The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-04
Annual Reunion of the Army ofthe
ia,a.-ee Tennessee.

Divine blessing. Several committees
were appointed as to the time and place
OF holding the next reunion.
Col. Dayton, Recording Secretary, read
o letter from Gen. Sherman, dated Con.
stantinople, regretting Nhis inability to be
present. The letter closed as follows
u hope you will have splendid gath.
ering at the most beautiful spot on -Four
Lakes, in Wisconsin. have seen
Como and Guarda, two famous italian
lake, but neither in my opinion, surpass
In natural beauty Of water and shore,
that of the Upper Lake at Madison!
Give my best love to oil the old comrades
at Madison, tell them I will try to make
up at our next annual for absence at this
meeting. 9.i. .r.
Letters were also read from large
number ol officers, including the follow.
ing from President Grant.
LONG BRANCH, June II, 1879:
70 Ny Dear General. .i
Your favor Of the 10th inst, urging me
to attend the meeting OF the Society Of the
Army Of the Tennessee, on the Sd and
4th OF July next, Is received. 1t has been
my determination to attend that meeting,
and feel very much disappointed al not
being able to do so, but my son who Is
now at Harvard, will return on. the 2Sth
Of June. He has taken passage ior Europe
on steamer leaving New York on the 9th
OF July, to be absent q year. l do not see
that can very well leave him lust at the
only time ! can possibly have him with me.
However, l will see, and il ! can possibly
attend the meeting Of the Society, will
do so. Should | not be present, you may
assure the Society that the disappoint.
ment is much greater to me than it posi-
bly, can be to them. It is largely COM
posed OF men whose first military service
was with me, and men who have earned
lasting renown for services rendered
their country in times Of trial, some tunes
OF almost despair.
Should l not be present, express my
great regret thereat, and my hope that
you and they will have happy reunion,
and that there may be many more OF
them, when may be fortunate enough
to be present.
Very truly yours, us. GRANT.
To General Force.
A long report was read in reference 10
Gen. McPherson's monument, showing
the available funds on hand to be $15,517,
which was insufficient to complete the
monument.
This afternoon large party Of officers
went to Devils Lake. Tonight the IN.
nual address will be delivered by Gen.
Leggett and Poem read by Major Chas.
G. MRgers. Ex.Gov. Fletcher of Mis-.
souri, arrived this afternoon. The cele.
bration tomorrow promises to be grand
success.
The decorations of the hall are superb.
In front OF the gallery, over the Speakers
desk, was emblazoned on blue ground
half circle, from which hangs q half
dozen flags, the badge Of the Army OF the
Tennessee, golden eagle pendant to
pen, with a shield on bis breast, with
cartridge box, and the legion "Forty
Wounds" and silver eagle in his talons.
The word "Vicksburg," in large letters, Is
beneath. Over the Speakers desk are
the names Of Grant and Sherman,
and beneath the portrait Of the alb.
sent President, Sherman. Flowers and
evergreens wreath the speakers and
clerke' desks, which are adorned with
handsome boquets. On the platform and
Immediately in front Is set the chair for
the first President, Gen. John A. Rawl-
ings, draped with Grape and decorated
with two white lilies on top and wreath
Of eyergreens and white flowers, and q
chair for Gen. w. T. Sherman, the absent
President, trimmed with cedar and lovely
flowers, On one corner Of the plat
form Is a trophy, with cavalry guidon,
and various weapons Of war, old guns,
swords, knapsacks, drums, mammoth tor
pedo, piece Of cannon, shot and shell, and
other relics Of war. On the other corner
Is a peaceful trophy, with the implements
OF husbandry, plows, rakes, hoes, scythes,
forks, &C., and with sheaves of wheat,
barley, rye, grass, &c. at each pillar Of
the gallery Is United States and State
flags, and many OF the old banners borne
by the Wisconsin soldiers OF the army OF
Tennessee inmany q bloody strife. hi.
rectly in front Of the speakers desk and
In the gallery opposite, are the pictures Of
Washington and Lincoln, On oneside is
the picture of General Grant, and on
the other the picture OF Grant
and his Generals. On the other
side OF tho portraits of Washington
and Lincoln are the names of the dead
Generals, draped in black: Rawlins, Nc.
Pherson, Mowry, Ransom, Crocker, Fair.
child Ranged around the front Of the
gallery, which by the way, was fringed
all round with two rows Of arba vita,
were the names Of living Generals: Lo.
gan, Hurlbut, Osterhous, Belknap, Smith.
Hazen, Pope, Fuller, Walcott, and on one
side lcClellan, Wilson, Grisham, Dodge,
Blair, Force, Howard, Legett; on the
other, in panels made with evergreens
and two little flags at the base Of each,
are the names OF the battles in which the
army participated: Belmont, Fort Heury,
Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, Iuka, Corenth,
Chlckasaw Bayou, Arkansas; Port Glib.
son, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill,
Big Black, Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain,
Missouri Ridge, Ressacca, Dalton, New
Home Church, Dallas, Big shanty, Kene.
saw Mountain, Nicka Jack Crook, At
larta, Jonesboro, lovejoy's Station,
Altoona Pass, Macon, Fort Fisher,
Savannah, Pocataligo, Solkahatchie,
} Orangeburg, Columbia, Cheeree, Benton
vile, Goldborough, Raleigh, Grand Cult
From the dome Of the chamber q cord
was hung with arba vita stretched to
the top Of each pillar Of the gallery, and
eight to cell formed around the
chandelier, which was gaily testooned
and decorated with evergreens, knots Of
ribbons, flowers, &c,
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