Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-23

over for the banquet on the second even
pg OF the reunion. Governor Cummius
wrote TO General Dodge as follows;
Cummins Accepts Invitation.
My Dear General. Upon my retuyn to
the once after some days absence ] hnd
yours Of the ith inst. l have received an
invitation from our mutual friend Judge
Reed, TO- give an address 0f welcome al
She meeting Of the Army Of the Tennessee
tu Council bluns 4 assure you, my dear
general that even though ] should wear
myself TO shadow In the campaign now
IN progress, ! will be with you in Council
BUTTS ~ | have TO be carried there on
stretcher. The occasion Is one Of deep sig
ulhcanCe 20 me and to every loyal citizen
Of the state. I feel an especial interest In
it, not only because 10 is a reunion Of the
best and bravest men who ever fought for
a just cause, but because you are the COM
mander OF the gray-haired, age-enfeebled
veterans You know me we'll enough TO ne
sure that I shall never lose an opportunity
to Dc YOU honor All Iowa unites in af-
fection for her most distinguished soldier.
With the highest regard, I am, yours very
truly, ALBERT B. CtMMINS.
Eight Of the lowe representatives in con-
gress have accepted invitations to attend
the grand banquet on the second night Of
the reunion they are congressman b. p.
,Birdsall OF the Third district G. \. Haugen
OF the Fourth r. G. Cousins Of the Fifth,
J. A. r. Hun Of the Seventh. W. p. Hep
burn Of the Eighth. Walter I. Smith Of the
Ninth. J. p. Conner Of the Tenth and e.
II. Hubbard OF the Eleventh
The following concerning the Army Of
the Tennessee. which the citizens OF Couu-
Fen Bluffs will be called upon to entertain
next month, is Of general interest:
History of the society.
/ The society was born at Raleigh n. c.,
In 1865, when the army was in camp around
/ - fnH 60 f1a.. nssr
|, of our army was called by General Frank
! p. Blair 20 organize a society to he styled
I ~ it now Is. Il mot first In the state
house upon April Il and again upon April
/ 25 when a permanent organization was
made
/ General John a. Rawlins was elected its
/ president, General Andrew Hcl5enlooper
/ was elected its corresponding secretary,
| Colonel L. NJ. Dayton was elected its re-
cording secretary and General NJ. f. Force
was elected its treasurer
Upon the death OF General Rawlins in
| 1869 General Sherman was elected presl-
dent ard each year thereafter until his
death in 1891. Successfully since then Gen
eral Grenville NJ. Dodge has been elected.
| Upon the death of Colonel L. NJ. Dayton
in 1891 Colonel Cornelius Cadle was elected
i recording secretary Upon the death of
| General NJ. f. Force in 1870 Major A. NJ
1 Van Dyke was elected treasurer, and upon
the death of General IiiekenlOeper in 1904
Major w. II. Chamberlih was elected cor
responding secretary. In short, the original
omcefs os the society were always re-
elected and so with their successors until
death. o. a
Twelve vice presidents are elected at eacf
reunion and others succeed them A woman
"a wife or daughter is made a vice presl.
toast al the annual banquet
The society Has held thirty-hve reunion,
as follows:
Meeting for organization. Raleigh, n. G.
April a. 1865; meeting for organization
Raleigh; y. c, April Is, 1866; first meeting
second meeting, st. Louis, Mo-, Novembei
13 ana IA. 1867 third meeting Chicago, Ill.
louisville, Ky. November Il and is. 1863
, NTH meeting Cincinnati, o., April and Z
1871; sixth meeting, Madison Wis, July
october Is and 16 1873 eighth meeting
7 Springfield, Ill., October IA and 10. 1874
ninth meeting, Des Moipes, Ia, septembe
4 D. G., October is and 1s, 1876; eleventh
Injecting st; Paul, Mimi, September 8 am
October 30 and 81, 1873; thirteenth meeting
Chicago, ILL.,, November IL and 1S, 1879
1 ana T, 1881 fifteenth Meeting St louis
! Mo-, May 10 and IL, 1882; sixteenth meet
ing, Cleveland, o., October IL and is, 1888
seventeenth meeting, Lake Minnetonka
/ Mimi. August 10 and IL, 1884; eighteenth
meeting, Chicago, Ill, September and L
| 1856; nineteenth meeting Rock Island, Ill
T | September IS and 16, 1886; twentieth meet
ing, Detroit, Mich, September IL and 1,
[ 1887; twenty-nrst meeting Toledo, O., SEP
: tember and g. 1883; -ty-second meet
4 ing, Cincinnati o., September 25 and 2
1889; twenty-third meeting, Chicago, Ill
, October and 8 1891; tWenty-fourth meet
ing, St. Louis Mo, November l6 and i
| 1872; twenty meeting, Chicago IL
e September II and 13. 1888; twenty-siXt
i meeting Council Bluffs Ia, October an
= 4, 1894; twenty-seventh meeting, Cincinnati
5. o., September Is and II, 1895; twenty-eight
- meeting St. Louis. No, November Is an
I 19, 1885, twenty y-ninth meeting, Milwaukee
: Wis, October q and q, 1897; thirtieth meet
4 ing, Toledo, o., October Is and q, 169l
& thlrty-hrst meeting. Chicago. ILL.,, Octobs
+ 10 and II, 1899; thirty meeting, DC
, troit. Mich. November IA and Is, 1870
y | thirty-third meeting, indianapolis, Ind, Nc
vember 13 and IA, 1901; thirty,fourth mee'