The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-19
ARMY OF THE TENNESS
General Grant Selected as the Orator
for the Next Reunion.
Changes in the Rules of the Society-Ladies
To Be Admitted to the Banquets
at Future Meetings.

CLEVELAND, Oct. 18-The Society of the
Army of the Tennessee reassembled at 1890
this morning. The platform was occupied
by General Sherman, the president, Colonel
Dayton, the secretary and Generals Logan,
Force Hickenlooper, Noyes and Leggett
General Belknap, chairman of the COM
mittee on nominations, reported the follow
ing for officers, who were duly elected:
President, Gen. William T. Sherman; vice.
presidents, Col. William B. Leach, Gen. Mad
ison Miller, Col. H. L. Barnum, Capt Will
lam S. Burns, Col. H. S. Hutchinson, Col. I'll.
II. Gibbon Col. John McFall, Maj. John J.
Safely, Capt. j. D. Mcfarland Maj. William
=. Clayton; recording secretary Col. L. M.
Dayton; corresponding secretary, Gen. A.
Hickenlooper; treasurer, Gen. NJ. f. Force.
1t was voted to hold a reunion at Lake
Minnetonka, Mimi, on the 18th and 10th of
August. After the business session, 1T is pro-
posed to make an excursion to Yellowstone
Park. The following were appointed conf
mittee to arrange for it: Generals Pope,
Strong, Sanborn, Logan, Raymond and
Sprague, Colonel Everest and Lieutenant
Andrews.
General Grant was elected orator for next
year, amid prolonged and fervent applause.
AT the request of the Chicago members.
Mrs. General H. N. Eldridge was elected to
membership.
General Williamson offered and advocated
the following resolutions:
"Resolved, That hereafter this society will
make its annual reunions exclusively social for
Its members, and to this end will hereafter make
its own arrangements for meetings and re-
unions, and admit only such visitors and guests
peding free social intercourse between the mem-
bers and their families, be received.
Resolved, That the arrange ments and con-
duct of the annual reunions and meetings of the
society shall hereafter be in charge OF commit
tees composed of only members of the society.
Resolved That this society Will hereafter adj
NIT the ladies of the families of its members TO
the banquets and other social meetings."
Generals Hickenlooper, Logan Warner,
Leggett, Sanborn and auckland warmly OPP
posed the first and second resolutions and
they were tabled. The third was adopted.
On motion of General Hickenlooper, the
names of all officers of the Army of the
Tennessee who died on the field were added
to the roll of dead members.
A telegram ofcondolence was sent the fam
lily of General Steedman
The following was sent the Union Prison
ers of War Association, now in session at
Decatur, ILL.,;
'"The Society of the Army of the Tennessee
sends your association most hearty greeting. Is
remembers your terrible sutferings and exalted
patriotism"
THE BANQUET.
The reunion closed tonight with grand
banquet at the Euclid-avenue roller-rink,
which was profusely decorated with flags,
foliage plants, battle scenes, shields, notices,
portraits and the names of generals and bat
Ties Several hundred persons were seated at
long tables, sumptuously spread. After the
feast General Sherman, master of ceremo-
MES announced the toasts and felictously
introduced the speakers to respond to them,
as follows:
"The beginning and the end" response by
Colonel H. Wilson; what we fought for"
General Theodore c. Fletcher; "The Western
soldier" General w. w. Belknap; 1.-THE
memories of the war;" General John w.
Fuller; THE State of Ohio" Governor
Charles Foster; THE surgeons of the
&my," Dr. H. J. Herrick; THE Grand
| Army of the Republic" Governor Lucius
Fairchild; "The old flag" General William
E. Strong; "The citizen soldier" General
John A. Logan; ''The Army of the Potomac"
General Ed. S. Meyer; The loyal woman"
Bishop Samuel Fallows; ''The Army of the
Cumberland" Major William Mckinley;
| THE volunteer Colonel Augustus Jacob
son; 1.-The press" Hon. r. c. Parsons.
| The speeches were interspersed with music
| by a military band, and music and singing
by the Arion quartette The festivities were
protracted late into the night.