National Republican., 1884-03-31
AN APPROACHING REUNION.
The Washington Veterans OF the Army
OF the Potomac Getting Ready 10 Move
on Brooklyn.


The yvrslliuStop Veterans OF the Army
OF the Potomac Getting Ready 10 Move
on Brooklyn.
Tho rooms of the commissioner of pensions
were crowded Saturday evening with men,
hers of the society of the Army of the
Potomac, who met in response to call
signed by Gems. Sheridan, Slocum, Newton,
Wright, and Dudley TO organize an associa-
ton to mako necessary arrangements to pro-
Ceed to Brooklyn as an organization to attend
the fifteenth annual reunion Of the society of
the Army of the Potomac, June II and II
next. Maj. j. S. Tichenor was made chair.
man and Maj. w. II. Mills, secretary. Letters
were read from Gen. Grant and other dis
tinguished generals. Gen. Abner Doubleday
made an enthusiastic speech, and
closed by relating number of laughable in
cidents Of camp and field" Short speeches
were made by many others. committee,
consisting of Col. Hosmer (chairman), Gen.
Dudley, Col. TichenOr, Majs. Crawford and
Mills, was appointed to nominate p list of
officers for the society. While tho commit
tee was retired Maj. Slime addressed the vet
erans in relation to the coming excursion in
May to the battlehelds of Fredericksburg,
Charlottesville, and the Wilderness, which
is awakening considerable interest among the
The committee reported the following
who were unanimouly elected: President,
p. H. Sheridan, lieutenant general United
States army; vice presidents--hrst corps,
Henry l.. Crawford, captain and broyot major,
United States army; second corps, Nathan
Bickford, private, 9th New Hampshire volun,
teers; third corps, ID. w. Bliss, major and
brevet colonel (medical diroctorl United
States volunteers; fourth corps, George w.
Rich, private, 7th Massachusetts, infantry
volunteers; fifth corps, Ellis Spear, colonel
and brevet brigadier general, goth Maine
volunteers; sixth corps, William II. Browne,
breVet brigadier general, United State volun-
teers ninth corps, John G.. Parke, major
general, United States volunteers; eleventh
corps, A. A. HosmeT major and breyot
colonel, United States volunteers (;
twelfth corps, Slas Colgrove, colonel and
brevet brigadier general, United States volun-
teers; nineteenth corps, Duncan s. Walker,
brevet major general, United States Volun-
teers; army of the James, Albert Ordway,
lieutenant colonel and brevet brigader gen.
eraI, United States volunteers cavalry corps,
Edward w. Whitaker, lieutenant colonel and
breyet brigadier general, United States vol
unteers; artillery corps II. j. Hunt, brevet
major general, United States army; sig
nal corps, d. L. Castle, captain 18th Indiana
infantry volunteers; secretary, VIM. Howard
Mills, captain and breyet major, United states
army; treasurer, George simmons, first lieu-
tenant 1th Indiana infantry.
The officers of the association were requested
10 meet at the office OF the commissioner ofpen-
sions next Saturday evening Mt 1880 o'clock to
select necessary committees and report them
M "A future meeting. 1t WINS stated there
vIo between three aud four hundred mem
hrrs Of the Society OF the Army OF tho Poto-
mac resident in Washington, and the press
was requested to state that if all members
contemplating going to Brooklyn Will send
t9ca names and addresses to the secretary,
Gt las y street II rthwest, it will greatly
.c,li,ntc necessary arrangements. The meet
"tr wa, then adjourned, subject to the call oi
the president.