intention of those who served under him, as well as to their acts. If they failed him, he dropped them so quickly and so efficiently that the whole country could hear and see their fall. I will give you an object lesson which shows Grant's idea of duty. Whilst I was stationed at Corinth, looking after that flank of the army: Grant hammering away at Vicksburg and Rosecrans pounding Bragg in Tennessee, it was necessary for me to be awake. I was in a dangerous position, and the enemy could have destroyed either campaign by establishing themselves in my position. I wrote Grant at Vicksburg that I thought with the 12,000 men I had, I could penetrate' by the Tennessee valley to the rear of Bragg and destroy his communications and supplies concentrated in that valley and force him to retreat. I received no answer to my letter and I began to think I had made a fool of myself and swore inwardly that it was the first and last time I would ever be caught in such a boat. A long time (to me) after the suggestion, General Oglesby, who was commanding that district, received a dispatch from General. Grant, instructing him to have Dodge carry out the movement suggested in his letter, and that was all the order I received, and I marched up the Tennessee. valley , destroying the railways and stores, which the Confederate government estimated to be in value not less than $20,000,000. Of course Bragg threw before me and behind me such forces as he could spare, so that the rumors which reached Corinth were~ generally, that I was captured, whipped, etc. These reports were all fired into General Grant, and no doubt he became disgusted at them; but he finally wired in an swer to them that "If Dodge has accomplished what he started out to do, we can afford to lose him." That settled the question; they sent Grant no more rumors. The enemy was distracted by my sending out from my column General Straight, who had been sent out upon his celebrated,raid by Rosecrans. Grant, in com- rFroceedings of the Society menting on it afterwards, said to me that he knew the troops I had, and he had no doubt they would be heard from before they were captured or destroyed. I did not start out to fight, but to destroy; and he thought the distraction of the movement of Straight would puzzle the enemy so much that I would be able to get out of harm's way before they could concentrate any force on me which I could not whip. After the war, it was my good fortune to be thrown with Grant a great deal and I was associated with him in some of his enter prises, such as the railway from the City of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, and it was impossible for me to meet him as I did and not comprehend that he was in civil life, as in military life, of that peculiar make-up which could let sma11 matters go without attention, but in any crisis rise to command it. He was so modest and so simple that his greatness was absolutely forced on one from his very acts. Nevertheless, so far, no critic in this nation or any other has ever been able to write a word against his military course or civil life which carried strength enough to be mentioned the second time. Grant's greatness 'was admitted long before he left our shores and, although a simple citizen, he was honored as no one ever was before, and his simplicity simply astonished the world. GENERAL SHERMAN. My first meeting with General Sherman was in the fa11 of '63. I was commanding at Corinth. Sherman had received orders from General Grant to move from Memphis to the Tennessee river and up that valley to rebuild the Memphis and Charleston railroad. When he reached Corinth, he was to take my.com mand with him. I was lying very i11 in Cori~th when General Sherman came to my bed-side. He read me a long letter from Grant, outlining what he expected of Sherman's movement. In the letter some complimentary things were said of me and my command. Sherman no doubt read the letter to me, thinking it would do more to make me well than any other medicine, and it did so. After he had finished he said, "Now, do you think you are well enough to do what Grant wants you to do?" I said, "Yes." Sherman said, "I wi11 give you plenty of time; there is no hurry." I soon got on my feet and in a few days was called to Iuka, and while there an order came to Sherman to Of the .Army of the Tennessee. drop everything and push for Chattanooga, and that remarkable march was made across the state. My command brought up the rear and Sherman would write back letters to me, encouraging me and telling me what roads to take so that I could feed my animals and men. I remember that at the crossing of Elk river, he wrote back and told me 110t to try to follow the 15th Corps, as they had literally skinned the country. He said he did not believe they had left a chicken for me and advised me to keep north toward Pulaski, and thus we forged along, living off of the country. After Sherman had reached Chattanooga, he wrote me a letter stating that Grant could not wait until I got up and they would have to fight with what he had in the advance; but to soothe our disappointment at not being in the fight, he wrote me that if I would ride from Bridgeport to Chattanooga, as he had, I would be glad not to force my corps through there, as the road was knee-deep in mud, and literally paved with dead mules. After Chattanooga, when Grant had been called east and Sher mati had returned from his Meridian raid, the corps commanders of the Army of the Tennessee were called to Nashville. None of us had ever been there. We had been without communication by rail and were a sorry looking lot. Grant intended taking some of us east with him, but Sherman protested and only Sheridan, from the Army of the Cumberland, went. We all arrived in Nashville in the evening; Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Logan, Rawlins and some others that I do not now remember. We were poorly, roughly dressed, generally wearing a soldier's overcoat. Grant took us to call on Andrew Johnson, the mili tary governor of Tennessee, who was very emphatic in his denunciation of what a rebel deserved and what he would get under him; but while I was in Tennessee, I never put my hand upon a prominent rebel, taking his stock and provisions, that Johnson did not try to pull it off. As soon as our call was over, Sherman said we would go to the theater. No one in Nashville had heard of our being there, so we paid our way in and had fr()nt seats in the balcony. The house was filled with soldiers, going to and returning from veteran furlough. No one observed us. The play was Hamlet, which was simply being murdered. General Sherman was a fine Shakespearean scholar and he criticised the play severely and Proceedings of the Society loudly. As I sat next to him, I cautioned him that we would be recognized and that there would be a scene. The grave digger scene was on and the actor was soliloquizing on Yorick's skull when a soldier 'way back called out so that the whole audience could hear, "Say: pard, what is it, Yank or Reb?" and the whole house was in an uproar. Grant said we had better get out, so we left undiscovered. Sherman then said we had better get some oysters, and put General Rawlins forward to find a place. He took us to a very fair saloon. We went in and found that all the tables were occupied but one; that, a large table with only one man sitting at it. Rawlins, who was a retiring man, asked this person if he would not take a small table near by and give our party the other one. He did not mention who his party was, but the man replied that the table was good enough for him and he guessed he would keep it. So Rawlins said we had better hunt another place, and out we went. Sherman told Rawlins we would never get anything under his guidance so he stopped some one and asked for an oyster saloon. The man pointed out one kept by a widow and we went in and ordered our oysters and naturally all hands got to discussing matters until the hour was getting late, when the woman came in and told us we must leave, as the rules of the city were that every place must be closed by midnight,. so we were turned out with our meal about half concluded and then we went up to General Grant's head quarters, which was in a large house presided over by Colonel Bowers. We camped there over night, some in beds and some on the floor. Our experience of the evening was, of course, discussed, and the aids heard it and before breakfast the next morning Grant and Sherman were overrun with callers who came to apologize-the theater proprietor, the saloon keeper and the widow-all expecting to be summarily disposed of for their inhospitality; but Sherman laughingly told them it was all right, that it was what they might expect from a lot of Rebels and that they would not be hurt. The next evening we were invited to dine at the house of the commanding officer. We were in the Department of the Cum berland and at the dinner there was a lady who had known Grant and Sherman in the old army, and·was still of that army; but she was very critical and found fault with the way Sherman Of the Army of the Tennessee. 85 made war, especially with the treatment his troops gave the East Tennesseeans in their march to Knoxville. Sherman tried to fend off and change the conversation, but the lady stuck to him and finally Sherman turned on her and said: "Madam, my sol diers were without food, blankets or shoes, and no doubt they took what they could find. My men had to subsist, even ~f the whole of Tennessee was ruined to sustain them. There are two armies here, one in rebellion against, the other, fighting for the Union. If either must starve to death, I propose it shall not be the one fighting for' the Union. There is nothing too good for them. War is cruelty; there is no use trying to refine it; the crueler the sooner ended." That ended the talk about the Army of the Tennessee and the dinner was a very cool one from that moment on. When we parted at Nashville Sherman accompanied General Grant as far east as Cincinnati. When the Society of the Army of the Tennessee had its meeting in Cincinnati in 1889, Sherman po!nted out to me the room in which Grant developed his plan for the grand movement of our army on May 1, 1864. They pored over their maps and they agreed that all armies should move at once, and Grant told Sherman he must press Johnston so that he could not send any troops to help Lee, and Grant said he would give Lee all he wanted to do to take care of the Army of the Potomac. You all know the result of these brilliantly conceived and energetically executed campaigns that closed out all the Rebel armies within one year after that time. I have .no time to follow Sherman from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and from Atlanta to the sea, and in his strategic movement from Savannah to the time of Johnston's surrender. In my opinion, that move ment alone is all Sherman needs to fix for all time his place in history as one of the greatest masters of the art of war. Sherman as a soldier and as a citizen were two different men. As a soldier, he demanded the utmost limit of a man's endur ance. His own loyalty and energy were such an embodiment and absolute obedience to orders, that he could conceive no duty for a subordinate that he could not cheerfully perform and con sider it a privilege instead of a duty. His appreciation of what the war meant and his papers written during the war upon the different military and civil phases of it, 86 Proceedings of the Society stamp him as a soldier, statesman and one who could advise in civil life, but who absolutely knew himself so well that no in ducement could entice him to enter civil life officially. After the war, as a citizen, Sherman was one of the most genial of companions. It was his delight to surround himself with comrades and distinguished citizens and recount the good qualities of the soldiers who served with him, and to always hold them to the front. Then what soldier is there here who, when he met Sherman at reunions and encampments, did not feel his kindly words and his great efforts to make their meetings jolly, happy, successful ones, and, above all, none of the sophis tries or ingenious arguments that have been used since the war to prove that this country is doing more for the soldier than he is entitled to, ever had for one moment the countenance or even the silence of Sherman to prove it. He could not discuss the bad qualities of the soldier who had faced bullets, and did not consider such a discovery pertinent to the question, but as a discovery after the fact. Sherman's after-dinner speeches were always happy and to the point, and always with a new thought, so that he was always in demand. I saw a great deal of him after the war; traveled with him; and it was a long time before I could fathom the soldier who was so exacting, whom we called "The Old Tycoon," and the citizen who responded to every request, and who delighted in doing kindly acts for all of us, and kept himself poor in answer ing the appeals of his old comrades. G :E;N:E;RAL SH:E;RIDAN. My first promotion in a command was in 1861, to the post of Rolla, Missouri, and concentrated there, preparatory to the march to the southwest was the lIudeus of that army that Curtis led so successfully to victory. A young staff officer reported to me there, small in stature, very modest in his ways; in fact, his diffidence belittled his great abilities. I was inexperienced in the necessities of the campaign, and my troops had about three wagons to a company. This staff officer was Captain Phil. Sheridan, and his first order at Rolla was to reduce transporta tion to three wagons to a regiment, and I had a small rebellion on my hands, and every regimental, every company officer ap- Of the .Army of the Tennessee. plied to me to countermand the orders of such an unfeeling regular army officer. The German regiments absolutely refused to obey it; but I had learned myself to respect the experience of educated soldiers, and when I supported Sheridan and endeavored to carry out his orders I came in for a share of the blessings which came from our people a11d press. However, the Fourth Iowa Infantry, which I commanded, fell promptly into line. That army was one-half American and one-half German, with the Germans under the command of Sigel,. who had been de posed by Halleck from the command of the army and succeeded by General Curtis, who had no bed of roses to lie upon. Sigel was then considered a great general. We were then being edu cated that retreat was often as much a victory as success which came from advance. Sheridan in that campaign fed and fur nished transportation for an army hundreds of miles from its base, with neither rail nor water to aid him, and stamped him self as a great staff officer. Where he got the corn for the animals and bread and meat for ourselves was a puzzle to every soldier who tramped from Rolla to Pea Ridge. Unfortunately for that army, General Curtis relieved Sheridan just as we needed him most, but it was a great favor to Sheridan. During that campaign Sheridan, when he came to the army, shared my tent and told me of his difficulties and of his efforts and failures. I sometimes had detailed to help him, almost all of the Fourth Iowa Infantry, in squads, at once. His memoirs show that he never forgot them. He often said to me: "Dodge, I believe I could do something if I could get into the line," and was telling me what a field was before me, so young and in command of a brigade. It seemed to be his ambition to get the command of troops. A brigade was his idea. After Pea Ridge my duties took me to the army near Corinth, where I found Sheridan as Quartermaster to General Halleck's personal headquarters, and it was there that he got his first com mission in the line as Colonel of a Michigan Cavalry Regiment, and immediately started out and rode down a rebel cavalry camp at Boonville, Mississippi, in which action your distinguished city's General Alger took an active part. I met him again after Missionary Ridge as cQm~ander of a division, Grant taking him East from what he saw of him during that battle and giving him 88 rproceedings of the Society command of his cavalry, where he demonstrated how valuable an arm cavalry was to the service, and that they could fight as well as travel. When I was at City Point, Grant told me of the great ability and fighting qualities of Sheridan and of his differences with Meade, and the trouble he had to keep two fiery dispositions from conflict. He said that after the battle of The Wilderness Meade and Sheridan had some hot words, and Meade came to him and said: "Do you know what Sheridan said to me last night? He was mad, and told me if I would let him out he would wipe up the earth with J eb Stuart, whom they were all so afraid of." Grant answered, in his quiet way: " Why, Meade, why didn't you tell him to go and do it? Let him out; that's just what we want." Meade gave Sheridan the order, having no confidence in his success, but we know the result of those brilliant marches and battles in the rear of Lee until Stuart was killed and one-half of the rebel cavalry destroyed. That made permanent Sheridan's position in that army. The battles of the Valley of Virginia and Five Forks followed, and from a captain and quartermaster at Rolla we find him a Lieutenant General, dying while in command of our army. GENERAL THOMAS. In the winter of 1863-4, it fell to the lot of my corps to be quartered in the richest part of Tennessee, both in what it pro duced and in rebels. I occupied the country extending from Columbia to Decatur. I had 12,000 men and 10,000 animals to feed off of the country. I was quartered in the Department of the Cumberland, commanded by General Geo. H. Thomas, but I was not subject to his orders; a difficult position, as my troops had lived so long on foraging that no doubt they committed many depredations and the complaints of the officers of the Army of the Cumberland and the citizens of that country piled up against me mountains high. They appalled even myself, and, as they passed on up through different headquarters, the endorsements upon them virtually made me command a lot of undisciplined, depredating bummers that ought to be driven out of the department for the benefit of the service. The complaints finally reached General Thomas. General Sherman was away Of the .Army of the Tennessee. on the Meridian raid, and I was reporting directly to General Grant. General Thomas knew the work I had before me in rebuilding the railway to Decatur and Huntsvi11e, and had kept watch of my progress, and, instead of fo11owing the endorse ments of his subordinates, passed the papers on to General Grant, stating that probably I was so engaged in my other work that I was not aware of the depredations, and that they were unauthorized. When the charges reached Grant, he put an endorsement on them that, as it traveled back the same way that it came, must have made the endorsers' ears tingle, for Grant knew the 16th Army Corps, and what it was made of, and the great work it was doing, and made it very plain in his reprimands to those who had denounced us without a hearing. When the documents fina11y reached me, I felt it my duty to write General Thomas a letter stating how difficult my position was and how much I regretted that I should have fa11en under the ban of his officers, but how much we appreciated his courtesy and com mendation. In May, 1864, I came into the same grand army with Thomas and he made it a point so plain that everyone could see it, to be very friendly with me. I was Brigadier-General commanding a' corps, while under him were Major-Generals commanding divisions. Thomas always had a word of encouragement for me and always a kind word for me when he was with other officers, and you can appreciate what a benefit it was to me. After Atlanta, I fell to the command of the Department of the Missouri, and General Thomas was forcing Hood at Nashvi11e, and I had an opportunity to return some of his thoughtful aid to me, for I sent him every organized command in my department. I had nothing left but a few companies of Missouri state militia, to take care of a great department, and it was those troops that, in the great battle of Nashville, under that superb soldier, A. J. Smith, crushed 'Hood's left and almost captured his command. After the war, General Thomas, when en route to his command on the Pacific coast, stopped off and visited me at my home in Council Bluffs. "rhomas told me how thankful he was and how much he appreciated my efforts to send him troops, and how opportune their arrival was. Thomas was then a happy, satis fied soldier; in fact, I never saw any of those disappointments or 9° (Proceedings of the Society any thing of that feeling that has been depicted by some of his historians, and I do not believe the thought ever entered his head that his superior officers or his government di~ not appre ciate the great work he did in the war, and it seems to me nothing can be more unfortunate to a general than to have, after the fact, himself depicted as not having had the properappre ciation or credit for what he had done; especially must this be the case in a persQn of the sturdy disposition and soldierly qualities of the "Rock of Chickamauga," General Geo. H. Thomas. The President:-There is no organization in any country that has done as much for its people and government as the Grand Army of the Republic has done for the people and government of the United States. And it is a great satisfaction to this Society that a great many commanders of that Grand Army of the Republic have been members of this Society. We have with us tonight the present Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army, and it is with great pleasure that I present to you our comrade, Major Leo Rassieur. Major Rassieur:-Mr. President, I thank you very sincerely for the kind remarks you have made about the Grand Army of the Republic, and appreciate your calling upon me as a compli ment to that organization. I will not attempt to detain this audience at this time, excepting for a moment, and I desire merely in that moment to. say this, that the organization of the Grand Army of the Republic is a broad one. It contains all those who fought for the Union during the Civil War, and were discharged honorably - The Society of the Army of the Ten nessee simply includes the officers of that army. The non-com missioned officers and privates, who served in the Army of the Tennessee, have no right to become members of this organ ization. But in the Grand Army of the Republic all are wel come who manifested their loyalty at a time, when it meant something to manifest the same. And the humblest in that army is entitled to the same· honors in the Grand Army of the Republic that the general commanding those armies is entitled to receive. All our comrades stand on an equality; and it is right that it should be so; because the generals of the army, not- Of the .Ar'Jny of the Tennessee. withstanding all the ability which they manifested during the Civil War, could not have achieved the honors that fell to their lot, had it not been for the courag~C!us, unfaltering, fearless devo tion of the privates who fought the battles under the generals; and many a one has shown the possession of capacity since the close of the war which indicated that if the war had come ten years later, they might have been the commanding generals of the armies of the Union. Take, for instance, the president of these United States. He entered the service as a private and in the short time allotted to him rose to rank of Major. His rise, his services and his present position indicate that if he .had had ten years more of life when the war broke out, he might have held the position of Ulysses S. Grant at the close. You may not think that he has ,manifested great capacity as commander dur ing the late war. I think he did when apparently the legislative branch of the government seemed determined to inaugurate a war with Spain, and he delayed such action. He was not willing that the fighting force of the United States should be declared ready for war until it was ready, and he knew that readiness for war required more than a disposition to make war; and he had the courage to hold this government in check until the govern ment was at least in a small measure prepared to do its full duty in the art of war. It required no small courage and capacity, my friends, to do what he did, and it should not be forgotten; and it proved the importance and value of summoning those into high position, who know something of the art of war. His selections of officers during that war also indicate the possession of a knowledge such as a commander should have. No mistakes were made. I will not further consume your time, but I want to say while I am here that I bring to the Society of the Army of the Tennessee the warm greetings of the Grand Army. They appreciate what you did during the war of the rebellion. Those who served in the Army of the Tennessee can look back to the record of that army, and see that there were fewer mis takes and less of falling back in that army than in any other army of the Union; and, when despondency seemed to be the order of the day, light invariably broke over the Army of the Tennessee. It rendered services of which this grand West may be proud today. While it may have been looked down upon Proceedings of the Society when. the war opened, before the war had been progressing more than a year, the Southern armies appreciated that the tussle in the West was one that was a little above child's play, and prob ably required more than they could furnish. We began fortu nately under a great general, though he was not known as such in the heginning. It was our good fortune to have a large num ber of able men, but it was also their good fortune to have a large number of sturdy Western men who had been accustomed to arms, and who in a very short while made themselves success ful soldiers and ready to cope with any army. Having such men, probably it was not so difficult to make great leaders; But, both being of the higher kind, no wonder that the Army of the· Tennessee did so well in the war of the rebellion. Thanks be to it today for its work. I congratulate you upon hearing what was given to us tonight by General Dodge, the President of the Society of the. Army of the Tennessee. His personal reminiscences are matters that few have heard; and I do not believe there is another man living who could have given us so many valuable personal reminis cences. I thank him from the bottom of my heart for this great treat, and thank you for your kind attention. Miss Jacobs sang "Annie Laurie," and being recalled gave the audience" A Scotch Love Song." The President:-Comrades, I am under pledge myself not to call upon the comrade, whom I know you would all like to hear, but General Alger has promised you that he should say some thing to you. We all know that Comrade Henderson-Speaker Henderson-in every position he has held since he belonged to this Army, has done hard and successful work for us, and it gives me great .pleasl1re to simply ask him to say a few words to you. General Henderson:-Mr. President and Comrades-that means the girls, too-I came here just to have a regular, rollicking good time with the comrades of this Society, without being on any program, or having any program sprung on me; and while I have great admiration for General Dodge, there is a good deal of cheat in him., after all, when he works a fellow in at this hour of the night, after such a delightful intellectual bill of fare. Of the .Army of the 7 enne~see. 93 You know I have felt like hugging every performer here tonight, c0mmencing with General Alger, although I could make selections in his family that would be much more agree- able, if it were safe.' , You know this is just one of the old-fashioned prayer-meet ings, like we used to have Wednesday night when we were all thorough-going members of the Wednesday night brotherhood. Of course in those days I used to run the singing end of it only. But to think of such a glorious evening as we have had,-just we folks together, old army friends, the Star-Spangled Banner, by that glorious girl-I don't know her name,-and then "Angus McDonald" by the black-eyed beauty, and General Alger working off his sweet sayings, and Ras;;ieur,-I didn't know he was with us until he broke loose with us on the stage. It is all glorious! I see that the Grand Army of the Republic is as wise in its selection of a commander-in-chief as the Army of the Tennessee is, for they are both thoroughbreds, Now, just think of the gems we have had here tonight, of oratory, history, war reminiscences, songs that have lifted us up, and this band here,-now, boys (addressing the band), I am not going back on you. I don't know whether your last was a med ley, or a potpourri, but I tell you, vou poured it into our souls in great shape, boys. It was grand! And Brother Alger, I had to hold his coat-tail half the time, he with his gavel kept us bob bing up at every new passage, and after just getting fairly started broke into the chorus, and, bang, they go into another part of the performance, But, take it all through, what could be more glorious? I sometimes feel as though I would just like to get with the old soldiers and their wives and girls, and uncles, and sweethearts, and lock out all the rest of the gang, and have an old -fashioned time. And this is what we have had tonight. I think Mayor Maybury is the only one that is an outsider, and he was inside of all of us before he got through, wasn't he? Maybury would have made a first-class fighter, if he had been there. But I don't like Brother Alger discrediting him in the start. Why not give a fellow like that a chance to win his way? Brother Alger said' he didn't agree with him in everything; but even our wives don't agree with us in everything,-and that may seem strange. 