The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-21
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.

Annual Meeting at Lake 1Ginnetonka-0ras
|. ton by Hx-aov. 9. x. Dav1s-osnsra1
Proceedings.
a The Seventh Annual meeting OF officers
representing the army Of tho Tennessee,
was held at Lafayette Hotel, Lake Min
netonka, Minnesota. There were many prom
inent men present, among them Gen. sher-
man, Gen Belknap, and Gov. Rusk Of Wiscon-
sin, and Gen. Chetlain Of Chicago, and q host
of others more or less known to the public.
The hotel was handsomely decorated On the
walls of the rooms were portraits Of Gems.
Sherman, Grant, Thomas and Logon, and also
tho national shield enclosed in evergreens bear
ing the inscriptions: "Corinth," ''Nash-
ville," Savannah Jackson" ''Donelson,"
Belmont, 'sshiloh, ''Chickasaw," ''Port Glib
Nson," raymond" "Champion Hill, ''Bs
Black River" ''Vicksburg," 'sKenesaw," sat
lanta," missionary Ridge" and tGuka.",, 4
At the business meeting held on the first
day Gen. Sherman presided. and Col" L.
N. Dayton acted as recording secretary.
man delivered the opening address and
read letter from Gen. o. 8 Grant,
stating that he was unable to be present, on &C
count Of his recent injury, and conveying ms
IL.
Gov. c. X. Davis, on short notice, had consent
ed to deliver the address, The report OF the
treasurer was read, showing the financial trans.
actions of the secisty for the past year, and
good. Gen Sherman explained that monu.
ment was being erected for Frank T.
Blair, and one had been erected fol
Gen. Ransom by his friends. After tho
transaction of some routine business, tho guests
had an excursion on ono Of the fine, steamer
on the lake.
In tho evening, after the assembly, by tho
drum corps, Gen. Sherman introduced Gov.
Hubbard Of Minnesota to the audience, who
delivered the address of welcome in which ha
stated that Minnesota felt an especial pride in
its record, as she regards it q part OF her own.
She had much larger representation Of he,
other similar organization Gen. Sherman
responded, and in announcing the piece,
marching through Georgia." General Sher.
man said it was piece which had followed
him around the world and he hoped the audi.
its rendition he introduced ex- Gov. G. K. Davis
to the audience, and explained that Gen. Grant
had been expected to deliver the grafton, but
he was not able to attend. Gov. Davis deliv-
cred an elaborate and able address, closing as
follows:
have endeavored to show the mission of
war in general, and this war in particular; that
its end is not moro conquest nor personal
glory; that its consequences are never ending;
that in the great average OF human concerns
benefcent; that it extirpates error; that it es-
tablishes what is good; that it makes nations:
have said little Of your battles, nothing OF
your personal glory. The battles are known
to the world; your glory is secure. 1t WAS
sublime conception of the German poet Zedlitz,
that before the statute OF the great Napoleon
in the Place Vendome the hosts of the empire
muster for review. While Paris sleeps, the
disembodied cohorts of the dead conqueror
break the marble calm of death and are mar
: shaled upon the fields of air. The armies OF
twenty years stand embattled on that aerial
plain. They come from the slime of the Nile,
from the sands of Arabia, from the SHOWS Of
Russia, from Alpine ice, from German plains,
from the fields of Italy, from Spanish slerras,
from the waves of Trafalgar. The imperial mar
shals are there: Murat, with his squadrons;
Davoust with the victors of Auerstadt; Mas,
seua, with the famine stricken defenders OF
Genoa; Macdonald, sword in hand, and on
foot at tho head of the 600 immortals who
broke the Austrian center at Wagram; slaught-
cred Ney, with tho apparition of the despairing
guard which broke in vain in bloody surgcs
upon the English squares at Waterloo. The
specters of auxiliary kings, their brows gold
bound with phantom crowns bestowed by him,
career before their shadowy legions, and far
off upon the confines of the night the phantas-
ma OF vanqushed armies in full retreat is dim
ly seen upon hundred fields. Martial music
is family heard beneath the stars, and upon the
spirit banners Of the pallid and evanescent
host as it sweeps in dark review before the
bronze emperor, who has also taken ghostiy
life, geam the Words cave Imperator! Mort
turf te salutant" and then the armies of lost
cause melt into the air, and the emperor be-
comes bronze again.
