Evening journal., 1895-09-17

which General Grant would have narrated
the story in the second volume of his
memoirs had his life been spared. Upon
being appointed lieutenant general and
assuming command, General Grant had
an interview with President Lincoln, who
wanted some one to take the responsible
ty Of action and call upon him for sup
plies the president pledging the full pow
or Of the government in rendering all as
sistanoe possible.
General Grant then planned movements
for all Of the armies to move at once. He
regarded the Army of the James as the
left wing, the Army of the Potomac as
the center and the troops operating'under
sherman, of which the Army of the Ten
nossoo was a most important part as the
right wing, all other troops being cooper
ative columns BY continuously ham
mering against the Confederate armies he
proposed to destroy both them and their
sources Of supplies
How Grant Planned the Campaign.
Colonel Grant compared the movement
Of tho Army Of the Potomac with that of
Napoleon in tho Russian campaign while
She plan I'm reference TO the whole army
resemhod that adopted by the allies on
their campaign against France in 1913
and 1914. He outlined how the Confcder-
ntos had concentrated their troops east Of
the Mississippi into the armies of Lee and
Johnston; how General Grant placed him
self with the Army of the Potomac, where
the greatest opposition was experienced;
sont sherman against Johnston and Sher-
idan through the Shenandoah valley. On
May the Army of the Potomac moved,
and on May 6 all were moving. BY May
] the southern troops were forced to act
entirely on tho defensive and the Union
lines had been considerably advanced. 1t
was at the end of the first week of this
campaign that General Grant wrote, Il
propose to fight it out on this line If it
takes all summer"
The second phase of the plan was to
I keep theenomy within the besieged citiai
-Riohmond, Petersburg and Atlanta
and actively engage the outside troops, Il
drive all tho smaller commands TO tbs
south, Co devastato the country froD
which supplies were drawn and TO destro.
those who gathered these supplies.
With tho fall of Richmond and Peters
/ burg and the surrender of Lee, the mail
prop of the Confedoracy was broken, ans
/ an that was now necessary was to gatho,
| i'm the other southern armies. AS furthc.
resistance was useless these armies askec
/ for terms, which were granted, and thu4
ended the third and last phase of the great
campaign.
1t is undoubtedly pleasure to you to
/ know that the whole campaign was di-
I rected by an old momber of the Army of
/ the Tennessee while nc gave his immedi-
ate and direct attention to the left wing
OF the army around Petersburg and Rich
| mond. The successful and brilliant move
ments up the Shenandoah valley were
conducted by an officer whose early expo-
/ riences had been with the Army of the
/ Tennessoo-Gcnoral Philip II. Sheridan.
| And the right wing, of which the Army
| Of the Tennessee was so important part,
was directed and controlled by another
comrade of the Army of the Tennessee
| General William Teoumseh sherman.
| Thus one sees that the Army of the Ten
! nesseo had before the ord of the war to
{ furnish the commanders OF an the active
| columns"
The Results Of the War.
Continuing, Colonel Grant said that
the result of the war had established the
fact that the republican form of govern
ment was the strongest of all. Not long
aftcrward some foreign nations seized the
opportunity to follow our example by es
tablishing more liberal institutions. Rus
sia abolished serfdom, France became q
republic slavery is no longer recognized
in Cuba aud Brazil, Brazil is already re
public and Cuba is on the verge Of be
coming one also.
In conclusion Colonel Grant said thai
mp 90 the last moment of his fathers liil
he cherished the deepest and most heart
felt affection for his oldest friends-hh
dear comrades of the Army of the Tonnes
see "With his nnlno this love for thI
Army Of the Tennessee is my Inherit
anco.
Music was interspersed through th'
programme It was furnished by an or
ohestra the Loyal Legion quartet and by
Miss Mary Logan Pearson, the daughte
of the Army of the Tennessee " Her sing
ing of the star Spangled Banner wa
tho musical feature OF the evening. Gov
ornor Mckinley left for Chattanooga a.
soon as he had done speaking.
General Hickenlooper in introducing
him. mentioned him as the probable mex
president He had just come from a din
nor given him at the ST. Nicholas, a
which Mark Hanna and others were pres
] ent, All the speakers at the meeting wer