Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-25

NOTABLE MEETING
OF Veterans TO Express Their
Feelings Over the Death
OF Gen. Grant.
How the News was Received
in the Leading Cities
of the East.
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Happenings Around Town-A
Wedding-The Programme
Of the Future.
The Grant Memorial Meeting.

The Grant Memorial Meeting.
Responsive to the call for meeting
of soldiers and citizens to take appro-
pirate action relative to the lllustrious
dead, there assembled at the court
house yesterday morning goodly
number of our representative citizens,
the majority of whom had stood wars
brunt, and some of whom had served
on the same fields with the lament5d
chief whose memory was TO he hon
ored. By common consent Capt. +.
A. Kreidler was called TO the chair,
and Mr.. Gordon was appointed secre-
tary. Capt. Kreidler on taking the
chair, in few words stated the object
of the meeting. Major Cox then stated
that while the meeting had been call
ed primarily for the purpose of eulo-
giving the memory of the great soldier
whose name was household word
with the American people, he deemed
II fitting opportunity to suggest the
formation OF a Grand Army post at
Miles City to be known as the Ulysses
5. Grant post; the name only became
possible on the death Of the hero, and
he urged that Miles City be the first
to claim 1t, at least in the department
of Montana. In this be was ably Sec
onded by Col. Gould, Maj. Borchardt,
and others. On motion a committee
consisting Of Webster, Borchardt,
Hall, Savage, Bryan and Captains
Logan and Randall were appointed to
arrange for the formation of the
Ulysses S. Grant pc. Of Miles City.
Another committee consisting of
Gould, Cav, Cox, Borcbardt, Savage
and Captains Romeyn, Randall and
Butler, with Chairman Kreidler ex-
officio, was appointed to draft resolu-
tions appropriate TO the occasion.
While the committe were deliberat-
ing, In response to a call from the
chair, Hon. Andrew +. Burleigh arose
and addressed the meeting. 1t is with
sincere regret that we deny our readers
the privilege of reading his remarks at
length, as in the absence Of short
hand reporter we were unable to
transcribe them. Mr.. Burleigh spoke
feelingly and at length Of the wonder
full carer of General Grant from his
graduation at West Point to the con-
clusion OF his trip around the world,
dwelling in well chosen and eulogistic
terms on the many incidents of his
career so familiar 10 all Americans,
and eliciting in the course Of his re-
marks many spontaneous bursts of
applause. His speech was the finest
ever delivered In Miles City, which to
those familiar with him conveys
volumes.
At the conclusion Of his remarks
Major Cox was called upon and in his
best vein, spoke at length on Grants
career during the war, incidents Of
which were interviewer with his own
personal appearance. His tribute TO
the life and character Of the great cap
tain was rich IN oratorial effect, and
delivered with an impressiveness that
compcrted thoroughly with the dig
nifty of the occasion. AS with the
former speaker, his remarks called
for numerous attestations of SYM
pathy. At the conclusion Of Major
Cox's remarks the ex-soldiers present
were called upon to sign the applica-
tIon for the organization Of Ulysses s.
Grant post of the Grand Army of the
Republic, and the following veterans
signed:
Col. r. c. Webster, Q. NJ. Dept.
Sergt. ]. +. Schmalsle, LIST Col. Cav.
Col. w. b. Cav, Staff.
Col. T. J. Bryan, "a Illinois.
Pvt. J. w. johnson, As Iowa.
Lieut.. c. II. Gould, Isl Indiana.
Capt. L. A. Kreidler, 60 New York.
Lieut.. n. Borchardt, GO New York.
Pvt. q. w. Savage, LIST Minnesota.
The meeting then adjourned to
meet at 3 o'clock TO hear the report of
the committee on resolution.
On reassembllng the committee SUBJ
United the following report:
The citizens OF Miles City, In the
territory OF Montana, being appraised
of the death OF General II. s. Grant,
Of the army Of the United States, on
this twenty-fourth day Of July, A. d.,
1885, met In public assembly, at the
county court house, and adopted the
following resolutIonsi .-ill .lli =