94 Proceedings of the Society I just feel as though I had had my spiritual strength renewed tonight, and without any spirits, either. I stand here as a repre sentative, clean-cut, of the Cold Water Brigade; and I am glad I am such. If there is anything that makes me hot, it is an old soldier who has to have a " high-ba11" in order to be patriotic. The only one here tonight that during the day has indulged in anything of that kind as an inspirator-I think I have got the proper pronunciation-is an old fossil of a plutocrat from St. Louis, who looks like a parson, but he is not,-he is Parsons; and that fe110w has been taking high-ba11s for two hours before he came here, in order to get himself en rapport. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I hope that this will be adjourned without any more speech-making. I wi11 consent to nothing, unless it be that black-eyed beauty and the "Star-Spangled Banner," and I am ready to yield the platform to them, and then let us go back to the hotel and have an a11-round rough and tumble good time. Good-night! The meeting was closed by Miss Beyer, singing " America," and the audience joining in the chorus. The President:-Before saying good-night, I wish to thank the young ladies who have sung for us, and also the band, for the delightful music they have given. I also wish to announce to the Society that the banquet will take place tomorrow night, and also that tomorrow at ten o'clock we take a ride out to Orchard Lake. Not only the Society, but their guests and friends are invited, and the tickets will be at our meeting to morrow morning at nine o'clock. Good-night! Of the .A rmy of the Tennessee. 95 SECOND DAY. The Society convened at 9 A. M. The President:-I wish to nominate John A. Logan, son of Major John A. Logan, to follow his father in the membership of the Society. He is a young boy about ten years old. Captain A. H. Mattox asks that his son, Willard Mattox, fol low him. Under the rules of the Society, it is only necessary for him to designate that, and record is made of that fact. And the following designations of successors were also made: Captain C. W. Laing's daughter and only child, Clara Irene Laing. Captain H. I. Smith's son, Robert Percy Smith. Colonel Chas. A. Morton's daughter, Miss Rosa Morton. Captain H. G. Ankeny's youngest S011, Ralph R. Ankeny. Captain Louis Keller's son, A. Edward Keller. Captain A. Barto's youngest son, W. A. Barto. And they were all approved. I announce as the committee o"n the McPherson monument at Atlanta: General John C. Black, Captain M. J. McGrath of Chicago, Captain James R. Dunlap, of Covington, Ind. The committee on nomination of officers presented the follow ing report: DETROIT, MICH., November 14, 1900. To the Members of the Society of the Army of the Tenn~ssee: Your committee on nominations of officers to serve the Society for the ensuing year, respectfully report the names of FOR PRESIDENT, General Grenville M. Dodge. VICE-PRESIDENTS, Colonel Alexander G. Hawes, General R. A. Alger, Major Chas. H. Smith, Captain Charles R. E. Koch, 96 rFroceedings of the Society Captain J. W. McElravy, Maj or Joseph Spiegelhalter, General G. F. McGinnis, General L. F. Hubbard, General John McArthur, Mrs. Mary Spoor-Latey, Captain M. F. Madigan, Major E. B. Nugent. FOR CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, General A. Hickenlooper. FOR TREASURER, Major Augustus M. Van Dyke. FOR RECORDING SECRETARY, Colonel Cornelius Cadle. Captain Smith moved that the report be accepted. He also put the motion, which prevailed unanimously. The committee on the location of the next meeting presented the following report, which on motion was,adopted: DETROIT, MICH., November 15, 1900. To the Officers and Men~bers of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee: Your committee on location for assembling in 1901 has selected the city of Indianapolis, Ind., and unanimously recommend that the selection be approved and adopted. Respectf u1l y , MRS. H. T. NOBLE, J. G. EVEREST, M. F. MADIGAN, W. L. B. JENNEY, R. V. ANKENY, Chairllzan. The committee on orator recommended for orator for 1901- Lieutenant Richard S. Tuthill, Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook county, Chicago, Illinois; and as alternate-Captain H. H. Rood, of Mt. Vernon, Iowa; and the recommendations were concurred in. Captain Everest:-General Barnum wished to have it stated to the Society that his wife had met with a very unfortunate acci dent, which compelled t~em to remain at home. Of the .Ar1'ny of the (Tennessee. 97 General Noble:-Mr. President, I move you that the Society of the Army of the Tennessee returns its thanks to the citizens of Detroit, the committee of entertainment, collectively and individually, and to all the good people of Michigan, who have bestowed their hospitality ~ kindness and attention on us since the Society has been in the city. The motion unanimously preyailed. Adjourned. 1bea"quarters, fIOtcbtgan fIOtlttar}2 :aca"em}2, ~rcbar" 1alie, fIOtcbtgan. ORDER OF EXEROISES ON 'tHE OCCASION OF 'tHE VISI't OF 'tHE Society of the Army of Tennessee, Thursday, November 15, 1900. 11:30 a. m. Salute of fifteen guns. Inspection of BUildings. 12:00 noon. Luncheon in Cadets' -Mess Hall. 1:00 p. m. Manual of Arms, Setting-up-Drill, and Dress Parade 10 the Gymnasium. 2:00 p. m. Cavalry Drill in Riding Hall. 2:30 p. m. Target Practice with Gatling Gun. Of the Army of the Tennessee. 101 VISIT TO ORCHARD LAKE MI"LITARY ACADEMY. At ten o'clock A. M., a large number of the Society took the electric cars for the Orchard Lake Military Academy. After viewing the grounds and buildings, and partaking of the bounti ful repast provided, the members of the Society and their friends were given an exhibition drill in the armory; after which speeches were called for, and General Dodge addressed the cadets as follows: My YOUNG COMRADES: I wish first to thank. Colonel Rogers for the treat we have had today. I know that every member of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee will appreciate it more than anything that could be done for us in Detroit. I want you to kno"" of this, my young comrades, because as a boy I was a young cadet in a military college in Vermont, Norwich University, where I learned obedience and respect for power and discipline; and to the education acquired there, and the foundation laid there, is due what little I have done up to this time. The future that is before you, perhaps I can tell you better by telling you what that university did. It was the only private military college before the war. From it went into the service nearly all its cadets at the time and all its graduates. It turned out in the war ten Major-Generals, twenty Brigadier-Generals, and five hundred field and line officers. Many of them rose to the highest command. They took stand in the army next to West Point graduates. They have taken standing all over the United States in prominent positions in every state of this Union, and I know it was to the drilling and tuition that they got there that is due the standing in this country that they have had and have to day. General Grant and General Sherman never failed to com mend them, and they spoke of Norwich many and many a time, and paid great tribute to that institution. And I think it is this kind of an institution that will do more to maintain and sustain the government than any other of the institutions of learning, simply because you are taught here to meet anything that may 102 Proceedings of the Society happen in the world. When you are through you will be pre pared, if you go into civil life, for its duties. Now, my young comrades, I do not propose to say much to you, but I have with me a distinguished officer of the Civil War, one who was in many battles, and has many scars, who will say a word to you; and, if yon eyer go into battle, I trust that you may come out having fought as gallantly as he did, and having received your punishment, if any, as well as he did. I will present, to say a word to you, General John C. Black. General Black said: YOUNG GENTLEMEN: I never thought a uniform in gray would look as well as yours does. In fact, some of us here once acquired a great prej udice against that color on a man. There were a great many days in the history of the Republic when it was a prima facie case of killing on sight. I admire it today. It is beautiful. It is on the frame of youth and over young and patriotic hearts! I met Colonel Rogers fifteen years ago, when his academy was in its infancy, and when his face wore the anxious look of a man trying a great experiment. I am glad to note that fifteen years have removed the doubts from his countenance, and he is as smiling as a May morning, for he has made a success of this institu tion. I hope that you never will be called upon to put into practice the arts that you have acquired here. These older gentlemen that surround you will all of them bear testimony to the fact that war is the last resort of civilization, and that the art of kill ing has no pleasures in it. Yet we all hope that if necessity ever comes to you, you will do your duty, even as these men who are looking down upon you did theirs. As a member of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, I want you to know something of it. You stand in the presence of men who fought in every state that raised rebellious armies against the government. You stand in the presence of the sur vivors of an army which fought a hundred American fights and never lost one; and whose career, from Belmont to the sea, while one of privation and suffering, was also one of the highest patriotism and of enduring glory. The flag never was lifted Of the AY'lny of the Tennessee. 103 higher than these gray-bearded men about you have lifted it, and its stars have never shone brighter than when they held the flag firmly on the battle plains, in the forests and on the hills. And, on behalf of that Army, I want to lay upon you that supreme adjuration, which the old Roman laid on his boy when he summoned him to the altar of his country, and in the pres ence of the gods pledged that young life to the great land, and his charge to his son was, "See that no harm befall the Re public." We pass-our flags will be furled, our swords have glittered for the last time in the sunlight of strife and of victory. We leave a great land to you. All its borders are unbroken; all its splen dors are intact; all its purposes are still in the process of fulfill ment. See that no harm befall the 'Republic! We charge you again that in the midst of the great contentions of our civil life, if now and then different theories shall press you for attention and study, if it shall be said to you that this course or the other is right, we charge you that, after the scabbard has fallen and the sword of the government is drawn, you shall ask no other question than this: Where is the flag of the Republic? and by it bike your stand. General Dodge:-My young comrades, we have here, as a member of our Society, the commander of that greatest of all armies, the Grand Army of the Republic, and I will ask him to say a few words to you. I introduce Major Leo Rassieur. Commander-in-Chief Rassieur said: GENERAL DODGE: I thank you for this opportunity· to speak to these young men. In speaking to you, I desire to impress you as I was impressed when of your age. You are now on the threshold of life, and many a time you will think that the avenues before you are closed, the opportunities for success in life are no longer as they were in the days of your fathers. Let me tell you, boys and young men, the opportunities of life are as great now, and will be hereafter as they have been in the past. It rests simply with you to prepare yourselves for those avenues, and for the opportunities that are sure to present them- 104 Proceedings of the Society selves to you. And this work that you are engaged in today and tomorrow and. the days thereafter may at times seem to you useless work; but I want to tell you that every day's work, and the most unimportant detail that you are asked to perform, is necessary to build yourselves up for the opportunities of life. Believe me when I tell you these matters, because I speak not only from my own experi~nce, but from an observation that extends over half a century. The opportunities that this grand government affords cannot be taken advantage of without preparation. The education that you are getting here is as necessary as life, to insure success in that life. The work that you are doing may seem unimportant, but you will appreciate it later on. I know what I am saying to you, and I am impressed with the full import of every word I utter. If you do the work well that you are now engaged in, you will be prepared in every way to discharge the obligations of American citizens, and to see the difference between right and wrong, and it will give you strength to uphold the right and to avoid the wrong. And in that lies the salvation and perpetua tion of this country which has given so much to its citizens in the past, and will give so much more to future generations. Boys, let me beg of you, perform well your duty here, and the rest will take care of itself. / :JJ3anquet of tbe Brm~ of the Uennessee ~bursbal? e\,ening. 1Ro\?ember ftfteentb t nineteen bunbreb motel ~abtl(act '!Detroit menu CANAPE LUCULLUS JJlall/w/tall Cocktail BLUE POINTS CE L E RY CREAM DE TERRAPINE OT.IVE S AMANDE SAL'!' POISSON BLANCS EN BORDURE CONCOMBRE Sauterne. B. & C; . HOMARD A LA NEWBURG FILET DE BOEUF A UX CHAMPIGNONS PEnT POLS EN CAISSE FROZEN EGG NOGG PIGEONEAUX ROTIE AU CRESSON /'OJJlJJlery ~c.,ec SALAD DE CADILLAC PUDDING NESSELRODE GATEAUX ASSORTIE FROMAGE BISCUIT CAFE NOIR Llgars Muaic MARCH-"American Republic " Tlziele ~ OVER'fURE-" War-songs of the Boys in Blue" . I aurendea It o TWO-S1'EP-" Ma Tiger Lily" Sloane 4 " Goo-Goo Eyes" . Cannon .5 SELECTION -" Popular Georgia Medley" . Boettger 6 MARCH-" The Blue and the Gray" Dresser 7 OVERTuRE-"America" (on National Airs) Tobani 8 "I can't tell why I Love You, but I do" Edwards 9 "The Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa 10 Intermezzo from" Cavalleria Rusticana " Mascagni 11 OVERTURE- " Nabucodonosor" Verdi 12 " Marching Through Georgia" HOTEL CADILLAC ORCHJ<~STnA. 'ttoaata THl<: PRl<:SIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Response by GENERAL D. B. HENDERSON Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives 2 OUR COUN'l'RY "Omnium gentium facilis princeps" Response by HON. DON M. DICKINSON 3 REMINISCENCE " There are moments in life which can ne'er be forgot But brighten and brighten as time flies away; They lighten the gloom of the weariest lot And add a new charm to the happiest day." Response by MRS. H . T. NOBLE -l SONG Arranged by Mr. HaroldJarvis "We are the Sons of the Dear Old Flag" MR. HAROI.D JARVIS 5 OUR HEROES " Pass on the torch to the children They have the race yet to rUIl For you it will be ended 'With the settiilg of this s11n ." Response by MISS AMELIA HICKENLOOPER (j THl<: GRAND AR:\IY OF THE REPUBLIC Response by MAJ. WILLIAM WARNER Past Commander-in-Chief Grand Army of the Republie 7 SONG " The Deathless Army" MRS. MARY SPOOR LATEY R THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE It never met defeat Response by MAJOR A. M. V ANDvKE 9 SONG· " The Old Brigade" MR. HAROLD JARVIS 10 FILl<: FIRIN(~ Piano Accompanist, MR. H. P. CART. STEWART Of the .Army of the Tennessee. I 15 THE BANQUET. At 7 o'clock P. M., the Society and its guests gathered in the parlors of the Hotel Cadillac, and proceeded to the banquet hall. The foregoing menu and program of exercises had been pre pared by the local committee. In introducing the program of toasts, General Dodge said: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE SOCIETY OF 'fHE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE: In justice to the speakers I request that you refrain from conversation or any act that will disturb them. There will be plenty of time between the toasts. I will read a dispatch to the Society of the Army of the Ten nessee: Love and greetings to all from your daughter. MARY PEARSON KENT. The first toast this evening is "The President of the United States," response by General D. B. Henderson. In justice to General Henderson, I wish to say that it was understood that when he came to this reunion, he should not be called upon, and he did not know that his name was to this toast until just before he came into this hall; but, loyal to this Society, he made no objection, and will answer to the toast. FIRST TOAST .-' 'The President of the United States." Response by General D. B. HENDERSON. MR. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: We are growing fewer in numbers, but the quality is hold ing out. When we consider that during the past fiscal year we buried an army of 38,809 pensioners, we can understand the significance of the decreasing numbers that attend these meet ings. I was impressed with it when I saw you leave your tables and gather together in front of the speakers' table. 116 Proceedings of the Society Ladies and gentlemen, no one shol1ld come before the Society of the Army of the Tennessee unprepared. On my return from a five weeks' campaigning tour, a little tired, but confident; a little tired, but believing in my country, I received a telegram from General Duffield, of this city, asking me to respond to a toast tonight, and to name the sentiment. That was two days before election. I wired back promptly, and snappishly, "Not on any account, I must not be asked to do it." I was a little tired, and a little warm. Tonight I found to my horror that I was upon the printed program, but I think he would be un worthy of a membership in this Society, who was not ready at a moment's notice to say something about the President of the United States. Two thoughts are suggested,-the office and the officer. No Czar, Emperor or King ranks above the President of the United States. And when we think of this tremendous office, clothed with such wonderful powers, we would stand in fear of the future, were it not promptly 'coupled with the thoughf that he gets his power from us, and that we are sovereign, and outrank the President of the United States. When we consider his tremendous powers, sitting at the capital, with his finger on the pulse of nearly eighty millions of people; and with tens of thou sands of men to execute his will; when we consider that he is commander-in-chief of the army and of the navy; when we con sider that he has the right to communicate to the Congress the vast information which he receives from his cabinet chiefs, from all the incoming tides of knowledge that he controls as Chief Executive; and when we consider that after Congress acts he has the power to kill their action by veto unless two-thirds of each House overturns his work, we begin to realize the magnitude of this great office. There are really three epochs in American history that bring out in bold relief the President of the United States. This Re public has had to undergo three mighty tests. The power of the people to establish this government was the first great test, and in the solution of that mighty problem there arose as the central figure, a Colossus, George Washington. The second test was of our power to defend ourselves against foreign nations. In that we have been successful, no matter who was the chief executive, Of the .Army of the Tennessee. I 17 not because of the power of the President of the United States, or his excellence, but because of the indomitable will of the American people back of him. The third and greatest test of the power of this government to maintain itself, was of its capa bility of resisting attacks from within upon the government. It is easier to establish, and to defend from a foreign army, than it is to hold sacred and defend from ourselves. That third great 'test came when Abraham Lincoln-not a Colossus, like Wash ington, but th~ apostle of Almighty God-was in the Presi dential chair. Only a few weeks ago I heard the Governor of my state, when describing the great evolutions of this Republic, say that he wished he had been born fifty years later. I do not wish I had been born fifty years later than I was. I am glad that I was born just when I was; and I am glad, my comrades, that you saw the light when the third great test came to this RepUblic. We were of the Army of the Tennessee, which performed a part of the solution of the great problem. I would not have my boy hood and youth fifty years later, but I would go down to history with you, my comrades, as of those who helped to solve the third great problem of this RepUblic. And it was solved. well. Looking back to the horrid caldron, when passion clashed with passion, and blood flowed in streams throughout our common country~ tonight we can truthfully say that the problem has been solved, and that the flag of this Republic floats over every foot of soil, loved, feared and respected by all. Yes, I am glad that we were a part of the Army of the'Tennessee. Some may want a richly carved sarcophagus, or a great, towering shaft, or some wonderful arch where great architecture has displayed itself. For my part there is nothing that I can wish to leave to my children more sacred than the record that their ancestor followed, not Grant, but Abraham Lincoln. Passing from the office to the officer, we have had, I may safely say, no really bad President of the United States. Start ing from the first, to the present hour, they have averaged up well among their fellow-men. But there are two that raise their heads like great mountain tops,-George Washington and Abra ham Lincoln. Those were great men, and were in perfect har mony with the Mayflower and Plymouth Rock. No one can be 118 rFroceedings of the Society just to his country, or to history. who would put a black mark across the life of any President, but these two I have named, in justice to the task of the hour, to myself, and to you, my friends. I would be a coward to duty did I take my seat without say ing that the present Chief Executive of the United States is a man worthy of the respect and love of us all. He has held his high office at a trying hour in our country's history. He has met every duty with courage and ability, and with that sweet, tender simplicity that marks the great man. Wherein has he failed? History will speak well of our Chief Executive. Un tried, except as a boy, in war, he has proved himself worthy of the constitutional prerogative of commander-in-chief of the army and navy. Again I ask wherein has he failed? Not as president, not as son, not as husband, not as friend. I believe that President McKinley has but one lofty ambition, and that is that when he shall retire from his present high office his country men, as with one hand, can touch the pen that says, Well done, good and faithful servant. They claim to have now an X-Ray that can penetrate the human body and show the workings of the different organs. When the genius comes that shall con struct an instrument that will enable us to penetrate to the action of the human soul, you will find written on the soul of the present President of the United States, these words: "My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing." The President:-I shall change the order of the toasts to meet the conditions in which we find ourselves. The next toast is "Reminiscence." The response will be by Mrs. H. T. Noble. I think I am safe in saying that except one or two officers of this Society, Mrs. Noble has been the most constant attendant upon our reunions of any member of the Society, and it is with the greatest pleasure that I present her to you this evening. THIRD TOAST .-' I Reminiscence." "There are moments in life which can ne'er be forgot, But brighter and brighter as tim.e flies away; They lighten the gloom of the weariest lot And add a new charm to the happiest day" Response by MRS. H. T. NOBLE. Of the Artny of the (Tennessee. I 19 I wonder, if one is irrevocably sentenced to be hung, if it is a comfort to know beforehand the exact day and hour of execu tion. A day passes, no assassin darts at you from a dark hedge. A week goes by, and no stiletto is thrust in at your carriage door, and you are really beginning to think that the reunion has been postponed for this year, when-boom-out from a clear sky comes the thunder-clap order, "On to Detroit!" I felt sure when I accepted the duty of responding to a toast this year that something would certainly happen to relieve you of the tedium of listening to my effort. Some good fairy with her wand helps me out, and this same fairy did all she could. The first call to arms for the 26th of September found me farm ing, and if I have any of the agrarian fraternity with me, they know the disastrous consequences of leaving the pumpkins un harvested. I wrote. this to General Dodge and begged him to detail some of the boys to respond for me, but it's the same old story -a divinity, etc., etc. In vain we chisel as best we can the mysterious block of which our life is made, the black vein of destiny reappears, and for various reasons the reunion was postponed. And here I am! At my home, which but a few years ago was in the far, far west, but owing to the rapid strides of civilization is fast becoming the effete east, I have the honor and sometimes the annoyance of being president of the Humane Society; and after finding myself elected to respond to a toast before the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and upon going back in my memory to the four women who had preceded me, I felt sure I had found a case of cruelty to one woman at least. I was asked to fo~low in the footsteps of our daughter of the regiment who so sweetly expressed to you her pleasure at being permitted to occupy that place, and her firm determina tion to always be true to those who had made it possible for us to enjoy these reunions. And when I attempted to read the response of our dear sister, Mrs. Higley, to "The Unknown Quantity," its sallies of wit made me laugh, but tears soon blinded my eyes. To think one so clever and learned, and so much needed here on earth, should be called from us. And so I come on down to the woman from Ohio who wears the seven 120 rFroceedings Of the Society bars. I would that I could paint in words an immense canvas and people it with an army of distinct and strongly drawn characters. Of course I would be obliged to fill in the fore ground with Ohio men and women who have been reluctantly responding to toasts for thirty years or more. And though it may be with reluctance, we would be obliged to own have left no lurid or gaudy splotches that have offended the eye. They have given us a wide scope, a rapidity of movement and a multiplicity of incidents that have been pleasing and instructive. Even Comrade Buckland out-generaled his wildest hopes when, upon finding himself down for the midnight toast, succeeded in holding a goodly number in a~tendance in place of the last man of the Army of the Tennessee, who has become about as uncanny an individual as the wandering Jew. But because of Buckland's state rights, he found us all clinging to him, even to his fifteenthly. It goes without the saying that we are fond of Ohio men and women. And I believe with Mr. Flannigan that it was one of the unavailing regrets of George Washing ton's life that he must die before Ohio was born. It is a standing joke in the 13th Illinois Regiment that they stole a grave from the 4th Iowa, but I thought that vandalism passed into insignificance when at the World's Fair we looked on the group in front of the Ohio building and saw the mother of the Gracchi pointing to her jewels, and found one of them our peerless Illinoisan, Grant. Last year we heard our sweet songs reviewed and sung by the sympathetic voice of our sister, Mrs. Latey. Again our president, so wise and almost universally kind, sends me to the stake, not only to be consumed by my own incompetency but bids me provide my own kindling to ignite the fire. Name the subject of my toast? Shades of my departed ancestorsl Dear comrades, I've had a siege. When the General wrote for my subject I tried to go back to my girlhood. Road too long; eyes too poor to decipher the compositions on Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter; so in a fit of sheer desperation I settled on "Reminiscence." And I do not like it because it has the ear-marks of old age creeping on. As soon as the shadows lengthen, going down the decline, we have only our memories, and how we do reminiscel But it's unavoidable, and Of the .Ar1tny of the Tennessee. 