Resolved, That the members of this Society be requested to wear its badge on all public occasions. E. C. DAWES, W. L. BARNUM. W. H. BALDWIN, General Chetlain moved that the report of the committee be received and adopted; the President, on a request being made. put the motion for adoption on the first resolution and declared it lost. General Buckland, addressing the President and Society, said: My idea about our meetings is that they are social meetings, and should be encumbered just as little as possible. That in short is my idea about it. We want to meet together for social intercourse, and we do not want to come to be crowded with uniforms or trappings, or anything of the kind. Make it so that anybody can come, otherwise we will only have a few. I wish to see every officer of the Army of the Tennessee, no matter what his condition is as to finances, come here free in his ordinary clothes, if he cannot come any other way. On motion of General Leggett: Resolved, That the report be laid on the table. The President requested the Secretary to read the following telegram from the local committee of the Society of the Army of Cumberland: COLONEL L. M. DAYTON, CINCINNATI, OHIO, October 16, 1883. Secretary Army of the Tennessee: The Society of the Army of the Tennessee is cordially invited to attend the reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, in Cincinnati next week. For the local executive committee. ROBERT HUNTER, Secretary. every member of The President said this is an invitation for our Society. I am unable to attend. I wish I could. I beg of all that are in reach and can do so, that you will avail yourselves of the invitation so generously extended. The meeting is just one week from to-day, in Cincinnati. I take it for granted that we accept the invitation as a Society. On motion of General Warner: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Society be instructed to return the thanks of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, to the committee of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, for their kind invitation. NOTE. In accordance with the above resolution, the following note was addressed, viz: MAJOR ROBERT HUNTER, Secretary, etc.: CLEVELAND, OHIO, October 17, 1883 DEAR SIR:-The invitation of your committee to the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, now enjoying its sixteenth reunion, was thoroughly appreciated, and I am directed by the Society to express to your committee its kindest thanks for your courtesy, and its hope that you will have at your reunion as good a time as you so well deserve. Very respectfully, etc., L. M. DAYTON, Secretary. On motion of Surgeon Beach: our Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to return thanks to General Rosecrans, and express our regrets that he was unable to attend this meeting. NOTE.-A copy of the resolution was sent to General Rosecrans. General Leggett made the following announcement: On behalf of our local committee, I will announce the programme outside of our meetings as far as I can do so. I will say that we have been more than seconded by the comrades of other armies. We found, when we came to organize, that the city of Cleveland was very sparsely represented in the Army of the Tennessee. We have but five members in the city, but it seemed to make no difference. Our comrades from the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Potomac, all showed that interest in the Army of the Tennessee as though it was their own army. We regret that the streets of our city are in so bad a condition as they are at the present time. Our best streets are torn up and being repaved, and sewers being put in, and so forth, which makes it impossible to drive as we would like. Our Euclid Avenue is appropriated by repairers, and it is not possible to drive upon it. We know that it would be the wish of many to visit Lakeview Cemetery, where the remains of our beloved President Garfield, still in a vault awaiting bnrial, when the monument committee is ready to do so, and it is understood that many would desire to visit that vault. As I said, it is impossible to drive from here there with any kind of comfort whatever, so provision has been made with the Nickel Plate Road, the depot of which is right close to the entrance to the cemetery. There will be six street cars at the Weddell House at two-thirty P. M., and will leave promptly at that time, and will take any out to the depot from which the train will start at that time. Carriages will also be in waiting for those that cannot occupy the street cars. The depot is on Broadway, and the cars will start at three o'clock prompt. The road has kindly volunteered the use of their cars, and will do their best to get us there promptly and comfortably, and without charge. They must start promptly; the running of their other trains necessitates it. They will remain at the depot adjoining the cemetery one hour and fifteen minutes, and will then return. All those that may wish to go will be furnished conveyance in that way. One thing further; tomorrow