The National tribune., 1885-09-17
GRAND REUNION.
The Survivors of the Army Of the Ten
neSSee Meet in Chicago.
Gems. Sherman, Logan, Ssnhorn. and Others Pay
Eloquent Tributes TO Grant.

|
the Society Of the Army of the Tennessee met
| in Reunion at Chicago, it being the 18th time
| the survivors Of that famous organization have
met since the close of the rebellion.
| On the morning of the first day the meeting
was held ut Hayerley's Theater, and over 300
| members responded to the roll call. Gen. Viii
| liam 7. Sherman, President of the Association,
was in the chair. On the stage with him
were Gen. Logan and Cows. Marshall, Ogiesby,
Sherman and Fletcher. IN the body OF the
audience were Gems. Beiknap, John L. San
born, NJ NJ. Bone, Clinton g. FiSke, IIicken-
loopcr and Force. The Secretary reported that
| four members had died during the year, viz,
Gen. u S. Grant, Col. D. N. Welch, Capt. John
| L. Jones and Maj. Josiah Barber.
| Mrs Grant was elected substitute member
| Of the Society, as were also the widows of Gen.
Crafts j. Wright and Maj. Josiah Barber.
| The Treasurer's report showed the Associa-
| tion to be in good financial condition. At the
date of the last annual report the permanent
fund comprised $4,000 in Government bonds
and 81 ,O42 ] in cash. Since that date the fund
has received from the Recording Secretary $l06;
| from interest on bonds Si00, and from other
sources 500. The permanent fund now con-
sists of SO, 600 of registered per cent. bonds,
and 81 Gas in cash.
During the evening Col Tuthill, Chairman
| of the Banquet Committee, wanted to know
| whether. in view of the fact that ladies would
attend the meeting smoking would be allowed.
| He added that the ladies hoped their presence
would not put an embargo upon the indulgence.
| Gen. Warner moved thanks to the ladies, and
Gen. Sherman said: '' think it is tie sense Of
| this society that we he allowed to smoke to-
morrow night" This was followed by a hearty
laugh from the veterans who knew how much
old Tecumseh enjoyed cigar
The afternoon was spent by some of the vet
erans mostly at headquarters and at the
NOTES.-The day unfortunately being very wet
| and gloomy. \ number, however, visited the
| Exposition and the Panorama of the Battle of
| Shiloh, where remarks were made in relation
to that memorable conflict by Gems Prentiss,
| Hickenlooper and Shaw.
THE EVENING.
The Central Music Hall, where the public
| Reunion was held in the evening, was bcauti-
| fully decorated for tie occasion. Draped upon
either side of the organ loft hung the National
| flag. To the columns in The center of the loft
was attached portrait of Gen. Grant. framed
| in mourning, and crowned with floral design,
semi-circular in form bearing the inscription,
Grant" A floral shield was placed beneath
| the portrait, while beneath the loft upon the
platform, inclosed within drapings Of the Ma
! tioHal banner. stood n colOred portrait, heroic
| size, of Gen. Sherman "a good likeness OPP
! posite the platform attached to the railing of
the first balcony, hun" the shield Of the society
displaying the badge ut the same. The Presi-
| dents table was covered with the National ilag
| and concealed partly from view by an excellent
| cEayen of Gen. Logan. High aloft over the stage
! hung the banner OF the society, and about the
edge of the platform appeared. in large blue
! print, the concluding sentiment Of Gen. Grants
lately published paper on FickSburg: "I'he
campaign of Vicksburg was suggested and de-
! veloped by circumstances, and it now looks as
! though Providence had directed its course while
! the Army of the Tennessee executed the de-
cree" Last of all, vacant silent, yet eloquent,
| stood beside the Presidents table heavy oaken
chair, upholstered in mourning. with heavy
mourning cloth resting upon its back, bearing
| in deep red the letters :" IT, S. g."
In addition to the veterans more than 1000
| people had assembled in the hall when little
| before 8 o'clock Gen. Sherman, accompanied by
| Gov. Oglesby and preceded by Gen. Chetlain,
| Chairman of the Local Committee, came upon
| the stage. The audience received the retired
! General of the Army with the greatest enthu-
| siasm. He wore the full dress of his original
| rank save that he had no use for epauiets,
| preferring the quiet straps of the commanding
| officer. His comrades followed the President
to seats upon the platform. There were Gov.
