The Red Cloud chief., 1892-11-25
ARMY REUNION.

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roasts and Responses Close the Meeting of
the society of the Army OF the Ten.
nesses.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. lathe reunion Of
the society Of the army of the Tennes-
see came to n close last night in n mag
nifcent banquet at the Lindcll hotel.
Over 200 people were seated at the
festal board, the gentlemen OF the party
being almost entirely composed Of exc
officers of the army of the Tennessee.
Among the prominent were: Gen. q.
NJ. Dodge, Gen. ID. Il. Henderson, Gen.
Schofeld, Gen. John McNulta, Gen.
Wager Swayne, Gen. John C. Black,
Gen. Charles Il. Hooker, Col. James +.
Howe, Henry T. Castle and the SOM OF
Gen. w. T. Sherman.
II was after 10 o'clock when Gen. q.
M. Dodge, the toastmaster of the occa-
sion, raped the banquetcrs to order
and pronounced the first toast, Lin
coin and Grant" to which Gen. d. ID.
Henderson, Of Iowa, responded. Gen.
Henderson said:
ut is most fitting that Grant and
Lincoln should be considered together.
They were one in heart, one In great
actions and should be one in history.
You cannot think of Grant without
seeing Lincoln. You cannot think of
Lincoln without seeing the mailed
warrior who led his mighty hosts to
freedoms glorious victory. Two. chiefs
cannot be named in our rich history SO
free from ambition as my themes. Self
was second and their country first
They did not ask for place-thcir coun-
try called them to it. While millions
thought of them they thought of the
millions. Grant fought not to win his
stars, but to keeph his country's flag float
ing in the starry heavens Lincoln aimed
not for the scepter of power, but strug-
gled to give every citizen n sovereign's
crown.
Coming to the individuals I look Mt
Grant rs soldier, statesman and poll
tician. AS a soldier mis- story will place
but few, II any, above him. He will he
ranked with the worlds great captains.
lie did not count the cost Of victory,
but victory he was bound TO have atany
cost. AS n statesman his place falls but
little below his rank rs n soldier. As q
politician he was not strong. lie would
never have been elected n second term as
president but for his great service as a
soldier and his statesmanlike views on
all great questions. He trusted to q
few great political chiefs. No man,
however great and wise, al long ignore
the councils Of his whole party and
maintain his power. Grant, the politi.
clan, limited his council to five and In
1880 he fell, when loved by the men
who hurled him from power"
Gen. Henderson closed with n glow.
ing tribute to the life and death of
Abraham Lincoln The Army Of the
Tennessee" was responded to by Col.
Dawes; tho lessons of the War" by
p. 7. Sherman, a son Of Gen. Sherman;
"Tbe Border States During the War;
by Gen. John G. Black, and sour DE.
ceased Comrade, Gen. Pope" by Gen.
Swayne.
A noble looking, frank featured gen.
tleman, dressed in black, with ar emp
ty sleeve swinging by his side, arose MS
the toast Of sour Quandom Enemy
was pronounced, and the vast u.s.
sembly cheered for nearly a minute on
TCCOk hiLiuk WILL Sttt Ia AOOnCAs vi
Mississippi, one Of the bravest and most
gallant Of the ex-confederates. There
was much humor, but more pathos and
more patriotism in the stirring words
of Gen. Hooker as he delicately compile
mented the valor of the army of the
Tennessee, and referred TO the 'los,
cause" Of the confederacy as a mat
ter which had been adjusted by the
stern logic of war and had now passed
into history beyond appeal and
beyond regret. The union, now re.
united, Is one and ~inseparable, and the
great rainbow Of peace. which stretches
from Vioksburg to Savannah, from At
lanta to the sea, which arches the
heights of Lookout mountain, is n har'
binger of everlasting peace and fra
ternity among the states of the union.