The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-24
WAR MEMORIES.
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live forever will exist only in history and in The
A memory of a grateful country
Portland thanks you for the honor of yolr pres
cnee this day and our citizens desire the veterans
70 fuliy understand they are welcomed by every
! heart and to every firesiae IN the city
Again permit me survivors Of the grandest ar
my tlie world ever knew, to welcome, thrice well
| come you TO Portland.
| At the conclusion of the remarks of His
Honor, Gen. Hall welcomed the Commander
in-ehief in behalf of the Grand Army. Gen.
Kountz rose and remained standing while
Hall addressed hims
| Gen K0untz was greeted with enthusiastic
cheers as he stepped forward, and his remarks
were frequently interrupted with ringing APP
plause. He said;
coNMANDEgs1N=ciiEF KoUNTz's SPEECH
| Mr., Commanders thank you more than have
words to express for your kind words of welcome
| SO beautiful and so complimentary. Mr. Govern
| or Mr.. Mayor In behalf of the Nineteenth Annu-
| a Eneampment of the Grand Army of the Repub-
hcthe largest in our history in behalf of the large
| nnhper OF comrades from almost every state of
| the Union who have gathered In your beautiful
city, tnank you for your kind words and acts OF
| welcome Ladies aud gentlemen, 1t would be diff
icult to convey to you our deep feeling Of apprec-
alton for the hearty and cordial manner in which
| you nave proved that welcome by your appear
ance here this evening in such large numbers and
IOr llllS splendid reception. One year ago we ac-
eepted your invitation to hold this Encampment in
me Pine Tree State, and want to say to you, Mr.
hia!ol, anu 70 t.e GOOD people OF Portland, that
we are glad to be here. [Applause.] You have
not only welcomed us to your city but have takeu
US 10 your homes, and captured our hearts by your
| generosity and kindness. We wildly remember
your loyalty and devotion to the Republic in the
struggle for liberty and union, and how noby your
heroic sons sustained the reputation of Maine in
the great contest, and that is an additional reason
why we rejoice to be with you. We are here to
| review the work of the past year. to meet and
feeling in our hearts which bound us together in
tle days when we were battling beneath the stars
ana ssrlpes Tor the preservation of the Union. The
| Grand Army Of the Republic rests upon the record
| OF unSelfsh patriotism, and Is made up of men who
flsked an for their country, and is based upon
these three sublime virtues, Fraternity, Charity
| and Loyalty. Nearly three hundred Thousand Of
the surviving soldiers of the Union army bear tes-
| timony of its broad fraternity. The hundreds Of
thousands of dollars annually expended i'm its mag
nificent relief work proves its charity The organ
lzaton is server of loyalty and teaches the rising
generations lessons OF patriotism Such, in brief.
are the aims and business of the Grand Army Of
the Republic. The feeling of friendship that ex-
ISIS between the old soldiers and this association
cannot exist in any other. The ties which bind us
were cenented in the camp and on the battlefield,
and the Grand Army of the Republic will work
anu endure until the last survivor yields to the
last tattoo. Again, we thank you, infinitely more
IMAM ina Words can express, for this royal welcome,
| [Applause.l
At the conclusion of the remarks of Gen
Kountz the band played selection. When
the first notes of the reveille sounded, the
veterans all over the hall broke into vigorous
applause, and the stirring war songs which
| followed met with a hearty welcome.
Gen. Hall then introduced Gen. Alger of
Michigan, who spoke as follows:
GOV. ALGER's SPEECH.
Gov Alger created some merriment by asking
the comrades how they liked Maine and the city
Of Of Portland, and il they were having good time
de thought that their appearance rendered an
answer to the question unnecessary. He said it
has been gale of hospitality with us all over
or not, We have too much. more than We can
hold. Laughter and applause.] He said that the
chairman suggested that was because we tried to
would like to know what the State of Maine knows
about jugs. [Renewed laughter and applause
AS III the war, Maine and Michigan stood side by
side so they are glad to stand here tonight side
by side, but for the first time in their history
Michigan surrenders to Maine. Applause Mich
gan, when the war broke out, had III, 900 men
enrolled that were eligible for the army Of that
117 900 she sent 81, 600 to the front. We don't
claim that as the best record in the world but we
want to see 1t beaten before we give it IN rAp-
plause:] In conclusion he wished to compliment
the citizens on theirroyal welcome and hospitality
Gen. Hall said he had another visitor to
Introduce, one whose empty sleeve bore wit
ness to his valor-Gen. Fairchild of Wiscon-
sin. As the distinguished soldier rose the
audience applauded and cheered. He ae-
knowledged the greeting by bowling, and
the General then impressed upon the CONF
rades the Importance of teaching to the
younger generations the principles of the or
CARNATIONS and the lessons of the war
The presiding officer said he did not pro-
pose to have the West monopolize all the
speaking, and so he would present an east
ern veteran-Gen. Henry Slocum He had
most enthusiastic reception and said
GEN. sLocU5rs SPEECH.