12) what I shall say will be about as relevant as Artemus Ward's lecture, "Twenty Minutes in Africa." When I sat with pen in air ready to begin, because I knew it must be written out and read; I could never look out over this assemblage of boys without having my head turned, even to losing my powers of speech. I say when I finally sat with pen in hand I seemed to have become the victim of a gradually shrivelling-up process, and as the work went on, or tried to, a microscope was needed to discover any idea I had on the subject of reminiscence. It seems as though at those hours when we have sorest need of grasping something tangible to talk about, the threads of thought snap off, the gray matter vanishes and we are at sea. I seemed to remind myself of the American navy, which even the Chinese dubbed "water rick shaws," before the great and glorious morning at Manila-just floating around. And there was no Dewey in sight to order un conditional firing until breakfast time. I am a Quaker by birth, consequently not for war. I am for peace if I have to fight for it. I have not kept myself in such touch with the war of the Rebellion that I remember as much of it as I now wish I did. It would be a pleasure to reminisce upon it in these latter years of my life. I can not believe that progress rides on a powder cart. I am so old-fashioned I prefer the Christmas carols of "peace on earth and good will to men" to the music of the Gatling gun or the Mauser rifle. I was never ashamed because we had no standing army. By other nations said to not stand because of its size-obliged to sit for rest. We have lived to demonstrate our mighty reserve power. Time has taught our neighbors across the waters that we do not need a standing army. Every citizen is a minute-man ready to join the ranks for national defense. We have lived to see the followers of Grant and Lee fight for one country-their country-under the same flag. I was eighteen years old when the war of the Rebellion sound ed the first gun. And it seems to me, when I think of it now, that I knew little else all the years of the fighting but my mother getting supplies ready for the boys at the front, and our going to meet shattered, battered regiments returning. We need not travel back to antiquity to find evidences that the 122 Proceedings of the Society deeds of heroism in every age have been the indirect, if not the direct, work of women, and most frequently of mothers. " All true trophies of the ages Are from mother-love impearled; For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world." The mystic cords of memory even now stretch from every battlefield and patriotic grave to every living heart and hearth stone over this broad land. The demon of rebellion could not be appeased. Treason was everywhere. No man could tell when the war would end, but with the courage born to the American citizen, he grasped his gUll, and with Old Glory in advance, went forth to do or die. The bells boom out to the cloudy sky, The deep drums beat tumultuously; And the martial music's crash and cry Make all the city dumb. There are tender eyes at every pane, And spite of wind and sifting rain, From square and alley, street and lane, The eager people come. What do they come to seek and see? Why do they gaze so earnestly? What may the strange attraction be.? A handful of haggard men! Men who have stepped in crimson stain, Warmly flowing from traitorous vein; Soldiers from red Antietam's plain- Heroes of battles ten! Ah! it is but a little while Since in unbroken rank and file, Cheered by many a nod and smile From thousands, as they passed by; Fresh in their unstained uniform, Eyes all hopeful and hearts all warm, They went to meet the southern storm- To triumph-or to die. Mute and strange are their faces all. Nothing less than battle call, With boom of cannon and shriek of ball, Could shake their even breath. Of the .An·ny of the Tennessee. 123 Written in every line and curve Are tales of courage and iron nerve; Of fire-tried hearts that never swerve From danger or from death. Haggard with toil, fatigue and pain, Soiled and smoky with battle stain, Back they come to their homes again, Changed as by many years. But leaning out from that gazing band Many a woman silent stands Who longs to grasp their hard brown hands And wash them white with tears. Their banner wide to the wind unrolls, Tattered and ragged with bullet holes. Think of the strong, heroic souls Who hailed it as their pride; And with their faint and anguished eyes, Lifted in deathful agonies, Saw it between them and the skies- Blessed it, and blessing, died! Many a cheek at the memory pales; The jubilant music faints and fails, Dying in low and mournful wails For those whose graves are green. The crowd grows still with a conscious dread, So still that you almost hear the tread- The ghostly tread-of the gallant dead, Who walk in the ranks unseen. The eyes of women and lips of men Welcome the soldiers of battles ten Coming back to their homes again, Sobered, but not dismayed. Uncover your head and hold your breath, This boon not every lifetime hath- To look upon men who have walked with death And have not been afraid. My first reunion with the Army of the Tennessee was in Washington, when you unveiled the McPherson monument. My introduction into the Society was the meeting of General Reynolds, of Madison, and Colonel Noble, just as we were mov ing out of the station in Chicago; and you knew them both so well it is needless for me to attempt a pen-picture of the sweet converse they indulged in through the entire trip. 124 Proceedings of the Society I most certainly would be unmindful of the wishes of one of God's noble men, if I did not remain loyal to this Society. Its reunions were the red letter days of all the year to Colonel Noble. Colonel Noble's loyalty to his friends was bright and shining as the sun, and one of the beautiful phases of his character. I have had it so much in mind since we have been called to mourn the loss of dear Dr. Plummer, whose voice is silent on earth for ever, the darkness of death obscures his eye, but the memory of his genial presence among us will live through all our future reunions as a bright example stimulating and encouraging all our patriotic devotions to c~untry and humanity. I lived through the trying ordeal of forcing the coming woman into the banqueting hall. Indeed I was one of the charter mem bers of a small but determined band, who threw their trains over their arms and descended into hades-the cellar of the Burnet House in Cincinnati, traversing dark and devl0us ways until we were finally resurrected, not the third day, but that same night into the hotel kitchen, and I will say it was more convincing to me than some sermons that I have heard that there might be a Sheo1, there were the terrible fires-there were the moving figures, and in the lurid light and with a trifling stretch of the imagi nation they m.ight be demons, but we must have had prayers being said for us somewhere for our passage from purgatory was rapid, and we were soon behind a screen that separated us from the banqueting hall until our host rolled the screen away, and there we were a band of meek submissive women surrounded by warriors, and a standing army of waiters waiting for the verdict but ready to fight it out on that line. I remember General Sherman's first words: "Well, the girls have surprised us and taken the fort." Men of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, you are rep resentatives of intense individuality, you are men of striking personality and influence, you stand for variety in unity for toleration and charity, you boast that you have never surren dered, but that time you were outgeneraled, and be it said to. your everlasting praise that you fell into line with the air of men who had always been wanting the women at the banquet, and through your courtesy we are still here permitted to meet with you on all these blessed occasions. Of the Army of thg Tennessee. 125 It has been ably said that the chief element of success in a writer's career is not so much his subject as how he handles it, and I am thinking the same will hold good with the after-dinner speaker, not his or her subject as whether they can let go of it. One of our able representatives in the Illinois legislature said once that one man caught a wild cat, but it took thirteen to let him go. 1 will take warning and stop before the entire assem blage attempts to put me out. FOURTH TOAST .-Song, "We are the Sons of the Dear Old Flag." R~sponse by Mr. HAROLD JARVIS. Mr. Harold Jarvis sang, In response to an encore, "The Sword of Bunker HilL" The President:-The next toast, "Our Country." The Hon. Don M. Dickinson was assigned to respond to this toast, and I was not aware that he could not be present until just as I entered this hall, and I requested General John C. Black to take his place. General Black, of course, immediately responded and said, "Yes." It is due to him for you to know that he had no knowledge of this until a moment ago. SECOND TOAsT.-"Our Country." " Omnium gentium facilis princeps." Response by General JOHN C. BLACK. MR. PRESIDENT: It is true, as you have informed the Society, that the call upon me is very sudden, but an American, I think, is always prepared to say, according to the extent of his impression and his feeling, what he can about his country, and be it little or more, that is all that can be required of us, and all the prepara tion in the world could not fit a man to tell this audience what he and they and each of them know about our country. If I could only stand, like some vast echo, and throw back into the . listening ears of this assembly that which their own 'Yoices would speak of our country, I would proclaim the most 126 Proceedings of the Society marvelous songs, I would speak the most sublime rituals that ever fell from human lips. Before addressing myself to the immediate subject, let me speak of this audience. It has been referred to as small, as diminishing, as approaching a vanishing point. I do not so regard it. A few years ago I went toa hall in the city of Chicago, where I was informed they were holding spiritual seances. I went into it, looking out onto the crowd, the chief speaker, as man after man came in, strangers to him, probably seen for the first time, would strain his eyes, and say, "There is a spirit, with that man is a spirit," giving such and such a name; and when another would enter, "That man has behind him a figure in gray, with solemn aspect," and so on, as man after man and woman after woman entered that hall, he called out the attendants. Ladies and gentlemen, whether trick or fact it was a very gruesome occasion. But what was that to this? I look at you, gray-haired and venerable, and back of you stretch out the lines of the old Army of the Tennessee. I see them right behind their old leaders. I catch the flutter of their old flags. I hear the sound of their old drums and fifes, and the old step of the marching men. I listen to the thunder of the great procession of battles that .marked a continent with glory and the scroll of fame with undying characters. The brave, the leaders, the walkers, the plumed and the unplumed, the magnificent men that rode behind Grant and Sherman and Logan, and all the dead, and few of the living. That is the audience that rises behind you to whom I speak tonight, and of whom you are part and the survivors,-as great an audience as ever human tongue addressed, an audience that helped to make that of which, you have asked me to speak "Our Country." The Scotch bard, in the lap of frugal comfort, said: "Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land, Whose soul has ne'er within him burned, When home his wandering feet have turned From travel in a foreign land?" And that was written in Scotland, land of kings and bonny lads and lasses. What would that same glorious genius have written, Of the Army of the Tennessee. could he have stood in the presence of our-country, made largely, too, by the devotion and affection of the sons of that same land, one of whom,yonr honored comrade, Henderson, today sits in the third place in the great Republic, barred only by cruel law from aspiration to its chief magistracy? What would he have said, could he have seen our America, that America that the Army of the Tennessee helped, not to create, but to preserve? For, brethren, our America God made, and not men. The Greek pointed to where his Aphrodite rose from the salt sea waves, or where his Juno descended from the mountains, or where his Minerva sprang from the brain of the sovereign Jove. But we look upon a land of love and heavenly strength 'and wisdom. And, Mr. Chairman, I step beyond the bounds of mythology and the greatest imagery that ever pictured itself in marble or on canvas, and come to the heart of my subject, when I say that to me, in this presence, and under these environments, there is nothing that pictures our country, our America, like one of our lovely girls. A year has passed since that wonderful apparition set its foot upon our eastern shore, rising, summoned by the Almighty to the conquest of the ages. Her garments seeming soiled by an inherited stain, washed clean in the blood of patriots, traversing a continent everyone of whose states is broad enough to furnish the foundation for a Roman empire, a continent where there is in the minds of men no night, where the stars of learning rise in unceasing procession, banishing doubts and summoning confi dence, a country that has occupied and buttressed a continent, a country that has proclaimed liberty throughout the land and to every inhabitant thereof, a country that has broken every chain and put a sword in th~ hand of every freeman, a country that has maintained itself in every emergency, in every peril, in every strait, in every sorrow, that, buffeted by its own sons, has still risen supreme, sinless, glorious, forgiving; magnanimous like a mother, superb like an armed man; that has drawn about its home the buttresses of impassable power, that has summoned to its resources the loyal love and devotion and the judgment of men that were wiser than the Greek and braver than the Roman, a country that at last, in the century of its infancy; has passed beyond the selfish period and reached out into that vast Orient 128 rproceedings Of the Society known to us a few years ago only by tradition and song, and has offered to all of those stricken millions the boon of American protection, of American liberty, and of American law. That is the great American child, that is the lovely girl that a few years since stood trembling upon the edge of the Atlantic and looked with expanding eyes out into the depths of this Western forest and wondered what was before her. That is the America, that, growing stronger in her youth, as the west winds fanned her face, has moved on and on in· the pathways marked out for empire by such men as your President, General Dodge, when he laid the iron rails that bound the East and the West together. That is the America, the golden-haired girl, standing at last amid the peaks of the Sierras, the heights of the Rockies, and having conquered all the world behind looks westward over the eternal sea, and, having blessed that region, will with her arts, her arms, her science, her religions, her philosophies, her liber ties, yet bless a universal world. Here's to our country, God bless her; wherever she stands, and wherever her flag is unfurled, may the American know no toast not in harmony with this: My country, be she ever right, But my country, right or wrong. The President:-The next toast, "Our Heroes." The response will be by Miss Amelia Hickenlooper. It is due to this Society to say that the father of this young lady, General Hickenlooper, has been its guiding star for thirty-five years. FIFTH TOAST .-" Our Heroes." "Pass on the torch to the children. They have the race yet to run For you it will be ended With the setting of this sun." Response by Miss AMELIA HICKENLOOPER. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: This is the thirty-second reunion of the Army of the Ten nessee. In the thirty-five years this represents a new class has been growing up among you. These reunions are no longer the meetings merely of companions-at-arms. There are here present OJ the Army of the Tennessee. 129 also the sons and daughters of your old comrades-a rising gen eration. It is as a representative of this class, since the daughter of your Secretary, that I speak to you tonight. My toast is " Our Heroes," and yet as I lift my glass to drink it, I say-" to you, gentlemen and soldiers' '-for you are our heroes. Thomas Carlyle .has given us a famous book on "Heroes," in which he tells of all kinds-heroes as gods, as prophets, as priests, as poets, as men of letters and as kings, but his noted intellect has somehow missed that simple truth known to every child-our finest heroes are our fathers, our predecessors, our kin. These we revere, these we follow. Odin and Mahomet may be worshipped, Dante and Knox and Burns and Cromwell reverenced and renowned, but it is the great men we have known that we copy; the brave tale we have heard first hand that we longest remember, and if some one near to us by blood or friend ship has had part in the making of history, that history is to us no longer a matter of record, but of action, of events and not of description. Then we too will make it if it is this vital thing, and our best efforts are called forth to carryon the work. So inspiration is handed down and so only can your victories be made permanent. And we your successors have need of these traditions and their aim, for are not the young men and women of today and tomorrow facing questions almost as serions as those of '61. Labor prob lems have usurped the consideration given to slavery, and we debate of expansion instead of state rights. But an actual war is on. Some of you have sons in the Philippines, some of you have dead in Cuba, and a call for an army of 100,000 is ringing through the land. As the old soldiers of the Revolution, and the, veterans of 1812 and Mexican war spurred you on to the Civil war triumph, so you must show us your struggle to nerve us to do our part today. You see from what I say where I am leading you. It is not so much with a toast as with a request I come before you. The heroes of the war of the Rebellion are toasted by their equals, toasted by their rivals and comrades, by brave and wise men the world over. I could add little to these plaudits. Neither do you need my praise. This Society and this meeting are in themselves 130 Proceedings of the Society a monument and an eulogy. No, like Brutus, I come not here to praise but to plead, to plead the cause of those I represent, those coming after you,-to beg that to them you give gener ously of your greatest treasure, your histories. Every man and woman knows how sad it is to feel that we can not pass on our experiences, every father wishes his son could begin where he left off, and' the greatest sorrow in dying is the feeling that we have lived so much in vain. Have we suffered so much, experi enced so much only to die when we could profit by it? Is there to be no reaping here for so much sowing? These are the ques tions that sadden and perplex the ripest minds. Yet there is a reaping as well as a sowing. Only the laborers are changed and we must reap much that others have sown. So let it be with you then. Remember that the rising generations are to reap what you sow and put in good seed. Plant deep in your children's minds the story of that war that, as Chauncey Depew says, had in it a meaning, a purpose, an end for all time. Build your 11.10nu ments, place your tablets and set aside your battle-fields as memo rial parks, but the surest way to perpetuate your memories and the principles you would have died fo!" is by each one seeing to it that some child or group of children knows of the Army of the Tennessee, why it fought, and where; how it marched, and waited; how it struggled, and starved, and bled, its way to a suc cess that all of us participate in today. "Yes, pass on the torch to the children They have the race yet to run. For you it may be ended With the setting of this su~." Oh, you men of this renowned branch of the service, let us know why you are our heroes. Our heroes! How that word changes its meaning for us as we grow older. Let us see what it does mean for the children and for us: Most of us can remember out first idea of war and heroism. It was a dim sense of victory and pomp and show, a sense intimately connected with loud beating on a toy drum and glorious routing of the family cat with a tiny wooden sword. Like that it was to be a soldier! The fighter man, the dead 'un, the noise, with something of things that hit made up our notions of battles. Of the .Army of the '1 ennessee. 13 1 Then came the school time when people counted most, armies were made up and marshalled by individuals; fellowship and a common cause were understood. "Our crowd of fellows" learned to command, and obey when they had to fight the " Town End" boys, or the rival academy, while the call to arms and battle cries appeared in the light of the well-known whistle at the street corner and the hoots and yells which accompanied the bearing down upon our enemies. A genuine snow fort, or a long drawn out contest developed the arts of strategy and general ship, and with these were worked out ideals with which many soldiers as well as boys are satisfied. Yet as life goes on the con ception of the true soldier widens. Our heroes are no longer the Indian fighter, or even the armed crusaders, but the volunteers in blue and gray, who faced their brothers in a fearful battle for the right. Since they fought not for acquisition or glory, but for justice and liberty we know why we can say to our children, "The proudest title on earth is that of an American citizen." Yes, as one of our great orators has said, "This war was to the people of the United States a liberal education. Its story will be the recruiting sergeant of coming generations, and the Re public shall live as long as its children recall, to follow -and imitate, the examples of their Union sires and Revolutionary grandsires." It might seem from this that heroism lies only 111 action. But so no one can think. The cry of award for your valor deepens for your patience. It is not only the fighting when a man's nerve is up, that counts; but it is the experienc'es of waiting, of long marches, of prison and of hospitals, when courage is down. War is storm and stress at best, but even storm clouds have their silver lining. This is true of the war cloud as of every other and its silver is the light it spreads through the future. Then do not think as I heard one man here the other day say, " Oh well, most of us are gone and the world has forgotten the rest of the old codgers." If the present generation does not greet you with flags and cheers, it is because we do not need to welcome you. You are one with us; your spirit has made our strength, your fortitude is our freedom. Give us more of your experiences then, oh our elders! Sing us your songs, tell us your stories. We, the youngsters, want you sadly. Do not wait to be 13 2 Proceedings of the Society asked, for our need is great. Your daughters and your sons and your grandchildren want the fineness of the otd enthusiasm. Every word of the soldier boy that rings down the ages adds to the courage, the cheer, the helpfulness of the world. Your march was the march of progress and though its actual tramp be over, even though the echo of your steady tread seems dying away in the distance, and many of you have already halted by the way side-the new armies of men and ~omen surging forward are led on by your history. We can never forget you, nor part from you. You will always be with us, our guides and our inspiration to that loyalty and patriotism which saves the world. The President:-Captain Hodges has kindly consented to give us a recitation, and I will ask him to please come forward and entertain us now. Captain Hodges:-During the war it often happened that the field officers were disabled, and a captain was called on to com mand the regiment. We have now got down to the captains and the ladies. Colonel Henderson:-We have got up to the ladies, down to the captains. Captain Hodges:-If there is any thing that Colonel Hender son can't say complimentary to the ladies, I don't know what it is. I have been thinking, as I sat in this audience, of the time when I was a youngster, a great many years ago, and with what reverence and awe I looked upon the men who sit at the head table. In those days, to be brought in contact with a brigadier general, was almost enough to make ones teeth chatter, but to be ushered into the presence of a major-general, a corps com mander, with velvet cuffs and collar, golden belt and cord around his hat, was sufficient to produce mental paralysis. But some how when we came to know General Dodge, the feeling of awe changed to affection, and when during the Atlanta campaign, while commanding the 16th Corps, he was shot and, as we sup posed, mortally wounded, then were tears in the eyes of the men who had learned to love him. First and foremost, of those that I stood' in holy terror of was Cadle. He was the Adjutant-General of the 17th Army Corps, Of the Ar11'zy of the Tennessee. 133 and I was a poqr, small, infinitesimal Captain, Assistant Ad jutant-General of a brigade. I remember that indescribable signature of Cadle's, that used to be brought to my tent, some times at midnight, with orders to march at daylight. I also remember when General Hickenlooper used to ride along and stare at us, and scare me out of my wits. I was in the 17th Corps, and along to the latter end of this campaign, when we started down on the" March to the Sea," I was in Joe Mower's division, and Joe Mower was the most uncomfortable man to be with of the whole Army of the Tennessee. If there was a fight within 1,500 miles, he could smell it, and he was hankering to get into it. He used to ride a great big horse, with his head in the air, his mane floating in the wind, and his tail rising, and General Mower and that horse were the incarnation of battle. We generally found him on the skirmish line, and it didn't make any difference about the poor little staff officers, or what their opinions were as to the advisability of wading a swamp up to our necks, and charging a line of works, bristling with cannon and Johnnies who could shoot; if he took a notion, he would do it and take us along regardless of our discomfort. Now in the last extremity, as our ranks are thinned, I have been called upon to take the place that should have been filled by a brigadier-general. There is some compensation in old age. Just as we were forming in column to march into this room, I was called upon and assigned to this place. I said, "I can't make a speech, but I will tell you a story." I am going to tell you the story of a fight that took place several years ago, between one David and Goliath.- It was told by an Irishman, who said he wasn't there. After the story of David and Goliath, Captain Hodges sang his song, "The Prodigal Son." The President-The next upon the program is, "What the Army of the Tennessee has done to honor and commemorate its distinguished dead," by Mrs. John A. Logan. Mrs. Logan is not present, but General Hickenlooper will read her paper. General Hickenlooper:-.The conditions, under which I am here, are shown in a private letter of which I will read a portion. " Last year I told General Dodge that I would prepare a paper on 134 Proceedings of the Society , What the Society of the Army of the Tennessee had done to commemorate its members.' Since then I have suffered such an affliction that I find myself unable to control my emotions suffi ciently to appear anywhere, and especially on occasions where I should be more deeply stirred by my surroundings. Therefore I send my paper to you and ask you to read it for me, and at the same time extend my cordial greetings to every member present, and my regrets that I can not attend." TOAST.