, 1875-04-17

Review OF National Troops by Gov.
Porter, TN cx-COnfcdctnteS Solsllcr.

Review Of National Troops by Gov,
Porter, TN cx-COnfctlctnte SOisllcr.
apte'at Co7etpo"denee nf Tie Ch,eaaa Tribune.
NAsHy1LLE, Tenn, April Hit wss announced
in tue daily Nashville naposa that review OF
tho battalion Of tic Sixteenth 1ufantsy undtr
command OF Gen. peuuyl,ncscr, was 10 bo bad
i W Gov. Porter, this n!tcrroou, At 8 o'clock.
snco the cloro Of tie War, this battalion Laa
boon stationed III Nashville; sud tho COT.
duct o; both officers aid soldiers has
been such that the prejudice naturally fels to-
wards them has boon entirely blotted ont. Con.
peunyuackcr, ~ho has bad command for tue
pas. four OF iiyo ycars, IL Of the flower Of tho
| army. lie Il not only most gallant General,
but In, with.l, I most courteous gentleman; and
those who havo ever had nuy intercourse viii,
HIM pronounce him kind. cordial and polite. lie
has drawn manr hearts toward him. und caused
host 10 feel An increased reverence for the cid
la-.
II has been c1stom to have regular dress-
parade upo1l Sunday afternoon, when tho
weather waa ilne. IheF hring out with then,
come to bo known far ant no.r for tho great c1~
collence Of its performances. These tno Rttract
ttons usually dtav m immense crowd, ani it il
not UNCOMMON to SEQ from 1000 10 j, 900 pcopio
gathered to witness the parale.
The unusuAl attraction Of o grand review
caused tho nunbers to 10 greatly ntgmgGted,
and, by the time tAa reyiew began, thcro ~cIe
net lesa than 1900 reopie upon tho ground.
The tide TO tho drill-cr2unda act iu as nnsly a.
u m., and continued 10 aew in uutil tho hour
for parade. when all asailabo srars waH taken
tip. 4 great msnr mounted tho Tuofs Of tho ad-
joining houses: vehicles Mero dlnNn ND 10
eonvsntont sEots; While tha great maturity
square wall, that nns only kept irou sncroach-
ing upon the space allotted for tbs maaouvosu
Of tho troops by guards stationed around for
Ash Barracks a1o situated to the northwest Of
the city, aud arc upon M cnineuco from waip!,
tho clts Itself ig apEead out tko q panorama.
Tho 1ri!l-gronnds are not to 10 surpassed in
Amoriea. All around. on every side. arc Gov
eEnmont buildings erected long before tho yer
! mas peace. Tho situation Is henlthEul and con-
renIent; znd OIL this account 1t Las been rc.
tainct 40 a post. Whcn tho straius Of Hail
columbl. fal! upon thu car Of tho wait
ei,torins in thsir uniforms presented tplcn.i'd
srcctac1o. Tie martial Hrtit Of tho peotle whe
stirred to that cxtcnt that they seemed about 10
ance Of Gen. leunypackrF and Gov. Porter. each
escorted by his aatl, was anothcr sigual for tho
manifestation Of i,r0orcsslble enthun:lRm. 1ns
band gaye the military salute, AFTER ~hicl' tho
efficiency In tho drill. and all vino 1olict xaro
well pieasci. A{tce tho reviow WAS over, the
officers we're introduced individually to Gov.
Porter, waei all moved iuto Gen. Pennypackere
headquarters. w!icre they werc Hospitality euter-
tained. A toa4t was drank by all to the perpe-
tuity Of tue Republic aul
THE NATIONS flag.
Besides 0oy. Porter, there were present Adtu-
tan..0oncEaI llaMbry Charles Gibbs, Secretary
Of State Capt: Samuel Douelaon. Con. Thomas
T. Smiley, aud Justice Knight. All OF sheso
gentlomen woso tn the Confederate service.
tloy. Porter was = Colonel, and npon tici. Frank
CteAtham's staff. 1t was a pleasant eyeuli,g
enjoyed by vi who participated; but, tic one
idea, boforo which nll. others pacd Into utter in-
Significance, was TIC TACT tlat IL waa uonltning-
lug, In the most ngteeab!e manner imaginable.
OF rneu who, had onco been antagonIst,c.
Indeed, It was q. fTaternization aud a
genulne lovo-icast. that Was = lit adprniaR 10
tho work Of reconstruction. Mnch Is due TO
Gov. Porter for his Discrimination snco he be-
camo clsiet officer Of the stato. Iie has endeay-
ored to prove by hs eyoEy act that ho deslrcs
to "lot ti.e dead past bury its dead" lu ap+
pointing his stan, ho choae ex.Fodora!s as we'll
rs ex-Coufoderatcs. Dos.