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suppose he meant after that the sweethearts. There will be to-night an address by our beloved old Commander, GENERAL ROSECRANS, and that will be followed by the Annual Oration by GENERAL GATES P. THRUSTON, and I will enjoin the reporters to locate him properly : "THRUSTON, from away around the world, and Nashville particularly."

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One of his neighbors is speaking for him. Now, as I was saying, the programme to-night will be interspersed with vocal and instrumental music. We hope that every person will enjoy the exercises to-morrow night, and our only regret is that the capacity of the Boody House dining-room is such that the tickets are necessarily limited.

CAPTAIN DOWLING:

Immediately after the meeting to-night the Committee have arranged for a Symposium at the Boody House.

LIEUTENANT RHUM:

That Symposium was inaugurated at Toledo ten years ago, and I was afraid, from the fact that there was no announcement of it, that it would be omitted. I consider that one of the most delightful parts of the Reunion of the Society. I understand that MAJOR ROPER is going to sing to-night at the Symposium.

COLONEL LEVERING:

Do I understand that the ladies will be at the Symposium?

LIEUTENANT COCHRAN :

I am not prepared to announce that; I believe that it was once defined that symposium meant an intermingling of choice spirits; it was not said whether fluid or otherwise, and I believe that it was GENERAL SHERIDAN that said that they would all know the next morning what it was, if they knew any thing.

GENERAL MORGAN :

In reading this programme, prepared by the Executive Committee, there seems to be great stress here made upon the wives and daughters in this entertainment; I don't hear any thing about the sons of the members.

LIEUTENANT COCHRAN :

The general is always prepared with a stopper; I don't know what to say to that.

SEVERAL VOICES:

"Let them come."

LIEUTENANT COCHRAN :

Let the members bring their boys, the members of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland.

The persons who purchased railroad tickets under the terms of the circular sent out by the committee will please report to GENERAL CIST, and have them signed and get their return tickets at the Boody House at the Union Ticket Office.

COLONEL WICKERSHAM :

In reference to the invitations from the authorities of the Public Library, the University, the Manual Training School, and the Yacht Club, speaking for myself and others, may I move that the Secretary be instructed to convey to the respective authorities extending to us those invitations the thanks of the Society, and with the further expression that either as a Society or as individual members or groups, visits will be made to these institutions if practicable. Personally, I am very anxious to visit each one of them.

The motion was carried.

GENERAL FULLERTON:

I would like to announce to the members that immediately after the adjournment the Treasurer will be found with his book on this platform to receive dues, and also receive the moneys of new members.

GENERAL CIST:

I have one or two matters here I would like to present to the Society. I have three applications for our bound Volume of Reports. The first application comes from MAJOR COLBURN, in behalf of the Chattanooga Library Association, for Volume 20 only. The second application comes from CAPTAIN J. L. KILGORE, Secretary of the Union Prisoners' Memorial Association, which has been organized this last year in New York for the purpose of building a Memorial Hall in Washington City in memory of the Union prisoners who died in Andersonville and other prisons in the South. They are forming a library for this organization, to be placed in that Memorial Hall, and they have made application for the complete set of the Reports. I have also an application from Encampment No. 1 Union Veteran Le

gion of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, indorsed by COLONEL A. G. HATRY, and these three applications I now submit to the Society for their action.

THE PRESIDENT:

This last one wants a full set?

GENERAL CIST:

A full set. There are two applications for a full set each, and one application for Volume 20 from the Chattanooga Library Association.

MAJOR COLBURN:

I move that the Secretary of the Society be authorized to furnish the volumes as requested.

The motion was carried.

GENERAL CIST:

Mr. Chairman, here is a matter that may be of very great interest to some members of the Society. MAJOR GEORGE B. DAVIS, the officer in charge of the publication of the Records of the Rebellion, sent me this letter:

"WAR DEPARTMENT, WAR RECORDS OFFICE, WASHINGTON, May 1, 1890.

My Dear Sir: I beg to inclose a letter written by Mr. W. R. BAULLS, of Shelbyville, Tenn., in relation to a sword picked up by him on one of the battle fields of the Army of the Cumberland.

The letter sufficiently explains itself, and it seemed to me that the writer would be best put in the way of ascertaining something as to the owner of the sword by communicating with the Society of the

Army of the Cumberland.

I have caused a somewhat condensed account of the letter to be published in the National Tribune, a paper printed in the interest of the soldiers of the war, and having a circulation of one hundred thousand copies; and I remain,

Faithfully yours,

GENERAL HENRY M. CIST,

GEO. B. DAVIS,

Major U. S. A.

Secretary Army of the Cumberland, Cincinnati, Ohio."

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CHIEF OF WAR RECORDS, Washington, D. C.

Sir: I have by accident found a relic of the late war, which, if its history were fully known, I believe would be one of unusual interest. This relic is an officer's cavalry saber, which still bears every evidence of having been an unusually handsome blade. The guard is heavily plated with gold and the handle is of solid silver, engraved with the American eagle and shield on one side, and on the reverse side is cannon, drum, and flags, while the blade itself is of the finest steel, with the most exquisite and elaborate chasings of oak leaves and acorns, which here and there is interrupted to give place to figures, one of which is an Indian poising a tomahawk, an eagle with a penant in its bill, on which is engraved E Pluribus Unum.

There is nothing on it to identify its origin or owner further than the trade-mark of N. P. Ames Cutlery, Springfield.' It bears no evidence of having been designed for use in either the Union or Confederate forces, while the chasing and general appearance of the saber point is to the conclusion that it was intended for service in earlier troubles.

The information that I can get here is about as follows: The troops that made the charge on BRAGG's army were a detachment from ROSECRANS' forces under GENERAL GRANGER, whose forces advanced on WHEELER, who was covering the retreat at Shelbyville. The charge was made upon Shelbyville by GRANGER'S men in three

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