-" The Society of the Army of the Tennessee and what it has done for the perpetuation of the memory of its members." Response by Mrs. JOHN A. LOGAN. (Paper read by General Hickenlooper). At the first meeting of the officers of the Army of the Tennessee, held in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol of the State, April 14th, 1865, at Raleigh, North Carolina, to organize the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, Article II of the Con stitution was proposed, which declared that among the objects for which it was organized, was for the preserVation of "the fame and glory of all officers belonging to this Army, who have fallen, either on the field of battle, or in their line of duty, shall be a sacred trust to this Society; which shall cause proper memo rials of their services to be collected and preserved, and thus transmit their names with honor to posterity." At a subsequent meeting this article was adopted, and no amendments to the Society's constitution has ever changed Article II. The records of the Society are replete with sketches and tributes to their heroic dead, many comprising faithful his tories of them as men, and complete records of their services to their country, making memorials that are scarcely less valuable, or less enduring, than the monuments of granite and bronze they have raised and assisted in raising ,. to more conspicuous leaders. The addresses and orations delivered at each annual reunion, is another method of perpetuating the history of the Army of the Tennessee, and its individual members. General Rawlins, your first President, contributed a most valu able and minute history of the organization and stupendous work Of the Army of the Tennessee. of the Army of the Tennessee in his first address to this Society at the first annual reunion held in Cincinnati, November 14th, 1866, thirty-four years ago, today being the anniversary of that meeting. In a letter written by General Sherman to the Society, expressing his regrets on account of inability to attend this meet ing, he encouraged the spirit of preservation of the history of the Army of the Tennessee, in language full of pathos and patri otism: "I hope and trust the youngest men who have the longest to live, will see that those living scenes be transmitted down to the future in colors as bright as words can portray." Almost superhuman wisdom seems to have directed the choice of officers of the Society, each of whom has served continuously until called hence by the resistless command of death. General Hickenlooper, the last surviving one of the four executive offi cers elected at the first annual meeting, has kept before you with untiring fidelity the importan~e of sending to the Society your complete histories while you are in health, lest in a twinkling you should be called away, and those who come after you might be as negligent in this matter as some of you have been. Pro digious labor, and much money have been expended in the com pilation of these records, and the reports of annual reunions, under the direction of Colonel Cadle, and if you will only occa sionally read them and the eloquent orations and addresses they contain, you will be inspired anew with pride in your connection with the Army of the Tennessee, and the peerless mep who made it invincible. Every speaker having seemingly been deeply im pressed with the magnitUde of its achievements, its inherent patriotism and magnanimity. Of it General Logan said in his speech at the banquet at the third annual meeting in Chicago, in reply to the toast-" The Army of the Tennessee, " "No better than other armies, but equally as good. The Army of the Ten nessee not more valiant than others, but equally as valiant. The Army of the Tennessee with no more pride than others, but equally as much. No more patriotism, but equally as much. It was an army, it is an army, composed of patriots who would tomorrow, respond to the tocsin of war on the call of the country as it did at first." These words came from his heart, a graphic description of the army of which he was so proud. rproceedings of the Society I might quote pages of such tributes fr?m the addresses of those who were once with you, but who are no more, that prove the inestimable value of these memorials. General Logan, who was on the committee to prepare the con stitution of the Society at its first meeting, was deeply interested in its purposes. While mustering out the troops at Louisville, Ky., he issued the following order: HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, } LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 21, 1865. The following named officers are announced as a committee to secure funds, and superintend the erection of a sU:itable monument to the memory of General McPherson. All correspondence that may be necessary to the furtherance of the project, will be carried on in their names: Major-General W. B. Hazen, Cleveland, Ohio. Brevet Major-General M. D. Leggett, Zanesville, Ohio. Brevet Brigadier-General A. Hickenlooper, Cincinnati, Ohio. (Signed), JOHN A. LOGAN, Major-General. Under this order, these officers ~egan the collection of the funds that eventuated in the fine equestrian statue of General James B. McPherson in the square now bearing his name in Washington. A true story of the untiring labor of this committee would require more time than has been allotted to this paper. Suffice it to say that untoward circumstances made many changes in the original plan, fortunately diverting its location from· Clyde, Ohio, where General McPherson had lived, and where he is buried, to the capitol of his country, for which he laid down his noble life. General Logan had much to do with securing the appropriations by Congress of condemned cannon to be used in the bronze casting. This appropriation, together with the collections1p.ade, enabled the Society not only to complete the equestrian statue in Washington, but to erect a suitable one at Clyde, Ohio. Through the magnanimous generosity of the owner of the land upon which the battle of Atlanta was fought, the Society was able t9 further honor the memory of General McPherson, by raising another monument on the spot hallowed by the life blood of one of the bravest and truest of soldiers, and one of the ten ~erest and most lovable of men. You who have looked upon that upright cannon have doubt- OJ the ..Army of the Tennessee. 137 less recalled the consternation of our dauntless cohorts when above the roaring cannon General Logan's voice rang out, as he rode down the lines, " McPherson and revenge," and how they rushed forward with tearful eyes but desperate determination, under the inspiration of that cry. You are handsomely represented by a generous contribution to the fund used in rearing the majestic dome which rises above the sacred remains of General Grant, on the eastern bank of the Hudson, in New York. This magnificent structure, fashioned after the one which towers above the sarcophagus of the great Napoleon on the bank of the Seine, though less imposing, is so much better placed that it gains in effect and impressiveness. It will stand forever, furnishing an object lesson, and an inspiration, to generations yet unborn. When the last commander of the Army of the Tennessee was summoned to join the mighty legions that had preceded him, the Society of the Army of the Tennessee heartily seconded his col leagues in the proposition to build a monument to his memory at the capitol of the nation, which is n~w almost completed. Prob ably the 30th of May, 1901, will be chosen as the day upon which to unveil the superb equestrian statue of General John A. Logan, in Iowa Circle, Washington. You will be glad to know that in conception and execution it is second to none in the United States. And but for the foliage of the gigantic trees which adorn the parks and avenues, and thereby obstructs the view, one could stand on the steps of the White House portico, and looking across Lafayette park, and down Vermont avenue, could see the statues of McPherson and Logan, seemingly supporting each other, suggesting to those who knew the circumstances of McPherson's death, that it is eminently fitting the two should stand so near together in imperishable bronze, as they were so near together when both immortalized themselves on the sangui nary field of Atlanta. It was the pleasure of the party who chose the ornamentation of the fine bronze pedestal of General Logan's statue, to place thereon as many of the heroic figures of his compeers as the space would allow. Blair, Mower, Leggett, Hazen, Slocum, and your beloved President, General Grenville M. Dodge, will each be recognized in the group that f0rms the council of war on the Proceedings of the Society west side of the statue. It was a source of deep regret that many more could not have been added, as could General Logan look down upon this imposing monument to his memory, he would wish many more of his comrades in arms might be asso ciated with him in this imperishable statue, that is to tell coming generations of their gallant deeds and steadfast patriotism. It is earnestly desired that the Society of the Army of the Ten nessee will participate in the ceremonies attending the unveiling of the statue of General Logan. Another stately statue must soon be completed in Washington that is to stand for the undying glory of another commander of the Army of the Tennessee, and who also was long the President of this Society. Who is there in this whole country who will not be glad to see the grim visaged statue of the grand old war rior, General W. T. Sherman, in the square south of the Treasury Department when they visit Washington? The bronze panels on the granite pedestal, will portray scenes that will recall to the minds of all participants in the sieges and battles of the Army of the Tennessee stirring events which occurred during their years of service. The man and horse that is to crown this ornate pedestal, is said to be full of spirit. The likeness of the figure to him, whose memory it commemorates, is said to be striking, and is in all respects as you might wish it to be. The herculean work necessary in obtaining a congressional appropriation, secur ing a sculptor, and superintending the work, has been a labor of love for your worthy President and General Sherman's devoted friend, General G. M. Dodge. The Society of the Army of the Tennessee has a right to feel proud of what they have done to aid in thus preserving the names and fames of so many of their members; and it is to be hoped that much more may be done, before the last one answers to that inevitable summons all must hear. The President:-" The Grand Army of the Republic." The response to this toast was assigned to Major William Warner, Past Commander-in -Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Since we came into this hall, I have had to find some person to take his place, and there is present with us another ex-Com mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, who has Of the .Anrny of the Tennessee. 139 kindly consented to take Major Warner's place, and I wish to present to you a distinguished citizen of this city and of the United States, General Russell A. Alger. SIXTH TOAST.-' ' The Grand Army of the Republic." Response by General R. A. ALGER. MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND COMRADES: I like to have history straightened out. As I was putting on my coat just before I came over here tonight, the telephone rang, and there came an imperious voice from Colonel Hecker, which said: "General Dodgt: commands that you respond to this toast." I won't tell you where I told him to go to. Colonel Henderson:-We know that he will go there, General Alger:-I think he ought to, and perhaps Dodge, too, but here I am. I can understand very well now, after hearing our distinguished friend, Captain Hodges, from St. Louis, where he .got the bee in his bonnet, that has assured to him, as I am told by Cadle, the next Mayoralty of the city of St. Louis. He came out here to get his boom started. We are for him. I have been reading the morning newspapers, which speak of the" old fellows" that are here. There isn't anything in it. It isn't even skin deep. We are as young as we feel, and we feel as young as we did thirty years ago. If we were not young, how could we help feeling so in the presence of so many ladies as are here to night? My mind goes back, and I can see the old armies in the field, young, vigorous, patriotic, standing by the old flag. We did not wear as many gray hairs, Mr. Chairman, as we do tonight, but we felt as we do tonight, that patriotic ardor that quickens the pulse arid makes us feel that we are young again. That great army in the east a:nd west, where you and our comrades here served with such distinction, while we were in the throes of rebellion, and discord, stayed by this old flag until they planted it upon the dome of every capitol of every state ip this country, where it is today. They then returned to their homes and voca tions of peace, and no thought of criticism ever entered their minds. Glad were they to return to reap the harvest that they had sown in the victories that they had won, to receive the rproceedings of the Society plaudits 'of those they loved. That great army, organized in after years, through the direction of our loved Commander-in Chief, Major-General John A. Logan, that organization known as the Grand Army of the Republic, it was my honor in 1890 to be unanimously chosen as Commander-in -Chief of. It was then at its full tide, 500,000 strong; and I shall never forget that Boston day, when from ten o'clock in the morning until seven in the evening, with unfaltering tread, they passed by in review, and back to their camps; and, as in 1865 they had done from the front, that night they faded away, and the next day were on their way to their peaceful homes. So they have been through their Vves, Mr. Chairman, so they have done in all places where they have been called upon, to the best <;>f their ability, and that is, to serve their country and be loyal to the flag they love. They are fast passing away, and, to use the beautiful phrase that the dis tinguished Speaker of the House of Repres~ntatives used to a comrade once in my hearing, "When the time shall come that they shall fade into immortality, beyond the skies, a grateful country will hold them in loving memory for the deeds they wrought." It was my honor to serve in an humble capacity during that war. We had no palace cars, and no floors in our tents. We were soldiers then, ready to meet whatever was in front of us, and no complaint ever came of rations, nor of the lack of proper transportation. We traveled across this country in box cars and cattle cars, and we thought that we were very fortun-ate if we had any cars at all. In saying this, I have gotten a little beyond the Grand Army of the Republic. But if you didn't want me to talk, you should not have called me here. I want to say to you that we replaced in our fields during 1898 a duplicate of that army, not so great in numbers, but of the same material; and when I reviewed those troops, I saw the same soldierly tread in 1898 that I saw in 1861. And I want to say to you tonight that no complaint ever came from the field from a single man who served as a soldier. We had hostility and yellows at home, but we had patriotism, thank God, in the field; and, while we called for only a quarter of a million men, a mil lion responded in two weeks; and we could have doubled the number in a month, if we had asked it. But it has all had some beneficial effect. After the first spasms that spread over the OJ the .Army of the Tennessee. country as a miasma spreads over a camp had passed away, and the sun broke through, and the men in the field had written to their homes, "We are soldiers attending to our business," all was serene, and those men, after four months in the field, were as fine soldiers, as ready for conflict, as any that ever were mar shalled in the world. We had a new experience. We trans ported troops across the ocean to the opposite side of the world, and we won a war which was declared against the United States, and defeated a great nation, and they sued us for peace one year and thirteen days from the date war was declared; and in that time, as has been ~aid before, but not too emphatically, ·Mr. President, we never lost a color, a prisoner or a gun, and we learned to believe and to know that wherever the flag is planted and wherever it floats today, and wherever in the wisdom of the people of this country it shall be determined to hoist it in future, there it shall stand forever. We take no backward step. This is the leading nation of the world today, an infant compared with what it will be in fifty years. But while we are here, and while we are talking and acting our part in the capacities in which we are ordered, let us thank God that we have shared, as General Henderson has so well said tonight, the glories of this great, growing country, born at a time when we could take part in the great conflict, when the country commenced its expansion, and we can know that we have seen not only the great achievements of 1861 to 1865, but those of 1898 and 1899, and be sure that in the future as in the past whatever this nation determines to do will be done and done quickly. SEVENTH TOAST .-Song, "The Deathles$ Army. ' , Response by Mrs. MARY SpooR-LATEY. Mrs. Latey sang for an encore, "Mother kissed me in my dream," founded upon an incident in the battle of Antietam. The President:-The next toast is "The Army of the Ten nessee. It never met defeat." Response by Major A. M. Van Dyke, who was the last Adjutant-General of the Army of the Tennessee, serving from Savannah to the end. (Proceedings of the Society ErG HTH TOAST .-" The A rmy of the Tennessee." " It never met defeat." Response by Major A. M. VAN DYKE. The army of the Tennessee That never knew defeat; Its war cry ever onward! ! Its motto, "No Retreat! " THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE: It seems to me that this army has been toasted so many times, that it may be considered to be done brown. But interest in it is so perennial, its achievement so remarkable, its personel so gallant, that the history of its deeds is not yet fully written. Volumes are yet to be spoken, and we who yet linger upon the stage of action, take a pardonable pride in having belonged to an army that never knew defeat. I understand that the chairman of our committee on toasts has limited responses to ten minutes; time altogether too short to do the subject adequate justice, but I shall confine myself within the limit, for if I should speak an hour I would tell you only that which you yourselves do know. The Army of the Tennessee was born at Ft. Donelson, February 16, 1862. The following may be considered as a proclamation of its birth: HEADQUARTERS ARMY IN THE FIELD, } CAMP NEAR FT. DONELSON, February 16, 1862. SIR:-Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of a commission to settle terms of capitulation is just received. No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works. I am, sir, very respectfully your obedi,ent servant, U. S. GRANT, Brigadier-General Commanding. To GENERAL S. B. BUCKNER, Confederate Army. You all know what followed. On February 17, next day after the surrender, General Order No. 1 was issued from Head quarters, District of West Tenness~e, by which order Ganeral Grant assumed command of that district "limits not defined," and as late as March 2d, headquarters of the District of West Of the Army of the (Tennessee. 143 Tennessee, were at Fort Donelson; but on March 31, Head quarter Division of this district, "limit not defined," were by General Order No. 30, transferred to Pittsburg Landing. So, you will notice, that, though the child was born on February 16th, it was neither baptized nor named as late as March 31. But on the memorable 6th day of April, 1862, it received its baptism of blood at Shiloh, Tennessee. The first mention I can find of its having been named is on the 21st of April when the records show that General Orders No. 41 were issued from" Headquarters of the Army of the Ten nessee. " " The Army of the Tennessee! " Who is there of us in whose veins the blood does not speak when that Army is named! Who of us does not straighten up and step out more firmly at the mere thought of having been even a "parva pari" of that army" that never knew defeat? " It seems to me that the chairman of your committee on toasts has said all that need be said, "It never knew defeat." Why enlarge upon that? Four words, but what a volume of sugges tion. It never assaulted a position it did not carry, save perhaps one; but human courage can not do beyond human endeavor; it never gave up a position it had once gained. I need not name to you Vicksburg and its precedent battles. Why fight over again Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Atlanta, Fort McCallister, Bentonville? The mere mention of these brings to you all a flood of almost delirious memories. Minerva sprang in panoply complete from the head of Jove. This army was born full grown of victory, a victory that sent a thrill of joy throughout the loyal north, and from the moment of that birth fully clad in the armor of a righteous cause, went forward conquering and to conquer, until at the end of its glori ous career it received the plaudits of assembled thousands, as it carried its tattered banners along the great avenue of the nation's capital. Long live the memory of an army whose deeds will ever orna ment in most glorious colors the pages of the history of a coun try it did so much to make the greatest of the nations of the earth. 144 Proceedings of the Society NINTH TOAST.-Song, "The Old Brigade." Response by Mr. HAROLD JARVIS. In response to an encore, Mr. Jarvis gave (( The Stein Song." Colonel Cadle offered the following resolution, which was un animouslyadopted: That the thanks of the Army of the Tennessee are due to the people of Detroit, and the Michigan Commandery of the Mili tary Order of the Loyal Legion, and to the members of the Army of the Tennessee resident in Detroit, for the magnificent enter tainment that we have had here. Of the Army of the Tennessee. 145 MEMBERS REGISTERED AT THE MEETING, NOVEMBER 14TH AND 15TH, 1900. General R. A. Alger. General R. V. Ankeny. Major A. F. R. Arndt. Mrs. J . Barber. Colonel J. B. Bell. Captain J. L. Bennett. General John C. Black. Captain S. T. Brush. Captain G. A. Busse. Colonel Cornelius Cadle. Captain B. M. Callender. Captain L. H. Chamberlin. Major A. J. Cheney. General G. M. Dodge. Captain J. G. Everest. Captain A. J. Harding. Colonel Alex. G. Hawes. Colonel D. B. Henderson. General A. Hickenlooper. Major Chas. Hipp. Major W. L. B. Jenney. Captain C. R. E. Koch. Mrs. Mary Spoor-Latey. General John McArthur. Colonel Jas. N. McArthur. ' Captain J. W. McElravy. Captain M. J. McGrath. Captain M. F. Madigan. Captain C. F. Matteson. Major H. L. Morrill. Major F. P. Muhlenberg. Captain D. A. Mulvane. Mrs. H. T. Noble. General John W . Noble. Major E. B. Nugent. Major H. B. Osborne. rproceedings of the Society Colonel Chas. Parsons. Captain H. S. Prophet. Major Leo Rassieur. Major D. W. Reed. Mrs. Jas. A. Sexton. Major Chas. H. Smith. Captain Syl T. Smith. Major Jos. Spiegelhalter. Captain N. T. Spoor. Mrs. O. C. Towne. Major A. M. Van Dyke. General J. A. Williamson. LADIES PRESENT (No'!' MEMBERS). , Mrs. J. L. Bennett. Mrs. Carrie Busse. Mrs. Lewis W. Hallock. Mrs. A. Hickenlooper. Miss Amelia S. Hickenlooper. Mrs. C. R. E. Koch. Miss Sexton. Miss Mabel Sexton. Miss Leola Sexton. Mrs. Edna McElravy Smalley. 1Sfographfcal Sketches of ~ur lDeab. 1899==1900. [Prepared by the Corresponding Secretary. J Captain Alphonso Barto died at St. Cloud, Minn., November 4, 1899. Captain Barto was born at Hamesburg, Vermont, May 27, 18~4. When four years of age his father and family removed to Ferris burg, Addison county, where the boy finished his education in a select country school, and then became a teacher. In 1855 he became tired of farming, and began the study of law at Geneva. In August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Co K, 52d Illinois Infantry, from which he was subsequently promoted from rank to rank until he finally became C~ptain of the company. He served over three years, participated in over a dozen battles, and was mustered out at Rome, Ga., October 25, 1865. Upon returning to Elgin, he was elected Treasurer of Kane county, and in 1869 removed to St. Clond, and there entered upon the practice of his profession. He subsequently became interested in politics, and in 18i3 was elected Lieutenant-Governor of Minne sota, and subsequently received the appointment as Register of the Land Office at St. Cloud. He was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity; a cher ished comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic, and at the time of his death was Vice-President of the Merchants National Bank. He was first married to Miss Harriet E. Hitchcock, October 13, 1854, who died October 11, 1865. He was. subsequently married to Miss Lottie A. Allen, of Elgin, Ills., October 17, 1866. His remains were interred at Sauk Center, under the auspices of the Masonic bodies, Grand Army Posts and Committees of Public Associations of which he was a cherished member. " His life was gentle, And the elements so mixed in him That nature might stand up and say To all the world-this was a man." Major John A. Logan, Jr." was killed in action near San Jacinto, P. 1., November 12, 1899. Major Logan, son of the former distinguished commander of the Army of the Tennessee-Major-General John A. Logan, was born at Murphysborough, Ills., in July, 1865. After receiving a thorough preliminary education, he entered West Point Academy from which he resigned two years later. On March 22, 1887, he married Miss Edith Andrews and became a resident of Youngstown, Ohio. Upon the inauguration of the Spanish war he entered the service as Captain and Assistant Adju tant-General, in which capacity he accompanied General John C. Bates and took part in the battle of EI Caney. (148) August 19, 1898, he was appointed Major of the 33d U. S. Volun teers, and with his regiment sailed for the Philippines early in October, and there died as a soldier might wish, fighting at the head of his battalion. His remains were brought home, and early in February, 1900, were interred with imposing military honors at Youngstown,. leaving a sorrowing widow and three now fatherless children. But t:l1e sympathies of the members of our Society will go out with especial feeling to his distinguished mother, whose whole life appeared to be wrapped up in her only boy, of whom the President of the United States has said: "His splendid qualities as a soldier, and high courage on the fighting line have given him a place among the heroic men of the war." Captain Bernard Essroger died at Chicago, Ills., December 9, 1899. Captain Essroger was born in Austria in 1834. He was there educated as a civil engineer, and when graduated emigrated to this country, and soon thereafter entered the U. S. Army, and was assigned to duty with the commission engaged in surveying the proposed ship railway over the Isthmus of Tehauntepec. When the Civil war broke out, he enlisted in the 5th Missouri Infantry, in which he was subsequently promoted to a captaincy, and rendered valuable and effective service, especially in the sup pression of the Knights of the Golden Circle. He was an enthusiastic member of our Society, and at all times greatly enjoyed meeting his old comrades of the Army of the Tennessee. He leaves a widow and three children to mourn their irreparable loss. Lieutenant E. V. Cherry died at Denver, Colorado, December 17, 1900. Lieutenant Cherry was born near Columbus, Ohio, in 1837, and removed to Cincinnati in 1855, where he was engaged as a clerk in the hardware houses of Howell Gano & Company and Tyler, Davidson & Company. When the war broke out, he enlisted in the 13th Missouri In fantry, .being organized by Colonel Crafts J. Wright, an old regular army officer, but the Colonel not succeeding in filling the regi ment, those who had enlisted were transferred to the 22d Ohio Infantry, subsequently consolidated with the 63d Ohio Infantry, in which he was commissioned as First Lieutenant of Co. E, De cember 16, 1861, and as such participated in the battles of New Madrid, Island 10, Siege of Corinth, Iuka and Holly Springs, at which latter place he was captured, but immediately exchanged and restored to duty. (149) Impelled to do so by ill-health, he resigned in May, 1863, and returned to Cincinnati, where he first entered the service of the I. C. & L. R. R. ,In 1876 he was elected Vice-President of Post & Company, and in 1888 he organized and conducted the business of The Standard Electrical Works, of which he was President at the time of his death. He was one of Cincinnati's most public spirited citizens, ever foremost in measures that gave promise of improving the business interests of the city of his adoption. A few years ago he developed a predisposition to consumption, failing health induced him to seek Colorado in hopes of a cure; there he resided for over a year, but gradually grew worse and finally surrendered to the Grim Reaper, leaving a wife and two children to mourn his loss. His remains were brought back to Cincinnati, and on the 21st of December were interred in that beautiful city of the dead-Spring Grove, attended by the follow ing fellow-members of our Society: General A. Hicken100per, Colonel C. Cadle, Captain J. V. Lewis, Captain J. C. Banks, General T. T. Heath, Captain R. Sry, Captain A. C. Kemper, Major Wm. R. McComas, Major Wm. H. Chamberlin, General F. W. Moore, Major Wm. R. Thrall, Colonel A. W. McCormick and Major A. M. Van Dyke. Major Robert Coddington Crow.ell died at Kansas City, December 25th, 1899. Major Crowell was born January 11th, 1832, in New York City, and there received his preliminary education, after which he removed with his. family to St. Louis in 1847, and there entered upon his business career. In April, 1850, he crossed the plains with a party of young men to California, where he remained for a couple of years; then returned East and learned the trade of a ship-wright. In 1856 he again located in St. Louis, and worked in the line of his trade. Upon the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted in Co. K, 26th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and was soon thereafter pro moted to a lieutenancy. In May, 1862, was promoted to Captain. Was wounded at Iuka, and after his recovery was assigned to duty as Adjutant-General, 3d Brigade,. 