Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-23
Reeve and Gen. Clay stood up and touched el-

Reeve and Gen. Clay stood up and touched el-
bows. The scene was greatly applauded.
The roll OF the army was then called and the
men we're requested to respond when their
regiments were called. This was done in order
to effect a more complete organization and oc-
cupied nearly three-quarters of an hour At
the call for a colored regiment a colored man
arose and. grinning from ear 70 ear called out
his name as Ben. Butler. This brought down
the house, so to speak. Gen. Butler was ex-
pected to be present and many thought he was
there when they heard the name called Ben.
Butler was there, but not the one the people
were looking for. The response of another. A.
ID. Limburger, thought to be very sug-
gesiye and was also The cause Of considerable
merriment.
Hawley and number of other men arose and
heartily responded.
A gooG many men who were in the Army of
the James complained that their regiments had
not been called, and things were getting con-
fused. Gen. Hawley moved that a committee
OF one from each corps which composed the
army be appointed. and this was passed. Major
J. II. Reeve, third New York, was appointed to
represent the tenth corps; Col s. r. Stratton,
eleventh Pennsylvania cavalry, the twenty
fourth corps; Capt. John Stevenson, battery r.
third New York artillery, the eighteenth CORPS,
and Capt. Louis Douglass, the twenty fifth
corps.
After the roll call Gen. Hawley addressed the
meeting he spoke of the greatness Of the
Grand Army, the perfectness of the arrange
ments for the present ercampment and the
immensity of the war. In part he said:
"Between eight and nine hours I sat on the
stage with the Vice President and watched that
great army go by. only about one-twenty-fourth
OF the whole army of the nation in the spring
and summer of 1864 Now. imagine me spend
Ing ftIat txrf II,
of ,25000 A distinguished confederate gem
eral said to me the next morning: General. l
was looking at the parade yesterday and was
surprised. was laboring under the impress
sion that the army was composed Of bounty
jumpers scoundrels, &c. | know better; /
know better now. No nation on earth can
duplicate that procession"
He proceeded to give the cost of the war and
the great debt which II left u.s. On speaking
about the parade he said that at cannot be du-
phcated; we shall never see the like of il again
In ls4S, he said, ''it is calculated that the last
survivor of the war will be dead. Every year
our ranks are growing thinner and thinner
To whom Of you all will God grant that great
privilege to be the last of that great army to Law
down their arms forever?"
GEN. cowLEY
Gen. Cowley Of the south Atlantic blockad-
ing squadron was the next man introduced 10
speak. Hisspeech was devoted to the good done
by the navy, and he referred to the great work
OF the hearsarge, which in one hour and ten
minutes destroyed the greatest of commerce
destroyers. There are many statues in the
beautiful city Of Washington. but there should
be more. Gen. Sherman should have a statue. &"
He said that the city had only two statues of
naval heroes. Farragut and Dupont Focte
Porter. Winslow, Cushing and many more
should have statues erected to their memory
and to decorate more the beautiful capital
Marching Through Georgia" WAS then sung
Senator Hawley leading. and all joining in. ].
o. Moore, the first adjutant commissioned by
the State OF New York. was the next speaker
and his speech was well received