The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-10-19
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THE LOYAL LEGION.
Annual Session of the Organization at the |
Metropolis of Illinois.

Annual Session of the Organization at the
Metropolis of Illinois.
There were nearly 100 members of the Com
mandery-in- Chief of the Loyal Legion seated
in the ladies' ordinary at the Grand Pacific in
Chicago when the chair was taken by Col. Mel
sou Cole, Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief. 1t
was the opening Of the annual meeting of the
Commaudery-i n-Chief. There were many men
of distinction in the small crowd of veterans
who grouped about the ROOM Elk Prcsi-
dent Harrison and Gen. Russell A. Alger occu-
pied front seats, aud the former was warmly
greeted by many of his old comrades and adj
mirers
At the banquet in the evening at the Union
League Club, Gen. Harrison presided. When
the time came for speeches Gen. Harrison
raped for order and announced that the sub
iect for discussion was the Atlanta campaign.
He said that everyone who was in it must
remember that the chief characteristic of the
Atlanta campaign was its tediousness. He
hoped that the discussion would not preserve
that feature of the campaign A characteristic
which no one could forget was the fact that
the men who conducted that campaign were
never out of the whistle of bullets. 1t was
piece of toOth-pullng that was unlike the
usual sort. inasmuch il was not soon over.
In the course of his semi-humorOus speech he
said that, while seeking place to sleep one
night he came upon deserted house. He
went into it and found a bedstead He feared
that he would find it occupied already, and in
that he was not surprised. The bed was filed
with sleeping men. But the General was not
to be turned aside by any such trifing obstacle.
He stretched himself across the lower limbs of
the sumbering gentlemen in possession of the
bedstead, and though they wriggled little in
their sleep he nevertheless contrIved to get his
rest That, he thought. was the only time he
had rOomed with man 10 whom he had not
been introduced.
At this there was more laughter and APP
plause, after which Gen. Harrison called upon
Col. WHEREBY. The latter Chief Of staff
during the campaign of Atlanta, and gave a
terse account OF the inner history of it He
was followed by Capt. tthe Reverend) George
A. Thayer, who made witty address, in the
course of which he referred 10 a four-gun bat
terry which was taken by Col. Benjamin Har.
risOn. The new National hymn, Tine Song
of the Stars and Stripes" the words by Alex.
B. McAvOy, and the music by Andrew j. Boex,
was then,sung.
After few pleasant remarks from Col. Cadle,
there were some broadly good humored stories
told with uproarious effect by Col. Williams.
The latter was followed by Mai Hoses, who
spoke briefly and seriously, in fine contrast
with the mirth that had preceded him. By
this time it was quite late, aud as the program
had been carried out the pleasant assembly ad-
jOurned.
Gen. Lucius Fairchild, of Wisconsin. was
elected Commander-in-Chef Other officers
were elected as follows: Senior Vice Com
mander-in-Chief, Gen. Nelson Cole Missouri
Junior Vice Commamder-in-Chief Admiral
Henry Erben, New York; Recorder-in-C Chief { oil.
John z. Nicholson Pennsylvania; Treasurer-in-
Chief, Col. Cornelius Cavel, Ohio; Chancellor
in-Chief Capt. Heter ID. Keyser, Pennsylvania;
Register-in- Chief, Gen. Albert Oriway, Dis
trict Of Columbia; Chaplain in-Chief, Rev. II.
Clay TTumbul, ID. d., Pennsylvania. Counsel
ors in-Chief, Gen. NJ. Coe Michigan; Col H.
C. Key and Gen. NJ. Brown. Maine; Maj. w.
p. Huxford, District of Columbia and Col.
Arnold Rend, Massachusetts. The next an
nual meeting will be held in Philadelphia.