The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-22
GRAND ARMY OF SANTIAGO.
Details of the Organization After the
Surrender.

Details of the Organization After the
Surrender.
(Correspondence of Associated Press)
Santiago de Cuba, Aug. MAJOR A.
c. Sharp, assistant adjutant general,
furnishes to the correspondent Of the
Associated Press the following sum-
mary of the proceedings of the society
of the army of Santiago de Cuba at its
inaugural meeting held In the COVER
nor's palace.
The inaugural meeting of what is
destined probably to become one Of the
great military fraternities of the United
States was held Thursday Gully 30 IN
the governors palace, Santiago de
Cuba, for the purpose of organizing a
society to be known as The Society OF
the Army of Santiago, the purpose or
which shall be in general to preserve
the archives and records and perpetu-
ate the memories of the invasion, cam
paign and battles eliminating in the
fall of Santiago de Cuba and the sur
render of the Spanish army on July II,
1881
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. Q.
Sharp, assistant adjutant general was
selected secretary
General Wheeler on taking the chair
said:
Il thank you. gentlemen, for the
,
chairman of this gathering of my fellow
officers who have met to consider the
advisabiliuy of organizing a society OF
the Army of Santiago. The rapidly oc-
curing events of the campaign OF the
last five or six weeks have been of a
characte that will ever bring together
the hearts Of those who have part1cl-
pated.
This army by it's endurance and
courage has already won the admira-
ton of the civilized world; and it is
rir1rE n "a
who have stood shoulder to shoulder in
such a struggle, crowned as it has been
with glorious victory, should desire to
cherish and perpetuate its memory
General Wheeler adverted to the his
toric character and value of similar so
cietieS which have been organized at
the close of the various wars IN which
our country has been engaged, enun-
Grating the Order of the Cincinnati, or
ganiZed by WashingtOnS officers at
the close of the American revolution;
the Society of the War OF 1872 the Aztec
society, and the various societies that
grew out of the war from 1861 to 1863
THE campaign said General Vince
Ter 'sin which we have been engaged,
though brief has probably been more
fruitful in results than those of any
of the wars I have mentioned, and will
certainly be classed as one of the most
remarkable in military history. re-
peat, in closing, that at has made this
army famous throughout the world"
On motion of General Ludlow, a COM
a constitution and bylaws and to report
at the next meeting. The chair named
as the committee, General Ludlow,
General Kent. General Lawton, Gen
eral 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
bury Kane, of the rough riders, was
named by the chair, as the sixth men,
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 distinguished Wis
itOr address of welcome. General Shat
ter made a cordial reply, expressing his
entire sympathy with the objects of the
meeting. The secretary requested all Of
fcers to register their names before leav-
ing and nearly one hundred signed the
roll. Among those present We're: Cen
erals Shafter, Kent, Ames, LawtOn. Wood,
Chaffee, Bates and Randolph; Colonel
Wherry, Colonel Peterman, Colonel Har-
mel Carpenter and Colonel Downs; Majors
Hine, Baker, Wood, Boyle. Ebstein, Read,
Miller, Logan, Gallagher, TOhan, SanbOrn,
Miley and Sharp; Captains KennOn, Getty
Mcfarland Horton, TerrOt, Sullivan,
Clarke, w. o. Kane, Russ, McKittrick,
Morton, c. J. T. Clarke. Gilmore, Stan
ton, Kirkman, Mendoza and MunOs vol
Mcfarland, TaymOn and others.
At 4:30 p. m. the meeting adjourned to
p. m, August q, in the governors pal
ace.