The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-13

tney ouGAt 70 do which 1t was their duty 70 do was
mite mercy nsd allowed them 70 assemble here and
have the pleasure o. this meeting. He General
Fses napS S
and patriotic PRAYER, which was followed BY ..Auld
orchestra under The leadership OF Mr.. Gilmore, and
WHICH performed some Of their finest selections.
raE PEAT 9sAr,oN MOI OF GENERAL EALaCnIL6 ,.uo
day, gentleman distinguished in the field for his
iced an arm to his country whose eminent qualid.
cations have caused his fellow citizens to place him
Governor falrchId major general Of volunteers.
General FAlncHILD then proceeded with his cd
was In s main nay ave Of ns e
lime when The safety Of the capitol q
Of the military forces. The General concluded
as follows;-"The events OF which ! have spoken
magnitude OF It's later operations. or Its suisse
quent Trials Gs and struggles and varying fortunes
under brave, patriotic, honest B,irnslde; hinder
the gallant Fighting Joe Hooker;' under Meade,
Of his own beloved State won fame that shall last
as long as the higher qualities OF the soldier are
revered; Of that brilliant campaign N the imme,
age, which gave TO you the dnal victory over Lee
ana all his hosts Of rebellion; Of that joyful meeting
had marched with sherman from Atlanta to the
sea-. OF these WIN not speak; they come not
ure hours s toy to give them the Srerest %entlon
1t Is not in vain, comrades, that we recount the
nor swelt upon too long. We OF this generation
must treasure up its simplest incidents and give
or children may know by how much Of sacri-
nee ana suffering at home; and, aasl at what ex-
ss have been 70 Sem to the end that
the devotion to country which has inspired and
5a s n q % 9 may
without benefit to ourselves that we meet together
as society at these annual reunions; not as proud
vctOrs to boast our battles wOn;' not to exal
selves still less to exut over brave but fallen
Our meetings serve nobler end. Mingling with one
anotner Casping the hands OF comrades endeaTed by
many common dangers, looking into The familiar
faces Of our beloved chiefs, we ind renewed within
ourselves In these quiet days tnat fervent love Of
country which sweed our hearts when dangers
were upon us the waning fire Is rekindled. Here
living witnesses and in the presence Of our noble
dead we renew our vows OF fidelity to our country
We 20 hence baptized anew into her service; as
Jealous now in this blessed time OF peace to guard
the honor OF her nag as We were to uphold 1t amid
Tue address Of General Farchiid was listened to
with the closest attention from beginning to emil,
being frequently Interrupted with applause and
finished. m
BRET HARrEs POEM
There then followed o lew more strains from Gil
more's Band, when General Meade stepped forward
ana announced that In one feature or their literary
exercises a sasy had been ma, Il
Hare would read them poem, but on account Of
Illness IN his family ms presence mad been impose.
Bile. The poem had been prepared, however, and ne
had the pleasure OF introducing as Its reader Mr..
James T. Fields. OF Boston.
: Mr.. FIELDS preraced the, production or MIR. Hatee
with some rhymes OF his own, as folows:-
The poet whose absence to-day we deplore.
Had Lac struck sq one note Tor hts country disgrace
lcould not and would not stand in his place. M
But his soul was responsive to all that was Grand,
Ana he fought with the pen for bis dear struggling land
AS You with your sw fds sons OF glory and lame
And 20 far my 1 friend win take Up hs song
To him he quaint verse an genius n bsons own
To- but the accents Of friendship alone.
After brief pause Mr.. Field proceeded with the
poem, which Mr. Harto intended TO read himself. 1t
was as folows:-
Well see, the fact is, Colonel, don't know as can
For the farm not half planted there's work 10 do a.
And leg Is getting troublesome laid up las. fau;
And then for old like me-it's exactly right
This kind Of playing soldier with no enemy IN sight
Blu. this re-Unon-maybs now rs mixed with politics
MOI Well you understand best but then you my lad
I'm deacon now and some might think that the examples
And wesx from next Conference You said the 18th Of
Why, that's the day broke their line spo,tsyvania
hot work. eh, Colonial. wasn't ~ Ye mind that narrow
They called II the "death anger We'll, well, my lad We
Fs6, that Old battle now. 7 only mean. to say
really can't engage to come upon the 18th Of May
Howe ThompsonlY wha.s-win he be there, Wen, now,
The frat the rebel works They him "swear-
A wild young fellow, sir fear the rascal was-bu then
Weshort OF heaven there warnt place he dursn lead
his men,
Aud Dick you say, is coming too Ana Blyf All, Its
we buried him :. a e mind the spot Do you9
Perhaps that's why the nelds about bring him to to-day
Wen, well excuse me, Colonies bu! there things
The feelings the only way to STOP
So they want to see The Old man ali the they Ell?
At the last OF the second verse, where ausion was
made to the possibility OF the reunion being mixed up
with politics, there were sgniocent smiles ana tribe
OF applause The line which spoke OF 'this kind OF
playing soldier with no enemy in sight, was par
ticuarIy noticed by General Hooker. who nodded
from the hero Of the Shenandoah.
SPEECH OF GENERAL LOGAN.
When the leading OF the poem had been concluded
there were loud calls from the assembled multitude
for General Logan, aud the audience would not re-
main silent until he addressed them. He spoke as
FELLOW sorDrERs--Ic certainly cannot lnnlct upon
you at this time speech IL would be highly IN
engage you here to-day OF business character--
business pertaining to your organzation and wiz
having served In the Army OF the Potomac feel
have hardly any RICH. to be here; but have great
respect for 1t and for oil who belong to the Organi-
zaion. We all know what your services were and
we appreciate them and those Of the gentlemen
mnch i We bud shared win the the pers Of ne
past Icy , ssRsa Sis FROM GERMANY
General Logan had scarcely taken his seat before
General sheridan was called for, and on making his
appearance he was greeted with perfect storm OF
applause that lasted several minutes He bowed
his acknowledgements again and again, aud at last
Wien order had been restored, General Meade an.
noGnceh Nun as IA young man recently from Ger.
many" lie then proceeded 10 speak as foiloTs:--
gEsrLsMEN--i WIZ not delatn yop long. can
1niy say : nave always ieit proud OF being Oh
the Potomac, but link feel pr6uder
ha, ,ci p psang home han az any ne..S
~ sneng usins my epsanee nsd the privilege
.hosr .,nles Oh the field and some In peace at
none-and although 1t was not my privilege TO be
member OF the Army OF the Potomac at that period
OF It's existence which has been related mere to1sv
by our distinguished orator, stili II was my great
delight and pleasure to lie member OF II dnnr,nJ
the last year o. the war; apd can Say, while Kid
not know !. tat at NE pef,go related. yet thar did