Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-12
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND COMES
Prelate from St. Paul Greets His
Former Comrades.
MAKES ADDRESS AT BANQUET
Discusses American Democracy" at
Big Dinner.
NEXT MEETING PLACE
choice for FOrty-secOnd Reunion
rails Upon This City In Illinois
General Grant ON Tributes
TO Father.

The forty-first annual reunion Of the
| Society of the Army of the Tennessee and
the observance Of the fiftieth anniversary
OF the formation of the army itself closed
| last night with a brilliant banquet In the
ball room of the Grand hotel, at which
nearly 500 covers were laid. 1t ended with
| every member of the society and the
other veteran organizations expressing
| the sentiment that II had been In every
respect one of the most notable and pleas
ant in the history Of the society. At the
banquet Archbishop John ireland OF St
Paul made the leading address on Amer
lean Democracy"
The last of the little official business
to be transacted was the selection of
Peoria, ILL.,. as the place for holding the
next reunion, and the reelection of the
venerable General GrenVille NJ, Dodge as
president, together with the entire pres
eut executive staff This, however is in
accord with the constitution, which di-
reCts that each OF these officers shall be
annually reelected as long as he lives.
The final business meeting was held at
the auditorium of the Elks club at 10
o'clock yesterday morning. The commit
tees appointed the previous day 70 name
officers and vice presidents and to select
the place for the next meeting reported
There we're numerous invitations from
cities, but the preference, so strongly ex-
pressed in favor of Peoria, led by Cen
eral John c. Black and a number of fell
low members who served with Illinois
regiments. swept away consideration of
all other cities.
The date for the meeting was left en-
tirely to the executive officers, but 1t
will he some time in October. resolu-
ton was passed inviting the Illinois com
mandary OF the Loyal Legion to partici-
pate in the reunion. The constitution re
auires not less than twelve vice presi-
dents and says one of them shall be a
woman. who must be wife or daughter
OF member. This time the committee
recommended the election of twenty and
naed two women and the report was
unanimously adopted.
Officers Elected.
ThrA officers and vice presidents are:
General Grenville NJ. Dodge, Council
Bluffs. president.
Colonel Cornelius N. Cadle, Cincinnati
recording secretary.
Major w. H. Chamberlain. Roxabelle,
O.. corresponding secretary.
Smith Hickenlooper. Cincinnati. treas
urer
Vice residents-CaptaIn r. NJ. Camp
bell Peoria Captain John ireland, st.
Paul; Captain r, Fl. Magdenberg, Mil
waukee Colonel Charles NJ Mahon
North Dakota; Captain Alexander
Haynes, California; Captain Lyman
Banks, washington; Colonel Edward
Jones. Louisiana; Major Samuel r. Ad-
ans. South Carolina; Major George H.
Richmond. Council Bluffs; Captain
George Ady, Colorado Major A NJ. Van
Dyke, Florida; Captain n T. Spoor, Ne
braska; Captain John B. Cotton. Mis-
souri,; Captain woodson Marshall. In
diana: Captain l.. NJ Chamberlain, Michi
gam Major r. W. ThraIl. Ohio; Captain
Charles E. Putnam, Iowa; Captain ]. G.
Everest, Illinois; Major R. W. Nc
Cloughry. Kansas; Mrs. Frederick d.
Grant, New York, Mrs. J, L. Bennett
Chicago
The women Woe president we're chosen:
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant Of New York
and Mrs. J. L. Bennett wife OF Captain
Bennett of Chicago.
Captain Smith of Jacksonville, Ill,
asked the society 10 adopt a resolu-
ton recommending TO congress a pension
for the widow of General Grierson. who
became his wife after the change in the
pension laws of 1890 IT was stated that
she was living at Jacksonville In straight
ened financial circumstances. The re-
quest was granted.
A resolution proposed by General Res
sieur, commander OF the Grand Army,
thanking the people Of Council Bluffs
and the local veteran and other organi-
cations for the splendid entertainment af-
forded, was approved. Colonel Cadle
who was TO deliver an address on Boyn-
toms book, "shsrman's Historical Raid, {"
stated that he could not do so because
the material required had been delayed
in reaching him and that the paper
would be Incorporated in the regular re-
port OF the meeting.
Archbishop Arrives.
Archbishop Ireland arrived on one OF
the forenoon trains and was central
figure at the Joint reunion, greeting his
old comrades most heartily General
Black delivered the principal address. elo-
quently. necessarily in many parts for
General Black can't talk to old soldiers
or about them without becoming elo-
quent, because, as head OF the pension
department and a soldier throughout
the war. he knows more about them than
most men. but interesting and often
thrilling where he recounted personal in
cidents with which his comrades we're
familiar. He told OF the fearful havoc
made by his own regiment the Thirty
seventh Illinois, which was stationed be-
side the Fourth Iowa AZ the hattie OF
Pea Ridge, when they repulsed the con-
federate attack by using the Spencer re-
pesting rifle for the first time. They
became fearful instruments OF death at
close range.
General Grant Talks.
General Fred ID. Grant expressed his
thanks and keen appreciation OF the fine
tributes that had been paid 10 the mem
DRY OF his father, who had often said
that he was successful because he had
such splendid troops
81 ofteu wonder my COMRADES 10 90,