7th Division, 17th Army Corps. In May, 1863, he was promoted to Major, and in this capacity served with his regiment through the Vicksburg and Atlanta cam paigns, and was mustered out January, 1865, and located in Kansas City, where he has since resided. He was soon thereafter appointed Surveyor of Customs, and at the expiration of his term of service became a custom-broker, in which business he remained until the time of his death. His remai.ns were interred in Union Cemetery, under the auspices of Farragut-Thomas Post, G. A. R. (150) Around his death-bed were gathered the loved and loving mem bers of his family, his bereaved wife, his daughters-Mrs. Ander son, Miss Bertha Crowell and his only son-Douglas C. Crowell. One who was near and dear to him writes: "His army associations were always-and especially so in his later years-the dearest ties that bound him to life; and although he was not often able to attend the meetings of the Society, he was always greatly inter ested in the publishttd proceedings." Colonel Alba M. Tucker died at Detroit, February 7, 1900. Colonel Tucker was born at West Hartford, Vermont, November 14, 1836, and when but a youth entered the service of Vermont Central Railroad, and was gradually promoted to rodman, freight clerk, ticket agent, clerk to General Superintendent Michigan Southern Railroad. August 1, 1862, he enlisted as a private in 100th Indiana Infantry, but was soon thereafter promoted to First Lieutenant and regi mental quartermaster, and subsequently assigned as Post Quarter master at Camp Morton. March 8, 1863, appointed Assistant Quartermaster 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, from which he was transferred to like position in 15th Army Corps. August 15, 1863, was appointed Captain and Assistant Quarter master U. S. Volunteers, and March 13,1865, was breveted Colonel, after which he resigned and became Assistant Superintendent of Lake Shore and Michigan Ssmthern Railroad, and subsequently serving in several important and responsible positions, he finally accepted the General Agency of the Erie Railroad, and took up his residence at Cleveland, until illness compelled him to retire from active business in October, 1897. After his return from the army, he not only occupied respon sible positions in the line of his profession, but as a public spirited citizen assumed his full share of the burdens of public affairs as President of Board of Trustees of Elkhart, Ind., Auditor of the County, President St. Joseph VaHey Bank, Mayor of Elkhart, and subsequently Postmaster. Few men possessed such versatility of talent. He acceptably performed every assigned duty, and won the respect and admira tion of all with whom he was brought in contact. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, com panion of the Loyal Legion, and a highly esteemed member of the Society of the Army of tile Tennessee. Lieutenant Alfred T. Andreas died at New Rochelle, N. Y., February 10, 1900. Lieutenant Andreas was born at Amity, Orange county, N. Y., May 29, 1839, and received his early education at Chester Acad emy, and in July, 1857, removed to Dubuque, Iowa, where he (15i) first secured employment as a clerk, and subsequently as a school teacher. July 21, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. G, 12th Illinois Infantry. May 1, he was made Commissary Sergeant of the regi ment. J~nuary 1, 1863, he was commissioned First Lieutenant and Qll,artermaster of the regiment. During the Atlanta cam paign he was assigned to duty as Commissary of General Sweeney's division, and thus served during the march to the sea and the subsequent campaign of the Carolinas, and was mustered out at Goldsboro, N. C., April 1, 1865. Returning home he was married to Miss Sophia Lyter on May 31, and with her and two daughters has since shared successes and reverses. He entered upon many new enterprises, some of which were winners and others failures. Worried with the strug gle he at last laid himself down to rest, and "after life's fitful fever he sleeps well." He was for many years a conspicuous figure and active parti cipant in our annual meetings, from which so many are being missed. General John McNulta died at Washington City, February 22, 1900. General McNulta was born in New York City, November 9, 1837, and while but a lad worked his way West until he finally located at Bloomington, Ills., where he entered upon commercial pursuits; but when the war broke out, he entered the service as Captain in the 1st Illinois Cavalry, and with it shared captivity at Lexington, Mo. After whkh he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 94th Illinois, and in 1863 succeeded to the Colo nelcy, and so continued until the close of the war. After the close of the war he became prominent in business affairs, and especially so through his successful administration of the receivership of several important railroads. He also became prominent in political affairs, and ably represented his district in Congress. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, a com panion of the Loyal Legion, and a cherished member of our So ciety, from the councils of which he will be sadly missed. His life seemed to be that of a typical American citizen, soldier, lawyer, trustee and political leader, everywhere and at all times winning fame and fortune through his successful accomplish ments. Surgeon Samuel C. Plummer died at his home in Rock Island, Ills., April 29, 1900. His ancestors emigrated to this country from England, and settled near Newberry, Conn., in 1633. His father was born in (l!'i2) Westmoreland county, Penn., where the doctor was also born April 10, 1821. After receiving a common school education, he entered the Western Reserve College, followed by a course at the Greenville (Pa.) Academy, after which he studied medicine for three years, and subseqnently graduated from the Cleveland (0.) Medical College, and then entered upon the practice of his pro fession at Little Rock, where he was residing at the beginning of the Civil war, when he entered the army Apri116, 1861, as surgeon of the 13th Illinois Infantry. His conspicuous professional ability, devoted patriotism, per sonal courage and social qualities well qualified him for the im portant services and honorable positions which he was subsequently called upon to fill, during the campaign under General Curtis in the Southwest, and subsequently in General Grant's operations along the Mississippi river, finally culminating in the capture of Vicksburg. After which he was appointed Medical Director of the 1st Division," 15th Army Corps on the staff of General Oster haus, from which he was promoted Surgeon of the 1.5th Army Corps, and in that capacity served until after the battle of Ring gold, Ga., in November, 1863, when he asked to be relieved, and was finally mustered out a few months later. While these higher grades of service were honorable and enjoy able, his fealty to his regiment never faltered, and he retained the love and affection of its men to the close. On being mustered out of service, he returned to his old home, and there resumed the practice of his profession. He was first married October 17, 1844, to Julia Hayes, who died October 6, 1872. He then married Sarah M. Dawson, June 9, 1874. A kinder heart never beat within the breast of man. His cheery welcome and cordial hand grasp will ever be one of the most cher ished recollections of our annual reunions, where his presence will be sadly missed. . Colonel Chester B. Hinsdill died at Grand Rapids, Mich., July 5, 1900. Colonel Hinsdill was born in Kalamazoo, Mich., September 4, 1836, and upon the inauguration of the Civil war was 011 August 16, 1861, appointed Captain of Subsistence and assigned to duty in the West, where he served with distinction in many of the battles of the Army of the Tennessee, from Pittsburgh Landing or Shiloh on to the close of the war, during which he was fre quently promoted, being finally mustered out with the rank of Colonel, July 7, 1865. Upon returning home, he was appointed Clerk of the U. S. Dis trict Court of Michigan, and subsequently served as Quartermaster of the Michigan Soldiers' Home. (153) He leaves a wife and one daughter, Mrs. Charles Fox, to mourn his loss. He loved the old flag, "Whose many stripes and stainless hue And every star in its field of blue Ten thousand of the brave and true Have laid them down and died." His funeral services were attended by his companions of the Loyal Legion, who left him sleeping in the Valley City Cemetery. Colonel John Mason Loomis died at his home, Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Ills., August 2, 1900. Colonel Loomis was born at Windsor, Conn., January 5, 1825, and after receiving a common school education, and some prac tical business training in his father's store, he shipped as a sailor in the China tea trade. Retiring from his seafaring life in 1845, he first settled in Milwaukee, and subsequ<;ntly removed to Chicago, where he became interested in the lumber trade, in which he was engaged when the war broke out. He entered the service as Colonel of the 26th Illinois Infantry in August, 1861, with which he participated in the battles of New Madrid, Island No. 10, Iuka, Corinth, Farmington, Vicksburg, Jackson, Tunnel Hill and Chattanooga. Upon returning home at the expiration of his term of enlistment, he again entered the lumber trade in which he soon acquired a fortune, and in the later years of his life devoted much time to public interests and social enjoyments. He was an active member of the Loyal Legion, and in 1884 suc ceeded General Sheridan as commander of the Illinois Com mandery. He was a man full of generous impulses, warm hearted and generous to an extraordinary degree, and took especial inter est in the annual meetings of our Society., from which he was seldom absent until failing health deprived him of that long enjoyed pleasure. Captain F. J. Bartels died at Everett, Wash., August 15, 1900. Captain Bartels was born at Crivitz, Mecklenburg, Germany, October 11, 1832, and in 1852 emigrated to this country, first locating at Buffalo, N. Y., from which two years later he removed to Peshtigo, Wis. When the war broke out, he enlisted in Co. F, 12th Wisconsin Infantry, and was mustered in at Madison, Wis. He served with his regiment at Shiloh and the succeeding campaigns and battles culminating in the capture of Vicksburg. After which he veter anized and with his company of which he had become Captain, he participated in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, the mem orable march to the sea, and the arduous campaign of the Carolinas. He was mustered out with his company at Madison, (154) Wis., and then returned to his old home at Peshtigo, where he resumed his business career as a member of the firm of Marshall & Bartels. In 1872 he became Postmaster, and in 1879 he was appointed County Judge, which honorable position he filled for the next succeeding seven years, and in 1895 he became General Manager of the Butler & Mueller Lumber Co. He was married in 1856 to Miss A. E. Newton by whom he has had two children, both since deceased. The mother died in March, 1861, and in 1867 Judge Bartels married Miss Louise Hall by whom he has had seven children, all now living. He was a man of ability and determination, who won and retained the confidence and respect of all who knew him. At the time of his death he had gone to comfort a son, who had been badly injured by falling from a railroad bridge. He was ill but a short time, and died an easy, painless death. By his own request he was buried in Evergreen cemetery at Everett, near which several of his children are now living. Major Mortimer A. Higley died at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, October 3, 1900. Major Higley was born at Hartford, Conn., April 12,1838, and removed to Marion, Iowa, in 1842, where he received the benefits of a common school education. After quitting school, he remov ed to Cedar Rapids, and there became interested in mercantile pursuits. He subsequently spent a couple of years in Kansas, and then returned to Cedar Rapids, where he was engaged in the wholesale grocery house of W. B. Mack, when the war broke out. He enlisted as a private in Co. A, 15th Iowa Infantry, September 17, 1861. Promoted to First Lieutentant October 28, and to Reg imental Quartermaster February 20, 1862, was detached as Post Commissary of Subsistence at Corinth. Then Post Quartermaster at Iuka. Promoted to Captain and Commissary of Subsistence November 28, 1862, and assigned to staff of General J. B. McPherson' as Chief Commissary of Subsistence, 17th Army Corps. After which he was ordered on duty at Memphis, where he remained until he left the service; when again returning to his old home, he there entered into the hardware 'business, and in 1882 assumed the Presidency of the Merchants National Bank, and for twenty-one years served as a member of the Board of Education, four years of which he was its President. He was a thirty-two degree Mason; a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a charter member of the Iowa Com mandery Loyal Legion of which he subsequently became com mander. In 1863 he married Miss Lucy L. Sheets, by whom he had four (155) children. She died in Chicago, March 30, 1892. In 1898 he mar ried Mrs. Mary A. Bock who survives him. There are few of the older members of the Society, who do not remember with pleasure t:p.eir association with one of the most energetic and efficient soldiers of the old 17th Army Corps, one whose kindly greeting and cordial hospitality will ever remain one of the most pleasant memories of their army service. (156) IN MEMORIAM. "t:6is is t6e ~face. c!itan'b stiff, m~ stee'b, !d me retie1ll t6e scene, @n'b summon from t6e s6a'bo1ll~ ~ast t:6e forms t6at once 6a1)e Sun." Alexander, Colonel J. I., Terre Haute, Ind., May 30, 1871. Allen, Lieutenant F. S., Los Angeles, Cal., January 25, 1894. Andreas, Captain A. T., New Rochelle, N. Y., February 10, 1900. Audenried, Colonel Jos. C., \Vashington. D. C., June 3, 1880. Avery, Colonel \Villiam, Woodstock, Il1., Novemher 16, 1896. Bailey, Captain J. E., Athens, 0., October 10, 1~73. Bain, Lieutenant William, St. Louis, October 2, 1894. Baldwin, General Wm. H., Cincinnati, 0., June 11,1898. Baker, Captain E. L., Racine, Wis., December 23, 1891. Bane, General M. M., Washington, D. C., March 29, 1897. Barber, Captain Jo:siah, Cleveland, 0., December 10, 1884. Barlow, Captain VV. H., Effingham, 111., September 1, 188J. Barnes, Colonel John \V., Memphi:>, Mo., February 11, 1898. Bartels, Captain F. J., Everett, Wash., Augui'lt ]5,1900 Barto, Captain A., St. Cloud, Minn., Novemher 4,1899. Beach, Surgeon Wm. Morrow, London, 0., May 5,1887. Beem, Captain Martin, Stanton, Neb., May 1, 1888. Belknap, General W. W., Washington, D. C., October 12,1890. Bennett, General T. \V., Richmond, Ind., February 2,1893. Bigelow, Captain Henry E. Bixby, Captain Albert S., Danville, Ill., October 9, 1897. Blair, General Frank P., St. Louis, July 8, ]875. Bonner, Surgeon S. P., Cincinnati, 0., December 22, 1874. Borland, Lieutenant J. J., Chicago, II!., September 23,1888. Bo\ven, Surgeon John B., E. Bridgeton, N. J., December 11, ]888. Bragg, Major F. A., April 5, 1887. Brayman, General Mason, Kansas City, Mo., February 27, 1895. Brucker, Surgeon M., Tell City, Ind., October 23, 1874. Brush, General D. H., Carbondale, 111., February 10, 1890. Buckland, General R. P., Fremont, 0., May 27, ]892. Cady, Surgeon W. F., LaFayette, Ind., December 24,1873. Calkins, Major \V. H., Tacoma, vVash., January 29, 1894. Callender, Brigadier-General F. D., DaysviIle, Ill., Dec. 18, 1882. (157) Callsen, Captain F.C., Gridley, Il1., December 27, 1893. Carpenter, Colonel C. C., Ft. Dodge, Iowa, May 29, 1898. Carper, Captain L., Burlington, Iowa, November 5, 1872. Cavender, General John S., St. Louis, Mo., February 23, 1886. Chambers, General Alex., San Antonio, Tex., January 2, 1888. Cherry, Captain E. V., Denver, Colo., December 17, 1899. Clark, Lieutenant W. C., Columbus, 0., July 23, 1897. Clark, General Geo. W., Washington, D. C., May 22, 1898. Clough, Lieutenant Davie, Superior City, Wis., December 18, 1891. Colby, Captain Geo. W., Chicago, II 1. , October 6, 1891. Cole, General Nelson, St. Louis, Mo., July 31, 1899. Collins, Lieutenant A. S., Cincinnati, 0., May 18, 1881. Colman, Colonel Edward, Sheboygan, Wis., September 4, 1898. Connell, Colonel John, Toledo, Iowa, June 10, 1891. Cooke, Surgeon J. M., Adams, Ind., April 20, 1884. Cooley, Captain C. H. Coon, General D. E., San Diego, Ca1., December 17, 1893. Corse,. General John M., Winchester, Mass., April 27, 1893. Cowles, Colonel Henry R., Washington, Iowa, April 13, 1892. Crowell, Major R. C., Kansas City, Mo., December 25, 1899. Curtis, Captain J. S., Chicago, Ill. Dawes, Colonel Ephraim Cutler, Cincinnati, 0., April 23, 1896. Dayton, Colonel L. M., Cincinnati, 0., May 18, 1891. Dean, Captain Thomas. DeGress, Major Francis, Rio Conada, Mexico, January 4, 1883. Diemling, Colonel Francis C., Virginia City, Mon., Jan. 2, 1887. Dodds, Colonel Ozro J., Columbus, 0., April 18, 1882. Dox, Lieutenant H. B., Peoria, Ill., September 23, 1899. Dresser, Colonel J. M., St. Augustine, Fla., February 25, 1894. Ducat, General A. C., Downers Grove, Ill., January 29, 1896. Dunn, Major Wm. McK., Cushing Island, Me., Sept. 30, 1891. Dyer, Major Clarence Hopkins, Woodstock, Vt., August 10, 1894. Eaton, General C. G., Clyde, 0., October 13, 1875. Eddy, Colonel Norman, Indianapolis, Ind., January 28, 1872. Eggleston, Lieutenant E. L., Litchfield, Mich., July 6, 1869. Eldridge, General H. N., Chicago, Ill., November 27,1882. Essroger, Captain B., Chicago, Ill., December 9, 1899. Everts, Lieutenant J., Yorkville, Ill., February 4, 1893. Ewing, General Charles, Washington, D. C., June 20, 1883. Fairchild, General Cassius, Milwaukee, Wis., October 24, 1868. Fearing, General B. D., Harmar, 0., December 9, 1881. Fenner, Captain A. C., Dayton, 0., July 22, 1898. Fidlar, Lieutenant John B., Davenport, Iowa, March 16, 1897. Fisk, General Clinton B., New York City, July 9, 1890. Fitch, Major J. A., Chicago, Il1., July 11, 1890. Fitch, Major Henry S., Chicago, Il1., May 23, 1871. Fletcher, General Thos. C., Washington, D. C., March 25, 1899. (158) Foote, Major H. E., Cincinnati, 0., July 12, 1871. Force, General Manning F., State Soldiers Home, 0., May S, 1899. Force, Mrs. Frances H., Elk Ridge, Md., September 4, 1900. Fort, General G. L., Lacon, 111., January 13, 1883. Fouts, Lieutenant R. H. Franklin, Surgeon E. C., St. Louis, December 10, 1885. French, Surgeon George F., Minneapolis, Minn., July 13, 1897. Fry, Colonel John C., Sidney, 0., December 21, 1873. Fry, Surgeon T. W., LaFayette, Ind., February 24, 1873. Fuller, General John W., Toledo, 0., March 12, 1891. Fyffe,' Lieutenant J. R., Springfield, Mo., March 3, 1872. Gault, Captain A. G., Columbus, 0., June 17, 1899. Gibbon, Major W. H., Chariton, Iowa, October 2, 1895. Gile, Captain David H., Oak Park, Ill., March 13, 1898. Gladding, Lieutenant C., Rome, Italy, January 17, 1894. Gleason, Lieutenant Chas. H., Bluff Springs, Fla., April 11, 1809. Goodbrake, Surgeon C., Clinton, Ill., March 16, 1891. Grant, General U. S., Mt. McGregor, N. Y., July 23, 1885. Graves, Colonel \V. H., Adrian, Mich., September 23, 1874. Gresham, General Walter 0.:., Washington, May 28, 1895. Grier, General D. P., St. Louis, April 21, 1891. Griffin, Captain T. H., St. Louis, Mo., December 8, 1894. Guelich,Dr. E., Alton, IlL, October 16, 1893. Hall, Colonel John P., Paducah, Ky:, May 8, 1874. Hamilton, Major John C., St. Paul, Minn., February 19, 1892. Hammond, General J. H., St. Paul, Minn., April 30, 1890. Hancock, Colonel B., Chicago, IlL, May 15, 1887. Harding, General Chester, St. Louis, January, 1874. Harper, Surgeon T. L., Cincinnati, 0., December 20, 1879. Hart, Lieutenant L. W., Ashtabula, 0., December 20, 1876. Hatch, General Ed., Fort Robinson, Neb., April 11, 1889. Hawhe, Colonel A. J., Chicago, I11., December 31, 1872. Hazen, John McLean, Washington, D. C. Hazen, General Wm. B., Washington, D. C., January 16, 1887. Hedges, Lieutenant S. W. Hedrick; General John Morrow, Ottumwa, Iowa, October 3, 1886. Heighway, Surgeon A. E., Cincinnati, 0., January 25, 1888. Herbert, Colonel J. T., St. Louis, March 30, 1875. Hicks, Colonel S. J., Salem, Il1., December 14,1869. Higley, Captain M. A., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, October 30, 1900. Hill, Lieutenant-Colonel W. H., Sharonville, 0., January 29,1885. Hinsdill, Colonel C. B., Grand Rapids, Mich., July 5, 1900. Hitt, Captain J. E., Mt. Morris, 111., July 28, 1878. Hogin, Major George n., Chicago, Il1., February 6, 1895. Hovey, General Charles E., Washington, D. C., Nov. 17, 1897. How, Colonel James F., St. Louis, Mo., July 9, 1896. Howe, General J. H., Laredo, Tex., April 3, 1873. (159) Hoyt, Captain H. W. B., Chicago, February 12, 1891. Hughes, Colonel Samuel T., October 3, 1873. Hurlbut, General S. A., Lima, Peru, March 27, 1882. Janes, Colonel Henry W., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., February 16,1883. Joel, Colonel E. M., St. Louis, June 18, 1894. Jones, Colonel John J., Chicago, II!., February 13, 1868. Jones, Colonel Henry E., Portsmouth, 0., September 13, 1876. Jones, Captain John E., Carroll, Iowa, October 27, 1884. Kittoe, Surgeon E. D., Galena, Ill., September 29, 1887. Keller, Surgeon Jacob, Steetsville, IlL, May 21, 1887. Kellogg, Colonel C. C., Leadville, Colo., September 14, 1894. Klinck, Colonel John G., Rochester, N. Y., December 5,1873. Knee, Colonel Samuel G., Colesburg, Iowa, August 14, 1896. Knox, General Kilpurn, Milwaukee, \-Vis., April 17, 1891. Kueffner, General William C., Belleville, IlL, March 18, 1893. L'Hommedieu, Surgeon Samuel, Hamilton, 0., August J3, 1885. Landram, Colonel \-V- J., Lancaster, Ky., October 11,1895. Leet, Colonel George K., March 26, 1880. Leggett, General M. D., Cleveland, 0., January 6, 18,)6. Leggett, Captain Wells W., Detroit, Mich., May 14, 1891. Lippencott, General C. E., Q.yincy, IlL, September 11, 1887. Logan, General John A., Washington, D. C., December 26, 1886. Logan, Major John A., near San Jacinto, Luzon, P. I., November 12,1899. Loomis, Colonel John Mason, Chicago, Ill., August 2, 1900. Loudon, Colonel D. W. C., Georgetown, 0., September 10, 1897. Lovejoy, Lieutenant F. E., Litchfield, Mich., December 23, 1870. Lutz, Captain Nelson Luckey, Chicago, Ill., July 13, 1886. Lyman, Major J., Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 9, 1890. Lynch, Colonel Frank, Cleveland, O.,.February 27, 1889. McCauley, Major P. A., Des Moines, Iowa, July 2, 1892. McCook, Geneml Ed. S., September 11, 1873. McCoy, Colonel J. C., New York City, May 29, 1875. McCrory, Colonel William, Mansfield, 0., February 17, 1893. McNulta, Genet'al John, W'ashington, D. C., February 22, 1900. MacMurray, Major J. W., New York City, May 14, 1898. Mann, Lieutenant Robert H., Chester, IlL, September 6, 1896. Martin, Colonel Roger, Salem, Ind., January 17, 1873. Markland, Colonel A. H., Washington, D. C., May 25, 1888. Marshall, General William R., St. Paul, Minn., January 8, 1896. Matthies, General Charles S., Burlington, Iowa, October 16, 1868. May, Geneml Dwight, Kalamazoo, Mich., January 28, 1880. Mayers, Major C. G., Madison, Wis., October 20, 1894. Mead, Lieutenant William G., Chicago, Ill., January 13, 1893. Merrell, Captain ~. A., DeWitt, Iowa, December 31,1896. Meumann, Colonel Theodore, E. St. Louis, Ill., November 23, 1887. Miller, General Madison, St. Louis, Mo., February 27, 1896. (160) Mills, Captain Lewis E., Florence, Italy, Apri110, 1878. Mitchell, Captain John, Cleveland, 0., June 24, 1899. Moore, Colonel R. M., Cincinnati, 0., February 23, 1880. Moulton, Colonel C. W., New York City, Janua)'y 24,1888. Mower, General J A., New London, Conn., January 6, 1870. Murphy, Colonel P. H., St. Louis. Mussey, Surgeon W. H., Cincinnati, 0., August I, 1882. Newsham, Major Thomas J., Edwardsville, III., February 16, 1891. Nichols, Cc.lonel George Ward, Cincinnati, 0., September 15, ]885. Noble, Colonel H. T., Dixon, III., April 17, 1891. Noyes, General Ed. F., Cincinnati, 0., September 4,1890. O'Connor, Major Henry, Marshalltown, Iowa, November 7, 1900~ Oglesby, General R. J., Elkhart, Ill., April 24, 1899. O!i\Ter, General J. M., Washington, D. C., March 30, 1872. Oliver, Colonel William S., Ensenada, Lower Cal., Aug. 14, 1896. Ord, General E. O. C., Havana, Cuba, July 22, 1883. Paddock, Major Joseph W., Omaha, Neb., January 20, 1895. Palmer, Colonel John J., Indianapolis, Ind., July 21, 1896. Partridge, Captain C. A., Providence, R. 1., March 11, 1896. Patterson, Lieutenant W. A., Des Moines, Iowa, October 27, 1886. Pearce, Lieutenant Edgar P., Marietta, O. Peats, Major Frank F., Rockford, Ill., March 20, 1895. Peck, Major W. E., Ironton, Mo., September 12, 1878. Peckham, Colonel James, Hot Springs, Ark., June 1, 1869. Pennington, Captain Thos. S., Hastings, Minn., December 21,1878. Plummer, Major S. C., Rock Island, Ill., April 29, 1900. Poe, General O. M., Detroit, Mich., October 2, 1895. 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E., Cincinnati, July I, 1873. (163) UNVEILING OF THE STATUE TO MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 9,1901. THE STATUE. GENERAL DODGE. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HON. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW. MRS. LOGAN AND FAMILY. ??t-,«/~/j'e/rN#7.ffiw~/o/£v/W'('~ /~A'L7/h&~AnonU~~F)~/;de//Rlu/~;o//k.-ft~-r ~~~flv,-~~ ~ $u~-(£rdv~£~~fe;;,;j~~~9.~ ft/nd5?~~,~Av,~-d~ ~/k~~~~ ~/nP~_'~'l<~/(//b~~/rn~ ~4k~r~ftQ~/o;~ r:/// UJr £/ ~~~//mv/ :J/.