The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-16
MeetIng OF the Society or the Army
OF the observation-disclosures OF
Welcome by Gen. KimbaIl.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 15.-The meet
ing of the Society of tho Army of the
Cumberland convened at'the Academy
of Music. at 2 o'clock. Gen. Kim
Dall, Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee, called the meeting to order
Prayer was offered by Rev. e. u. In
gersoll, of the congregational Church,
Col. Tressler, who had been appoint
ed to deliver the welcome address,
being absent, Gen. Kimball made the
address, as follows:
COMRADES: To another was as
signed the duty OF welcoming you on
this occasion, butt as Chairman of
the Executive Committee, to make
arrangements for this meeting of the
Army of the Cum berland, the duty
devolves upon me to make the address,
of welcome to this assembly. -.
When | look around me here, my
heart is too full almost for utterance.r
because / see around me faces. that 1
we'll knew i6 the hour of trial and Of
danger, and because there are seats,
vacant seats here. Parker, MeCook,
and others are not with US to day, bat
the God Of Battles was with as in
that day of trial. He has been
with US since, and. oh may He
be with US for ever. Comrades,
indianapolis, the Capital of the
great Hoosier State, that contrib
uted so largely to swell the ranks of
the Army of the Cumberland and of
the Army of the Ohio, to day bids
you welcome and hearty God bless
you" EApplause.
/ can't make a speech, but, under
the lead of the gallant kosecrans,
Icheers, who sits on my right,
and under the lead Of the great
hero of the Shenandoah VAL
ley, Icheers,l under the lead
of, these men by the blessings of God
! could fight, and the men could fight
with me. Lcheers. and say that In
diana's heart is with the Army of the
Cumberland, with the Army of the
| Union, with the Army and Navy of
the United States of America Zap
plause. As we stood by the
flag then, so we stand by it
to day, and so will we stand
by it so long as time shall be given.
US. Renewed applause.l Comrades.
without OBTAINING you longer, take
much pleasure In presenting to you
the gallant leader of the Army of the
Shenandoah, General Sheridan, who
| will preside over the deliberations of
the Society IN the absence of-will
you pardon me, commanders and
comrades, if l say In the absence
of one whose picture is before US. y
lCCheers. The greatest man, permit
me to say, on Gods footstool, in the
i Army Got the United States of Ameri-
! ca. Renewed aud prolonged cheer
ing. / may be partial, but | love
this man. / honor these gallent men,
but while / honor and venerate them,
+ my hearts whole fountain of
/ love goes out to cid Pap Thomas.
Renewed applause. HE
General Sheridan: As presiding
, iloficer of this society, Indianapolis
1 now turns it over to your command,
aud may you and every member say,
with the scripture, :" Behold how good
and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity" and when you go
home may each one Of you say
that it was good for us to be here.
God bless you all. [Cheers.
General Sheridan, on approaching
the Chair, was greeted with round
after round of applause. When quiet
! T"as restored he said:
COMRADES OF THE ARMY OF THE
.i CUMBERLAND / congratulate you
upon this your third anniversary.
1t was not my good fortune
, to be with you heretofore at the
meetings of your Society, but Think
you all know that | have greater love
and affection for the Army of the
Cumberland than fer any other army,
fcheers1 !, and although | was not with
I You in person, was with you heart
aud soul. Applause 1t gratifes
me much to see that such good feel
ing is manifestedin your proceedings,
for it was that which enabled as to
stand by that old flag so calamity.
EApplause.l [ suppose you all. as
well as myself. regret the absence of
our old commander, General Sher-
maH. ECheers. We all regret that he
is not here to-day, that be might con-
tribute by his presence to the pleas
ure Of this meeting, but other duties
have prevented him from coming; but
while he is absent, we have here the
commander under whom we first or
ganized at Bowling Green, on whose