The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-21
OF CUMBERLAND
LETTERS FROM ROOSEVELT AND
 PARKER READ.
General H. V. Raynton Again Chosen President and the Detail Buainess Of Society was Trans-
 acted.

Indianapolis. Ind. Sept. 2o.--To the shrill bugle notes of Assembly 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 which marked the closing of the first days session of the thirty-fifth annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumber- land
 Deafening cheers greeted General Wilmon W. Blackriar. commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Re- public as he entered the hall at the head of a column of old comrades in their uniform of blue.
 | Precisely at 8 o'clock General H. ". Boynton of Washington, D. C.. pres ideunt of the society. called the meet ing to order
 Judge Daniel W. Howe welcomed the visitors. General John T. Wilder of Knoxville. Tenn. who during the bloody campaigns of the Cumberland brigade" responded.
 Following the response General Boynton read letters from President Roosevelt. Whitelaw Reid and Judge Alton B. Parker.
 The letters of President Roosevelt and Judge Parker were as follows:
 Oyster Bay. N. r., Aug. 30.
 My Dear General Boynton:-Permit me through you, to extend my hearty of the Cumberland at its reunion in Indianapolis. l only wish 1t were in my power to be present.
 The record of the Society of the Ar. my of the Cumberland is indeed note- worthy and its memAers who were presidents of the United States-Grant. Garfield and Harrison. Four com manded the army after the civil war Grant. sherman, Sheridan and scofield. Two reached the supreme court-Mat- thews and Harlan You have had many members in the cabinet, in the Senate and in the House of Represen- tatives. one of them. General Keller. becoming speaker of the House,
 For this exceptional record you are entitled to the respect and admiration of your countrymen; but after all, the great claim. the undying claim that you have upon all the people of this nation rests upon the fact that all of you, from the Major General to the private. did your full part in the great brotherhood of men who formed the Union Army from 1861 to 1865, and who during those four essential years rend- cred not only to our people. but to all mankind the greatest service which 1t was given to any men of the nineteenth century to render. Men who served Tn the great Civil War left to their chll- dren and their children'5 children, unto the remotest generation hot merely a reunited country. not merely the sense of belonging to nation which has be- fore 1t future so vast that even its | most loyal sons can hardly venture to anticipate 1t; but you lef: to them also the memory of the way in which that | formidable army of fighting men, wntn the war was ended, turned forthwith to the pursuits of peace and showed | themselves good citizens at home just as they had shown themselves good soldiers at the front. In any great crisis or war this nation must rely mainly upon its volunteer soldier. and | the veterans of the Civil War have left us forever the model of what such soldiery should be. We of ths younger generation owe you a debt greater than we can ever pay, alike for tic lessons you taught in war and for the lessons you taught in peace.
 With the heartiest regards and with every cordial wish for the success of your reunion, believe me, very faith- fully yours,
 Theodore Roosevelt. Gen. H. V. Boynton, President Society of the Army of the Cumberland. h. | dianapolis, Ind:
 Rosemount, Esopus. N. Y, August 31, 1904. | Gen. H. V. Boynton:
 l My Dear Sir-I very much regret that | 1t s impossible for me to attend the | thirty second annual reunion of the So- ciety of the Army of the Cumberland. l Will you be kind enough to convey to the society assurances of my regret and very grateful appreciation. | Yours very truly. l Alton B. Parker. l A burst of cheering followed the read l ing of the letters. For the first time l in the history of the society, a private, Orlando M. Somers of Kokomo, Ind. delivered the annual oration.
 Tine exercises closed with the singing of the Star Spangled Banner"
 When the meeting opened this after noon, 1t was announced that Colonel Tweedale of Washington. Treasurer of | the society, could not be present. His report was read by General Boynton. The reports of Gen. A. E. Gorman of the Historical Committee and Col. G. c. Kniffin of Washington were read in | their absence. Capt. J. w. Foley, General Willard Warner and Gen. II. | V. Boynton were appointed to consti- ute the Committee on Time and Place | for Annual Meetings in the absence or the regular committee, of which one, | Wickersham of Alabama. Is deceased. The committee reported unanimously the selection of Chattanooga as the per | manent meeting place of the society The time of annual meetings was changed to the middle of October.
 The nominating committee made It's report during the afternoon session. The following officers were chosen: President. Gen. Henry V. Boynton.
 Washington, D. C.; Corresponding Sec-
 retary, Major John Tweedale. U. S. A.
 Washington; Recording Secretary, Col.
 John w. Steele. Oberlin, O.; Treasurer
 General Frank G. Smith, L. s. Ali: Historian Col. c. G. Knif1n. Among the Vice Presidents chosen are; Dis
 trict of Columbia. Gen. J. c. Breckin-
 ridge: Georgia. Major George s. Davis;
 Kentucky, Captain John Speed; Tennes-
 see, Major W. J. Colburn; Philippines, | Gen. II. c. Corbin.