amount of money could be raised. But the comrade who thinks that the order was not properly promulgated is not familiar probably with the action of his own post.

If the members would make it a practice to attend all of their post meetings at their homes, you would find a greater interest could be aroused in the Grand Army on this subject. I believe that the Grand Army this year can raise half of that money.

MAJOR MCGINNISS:

What do you think about the five or ten cent subscriptions?

CAPTAIN DOWLING:

I don't think that that would make any difference. I think, no doubt, that an amount would be raised in Ohio that would be equal to the five cent subscription from every member of the Association, in that way, because comrades who are not in the habit of attending posts would subscribe.

LIEUTENANT COCHRAN :

I concur heartily, in particular, to what CAPTAIN DOWLING says. The trouble is, when these suggestions come from the Commander-inChief and Department Commanders, there are only a few members of the posts present, and it is forgotten and laid aside. I have no doubt that every soldier in the United States would be willing to give five cents, if the opportunity and the notice came together, but it is laid aside and forgotten. I do not at all agree to the suggestion that it is not practicable for the Secretary of this Society to call upon each commander.

CAPTAIN DOWLING:

If this matter had been taken in hand in the first place by committees, as suggested, we would have had the money.

GENERAL FULLERTON:

The Grand Army has been trying to raise a subscription to the LOGAN Monument without success.

LIEUTENANT COHN:

Mr. President and Comrades-A few moments ago you settled upon a list of names as Vice-Presidents of our Society. I am satisfied that most of those Comrades are well known to the soldiers in the states in which they live. I would suggest that our Secretary be requested to write a circular letter to the different Vice-Presidents of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, empowering them, by vote of the Society, to urge the collection of and to receive subscriptions for the SHERIDAN Monument, whether from the army posts or individuals, and that they use their best efforts during the coming year to make these subscriptions as large as possible, and to report the results of their work at our next meeting at Columbus, Ohio; and I offer that as a resolution.

COLONEL ROPER:

I move its adoption.

COLONEL CHANDLER:

I am satisfied, if we ever raise the money for the statue to GENERAL SHERIDAN, it must be raised from the individual influence of this Association. I believe we must all take a personal interest in it, and I move to amend the resolution by adding that every member of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland be requested to use their influence, as well as the Vice-Presidents, and I also would suggest that every member of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland now pledge themselves individually to raise in their community, either through the Grand Army of the Republic, or through their own efforts, at least twenty dollars for this purpose, and report it at the next meeting.

GENERAL MORGAN:

It is all very well to divide this responsibility and go about with a subscription paper. I would rather, as an individual, put my hand in my pocket and pay every dollar I could possibly get by going around with this subscription paper. I don't think you will ever raise it in that way. There is only one way that is the correct one.

I don't know what the constituted authorities of these various posts are, and I would like to ask of those who do know whether they have authority to levy assessments for purposes of this kind?

GENERAL FULLERTON:

No, sir.

GENERAL MORGAN:

That settles that question; and it seems to me that among 400,000 soldiers, a large proportion of whom served with this general that we are talking about, it seems to me that every man would be willing to pay his five cents without being very strongly urged. If they were all out here in some square of this town, and that general, living, amongst them, every one of those 400,000 men would want to take him by the hand, and that handshake would be worth fifty cents to him.

LIEUTENANT COIN:

I have no objections to the amendment made by COMRADE CHANDLER, and while I would like to see every member of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland use his best efforts to secure as much as possible of this $30,000 fund, I think the Society ought to adopt steps to ask the Vice-Presidents of the association to be responsible for the amounts so received in the different states.

If the comrades of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland wish to co-operate with the Vice-Presidents, all well and good; it will be

heartily accepted. But I think if you authorize the Vice-Presidents of the different states to use their names, and give them receipts for the amount received, and report at the next meeting, it will be the proper way to do it.

THE PRESIDENT :

Gentlemen-The question will be, as amended by COLONEL CHAN

DLER:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Society address a special letter to each Vice-President of the Society, authorizing him to receive subscriptions and give receipts for same, and make his report at the next meeting; the amendment asking every member of the Society to use active exertions for the purpose of raising the subscriptions. But there was a motion to receive the report and continue the Committee.

COLONEL LEVERING:

I would like a word there before that motion is put, because I think there is an error or misapprehension as to the contribution, if you would so term it, by this Society.

THE PRESIDENT:

That will have to be brought up in its order. All in favor of adopting the report and continuing the Committee, will say "Aye."

The motion was carried.

GENERAL FULLERTON:

As the Committee is continued, I will say as chairman of that Committee, that I will do every thing in my power to collect subscriptions. I have prepared a large number of lists for Grand Army subscriptions, which I will send to all the posts. I have also prepared a

large number of books containing promissory notes.

Now there are a

great many people who don't like to put their names down on subscription papers, or turn money over to men appointed all over the country. They say: "We don't know when this money will go into the treasury," or something of that kind-people who are naturally suspicious. I have prepared notes which every man who wants to give five or ten dollars can sign. The notes are payable to the order of GENERAL R. A. ALGER, treasurer of the Committee, six, twelve, and eighteen months after date, and these notes go right into the hands of the treasurer. I shall deliver any of these books to any members of other organizations who may be appointed to make collections. I have prepared lists of all the staff officers who served on the staff in the Army of the Cumberland. I propose to send notices to each one of these gentlemen, requesting him to give what he can. Now this thing I want to take up in earnest, and push it far as it can be pushed this year. We have got to do it, and do it right now. GENERAL ALGER, the treasurer of the Committee, suggested two years. ago that we have an appropriation of $40,000 made by Congress. GENERAL BARNETT and myself went to Washington and draughted the bill, and had the bill put through, and the appropriation was made winter before last, an appropriation of $40,000 for the pedestal.

GENERAL ALGER proposed that the pedestal ought not to cost much more than half of that, and proposed some legislation in Congress to permit a part of this fund to be appropriated for the statue. For myself, I am not in favor of that. I don't want Congress to put up that statue. I want that to be put up by the exertions and influence of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, and their name attached to it. I hope the members of the Society will take some interest in this, and when I correspond with them about it and send them these notices, to give what they can. Of course I don't want any body to give more than they can afford.

One matter more, and I now speak as Treasurer of the Society Army of the Cumberland. I have turned over to GENERAL ALGER $775, being the amount of dues received from members of this Society from the time of the Chattanooga meeting to the date of this meeting,