Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1884-08-15
The Array Of the Tennessee.

II "
LAKE MNNEroNKA, Aug. l2-The corriidosi
and porches are all filled with gray haired vet
erans of the Army Of the Tennessee and their
ladies'. General Sherman's daughter and son
have been here week assisting in the arrange
ments for the reunion. Tho programme fol
tomorrow is business meeting in tho morning,
. trip on the lake in the afternoon, and In the
evening Gov. Hubbard will deliver an address
OF welcome and General Sherman will respond
on behalf OF the the Tennessee g and Cd
the various militity bands will give concert
IA new feature in these reunions will be
the presence of ladies at the banquet which
will be given here on Thursday night, at
which 4OO:membe,s are expected. Two hundred
will arrive by special train from the east IN the
morning. Those to arrive tomorrow are Gen
eral Belknap, General Strong, General Stockton,
General Macarthur, General schellaiD. General
Taylor and General McGinnis. The hotel is
magnificently decorated and everything has
been do1e by the citizens of St. Paul and Min.
neapolis to make the reunion a success. Cen
eral Sherman, in his bluff manner, guarded
against any over entertaining and insists that
the reunion il purely social affair and shall
not be made work.
HOTEL LAFAYETTE. Minnetonka Lake, Aug.
l3-The members of the Army of the Tennessee
assembled in the parlor and were called to order
by General Sherman. who read brief letter
from General Grant, expressing his regret that
his health would not allow him to be present
General Sherman, before reading the letter,
said: nineteen years after the close of the
war we have reason to be thankful that 80 many
survive in health and strength to assemble in
accordance with the promise made in 1865 at
Raleigh to keep alive the cordialities and friend.
ships which bound us together during the war.
Brilliant as is the history of deeds done IN wal
by the Army of the Tennessee, we believe that
our fellow citizens will conce6e us equel honor
for pure, unalloyed patriotism and generous
actions during the intervening years Of peace.
Before proceeding to business, deem it proper
to explain the cause of the change of programme.
At our last meeting General Grant was chosen
orator; he accepted, and all arrangements were
made for his presence We all knew that in De-
cember last he had sustained a fall, but
we had hoped his vigorous constitution had
long ere this repaired the damage. Agsin, we
all know he has been overtaken by financial
hurricane and blizzard, very cyclone, SO COM
mon in New York, the result of a false system of
finance; but no soldier ever believed that Cen
eral Grant, personally, was in the reraotest de-
gree responsible or censurable. Great applause.
Rather, we hoped all the more, that he would
enable us by his presence to manifest for him
the intense love and respect he had won upon
the battle field, and which will survive long after
Wall street shall cease to be held synonymous
with gambling in gold and stocks" General
Sherman then read q brief letter Of regret from
General Grant, after which he said he hoped his
bodily affection would soon pass away and that
the clou de which now lower over his house may
be buried in the deep bosom of the ocean.
Committees were then appointed, ard the meet
adjourned until evening.