, 1869-12-23
INDIANA.
Reunion Of the Army of the
Cumberland, -
The Meeting 4 Genuine Success.
General Rosecrnns Relates q
Piece OF Private History.
General Grant not Responsible fol. His
Removal.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Dsc- 30.
Indianapolis has been in high klse during the
paat week ovet tho animal reunion Of tho Army
OF tho CumbeslAnd- believe the universal ya1ttct
thai the reunion WIS, ID al teapects, 4 suoces1-
There were larger number present thaa has A.
tetded any Of s1o pfes1ous meetings. Of that a..
g1nizat1on- At INT there EAs 4 feeling OF dlsaP-
p1tGttnenr among mnmber1 n the absence Of
General George q. ThonAs whom all.seemed 70
1esertnco 1ooye h1 Gener1ls who ese1 hved.
Every mention OF his mama or sefefe1os to his
potrralt which hung upon the stage, e&etted
hearty cheer. In his absence tho duty Of pro
s,d1nR OVER the meetings Of ths organisation ds-
yolved upon Lieutenant GencrA PM. 8hchdau,
wno seemed cooakderAoly embarrassed, prs
acquitted hlmseaf With Rre4t dignity. He bad been
nstd TO command 10 long that ha run the
m1cttre pretty much his own wsJ. For
iohtance, when any proposition VA presented Or
motion mAdc that he did mot just approve Of. he
would reNaIk, " ! don't think tntt II tho proper
time for thst" or dispose Of 1t IN son,e such mHn-
ner, and then proceed Vl1h tbs buEnesA he had
on hand. The object oi she organization seemed
10 te for pleatuIe, and 10 collect Hge&her thde
once year the old on1cers Of the AImy Of the
Cumberland. that they might renew old friend
shipa fosuedsn1der ctscntnstances aaike dangerous
to themselves and thelr county, kna 1Eht over
again tho battle4 Of The Nar-
Their bu1lneas neetiIzs wers short, And tho
gIeatet portion Of the ura was spent in Whiting
each other At their various hctaat ana In social
communion, the toonl OF tbs 11nts prominent
cfocc.t being constantly crowded. Thete Were
few private soldless and the 1o4er RrAde Of cns-
GERS preseut, but there were large number Of
atEauEeIs he1e who had been attracted out Of Gu.
r,ohl'y or dealre to Zee 30 many Of the heroes Of
the var together.
Al the conclusion Of General NesleJ1 addtesa,
General Saeridsn announced the reception Of tic
:oEoxing despAtch from President Grant:
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. u, 1850.
I rsx,et NJ inabiIitJ to be present with the So.
cety Of tho army Of The Cumberland As shtH an
qie ester o9 she @ 1aca 0ss day Eo
ceaset. Not heinR able to anawtr upon receipt
the n sitter eseaped ny Ecmoty, under the pres
meeting. / hope ne society may hsre many
PLEASANT rcui io1s, and that sne time OF some of
them ms5 be 50 selected ~ 10 eDaole No 70 at-
for The hot Or Of the society has conferred upon
joa In the choice Of PEea!dent 7. =. GRANT.
The reading Of The telegram WAS greeted With
cheers.
ALSO tho following from General ", T. saeE.
nan:
Your detpa,ch followed ne to New Torr, where
M an t. da .1tsnoause At M y Wedding. notified Gems
esire all that heartily approye theI meeting, and
". T. sHERHAf, General
Cheers also greeted this one, yer5 Decided
symptom Of applause mantesusg i,seI 3. the
statement that tie General Wa2 In attendance at
a wedding.
TIC meetings Of the association were held In
The Academy Of Auslc, beautiful theatre which
seats comfortably about tNenry.eleht hundred
people, And whicn wAi nlled at each mestng OF
the association. After the reading OF the tel.
eg.ams iron, tho President aud the General Of The
armies Of the uaited States, the audience seemed
ipdFposed 10 dlpesso without n1ts having an op-
portunlty Of hearing from the Numerous other
Generals upou the platform, compelled Rosecran,.
