, 1865-11-16
ARMY Of TINE rEaMEssfE.
Orders of the Blue and White Arrows
...Annual Meeting Yesterday
-..OrEanizadon, &c.
Data for History.
Banquet At the BE1Egps' In the
Evening.

The associations known ~ the order. Of the
" B1ne Arrow" and the " v hltc Ar7uw" met yester-
dry at the rouua Of The United ser!ee Club, In the
Opera building. The organization OF members Of
the zy toe purposes Of preserving their record OF
bestowing kindly aid, and chertshtng old associa-
ons bJ the &oeabi]ites Of annual meetines and The
6s29 ,a,h'a Gf ssssty ss se1.1nont l. no o.t com
purely devoted to fuch purposes can1o. but
Be productive Of good. Charges Of pa.tisanshtp
hsse been made against such associations but IT L.
gratifying that there Was 70 ortdppp!nR Of
nny such rptrt In The proceedings Of yeste1day The
whole beng characterized but By the Interchange Of
good fellowship and zeytE1 Of that spldt oi conf
dcnre and common interest, which cauicd the army
Of the Tennessee esfely through pezls md rendered
thels names famous IN The records Of the w1r.
In order That reader1 may more clearly under.
stand he inception Of The atsoations represented
here It may not be improper hat we refer biedJ to
some ol the detai4 IN the organization OF an army.
ades. each brigade bang compoeea comp Of nom mi foar 70
Ex regiments. These divisions have their own
| numbers in the corps to which they are attached.
corps tsken from the French army. In which Il
& vel handied. 1he ~ tesm " corps @ sieniae.
cavalry and artillery. swo o. three corps wake a
amy. The term Department has more especsA
reference to geog1spnieal locality, as the Depart
Tennessee, &c The ann, fsasioned w1ih.s ~
that department dczivss Its natne from II
As the Army OF the Tennessee II 70 calico
becapse stationed aud operating 10 the Depart
mont Of the Tennessee. GWhen. however. An
Army" Is moving IN the field, though that delt
retains It's department name; and orders issntns
from il commander tsaue from thc .Deparmen
This amy name Ie1nains tilli1 Be assigned sta
tiune1 IN ROME other aepa1tua Thus the asn.
Of The Tennessee 1etAtned tts nane Hhlle opcrattn
| under Sherman IN Other territory beside the dc
| pnttmcnt Of the Tennessee
Il Two or three Departments make ~ AAl1u!Ary ID
| yielon.r For instance, General Sherman had com
| uaand Of the ~ Military Division OF Mtssasetppi'
comprising the Departments of the armies Of IN
Tennessee. Cumberland and OHIO. making in a
eeven army cope. besides force OF IL 600 car1lr
under General Fitzpatrick. amounting to anotht
eoERt. .-,
On tts celebrated march to the sea- II Was compose
4, Of the Army Of the Tennessee, consisting Of n
18th and 1itl corps. the 10th corps having bee
+ mesfed IN the other two, and the Army Of Ii
!. ! Cumberland. consisting Of 1ith md s0ih corps
the 4th corps and the Army OF tho Ohio lsSd corps
!. | were left 10 light Hcod In Tennessee.
: Thoso wa- originally NTH the Army ol the Ta
neasee tie I'd division, which was with them ;
If Ficksburg, but went away With Gen. 4 j. S11tl
and has eyer since been retained within the Depar
zoent Of the GnG .-..
- TIE term Army Of the Tennessee ea11e to be gs
= er1lly applied to fbc grand army which aecomps
&c led Gen. Sharnar, from the Eact that Gen. Sbermt
J. bad alMaFs becn connected with the Army Of Il
e Tennessee. while the other, the Cumberland Il!
" Ohio armies, came under h1a ru1nmAnd when
encceedcd Grant il the military diyieon Of the Nj
- eiettppi, the Army OF the Tennessee forming Il
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