New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-18
sHERMJN'S Old SOLDIERS INDIGNANT
SURVIVORS OF TIE ARMY OF THE TLNNEsHfE
rrRRrD Up ny \ son or THEIR
nf.n C.NMNNnTE

81 Louis. NV 1.-THE Army OF tie Tennessee
was called = arms t,dav. II i not tn" N''.' "'
"Od Tccum,ca- TIA, Summoned from III" retirement
NJ A quarter of a century tho con lucr1r, u L')hpG'
Moui.ain vi. sionary KdSc. and savannah D"' INV
n, his clerical son who Appealed {, the old command
q, his father 70 rcsclc from III, possession ol th'
labor organizations tho monument ~ General SeEnan
II wa. NJ, the voice OF the chnrch. although til" sarb
o, the Church q Rome clothed the speaker but the
passlpnat, cncs Of rcbusng tho snGlsniy offered
The memory Of his father TINT aTVn'"d ue sur
uvors Of l5c4 10 Indignation scarcely exceeded By
Tat cansci by tn boom Of cannon upon ri sumter
IN 1904. n all ,amc n out IN The ordinary pro.
!ngs Of The rcmr n. but IT, an unexpected way. Inc
sod,'y Il hc Army = he Tennessee had l1't I',A
cnlrd to order and. ai The -ugcc'ton OF 81" Oh tho
yr1kzed veterans who not HnnatGrally regard inc
.,,ns = their cx-commondcr the wards o. the sac
dolly TIE Rev Thomas T.. sherman was invited L
address 'hr meeting Tho clergyman poke Tor 4
few Minute, with grcs, feeling OF rc Affection WM'H
the children oi General sherman entertained Tor the
survivors Of he fathers old command ana men L'rh"
A. r,mark, 10 IN, monument which the family l. pr
ydIng Tor The tomb OF :lo dead General, lu; when l-
DELAYED ~ tho refusal = the striking sF"ni'"c'trs
a, Westerly Conn. ~ allow It - he renewed - th'
wo. IN voice I'D but ra''loaat ~ indignant h
aid:
"Iuet alton, tho tim" tn work WAS finished STRIFE
,cru--c In the c-ani'c 4 arrio, I'm Lc Fast and the
cuia he'd monument Stands thor now: ard thcr" Is
M mower A. hi country Tn state % VA ION. Il NOV
ito move tia, monument from The hands OF the
un!oa- A feeling Of suppressed indignation -W'F
over rho audience. and tn feeling - sympathy ~
quickly perccptlh~ 10 The sou AMI VIII h- arm "N-
tended over the asscmblagc and hi franz quv'r'n"
with cm,tcn hc continued " The VII net con ont
10 LET Ms have II moved. aud ! only know Ole WY
10 got ltand that IL - gani,c II hl, Id rcei
ments nnd go there md take II by force )rrol )neci
amp ausc.j do wish this society 10 know that II l.
not any neglect ~ rs sous or INF. family. We Owe
II 10 you who belong O. the same military family, TO
say that We have not been negligent for u day, and
that we feel sad and mortified that In comfy.
which you have mad" 50 free. cannot even move
our iattcr's tombstone from the spot where these
W ,rkmen h Id II mclo~cd. There l. power. then.
even higher and siIonec: than the power that yon
conquered and our generation has yet 10 meet tho
prob ON OF conqucrns, or, al least sIbdung to law,
that g-cat power"
There dcnd silence for n the
speaker finished aud O. On there was "A burst u ap
planse. which swclcd into IA military chrcr for the
spirited son OF the old commander. member Of the
society moved that the stcnprnphlc report OF Father
ehcfmans remark, DC inscribed In tie record Of the
prOcc dlngs, and fcw minute. later meeting OF the
:. sherman Monument Committee" was called. What
took place ut That mccin. the fltare must disc osc
for ~ members nlute