Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-09-16
ARMY OF THE CUMBER-
LAND.
Preparations for the Meeting in Utica
y. IA Large turnout Little Phil
viii Not be There.

uumOeT OF STTlYals at 4 tlca indicates
that the meeting OF the army Of the
Cumberland will be much larger than
/ last ya6r. resident Grant will arrive
! from the east at four o'clock in the
evening on special car; he will then
! 60 20 Senator Coukling's house. Gen.
ersl Sherman tclegrsphs that he will sr-
rive at the same hour from the west
with a large delegation OF officers who
have joined him on the way. He will
| be the guest Of Judge Ward Hunt.
! There is much disappointment at the
absence of General Sheridan. president
o. the association. General Hooker,
J # It vice-Dresident, will preside in Sheri-
ian's stead, if the condition of his health
does not prevent. Governor Tilden
| consented to be present to welcome the
| association on behalf of the State, but
now declines. Senator COnkling will,
therefore, extend the welcome. Utica
| is ia bl8zs OF excitement. The streets
are all elahOrately decorated, and the
military parade Thursday will be large
The citizens OF Utica tender a grand
tall and collation. at the operahouse, for
which the preparations are comulete.
Among the arrivals are General Park
! hurst, provost marshal Of the army Of
| the Cumberland; General II. NJ. Fink,
General 81. +. Gross, Colonel Fred.
! Grant, General Horace Porter, Colonel
J. G. Andenried, General Eli Murray,
| General Cist, secretary Of the associa-
ton; and General Fullerton.
THE REUNION.
UTICA, n. Y, September l5-The
ninth reunion of the society { Cfthe Army
OF the Cumberland opened in this city
| day under most suspicious ciIcum-
stances. The city presents q beautiful
appearance, every house and place Cf
| business being elegantly decorated A
large number of strangers are here to
see the distinguished officers and SOL
diers. Generals Sherman and Hooker
were enthusiastically greeted when they
appeared at Bagg's hotel to head the
procession of the society to the Opera
house, where the meetings are to be
held.
The Utica Citizens corps, one Of the
oldest independent military Organiza-
tions Of the State, with the Governors
Island band, acted IS escort of honor
The streets through which the process
sion passed were crowded.
The meeting did not open till nearly
n 1on, when PresideLt Grant and Senator
COnkling made their appearance. In
the absence of General Sheridan General
Hooker was made chairman. Calls
were here made for speeches ffom Cen
erals Grant, Sherman and Hooker. The
President simply bowed. General Sher-
man made a few felicitCus rem a ks, tu
said the programme did not call for
speeches until evening.
Colonel NJ. G Squire, chairman
local executive committee OF the so
ciety, made an addIe of w,lc)me.
He said: ga decade has passed,
and many are gone frOm earth;
many are absent, and yet many Of those
absent ONES are doubtless present with
us in spirit to.dsy. Among the num-
Der of the latter, regret to say, is the
honored president of our society, whose
name cannot pass our lips without a
glow of honest pride in all our hearts
Lieutenant General Phillip Sheridan.
Applausel. With your permission /
will read the following dispatch, signed
by him, and just received by me:
ASHLAND, OREGON, September Is.
Although absent in person, my heart
and thoughts are with you, my old COM
rsdes of the Army Of the Cumbei land.
Wishing all happy meeting and long
life, remain yours. truly,
[.
But we have our vice-president
with us, distinguished general, whose
name and presence we delight to honor,
the hero Of many fields, but who is es-
pecially dear to us as the hero of Look
out Mountain. Although in infirm
health, he has kindly consented to occu-
pv the chair. ! therefore take pleasure
in introducing General Joseph Hooker,
your presiding officer"
Mayor Hutchinson welcomed the So
ciety 10 Utica, extending the hospitality
OF the city to the brave men of tae army
of lie Cumberland. The opera house
was filled with the most prominent la
dies ana gentlemen of ths city and
vicinity. An invitation i have the
next reunion of the society % the next
Wednesday preceding July 4, 1876, was
referred. The society iGdOrstd the in
tegrity and ability Of the chaplain, Van
Horne, who is writing The history If the
army Of the Cumberland. An amend
ment to the bylaws, reducing the an
nual dues from three doll Ars t0 two dol
lars, was laid on the table for the pres
enI, and the meeting adjourned until
half-past three o'clock in the evening
Invitations u visit the places of interest
have been accepted.
At hslf-psst three the society reassem-
bled, General Graft presiding. The
prOpCsissOn to amend the hy-laws, re-
ducing the annual fees to two dollars,
was laid on the tshte. The following
report OF the committee on nomination
of officers for the ensuing wear, was read
and adopted: President, General P. b.
Sheridan; vice-presidenr, General Joe
E. Hooker, y w YOFk; General Tneo.
+. Blown, Ssfg, NJ Charles G iuseman,
Ohio; General A. D Streight, Indiana;
General E. H Murray, Kentucky; Cen
eral w. w. Lowe, Iowa; General D. s.
Stanley, Michigan; Major D. D. Brown,
BrCwiey. New Jersey; General John
Martin, Kansas; General B, II, Bristow,
District OF Columbia; II. z. Vancleave,
General James S. Negley, Pennsylva-
mia; General John Q. Starkwesther,
Wisconsin; General w. D. Whipple, Ne
braskR; General q. p. Thornton, Ten.
nessee; Colonel w. II. Sinclair, Texas;
Colonel w. II. Greenwood, Colorado;
Colonel Il. n. Fisher, Massachusetts,;
corresponding secretary, General Henry
Nj. Cist; recording secretary, Colonel
John W. Steele; treasurer, General J.
S. Fullerton, The adoption Of the re-
port elects the gentlemen named.
Philadelphia on July and Z, 1876, and
was appointed: General George w.
Minded, Colonel w. McMichael and
John w. Lambert.
Colonel George j. Waterman, OF Chi
cago, delivered q lengthy oration. 1t
recalled the glorious history of the army
of the Cumberland, and portrayed the
remarkable deeds and incidents that
have been described so often, but Of
which no one can grow weary. The fra
ternity between the brave people and
soldiers of the north and south was one
Of the best points of the Grafton. Tue au-
dience and distinguished guests received
this sentiment with enthusiastic evil
dences of approval. President Grant,
in response to call and cheers, made a
few Temarks. He excused himself from
making 8 speech, tut said he would like
to iwrite, and have the vast audience
read what he could tell of the glorious
deeds OF the army Of the Cumberland.
The President remarked that there were
Others waiting TO follow him who were
not sffiict cd with his difficulty, the
want Of faculty of talking in pubIicJ.
This point was received with laughter
and cheers, and General Sherman was
next called for, and the audience rose
and gave him three hearty cheers.
General Shermsn's speech was mag
nlficent tribute to the Army Of the
Cumberland. He traced its history from
1861 to the end of the war, and spoke OF
General George b. Thomas in the most
affectionate and eulogistic terms, re-
feuing to the general as a young man
who was sent TO West Point,
for bravery as boy, and