The National tribune., 1908-06-25

the motive OF the act, and after the
exchange of salutations all ronnd. he
took Reynolds by the arm, and, leading
him aside, told him how surprising, ira
perative, and unwelcome Were the or
ders he had received: how much he
would have preferred the choice to
have fallen on Reynolds; how anxious
he had been to see Reynolds and tell
him these things. and how helpless he
should hold himself to be did he not
feel that Reynolds would give him the
earnest support that he would have
given to Reynolds in like situation.
Reynolds answered that. in his opiR-
ion. the command had fallen where 1t
belonged, and that he was glad that
such a weight of responsibility had not
come upon him. and that Meade might
count upon the best support he could
give him. Meade then communicated
to Reynolds all that ne had learned
from Hooker and Butterfield concern
ing the movements and positions of the
two armies. and hastily concerted with
him a plan of cooperation which re-
suited in the fighting of the battle of
Gettysburg upon ground selected Dy
Reynolds. ts,i.
During the afternoon the consulta-
tons were ended and. with the aid OF
the representative of the War Depart
ment. the two Generals drew up the or
Giers that were to announce formally
the change of command. In the evening.
standing in front of the Commanding
Generals tent, Gen. Hooker took leave
of the officers, soldiers, and civilians at
taehed tS headquarters. and, and
many a God bless you, General got
into the .spring wagon that was to con-
vey himsand Gen. Hardie to the rail-
road station, the former en- route to
Baltimore, the latter to Washington.
When all was ready for the start, the
throng about the vehicle respectfully
drew back as Meade approached with
uncovered head; the two men took each
other by the hand, some words passed
between them in n low tone the wag-
on moved off, and Meade walked ST
lently into the tent just vacated by his
predecessor"
Hooiser's Farewell Order.
Gen. Hoolser's farewell order was
model of soldieTly and patriotic direct
ness. 1t cost him not a little pang to
leave an. army with which he had been
so long and in the main gloriously as
ISOLATED. He said:
Headquarters Army of the Potomac.
Frederick. Md. June 2S. 1863.
I'm conformity with the orders of
the War Department, dated June %.
1863. l relinquish the command of the
Army of the Potomac. 1t is trans
ferred to Maj.-Gen. George G. Meade.
brave and accomplished officer, who
has nobly earned the confidence of
the army on many a weli-fought field
Impressed with the belief that my. USE
fulness as the Commander of the Army
of the Potomac is impaired. 1 part
from it, yet not without the deepest
emotions. The sorrow of parting with
the comrades of so many battles is re-
lieyed by the conviction that the cour-
age and devotion of this army will
never cease nor fail; that it will yield
to my successor. as it has to me. will
ing and hearty support With the earn
est prayer that the triumph of this
army may bring successes worthy of it
and the Nation / bid it FAREWELL -
Joseph Hooker, Major-General"
Biddingsa hurried but cordial fare
well to the men around him, who were
deeply attached to him, Gen. Hooker
left at once for Baltimore, where he
had been instructed to wait for further
orders. He remained there three days,
but receiving no orders went TO WASH
ington, where Halleck displayed his
quite unworthy malice by having him
arrested for visiting the Capital with
out leave, in violation of the orders to
that effect.
(To be continued.)