The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-08
VOL xxIII-No 4s-wHoLE NO. 1904.

discipline, than in the Army Of the Tens
nessee. and in none were his rights and
his life more carefully guarded.
1.-The subordination Of the Army Of the
Tennessee to the policies and acts of the
Government affecting the institution o6
slavery in the prosecution of the war id
worthy of the highest commendation. It
had no policy Of its own to propose, but
went forth, as expressed by the legisla,
tive branch of the Government, TO do bats
tie in no spirit of oppression, or for any
purpose OF conquest or subjugation, or
purpose of overthrowiRg or interferine
with the rights or established institutions
Of the States in rebellion, but to defend
and maintain the supremacy of the Com
stitution, and to preserve the Union with
all the dignity, equality and rights of the
several States unmpaired.
''The Army Of the Tennessee did great
deeds in all the departments OF the states
service, and individually and combined il.
iustrated in a peculiar manner the qaali-
ties of noble American character which
gained success in the field, preserved its
fruits by subsequent craftsmanship. and
by exalted virtue crowned victory with
the attributes of peace and justice"
GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN. Y
In April. 1900. We dnvailed the beauti-
ful and lifeIike monument to Gen. John
A. Logan, that brilliant, magnetic soldier.
our comrade from Cairo to Louisville. Of
him at the unvailing President Mckiniey
spoke as follows:
'Logan's career was unique His dis
tinction does not rest upon his military
achievements alone. His services in the
Legislature of his own State, in the Ma
tional House of Representatives. and in
the Senate of the United States would
have given him an equally conspicuous
place in the annals Of the country He
was great in the forum and in the field.
He came out of the war with the
highest military hoaors of the volunteer
soldier. Brilliant in battle and strong in
military council, his was also the true
American spirit, for when the war was
ended he was quick and eager TO return
to the peaceful pursuits of civil life.'
Gen. Logan's love and devotion to us
only ended with his life. and at one oe
our Reunions characterized our work thus:
THE Army of the Tennessee was not
limited in its scope; the theater of its
operations and the extent of its marches,
comprehending within their bounds an
area greater than Greece and Macedonia
in their palmiest days, and greater than
most of the leading kingdoms of Europe
at the present day, reaching from the
Missouri River on the north nearly tn
the Gulf of Mexico ON the South. and
from the Red River of Louisiana to the
Atlantic Ocean,"
GEN. w. L. BHEkAAN.
Next comes the monument to Gen.
William Tecumseh Sherman, the pedestal
of which is upon these grounds. The
friendship and loyalty of Sherman to
Grant was the first great cause of the
success of both. and for the harmonN
that existed in the Army of the Tennessee
Sherman fell under the command of
Grant at Paducah in the Spring of 1862,
holding a small command. He was the
ha drxSn
partment and Army commander to that
Of a post. and later division, without
a murmur. Sherman's first words to
Grant. on Feb. 15. 1862. were these:
Il should like to hear from you. and
will do everything in my power to hurry
forward TO you reinf0rcements and sup-
plies, and if 1 could be of service myself,
would gladly come without making any
question of rank with you or Gen. Smith,
whose commissions are of the same date.r
On the same date he wrote again:
Command me in any way. I feel
anxious about you. as L know the great
facilities they Ghe enemy have of con-
centration, by means Of the river and
railroads, but have faith in you"
After the war, at banquet given him
in st. Louis in 1866. at which, rs COM
mander of that Department, 1 was pres
ent, Gen. Sherman gave this resume Of
his campaigns.
you can not attain great success in
war without great risks. 1 admit we
violated many of the old established rules
Of war by cutting loose from our base
and exposing 10000 lives. I had faith |!
in the army commanded: that faith was |
well founded. But there was the old
story Rxemplifed. We had the elephant, I
and again we had to put our wits to-i
gether, and we concluded to kill the ele- Y
phant. We did not like to do it. / CON-
tended at first when we took Vicksburgi
that we had gained point which theI
Southern Confederacy as belligerents-soi
recognized by ourselves and the world
were bound to regard. That when wa
took Vicksburg, by all the rules of civil,
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