Oglesby, who seated himself upon the Presi-
| dents right; Gen. Sanborn, who occupied his
| immediate left; Gen. Logan, PoStmasterG Gen
| eral Villas, Bishop Fallows, Col Fred Grant, Gen.
| J. b. Leake, Gov. Pierce of Dakota Gen. Hick-
| enlocper, Gen. A. l.. Chetlain, Gen. Belknap
Gen. Schuyler Hamilton. Gen. Martin BEEN,
Gen. Force, Gen. Marshall, Gen. Willard War
| ner, Gen. Wilson, Gen. Fletcher Mai. Gen
ladies in the audience Mrs. Gen. Logan was an
| interested listener
| ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
| Gov. Oglesby, after an introduction by Gen.
| Sherman, made an eloquent and feeling address
| of welcome, in the course of which lie paid the
| highest compliments to the order. He said that
in the time of peace the people did not fully
| appreciate what the soldier had to endure
| They could not sec the marching army or
the weary soldier, bearing upon his sore
! shoulder the heavy musket, led up to the line
of death by as brave and gallant officers as ever
moved on to death. The speaker then alluded
| to the absence of vindictiveness in the army of
the Union i'll Gen Grant icheersl, and in the
President during the late war; They larruped
| the Southerners as q mother or father might
larrup refractory child. Cheers and laughter.l
| He alluded to the greatness of the American Re-
public, and referred E.cetiuus . to the fact that
| those who sought to break down the Union
were now among the first TO cheer for the old
! flag and sing Haileiuaji III praise Of the Union.
GEN. sHERMAN's SPEECH.
Though in war death makes the battlefield his
| harvest, yet in peace he insiduousiy invades the
most sacred premises. taking mere the innocent
babe there the gentle loving wife, again the youth
| in lusty manhood and the King his throne
During our last vacation he has stricken from our
list of members the very head and front-Gen l.. s.
Grant, the same who in the cold Winter of Is6l-G2
gathered together at Cairo, H. the fragments of
army and led them UP the Tennessee River The
| creator and father Of the Army Of the Tennessee
took bis final leave of earth at 8s tho morning
! OF July 23 1885, from Mount Mct;regor "a spur Of
| the AHcgaues in plain view of tho historic bat
tlcfed of Saratoga. He had finished his Iiies work
and had bequcathcd to the world his example
The lightning's ftsh carried the sad tdngs to all
| parts of the civilized earth, and doubt whether
since the beginning. there ever arose SO spontane
o,Is wall of grief 10 bear testimony before High
Heaven that niankin ind had lost Kindred spirit and
| his counrymen leader. We, his first COM
rades, coneedc to the family their superior rights
but caim the next place in the grand procession of
| mouruers We were with him in his days of adj
| him as the needle to the pole We shared with him
| the trials and tribuatons well as the labors and
| battles of Henry, Doneisun, Shiloh, Corinth 1uka
| and Vicksburg, when that transeendent and most
valuable cf ali victories turned the universal gaze
| of our bewildered cOuntrymen 10 the new star in
| dispellcd the cloud which lowered DER our
house., and was to lead TO the trUn phant vic
tories OF 1865 and to the stable enduring prosperity
| of 1885
In the year 1889 was flrst-cass man in the
| United States Military Academy at West Point, u
position of exaltation never reached since though
reasonably successful in life and there appeared
on the walls of the hall in :" Old North Barrack Z" q.
list of new cadets, among which was u. s. Grant"
A crowd of lockers read United States Grant t"
| Uncle Sam Grant" "Sam Grant," and Sam Grant
lie is to-day in the traditions of The old 4th IT, - Inf
1t afterwards transpired that his actually
| Ulysses Hiram Grant and the mistake had been
made by Gen. Han,er, the Member Of Congress
who nominated him as the cadet from his district.
Cadet Grant tried to correct this mistake mt the
beginning and end Of his cadet life without SUCCESS
and to history his name must ever be U. S. Grant.