The New York herald., 1869-02-23

tiOn the words s.1is afternoon" and substitute tne
words "next meAtng.n
was SECONDED. 81 General Sdocum. that committee
on permanent organization be appomtel me com
niee 70 consist Of one ofcer rom cacs @ Ssse
of the regular army the appointments 10 Dc made ~
the chairman; thar the COMMITTEES report c0nsttu
lon and bylaws for the regulation OF the ASSOCIATION
AMI thar II he instructed TO constitute General u A
Grant and ali commanders OF the Army OF the Poro-
the renort printed and forwarded to all officers Of
the Army Of the Potomac prior 70 inc genera meet
General Hancock Objected to any distinction being
made between regular and volunteer omcera lt
was reasonable TO suppose that some regular army
oflcer would be the committee the States repre-
sented in the army were represented BY onicer.
He moved to strike out the words 'iour omcers of
Colonel hsistsd moved that that part OF the reso
luton by which the committee were instructed to
constitute certain persons honorary presidents be
hampered at the start with restrictions winch might
compel It to rule out for the ONCE OF permanent
president any ofIicer who might be made an honor
ary president. He felt that General o. s. Grant was
the choice for permanent president OF ntnetenths OF
the old Army Of the Potomac.
the resolution had not been framed with an intent
70 rule out anybody.
General owens hoped that no political feeling Of
ing. The veterans had all come together as Ameri-
cans and not as members Of any political party. No
matter how they differed In their political opinions
they could clasp each other by the hand as brothers
General Sl0cum moved as substitute TO General
Humphreys resolution, that Q committee OF two
from each corps and two from the general stair be
selected by the various committees to draw up
constitution and bylaws for the consideration OF the
1he substitute was accepted ana unanimously
carried, when the corps appointed the following
couinlttee:-First corps, Generals Newton and Dur
yea; second corps, Generals Hancock and Humph-
reys; Third corps Generals Hentzelman and Sickles;
Fourth corps General Casey and Colonel Suydam;
Fifth corps Generals Butterfeld and McCandless;
Six tn Generals Wm. X. Franklin and Wright.
Ninth corps. General Burnside and Colonel Benja-
min; Eleventh corps, Generals Sigel and BaLock;
Twelfth corps, Generals Slocum and Greene; Eight
eenth corps. Generals '. g. Foster and Weitzel;
general sfar General ingalls, and Major Pease;
cavalry, Generals Dawes and Mcintosh.
General ingalls, offered resolution, which was
adopted, that an executive committee Of nine be ap-
pointed by the chair 10 prepare and carry out all
the necessary arrangements I0r the general meetng
committee which was appointed to report upon
the names OF three places one OF which the members
were 70 SELECT as ns pace Ior tine n1dng S o. e e
bration would be held, reported Cincinnati, Phila-
dephia and New York as the places, and the 9th Of
An oficer moved that the 9th Of Aprl be substi-
tuted for the 9th OF July The ayes and noes were 80
division OF the meeting took place. when the 9Th OF
July advocates carried the day.
The Chairman then called Tor the ayes In favor of
holding the reunion at CINCINNATI. solemn silence
was the only answer to the call, not voice advO-
eating the holding Of the meeting at that place,
which TACT eicted great laughter at the expense OF
General McCandess then, in few remarks advo-
Gated the claims OF Philadelphia; but on division
should be held at Philadelphia or New York, the
latter place was chosen by large majOri ty.
A committee OF i've to decide upon certain style
OF badge to be worn by the members OF the ass0cia
ton was then appointed, when, after resolutions
were passed returning thanks 10 the Twenty second
Butterfed for the zeal he had manifested and the
labor he had undergone in behalf OF the association
the meeting adjourned with three r0using cheers
for the Army OF the Potomac.