--u. '~7~~/.s~n;Y/Y//k ~~~e6deP-/. HEADQUARTERS SOCIETY OF THE } ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, CINCINNATI, 0., February 19, 1901. To the Members of the Society oJ the Army of the Tennessee: The unveiling of the monument to General Logan will occur in Wash ington on April 9th next. At the last meeting of the Society in Detroit, November 15th, 1900, a resolution was passed directing the Corresponding Secretary to send a com munication to each member of the Society requesting them to attend the ceremonies. In accordance with that resolution this circular is issued. The members of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee will rendez vous at the Arlington Hotel, Washington, on the morning of April 9th. The committee in charge of the ceremonies has arranged for seats upon the platform for the Society. The President of the United States will preside and deliver the intro ductory address; to be followed by an oration by Senator Depew, and an address by Governor Yates, of Illinois. Members of the Society who will attend are requested to at once advise the Corresponding Secretary. GRENVILLE M. DODGE, A. HICKENLOOPER, President. Corresponding Secretary. CORNELIUS CADLE, Recording Secretary. PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL MEETING, SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. ARLINGTON HOTEL, } WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9, 1901. The Society of the Army of the Tennessee met at 9 A. M., General G. M. Dodge in the chair. Captain Henry A. Castle was designated as Secretary pro. tern. The President presented a list of members of the Society, thirty-two in number, who had given notice by letter of their intention to attend on this occasion. He stated that the object of the assemblage was to participate in the ceremonies attendant on the unveiling of the statue of General John A. Logan in Iowa Circle, this city, at 2:30 P. M. General Dodge stated that by reason of his assignment to pre siqe at the unveiling ceremonies he would be obliged to call upon General O. O. Howard, or in the absence of that officer, Colonel J. G. Hodges, to lead the Society·in its march from the hotel to Iowa Circle this afternoon. General Dodge reported progress in the matter of the Sherman statue, stating the change of arrangements made necessary by the death of the sculptor. He further invited all members of the Society to visit the building near the pedestal of the statue where the models are kept, and where those in charge will take great pleasure in exhibiting and explaining them to visiting compamons. No further business appearing a recess was taken until 2 o'clock P. M. The following members of the Society registered as present and participating in the ceremonies, viz: Major-General Grenville M. Dodge, U. s. V., Major-General Oliver Otis Howard, U. S. A., retired, Lieutenant-Colonel H. R. Tilton, U. S. A., retired, Captain W. R. B.ourne, U. S. A., retired, Major L. H. Everts, Lieutenant-Colonel John .B. Bell, Captain Roswell H. Mason, Captain J. G. Everest, r?roceedings of the Society Major B. H. Peterson, Captain JamesE. White, Lieutenant Thomas J. Spencer, Captain Henry A. Castle, Major A. W. Edwards, L,ieutenant-Colone1 W. P. Davis, Captain Wm. S. Burns, Major Edgar T. Miller, General James H. Wilson, Major J. M. Buell, Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Plunkett, Major W. C. Jacobs and 'wife, Colonel A. J. Seay, Major A. F. R. Arndt, Lieutenant Fred. Hope, Major H. L. Swords, Mrs. C. E. Hovey, General F. A. Starring, Colonel F. A. Riddle, General J. C. Breckinridge, Major J. W. Powell, Major W. R. McComas, Colonel G. I. Taggart, General J. D. Bingham, Judge R. S. Tuthill, Colonel O. D. Kinsman, General John Eaton, Colonel Joseph R. Smith, Mrs. Mary J. Fitch. ARLINGTON HOTEL, April 9, 1901,2 p. m. The members of the Society assembled at the Arlington Hotel and marched thence to Iowa Circle, led by Major-General O. O. Howard, U. S. A., retired. Arriving at their destination they were given their allotted seats on the platform, and the following exercises were held: In the presence of the President of the United States, the cabinet, the widow and relatives of the gallant soldier in whose honor the memorial and ceremonies were planned, and a distin guished company, the heroic bronze equestrian statue of Major General John A. Logan, reposing on the bronze pedestal in Iowa Circle, was unveiled shortly before 3 o'clock this after noon. The sculptor, Mr. Franklin Simmons, accompanied by his wife, was also present. The exercises began at 2:30 o'clock, Of the .Army of the Tennessee. and l\1aster George Edwin Tucker, a grandson of the honored warrior, pulled the unveiling cord some minutes later. The figure and horse, which had been hidden during the day beneath the folds of large American flags, were revealed amid cheering by a great multitude gathered on the stand prepared for the guests of the occasion and about the base of the statue. President McKinley and'Senator Chauncey M. Depew, of New York, delivered addresses of eulogy to General Logan. The presiding officer at the unveiling was General Grenville M. Dodge, President of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, who was General Logan's comrade in arms, and who is the only living general represented in the group on the bronze pedestal showing Logan in council of war with his commanding officers. General Dodge paid a high personal tribute to the dead soldier. In connection with the unveiling exercises a military parade moved from the White House shortly after 2 o'clock up Six teenth street to Rhode Island avenue and eastwardly on the latter .." thoroughfare to Iowa Circle. The column served as escort to the President and the members of his cabinet, who rode in car riages. General Francis L. Guenther, United States volunteers (Colo nel 4th United States artillery), acted as marshal and rode imme diately behind a platoon of mounted police at the head of the column. General Guenther was accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel John A. Johnson, U. S. A., chief of staff; Major Har vey C. Carbaugh, U. S. A.; Captain F. L. Strong, U. S. A., and Captain Andrew Parker, District of Columbia militia. The 4th Artillery Band immediately followed the marshal and his staff, and next in line came a battalion of marines from the United States marine barracks in this city, Lieutenant-Colonel B . .Reeves Russell commanding. The marines were accompanied by their corps 'of field music-drums and bugles-the Marine Band being absent from the city. Following the battalion was a company of seamen from the navy yard and the 4th Field Bat tery of the United States Artillery Corps, Captain C. D. Park hQ.rst commanding. General Dodge called at the White House for President McKinley at 2 o'clock, and accompanied the chief executive to the statue. The President's carriage was followed by those of rFroceedings of the Society the cabinet. The last organization of the escort was a pro visional regiment from the District National Guard, commanded by Colonel M. Emmet Urell and headed by the National Guard Brigade Band. When the President left the White House grounds, the bat talion of marines executed the salute. All of the organizations in line were in full dress uniform. While the President and the military escort were proceeding I up Sixteenth street to the site of the statue, the local veteran organizations were making their way to the same objective point by different routes. The members of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee present in the city. about fifty in number, assem bled at the Arlington Hotel at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, and together with their invited guests, the members of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, also about fifty in number, pro ceeded to the unveiling stand, where seats had been reserved for them. There was a large turnout by the Grand Army of the Re public. The members of the various posts, according to orders from Department Commander Stone, assembled at the corner of Eleventh and P streets and proceeded west to the statue, the members of John A. Logan Post, No. 13, having the right of line. rhe members of the Union Veteran Legion assembled by com mand of Colonel J. Edwin Browne, commanding Encampment 69, at ,the corner of Fourteenth street and Rhode Island avenue, and marched to the statue. The Union Veterans' Union, under orders of John F. Meacham, Major-General Commanding, and accompanied by General Dyrenforth, Commander-in-chief of the organization, marched from the point of assembly at Sixth and F streets up that thoroughfare to Thirteenth and thence north to Iowa Circle. Members of the Spanish War Veterans were also present in a body. Mrs. John A. Logan, who has been quite ill with the grip recently, was able to be present. She was escorted by General Maxwell V-Z. Woodhull, who was General Logan's Adjutant General during the civil war. Mrs. Logan was also accompanied by Mr. Th0mas M. Logan, of Murphysboro, Ill., a brother of General Logan, and wife; Miss M. E. Logan, niece; Mr. S. K. Cunningham, Mrs. Logan's brother; Mr. Logan Tucker, of Of the Army of the Tennessee. Chicago, a grandson, and Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Logan's daughter. Others present with Mrs. Logan were Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Tuthill, of Chicago; Mrs. George M. Pullman, of Chicago; General F. A. Starring, of New York; General and Mrs. Black mar, of Boston; Mrs. W. S. Logan, Miss Janette Logan and Walter Logan, Jr., New York. There were present also repre sentatives of John A. Logan Post, G. A. R., of St. Louis; the I-{ogan Republican Club of Brooklyn, and the Logan Club of Philadelphia. The ceremonies of un veiling were planned under the direction of ~olonel Theodore A. Bingham, United States Army, the offi cer in charge of public buildings and grounds. When the presidential party had arrived at the platform con structed to the south of the statue and been seated, General Grenville M. Dodge, presiding officer of the ceremonies, assumed charge. The President's appearance upon the stand called forth great cheers from the crowds present, and he was compelled to bow his acknowledgments many times. The President greeted Mrs. Logan and members of her party, and bowed to other acquaintances on the stand. When the applause and cheering had subsided, General Dodge stepped to the front of the plat .form, facing the assemblage. "As President of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee," said he, "I have been honored in being selected to preside over this distinguished assemblage, and in behalf of that Society, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Congress of the United States, to whom we owe the erection of this artistic and beautiful statue, I welcome you to its unveiling. "The President of fp.e United States and distinguished states men will speak to you of Logan as an eminent citizen, gallant soldier and great statesman. I simply desire to pay my tribute to him as his comrade and friend from the time we met in the civil war until his death, and one who since those days has had the close friendship of his family and that son who, following the example of his father, entered the service of his country in the Spanish war, serving faithfully to the benefit of his country and to his own great credit and honor, finally in the line of duty falling in battle in the Philippines. 186 Proceedings of the Society "General Logan's service in the civil war was a part of the Army of the Tennessee. He entered it as a Colonel of a regi ment, and :filled all the grades until he became its commander, and under his command and direction it was mustered out and disbanded at the end of the war. He took part in all its cam paigns and battles, and to us of that army who knew him so well, and saw him so often in camp, on the march and in battle, is given the knowledge necessary to appreciate more than others his great services to his country. He was by nature ardent, enthusiastic, vehement in action-qualities which command the admiration of the soldier. He was at his best in battle, ever for ward, ever onward; his motto was to conquer or die. He infused his spirit into his regiment, his brigade, his division, his corps and finally into that grand old Army of the Tennessee. " After the war General Logan devoted his time and energies in the halls of Congress to measures that were for the benefit of his comrades. To him we were indebted for the establishment of the national holiday knqwn as Decoration day I and no soldier ever appealed to him without receiving a ready response and prompt command of his services. I can speak of this from my own knowledge. General Logan often said to me, 'The demands of myoId comrades have been so great that it takes most of my time, but how can I refuse them?' and he never did. "On behalf of the Army of the Tennessee, and those who have been in~trumental in erecting in the capital of the nation this tribute to General Logan, I wish to thank the sculptor, Mr. Franklin Simmons, for the satisfactory , artistic and life-like statue he has given us." General Dodge then read a description of the statue. As stated by General Dodge, it is the work of Mr. Franklin Sim mons, a well-known sculptor, formerly residing in this city, but at present a resident of Rome. It marks a departure in eques trian statues in Washington. in that it rests upon a pedestal of bronze instead of granite as is the general custom. Congress appropriated $59,000 for the statue and the Gtand Army of the Republic contributed $15,000 additional. Mrs. Logan, wife of the distinguished soldier, personally supervised the selection of the model and made a number of trips to Rome, during the pro gress of Mr. Simmons' work. 1~he statue which surmounts the pedestal measures fourteen Of the .Artny of the Tennessee. and one-half feet in height. The horse is in action-moving for ward at a gentle trot. The rider holds his drawn sword in hand, and it was the sculptor's idea to represent him riding along the line of battle. The pedestal is nearly twenty feet in height and is all of bronze except the foundation stone, which is of red polished granite. It is the only bronze pedestal in America. As General Logan was prominent in civil as well as in military life, the design of the pedestal was made to illustrate that fact. On one side is a group of figures in high relief representing the general in consultation with the officers of his command. These figures represent the principal generals of the Army of the Ten nessee, as follows: Dodge, Hazen, Blair, Mower, Slocum, Leg gett, and on the other side he is represented as taking the oath as a senator of the United States. Vice-President Arthur is in the chair, while grouped around are Conkling, Cullom, Evarts, Mor ton, Voorhees, Thurman and Miller. At each end of the pedestal is an ideal female figure larger than life, that in front representing the defense of the Union and the other the preservation of the Union. The name Logan is upon a tablet on each side of the pedestal, ornamented with palm branches, while upon the ends are the emblems of war and peace. Following General Dodge, Rev. Frank M.Bristol, pastor of Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church, offered an invocation. General Dodge then introduced to the assemblage the sculptor, Mr. Franklin Simmons, who was greeted with prolonged ap plause. At this juncture of the proceedings Master George Edwin Tucker, grandson of General Logan, pulled the cord which released the flags covering the statue. As the folds of the ensigns fell away and the heroic bronze was revealed, the 4th Artillery Band began the rendition of "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," and the multitude cheered. President McKinley was then introduced by General Dodge. " Fellow-citizens," said he, "it is a good token when patriots are honored and patriotism exalted. Monuments which express the nation's gratitude for great deeds inspire great deeds. The statue unveiled today proclaims our country's appreciation of one of her heroic sons whose name is dear to the American people, the ideal volunteer soldier of two wars, the eminent senator and commoner, General John A. Logan. 188 Proceedings of the Society "Logan's career was unique. His distinction does not rest upon his military achievements alone. His services in the legis lature of his own state, in the national House of Representatives, and in the Senate of the United States would have given him an equally conspicuous place in the annals of the country. He was great in the forum and in the field. " Some names instantly suggest a sentiment; That of Logan stands for exalted patriotism. This was the key of his success. Party politics to him was nothing when the Union was in danger. When the alternative came he was swift to dedicate his life and fortune to the party of Lincoln because it stood for the indivis ibility of the Union. How much he did to create and increase the sentiment of loyalty and patriotism among the people of his own state and throughout the nation can never be told. He stood with Douglas liolding up the cause of the Union, and offered his own life as a cheerful sacrifice, if need be, for its preservation. " Logan was never half-hearted. An intense patriot, he was also an intense partisan. He was forceful in the Senate, as he was undaunted in battle. He had convictions and followed them to their conclusions at any cost. He was never a trimmer or a laggard. He despised duplicity, was the soul of frankness, and always at the front in every struggle, civil or military, during the years of his ev~ntful life. He was a leader from boyhood, the recognized captain among his youthful associates. His integrity was pronounced and served him well, as integrity will serve every man who has and keeps it. His success was founded on good character, unfailing sincerity, high courage and unremit ting industry. He came out of the war with the highest military honors of the volunteer soldier. Brilliant in battle and strong in military council, his was also the true American spirit, for when the war was ended he was quick and eager to return to the peace ful pursuits of civil life. While a strict disciplinarian, he was yet beloved by all his men. No duty was too hazardous for them to cheerfully undertake, and no sacrifice was too great for them to undergo when he commanded. He was not only considerate and tender of the soldiers whom he led, but generous and chival rous to his brother officers. It was significapt of his generous spirit that under the tempting opportunity of a great command, he declined it rather than injustice should be done and humilia- Of the Army of the Tennessee. 189 tion put upon a brother officer. No wonder that General Logan was the idol of the rank and file of'the army. They loved him; he loved them. "In Washington, with mO'st onerous and exacting senatorial duties resting upon him, he was devoted to the wants and neces sities of his old comrades. His sympathy, his services and his limited purse were never denied them in their need. He was among the first commanders of the Grand Army of the Republic, and to him we are indebted for that beautiful service which on the 30th of May each year brings to the graves of the. soldier dead, among whom he now rests in everlasting comradeship, the offerings of an affectionate people and the undying gratitude of a nation. " As a popular orator his voice has been heard in every state and territory of the Union, always for his country and for the flag he loved. "The highest eulogy ever paid him was by his father. The latter in his will divided his property between his widow and children equally, except-and I quote from the will-' John Alexander, whose marked abilities are such that he can provide for himself and aid his mother, if necessary. This provision is not made from want of affection, but because of unbounded con fidence in his future success.' What a remarkable tribute· from father to son! That expression of faith was enough to quicken the young man's noblest aspirations and call out the best that was in him. And how worthily he vindicated the confidence! To have inherited, to have deserved, and to have fulfilled that commendation from his father's love and faith were better than any inheritance of lands and tenements, stocks, bonds and money. Beloved of father, wife and children, beloved of his comrades in war and in peace, and beloved of his country, his whole life realized his father's prophecy and its words would adorn any monument to his fame." The President's conclusion was marked by another outburst of applause, which wassome time in subsiding. After music by the band, General Dodge introduced Senator Chauncey M. Depew, who was greeted with prolonged cheering by the throngs present. 190 rFroceedings of the Society "The history of our country," said he, " is condensed in the Re volutionaryand Civil wars. The first was the creation of a nation which embodied the evolution and aspirations of the English colonists from 1620 to 1776 in the experiment of self-government. The second was the triumphant solution on the side of liberty and humanity, by the most gigantic and bloody of modern con flicts, of the problems which the founders of our government had left for posterity. Since then there has been no restraint upon American development and no barrier to American progress. The story of the revolution and the rebellion will be read by future generations, not in the narration of their causes or inci dents, but mainly in the lives of the master minds who parti cipated in those struggles. We now read the revolution in the careers and achievements of Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton and Samuel and John Adams and their compatriots. Our mar velous material development and the pace at which we have advanced in every department of national activity since 1865 make the great civil strife seem as distant almost as the classic tales of our student days. As Washington stands out in the first of our crucial contests, so does Lincoln in the second. About Lincoln cluster Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Logan, McPherson, and a host of other heroes. "The 'typical American' has long been the subject of dis cussion and portraiture. In caricature, in picture and upon the stage, our national characteristics are represented by the' Brother Jonathan,' who is sharp, keen, aggressive and fearless, but who exhibits no trait of that culture, sensitive honor and lofty morality which mark a noble and successful people. We do not, therefore, find the' typical American' in the sketch of the artist or upon the dramatic stage. The professional or business man who has been successful in his pursuit; the one who, with the great opportunities offered in the United States and by the exer cise of rare gifts, has accumulated a phenomenal fortune; or the distinguished soldier or saiior who has come from the severe training of West Point or Annapolis, is not peculiar to our country. He exists under all governments, and accomplishes the same career under all institutions. American liberty and law I which grant to all equal opportunities, :which neither foster nor favor, nor permit class or privilege, cultivate a kaleidoscopic Of the .Army of the Tennessee. activity which is possible alone with us. It develops an Ameri can who passes easily and naturally to and from private pursuits and public life; is ready and forceful upon the platform or in halls of legislation; is facile with his pen, and keen upon all questions of current interest, and with that leisure which comes only to the very busy, finds rest and recreation in travel, frater nal organizations and society. He early in life becomes a mem ber of the military company of his town or the national guard of his state, and locks his office or leaves the shop to march with his command to the field of duty and of danger. If he survives the perils of battle and dangers of disease, he practically beats his sword into a plough-share and his spear into a pruning hook by exchanging the uniform of the soldier for the dress of the citizen', and quietly resuming the peaceful paths of the industry he abandoned to fight for his country. The Grand Army of the Republic has upon its rolls numberless examples, living and dead, of heroes in war who were also successes in professions or business, orators of rare merit and statesmen of unique distinc tion. Such a man-a typical American-is the soldier, states man and patriot for the unveiling of whose statue, erected by a grateful country, we are here assembled. " It is a popular delusion that the fiber of American character is best wrought and exhibited in those who have been deficient in early opportunities for education; whose struggles have been harder than their fellows, and who have passed their youth either in or upon the borders of the western wilderness. It was found in the civil war that there was no difference in courage, dash or endurance between the men of the east, the west, the north or the south; between those who came from the fields, the forests, the mines or the factories, and those who stepped out from the pulpit, the lawyer's office, the counting-house, the professor's chair or the pedagogue's seat. In that most illustrative body of American manhood, the rough rider regiment of the Spanish war, the dandy from the club, the student from the university and the cowboy fro111 the plains, in the stress of battle, in the deadly charge and under the hail of bullets, found that their only differences were in dress, and that under fire and following the flag they were equal and equally good Americans. " In the crises of our fate as a nation God seems to have raised Proceedings of the Society up and prepared men specially for the accomplishment of the wonderful purposes which he had in store for the Republic. But these wonderful intelligence.s, ready for great occasions and the accomplishment of historic deeds, are inactive and u1,1distin guished in conimunities like ours until their country calls them to duty. "The Mexican war at once fired the imagination of the adventurous youth of our land. 'It carried young Logan, with a musket, as a private in the ranks of his company across the Rio Grande, and he won his shoulder straps in its bloody battles under Generals Taylor and Scott. This baptism of fire opened the mind, enlarged the horizon and pointed out a larger future than ever dreamed of before for himself and for his country to this enthusiastic lad. " A most difficult thing for anyone is to escape from his sur roundings of neighborhood, traditions, provincialisms and family. It is a more serious task, if a born leader has discovered the errors of opinion of himself and his neighbors and attempts to remain their leader by converting them to his new-born ideas. There was no more unpromising section of the United States in which to rear a Union man and a Federal soldier than the ancient Egypt of Illinois. It had been settled by slaveholders, and the sons of slaveholders and its people, from blood relationship, sym pathyand association, were in thorough accord with the slave holding states from which they had come. Young Logan became their idol, and he was their representative in Congress. The nearly unanimous vote by which he was sent to Washington illustrated the closeness and confidence between himself and this constituency. He was a tower of strength for the reactionary views and purposes of the slavery leaders in Congress, but under neath the sentiment and principles of the party to which he was devoted there brightly burned a spirit of lib~rty. " Slavery was intolerant of opposition and discussion. Love joy~ of Illinois, Logan's fellow-member, was one of the bravest and ablest of the anti-slavery champions. " When he rose to speak in the House of Representatives there crowded about him an enraged mob of members which not only prevented his being heard, but threatened his life. It was this incident which opened the eyes of Logan to the great truth, sub- Of the Army of the Tennessee. I93 sequently expressed by Lincoln, that the Union could never endure half free and -half slave. He instantly stepped upon the side of liberty, and so imperiously demanded a recognition of the rights of his colleague upon the floor of the House that his tur bulent associates went back to their seats, and free speech was vindicated. "When hostilities began, a weaker man than Logan would I have sided with his constituents in their sympathy with the south. Had he been with them an insurrection in Southern Illinois, -barring the way of the Union army to Kentucky and Tennessee, would have been a frightful blow to the success of the national cause. It was a conflict in which on the one side he would apparently lose his home and his political future to enlist in a cause which, in that hour and atmosphere, seemed well nigh hopeless; while on the other, in addition to the hard ships and perils of war, would be ceaseless dangers from enemies both in front and rear. "The stirring news came to the House while in session that the battle of Bull Run was in progress. The soldier of the Mexican war again heard the music of the national anthem, and flew to the defense of the national flag. The dramatic scene was witnessed upon the battlefield of a civilian in frock coat and top silk hat who had seized a musket from a wounded soldier, an'd by action and words and reckless daring was doing his best to stem the tide of defeat and turn the army back to meet the enemy. In that hour Logan's vision clearly saw the path of duty. He hastened home to his constituents to bring them around to the Union cause and to have them enlist in the Union army. He met sullen and threatening mobs everywhere. But nothing could resist the fervor of his eloquence, the inspiration of his presence, and his cry, , Follow me to the field for the old flag and the Union. It is no longer the right and wrong of slavery; it is no longer the disputed question of the extension of that institution into the territories, but it is whether you will be with me for th~ preservation of the Union and of this last refuge and security of liberty and humanity.' Character, c~urage and patriotism triumphed. He led his whole people out of the dark ness of Egypt into the light of the promised land. Within a few weeks he was in the field with his regiment, and other 194 Proceedings of the Society regiments followed as often as the government called for volun teers. " Logan is the finest example of the volunteer soldier. Around the nucleus of a little army of 25,000 regulars gathered a million of volunteers, who formed in an incredibly brief space of time the most magnificent and resistless body of soldiery of modern or ancient times. They demonstrated in the quickness with which the army was mobilized and disciplined, in the steadiness and endurance which it exhibited as if trained veterans, and in its peaceful disbandment and return to the pursuits of peace after the close of the war, that the strength and reliance of our coun try rest upon its citizen soldiery. This experiment also demon strated that while the citizen soldiers are engaged in gainful pur suits and increasing the wealth of the country, an adequate army composed of those who select a soldier's career can protect the public property, suppress insurrection, meet immediate 'and exigent requirements at home or abroad, and that we need have no apprehension of militarism or of Caesarism. The regular army is but the pickets and the skirmishers of that vast host who, from the mountains and valleys, from plains and cities, from hamlets and towns, are ready to respond to the call to arms for the protection of the liberties from within or their defense of their country from abroad. "Logan's brilliant career emphasizes the necessity for a mili taryeducation. In arms, as in art, in the professions and the industries, the severest training and the best education are the requisities for success in our day of terrific competition. We will not dispute Logan's claim, carried too far in his enthusiasm, of the distinction of the natural soldier; but great as were the merits and the success of our general, if his genius had been trained, broadened and strengthened by the drill and discipline of the academy, the fort and the field, he would have stood in the front rank of the commanders of great armies of modern times. " The magnanimity and generosity of this thun,derbolt of war were as ~arked as his courage. When Grant became impatient because General Thomas lingered at Nashville instead of moving upon the enemy, he sent Logan to supersede him. When Logan arrived at Cincinnati he learned that Thomas had started. He Of the .Ar1ny of the Tennessee. 