, 1881-04-07
beautifully decorated III llonor of the occa-
slu1l, Wl!cre it wns received BY
All AnftHEss ut WELCOME

from President Urncr.
Gcn. Sherman. in response salt tho men
knew TINT Il was essential to have the waters
OF tic Mississippi open tn trntle. nn,l tint to
the Army nf this TENNESSEE much credit wns
duo for assistance In opening tint stfenln 10
t;rn. Sheridan was callct upon and re-
sto,llctl briefly, merely returning. thanks
mud md snylns lro was mot III tho habit Of milking
AtJn'rlock tho Society moved from the
1}nrnet l1nllso 10 Fountain S1unrp to IN.
veil the stcll,crson statue, escorted by tho
Flrs. Regiment, Ohio National Guards, de-
tail ct the Cincinnati lmllec. NM! tho G!nei,.-
t;en. Sherman nl,tl .ex-l'resl.lcnt Hayes lci
the column, followed by Gems. Sheridan nnA
Pope.
THE srr,EErs wEnE riraoSoEn,
and tho cspanatle where tho static Ind been
Get on IL temporary pedestal was 80 full nf
clearing tho space to allow tho sncir.Ics to
: Wilsa ii, wefo eroupetl nbout tho statue.
Ge,': Sherman, Kracetully drew t,tf tho Earrl-
playetl the !tlni',st slnaking forn, u tte b..
losctl Mcpherson. Tller9 WIS Il slight mp.
1,!alise. Hats were removed md tlla battl
plAy,H: tltrse, but mt n word wtls sl0ketI.
Il pInce4 OH tho t'cneral's Erays n
btnnzc, mil represents Tho ticMcral standing
WITH one f. faot & ~ The breeci! ot M br9Ee, ;t,,
othsr HAND exts,'!le.I rs II giving ,l!reeilons.
The artist Is ltebcsst, tho su,l,G WHO lnntto
tho equestrian. stHl,se lit Wash!ngsnh. Thls
eitgrt Il rcRntled rs cxcccdtngly sAtlstactory.
wero spent III exa'nIn!nE tio statue. wlc',
thu ct''llil,l reformed u'la marched buck to
tho Duruet House.
A NIGHT SESSION
Of tho Society, Of the Army Of the Tennessee
WIS lleld ln Music-llaIl. The soctuty
% e"cass sseS e 'a Saisa n nars sH oaH 3 0S he
0iiiesrs, taktns liz sidewalk % 10 @ ayoid ''tfe the
muddy, streets. TI,e !InIt was dc'1sciy packed
Gyn ',a brllIait nssenelMEe' laIEo proI"ftion,
s'ssc aHs ' The s0e'sty ssse " o it0i o = soeety s
entered WIS magnificent. Tie stage. which
!; i; !"rKe, Prsss!,tt! @ picture 9t beaaty Witi, M
had been lualc to harliIn,ltze with It, Tho
lower, PARTON was hidden BY palms
snd I lnIIse @ banucrs, aboye -, w!'ic!! i! h was
Ohio "'1y 4sru,s'is, i rjr t 'ast1gs at ,g1n IF IF
service. Tn TIC right ind left of tic organ
were three standards rractiMg ncurly to the
ceiling. from which ilags projected 'Iku
nrn1ches OF trees. Ill the renr, M the right
tl9,,;bt ~, IT sacks, with 4 gnu in position.
STACKED Aims
OIL either sl,lc Of tho Stage, md occupied the
space lit grDHps rs they would Iii camp.
nr,llhs and tlags wcro gr,ll'c.l tastefMtIy.
@ lMs oesnais OF t stase Merc ig' S'er
COl. Uxern j. Dudtls, t;ens. Stcrldlnn, Pope,
Cox, I.cg.ctt. Mayor jacob. atll others. The
rEyGlllu WIS sullucd NlNl ct,tOr5 run u;l Altii
.se;afcs'ing npplal'se, followed by iii organ
so1t', s..su, ca, s,,ora1,., ,.,,,,u ,<uo.uo..
lhnM Hem: zen: S,erna' sherman w'!ose a., aopea'rancc
br2uEht i9ilE appls'lse, calle.l thu Socsety t0
nrter, aii!i annts!l,sei te of!!cr ot the pro-
ErAl1. bcEtlininE with prayer by Chaplain
-AFEhltGH!. Fa <,,,.t
,eo e' y, ro,ve, t.l,aYn o. tae oca Eon,'nt ny H.
iS6or Of love performed III preparing ior y tits lis
t;iIayjrs ,1ncob. ,1r.. ,rovor. IN n .nccc1, of
thrrn st,.,,Sns t,a;t !, '"1,',,m,,m.1t ~ ia n
Ar,,iy If III" T,!,,,,ssc" n" nil wrlrn,mrI tmn
Gov. Fostsr S ',t1Il ,',1n,le welcoming speech o,,
hrmlf III tjn Snt,.. rcrn,t,,tIm~ tir ,,.,,,..s ~
.istiugulscd % Numbers Of uIc 81 Sucisty f ftr. +.
misiief i,y Dj,Io ~ weil m iy nther St,.3s ."'
i;cI' Sherman suii tl,e sigl,t from tIlo stnos
to-rI:,t '' It'd hm @ tjat t'' ''' A'o'' N'' ''"so
y,,,, ' ,,n..r '",.e ,.,'.,,,., ,,,,,o,,,,,
IhE MOST FlrrlSa RESPONSE
tio coAltl n'aKu Wns silcncc. IAo presence ot
thls stt;nt a,itllghco .Yas lnnst citAlieht
tlGcratfnn TINT the snldferly feeling WAS hot
EtHtn Int ttxtn1tt1rt nper tha ,vf1n1n fra
sWIlen W. wore lighting ut Pltts!,urg
Landing wc were not fightIng FIR
ourselves aloue, but for ttB wl.oit,
worI,l. Tic cili.l bnrn in lIoni,lulu or in
Sydney that tlny, If MI electric current could
runch 1t, would have felt tho clftrt Of our
liows That tlny f(r humanity. Wr t]om;t
meet to Ouust OF our duetis. Int to Eru,,
nlive tic feelings. OF friendship aroused
i!t ths apds the of Tf"r men "f WIN 70 lnrs'ii flfpsii
dangers With lis. Words never wcru cuilcd
thul Gun express onr feeling ut certnsl, times
No words Guild plct,tra nj feeli1rs whan /
heard tho explosion timt told me ti,nt Atlanta
WAS ours N.Y. thAt we wanted 4Attaltn. We
"ele llot nsnt!as LOT spoll or mere coi'qnest'
WE h1l'S'f cAnE a WHIT Fur ATLANTA,
but WI lived onr cuuntry, and Atlanta stool
In nn nttitut!o nf hostility"
iic then Introduced Col. Dodds, who tle-
llyercd the annual uratloll.
Atter. .Dotl.s' nddress ex-1'resltlcnt lIayes
was cal led for atu rccuivetl with applause.
liz made brief speech. merely Thanking the
Society for the courtesy OF tho invitation and
tho. audience fur lts curtttaIity, HiHi
hOt