So, now and in all time, will the hosts OF
this army defle before the genius Of History
They rise arms in hand from the ancient
riveIr- beds from the bivouac Of tho grave,
from Vicksburg and Kenesaw, from every
historic battlefield, from deadly forests and
nosome prison pens. The living and the dead
are there, the white man and his dusky COM
n
The peans of victorious music are heard again
The starry flag CLEANS among the constella-
tons. This pageant fades from the Elysian
fields, and History, taking up her pen, writes
cause was not lost, for it was the cause of
Liberty, my best beloved child 1t fought the
great battle of humanity and conquered, and
is consecrated to the reverence Of mankind
Grafton was long and loud Miss Alice
s. Mitchell, of Chicago, sang, tho "Bat-
tie Hymn of the Republic, )" and re-
csyd round Fo after reqnd of sRMH ,s Gs a1
was impromptu speeches by Bishop Fellows,
of Chicago and others, interspersed with mn'
sic.
On the second day was chiefly given to pleas
ure. The breif business session in the morn.
ing simply disposed of the routine business,
the most important features of which was the
selection of Chicago as the next place of meet
ing, result fully anticipated and the election
President-Gen W. T. Sherman.
Recording secretary-Col. L. M. Dayton
Corresponding secretary-Gen. A. Hicken.
r looper.
Treasurer-Gen NJ F. Force.
Vice presidents-Col John s. Lavender,
Missouri; Gen. W. T. Clark, Dakota; Lieut..
Col Rood, Iowa; Capt W: McCrary, Minneso-
IA; Gen Schuyler, Hamilton, New York; Capt
sas; Capt George H Heaford Wisconsin;
MAJ. Edgar T. Miller, Pennsylvania; Capt
Josiah Barber, Ohio; Capt. Logan II. Roots,
Arkansas
nearly one hundred accepted Col. McCrorys
invitation, and went to Minneapolis via the
motor line, viewed in that city the chief points
of interest, and returned in the afternoon
Another excursion on the lake, with the sue
cessful regatta as prime OBJECT OF interest
occupied the remainder of the day.
In the evening there was grand banquet
Four long tables filled the hall These were
Tropical plants and blooming flowers were
center pieces in each table, and the snowy linen
was strewn with smilax and cut flowers. At
the table at the head Of the room, on an elevated
platform, was seated the master OF ceremonies,
Gen. W. T. Sherman; on his right, Gov L. F.
Mayor C. D. o'Brion, COL Taylor, Senator B.
NJ Sabin, Lieut.. Col. Plunkett, Gen. J. H. Ham,
xtmond Mai John G. Smith occupied seats at the
table, which was faced with a bank of cut
flowers.
The feast was ended at half pastten, at which
hour the hall was ordered cleared of tho SER
wants and the speaking was commenced Gen.
Sherman introducing each speaker in pleas
ant and characteristic way. The following
were the toasts and the names Of speakers:
First Toast-'"The President Of the United
States" Response by Colonel G. P. Dyer. I'm
the absence OF Gen. Gresham, P. M. General,
Thirmew said the committee was obliged to take
the most good natured man they could find
Gen. Dyer from Pike, Mo-, andof course all old
soldiers knew of that locality.
Second Toast-''The State Of Minnesota"
Response by Governor F. L. Hubbard
The third toast was the estate of Wisconsin,"
TO which Gov. J. NJ. Rusk WAS to have respond
ed but was not present In lieu thereof Gen.
Sherman expressed his regret at his absence,
and bore testimony to the gallantry of the
soldiers Of Wisconsin, many of whom were
members or the Army of the Tennessee.
Fourth Toast-"Our Country" Response by
General A. L. Chetlain, Of Chicago.
Fifth Toast-s'rhe men of '76-their spirit
inspired the men of 81" Response by Gener-
al Schuyler Hamilton.
Sixth Toast-ssThe Victories of APeace-no
loss renowned than those Of war; Response
Seventh Toast-'The Army of the Tennessee :"
Response by General W. w. Belknap.
Eight Toast-t'The Unreturning Dead.
Green be their memories. They did not die in
vain" Response by Capt Henry A. Castle, of
St. Paul.
Ninth Toast-'"The Golden Northwest" Re-
spOnse by Rt Rev. Bishop Ireland, of MinnesO-