The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-25
THE AZTEC CLUB.

Oh ADEOGhoEbs sln@
Arms OF tho War In McxieO-UniOn and
Rebel Omcers Expected-Gens. Grant
and Lee to be Present-A Souvenir OF
tho Times when FederaIs and COnfede-
rates Marched Under the Same Flag.
There is to be meeting of the Aztec Club of
officers and eXofheers of tine United States
Army, which was formed in the City of Mexico
coming month, at the Astor House in this CITY.
The founders Of this organization, whose exist
ence was perfected in the capital of the Monte
zumas immediately after the occupation of
the City of Mexico, were the late Brevet Lieu
tenant-Genersl Scott, Major. General Worth.
Major General Wool, General Persifer F. Smith
ex-President Franklin Pierce, General Q. F.
Smith, one of the heroes of Fort Donelson,
Fort Henry and Shiloh, dying few days after
that battle; General Robert Patterson, General
Abercrombie Colonel E. I. Steptoe, General
Henry Coppee Grants biographer, late of West
Point), General George B. Mcclellan, General
B. V. Hayner (now commanding Watervliet
Arsenal at Troy, General w. H. t. Brooks,
Maj General Sykes, and General James Shields
all OF the Union army in the late war.
OF the founders of the Society who Joined the
Rebel side in the late Rebellion there were Gen.
Robert E Lee, General Joseph Z. Johnston,
General Beauregard, General Magruder, Gene
raj Earl Van Dorm, and General Pemberton
On entering the City of Mexico the club took
the most aristocratic quarters in that ancient
capital, and while there the treasury of the club
realized fund of several thousand dollars
which Is now held by General Hayner, of
Watervllet Arsenal.
The forthcoming m Getting of the Aztec Club
will be the first formal one held since the close
of the war, the meeting previous to the Rebel
lion being held annually at the city of Washing
ton. At the reconventlon of the Club held in
September last, at the Astor House, the follow
ing members were present:-General Robert
Patterson, General Abercrombie, General o. l..
Shepherd, General H. H. Sibley, General Sykes,
aud Major George Deas, the latter being Con.
federate. The forthcoming report of the Trea-
surer will show the following facts:-
Amount offunds on hand August 1, 1865, In
Less amount due Treasurer for sundFes....... I7VO
To which s to be added
Fint-Interest on the above to January,
1857 (to oe funded) 1852
HeSOhu- 90 A
Total amount OF fund siOI5 SO
At the approachingsgathering of the Aztecs
plan for "medal" commemorative OF the asso-
citation will be perfected, and the medal ordered
to be struck, copies of which will be transmitted
deceased.
The present special committee of the club is
composed of General Hayner, General Sykes,
and Major George Deas (Rebe).
The membership of the association will be en-
larged, 1t is understood, during the new session,
SO as to admit of such surviving officers of the
Mexican war as may not now be enrolled. There
exists now no distinction in the membership
growing out of the late Rebellion, the funds
being in common, and to go at last as legacy
to the final survivor of the club.
NCuSIal NIduI VIII NC pICScuI dI BaJu6T-
ing, as we'll as General II. e. Lee, being the first
meeting OF these personages since the capitula-
ton at AppomattoX. The diploma of the Club
is very handsome parchment, with vignette
Of an ancient MonteZuma pile, with the eagle
surmounted by thirteen stars-the bird floating
in cloud The document reads as follows:-
We, the constitutional officers of the Aztec
Club, hereby make known that Major-General
Winfield Scott, Commander-in-Chief of the
United States Army in Mexico, was duly elected
amember of said club in the City of Mexico, in
accordance with the provisions of the constitu-
tiOn and Is entitled to all the privileges of such
membership.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto
affixed our signature and this the seal of our
said Club, at the city Of Washington, D. c.,
this 18th day of October, 184s
THOMAS GREYsoN President,
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel q. 8. Army.
9. f. SMITH, First Vice-P President,
Brevet Colonel I'd Artillery.
ROBERT c. BUCHANAN, Second Vice President,
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 4th Infantry,
M. L. SMITH, Sec'y, Typographical Engineers
N Y. Herald.