St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-17
COL. FRED GRANT TELLS THE
STORY FOR HIS ILLUSTRI-
Gus FATHER.
THE PLAN OF OPERATIONS,
MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMIES BE.
FORE THE FINAL TRI-
UMPH.
THE INTERVIEW WITH LINCOLN
of the Army of the Ten
nessee.

CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 16-The 9th
annual session of the Society Of the
Army of the Tennessee began here
at 10 a. m. with an unusually large at
tendance. Over 100 officers of high
rank were registered. The morning
session was devoted to reports and
routine business. In the afternoon
the distinguished visitors and their la
dies attended a reception at Fort
Thomas, in Kentucky, rendered by
Commandant Cochran and other army
officers. The battalion drill was fol-
lowed by luncheon, at which many la
dies from Cincinnati, Newport and
Covington were present. Gen. D. D.
Henderson reported $1,000 secured for
the Sherman monument at Washing
ton and $1,000 promised by the G. A. R.
The following deaths were reported: /:
Lieut.. T. H. Toby, Maj G. H. Dyer.
Gen. w. @. Gresham, Chicago; Mai.
J. w. Paddock, Omaha; Capt. E. H.
Webster, Denver; Capt. T. H. Griffin.
st. Louis; Gen. Mason Braypan, Kan
sas City; Maj. Frank F. Peets, Rock
ford, ILL.,; Col. E. c. Dawes, Lieut..
Oliver Anson, Council Bluffs.
A brilliant array of decorations In
the bright Auditorium theater of Odd
Feiiows' Temple house, filled with en-
tnuslastlc members OF the Army of
tennessee and their friends, describes
the beginning of the night meeting
GOV. Mckinley delivered an eloquent
welcome for the state of Ohio. Ex-
Congressman John A. Caldwell, mayor
OF Cincinnati, spoke the welcome for
the Queen City. The president, Gren-
vile M. Dodge, responded for the So
cfety, after which Col. Frederick d.
Grant made the oration of the even,
ing.
COL. GRANTS ADDRESS.
Col. Grants address was unusually
interesting. 1t outlined Gen. Grants
campaign for closing the war, and de-
scribed the order in which Gen. Grant
would have narrated the story in 1Ae
second volume of his memoirs had his
life been spared. On being appointed
lieutenant general and assuming COM
mand, Gen. Grant nad an interview
with President Lincoln, who wanted
some one to take the responsibility of
action, and called upon him for sup
plies, the president pledging the full
5 powers of the government In rendering
all the assistance possible. Gen.
Grant then planned movements for all
OF the armies to move at once He re-
garded the Army of the James as the
left wing, the Army of the Potomac
as the center and troops operating un-
der Sherman, of which the Army of the
tennessee was a most important part
as the right wing, all other troops be-
ing cooperative columns. BY continu-
Gus hammering against the Confeder-
ate armies, he proposed to destroy both
them and their sources of supply
Col. Grant compared the movement
OF the Army of the Potomac to that
OF Napoleon in the Russian campaign
While the plain reference to the whole
army resembled that adopted by the
allies In their campaign against France
In 1884. He outlined how the Con-
federates had concentrated their troops
along the Mississippi into the armies
OF Lee and Johnston; how Gen. Grant
placed himself with the Army of the
Potomac where the greatest opposition
was expected, sent Sherman against
Johnston, and Sheridan through the
shenandoah valley. On May the
Army Of the Potomac moved, and on
May all were moving By May II the
Southern troops were forced to act en-
t1rely on the defensive and the Union
lines had been considerably advanced
1t was at the end of the first week of
this campaign that Gen. Grant pro-
posed to fight it out on this line if it
took all summer. The second phase of
the plan was to keep the enemy within
the besieged cities, Richmond, Peters
burg and Atlanta, and actively engage
the outside troops, to drive all the
smaller commands to the South, to de-
Vastate the country from which sup
plies were drawn, and to destroy those
who gathered these supplies.
SPEECHES AND MUSIC.
Music was interspersed through the
programme 1t was furnished by an
orchestra, the Loyal Legion quartette,
and by Miss Mary Logan Bearson,
the daughter of the Army of the Ten
nessee." Her singing of the "Star
Spangled Banner. was the musical
feature of the evening. Gov. Mckinley
left for Chattanooga as soon as he had
done speaking. Gen. Hickenloper in
introducing him. mentioned him as
probably the next president. He had
just come from a dinner given him at
the st. Nicholas, at which Mark Hanna
and others were present. All the
speakers at the meeting were applauded
Gov. Mckinley coming in for very
large share Col. Fred Grant met with
an ovation when introduced, the ap-
plausa continuing a minute or more
He was generously applauded at the
close of his address. Only the officers
and speakers of the evening occupied
the stage, sharing it with uniformed
military companies. Gen. Howard oc-
cupied box, all others forming part
of the audience.