The record-union., 1898-08-23
ARMY OF SANTIAGO.
Proceedings of the Society's In
augura1 Meeting.

augura1 Meeting.
| Correspondence Of the Associated Press.)
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Aug. Ma
jor A. c. Sharpe, Assistant Adjutant
General, furnishes to the correspondent
| of the Associated Press, the following
summary of the proceedings of the So
ciety of the Army of Santiago de Cuba
at its inaugural meeting held in the
Governors palace of Santiago yester-
day, July 31st:
The inaugural meeting of what is des-
tined probably to become one of the
great military fraternities of the United
States was held yesterday, July 31st, in
the Governors palace, Santiago de
Cuba, for the purpose of organizing a
| society to be known as 1.-The Society
| of the Army of Santiago the purposes
| of which shall be, in general, to pre-
serve the archives and records and per-
petuate the memories of the invasion,
campaign and battles eliminating in
| the fall of Santiago de Cuba and the
surrender of the Spanish army on July
| II, 1885,
The meeting was called to order by
Major General Lawton, who nominated
| Major General Joseph Wheeler as tenn
porary Chairman. General Wheeler was
unanimously chosen and Major A c.
Sharpe, Assistant Adjutant General,
was elected Secretary.
| General Wheeler, on taking the chair,
said: Il thank you, gentlemen. for the
| honor OF being called as temporary
| Chairman of this gathering of my fell
low officers who have met to consider
the advisability of organizing a society
OF the Army of Santiago. The rapidly
occurring events of the campaign of the
last i've or six weeks have been of a
character that will ever bring together
/ the hearts of those who have partici-
pated. This army, by it's endurance
and courage, has already won the ad-
| mlration of the civilized world. and it
Is most natural and appropriate that
men who have stood shoulder to shoul-
der in such a struggle, crowned, as it
was, with glorious victory, should de-
sire to cherish and perpetuate its mem
ory."
| General Wheeler adverted to the his
torlc character and value of similar So
| cletleS, which have been organized at
the close of various wars in which our
country has been engaged, enumerating
| the order Of the Cincinnati, organized
| by Washington's officers at the close of
the American revolution; the Society of
the War of 1872; the Aztec Society and
the various other societies that eman-
| ated out Of the war from 1861 to 1865.
The campaign" said General Whee-
Ter, lin which we have been engaged,
| though brief, has probably been more
fruitful in results than those of any
| II
certainly be classed as one of the most
remarkable in military history. I re-
peat, in closing, that it has made this
army famous throughout the world"
On motion Of General Ludlow, COM
mittee Of five was appointed to frame a
constitution and bylaws, and to report
the next meeting. The Chair named as
the committee Generals Ludlow. Kent
Lawton and Ames and Lieutenant
/ Miley.
| A committee was appointed to wait
on General Shafter and invite him to
visit the meeting. subsequently, on
motion of General Kent, the Committee
on Constitution and Bylaws was in
creased to six and Lieutenant Wood
| burne Kane of the Rough Riders was
named by the Chair as the sixth mem
! Der.
General Shafter, on entering the hall,
was received by the entire company
| standing, all remaining in that position
| while the Chair extended to the distin-
| gished visitor an address of welcome
| General Shafter made a cordial reply
! expressing his entire sympathy with the
| object of the meeting.
| The Secretary requested all officers tc
| register their names before leaving, and
nearly 100 signed the roll. Among
| those present We're: Generals Shafter
| Kent, Ames, Lawton, Ludlow, Wood
| Chaffee, Bates and Randolph and Colo
| nels Wherry, Peterman, Harris
| Humphrey, Viele, Carpenter anc
| Downes.
| AT 4:30 p. m. the meeting adjourned
/ to 3 p. m. August 7th in the Gov.
ernor's palace.