Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-17
VETERAN OFFICERS.
Proc c: ags of the Loyal Legion
at Philadelphia.
HoNo2INu THE MEMORY OF LINCOLN

Tributes Paid to tho Martyrs'i fresi-
dent by EN-President Hayes, Gen.
Dcy.ns and Other Cra,ors-rhc Quaker
CITY FILLED with Martial Heroes-An
Em;lusiastic Gathering.
PI..i ADELpHIA, April 16.-Philadel-
phia is today gigantic headquarters.
From every state in the union whe re
the military order of the Loyal Legion
of the United States exist delegations
have come to swell the great military
gathering, and the owners of names
famous in the martial annals of the
country are gathered together in such
array as only very few occasions since
the war have witnessed. The City of
Brotherly Love is breathing IN atmoS-
phere of memories OF tire AMI sword,
and the peaceful QuakeriSm III the COM
munitv is stirred with "reminiscences OF
blood and strife.
Celebrating the Anniversary.
The Academy of Music was crowded
20 OVERLOOKING last night by veterans
and their friends who came 10 particl-
pate in the exercises celebrating the
twenty fifth anniversary of the organl-
cation of the order. Maj. Gen. David
NIcGregs presided and the Marine band
from " Washington furnished the music.
t,NPrcSident Hayes, communicating
CHIEF of the order, was cordially re-
ceived. Speaking OF Lincoln, he said
The founders OF the military order OF the
Loyal Legion OF the United S.ates, 1t per-
lac " I;.:Iy bc fairly said. We're the first among
his couutryn,eu to dedicate r monument tC
Abraham Lincoln. Other memorials speedily
followed III prose aai verse, in marble,
granite and bronze and OF every other con-
ceivabic material and form.
The hes; minds in our country and abroad
have WED with each other to give adequate
expression 10 the thoughts and feelings OF all
good men when they mediate upon Lincoln,
upon his character. his words and his deeds,
and when they reflect on the amazing con-
trasts presented by his life and by his death
Gen. Dcvens' Address
Brevet Mai. Gen. Charles DevenS, of
Massachusetts,, who was attorney gen.
cral in President Hayes cabinet. made
the address of the evening. He pre-
faced his speech as follows:
congratulate YOU that we are assembled in
such full numbers 70 celebrate the twenty
order Survivors Of many 4 hard fought bat.
lie and many u desperate day, you come alike
from the long marches and fierce conflicts
which gave lis possession of the south and
west. from the banks OF the Cumberland,
Tennessee and Mississippi. from the narrower,
but not less terrible, field where the Army of
the Potomac fought out finally 10 the bitter
end its bloody and protracted duel with the
Army o: Northern Virginia, and from every
field made red By heroic strife. The noun
tain ranges. tue deep bayous, the rich and
broad plains. the mighty rivers OF the faireSt
portion OF 4 continent, attest your conStancy
and valor.
We are fortunate in the place where we as
semblc The city of Philadelphia was the
capital of cur revolutionary era. Here was
proclaimed the birth and independence OF
the United States. Here, too, was framed
that constitution which Is the browning glory
OF the revolution. The convention that met
here in l.Ss made o; these states people and
nation. Where should those who offered
their lives 10 defend that constitution meet
more happily or more proudly than in the
city in which it received its birth? MOI
ought we 10 forget that in the hour of the re
be!ljon this city lost none of its ancient repu-
tati0n FOR patriotism.
This Grafton was followed by short
addresses by Secretary Tracy, Maj. Gen.
Schoiield. Maj Gen. o. o. Howard.
Governor Beaver, Brig. Gen. Horace
Porter. Maj. Gen. Slocum, Maj. Gen.
Miles. Maj. Gen. Swayne and others.
At the close of the meeting the men,
bers OF the Loyal Legion were escorted
to the Union League by the First Regi-
ment band and drum corps, and royal
reception WAS rendered the veterans by
the famous club.