Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-16
THE INDIANA SOLDIERS.
GRAND Review in the StatehOuse The
Heroes Of Three Wars in Line
Plans Submitted for "a
Monumental Building.
Resolutions Passed - Re-asSertiOn of
Patriotic Purpose 10 Battle fJs
she Rights Of Humanity
TI'e Dead Not For
gotten Etc.

INDIANAPOLIs, Oct2bsF 15.-Tae
soldiers parade TO day was grand affair and
was witnessed by crowds of people, VINO
thIcnged the streets from the exit at Camp
Morton to the halti1g point mt the StatehOuse
grounds. Private houses and business houses
along the line OF march were Handsomely
decorated. 4 squad OF cavalry, commanded
by Captain SOohT, cleared The adyauce.
BOwe's magnificent band, from Peru, Ind
lea on, loAQweI by the ioiz and t1t Mexican "a
veterans. First on the wagons leading the
Mexican veterans was the identi-
Cal rtrst regiments FIRST reg
mental nag Of historical renOWn, carried
by stevenson, who bore il through General
Taylor's campaign of 1872. There were FULLY
a score Of Survivors OF agei, Cecrenid forms,
bot Still showing the fire of youth as they
added their cheering 10 the enthusiasm which
surrounded them. Following these and lead
ing the so dierS of the State during the rebel
lion, were the SEVENTEEN Indiana cavalry,
stu Of respectable numbers; the eighth,
tenth, eleventh and thirteenth, showing
larger than The average. These, however,
eI usd the regularity, the remainder Of the
Column falling IN where there was an open
log, and the artillery and city regiment COW
ellJg the rear guard. 1t was cons derably
alter the noon hour before the rear reached
the statehOuss grounds; and the arrangement
C mmitee were slow in bringing the vast
assembly TO order for the speecn-making,
which was to follow the exercise, with
prayer by Chaplain stevenson.
General Tom Brown then submitted the fol-
lowing telegram, just received:
SOLDIERS HOME, DAYTON, OHIO.
general I. NJ. Brown, President Indianap-
oils Reunion:
"Twenty-two hundred disabled veterans of
this Home, including two hundred Indiana
soldiers, desire 10 congratulate You all on the
success of your first general reunion. Our
best wishes attend you From the officers and
soldiers Of the Dayton soldiers Home"
5. natOr Morton was then introduced and
spoke ~ some length, and was followed by
General Gresham. Following the address by
General Gresham, II. i. Saylor, of Hunting
ton, on behalf of the executive committee,
presented banners to the delegations from
Bartholomew and TippecanOe counties, these
two being about equal in the demonstration.
General COburn, chairman of the mJnu-
mental committee, submitted lengthy re-
Pc t,rsviewing the ditlerent movements OF the
new, as wei as the OLD world, and the ancient
times, and, after quite q number of Susges-
uoHs, recommended the monumental Oulld-
ing plan, with provision tor the preservation
for The trophies, relics, records, memoirs,
portraits, oESts, statuary, arms and all matter
connected with military history. The build
ing Is 10 De OF solid material, elegant IN style,
ana TO he erected by subscription and iegisla-
tive appropriation for this purpO e. 1t j. sug-
gested 20 form an association, irrespective of
party, 10 secure contributors and 10 elect
men 10 the legislature who W IL favor a State
appropriation; also, that branch associations
be formed in every district TO carry out the
main DE- sign, The arrangements TO- which
Shall he lett II the HANDS OF q central commit
tee. Two estimates have been submitted 10
The committee; one highly ornate and ele-
CANT 10 character, emDla ing seven thousand
square feet, wish a central dome one hundred
and fifty Ieet high, and TO cost two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. The O.hsr is of
smaller design, covering space or tOrJy-siX
hundred square feet and with tower instead
of dome; the exterior tor memorial pgtr-
poses, Statuary, ct =, and the interior IOr his
LUrlcH purposes. SuppO ed cost, one hundred
and thirty thousand dollars.
Resolutions mDOdying the substance OF the
report were unanimously adopted, a nd the
was commit tee continued.
Colonel Merritt chairman of the committee
on resolutions, subnitted q series, with a
whereas, returning thanks to The ladies and
other people, and the following enunciatiOn
OF princip.eS:
wrong, and between results Of right and
wrong, a gulf wide and deep and impossible
as the guf which parts heaven and h-N.
SecOud-Ihat as our pilgrim ancestors, our
revolutionary fathers, and we ourselves stood
up in the latter days for light and Justice, so
quests.
ThTd-Thst We viii maintain the perfect
freedom OF religious principles, a system of
free schools untrammel ed by sect or party,
and the right every where of free speech.
FOurtA-Chat the cause of liberty and union,
for which we fought as the cause OF God and
man, can never be a lost cause.
Flith-That the bond between comrades In
camp and field was not broken when the vol
unteerS were discharged, but is and Will ever
be the lndlssOiuble tie of sacred friendship.
S1Xth-That the dead are not forgotten,
silent though they be, but their VOiceleSS lips
are eloquent Tor the right, and their orphans
are the beloved and hOnOred children of the
republic.
Seventh That, under the inspiration of
this reunion anu of the tender memories of
our felloW-sOldieTs who in their death gave
the full measure of patriotic devOtion,We con-
SecraJe Ourselves anew to the service of our
country and of humanity.