afternoon there are two receptions to be given to the members of the Army of the Tennessee and their friends who are with them, and their friends in the city. One is at the home of Colonel Harris on Euclid Avenue, and the other will be at my residence on Prospect street. The reception will be from two in the afternoon until five, and all are invited. So far as dress is concerned it is "go-as-you-please." We understand that many come here without their swallow-tail coats and we do not wish to keep them from the reception. The committee on entertainment will have carriages at the Kennard House to convey members to the receptions tomorrow afternoon, and if any desire to use them, they will leave their names with the number of persons in their company that wish to go, so that they may be provided. If stopping at any of the other hotels, carriages will also be provided. The President announced that next in order was current business, and read a communication as follows: OREGON, Ogle County, ILL., December 1, 1882 GENERAL A. HICKENLOOper, DEAR SIR: I have just received the last report of the proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. It was directed to Captain J. E. Hitt, Mt. Morris, from which I infer that you did not receive the notice sent you at the time of his death. I enclose another. In the amendments to your constitution I find a provision for the descent of membership to the eldest son. Our boy is now in his sixteenth year, and bids fair to prove worthy of his name, and is trying to fill, as nearly as possible, his father's place in our home. I would like him to feel that he holds the same place in regard to our country; to this end I would like him to be made a member of the Army of the Tennessee. Will you please send me a statement of my husband's account, and any other matter in which I can aid you, and oblige, Yours truly. SARAH A. HITT. On conclusion of reading the letter, a motion was put by the President, and Captain Hitt's son was declared elected a member of the Society under the rule of the constitution. General Belknap called the attention of the Corresponding Secretary to his list of members, of whose address he was uninformed, giving several addresses, and also stated that Colonel Henry W. Janes is dead. Other members also gave information regarding the address of several of the members. General Belknap, General Strong and General Noyes, as chairman of committees, requested their committees to meet, at once following adjournment of the meeting, at the Kennard House reading room. The President announced the meeting at Euclid Avenue Opera House to-night and the banquet tomorrow night. At the request of Captain Barber of the local committee, the Secretary stated that there would be a gentleman at the Kennard House, soon as the meeting should adjourn, to furnish the members with the banquet tickets. The President asked if there was any further business; there being none, he declared an adjournment until ten A. M. tomorrow, to cover the meeting this evening. OPERA HOUSE, October 17, 1883. Pursuant to arrangement, the members of the Society had assembled at the opera house, and under the direction of the local committee the exercises of the evening were begun by sounding reveille with bugles. Upon the stage were General Sherman, the officers of the Society, Governor Foster, Major Farley, Generals Leggett, Poe, Noyes, Logan, Fairchild, Strong, Fuller, Fletcher, Sanborn, Fallows, Major Neil and Captain Mitchell. Miss Dora Henninges sang the "Star Spangled Banner" and receiving a full measure of applause, sang also "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground." General Sherman rose to call the meeting to order and was received with rounds of applause. He called upon Rev. Captain John Mitchell who offered prayer: O Thou truthful God, we come humbly before Thee this night, for Thou art our Father, our Creator, and we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee for all the blessings of life that we enjoy, and we would not come before Thee to-night without confessing our manifold sins, and we thank Thee that although we have sinned against Thee, that Thou hast provided for us a Redeemer in the precious blood of Thy dear Son that we may have a remission of our sins. We thank Thee for the blessings we enjoy in this great country. We thank Thee in the hours of danger, when our liberties were threatened, that Thou didst put it into the hearts of patriotic men to come to the rescue, and we bless Thee our Father that Thou hast crowned their efforts with success, and we would to-night ask for Thy blessings to rest upon us as we gather together in this annual reunion. We thank Thee for this great privilege of renewing these acquaintances made on the field of battle. We thank Thee that these men who stood in the dreadful carnage of battle for the liberties of this country are permitted to meet again. Many of them carry the marks and scars of battle. We pray that Thou wouldst lengthen out the lives of these men that they may enjoy the blessings for which they suffered; and |