The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-08

Sons of Veterans.
During the day the Sons of Veterans
began their encampment. A monu-
ment to the late Gen. Horatio G.
Wright, at one time commissioner Of
the Sixth Army corps, was unveiled at
Arlington.
During the day there were num-
Der of reunions of regiments, division
corps and armies. All of them were
held in the large tents at Camp Roose-
welt. They began at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, and there was an almost con-
tinuous flow of oratory and song from
that hour until late at night. The
speeches were numerous. AS rule,
they consisted of recitals Of events Of
the war. There were, however, occa-
sional deviations from this course, and
in some instances striking opinions
concerning concurrent events were ex-
pressed.
The meetings of the forenoon were
those of the second army corps, the
Fifty third regiment of Pennsylvania
volunteers and the First brigade of
the Second division of the Twelfth ar
my corps. Col. Charles Lyman, Of
Washington, presided over the Second
corps meeting, and the principal speak
ers were Col. w. S. Shallenberger, Sec
ond assistant postmaster general, Capt.
N. M. Brooks, superintendent of the
railway mail service, and Col. Nathan
iel Shotwell, of Massachusetts.
During the afternoon meetings were
held as follows: The Spanish war
veterans at the grand tent; the Fourth
army corps at the Sherman tent; the
cavalry of the army of the Potomac
at the Sheridan tent; the Twelfth ar
my corps at Farragut tent, and joint
aSsemblage of patriotic women at
Meade tent.
Root and Others Speak.
The huge tent which has been CIV
en- the name of Gen. Philip Sheridan
was crowded during the afternoon.
The principal speakers were Secretary
Root, Gov. Bliss, of Michigan; Gen. J..
HI. Wilson, the Rev. DR.. Bristol, of this
city; Gen. Edgar Allen, of the Ninth
Michigan cavalry, and Capt. William
Potter, of the Ninth Pennsylvania cav
airy, president of the Soldiers and
Sailors Right league.
Secretary Roots address consisted
entirely of an expression Of gratitude
of the present generation for the serv-
ice rendered in 1876 by the men who
constitute the Grand Army 1--WE are
not" he said, "of the Egyptians who
know not Joseph
Gov. Bliss spoke Of his recent ap-
pointnent to the senate of eX-Secre-
tary Alger, saying that it was a vindi-
cation Of an ex-soldier who had been
much villifed. Gen. Wilson referred
to the proposal to erect monument
to Gen. Robert e. Lee, saying that our
monuments should be to men who had
assisted in keeping the flag flying and
not to those who would have pulled it
down if they could have done SO. Capt.
Potter Endorsed Gen. Wilson's senti-
ments on the flag question. He said he
had been present when Joe Johnston
surrendered to Gen. Sherman and then
had heard Gen. Wade Hampton, in
command of the confederate cavalry,
swear that he would lead the cavalry
to Mexico before it should capitulate.
"Our soil,' said the speaker. sis too
pure to be used for the erection of a
monument to any rebel"
Addressed by Gen. Jacob Smith.
Speeches were made at both the
Fourth army corps and Spanish veter-
ans reunions by Gen. Jacob II. Smith,
Gen. o. o. Howard and Col. John Nc
Ellery. Gen. Smith declared that the
success of our arms in Cuba and in the
Philippines had been largely due to the
influence of the veterans of 1861 and
was greatly applauded. Gen. Howard
told of his visit to Cuba in connection
with the American occupation of that
island and says he approved all that
was done there by the American SOL
diers. He also spoke of visiting dur
ing the Spanish war the camps in our
own Southern states, and he said the
effect of this second war had been
largely to obliterate the traces of the
old war.
The principal speakers at the
Twelfth corps reunion were Gen.
Charles Candy, the Rev. FIR. Elliott,
Capt. j. B. Molineux, Capt. John O..
Fairing. The speakers at the ladies'
meeting included Mrs. Ellen S. Mus
sey, Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, Mrs.
Margaret Ray Wickens, of Illinois, past
national president w. r. c.; Mrs. En-
ma Wall, national president Ladies of
the G. A. R.; Mrs. Emma E. Porter,
deputy president Kansas w. r. c., and
Mrs. Flo Jamison Miller.
The Army of the Tennessee.
The Army of the Tennessee held the
principal reunion of the night, and
Gen. Grenville M. Dodge was the chief
speaker at that meeting. The reunion
was held in the Grand tent and the at
tendance was large. Gen. o. o. How
ard who is the only survivor of the
army's commanders, presided. Speak
ing Of the courage displayed by the
American soldiers in Cuba and the
Philippines Gen. Howard said that be-
ing the sons of veterans of 1861 they
could not be otherwise than cour-
ageous.
Gen. Grenville M. Dodge in his adj
dress said that the organization and
growth of the Army of the Tennessee
commenced under Gen. Grant. 1T"
added Gen. Dodge, remained under
his personal command or as unit of
his great army from the beginning I'M
til the end of the war, except for two
short intarNalS one after the great