The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-07
THE VETERAN REUNIONS.
OF BOYS WHO WORE THE GREY
Listening to the Eloquence of oratory
on Themes OF Tented Fields and
Bloody Battle GrOunds-The
Social Festivities and Pro-
ceediRgs Detailed.
Old voteraps of Fort Worth

NOClbl u FektlNltlch huu
ceediRgs Detailed.
Old Veterans of Fort Worth.
FORT WORM, Aug. c. Special The
second meeting of the reunion was but n
repetition of the first with the exception
that the volume of the people on the streets
and on the dinerent roads leading into the
city was much CREATE Than yesterday.
During last night the trains brought in
hundreds Of additional visitors and early
this morning the swarms around the ho-
tells Indicated that the attendance at the
grounds would be much larger than on the
nrst day. The street car companies all
running double lines ofcars, aud even then
the accommodate ons were hardy adequate
to the travel. At O'Clock m the rOnds
leading mo the city were dotted with
wagons Of every description, al loaded
with women and children oOEnd To the
beautiful grounds whore the old soldiers
are campcd. There was no parade OF any
kind on the streets save the continued
marching TO ana fro oftne great cOncOurse
OF visitors, who are eudeavOring to
see something OF the city Ncfore
they wet TO the grounds. The buses OF
the transfer line were in active service Vt
an earlier hour than yesterday, and the
could attend to. lhe special trains from
the Union depot as II general thing started
with ell filled coaches, and when they left
the temporary station on jennings avenue
they were c'oWded. A great many visitors
nj Tie reunion to-day are from Cleburne
attended the smaller gaihering' or
isolated brlgadcs, and they state that n
great majority of ihoEe who remain
there to-day Will be On the grounds here
tomorrow. II this he the case IL may
safely be predicted that the last day OF the
reunion will be better attended than even
this has been. While the crowds on the
s reefs of the city This morning have been
larger than those OF yesterday, II must be
remembered that there are hundreds who
camped on the grounds last night
and have not been in tbs city dur.
ing the day. A large majority
of those who made up the multi.
tudes on the streets this morning are new
faces who were not here yesierd'y The
excellent management OF this reunion has
been often remarked by those who have
"been there BEFORE" and not one Single
complaint mas so far been heard from any
one. There has been plenty to eat and
plenty of enjoyment for every one, with n
little to spare. BY 10: u the city wasnoarly
deserted and II seemed rs II everybody had
gone 10 the grounds.
MORNING EXERCISES.
The exercises of the morning were ouened
by prayer at lO:30 by Rev. NJ NJ Munford,
Of the Episcopal church of Dallas. Al the
conclusion of The prayer General W. &.
Nabel, as chairman of committee offered
the following resolutions on the death oi
| General Grant. In offering these reso IL
| tions General Cabell referred in fitting
! terms To the magn0nimOns spirit of the
| dead soldier us shown on the battle Geld
when victory had crowned his standard:
Headquarters Reunion, Fort Wotth. Tex,
Aug. o, 1885.
| WHEREAS, The eN-Confederate md Union
| soldiers here assembled, have learned
| with regret the death Of General Ulysses =.
| Grant; therefore, he II
Reso we'd, That the nation has lost an
able officer, vino won II worldwide roput g
ton ard shed lustre on American n ms.
Second. That we extend our hear tir,t
sympathy and condoleucc TO his bereG ed
family
The resolutions were unanimously in-
dorsed, and copy at once tc!egraphcd to
Mrs. Grant
GENERAL II. NJ GAEo, OF DALLAS,
was then intr )duced by the mar hal aud
delivered an admirable address, which was
II tened TO by the vast audience with
marked attention General Gauu said:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
1 am happy this bright morning 70
to be pc mitted TO be here with
my old Confederate comrades.
have hurried through with i'm.
portant business in y distant part Of the
State I'm order to be with you ON this occa-
sion | didn't come TO mako % speech !
| have no speech TO make, but | have the
| same old heart that beat In sympathetic
accord with the comrades OF lost canse
| fr four long years / como with .
H. art full oflove for all those who went
| through The wat. ! came here this morn
ing with no set speech nor prepared ta K,
and II ] coy anything that pleases you, 10 is
| from the ins spirntion 1 gather from this
vast assembly, was requested by the Old
soldiers TO speak for them this morning,
but told them that / had moth.
ing to say. They replied go ahead,
hear the voice We used to hear In ih
midst OF battle AMI Mt the head OF the
charge. Though shall never again lad
them In the midst of the 'hot, the memory
OF those days shall never pass away but
| they are as bight I'm my mind as the things
soldlo boys used to know are now h0ary
with the lrosts OF many winters and ma y
too have laid down and passed Into ternity
The principles for which we struggled 80
long, 1.-Two to-day. The G was n question
which was sectional, that has gone down
ard we rejoice that to-day we are an united
people. | heartily re.echo the sentiments
OF General Grant In his dying moments II
Is but natural that should huyeu rm
and tender feeling for all those WHO
struggled In the Same cause, rs ! did /
rejoice TO sny that we have n president who
knows no North, no South, no East no
West, and who does what he thnb right.
lCheers can not go so far us General
Cabel and say that all who We're good Con-
io'crates Will go 10 heaven, for | expect
that tho genonl was liking up his
own salvation Laughter lOld rlse.
that II they serve the Almighty with the
same zeal and order that they served their
country, they Will surely hnd rest 10
heaven ! am proud of the old Confed-
crate soldiers. We read OF the greatness OF
Napoleon and other great generals, but
there never lived people drawer,
moro chlvalrous and moro solf-sa RI
| nclng than the Confederate troops.
| ! rocollect that on ono occasion whom
had cap ured about 80 prisoners, one Of
| light ike you, we would never have q
| chance have ~ n mon when Ia the
throes 0f death, after receiving n mortal
wound, say. 81 am glad fell fphtlng for
| sucn a cause as ours.' | have never
s'on. the tlmo when ! felt like ap0'-
| Orlzlng for what have dOuH
While rejoice that wo have pencc, never
shall II be- required OF mo o. forget tho
mcmory of those who fell lighting for their
country. Thor deeds of gallnniry md
sucrihcc shall never bo forgotten. j may
| forget things OF last wrCt but the memory
/
mems soul shat never hn fo COTTON
I care OF whose com mRui YOU NAV lave
( been IN take you by tbD hYtd "a if YOU
were brother. ltis sad u clltpWuutc
| thnt there Nto a great muny hero this year
| who VIII not be here ntxb yDpr ErO wC
meet n ain old Father Time viii have been
at work devastating our r.nks.
l rcuCmbcr well, when telling my Old
soldiers lood-byc at Dallas, that tho war
was over, that thoy should 20 homo, be- ia-
rus rlOus and good citizens, and nov re-
| lolco tnat they have followed my luIunc.
iiun and have done their duty since that
! day. remember well an incident that oc-
/ CURED IL BOURBON county, Kentucky. They
| mad nut n man of HouthOtn sympnthles in
jail for singing "nlxic," lie was carried
up North for confnom ment and he told the
oihc.rs that II they would release him ho
W uld to | them OF mon In the Sou n who
werc doing moro than he did. They prom
lsed, ana he told them Los aud jackson.
He was dismissed rs n half.wittcd crcgiu
who wagn't responsible. lrocolccl well
au inciie ttnat happeucd when we were IN
the vicinity OF Fort Smith Two old
ladies', the youngest AZ years old aud the
daughter OF the other. The Younger one
came out md heseOched tho soldiers tO
turn racs, that they uld all be Killed
The troops were very hungry, aud ut the