Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-03-03
PRESENTATION sPERcHEs.-As heretofore

cher r9 poftherIy piads, shifting to c stely.
OBSERVATION spERcHEs.-As heretofore
,,a,ed Col. l.. W. R)ld, of this city, when
"a ~ rc,;rf I from TIE otice OF Assistant Reg
~ nj "a Ter 1usy on Monday, was pre-
sa,fsd 9ith hand ms oliver salad set.
Gnj Howard w. Glmal made the pFtssn
: linn 81 ID. He said:
Dol Reid: The ladies' and gentlemen con-
,ecsed With the E g!s.er's Office Or ire t.
snesk to gen IN their collective Capacity
ID having done me sbe hoaor TO saiect me
ssthsir repre-! 1nta.ive, l Will say WitaouE
fpfther pyeface, tat
- va Ca aii assembled here not cniy t, speak
re.rftiai.y the wocda taai will agar SouF
,giJsl relations with us, hu5 also 10 gi76
6risi expressions 10 iaos uage, and IN az
cher maan8r as yell, 20 the esteem ana re-
Scocf which we entelt lin for you. More
t9ar nix years ago you came 10 as
a ,spgsr; to-day ne part 81 friends. This
loot vii be something more tasn pleas
Inv memory. exemDif3irg as lt dass to us
vonr scrupuious observance Of the golden
rue. .t
win YOUR associates in fioe hsB been marx
cd nv unvarSing courtesy and an unfsiiing
confederation for all whom you have net, Of
Tzhatgyer creds or position, and this no.
glfhstaoding tle occasional sanoysncss
T5ich sre iosepernble from { ,isl life.
And, uow sir, as words alone, even II 40
so19 } express our thorough appreciation
n sour c2ndncs as &C ethoer, aao yonr
yorIh as mac, will at beet. be hung as
"oio.1res ca memory'5 WALL" We oesiss
~ record cur sen;imeDtsin more e2during
,or,o, sod we accordingly ask you 10 accept
tbis f.ssimoaIal, which, though slight In II
cell will nevay fall TO rem!ld you OF our
sincere regard for you. and our earnest
wishes for your prosperity ene happiness
Col. Reid replied az foilo1s.
Cal Gilman, General Rosscrens, Ladies'
cod Gentlemen II ia said, believe
1istlv 1T ls tho unexpected shst hap
reos :" certainly tha present ooossion
sarls to crnfrm the truth OF the
assertion: None CT Us short TINA ago anti
c}pated this assembling together for the pur-
noges row Ia view. ard. unacclstomsd IS l
ar, TO bejpe one of the prominent characters
{, snch soere. / feel most deeply tee en-
hsr,sssuent If replying in G ting terms to
t5a exceedingly Kind AID complimentary
rsmsrks fyocr representative. and express
ing IS | feel. my epprecitt;on OF this mist
besrttiuI .stiuoDisl CT your seger9 for me.
Eroetiepoing most fo.o!blyi the tirt1 CT the
ser ment that
The heart feels most when tho lips move not'
I must beg yea {, believe thet the attempt
Ia abandoned beCsuse 81 the inadeguacy Of
words 10 convey the emotions feel.
a little over eiE years ago lcsme anongst
you. Il wss stranger and you took me
IN l becgms ore OF you, sbsftDg your la
bora and heartily sympsthiz ng IL your tn
sls. You hsve made mY lie happy WINE
With you. ! have tried to make yours So
and believe that t1..ea token OF your estsem
tatIfes that have n. Iieo 10 Vaiu. go
regard It and SO appreciate H.
We cid not gst all the promct ons that We
expected and to which we felt. at the Tins.
We were entitled, but SO must believe that
those higher In authority had good and suf-
fclent reasons for giving item to ott ers;
they vera made, dissHpe'nimen passed
away and We vera ega!c happy family
Many changes in the p1Ieennsl OF lae
Bureau have taken place siEce loined you,
aud many of cur associates have left us.
come for btt;er positions In the sarviea elias
where, no lees than seven o! Our ladies' Tor
the rnstsircpial altar, and t. cur deep and
lasting regret al opal number OF ous ifienas
A pnoue historical fact connected With
this eff e. known probably to most OF you.
has always Impressed ms; 1t is not on's that
ths Eon. Joseph Nourse, the first ReRister
OF the Treasury, had that Office from 1889 n
1879 period Ct forty years, no doubt wi! q
much ortdlt t. himself and satisfaction &c
the Government, ont that there has never
been s day since the Organization Of the
Government that there bag Dot been at leat t
one membsr Oithst family whose nems has
been on liz rolls; and am glsd TO sdd that
however c!edissos may have bean ths ser
vio.E Of hsr predece sorf, am surs you ~iil
agree With mo that nons could have served
more c0pscisn!ions'y. or more worlhiiy,
than the estiInatls lady representative you
now have with you.
No clsss Of people deserve moro consideration
from the government Ih3n It's Clerks ana en-
ployeeS, snd a:sert with cor fderce that nowh r.
e.5e In Its service srs dutes performed with moro
alacrity, accuracy and cheerfUlncss than IN the
Rtgisters Office. The wisdom of a Civil Service
having been thoroughly demonstrated, am in
Glued TO believe thst the time will come whom 1t
will be suppemented by limited civil reiir. d
list for these who, having spent almost lifetime
in merte rious service, havo by reason OF age be'
come unfit for further active duty.
To you, General w. s. Bosecrans, our mort
worthy Chief, who N the better 7 have known
Ehe nj re sincerely have l appreciated. l 70,
turn my cotoisl thsnks for your Uniform snd
uabIosen kiuduess and consideration; my SIR
vice onder you as Chief Of Division and Assistant
Register has been one OF uninterrupted pletaant
relations Previous to my coz ection with TINS
ofic,, had mst you but twice-frst, in battle, st
Carnifax Ferry in West Virginia, in 1861 ar then
at my home 10 AlsxaLdris, Va, in 1854, and l
hope that the cordial relations that have grown
up between Us as we came TO know each other
more intimately may be typhicsl of that existing
bstw cen all The soldiers OF DO h slices.
And DOW, to each ard 81 of You, tender my
hearty acknowle dgement In your uniform court.
rsy and kindneEs me persora ly. and my sim
cere thanks for your zeslous corporation in the
work OF tho Office while with you. sha always
feel the deepest interest in your welfare AID
hsppiness, and never oesse to remember the
pleasant years We have spent together,
CoLoRED CONFERENCE.-THE 29;b session
OF the Washington NJ. E. Annual Confer
snos will meet at Lynohburg on WednesieT,
BIZ inst. Bishop J. P. Hurst. D. D. LII D (,
Of Washington, will preside for the first