Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17

| Logan said:
| 1T may not be inappropriate for me on
| this occasion to say that whatever of mis-
| understanding and estrangement that may
| have existed between the two great COM
| manders of the Army of the Tennessee at
| one time was wholly obiiterated by Gen.
| Logan's tribute to Gen. Sherman at
| notable banquet given by Col. Corkhlil TO
| Gen Sherman his retirement as gem
| eral of the army. in which he said, IN
| replying to the toast The Volunteer
| Soldier
| There were questions of numbers
| or time, and for Gen. Sherman / will say
| there was not n soldier who bore the
| American flag or followed it. not soidier
| who carried musket drew a saber
who did not respect him as his commander.
| (ApplauSe.) There was not one, sir, but
| would have drawn his sword at any time
| to have preserved his life. There is not
| one today, matter what may have been
| said that would dim in the slightest degree
| the luster of that bright name, achieved
| by ability. by integrity and by true bravery
as an officer (Applause) And in con-
| clusion let me say this W nile that army
| when it was disbanded was absorbed IN
| the community like rain drops in the sand
| ali citizens in the twnkling of an eye and
back to their professions and their bust
ness. there is not one of these men. scat
| tered as they from ocean to ocean,
who does not honor the name of the man
who led them in triumph through the
| enemy's land (Applause.) Wherever he
may go, wherever he may be, whatever
| may be his condition in life. there is not
| one who would not stretch out a helping
| hand to that brave commander who led
| them to glory. Speaking for that army,
If 1 may be permitted to speak for It,
| have to say: May the choicest blessings
| that God showers upon the head of man
| go with him along down through his life. is
| the prayer of every soldier who served
under Sherman (Applause)
| when Gen. Logan finished Gen. Sherman
| rose. went around to Gen. Logan. put his
| arm about his neck and shook his hand
| cordially. while the tears ran down his
| cheeks. His emotions were too great for
| words.
! 1T was on Saturday night. and. notwith-
standing the approach of the wee small
| hours before the fearful parting of the
| distinguished guests, Gen. Sherman went
| home. and before the Sunday morning
! dawn. as mentioned in his letter. wrote one
| of the most manly and feeling letters to
Gen Logan. explaining his reasons for GER
| tain actions touching Gen. Logan, and ex-
pressing his gratitude for Gen. Logan's
| tribute to him.
This letter Gen. Logan acknowledged
| promptly, responding cordially to the SEN
| timents of regard expressed by his beloved
| commander.
1.-THE few brief years that interviewed be-
| fore Gen. Logan preceded Gen. Sherman to
| that land of eternal bliss they saw much
| or each other. forgetting in the happy cir
| cumstance of reunited friendship the I'M
| favorable winds that temporarily estranged
| them
Father Sherman's Remarks.
Father Thomas E. Sherman, the eldest
son of Gen. Sherman, was called upon to
| speak for the Society of the Army of the
Tennessee.
| Il shall not consume your time with a
| recitation of my military career" said
| Father Sherman in beginning his address,
| but" he continued II must say a few
words to you. the greatest soldiers the
f1,A
| who walked to the sound of cannon and
! slept to tie sound of cannon oh your march
| to the sea with my father. And there are
| no divisions here; you are all one The
| armies of the Ohio, the Cumberland and
the Tennessee. You fought for the one
| cause under the one flag in the one war -
here the speaker was interrupted by loud
cries of. And under one Sherman-one
| Sherman"
Yes. he continued. "he loved you all
| the private as we'll as the officer because
you always We're an honor to the flag for
| winch you fought. But there is a greater
! triumph for you than your conuuests in
| battles. and that is the absolute tril1,nDh
OF the principles you batted to maintain
| nave the glory is indeed great create t,sn
the battle Of kenesaw any other Today
| inns country is one because you have so
vetoed ana United US that We are in perfect
| accord with your principles everyWher,,
You know that the two political cre,tls
VI forty years ago could not survive side ijy
sue on the same continent. The great
| question before you was whether or Mt
| the Union should be broken to pieces Ava
today your glory is not upon missionary
r>iuge Where you fought so nobIy hur /,
90, n1,i hT from the fact that 73,OOOO 900 of peo-
PFC piess tne swords and Sres of Shiloh and
AtidHta. 1here are men in the south n r
ms moment who are glad you conquered
ana tfis is the greatest conquest of all
Brooke and Lee in Cuba.
| speaking of the south reminds me Of
the Tune that Major General Brooke re-
viewed General Fitz. Lees regiment in FL.
Naha. was present, and as the southern
troops nieo past 1 thought then what a
! oept ot gratitude We owed you all for the
TACT that all sections stood together"
| lhe speaker here described the impress
aioli ne received from seeing the grand re-
/ view IN ms city in the summer of 1867
saying that the plaudits that the troons
received that day were fitting tributes to
tnelr greatness and the greatness Of their
service 10 the country. And tonight
ne salo, as stand here. after your ele-
CANT tribute to my father / cannot holm
once more hoping that you will always
conquer by the strength of your princinIes
| as you did in the war
| Il hope may be pardoned for con.,rat.;
my remarks in manner unusual for SO
occasions as this. / know it is not consid
| efed proper Tor son to eulogize his father
On such occasions as this, but the crcum-
| h<a
| case Yesterday afternoon President Roosa.
welt read from the granite pedestal of Tho
| statue we unveiled: On no earthly account
VIII 90 any act or think any thought
hostile to or in defiance of the old govern
| Hlent OF the United States
| lou probably do not know that tbesa
| words We're selected by General Sherman's
Youngest son. and it is probable that Won
DO not know the occasion on which tbov
were sr, used s 1t was easy for you of the
| .lrmies here represented to think as Won did
| thought as you did. Not so with him He
| was IN the southland, in the heart of Ito
TeDelhous states His friends his neiyh
pors an held the view opposite TO him
| he had in his possession the offer of a con-
| mission as major general In the confedera te
army ar n.y. and lot a year he had been training,
as ne wanted them to grow. the men Who
| would be his officers. Was 1t easy for n
man IN this position to use the words ha
qid-to remain true to his old princinJes ,
| put ne stood forth boldly from anon .,
lnose about him and said he would naver
10 any act nor think any thought tha +
would be hostile to or in defiance of the
government his friends and neighbors
seemed seer zee. bent upon destroying 1 tell YOU
alis tonight and hope may be pardoned 4
as ms son, for laying my wreath of Iovn1
tribute on my fathers tomb"
Col. McElroy on ''The Army of the