The National tribune., 1882-05-20
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE REUNION.

dispatch from St. Louis, dated the 10th
| instant, says:
The Annual Reunion Of the Society Of TIE
Army OF the Tennessee was held in this city to-
day. There IS large number of members pr,s-
ent, including many distinguished pe~so,qr95.
! The society met at the Peoples Theatre. which
| was gaily decorated for the occasion with 1ags
| banners, and garlands. At ten minutes past
ten General ". T. Sherman called the veterans
| together with the following remarks:
FeliOw Soldiers: l am glad to meet those
here present on this day, and in his place. Il
is said that we could not meet on any day
which is not an anniversary of some battle. It
| is not by accident that we hold this Reunion of
the Lrmy of the Tennessee in st. Louis. The
day was chosen to do honor to those who took
part in the capture of Camp Jackson. in tho
suburbs of St. Louis. We have m:iice towards
none and charity to all. Forgiviag the past,
but not forgetting it, we will cherish the mem
cries Of war forever [Appiause.l Each year
diminishes the number of members of our soci-
ETY., but not the glorious memories Of the civil
war of 1876; but beneath this we have the
kindliest feelings toward all. 1 am glad to see
this hall flied with faces that come back 20 NE
as plainly as when we parted at Raleigh"
Among the letters read from persons unable
to be present, were those from President Arthur,
Vicc-President Davis General Grant Secretary
Lincoln, Senators Logan and Vest, General
George B. Mcclellan, John G. Whittier, and s.
J. Tilden. After reading the letters the meet
ing adjourned until evening. The society was
Immediately escorted TO the Merchants Ex-
change by a committee of that body. Fully
5000 reople were assembled on the floor and in
The galleries to receive them, and the speech of
welcome was made by President Slayback.
General Sherman, General John Pope, General
W. B. Hazen, and ex-senator Thurman, each
responded with brief remarks. The Cotton
Exchange was next visited, where the society
was received by its prs sident, Vim. n. Reuter-.
Generals Sherman and Hazen, ex-senator Thur
man, and Judge Cooley, of Michigan, made
short speeches.
General Reynolds, for the committee, reported
the time and place of the next Reunion as the
81 and 4th of October, 1883. the anniversary of
the battle of Corinth, at Cleveland Ohio. Gem
eral Belllnap reported shat the committee had
reelected, as the orator of the next Reunion,
the late chaplain of the Thirty-sccond Wiscon-
sin; late lieutenant of the Thirty-Second Wis
consin; late colonel of the Forty ninth Wis
cousin, and present bishop of the Reformed
Episcopal Church, Right Rev. Samuel Fallon,
of Chicago. The committee on the nomination
of officers recommended the election of General
w. 7. Sherman, president; Colonel L. NJ. Day
ton, recording secretary; General a. Hicken-
looper, corresponding secretary; General NJ F.
Force, treasurer; vice-presdents, Colonel G..
D. Munson, Colonel John VI. Bacon, Major II.
NJ Neil, Major C. Goodbraze, General Fl. R.
Eldridge, Major A. A. Perkins, Major \. T..
Ogg. Captain J. n. Munroe, Colonel George E..
Bryant Captain E. L. Baker, General John w.
Noble, General ]. II. Stevenson. Committees
were appointed to consider the advisability of
meeting IN the Yellowstone Park in 1884, and
also as to the wearing of uniforms. General
Moves, of Ohio, moved that Andrew Blair, the
eldest son of Frank P Blair be elected a men,
Der or the society, which was carried unani-
mously and amid tumultuous cheering. Amend
ments to the constitution, admitting all sons of
members to membership in the society, were
offered and referred 10 o committee of officers
of the society, who were instructed to report at
the next meeting.
The Reunion closed, on the night of the 11th,
with banquet, at which three hundred per-
sons were present. Responses to tOasts were
made by Hon. Thomas II. Nelson, of Indiana
Colonel D. Murphy, of Missouri; John W. Nor
ton, of St Louis; Colonel Jesse Phillips, of Illi-
nois; General J. s. Fullerton, of st. Louis
John A. Cockrell, of St. Louis; General E. P.
of Ohio; Colonel August Jacobson,
of Chicago, and Surgeon W. F. Cody, of Indiana.
The next meeting will be held at Cleveland,
Ohio, October 3, 1883.
For other G. 4. Z. r,e,Us see 9th and sis pages