195 knew that he could reach Thomas' army before a battle, and that he had before him that greatest temptation and opportunity for a soldier-a significant and decisive victory. But he knew Thomas, the' Rock of Chickamauga.' He knew that Thomas had made the preparations with such care that failure was impos sible. He knew that the honors were due to the organizer of the prospective triumph, and he delayed plucking the laurels that were within his grasp, that they might adorn the brow of Thomas. So again in the bloody battle of Atlanta. McPherson fell at the beginning of the fight. He was the idol of the army and one of the most brilliant, accomplished and promising offi cers of the war on either side. The command devolved from the West Pointer to the volunteer. It is the testimony of Grant, Sh~rman, Howard and of all of his superior officers anq. contem poraries that in no conflict of the war were the troops more ably and skillfully handled than by Logan. Not only was he the directing genius, planning and ordering the execution of the complex details of a widely extended field, but at the critical points, upon his black charger, this ideal soldier, with his flow ing raven hair and flashing eyes, the incarnation of. battle, ~was rallying the routed troops and leading them again to attack and to victory. Sherman distrusted officers who had not been educated to arms, and so when it was the unanimous opinion of the army that Logan had won the command of the Army of the Tennessee, which was the ambition of his career, he was sent back to his corps and another was given the com mlSSlOn. While other officers under such circumstances fre quently sulked in their tents or resigned, Logan, without a word or a murmur, assumed his old place and went on fighting until there was no ·opposition, but a general demand that he should lead the Army of the Tennessee. "The most·gratifying tribute to himself and the best expression of the opinion of the volunteer army in regard to him was his election as the first commander of the Grand Army of the Re public, and the election repeated as often as he would accept the place. Long after all but the leaders of the civil strife on either side are forgotten, Logan's memory will remain green because of the beautiful memorial service which he originated and which now in every part of our re-united land sets aside one day in the 196 Proceedings of the Society year as a national holiday in order that the graves of the gallant dead, both on the Federal and Confederate side, may be decorated with fiowers. It is no longer confined to the soldiers of the civil war, but continued to those of our latest struggle. The cere mony will exist and be actively participated in while posterity remains proud of heroic ancestors and of their achievements, and our country venerates the patriotism and the courage of those who died for its preservation or its honor. " But our typical American had only begun his kaleidoscopic career when the war closed. Like his companions in arms, he returned to civil pursuits. Illinois seconding the voice of the people everywhere, demanded that he surrender his private affairs to the call of duty and give to the country his ripe experience in the critical measures of reconstruction and pacification. The dashing soldier became the acute parliamentarian, the vigorous debater and the constructive statesman. The fierce passions of the civil war and the vindictiveness of the irreconcilables made the way difficult for the legislation which has happily made our country one. In the titanic debates of the giants of those days there was no more conspicuous figure and 110 more absolutely unselfish legislator than Logan. His nature was so intense that he could not help being a partisan, but the kind of a partisan whom his worst enemies most highly respected. He for..esaw in 1870 the necessity of that work for the Cuban people by the United States which was done in 1898. He stood for the national credit, the honest payment of the national debt and the redemption at every sacrifice of the national honor, at a period when we were rushing headlong into repudiation and fiat money- He courageously took up the problem of the negro, that most difficult of the questions which are still before us. There has been in the thirty years since he preached no sugges tion better than the one which he advanced, which was' educate, educate, educate.' "This typical American, who was a good lawyer, a great soldier, a constructive statesman and a magnetic orator, must needs give rest to his restless activity by labors with the pen. In the intervals of his work in Congress and responses to calls for speeches at public meetings and the drudgery of a vast cor respondence he found time to prepare two large volumes, one Of the ..Army of the Tennessee. 197 historical and the other critical, which are of much value and merit. " Happily for the youth of our country, we are peculiarly rich in these exemplars of American liberty and opportunity. With the extension of our boundaries, our productiveness, our indus trial enterprises and our educational institutions the old avenues are kept open and newer and broader ones are builded for present and future generations. " In every community in our land the leaders of public opinion and the dwellers in the homes of prosperity have come from the ranks. Among those sllccessful Americans in many lines who have won and held the public eye and died mourned by all their countrymen, there will live in the future in the history of the Republic no nobler figure in peace and in war, in the pursuits of the citizen, and in work for the welfare of his fellow-citizens than General John A. Logan." When Senator Depew had concluded the band rendered" Hail Columbia," and Rev. J. G. Butler, pastor of Luther Place Memo rial Church, pronounced the benediction. The assemblage then slowly dispersed; the equestrian statue of Major-General John A. Logan had been turned over to the people of the United States. Of the ..Army of the Tennessee. 199 LIFE MEMBERS. Captain W. D. E. Andrul>. General R. V. Ankeny. General Smith D. Atkins. Colonel J. W. Barlow. Mr. Robert Miller Barnes. General W. L. Barnum. Major S. E. Barrett. Colonel John B. Bell. General J. D. Bingham, U. S.,A. Lieutenant H. P. Bird. Mr. Andrew A. Blair. Captain E. Blakeslee. Surgeon J. W. Bond. Colonel J. Brumback. Captain Sam'l T. Brush. Colonel Geo. E. Bryant. Captain W. S. Burns. Captain G. A. Busse. Colonel Cornelius Cadle. Captain B. M. Callender. Captain R. M. Campbell. Captain Henry A. Castle. Major Charles Christensen. General M. Churchill. Captain W. Z. Clayton. Colonel D. C. Coleman. Captain John Crane. General G. M. Dodge. Captain J. R. Dunlap. ColonelD. P. Dyer. Major A.W. Edwards. Colonel Geo. W. Emerson. Major C. F. Emery. Captain J. G. Everest. Major L. H. Everts. Captain J. D. Fegan. Colonel C. W. Fisher. Major R. H. Flemming. Major Patrick Flynn. Captain C.A. Frick. Colonel N. S. Gilson. 200 Proceedings of the Society Colonel G. L. Godfrey. Colonel F. D. Grant. General B. H. Grierson, U. S. A. Captain H. W. Hall. Captain E. B. Hamilton. General Schuyler Hamilton. Captain A. J. Harding. Major D. W. Hartshorn. General R. W. Healy. Captain F. Y. Hedley. Colonel D. B. Henderson. General A. Hickenlooper. Colonel Geo. H. Hildt. Major Chas. Hipp. Major P. M. Hitchcock. Lieutenant J. W. Hitt. Captain W. R. Hodges. Captain Holmes Hoge. Major A. L. Howe. General L. F. Hubbard. Captain J. A. T. Hull. Captain E. O. Hurd. General George P. Ihrie. Colonel B. J. D. Irwin, U. S. A. Colonel Oscar L. Jackson. Colonel Augustus Jacobson. Major W. L. B. Jenney. Major E. S. Johnson. Colonel E. Jonas. Colonel Wm. B. Keeler. Captain Louis Keller. Captain.A. C. Kemper. Colonel James Kilbourne. Colonel O. D. Kinsman. Captain Chas. R. E. Koch. Colonel Louis Krughoff. Captain O. C. Lademan. Captain J. H. Lakin. Captain Louis E. Lambert. Captain C. E. Lanstrum. Mrs. Mary Spoor-Latey. Captain W. B. Leach. Captain T. W. Letton. Captain Oscar Ludwig. Frank W. Lynch. Captain J. T. McAuley. General John McArthur. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 201 Colonel J. N. McArthur. Major R. W. McClaughry. Major W. R. McComas. Colonel A. W. McCormick. Captain J. W. McElravy. Major J. C. McFarland. Captain M. J. McGrath. General G. F. McGinnis. General Robert .Macfeely . Captain W. A. McLean. Captain M. F. Madigan. Captain F. H. Magdeburg. Captain F. H. Marsh. Major George Mason. Captain C. F. Matteson. Captain A. H. Mattox. Captain J. S. Menken. Major E. T. Miller. General F. W. Moore. Major H. L. Morrill. Colonel Charles A. Morton. Major Frank P. Muhlenburg. Captain D. A. Mulvane. Colonel Gilbert D. Munson. Captain J. C. Neely. Major Henry M. Neil. Colonel F. C. Nichols. Captain J. Nish. Captain James Oates. Captain Harlan Page. Captain C. O. Patier. General R. N. Pearson. Captain F. W. Pelton. Captain H. O. Perry. Major J. A. Pickler. Lieutenant R. W. Pike. Captain Julius Pitzman. Colonel W. H. Plunkett. Major W. S. Pope. Surgeon E. Powell. Lieutenant C. L. Pratt. Captain H. S. Prophet. Captain Chas. E. Putnam. Colonel W. H. Raynor. Captain A. N. Reece. General A. V. Rice. Captain C. Riebsame. 202 Proceedings of the Society Captain H. H. Rood. General L. F. Ross. General J. M. Ruggles. Captain I. P. Rumsey. Captain J. W. Rumsey. Major Andrew Sabine. General J. B. Sanborn. Captain John Schenk. Colonel A. J. Seay. Colonel W. T. Shaw. Major Hoyt Sherman. Major Chas. H. Smith. General Wm. Sooy Smith. Colonel Milo Smith. Colonel Z. S. Spalding. Captain E. B. Spalding. Surgeon Jos. Spiegelhalter. Captain N. T. Spoor. Captain C. W. Stark. Captain T. N. Stevens. Captain W. H. Stuart. Captain Chas. Stiesmeier. Captain L. Stillwell. General Jos. R. Stockton. Colonel J. C. Stone. Colonel o. Stuart. Captain G. W. Sylvis. Colonel G. I. Taggart. General Samuel Thomas. Captain S. S. Tripp. Captain Richard S. Tuthill. Colonel H. Van Sellar. Colonel W. F. Vilas. Surgeon Horace Wardner. Major Wm. E. Ware. Captain V. Warner. General Willard Warner. Captain C. H. Warrens, U. S. A. General George E. Welles. Colonel Fred. Welker. Captain Andrew W. Williamson. General J. A. Williamson. Major A. Willison. Major C. T. Wilbur. Colonel J. S. Wilcox. General J. Grant Wilson. Major J. F. Wilson. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 203 General James H. Wilson. Captain F. C. Wilson. Major T. P. Wilson. General E. F. Winslow. General M. V. Z. Woodhull. Colonel B. T. Wright. Captain William Zickerick. 204 Proceedings of the Society HONORARY MEMBERS. ARMOR, MRS. MARY, Widow of General L. E. Yorke. BARBER, MRS., Widow of Captain Josiah Barber. BIXBY, MRS. A. S., Widow of Captain A. S. Bixby. CARROLL, MRS. J. C., Daughter of Colonel J. A. Mulligan. CHERRY, MRS. E. V., Widow of Captain E. V. Cherry. CLARK, MRS. ELVIRA C., Widow of Lieutenant Warren C. Clark. DELAPALUA, MADAM F., Geneva, SwitZerland, Daughter of General Giles A. Smith. ELDRIDGE, MRS., Widow of General H. N. Eldridge. FITCH, MRS. MARY J., Widow of Major J. A. Fitch. GIBBON, MRS. W. H., Widow of Major W. H. Gibbon. GRANT, MRS., Widow of General Grant. HALL, MRS. ADA, Widow of Cdlonel John P. Hall. HOVEY, MRS. C. E., . Widow of General C. E. Hovey. KUEFFNER, MRS. ELISE, Widow of General W. C. K ueffner. LEGGETT, MRS. M. D., Widow of Colonel M. D. Leggett. LOGAN, MRS. JOHN A., Widow of General John A. Logan. NOBLE, MRS. MARY A., Widow of Colonel Henry T. Noble. Of the Army of the Tennessee. 205 POE, MRS. ELEANOR C., Widow of General O. M. Poe. ROWETT, MRS. ELLA, Widow of General Richard Roweit. SCRIBNER, MRS. MARY L., Widow of Lieutenant Wiley S. Scribner. SEXTON, MRS. JAS. A., Widow of Captain Jas. A. Sexton. STEELE, MRS. GEO. R., WidoU! of Major Geo. R. Steele. TOWNE, MRS. AURELIA, Widow oj Major O. C. Towne. 206 Proceedings of the Society SUCCESSORS DESIGNATED BY MEMBERS UNDER THIRD AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION" ADY, MISS MABEl. GRAY, Daughter of Captain George Ady. AMMEN, MRS. FI.ORENCE AUCE, Daughter of Major W. C. B. Gillespie. ANKENY, R. V., JR., Son of General R. V. Ankeny. ANKENY, RAI.PH R., Youngest Son of Captain H. G. Ankeny. BARTO, W. A., Son of Captain A. Barto. BENNETT, MISS JOSEPHINE B., Daughter of Captain J. L. Bennett. BOND, MISS AMANDA S., Daughter of Surgeon J. W. Bond. BORI.AND, DR. LEONARD C., Son of Lieutenant M. W. Borland. BUI.KI.EY, MRS. CAROI.INE KEMPER, . Daughter of Captain A. C. Kemper. BUSSE, FRED. A., Son of Captain G. A. Busse. CADI.E, CHARI.ES EDWARD, Second Son of Captain W. L. Cadle. CADI.E, HENRY, Brother of Colonel Cornelius Cadle. CAMPBEI.I., MISS NEI.I.IE PALI.AS, Daughter of Captain R. M. Campbell. CAMBURN, M. 0., Son of Major J. H. Camburn. CHAMBERI.IN, DE WIT WARREN, Son of Captain L.H. Chamberlin. EMERSON, MISS NEI.I.IE MAY, Daughter of Colonel George W. Emerson. Of the Army of the Tennessee. FEGAN, CHARLES P., Son of Captain J. D. Fegan. FLYNN, MISS MARY ISABELLA, Daughter of Major Patrick Flynn. GODFREY, CHARLES A., Second Son of Colonel G. L. Godfrey. GOWDY, MASON BRAYMAN, Grandson of General M. Brayman. HALLOCK, MRS. ISABEL TUCKER, Daughter of Colonel A. M. Tucker. HEDLEY, MISS MARY HARLAN, Daughter of Captain F. Y. Hedley. HOVEY, ALFRED, Son of General C. E. Hovey. HOWARD, HARRY STINSON, Son of General O. O. Howard, U. S. A. JONES, L. EWING, Son of Colonel Thos. Jones. KELLER, A. EDWARD, Son of Captain Louis Keller. LAING, MISS CLARA IRENE, Daughter of Captain C. W. Laing. LAKIN, LEE H., Son of Captain J. H. Lakin. LATEY, HARRIS N., Grandson of Captain N. T. Spoor. LAW, HARRY V., Son of Captain S. A. L. Law. LEACH, GEORGE E., Son of Captain W. B. Leach. LITTLE, WILLIAM VOGLESON, Grandson of Colonel William M. Vogleson. LOGAN, JOHN A.; Son of Major John A. Logan. McARTHUR, JOHN, JR., Son of General John McArthur. McCLAUGHRY, ARTHUR C., Second Son of Major R. W. McClaughry. McCLURE, NATHANIEL, Second Son of Colonel John T. McClure. 208 Proceedings of the Society McCULLOUGH, HENRY GIBBON, Grandson of Major W H. Gibbon. McELRAVY, ROBT. C., Son of Captain J. W. McElravy. MATSCHKE, MORTIMER HIGLEY, Grandson of Captain M. A. Higley. MATTOX, WILLARD, Son of Captain A. H. Mattox. MONTGOMERY, GRENVILLE DODGE, Grandson of General Grenville M. Dodge. MORRILL, CHARLES H., Son of Major H. L. Morrill. MORTON, MISS ROSA, Daughter of Colonel Chas. A. Morton. MUHLENBERG, MISS BESSIE C., Daughter of Major F. P. Muhlenberg. \ NEWMAN, MRS. EMMA V., Daughter of Captain J. G. Everest. OGG, ROSECRANS L., Son of Captain A. L. Ogg. PARSONS, CHARLES L., Son of General Lewis B. Parsons. PATIER, CHARLES 0., JR., Son of Captain Charles O. Patier. PEARSON, HAYNIE R., Son of Gen~ral R. N. Pearson. PETTUS, CHARLES PARSONS, Grands(Jn of Colonel Chas. Parsons. PIERCE, GERALD, Son of Colonel Gilbert A. Pierce. PLUMMER, S. C., JR., Second Son of Surgeon S. C. Plummer. PLUNKETT, LIEUTENANT CHAS. P., U. S. N., Son of Colonel Wm. H. Plunkett. RIGBY, CHARLES LANGLEY, Second Son of Captain W. T. Rigby. SHAW, ~ISS HELEN L., .l)aughter of Colonel W. 7. Shaw. SHERMAN, CHARLES MOULTON. Second Son of Major Hoyt Sherman. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 209 SMITH, ROBERT PERCY, Son of Captain H. I. Smith. SOPER, EMMET HARLAN, Second Son of Captain E. B. Soper. STIBBS, HENRY H., Son of General J. H. Stibbs. STONE, MISS CARRIE FRANK, Daughter of Colonel J. C. Stone. TRIPP, MISS VIRGIE M., Daughter of Captain S. S. Tripp. VAIL, JAMES D., Nephew of Lieutenant D. F. Vail. VAN SELLAR, FRANK C., Second Son of Colonel H. Van Sellar. WALCUTT, JOHN MACY, Second Second of General C. C. Walcutt. WARNER, MISS JULIET SARA, Daughter of Colonel Charles G. Warner. WILLIAMSON, MISS HAIDEE, Daughter of General J. A. Williamson. 210 rFyoceedings Of the Society MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. Meeting for Organization, Raleigh, N. C., April 14th, ]865. Meeting for Organization, Raleigh, N. C., April 25th, 1865. 1st Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 14th and 15th, 1866. 2nd " St. Louis, Mo., November 13th and 14th, 1867. 3rd " Chicago, Ill., December 15th and 16th, ]868. 4th " Louisville, Ky., November 17th and 18th, 1869. 5th " Cincinnati, Ohio, April 6th and 7th, 1871. 6th " Madison, Wis., July 3d and 4th, 1872. 7th " Toledo, Ohio, October 15th and 16th, 1873. 8th " Springfield, Ill., October 14th and 15th, 1874. 9th " Des Moin~s, Iowa, September 29th and 30th, 1875. 10th " Washington, D. C., October 18th and 19th, 1876. 11th " St. Paul, Minn., September 5th and 6th, 1877. 12th ". Indianapolis, Ind., October 30th and 31st, 1878. 13th " Chicago, Ill., November 12th and 13th, 1879. 14th " Cincinnati, Ohio, April 6th and 7th, 188l. 15th " St. Louis, Mo., May 10th and 11th, 1882. 16th " Cleveland, Ohio, October 17th and 18th, 1883. 17th " Lake Minnetonka, Minn., August 13th and 14th, 1884. 18th " Chicago, Ill., September 9th and 10th, 1885. 19th " Rock Island, Ill., September 15th and 16th, 1886. 20th " Detroit" Mich., September 14th and 15th, 1887. 21st " Toledo, Ohio, September 5th and 6th, 1888. 22nd " Cincinnati, Ohio, September 29th and 26th, 1889. 23rd " Chic1J.go, Ill., October 7th and 8th, 1891. 24th " St. Louis, Mo., November 16th and 17th, 1892. 25th " Chicago, Ill., September 12th and 13th, 1893. 26th " Council Bluffs, Iowa, Octoher 3d and 4th, 1894. 27th " Cincinnati, Ohio, September 16th and ]7th, 1895. 28th " St. Louis, Mo., November 18th and 19th, 1896. 29th " Milwaukee, Wis., October 27th and 28th, 1897. 30th " Toledo, Ohio, October 26th and 27th, 1898. 31st " Chicago, Ill., October 10th and 11th, 1899. 32nd " Detroit, Mich., November 14th and 15th, 1900. Of the Army of the Tennessee. 211 LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE DELIVERED THE ANNUAL ORATIONS. 1st Meeting, 1866, General John A. Rawlins. 2nd " 1867, General W. T. Sherman. 3rd " 1868, General W. W. Belknap. 4th " 1869, General E. F. Noyes. 5th " 1871, General John W. Noble. 6th " 1872, General M. D. Leggett. 7th " 1873, General John A. Logan. 8th " 1874, General S. A. Hurlbut. 9th " 1875, General Thomas C. Fletcher. 10th " 1876, General J. M. Thayer. 11th " 1877, General M. M. Bane. 12th " 1878, Colonel William F. Vilas. 13th " 1879, General W. 0.: Gresham. 14th " 1881, Colonel Ozro J. Dodds. 15th " 1882, General J. A. Williamson. 16th " 1883, General Samuel Fallows. 17th " 1884, Governor C. K. Davis. 18th " 1885, General John B .. Sanborn. 19th " 1886, General A. L. Chetlain. 20th " 1887, Colonel Augustus Jacobson. 21st " 1888, Colonel G. A. Pierce. 22nd " 1889, Colonel J. F. How. 23rd " 1891, General A. Hickenlooper. 24th " 1892, General John M. Schofield. 25th " 1893, Colonel D. B. Henderson. 26th " 1894, Colonel D. W. C. Loudon. 27th " 1895, Colonel Fred. D. Grant. 28th " 1896, General O. O. Howard. 29th " 1897, Father Thomas E. Sherman. 30th " ]898, General John C. Black. 31st " 1899, Captain J. A. T. Hull. 32nd " 1900, General G. M. Dodge. 212 Proceedings of the Society MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. Adams, H. C., Captain, 6 Builders Exchange, Indianapolis, Ind. Ady, George, Captain, Denver, Colo. Alger, R. A., General, Detroit, Mich. Andrus, W. D. E., Captain, Andrus, South Dak. Ankeny, H. G., Captain, Corning, Iowa. Ankeny, R. V., General, Des Moines, Iowa. Armor, Mrs. Mary, Clifton, Cincinnati, O. Arndt, A. F. R., Major, 890 Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. Atkins, S. D., General, Freeport, Ill. Baker, A. J., Lieutenant, Centerville, Iowa. Ballard, O. W., Major, 3642 Prairie avenue, Chicago, Ill. Ba.nks, J. C., Captain, 535 Turrill street, Cincinnati, O. Banks, Lyman, Captain, 707 W. Prospect street, Seattle, Wash. Barber, Mrs. r, 363 Pearl street, Cleveland, O. Barlow, J. W., Colonel, U. S. A., Army Building, New York City. Barnt!s, Mrs. J. W., Memphis, Mo. Barnes, Robert Miller, Memphis, Mo. Barnum, W. L., Colonel, 205 LaSalle street, Chicago, Ill. Barrett, S. E., Major, 909 Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, Ill. Beckwith, Warren, Captain, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Belknap"Hugh R.; Chicago, Ill. Bell, J. B., Colonel, 1909 Collingwood avenue, Toledo, O. Bell, Jno. N., Captain, 3 East Second street, Dayton, O. Bennett, J. LeRoy, Captain, 410 Opera House Block, Chicago, Ill. Bentley, Chas. S., Captain, 4453 Ellis avenue, Chicago, Ill.. Bickerdyke, Mrs. M. A., Bunker Hill, Kas. Billings, L. J., Captain, Rhinelander, Wis. Bingham, J. D., General,~ U. S. A., 1200 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. Bird, H. P., Lieu~enant, 352 East FortY-Recond street, Chicago, Ill. Bixby, Mrs. A. S., Urbana, Ill. Black, Jno. C., General, Monadnock Building, Chicago, Ill. Blair, Andrew A., 406 Locust street, Philadelphia, Pa. Blakeslee, E., Captain, Ironton, Wis. Blodgett, Wells H., Colonel, St. Louis, Mo. Bohn, A. V., Major, Leadville, Colo. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 21 3 Bond, J. W., Major, 2373 Glenwood avenue, Toledo, O. Borland, Matt. W., Lieutenant, 635 Jackson Bvd., Chicago, Ill. Breckinridge, J. C., General, U. S. A., War Department, Washington, D.C. Brinton, J. H., Major, 1423 Spruce street, Philadelphia, Pa. Brown, R. H., Colonel, Edgebrook, St. Louis county, Mo. Brumback, J., Colonel, Kansas City" Mo. Brush, Sam'l T., Captain, Carbondale, Ill. Bryant, Geo. E., Colonel, Madison, Wis. Buchanan, Robt., Colonel, 309 N. Third street, St. Louis, Mo. Buckland, George, Fremont, Ohio. Burns, Wm. S., Captain, Bath, Steuben county, N. Y. Burt, R. W., Captain, Peoria, Ill. . Busse, G. A., Captain, 504 N. Clark str~et, Chicago, Ill. Butler, J. G., Major, 4484 Pine street, St. Louis, Mo. Butterfield, D. G., Captain, De \-Vitt, Iowa. Byers, S. H. M., Captain, Des Moines, Iowa. Cadle, Cornelius, Colonel, P. O. Box 35, Cincinnati1 Ohio. Cadle, W. L., Captain, Chicago, Ill. Cadle, Henry, Bethany, Mo. Callender, B. M., Captain, Leland Hotel, Chicago, Ill. Camburn, J. H., Major. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Campbell, R. M., Captain, Peoria, Ill. Campbell, J. 0.:. A., Lieutenant, Bellefontaine, Ohio. Candee, F. P., Captain, 2215 Howard street, Omaha, Neb. Cantwell, M. J., Captain, Madison, Wis. Carr, E. A., General, U. S. A., Albuquerque, New Mexico. Carroll, H. S., Lieutenant, 1110 N. Newstead ave., St. Louis, Mo. Carroll, Mrs. J. C., Chicago, Ill. Castle, H. A., Captain, Postoffice Department, Washington, D. C. Chadwick, C. C., Captain, 1453 Fourteenth avenue, Detroit, Mich. Chamberlin, L. H., Captain, 49 E. High street, Detroit, Mich. Chamberlin, W. H., Major, Cincinnati, Ohio. Chase, R. J., Captain, Dexter Horton Building, Seattle, Wash. Cheney, A. J., Major, Oak Park, Cook county, Ill. Cherry, Mrs. E. V., Cincinnati, O. Chetlain, A. L., General, Galena, Ill. Christensen, Chas., Major, 317 California st., San Francisco, Cal. Churchill, Mendal, General, Coronado Beach, Cal. Clark, Mrs. Elvira C., Lithopolis, Ohio. Clayton, W. Z., Captain, Bangor, Maine. Cochrane, T. J., Major, Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles, Cal. Coleman, D. C., Colonel, 3017 N. Market street, St. Louis, Mo. Colton, Jno. B., Captain, Whitney Building, Kansas City, Mo. Connell, W. M., Toledo, Iowa. Coverdale, R. T., Captain, Rome, Ga. Proceedings of the Society Cooper, J. H., Captain, Morley, Mo. Crane, John, Captain, 18 South street, New York, N. Y. Crooker, L. B., Captain, Mendota, Ill. Darling, B. F., Captain, 1108 H street, N. E., Washington, D. C. Davis, W. P., Colonel, 906 T street, N. W., Washington, D. C. DeLapalua, Madam F., G~neva, Switzerland. DeRussy, Isaac D., Colonel, U. S. A. Dickerson, Joseph, Captain, 609 Third avenue, Seattle, Wash. Dodge, G. M., General, No.1 Broadway, New York City. Dunlap, J. R., Lieutenant, Covington, Ind. Dunn, S. S., Captain, Clay Center, Neb. Dyer, D. P., Colonel, 810 Fullerton Building, St. Louis, Mo. Eaton, John, General, The Concord, Washington, D. C. Edwards, A. W., Major, Fargo, North Dakota. Eggleston, Chas. H., Lieutenant, Fox Lake, Wis. Eldridge, Mrs. H. N., 3947 Drexel Boulevard, Chicago, Ill. Elliott, I. H., Colonel, Princeton, Ill. Ely, John F., Surgeon, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Emery, C. F., Major, Maroa, Ill. Emerson, G. W., Colonel, 189 Cass street, Chicago; III. Evans, John A., Captain, Frazeysburg, Ohio. Evans, R. N., Major, Bloomington, Ill. Evenden, J. W., Captain, Morrellton P.O., Franklin county, Mo. Everest, J. G., Captain, 95 Adams street, Chicago, Ill. Everts, L. H., Major, 54 N. Sixth street, Philadelphia, Pa. Ewing, Charles, Tarrytown, N. Y. Fabrique, A. H., Major, Wichita, Kansas. Fallows, Samuel, General, 967 W. Monroe street, Chicago, Ill. Fegan, J. D., Captain, Clinton, Iowa. Ferguson, B. H., Captain, Springfield, Ill. Fisher, C. W.; Lieutenant-Colonel, Bucyrus, Ohio. Fisher, F. P., Lieutenant, 146 LaSalle street, Chicago, Ill. Fisk, A. C., Colonel, 97 Cedar street, New York City. Fitch, Mrs. Mary J., Milford, Mass. Fitch, Mrs. Minnie Shennan, 5598 Baum street, Pittsburg, Pa. Flemming, R. H., Major, Ludlow, Ky. Flynn, Patrick, Major, Rockford, Ill. Fort, Robert B., La.con, Ill. Fracker, C. W., Captain, 1006 W. Seventh st., Des Moines, Iowa. Francis, Owen, Captain, Lima, Ohio. Frary, R. B., Captain, Lamoille, Ill. Frederick, C. H., General, Omaha, Neb. Frick, C. A., Captain, Burlington, Iowa. Frowe, S. S., Captain, 315 Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill. Fuller, Edward C., 1376 E. Broad street, Columbus, Ohio. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 21 5 Gandolfo, J. B., Colonel, 104 S. Eighth street, St. Louis, Mo. Gibbon, Mrs. W. H., Chariton, Iowa. Gillespie, J. W. A., Captain, Middletown, O. Gillespie, W. C. B., Major, Macon, Mo. Gilman, L. 0., Colonel, 21 Ashland Boulevard, Chicago, Ill. Gilson, N. S., Colonel, Fon du Lac, Wis. Girdner, E. L., Captain, Poulan, Worth county, Ga. Gleason, H. J., Captain, Chicago, Ill. Godfrey, G. L., Colonel, Des Moines, Iowa. Gordon, O. W., Surgeon, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Grant, F. D., General, 25 East 62nd street, New York City. Grant, Mrs. U. S.,25 East 62nd l)treet, New York City. Gray, H. L., Captain, 1044 Hudson avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Gregg, John W., Captain, Bismarck, North Dakota. Grierson, B. H., General, U. S. A., Jacksonville, Ill. Hall, Hamilton W., Captain, St. Louis, Mo. Hallock, Mrs. Lewis W., 144 Woodward ave., Detroit, Mich. Hamilton, Schuyler, General, Room 53, 229 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Hamilton, E. B., Captain, ~incy, Ill. Hapeman, Douglas, Colonel, Ottawa, Ill. Harding, A. J.,. Captain, 917 N. Y. Life Building, Chicago, Ill. Harlow, Edward G., Captain, Janesville, Wis. Harrison, E. B., Surgeon, Napoleon, Ohio. Hartshorn, D. W., Major, Brooksville,' Hernando county, Fla. Hawes, Alex. G., Colonel, Mills Building, San Francisco, Cal. Hawkins, John P., General, 1408 N. Penn street, Indianapolis, Ind. Hayes, John, Captain, Red Oak, Iowa. Healey, R. W., General, Chattanooga, Tenn. Heafford, Geo. H., Major, 4560 Oakenwald avenue, Chicago, Ill. Heath, T. T., General, 114 Main street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Hedley, F. Y., Captain, Bunker Hill, Ill. Henderson, D. B., Colonel, Dubuque, Iowa. Henry, W. C., Major, Dayton, Ohio. Hepburn, W. P., Colonel, Clarinda, Iowa. Hequembourg, W. A., Colonel, 411 Olive street,' St. Louis, Mo. Hickenlooper, A., General, Cincinnati, Ohio. Hildt, Geo. H., Lieutenant-Colonel, Canal Dover, Ohio. Hills, C. S., Colonel, Forest Park Terrace, St. Louis, Mo. Hitchcock, P. M., Major, 861 Prospect street, Cleveland, Ohio. Hitt, J. W., Lieutenant, Koshkonong, Oregon county, Mo. Hipp, Charles, Major, St. Marys, Ohio. Hodges, W. R., Captain, Room 21, Laclede Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. Hoge, Holmes, Captain, First National Bank, Chicago, Ill. Hovey, Mrs. C. E., 411 Third street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Howard, O. 0., General, U. S. A., Burlington, Vt. 216 rFroceedings of the Society Howe, A. L., Major, Willoughby, Ohio. Hubbard, L. F., General, Red Wing, Minn. Hull, J. A. T., Captain, Des Moines, Iowa. Hunt, George, Captain, Riverside, Cook county, Ill. Hurd, E. 0., Captain, Plainville, Hamilton county, Ohio. Hurlbut, Geo. H., Belvidere, Ill. Hutchinson, F. S., General, Ionia, Mich. Ihrie, George P., General, 101 W. 85th street, New York City. Irwin, B. J. D., Colonel, U. S. A., 575 Division st., Chicago, Ill. Jackson, Oscar L., Colonel, N~w Castle, Pa. Jacobson, Augustus, Colonel, Union Club, Chicago, Ill. Jacobs, W. C., Major, Akron, Ohio. Jenkins, W. A., Colonel, 329 Michigan avenue, Chicago, Ill. Jenney, W. L. B., Major, 171 LaSalle street, Chicago, Ill. Johnson, E. S., Major, care of Lincoln Monument, Springfield, Ill. Jonas, E., Colonel, 4929 Constance street, New Orleans, La. Jones, Theodore, General, 260 East Main street, Columbus, Ohio. Jones, W. S., General, Waverly, Ohio. Keeler, Wm. B., Colonel, 128 Madison street, Chicago, Ill. Keller, L., Captain, Dayton, Ohio. Kemper, A. C., Captain, aoa Broadway, Cincinnati, Ohio. Kent, MJ·s. William Stewart, Kent, Ohio. Kilbourne, James, Colonel, Columbus, Ohio. Kilbourne, James R., Columbus, Ohio. Kilbourne, George B., Columbus, Ohio. Kilbourne, Lincoln, Columbtis, Ohio. Kinney, T. J., General, Table Grove, Ill. Kinsman, O. D., Colonel, Pension Office, Washington, D. C. Koch, Chas. R. E., Captain, 4534 Woodlawn avenue, Chicago, Ill. Krughoff, Louis, Major, Nashville, Ill. Kueffner, Mrs. Elise, Belleville, Ill. Lademan, O. C., Captain, cor. Western and Lisbon avenues, Milwaukee, Wis. Laing, Cuthbert W., Captain, 59 Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill. Lakin, J. H.,'Lieutenant, P. O. Box 272, Salt Lake, Utah. Lambert, Louis E., Captain, St. Marys, Ohio. Lanstrum, C. E., Captain, Galesburg, Ill. Latey, Mrs. Mary Spoor, 3625 Finney avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Law, Samuel A. L., Captain, Danville, Ill. Leach, ·W. B., Captain, New York Life Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. Leake, J. B., General, 604 Reaper Block, Chicago, Ill. Leggett, Mrs. M. D., 620 Prospect street, Cleveland, Ohio. Letton, T. W., Captain, 315 Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill. Lewis, J. V., Captain, 613 Eggleston avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 21 7 Logan, Mrs. John