The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-07
ARMY OF THE TENNEssEE.
The Reunion at Cincinnati.
CHctyNAT1, April 9

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The society of The Army of the Ten
nessse met Gt 10 o'clock today In Pixies
Music Hall, Gen. W. T. Sherman In the
chair. About two hundred members
were in attendance. The hall was hand.
somely decorated with eVergreens, fowerE
and battle flags On the right Of the
stage Is a stack Of arms, while on the leit
Is plow and farming implements. At
the other side Of the platform Is long
List Of battles, beginning with Belmont and
ending with Raleigh. In the rear Of the
stage, In q canopy OF flags, Is a handsome
copy OF the badge OF the society now
adopted, being a combination Of all the
corps badges in use during the war in the
Army Of the Tennessee. The reading Of
the minutes OF the last meeting were dis
pensed with.
. Gen. Sherman announced the following
Committee on business: Gems. Black, In.
diana, Macarthur, Illinois, Kimball, Indi.
ana, Col. Codle, Alabama, and Col W. s.
James, Ohio. Also q Committee on Nom
nations of Officers. The annual report
Of Col. L. II. Dayton, Recording Secre-
tary, was read and adopted, and the
thanks Of the Society rendered to him for
the able manner In which he had dis
charged his duties. Gen. A. Hecken-
loupe; Corresponding Secretary, read his
annual report, which was accepted. Gen.
N. F. Force, Treasurer, also read reports
showing O balance in the Treasury Of
$1,000 In Government bonds and $6S.761
cash. Among the correspondence read
by Gen. Hickenloupe, was one from the
widow Of Col Hicks, of Salem, Iii. Gen.
Sherman paid handsome tribute to the
sterling soldierly qualities Of Col. Hicks,
and spoke of the valuable services rem
dered by him nine years ago this day,
when he gave Col. Hicks, in person, an
order To execute movement which was
carried out handsomely, checking the
rebel leA. In this movement Col. Hicks
had an arm shattered. At Paducah he
repulsed Forrest handsomely, with but q
small force. Gen. Sherman hoped that
Col. Hicks would be remembered IN some
suitable way by the Society. Letters were
read from absent members, including
Gems. G. NJ. Doyle, s. 7. Ross, E. II.
Webster, J. E. Hill, X. s. Tuthill, J, N.
Hendrick. l.. q. Everts, r. ]. 0glesby,
Charles Brlsbin, W. F. Wheeler, P. Sharp
and @. Gobrecht.
A member called for q report Of the
committee on the monument for General
Rawllns. A member Of the committee
said no formal report had been made, and
no money had been collected.
Gen. Sherman thought the practice Of
building expensive monuments by the
society would have to be abandoned. It
cost too much. We were dying too fast.
It seemed to him that q plain tablet Of
moderate cost, simply TO show that the 80.
ciety claimed and respected It's dead men,
bers was better.
Noaction was taken on the matter.
Adjourned till n o'clock this evening.
Among the members Of the society and
Others who are present are the following:
Gen. W. W. Belknap, r. P. Buckland,
Gen. Sherman, Gen. Pope, Gen. Meade,
Gen. Ed McCook, Admiral Porter, Com
modore Porter, Gen. Gresham, Gen.
Strong, Col. Watkland, Gen. Murray,
Mai. Gen, Schofeld. Gen. Thayer, Gen.
Walcrett, and Gen. Lew Wallace.
Pixies Hall was filled to overfowlng
tonight at half.paGt seven o'clock, on the
occasion Of the meeting Of the Society OF
the Army Of the Tennessee. Gen. Sher-
man In full Uniform presided. Gen. Mead,
Admiral Porter and Others were also on the
stage In uniform. Alter prayer by Rev.
A. A. E. Taylor, the drum corps OF New
port Barracks sounded a reveille, as the
members Of the Society had often heard
1t. Hearty applause then followed.
Gen. N. F. FOice, Of Cincinnati, then made
the address Of welcome.