"old Nosey,' ~ he Is fAminatiy called Sheridan,
sehone.d, Wood. W!l!eh, Klubai. and Colonel Moo.
dy to rsapond to theI calls. General Which, In the
conrse Of hts rcnarEs, drift Into an earnest ap-
Zeal for such education In our public schools ~
wsu give the children the spirit Of patriotism. and
Cniortsm, and st the same tiIe bent them for
military duty, should It eFer be demanded Of
them. he desired our aJA:em OF education pai-
termed Little after that Of P1ussl2: and--vth al
due deferenco to Chaplain Moody {who wa pres
ent,-he thought reading tlte history Of the o9qu-
tIy and osatf Biographies Of our ....d.ng rnen In
cur public schools mora ceneacts1 than chapter
OF 4 book ccntaising history Of the Jews This
1ast declafaion created something Of sensation,
md the audience called upon Colonel Moody 10
reply, which he did In admirable spirit, naking
an elegant defence Of The Bible, a
the foundation Of our frea institutions, the
The inspiration Of cut patriotism. aud
liberal Roeernmeut. Protestant and Catholic,
shoulder TO shoulder, We marched TO victory with
tie God OF our fathers nesEing the arms Of men,
And fe1dllg His wisdom to tho leadc1s-Shet.dau
RcsecfAaG4 TA2pfA, And others. In God We con.
ehs Jpe Of manhood. 1t Nas the source whence
VIC drsN the ennohlns principles Of Cur govezn-
1ens. There u not Tine lu 1t, or rrecepL or
an Injunction, which did not tcrd 70 make humans
ty better Individually and ~ m aggregate. The
reply evoked the Narntst sympathy of the
audience, and put them ali IN tho best Of huuor,
Afer which, General Sheridan declared the So
cletJ OF the Army Of The Cumberland adjourned
to meet IN Gereland on the 94ih and 23tn Of No.
vcInler Le1t-
The audience slowly dsptrsed, but great many
Of the iAdes crowded to ihe siage where they vere
Introduced By General Klmhal to the dLsutattea
prex ect, each one Of whom kindly AID cordially
ceivtd the Nell-Ecant compliment Of Woman1y
ca1.oat, and gratitude
TIE BANQUET
vas 6ttEr finale to a netuEg 70 highly satis1ac-
toIJ to 81! partc,pAturs. Tho hAl tn WHICH It via
he'd Vas beautifully trimmed with little uass,
eSeEg1een1, auc psftraiss OF many OF ths heroes
Of the ~at. After ali the regular toasts had been
d. posed of and appropriately responded tn, the
foloEtnE volunteer ones were scTeraly ol1ered
aEd appropriately h0uored:
"The memory CT AcPhegBon.''
Proposed By Msjor ]. D. Erars. Drank standing
and In silence.
"The Army Of the Cumberland"
General Phil Sheridan
"General ". q, Hoeecrans."
Tits was dono IN order to give General Rose
c1aLa an opportunity 10 make "retsouAl cx-
par atOD, =" which It Vaa well known he dedFed 10
HaEe. Ard may ~ we'll state here that no one
seemed TO enjoy tho confidence and respect OF his
feitou-eodser1 better than '-Old Hosey," Wherever
he vent En WAS surrounded by a crowd, and
aln.ost every mention OF hts nAme elected hearty
cheers rom the meeting. Ii wiu be remembered
that lnrng tha war General Rosecrans xas VERY
bitter IN hts deup1cAtious Of the opponents Of The
vat In the North, and that 1t the end Of the war
his reputation ant1esed soneNhas from bis con.
necton and conference With the rebel leaders at
tie White SaIpan1 Springs IN virgtnia- WAS
generally believed that be prppoaed to identity
hiEteu With the men he had 20 bitterly denounced
during the war; and Gtnnd OF fst By their
political fortunes; bLt 1tuu various p1irase
conversations on his conduct here An
ta'toed he has no symp athy With Rau.War Dem
ocrsts. atd he Is reported to hare sad tnas undes
no c!lcuma1Ances could he haze consented 70 be-
come the1r caud:dA.e tor Governor Of Ohio,
When General Grover, in his speech at tue tan
qnet, alluded to the eloquent speech OF the deaA
Douglas, in which he said there werc but two
classes Of pe11ocs IN Tits county during the way
loyal men and traitors. Old Rosey' cllnched
his Est and brought It down on npon the table
With deg1ee Of tosco thAs made the dishes rat.
ue7 accompanying 1t with hearty "ThatA 10"
The crowd eheered vigorously. He seemed a.
heaitJ Cntoniss - he wns cur10g The vat.
Htre IA his speech, which supplies scrap Ct his.
tot5 net heretofore Known to the public:
In fespocte to The toast quoted above, ne gave
his I'D coGrAde4 little piece Of private history,
which he called, '*HoE Gene nj Thomas came TO ot
the eomn andeE Ct t1a Army Of the Cumberland"
BE Ea1 Lot had the pleasure OF meeilDS hts c0M-
raGes stnce ths day he rode do IN the lines 1t
Chattanooga Tne kn41ly greeting he had net
here bad It duced him VI ate the1l little 1rlosM.
At1op hfch he tA!t Il I1cUMbeHt upnu hin, To fell