The record-union., 1893-08-12
GENERAL WEIOSERT.
The Grand Army Posts Welcome Him
to the City.
A Pleasant Reception Given Him Last
Night at the Golden Eagle-A
Cane Presentation.

a committee consisting of Messenger
Gates, Commander of Sumner Post; r.
X. Fox, Commander Warren Post; n. ii.
Murray, Commander Fair Oaks Post;
Mrs. w. c. Gent, President Sumner
Corps; Mrs. Inez Ficks, President Fair
Oaks Corps; Mrs. DR.. Waggoner, Presi-
dent Ladies of the Grand Army of the
Republic; j. $. Jones, G. w. Ficks, G. II.
Hubbard and w. b. Maydwell went to
Davisville and met him, escorting him
to Sacramento. where he was welcomed
by number of veterans.
From the depot he was escorted to the
Golden Eagle. In the afternoon he and
the committee were taken in carriages to
the state Capitol. where they visited the
offices of the Governor, Adjutant-Gen-
eral and Surveyor General, the State
Library. Senate and Assembly rooms.
While in the Adjutant- 6 eneral's office
General Weissart was shown the flags
and roster OF the survivors of the Cali
fornia Hundred, eviucing much interest
in the relics.
The party then visited the Crocker Art
Gallery and Suffers Fort and returned to
the hotel.
THE RECEPTION.
At o'clock a reception was held at the
N'OAhCil 10 IdLlOIS, lIStlllS III CsJU,
and large number availed themselves of
the opportunity to meet the General The
parlorS were handsomely decorated by
the ladies of the G. a. r., and the vet
Grams and officers of the National Guard
appeared in uniform. An orchestra was
in attendance to discourse music in the
interludes and Miss May Powers gave a
fine recitation, III which she won un-
stinted applause.
The assembled gentlemen and ladies
then made the acquaintance of their guest
and found him a most af1able and cordial
gentleman.
lie still suffers from wound in the
leg which he received during the war and
which has never healed. the bullet, for
some reason, never having been eX-
tracted.
THE PRESENTATION.
This fact gave point to the subsequent
exercises and indicated the peculiar tit
ness of the present he received. The
presentation was made by b. w. May
dwell, who said that it seldom happens
that Sacramento has an opportunity to
receive the COMMANDMENT Chief, and it
had eagerly embraced the opportunity.
The comrades had done what they could
to render his short stay a pleasant one.
Now that he was about to depart they
wished to present him with token of
their regard which might be Of
aid to him in his progress through
life. The cane which he rendered
him in their behalf was originally
PART OF THE HARTFORD.
It was made from one of her planks.
He did not think it necessary to give the
history of the ship, it was too well known.
Tho fame of her achievements at New
Orleans, Mobile and elsewhere was writ
ten in history. She has been relegatei to
the Vallejo yard, and was now being
renovated and put in condition to do fur
ther service.
1t had seemed fitting to the comrades
that the representative of the grandest
body of men on earth should have me-
mento, that whenever he looked at it it
should remind him of the glorious past.
and of the warm place he held In the
hearts of the comrades in Sacramento. 1t
might be also interesting for him to
know that the cane was fashioned by the
hands of Comrade Bockstanz, who was a
sailor on the Hartford under Farragut
and was member OF post here.
wEIssERT's REPLY.
General Weissert replied fittingly. saw
ing that it was not necessary for the COM
rades to give him a cane as memeuto of
his visit to Sacramento, because as he
went on in the performance Of the duties
assigned him, he would certainly in his
mind come to the Pacific Ocean, to Cali
IOTuld anu 10 odCrdneECO, ana think of
the comrades here by their kindness. and
above that, of the old ship that once pro-
tected him, of the navy and the great
work that we as soldiers of the greatest
army that ever was gathered together
| had done, in preserving the liberty of
the nation and freed over 1000, 900 slaves.
Our leaders OF a few years ago, he said,
are with us no more; among them were
the old hero Farragut, the grand old
silent commander Grant, Sherman, who
led them from Atlanta to the sea, Sheri-
dan, the rider of the Shenandoah, Kill
patrick, Pap Thomas and host of others
were gone. Our camptireS were a means
of perpetuating the memory Of heroes.
There are splendid posts at Sacramento
their record at the headquarters at San
Francisco is good. They should get in
all the old soldiers here. In California
and Nevada there are 10000 soldiers,
sailors and marines, and only 5000 are
members of the Grand Army of the Re-
public.
GREAT PRIVILEGE.
He thought the privilege of wearing the
button OF the Grand Army of the Re-
public the greatest the world could con-
fer. There was never a time in the his
tory of the country when the old soldiers
Of the country should stand closer to-
gether ithan now. This department has
a splendid record, and is going to be the
greatest in the country, as so many old
soldiers are coming here on account of
the climate. Many had come since 1856
and should all be got into the order.
which now numbers more than it ever
has before.
He could say truthfully to the COM
rades that they were often thought of in
the East and spoken of at the campfires
there, and that every member of the q.
A. K. sent "a greeting to them tonight.
Look to it, then, that the banner be kept
aloft; that politics be kept out of the or
ganiZation. 1t has always been kept out
and always should be.
NO FRAUDULENT PENSIONS.
The Grand Army believes in pensions.
The Government should pension its SOL
diers, as it said it would, and he believed
it would. But it wanted no fraud
and no fraudulent pensions. He called
attention to circular he had sent
out on the subject, which stated that
every member of the G. A. r. was OBJ
| ligated to honorand which called on them
to regard that obligation and report to
| Washington any case of a pension to
which the recipient was not entitled. The
Grand Army was anxious to have the
| laws enforced in 1861 to 1865, and is
anxious now. They gave their lives to
support the laws then and nothing has
| changed since.
| He wound up his speech with a story
and in imitation of the Irishman who was
the hero of it, wished the Sacramentans
! might live thousand years, and then not
die, but wither away like the daisies.
He departed on the o'clock train, in
order to meet the Grand Army men of
Ohio on the 10th inst.
BAGGED AT LAST