National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-11-20

Pacific, and o soul so puro and free from
guile should wing It's fight through the Clio.
ries of tho Golden Cato to eternal life be-
| yond"
The resolutions were then read by Mr..
McCOOk, as follows
WHEREAS, God has taken from us Major.Gene
George H. Thomas, beloved commander and com
rade, therefore DO II
Reso'red. That although no words of culogy we
can bestow will do justice TO his noble life and char.
aGtcr, yet we desire to express our appreciation of
TIC irteparablc loss his former soldiers, the army
and the Nation have suffered through his death.
Rcsolrcd That In him we recognize n soldier who
| was strong earnest aud great-One who, in the be-
ginning Of those day, when so many shrunk from
the darkness of the future never doubted nor fal
| tered, aud whose soldicrly skill unycfsh devotion
TO duty uIsullied honor. Justice faith and courage
| chdeafed him TO his followers aud won success to
Pesoloi, That while his achievements on the
b9tle.hcIds OF war viii be remembered 50 long 0s
history Il read, we, whom lie loved to call his "pco
pie, VIII bear with us through life tho loving re.
| incmbmnce of what he was 10 us all amid the dan
gers Of battle and the trials of the past To Others
nc wa, the great leader aud successful chief; TO Us
| the kind friend, wise counselor brave Comrddc
| aud courteous Christian gentleman.
Rcs0lrcd That In the simple but massive great
ness, the exact justice the entire devotion TO the
interests Of his country, which characterized Gen.
cral Thomas we recognize his likeness to bin who
hearts OF his countrymcu."
Rc,oircd, That his name and memory can never
perish from the hearts OF his soldiers or his coun
trymen, and the last sad tribute can pay to him
Is TO thus record our love. our admiration aud our
! reverence
| General Sherman in secondng the rcsclu
| tions said his mind turned back to thirty years
ago, when life was fresh and new, and IN this
connection spoke of their intimacy in Florida,
| then briefly traced the military career OF his
| deceased Comrade, concluding with the re-
mark that his death might be traced to long
exposure and the shocks that ever attend tho
tumults of war, and to the providence of that
God who rules all things for tho best.
Addresses were made by Chief-Justice Chase
Generals Garfield, Slocum, Schurz and Others
and the resolutions were unanimously adopted
| The death of General Thomas was an
| nounced TO the army in the following general
| order:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,)
ADJUTANT GRNERALs OFFICE,
| WAsntSGToN, March 90 1901
| It has become the painful duty Of the General to
announce ~ the army the death of one of our most
| exalted Gcncrals-Cieorge ii. Thomas-who eN-
PRED last evening ut $50 o'clock in San Francisco,
| Cal. 1herc is no need 10 turn to the archives to
search for his history for II is recorded IN almost
every page during the past ten years; but his class
| mate and comradc owes him n personal tribute, In
which he knows every member of the army shares.
| General Thomas entered the Military Academy in
stoned as Second Lieutenant In the Third artillery
and sent to Florida. He served with his regiment
continuously until December ~, 1888, when he be-
came Captain. having been particularly distin.
| guishod ut Monterey aud Buena Vista, Mexico. On
the i2,h of May 1889, he WINS appoint ,s to the
regiment continuously until he became IT'S Colonel
on the Sd of May, 1851 The great civil war found
him at his post true aud firm, amid the terrible
pressure he encountered by reason his birthplace
Virginia; and President Lincoln commissioned him
as Brigadier General of volunteers, and sent him
| 10 Kentucky. There, too, his services We're coli-
slant and eminent IN the highest degree. lie won
the, first battle in the West at Mill Springs, Ken.
| lucky, and from first to last, without II day or
hours intermission, he was ut his post of duty
| rising steadily aud lrresistibly through all the
| grades to the one he held as Major-Gcucra Of the
Corinth, Perryyille, Stone River. Chickamauga,
| Chattanooga. Atlanta and Nashville he fulfilled
the proudest hopes of his ardent friends and at the
| close of the war General George II. Thomas stood
| In the very front rank of orr war Generals
The General has known General Thomas init
| matcy since they sat rs boys ON the same bench,
and the quality in him. which he holds up for the
| admiration and example of the young is his COM
pletc and entire devoton to duty, Though sent To
| Florida. TO Mexico, to Texas and Arizona when
duty there was absolute banishment,he went cheer
fully, and never asked personal favor, exemption
or leave of absence. In battle he never wavered.
| would prevail, and he never sought advancement
of rank or honor at the expense Of any one. What.
disputed his fame. The very representation of
honesty integrity and honor, he will stand to us rs
the beau Msdiof the soldier and gentleman
| Though he leaves no child TO bear his name, the
| old Army of the Cumberland-numbered BY tens
| of thousands-caled him father and will weep for
| him IN tears of manly grief His wife, who cheered
| him with her messages ofloyc in the darkest hours
| of war will mourn him now in sadness, chGstened
| by the sympathy ola whole country.
| The last sad rites due him. rs man aud soldier
will be paid ut Troy. N. " on the arrival of his re-.
mains and the friends of his family, and all of his
comrades who can be present are invited there TO
| share in the Obsequies.
| At all military posts and stations the flags will
be placed at half mast, and fifteen guns fired on the
day after tho receipt of this order, and the usual
badges of mourning will be worn for thirty days.
| BY commando of GENERAL SHERMAN.
L. d. TOWNSEND, Acknowledgement