St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-04

casion - Capt. ID. Nj. Gilmore
Presents a Good Paper on
"Gregg at Gettysburg-Dr. Egg
bert Makes a Stirring Address
Officers Elected.
The meeting Of the Loyal Legion in
the ordinary of the Ryan hotel last
evening was one of the most enjoyable
In the history Of the Minnesota COM
mandery. There were present 1875
members and good many invited
guests. The features of the evening
were the presentation of a large solid
silver loving cup from the Loyal Legion
of the United States to the Minnesota
commandery in recognition of the spleD-
did entertainment of the quadrennial
congress of last June, and paper by
Capt. d. NJ. Gilmore, of Minneapolis,
upon "Gregg at Gettysburg"
The presentation of the loving cup
gives the Minnesota commandery the
distinction of being the first to receive
such recognition in the existence of
the Loyal Legion. Engraved upon it is
the following: Military Cross OF the
Loyal Legion of the United States. The
Seventh Congress of the Commandery
of the State of Minnesota. June 7,
1898" The presentation speech was
made by Gen. Grant, assistant secretary
OF war. And very pretty speech it
was. Capt. ii. A. Castle was called
upon to make the speech of acceptance
for the commandery, and happier enc
could not have been uttered.
After this most enjoyable feature was
ended Gen. Bishop was called upon to
speak upon the last congress, when
was held at Cincinnati four years ago.
lie spoke very entertainingly.
CAVALRY AT GETTYSBURG.
Capt. GllmOre's paper came next. The
purport of the paper, in accordance
with the request of the commandery at
the last meeting. pertained wholly to
the part the cavalry performed at the
memorable contest of Gettysburg. The
captain hung up map of the
battle, by which he showed
the positions of the various engage
ments about Gettysburg. He showed
chat Gen. Gragg, the commander of the
Union cavalry, outgeneraIed and de-
feated Gen. Stewart, commander of the
rebel cavalry, with only 1900 men
against force ranging from 5000 to
1900. He described most graphically
the four cavalry engagements, in every
one OF which the forces engaged in hand
to-hana conflicts, and in one of them
almost every cayalryman on both sides
was so engaged.
The readers description of how the
Union forces crossed the river in fog.
expecting to surprise Gen. Stewart, but,
instead, meeting the rebel with all his
army making forward movement to
attack the Union forces. was startling.
The two forces charged upon each other
with such force that the horses in the
front columns were thrown into the air
and upon their backs and their riders.
Then followed one of the most
desperate band-to-hand conflicts re-
corded in the annals of war
fare. Men were falling on both
sides from the terrific Slashlng of sabers
ane from the discharges of reyolvers.
Capt. Gilmore maintained that the re-
more upon The terrific work of our cav
airy than upon the repulSe OF the cele-
brated charge of Pickett. 1t was for
heroic and effective service in these four
conflicts that Gen. Merritt, Gen. Farms
worth and Gen. Custer were promoted
from captains to generals at the request
OF Gen. Gregg.
Capt. Gilmore was a cavalrvman in
these engagements, and wrote his paper
from personal observation. When he
retired at the end of the war he was
captain of Company ID, Third Pennsyl-
vanIa cavalry. When he had finished
ing, resolution OF thanks was offered
by Judge Rea, and unanimously
adopted.
After speech by Col. J. Ham David
son, Col. Mason, the chairman of the
evening. called upon Rev. DR.. Egbert.
pastor of the House of Hope, who was
an invited guest, and the divine re-
Sponded with very stirring impromptu
effort. He was cheered TO the echo
from start to finish.
Upon motion of Capt. Gilmore, Judge
Rea was requested to read paper at
the next meeting upon the part
the cavalry took at the battle of
Stone River. Several impromptu
speeches were made, and the evening
was closed 10y a very humorous story
told by Judge Caldwell, Of the United
States court of appeals.
Among the business transacted was
the election of Robert n. Adams, of
Minneapolis, as chaplain, to succeed
Rev. E. ID. Neill, and the election of
Col. }. Ford Kent, of the regular army,
to succeed Assistant Surgeon Gen.
Alden. who has been transferred from
the department of Dakota to Washing
ton.