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Wednesday Morning, September 2G 1866
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CON-
,.t}1 b VENTION. 1879
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PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
General Coc. of Ohio, President.
Wednesday Morning, September: 26 1856

Tf 'r4 PTTTsBURG, Pa, Sept. 25.l
Gen. Neagley called the convention to order
2 at noon. = e. a-5 3 Is = n. a. = ~
Prayer was offered by Gen. Moody, formerly
Colonel of the 47th Ohio regiment.
A choir of one hundred ladies sang the "Star
Spangled Banner" the delegates joining in the
chorus.
Gen. Barbour, of New York. then read the
call under which the convention assembled.
L. Edwin Dudley, private soldier OF tlIs
18th Massachusetts, regiment, was made tempo
rary chairman.
Amos =. Hardy, of Maine, and Gen. Farms.
worth, OF Illinois, were appointed a committee
to conduct Mr.. Dudley to the chair, where be
was received with great applause. Owing to a
cold he made but few remarks, closing as fol-
lows:
Il am thankful to you for the honor you have
conferred upon me. No individual can fail to
over an assemblage of those who, as in the case
OF those now assembled, have approved their
fidelity to principle upon the battlefield, and
especially when he sees before him the faces OF
men whose personal history is that of their
country during the last four years. 1 feel that
/ can add nothing more. / shall. therefore, en-
ter at once upon the discharge of the duties of
the position to which you have called me-"
The Chair announced that the next business
in order wonld be the appointment of Temporal
ry SECRETARIES, and the following were appoint
ed: Maine, private Amos E. Hardy; New York,
Gen. G. n. Love; Illinois,. Gen. j. G. Webber;
Maryland, Capt. III. L. Haverstic}l; Ohio, Gen.
farming; Delaware, Major Gen. George w.
Wells; Iowa, Gen. G. T. Matthias; North Car
SMnaa, Mn;a, capt. a; W. W; Torngu; New Hampshire,
Wells; Rhode Island, Col r.. III. j. Goddard;
Massachusetts, A. Colburn; New Jersey Gen.
Q. K. Hall; Hall; Pennsylvania, Capt: Il. ii. Hoff
man; Michigan, private D. B. Curtiss; Indi-
ana, Gen. Daniel Macauley; Minnesota, pri-
Bartlett; Texas, Capt. A. j. LeoAard; Califor-
MIA and Nevada, Lieut.. George Blake; Utah,
Capt: d. B. Storer; West Virginia, Col. W.B.
Curtis; kansas, private Steele.
Inc following committee was appointed on
Maine, Gen. Chamberlain and @. N, TiIden:
New Hampshire, Gen. s. Duncan and j! B'
Clark Vermont, Col Redfeld Proctor and
Lieut.. Col. William g. N. Ripley; Connectiout.
capt. punhan and Col. John H. Burnham;
New York, Gen. John Cochrane and Gen. C.
w. Illden; pennsylvania, Gen. r. L. Bodine
and Capt. Samuel Hooper; Delaware, Lieut..
William Green and Sergeant c. r. Birney;
Maryland, Gen. b. T. Stanton and Capt j.. b.
Lightney; indiana, Gen. j. Il. Brady and Col.
VIM. O'Brien; Rhode Island, Col Eddy and
Col Joseph Monroe; Iowa, Gen. c. L. Matthias
and Gen. g. M. Drake; Missouri, Col. b. C.
Mckay and Capt j. I'll. Fox; Missouri. e. T..
Butterich and Capt j. Il. Goodrich; Texas. Col.
q. W. Paschal and Capt. o. j. Bennett; Miohi-
gan, Col. G: s. Amor and Lieut. Col. s. Nc,
Farland; Minnesota, private A L. Dudley and
MAJ: M A. Daley; Massachusetts,, Maj. Gen.
Loring and Brig. Gen. Cogswell: District Of
Columbia private w. I'll. Short and Col. G.. e.
Copeland; New Jersey, Gen. L. f. Haskell and
private George Fenkes; Tennessee, Capt. Eu-
gene Casey; Ohio, Gen. R: O. schenck and
Gen. M. ID. Leggett; North Carolina Capt W.
a. Joerge; Illinois, w. A. Schmidt and Gsn.
q. A. Elliot; Kansas, Gen. Thos. Moonlight
and Capt. Il. u. Fisher; California and Nexa-
da, Gen. Thomas d. j. Johns and Mai McMi-
chael; West Virginia. private Harry Hubbard
and Col j.. II. Lockwood; Utah, Capt. d. d.
Stevens and Capt. George f. Price: Virginia.
Capt. ". ID. Snowdon and A. G.David; Ken
tncky, Capt. Thomas Harrison and Lieut.. Robt.
The Chair laid before the convention tae fol-
lowing dispatch:
Burnett House, Cincinnati. Sent. 25
To the President of the Soldiers and Sailors
Convention:
Thirty thousand loyal Tennessee soldiers
send greeting to their brethren at Pittsburg.-
Inc Illness OF Gov. Brownlow detains him.
tSlgned) JAMES B. BARLOW,
5s g Chairman.
q The committee ON permanent organization
reported the name of Gen. Cox, of Ohio as
permanent President, Gen Logan not being
present. From the fact that the temporary
Chairman was from the East, Gen. Buffers
claims were Outweighed.
Gen. Cox was received with great adplause
and made speech of considerable length.
An election of Vice-Presidents then took
place.
Gen. Cochrane here said; Mr. President,
wish to say just here that not a man whose
name has been read for Vice-President, or will
be read for Secretary, is an absentee. Each
and all answered to their names at the calling
of the rolls" ~
A list of Secretaries was here reod. one from
eacn State represented in the convention,
which was adopted.
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