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Grams of the various Posts Of the GAR. march
cd into Military Hall. following their knightly
banners and took their seats in the body of the
hall, which, without the galleries. seats 1000,
it was a sight never To be forgotten.
The dedicatory exercises held in the after
noon, DIR. S. f. Forbes, orr Soldier Mayor and
member of the Memorial Association presid-
ing, were very impressive. Letters of con-
graduation were read from President Clcye-
land, ex-Presidcnt Hayes, Gov. Foraker, of
Ohio; Senator Sherman, and many distinguish
ed soldiers and citizens. The addresses Of the
day were by Hon. John K. Osborne, first Presi-
dent of the Association, on THE Citizen in the
War and by Judge ID. X. Austin, Quartermas-
ter-General on the staff of Past Commander
in Chief J. S. kountz, on 1.-THE Soldier in the
War" Both addresses were of a high order,
but Judge Austin quite surpISs"l himself in
his brilliant summary of the achievements of
the Northwestern Ohio boys of whom the IL
lustrous hero of Chickamauga, Gen. James b.
Steedman, was the type Col. Lafayette Lyt-
tie, President of the Association, read a history
of the Memorial enterprise, which originated
with Forsyth Post some eight or ten years ago,
up to its crowrng conclusion on opening day.
In the evening there was concert in Memorial
Hall, preceded by an appropriate address by
Capt. J. Kent Hamilton, and dancing in Mill
tary Hall, third floor.
PLAN OF MEMORIAL HALL.
The Memorial Association have given 80
years lease of the Memorial Building to the
city of Toledo, in consideration of the fact that
the city completed the building after the sub
structure had been reared and some $4,000 eX-
pended; except that the Association retains
entire control of the second floor, where are
situated Memorial Hall, Memorial Annex, and
Memorial Association Headquarters. The first
and third stories have been set aside to the mill
itary organizations of the city; the 4th Ohio
battery, Capt. o. j. Hopkins commanding, oc-
cupies the lower floor, and the upper floor serves
as the headquarters of resident companies of
the 18th o. n. G.. and the Toledo Cadets. The
sub-structure of the building is of stone; the
superstructure of brick, with stone cappings.
Stained glass windows, massive columns, and
tile floors combine to make the Memorial cham
bers most imposing in character
The present Board of Trustees, which has
been the same, with a very few changes, since
the Association was Incorporated some six
years ago, is made up as follows: Col. Lafayette
Lyttle President; Mrs Kate B. Sherwood,
flFSU ' Ccil- tndTltS L. 1ouuS
Second Vice President; Hon. K. II. Cochran,
Secretary; Hon. w. T. Walker, Treasurer.
Trustecs-Mayor of Toledo. -ofcio; County
Auditor, ex-officio; Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood,
Mrs ID. r. Locke, Mrs. Milton Taylor Mrs.
Elizabeth r. Collins, Mrs. s. II. Bergen, Hon
John X. Osborn. Col. L. F. Lyttlc, Hon. w. II.
Walker, Gen. Charles l.. Young, Maj. H. S.
Bunker Col. III. G.. Neubert John 5. kOuntz
past COmmander-in-C Chief GA. X. J, Capt. L. b.
Terry, William Corlett Past Commader, For
syth POST, Capt George Selects (Ford!f POST.
Gen. James 3. Steedman and Mai. W. w. Al
corn, Past Adjutant-General,w were former men,
bers of the Board, the latter resgning as Sec
rotary to remove to st. Louis some time last
Fall The Major has delighted his friends by
suddenly appearing among them once more,
and is now life member of the Association.
MILITARY LOAN EXHIBITION.
BEGINNING June 2f aud ending July T. For
syth Post and Corps will hold a grand "Bugle
Call" in Memorial Building. 1t will consist of
q Military Loan Exhibition and evening enter
tainments of musical and dramatic character.
Proceeds benefit Forsyth relief fund and to
aid in fitting up Memorial Hall with cases for
war relics and the many articles necessary for
the preservation and display of rare war tro-
PIXIES. Mr. A. NJ. Wooison, manager Of the
Woolson Spice Company, is Chairman of the
Executive Committee, and with his solid stand
ing in the widest business circles of the country
and practical business methods the June benefit
promises to be an immense success. Already
some of the largest importing houses of New
York have forwarded substantial donations to
the Coinmissary department, one firm sending
g check for $40 with a highly -commendatory
letter.
MAKING UP THEIR RECORDS.
The different regiments recruited here are
interesting themselves in putting into Memo
rial Hall something that will perpetuate their
history, and kindred associations OF veterans
arc equally interested. The Toledo Prisoners
of War Association has placed in the hall a
marble tablet, with inscriptions of prisons and
bearing the badge of the Order. Tho Tooth
Ohio, Gen. SleYin resident Commander, is pre-
pairing memorial window. The Garfield As
socation Battery II, of Potomac fame; the
local Society Army of the Potomac; the Dis
banded Soldiers Aid Society; the Grand Army
and Relief Corps-all are busy arranging for
some permanent memorial of their loyal deeds
Other organizations expected to take action are
the l4th, DIST, 37th, 3Sth 9th, 6oth and 1llth
Ohio, ali recruited at Toledo.
The Memorial Association expects to make
this building the Faneuil Hall of Toledo, and
every sign of encouragement attends their efforts
thus far To this end they solicit the Co-Opcra-
ton of their friends everywhere, asking con-
tributions of war relics, portraits, records,
books, flags, and so on. The names OF
the trustees, including those or the faot Ioih-
mander-in- Chief, GAR, and Past National
President, WRC, and others scarcely less
widely known, tof whom the Secretary, Judge
r. H. Cochran, is one,) are guaranty that all
articles will receive proper care and attention.
Everything will be catalogcd, displayed with y
description card. and placed in hall doubly
insured against loss. The following letters, one
from Col. Fred Grant the other from Coinrade
Pray, of the Signal Service. viii indicate the
Of int n Y n Wi W
the association is in correspondence. Ex-Presi-
dent Hayes aud Senator John Sherman are
particularly interesting themselves in securing
valuable deposits for Memorial Hall. Col. Grant
has promised to place some memorial of Gen.
Grant in Memorial Hall, besides an autograph
letter contributed.
WHITE HOUSE, o., March 30, 1886.
Comrade T. H COCHRAN, Secretary, Toledo Sol
dcrs' Memorial Association.
DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 23d referring TO
signal flags is at hand have two of the field sig
nal ftas.s that we used in the service with the Army
of the Potomac and they were used by my party at
Appomattox Courthouse at the time OF the surreu-
der | have chaerfuily offered them To the custody
of the Association, believing that it would be n
pleasure 70 any signal man to see them at the Me-