, 1875-09-16
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Ninth Reunion Of tho society Of
Veterans ut Uticn, n. u.
A Grand Assembly Of Military 1lerocB-..
President t1rat,t aMd Gen. Sllcr-
Han In Attendance.
Grafton by Col. Waterman, Of Chicago
Other Addresses.

UT1cA, II. Y, Hept. 1h,--rhp ntltl ro,,nion of
tho Hocioty of tho Asmy Of thu Cumberland
oponci lu this city to-day nnt1cr tho most aua-
picious circumstances. file city presents n
beautiful! arpcaranco, nvory house and place Of
business Going elegantly decorated. Largo HIM
hcIa of strangers nru hero to 500 tic diHs[n-
giihhod officer. nn1 sol!erH. Cons. Sherman
they appenrcc a. 1.ngg$ llosol, and placed at clio
head OF tho procession Of tho Society to tho
OperA-Ho "hefo tho meeting "sH held, The
Utica Citizenh' Corps, one ut Tho oldest iilde-
Tho 0ovosuor's lnIaul Hand. acted as tho escort
Of honor. Tho slro5ta through which tho pro-
coaaon paeHcd were crowded.
The meeting did not ofon TIL nearly noon
mado ,hor appearance. III tho nbAouct Of Gnu.
Sheridan, unu Hooker was mada Chairman.
Calls were bore mado for apeeclles from nens:
Grant, sherman, aud Hookor The PRESIDENT
RlmpIy bowed and Coil HhelI Inhn made b fow
felicitous roruarks. but said tho Programmes
did not call for scoc!los until svenlng.
Address OF WELCOME
Col. NJ. G. Squire, TIM Chairman Of thu local
Executive Committee oE tlo Society, made tho
aldresa al Welcome.
Ha antd decade haB paHsel and many ara
gono from ehsth. Mnny are abuons, aud yot
many Of tho absent oneH arc doubtless present
with ms IN apirit to-day. Among tho Illtmhor Of
tho inter I regret to sa! III tho hnnoroa
Prosi.lent Of our Society, Whose nsn,o cannot
pass our II: = without inspiring a glow 81 honest
Inido in all onr liea1ta-I teut LIEN. lhilip II.
will read tho following dispatch. ssnod by him,
and inst received by mo
AsnLAsp. orcgot, Sept: ,5.-AltaouEh al%en. s IN
9 1a s p w W,pae Ga s
happy meeting and lung 1lfc roiAtn, yours truly,
i. ii. sHEnipAN, Northumberland.
But wo have cur yico-rrcsidcnt with us. II
distinguished Gcnegal whoso nanso anl prcso.lce
We delight to honor. tho hero Of mahy tiolds. but
who Ia especially dear 10 us a. tho hero OF
Lookout Mountain. Although in in'irns
health, ho has kindly consentol to occupy
tho chair. therefore tnke tho pleasure of in-
Producing Con. JoHsph Hooker, your presiding
officer.
MAYOR HUTCHINSON
welcomed tho Socsoty 70 Utica, extending tho
h0apitaltios OF tl!e city OF brave uten to tho
Army Of tho Cumberland.
The Opera-l1o1Bo was filled with tho moat
prominent ladies' aud genslenon OF tho city mud
vicinity. Ain invitation to tho haye next reunion
Of Tho Society ut Philadelphia on tho wock pro-
coding July 4. 1910, was reterred. Tho boc,oty
indor1ed tho integrity and ability nf Chaplain
Van Horno, who IL writing tho history OF tho
Army Of tho Cumberland.
ANNUAL DUES.
An amendment to tho hy-lAwB rcdnciug tho
annual dies from So to $2 NaH laid on the 'nblo
for tho present, sud tho meeting adjourned until
2:3o ?. in.
Invitations to visit tho placcs Of into1eBt haye
boon accounted.
ii $40 the Society rea.somblcl. Con. Craft
presiding.
Tho proposition to amond tho bylaws by ro.
ducing tho annual foes to e. wos laid on tho
table.
OFFICERS.
The following report Of tho Committee OF the
Nomination OF Officers for tho ens.iing year waB
read and adopted: President. Con. Philip II.
Sheridan; Vice Presidents, Con. Joseph liook-
er,, New York; Con. Theodore T. l'raun. ILL.,
nois; SeFgt. Charles 0anaomsn, Ohio; uen. A.
D. Stroight, 1nlIana; Gen. Eli II. Murray, Kon-
tuoky; Gen: v; ". LOVE- 1oTa' zion. y. !.
-, Now jeraey;. Gen. John Marlin, Han
Bas; Gen. u. II. Brlstow, District Of Columbia;
Il. r. Van Clovo,, sIiunesota; Con, James
s. Negley. Pennsylvania; Gen. John G. stark
braska Geu. q. !. ThurBton. Tennessee Col.
". Ii. Sinclair, Te1ns Col. W. II. Greenwood,
Colorado; Col. II. N. Fisher, Massachusetts
Con- dn Henry n aesss os
Treasurer, Con. ]. s. Fullerton.
The adoption Of the repois eleots the gentle-
men nnmel.
NEXT MEETING.
Tho Society resolved to hold tho no1t annual
meeting ut rhlladetphia July and 7. lS7S, aud
tho following local Executive Co1nmitseo Was APP
Eolnlcd: Con. Geo. ". Msndel: Col. ". No
Michael, Mnj, W. II. Lambert. Tho remainder
OF tha business consisted Of resolutions Of
thanks to citizons nud the locR! Executive Com
mttoe end others for their generonh hospitality.
Tho city was magnl!1cently illuminated this
tho Hecto,v =, the U,,oras sfIn'.sa ,y,,,ch ,yns
e4o,zdsd hS* n.n ,inoker Fn1asod' cans' Gdcr.
s's"va md liz assoc;ates ~ thc r,tio lam ,sero
1ien.a psnsIdant Traut Tsns. sl,crman' sn-
cnn srd ottsrs wn,e wo,comnI n;lb tnrca tmos
thraa chr cI,acrs "e1' "S' ''~''
son.,nr 1:nnt,;no no,comcd thu socfotv of tin
Ar,nu ~ tn fsnnSer1nnI to Tia Ststn nf Nav
VII IN a. n1n1"nnt .nrsch. "
~, " Gaorno + WstnTn,an nj t,b,coco sottv.
orsI n innot3v 6rst,nn' II rscoiod ti,a uiorinus
istorv 'Is ~ IN armv ~ thc rnmb"ri,nd s,,I
nnrlrc5vaa thn rnmar,shln lceia md fnc,aenta
~ tsSs hasn ioacrihs 10 nfto,, iofora is,t ~
,uh,ct ~ ona cnn rrn.v wnorv E1stornnitv h.. ~
twnon o, I'm T hp.va nenn,o mi aoid;s,n ~ ti.o
~ Vii ~ o,a tha oti. ,xas u , .1,%ta,t - no @
=. ~ Hvus aon.s ~ t.o osason tnn suu.unc"
anu Eu1sth !sGo'veu .7 o'1''on
"'n prssidan. n,snt T.; ,osno,In nal". tn e,ta ara
chuors, made low remarks, lIo excused him