Ladies and gentlemen: Ishould do ntustiee to
my own feelings If l failed to respond to lie Kind
invitation extended to me, and thank you for the
kind reception you, have given me. This is the
your beautiful city, but do not feel that | am
| stranger among you. had in my command two
regimeaats raised III this immediate vicinity They
Travelled with me many miles, and fought many
| hard battles. How far they Travelled was best IT,
iustrated BY one Of the men when we were once in
| the Vicinity sof Richmond. We came to cross
road within a few miles of Richmond, and he put
| upon tree a guide board with one hand pointing
| south and the other north and under it he wrote
| TO Portland, Me- $40 miles, to Richmond
| miles" [Applause.l The young man who wrote
it didn't appreciate how hard it going to be to
| a round about course, and travelled good mauy
Thousand miles before he got there. [Laughter.1
| Some of you men went the longest way to get to
| Travelled. They went by the way of Atlanta and
Savannah, or through Columbia and came up on
l have always been glad that portion of the
army OF the PC Potomac was taken away from there
and seat to the th west Our Western friends mis-
little in the early part Of the war. They thought
| our eastern men were too much given to dress
arms and accoutrements bright Some 81 the
Eastern army, before we went to the West had
other. That was a kink the Western
We came there Our people were quizzed
| 1t, and finally one OF General Logan's men asked
! where his badge was. He patted his cartridge
| box, and says, "there is my badge, with forty
rounds" (Applause.( General Logan had the
good sense to adopt that aud his fifteenth corps
| is known today by that badge. But all misunder-
standing between the two armies very soon disap-
peared, and the men learned to love and respect
each other. All spirit Of jealousy soon vanished
The war learned another section of the country
to respect botn the North and the West. | allude
| to the South. Qlaughter) [ should regard it a
great misfortune ;1 t to the country If the war had
| about at the South, and no campaign ever did SO
much to bring about in the South sense of re
| spect for the manhood and bravery of the North
ern soldiers as did the march of Sherman through
that country.
Ladies and gentlemen, there may come a time
when there will be strife between the North and
the South, perhaps between the East and the
West, but it will not be during the life time of the
soldiers who fought in the late war. Applause
In my Judgment, if there is ever strife between
these two sections it will be when we get engag
ed with some foreign country and then viii be
to the front. [Great applause.]
Gen. Hall then presented Gen. Logan. As
the latter rose, the entire audience greeted
him with enthusiastic and long continued
cheers. Theapplause would die away for
moment, only to be renewed, and finally
eliminated in three hearty cheers Gen.
Logan said
GEN. LoGAN's SPEECH.
Mr.. Commander, Comrades, Ladies and Gen
tlemen,-While we are assembled here tonight
in this beautiful city, surrounded as we are by
friends, who meet us cherrily and greet us kindly
we cannot but allow our minds to wander away
from here momentarily at least to where the old
commander, grander than all, suffers with
disease that has brought him to the very verge of
the grave. In my Judgment time has not given to
any people q grander commander of men, a great
er director of forces a more magnificent cam
paigner, (applausel man with more ability to
execute, than U. s. Grant. [Applause.l For this
country he has done as much as any man that
ever lived has done for any other country. [Great
applause.] No matter what may have been said
no matter how aspersed by those who despised
he has passed up and beyond all the clouds that
have surrounded him, and his character shines
out to-day before the civilized world as bright as
the brightest star that decks the heavens. rAp-
plauSe.] believe there is not citiZeu in the
United States of America that does not sympa-
thiZe with his misfortune and suffering now aud
it is the prayer of the G. A. r., / am sure that
God, who disposes all things, will permit this
grand old man to live on as one of the citizens of