The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-21
ARMY Of The
CUMBERLAND
ANNUAL REUNION OF THE socl.
ETY. AT INDlAPolIS,
INDIANA.
PARKER AND ROOSEVELT WRITE
For the First Time in the History OF
the Organization Private De.
Ivered the Annual Ora
tion-other Notes.
PARKER AND ROOSEVELT WRITE

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shrill Eugle notes of Assembly y
which forty years ago was stirring
music upon the battlefield, the gray
haired veterans of the civil war
assembled in the Claypool Auditorium
/ tonight for the public exercises whicl
marked the closing of the first days
session of the thirty-fifth annual re.
union of the Society of the Army OF
the Cumberland.
Deafening cheers greeted General
Wilson w. Blackmar, cOmmandcr-in
chief of the G. A. r., as he entered the
hall at the head of column of com
J rades in their uniform of blue.
Precisely at s o'clock General Boyn
ton of Washington, ID. C.. president
the society, called the meeting to or
de;
Judg Daniel w. Howe welcomed the
visitors. General John r. Wilder o
Knoxville, Tennessee, who, during Tho
bloody campaigns of the Cumberland
army. commanded the famous wilder
brigade" responded.
Following the response, Genera
Boynton read letters from President
Roosevelt, Whitelaw Reid and Judge
Alton b. Parker.
RooseveIt's Letter.
Oyster Bay, n. Y, Aug. 80. 1904.
| My Dear Gen. Boynton:
Permit me, through you, to extend
| my hearty good wishes to the society
OF the Army of the Cumberland at it!
reunion in indianapolis. | only wisl
it were in my power to be present.
The record of the society Of the Ar
| my of the Cumberland is indeed not
| worthy. Three of its members wor
| pr residents of the United States
| Grant, Garfield and Harrison.
Four commanded the army after
, the civil war-Grant, Sheridan, ShcI
luan and SchOfield.
| Two reached the supreme court
| Matthews and Harlan.
You have had many members ii
the cabinet, in the senate and i'll the
house of representatives, one Of then
-Gcn Kcifcr, becoming speaker Q
the house.
For this exceptional record you arr
| entitled to the respect and admlratlo
of your countrymen; but after all the
undying claim that you have upon th'
| people of this nation rests upon tn
| fact that all of you, from the major
| general to the private, did your fu
| part i'm that great brotherhood of mel
| who formed the union army from 1S6
! to 1865 and who. during these years
| rendered not only to our people, bu'
TO all mankind the greatest service
| which it was given to any men OF the
| line to render. Men who served II
| lc great civil war left to their ch
| rCn and their chlGrcn's children, III
! the rcmOtCst generation, not mere!
reunited country, not merely Ia
y, Cnse Of belonging to a nation whlcl
| has before il a future 50 vast tina
| oven its most loyal sons can hard!,
venture 10 anticipate it; but you lei
/ tD them a'sO the memory of the wa
in which that formidable army o
fighting mon. when once the war wa
ended. turned forthwith to the pu'
suits of peace and showed thcmsclvc
good citizens at home Just aS thcy ma
| sEOwn themselves good soldiers al IN
front In any great crisis OF war, thi
nation must rely mainly upon its vo'
mtocr sOldicry and tn" veterans " IN
civil war have left ms forever th'
model of what such sOl1icry should
! be. We of the younger generation
owe you debt greater than We car
over pay. alike for the lessons ym
taught in war and for the lessons yog
taught in peace.
/ with the hparticst rcgard- ana VIII
every cordial wish for the success o.
your reunion. believe me.
Very faithfully vOurs.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
JUDGE Psrker's Letter.
Gen. u. V. BoyntOn. President d
The society ~ the Aruy ~ ~
Cumberland Indianapolis. Ind.
Rosomount. Eeopus. y. Y. Aug @.
IGrn " Y. B0vufon.
Nv Dear Pros'drnt-I very much r.
lCfrf that it f- imDDs-ib'r FOR wr 20 a.