A., Washington, D. C. Loop, C. B., Major, Belvidere, Ill. Ludwig, Oscar, Captain, 240 Root street, Chicago, Ill. Lynch, Frank W., Doctor., The Lennox, Cleveland, Ohio. McAllister, Edward; Captain, Plainfield, Ill. McArthur, John, General, 504 W. Monroe street, Chicago, Ill. McArthur, Jas. N., Colonel, 178 Niagara street, Buffalo, N. Y. McAuley, J. T., Captain, 140 Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill. McClaughry, R. W., Major, Fort Leavenworth, Kas. McClure, Jno. D., Colonel, Peoria, Ill. McComas, W. R., Major, Cincinnati, Ohio. McConnell, Ezra, Captain, Cadiz, Ohio. McCormick, A. W., Colonel, 511 Pike Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio. McElravy, J. W., Captain, West Liberty, Iowa. McFall, John, General, St. Louis, Mo. McFarland, John D., Captain, P. O. Box 703, Pittsburg, Pa. McFarland, J. C., Major, 235 92nd street, South Chicago, Ill. McGinnis, G. F., General, Indianapolis, Ind. McGrath, P., Captain, 696 California avenue, Chicago, Ill. McGrath, M. J., Captain, 7138 Euclid avenue, Chicago, Ill. McLaren, John, Captain, 339 Ashland Boulevard, Chicago, Ill. McLean, W. A., Captain, care of Title Insurance & Trust Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Macfeely, Robert, General, U. S. A., 2015 I street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Mackenzie, Charles, Captain, Des Moines,' Iowa. Macklin, J. E., Captain, U. S. A., Fort Apache, Arizona. Madigan, M. F., Captain, 380 Russell avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Magdeburg, F. H., Captain, Milwaukee, Wis. Mahon, Samuel, Major, Ottumwa, Iowa. Marshall, Woodson S., Captain, Marion, Ind. Marsh, F. H., Captain, 74 E. Forty-fourth street, Chicago, Ill. Martin, J. S., General, Salem, Ill. Mason, Geo., Major, 100 N. Clinton street, Chicago, III. Mason, Roswell H., Captain, 3:W Ashland Block, Chicago, Ill. Matteson, C. F., Captain, 3822 Langley avenue, Chicago, Ill. Mattox, A. H., Captain, 105 East 22nd street, ~ew York City. Menken, J. S., Captain, 503 Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Miller, A. J., Colonel, Oxford, Iowa. Miller', E. T., Major, Media, Delaware county, Pa. Monroe, B. F., Captain, 82 Michigan avenue, Chicago, III. Montgomery, Grenville Dodge, 605 Third st., Council Bluffs, Iowa. Moore, F. W., General, S. W. corner Fourth and Main streets, Cincinnati, O. Moore, I. T., Colonel, Lima, Ohio. Morgridge, G. 0., Captain, Muscatine, Iowa. 218 rFyoceedings of the Society Morrill, H. L., Major, 3805 Delmar avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Morrison, J. E., Captain, Ft. Madison, Iowa. Morton, Charles A., Colonel, Fargo, North Dakota. Moss, J. Thompson, Captain, 824 Farwell avenue, Chicago, Ill. Muhlenberg, F. P., Major, Galesburg, Mich. Mulvane, D. A., Captain, Topeka, Kansas. Munroe, J. H., Captain, Muscatine, Iowa. Munson, G. D., Colonel, Zanesville, O. Murray, Ed. D., Jr., Colonel, 386 Oakwood Boulevard, Chicago. Neely, J. C., Captain, 80 LaSalle street, Chicago, Ill. Neil, H. M., Captain, Columbus, Ohio. . Nichols, F. C., Colonel, U. S. A., Somerville, Mass. Nish, J., Captain, Cary Station, Ill. Nixon, O. W., Major, "Inter-Ocean," Chicago, Ill. Noble, Mrs. H. T., Dixon, Ill. Noble, J. W., General, St. Louis, Mo. Norwood, Fred. W., Major, Hyde Park Hotel, Chicago, Ill. ~uckolls, Ezra, Lieutenant, Eldora, Iowa. Nugent, E. B., Major, Bay City, Mich. Nutt, E. E., Captain, Sidney, Ohio. Oates, James, Captain, Cincinnati, Ark. Ogg, A. I.., Captain, Greenfield, Ind. Ord, E. O. C., Lieutenant, U. S. A., Benicia, Cal. Osborne, H. B., Major, Kalamazoo, Mich; Paddock, G. L., Major, 100 Washington street, Chicago, Ill. Page, Harlan, Captain, 698 Washington Boulevard, Chicago, Ill. Parsons, Charles, Colonel, 2804 Pine street, St. Louis, Mo. Parsons, Charles F., Boulder, Colo. Parsons, E. H., Captain, 1315 Clinton st., N.W.,Washington, D.C. Parsons, Lewis B., General, Flora, Clay county, Ill. Patier, Chas. 0., Captain, Cairo, Ill. Pearson, R. N., General, 518 W. Monroe street, Chicago, Ill. Pelton, F. W., Captain, 650 Prospect street, Cleveland, Ohio. Perkins, A. A., Major, 417 Kittredge Building, Denver, Colo. Perry, H. 0., Lieutenant, 584 E. Twelfth street, Oakland, Cal. Peterson, B. H., Colonel, 1338 New York ave., Washington, D. C. Pickler, J. A., Major, Faulkton, South Dakota. Pierce, G. A., Colonel, 208 Times-Herald Building, Chicago, Ill. Pike, R. W., Lieutenant, Bedford Bldg., care Colonel David Q!tigg, Chicago, Ill. Pitman, W. G., Captain, Madison, Wis. Pitzman, Julius, Captain, 615 Chestnut street, St. LOllis, Mo. Plunkett, Wm. H., Colonel, 1325 R street, Washington, 'D. C. Poe, Mrs. Eleanor C., 414 Jefferson avenue, Detroit, Mich. Pope, Horton, Pueblo, Colo. Of the Army of the Tennessee. 21 9 Pope, W. S., Major, 3625 Lindell avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Porter, Anthony B., Captain, 154 Nassau street, New York. Porter, Jas. W., Lieutenant, 914 "The Temple," Chicago, Ill. Potts, I. B., Captain, 14 W. Frambes avenue, Columbus, Ohio. Powell, E., Major, Maryville, Mo. Powell, J. W., Major, 910 M street, Washington, D. C. Pratt, C. L., Lieutenant, 414 Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ill. Pratt, John B., Ensign, Tuxedo, Mo. Pride, George G., Colonel, Huntington, Ind. Prophet,. H. S., Captain, Lima, Ohio. Putnam, Chas. E., Captain, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Putney, Frank H., Lieutenant, Waukesha, Wis. Randall, L. G., Captain, Napoleon, Ohio. Rapp, Isaac, Lieutenant, Carbondale, Ill. Raum, Green B , General, Chicago, Ill. E.assieur, Leo., Major, Granite Block, St. Louis, Mo. Ravold, M., Captain, 2806 Morgan street, St. Louis, Mo. Raymond, C. W., Watseka, Ill. Raynor, W. H., Colonel, 3339 c;herry street, Toledo, Ohio. Rearden, James S., Colonel, Cairo, Ill. Reece, Alonzo N., Captain, 2-12 Market street, Chicago, Ill. Reed, D. ""V., Major, 2008 Sherman avenue, Evanston, Ill. Reed, Joseph R., Captain, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Reid, D.O., Captain, 835 Nineteenth street, Moline, Ill. Reynolds, Geo. D., Colonel, 324 Roe Building, St. Louis, Mo. Reynolds, J. S., General, 604 Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ill. Rice, A. V., General, Census Office, Washington, D. C. Richardson, Lyman, Captain, Paxton House, Omaha, Neb. Richmond, Geo. H., Captain, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Richmond, J. F., Captain, 84 LaSalle street, Chicago, Ill. Riddle, F. A., Lieutenant, 512 Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Ill. Riebsame, Christian, Captain, Bloomington, Ind. Rigby, W. T., Captain, Vicksburg, Miss. Rinaker, J. I., General, Carlinville, Ill. Robertson, Chas. M., Davenport, Iowa. Rogers, E. S., Captain, Gardena, Los Angeles county, Cal. Rohr, G. W., Major, Rockford, Ill. Rood, H. H., Captain, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Root, R., Major, Keokuk, Iowa. Ross, L. F., General, Lewistown, Ill. Ruff, W. A., Captain, 142 LaSalle street, Chicago, Ill. Ruggles, J. M., General, Havana, Ill. Rumsey, I. P., Captain, 226 LaSalle street, Chicago, Ill. Rumsey, J. W., Captain, Seattle, Wash. Sabine, A., Surgeon, Garden City, Kansas. Sanborn, J. B., General, 187 East Ninth street, St. Paul, Minn. 220 Proceedings of the Society Sanders, A. H., General, Davenport, Iowa. Schenk, John, Captain, 4163 Prairie avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Scott, J. K., Colonel, Martinsville, Ind. Scribner, Mrs. W. S., Madison, Wis. Seay, A. J., Colonel, Kingfisher, Oklahoma'Territory. Sexton, Mrs. Jas. A., 561 LaSalle avenue, Chicago, Ill. Shaw, W. T., Colonel, Anamosa, Iowa. Sherman, B. R., Major, Vinton, Iowa. Sherman, Hoyt, Major, Des Moines, Iowa. Sherman, P. Tecumseh, 59 Wall street, New York City. Sherman, Thomas E., 413 W. Twelfth, Chicago, Ill. Silva, C. P., Lieutenant, 185 Dearborn street, Chicago, III. Skilton, John D., Monroeville, Ohio. Slack, James R., Huntington, Ind. Sleeth, W. M., Captain, Arkansas City, Kansas. Smith, Chas. H., Major, 121 Cedar avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Smith, Chas. H., Lieutenant, Aurora, Ill. Smith, H. 1., Captain, Mason City, Iowa. Smith, Joseph R., Colonel, U. S. A., 2300 Delancey street, Philadelphia, Pa. Smith, J. A., Captain, Jacksonville, Ill. Smith, M. P., Captain, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Smith, Milo, Colonel, Clinton, Iowa. Smith, S. T., Captain, care of Denver Club, Denver, Colo. Smith, Wm. Sooy, General, 734 Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, III. Soper, E. B., Captain, Emmettsburg, Iowa. Spalding, E. B., Captain, Sioux City, Iowa. Spalding, Z. S., Colonel, Kealia, Hawaiian Islands. Spear, Ed., Major, 1360 Vine Place, Minneapolis, Minn. Spiegel halter, Jos., Major, 2166 LaFayette avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Spoor, N. T., Captain, 3625 Finney avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Sry, Randolph, Captain, Station A, Cincinnati, Ohio. Sry, Miss Belle, Station A, Cincinnati, Ohio. Stanton, Cornelius A., Major, 186 Union street, Memphis, Tenn. Stark, C. W., Captain, Tiffany, Rock county, Wis. Steele, Mrs. Geo. R., 4533a Wichita avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Stevens, T. N., Captain, Stanton, Mich. Stevens, W. E., Colonel, Moline, Ill. Stewart, W. H., Captain, Woodstock, Ill. Stibbs, J. H., General, 160 Adams street, Chicago, Ill. Stiesmeier, Chas., Captain, 206 South Fourth st., St. Louis, Mo. Stillwell, L., Lieutenant, Erie, Kansas. Stone, J. C.,Colonel, Burlington, rowa. Stone, John Y., Captain, Des Moines, Iowa. Stockton, Joseph, General, Chicago, Ill. Stuart, 0., Colonel, Park Ridge, Cook county, Ill. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 221 Swobe, Thos., Lieutenant, Omaha, Neb. Swords, Henry L., Major, 641 Washington st., New York City. Sylvis, G. W., Captain, Guffey, Park county, Colo. Taggart, G. I., Colonel, Savannah, Ga. Taggart, Samuel L., Captain, Dubuque, Iowa. Thomas, Samuel, General, 80 Broadway, New York City. Thompson, Robt. M., Major, 217 Ralph avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Thrall, W. R., Surgeon, Cincinnati, Ohio. Tilton, H. R., Colonel, U. S. A., 1110 S. Forty-ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa. Towne, Mrs. O. C., 227 Horsman street, Rockford, Ill. Tredway, D., Major, 5142 Washington avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Tripp, S. S., Captain, Peoria, III. Tuthill, R. S., Lieutenant, 532 Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, III. Van Dyke, A. M., Major, Cincinnati, Ohio. Van Sellar, H., Colonel, Paris, III. Vail, D. F., Lieutenant, 129 E. Fourth street, St. Paul, Minn. Vilas, Wm. F., Colonel, Madison, Wis. Wainwright, W. A., Captain, Noblesville, Ind. Wallace, M. R. M., General, 3817 Michigan avenue, Chicago, Ill. Wangelin, Richard, Belleville, Ill. Wardner, H., Major, La Porte, Ind. Ware, Wm. E., Major, 181 Laclede Building, St. Louis, Mo. Warmoth, H. C., Colonel, New Orleans, La. Warner, Willard, General, Chattanooga, Tenn. Warner, V., Major, Clinton, Ill. Warner, C. G., Colonel, 3123 Washington avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Warner, Wm., Major, Kansas City, Mo. Warrens, C. H., Major, U. S. A. (retired), care Adjutant-General, Washington, D. C. Waterhouse, A. C., Colonel, 343 Warren avenue, Chicago, Ill. Watts, J. M., Lieutenant, Prescott, Arizona. Webb, Julius Dwight, Captain, Marysville, Ohio. Webster, Edward F., 431 Telephone Building, Kansas City, Mo. Welker, Fred., Colonel, P. O. Box 60, Vancouver, B. C. Welles, Geo. E., General, Toledo, Ohio. Wheeler, Geo. F., Captain, Hotel Albany, Denver, Colo . . White, J. E., Captain, care P. O. Department, Washington, D. C. Wilbur, C. T., Major, Kalamazoo, Mich. Wilcox, J. S., Colonel, Elgin, Ill. Wilcox, W. H., Captain, Elgin, Ill. Williams, W - S., Captain, 192 Maple street, Battle Creek, Mich. Williamson, Andrew W., Lieutenant, Augustana College. Rock Island, Ill. 222 (Proceedings of the Society Williamson, J. A., General, 18 East 48th street, New York, N. Y. Willison, A., Major, Creston, Iowa. Wilson, F. C., Lieutenant, 123 Park avenue, Chicago, Ill. Wilson, H., Colonel, Sidney, Ohio. Wilson, J. F., Major, 247 Ohio street, Chicago, Ill. Wilson, James Grant, General, 15 E. 74th street, New York City. Wilson, James H., General, Wilmington, Del. Wilson, T. P., Major, 503 Rondo street, St: Paul, Minn. Winslow, E. F., General, 129 ~. Oxford street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Woodhull, Maxwell Van Zandt, General, 2033 G street, Washington, D. C. Wright, B. T., Colonel, Lawton, Mich. Zearing, J. R., Major, 3600 Michigan avenue, Chicago, Ill. Zickerick, Wm., Captain, Oshkosh, Wis. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 223 MEMBERS By STATES AND TOWNS. ARIZONA. Fort Apache - Macklin. Prescott- Watts. ARKANSAS. Cincinnati - Oates. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Vancouver- Welker. CALIItORNIA. Benicia - Ord. Coronado Beach - Churchill. Gardena - Rogers. Los Angeles - Cochran, McLean. Oakland - Perry. San Francisco - Christensen, Hawes. COLORADO • . Boulder-Parsons (C. F.) . Denver-Ady, Perkins, Smith (S. T.), Wheeler. Guffey (Park county) - Sylvis. Leadville - Bohn. Pueblo - Pope. DELAWARE, Wilmington- Wilson (J. H.) DISTRICT OIt COLUMBIA. Washington-Barlow, Breckinridge, Castle, Darling, Davis, Eaton, Hovey (Mrs. C. E.), Kinsman, Logan (Mrs.), Macfeely, Parsons (E. H.). Peterson, Plunkett, Powell (J. W.), Rice, Warrens, White, Woodhull. FLORIDA. Brooksville (Hernan.do county) --Hartshorn. GEORGIA. Poulan - Girdner. Rome - Coverdale. Savannah-Taggart (G. 1.) 224 Proceedings of the Society HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Kealia-Spalding (Z. S.) ILLINOIS. Aurora - Smith (Chas. H.) Belleville-Kueffner (Mrs. Elise), Wangelin. Belvidere- Hurlbut, Loop. Bloomington - Evans, Riebsame. Bunker Hill-Hedley. Cairo - Patier, Reardon. Carbondale -- Brush, Rapp. Carlinville- Rinaker. Cary Station - Nish. Chicago - Ballard, Barnum, Barrett, Belknap, Bennett, Bentley, Bird, Black, Borland, Busse, Cadle (W. L.), Callender, Carroll (Mrs. J. C), Eldridge (Mrs.H. N.), Emerson, Everest, Fallows, Fisher (F. P.), Frowe, Gilman, Gleason (H. J.), Harding, Heafford, Hoge, Irwin, Jacobson, Jenkins, Jenney, Keeler, Koch, Laing, Leake, Letton, Ludwig, McArthur (john), McAuley, McGrath (M. J.), McGrath (P.), McLaren, Marsh, Mason (Geo.), Mason (R. H.), Matteson, Monroe (B. F.), Moss, Murray, Neely, Nixon, Norwood, J>addock, Page, Pearson, Pierce, Pike, Porter, Pratt, Raum, .Reece, Rey nolds" Richmond (J. F.), Riddle, Ruff, Rumsey (1. P.), Sexton (Mrs. Jas. A.), Sherman (T. E), Silva, Smith (Wm. Sooy), Stibbs, Stockton, Tuthill, Wallace, Waterhouse, Wilson (F. C.), Wilson (J. F.), Zearing. Clinton- Warner (V.) Danville - Law. Dixon-Noble (Mrs. H. T.) Elgin-Wilcox (J. S.), Wilcox (W. H.) Evanst01z-Reed (D. W.) Flora-Parsons (L. B.) Freeport - Atkins. Galena - Chetlain. Galesburg - Lanstrum. Havana - Ruggles. Jacksonville- Grierson, Smith 0. A.) Joliet - Dement. Lacon - Fort. Lamoille - Frary. Lewistown - Ross. Maroa-Emery. Mendota - Crooker. Moline-Reid (D.O.), Stevens (W. E.) Nashville- Krughoff. Oak Park (Cook county) - Cheney. Ottawa - Hapeman. OJ the ..Army of the Tennessee. 225 Ir.r.INOIS - Continued. Paris - Van Sellar. Park Ridge (Cook county) - Stuart. Peoria-Burt, Campbell (R. M.), McClure, Tripp. Plainfield - McAllister. Princeton - Elliott. Quincy - Hamilton (E. B.), Pullen. Riverside (Cook county) - Hunt. Rockford - Flynn, Rohr, Towne (Mrs.) Rock Island - Williamson (A. W.) Salem - Martin. South Chicago-McFarland (J. C.) Springfield - Ferguson, Johnson. Table Grove - Kinney. Urbana - Bixby (Mrs. A. S.) Woodstock - Stewart. INDIANA. Covington - Dunlap. Greenfield - Ogg. Huntington - Pride, Slack. Indianapolis - Adams, Hawkins, McGinnis. La Porte - Wardner. Marion-Marshall (W. S.) Martinsville - Scott . .Noblesville- Wainwright. IOWA. Anamosa-Shaw. Burlington - Frick, Stone (J. C.) Cedar Rapids-Camburn, Ely, Putnam, Smith (M: P.) Centerville - Baker. Charit01t-Gibbon (Mrs. W. H.) Clarinda - Hepburn. Cli1zton - Fegan, Smith (Milo). Corning-Ankeny (H. G.) Council Bluffs- Gordon, Montgomery, Reed (J. R.), Richmond (G. H.) Creston - Willison. Davenport - Robertson, Sanders. Des Moines-Ankeny (R. V.), Byers, Fracker, Godfrey, Hull, Mac- kenzie, Sherman (Hoyt), Stone (J. Y.) De Witt-Butterfield. Dubuque - Henderson, Taggart (S. L.) Eldora - Nuckolls. Emmetsburg - Soper. Ft. Madison-Morrison. Keokuk - Root. 226 Proceedings of the Society IOWA - Continued. Mason City-Smith (H. I.) Mt. Pleasant - Beckwith. Mt. Vernon-Rood. Muscatine-Morgridge, Munroe (J. H.). Ottumwa - Mahon. Oxford-Miller (A. J.) Red Oak - Hayes. Sioux City-Spalding (E. B.) Toledo - Connell. Vinton - Sherman (B. R.) West Liberty - McElravy. KANSAS. Arkansas City - Sleeth. Bunker Hill-Bickerdyke (Mrs. M. A.) Erie - Stillwell. Fort Leavenworth - McClaughry. Garden City -Sabine. Topeka - Mulvane. Wichita - Fabrique. KENTUCKY. Ludlow - Flemming. Padueah - Hall (Mrs. Ada) LOUISIANA. New Orleans-Jonas, Warmoth. MAINE. Bangor-Clayton. MASSACHUSETTS. Milford-Fitch (Mrs. M. J.) Somerville - Nichols. MICHIGAN. Battle Creek - Williams (W. S.) Bay City-Nugent. Detroit-Alger, Chadwick, Chamberlin (L. H.), Hallock (Mrs.), Poe (Mrs.) Galesburg - Muhlenberg. Ionia - Hutchinson. Kalamazoo - Osborne, Wilbur. Lawton - Wright. Stanton - Stevens. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. MINNESOTA. Minneapolis - Leach, Spear. Red Wing-Hubbard. St. Paul- Gray, Sanborn, Vail, Wilson (T. P.) MISSOURI. Bethany - Cadle (H.) Edgebrook (St. Louis county) - Brown. Kansas City-Brumback, Colton, Warner (W.) Koshkonong (Oregon county) - Hitt. Macon-Gillespie (W. C. B.) Maryville-Powell (E.) Memphis-Barnes (Mrs. J. W.), Barnes (R. M.) Morley - Cooper. Morrellton -..: Evenden. St. Louis - Blodgett, Buchanan, Butler, Carroll, Coleman, Dyer, Gan dolfo, Hall, Hequembourg, Hills, Hodges. Latey (Mrs. Mary S.), McFall, Morrill, NOQle, Parsons (Chas.), Pitzman, Pope (W. S.), Rassieur, Ravold, Reynolds, Schenck, Spiegelhalter, Spoor, Steele (Mrs. G. R.), Stiesmeier, Tredway, Ware, Warner (C. G.) Tuxedo-Pratt (J. B.) MISSISSIPPI. Vicksburg - Rigby. NEBRASKA. Clay Center- Dunn. Omaha - Candee, Frederick, Richardson, Swobe. NEW MExICO. Albuquerque - Carr. NEW YORK. Bath - Burns. Brooklyn - Menken, Thompson, Winslow Buffalo - Arndt, McArthur (J. N.) New York City-Crane, Dodge, Fisk, Grant (F. D.), Grant (Mrs. U. S.), Hamilton (S.), Ihrie, Mattox, Sherman (P. T.), Swords, Thomas, Williamson (J. A.), Wilson (Jas. G.) Tarrytown - Ewing. NORTH DAKOTA. Bismarck - Gregg. Fargo - Edwards, Morton. 228 rproceedings Of the Society OHIO. Akron - Jacobs. Bellifontaine- Campbell (J. Q. A.) Bucyrus-Fisher (C. W.) Cadiz - McConnell. Canal Dover- Hildt. Cinci11~ati-A·rmor (Mrs. Mary), Banks (J. C.), Cadle (C.), Chamberlin (W. H.), Cherry (Mrs. E. V.), Heath, Hickenlooper, Kemper, Lewis, McComas, McCormick, Moore IF. W.), Sry (R.), Sry (Miss Belle), Thrall, Van Dyke. Cleveland-Barber (Mrs. J.), Hitchcock, Leggett (Mrs. M. D.), Lynch, Madigan, Pelton, Smith (C. H.) Columbus-Fuller, Jones (Theo.), Kilbourue (Jas.), (Jas. R.), (G. B.), (L.), Neil, Potts. Dayton - Bell (J. N.), Henry, Keller. Frazeysburg - Evans (J. A.) Fremont'- Buckland. Kent-Kent (Mrs. W. S.) Lima-Francis, Moore (1. T.), Prophet. Lithopolis-Clark (Mrs. W. C.) Marysville- Webb. Middletown - Gillespie (J. W. A.) Monroeville - Skilton. N apolem/, - Harrison, Randall. Plainville - Hurd. St. Marys-Hipp, Lambert. Sidney - Nutt, Wilson (H.) Toledo-Bell (J. B.), Bond, Raynor, Welles. Waverly-Jones (W. S.) Willoughby~Howe. Za1zesville - Munson. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. Kingfisher-Seay. PENNSYLVANIA. Media (Delaware county) --Miller (E. T.) New Castle--Jackson. Philadelphia--Bingham, Blair, Brinton, Everts, Smith (J. R.), Tilton. Pittsburg-Fitch (Mrs. Minnie Sherman), McFarland (J. D.) SWITZERLAND. Geneva - De Lapalua (Madam F.) SOUTH DAKOTA. AndrZ(,s - Andrus. Faulkton - Pickler. Of the Ar1'ny of the Tennessee. TENNESSEE. Chattanooga-Healy, Warner (Willard). Memphis - Stanton. UTAH. Salt Lake-Lakin. VERMONT. Burlington -- Howard. WASHINGTON. Seattle-Banks (L.), Chase, Dickerson,Rumsey (J. W.) WISCONSIN. Fon du Lac- Gilson. Fox Lake - Eggleston. Ironton - Blakeslee. Janesville --Harlow. Madison-Bryant, Cantwell, Pitman, Scrilmer (Mrs. W. S.), Vilas. Milwaukee - Lademann, Magdeburg. Oshkosh - Zickerick. Racine - Colman. Tiffany - Stark. Waukesha - Putney. 230 Proceedings of the Society A LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF OUR SOCIETY FROM ITS ORGANIZATION. PRESIDENT. General John A. Rawlins, Elected 1865. Died 1869. General W. T. Sherman, Elected 1869. Died 1891. General Grenville M. Dodge, Elected 1891. TREASURER. Colonel Addison Ware, Elected 1865. Died 1894. General Manning F. Forc·e, Elected 1866. Died 1899. Major A. M. Van Dyke, Elected 1899. CORR,ESPONDING SECRETARY. Surgeon John M. Woodworth, Elected 1865. General A. Hickenlooper, Elected 1866. RECORDING SECRETARY. Colonel L. M. Dayton, Elected 1865. Died 1891. Colonel Cornelius Cadle, Elected 1891. VICE-PRESIDENTS. (~'The dead are thus marked). Lieutenant H. C. Adams, 1891. General R. A. Alger, 1898, 1900. *Captain A. T. Andreas, 1889 . .Captain W. D. E. Andrus, 1889. General R. V. Ankeny, 1888. Of the .Army of the Tennessee. 23 1 *Colonel John M. Bacon, 188~. *Captain E. L. Baker, 1882. *General M. M. Bane, 1879. *Captain J. Barber, 1871, 1884. *Captain W. H. Barlow, 1881. *Colonel J. W. Barnes, 1895. Colonei W. L. Barnum, 1883. Major S. E. Barrett, 1891. *General W. W. Belknap, 1866, 1867, 1874. Mr. Hugh R. Belknap, 1899. Colonel John B. Bell, 1897. Major J. J. Bell, 1881. Captain J. LeRoy Bennett, 1896. *Captain A. S. Bixby, 1875. Mr. Andrew A. Blair, 1897. *General F. P. Blair, 1866. *General 1. J. Bloomfield, 1872. Major A. V- Bohn, 1886. Major Wm. J. Bond, 1887. General J. C. Breckinridge, 1899. *Colonel B. H. Bristow, 1871, 1875. Colonel George E. Bryant, 1872, 1875, 1879, 1882. Mr. Geo. Buckland, 1898. Captain Wm. S. Burns, ] 883, 1885. Captain G. A. Busse, 1899. Colonel Cornelius Cadle, 1871. *Major W. H. Calkins, 1887. Captain B. M. Callender, 1893. General E. A. Car-r, 1898. Captain H. A. Castle, 1891, 1898. *General John S. Cavender, 1867, 1884. Captain C. C. Chadwick, 1879, 18~6, ]896. Captain L. H. Chamberlin, 1899. Major W- H. Chamberlin, 1899. Captain R. J. Chase, 1899. , General A. L. Chetlain, 1877, 18~2. Major Chas. Christensen, 1891, 1897. *Lieutenant W. C. Clark, 1893. General W. T. Clark, 1876, 1884. Captain Wm. Z. Clayton, 1883. *Captain Geo. W. Colby, 1885. *General Nelson Cole, 1891, 1895. Colonel D. C. Coleman, 1869, 18~3. Lieutenant John Crane, ]873, 1887, 1897. Colonel W. P. Davis, ]878. *Culonel E. C. Dawes, 1875, 1893, 1894. *Captain J. C. DeGress, 1886. 23 2 Proceedings of the Society *Colonel F. C. Diemling, 1878. Captain Jos. Dickerson, 1895,-1898. , General G. M. Dodge, 1868, 1869. *Colonel J. M. Dresser, 1885. *General A. C. Ducat, 1892. Lieutenant J. R. Dunlap, 1897. *Major Wm. McKee Dunn, 1885. *General H. N. Eldridge, 1882. Captain J. G. Everest, 1877. Major L. H. Everts, 1888. Major A. H. Fabrique, 1888. *General Cassius Fairchild, 1866, 1867. Captain Jos. D. Fegan, 1887, 1892. Colonel W. M. Ferry, 1874. *Colonel A. ~. Fisk, 1887. *Major J. A. Fitch, 1878. Major R. H. Flemming, 1891. *Colonel T. C. Fletcher, 1868, 1874, 1877. General C. H. Frederick, 1897. *Major Geo. F. French, 1894. Captain S. S. Frowe, 1895. *General John W. Fuller, 1872, 1874. Colonel J. B. Gandolfo, 1893. *Colonel Wm. H. Gibbon, 1883. *Captain D. H. Gile, 1876. *Surgeon C. Goodbrake, 1882. Lieutenant H. L. Gray, 1888. *General W. Q Gresham, 1868, 1875, 1877, 1891. Captain E. B. Hamilton, 1895._ General Schuyler Hamilton, 1884. Lieutenant A. J. Harding, 1887. *General Edward Hatch, 1872. Colonel Alex. G. Hawes, 1900. General R. W. Bealey, 1893, 1898. Colonel W. H. Heath, 1871. Captain Geo. H. Heafford, 1877, 1884, 1887 *General J. M. Hedrick, 1873. Colonel D. B. Henderson, 18{)2. Captain Geo. A. Henry, 1871. *Surgeon A. E. Heighway, 1877. Colonel W. P. Hepburn, 1896. *Major M. A. Higley, 1879, 1897. Colonel Geo. H. Hildt, 1895. Colonel C. B. Hinsdill, 1871. Major Chas. Hipp, 189~. Lieutenant J. W. Hilt, 1886. Captain W. R. Hodges, 1892. Of the .Ar1ny of the Tennessee. 233 *Major Geo. B. Hogin, 1886. *Colonel Jas. F. How, 1886. General O. O. Howard, 1867, 1895. *General Jas. H. Howe, 1871. General L. F. Hubbard, 1879, 1881, 1897, 1900. Captain J. A. T. Hull, 1898. General F. S. Hutchinson, 1873, 1883. Colonel Oscar L. Jackson, 1892. Colonel Augustus Jacobson, 1887. Colonel W. A. Jenkins, 1896, 1898. *Colonel E. M. Joel, 1875. Colonel Edward Jonas, 1889. General Theodore Jones, 1878, 1896. Colonel Wm. B. Keeler, 1892. Captain Louis Keller, 1895. *Colonel C. C. Kellogg, 1889. Captain A. C. Kemper, 1895. Colonel Jas. Kilbourne, 1898. *Colonel Kilburn Knox, 1876. Captain Chas. R. E. Koch, 1900. Captain O. C. Lademan, 1897. Captain S. M. Laird, 1876. Captain L. E. Lambert, 1889. *General W. J. Landram, 1869, 1877, 1879,1887,1889. Captain C. E. Lanstrum, 1886. Mrs. Mary Spoor-Latey, 1900. Captain S. A. L. Law, 1893. Colonel Wm. B. Leach, 1883, 1886, 1896. *Captain Wells W. Leggett, 1888. Lieutenant Theo. W. Letton, 1880. *General C. E. Lippincott, 1875. *General John A. Logan, 1866, 1868, 1873, ]876. *Colonel John Mason Loomis, 1869. *Colonel D. W. C. Loudon, 1891. *Colonel Frank Lynch, 1873, 1879, 1887. Captain John T. McAuley, 1893. Major H. C. McArthur, 1878. General John McArthur, 1867, 1900. Colonel Jas. N. McArthur, 1891. Colonel J. D. McClure, 1894. *General Ed. S. McCook, ]872. *Captain W- McCrory, 1884, 1885. Captain J. W. McElravy, 1900. General John McFall, 1883. Captain J. D.McFarland, 1883. General G. F. McGinnis, 1874, 1900. Captain M. J. McGrath, 1899. 234 Proceedings of the Society General Robt. Macfeely, 1875. *Colonel J. W. MacMurray, 1897. Captain M. F. Madigan, 1900. Captain F. H. Magd~burg, 1889, 1896, 1898, 1899. Major Samuel Mahon, 1881. *General Dwight May, 1878. *Colond A. H. Markland, 1873. *General Wm. R. Marshall, 1874. Captain C. F. Matteson, 1889. Captain A. H. Mattox, 1889. Major Edgar T. Miller, 1884. :*General Madison Miller, 1883~ Major Wm. Bowen Moore, 1876. Major Henry L. Morrill, 1894. Colonel Chas. A. Morton, 1877. Major Ii". P. Muhlenberg, 1892, 1894, 1899. Captain D. A. Mulvane, 1894, 1896. Captain J. H. Munroe, 1875, 1882. Colonel G. D. Munson 1882. *G.eneral Eli H. Murray, 1878, 1885. Major H. M. Neil, 1882. *Colonel H. T. Noble, 1883. Mrs. H. T. Noble, 1899. General John W. Noble, 1872, 1882. Major: E. B. Nugent, 1900. Captain A. L. Ogg, 1881, 1892, 1899. *General R. J. Oglesby, 1866. *Colonel Wm. S. Oliver, 1878, 1885. *Major Joseph W. Paddock, 1894. Colonel Chas. Parsons, 1898. Captain Chas. O. Patier, 1893. Colonel R. F. Patterson, 1877. General R. N. Pearson, 1873, 1894. Major A. A. Perkins, 1877, 1882. Colonel Gilbert A. Pierce, 1888. *Major S. C. Plummer, 1886. Colonel W. H. Plunkett, 1883. *General O. M. Poe, 1887. *General John Pope, 1873. *General B. F. Potts, 1868. Major J. W. Powell, 1876. Colonel George G. Pride, 1876. Captain John O. PuIIen, 1888. *Captain Geo. Puterbaugh, 1871. Major Chaos. E. Putnam, 1885. Major Leo Rassieur, 1892. General Green B. Raum, 1878, 1891. Of the .Ar1'ny of the Tennesse'e. 235 *Captain J. B. Raymond, 1879. Lieutenant A. N. Reece, 1888. Captain C. Riebsame, 1884, 1888. *General Joseph Reynolds, 1879. *General Thomas Reynolds, 1871, 1877, 1888. *General E. W - Rice, 1881. Captain Geo. H. Richmond, 1894. Captain W. T. Rigby, 1896. Captain H. H. Rood, 1884. *Colonel L. H. Roots, 1884. Colonel N. R. Ruckle, 1872. *General J. M. Rusk, 1868, 1869, 1874,1885. *Major John J. Safely, 1883. General John B. Sanborn, 1872, 1875. Colonel A. J. Seay, 1885. *Captain Jas. A. Sexton, 1889. Colonel Wm. T. Shaw, 1895. Major Hoyt Sherman, 1891, 1894. *Major John E. Simpson, 1872. *General J as. R. Slack, 1871. Mr. Jas. R. Slack, 1898. Major Chas. H. Smith, 1886, 1888, 1900. *General Giles A. Smith, 1866, 1867. *General John E. Smith, 1873. Major John P. Smith, 1873. Colonel Milo Smith, 1895. Major Ed. Spear, 1876, 1886. Major Joseph Spiegelhalter, 1900. *General Benj. Spooner, 1879. *General J. W. Sprague, 1871, 1875. *Major Geo. R. Steele, 1874. *Lieutenant W. B. Stephenson, 1876. *General J. D. Stevenson, 1882. Captain Chas. A. Stiesmeier, 1888. Lieutenant L. Stillwell, 1884. General J. C. Stockton, 188!. Colonel J. C. Stone, 1878 .. Captain John Y. Stone, 1893. *General Wm. E. Strong, 1872. *General J. M. Thayer, 1871, 1874. Major R. M. Thompson, 1878. *General John Tilson, 1873. *Colonel J. E. Tourtelotte, 1881. *Major O. C. Towne, 1891. *Captain Richard S. Tuthill, 1885. Lieutenant D. F. Vail, 1899. General Wm. Vandeveer, 1875. rproc.eedings of the Society Colonel Wm. F. Vilas,·1872. *Colohel W. M. Vogelson, 1881, 1889. *General C. C.·Walcutt, 1869,1874,1894. *Colonel Addison wai'e, 1881. Major Wm. E. Ware, 1879, 1887. Colonel C. G. Warner, 1896. Captain Vespasian. 'Varner, 1892. General Willard Warner, 1881:- Major Wm. Warner, 1896, .1897, Captain J. A. Wasson; 1874. Colonel Fred. Welker, 1893. General Geo. E. We1les, 1873, 1885. General Re~ben Williams, 188L CaptainW. S. \yilli~ms, 1877, 1881. Major L. S ..WilIar.o, 1874. General J. A. Williamson, 1894. Major :A. Willison, 1893. Colonel Edward H. Wolfe, 1886. General Maxwell V. Z. Woodhull, 1876. *Colonel John M. Woodworth, 1876. Colonel B. T. Wright, 1897. *General L. E. Yorke, 1872.