For Orator-GENERAL H. A. BARNUM. Alternate-GENERAL J. WARREN KEIFER. On motion, the report was received and adopted. GENERAL WOOD offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of the Society are due, and are hereby tendered to GENERAL JAMES A. GARFIELD, for the able and masterly analysis of the character of the late lamented President of the Society, for the truthful historical record of his great services, and for the lofty tribute to his memory and worth. GENERAL FEARING submitted the following motion: Moved, That a Committee of three wait upon the owner of the portrait of GENERAL THOMAS, and purchase the same for the Society, if deemed expedient. Motion adopted. Chair appointed GENERAL B. D. FEARING, GENERAL N. L. ANDERSON, COLONEL HUNTER BROOKE, as that committee. GENERAL J. BARNETT, Chairman of the Local Executive Committee made verbal report, which was on motion received. GENERAL ANDERSON presented the following dispatch just received by him from GENERAL HICKENLOOPER, Corresponding Secretary Society Army of the Tennessee: I regret exceedingly that it is impossible for me to be with you. Please present the following resolution, passed at our last meeting, Society Army of the Tennessee, Louisville, Ky., November 18, 1869: Resolved, That the Secretary tender our greetings to kindred Societies of other Armies, and invite the attendance of their members at our meetings. W. T. SHERMAN, President. L. M. DAYTON, Recording Secretary. A. HICKENLOOPER, Corresponding Secretary. GENERAL JOHN M. PALMER moved that the thanks of this Society be tendered to GENERAL BARNETT and his colleagues of the Local Executive Committee, and to the citizens of Cleveland, for their attentions and hospitality. Motion unanimously adopted. Chairman of the Committee on the Status of the Army of the Ohio then submitted the following report: The undersigned, to whom was referred the question of the status of the members of the Army of the Ohio in this organization, have examined the subject matter of said reference fully, and report: At the meeting for the organization of this Society, had at Cincinnati, February 1, 1868, before the final completion of the organization, and before the constitution and by-laws had been adopted, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the twenty-third army corps, which served with the Army of the Cumberland in the important campaign of Franklin and Nashville, while MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS was in command of the joint Army of the Cumberland and of the Ohio, is entitled to membership in this association, and our brothers in arms-the officers and soldiers of that corps-are heartily invited to take their places in this Society. At that meeting a number of the officers of the twenty-third corps joined this Society. This resolution and the action of the twenty-third corps fixed the status of the members of the Army of the Ohio, and they are members of this Society of right and not by courtesy any more than the members of any other corps. After the passage of the resolution above referred to, the Society of the Army of the Cumberland thus constituted, adopted as its badge the badge of the Army of the Cumberland adopted in 1865, and published in general orders, headquarters Army of the Cumberland, June 19, 1865; and that action of the Society was not opposed by any member of the twenty-third corps at that time, although many were present and acting with the Society. This having been the condition of things for over three years, we can not recommend any change in the badge of the Society; but to accommodate our brethren who have come to us from the several corps, we recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Resolved, That the members of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland are authorized to place the distinctive badge of the corps of the army to which they have belonged upon the pin of the Society badge. B. F. SCRIBner. It was moved to lay the matter on the table for one year. GENERAL H. M. CIST moved as an amendment to adopt the report. Amendment carried, and report adopted. The President announced the following Committees: On Monument to GENERAL THOMAS: GENERAL J. D. Cox, Ohio. GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER, New York. GENERAL C. O. LOOMIS, Michigan. GENERAL JOHN M. PALMER, Illinois. GENERAL JOHN A. MARTIN, Kansas. COLONEL WM. H. SINCLAIR, Texas. GENERAL D. S. STANLEY, Dakota Territory. Local Executive Committee for 1871: GENERAL A. S. WILLIAMS, Detroit. GENERAL J. G. PARKHURST, Detroit. LIEUTENANT H. M. DUFFIELD, Detroit. On publication of the Life and Services of GENERAL THOMAS: CHAPLAIN THOMAS T. VAN HORNE, of Piqua, O. The President appointed GENERAL JAMES BARNETT to take charge of the property of the Society, with instructions to hold the same subject to the order of the Chairman of the Local Executive Committee for 1871. GENERAL T. F. BROWN offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That the President of this Society be ex-officio Chairman of the Monument Committee. GENERAL T. F. BROWN, Chairman of the Committee on Memorials, made the following request: The Chairman of the Memorial Committee respectfully requests the members of the Society, that in the event of the death of any member of the Society coming to their knowledge, they will notify him by letter at Chicago. On motion, it was Resolved, That the thanks of this Society be and are hereby extended to the several Railroad Companies that have furnished free return tickets to members of the Society attending this meeting. The Society then adjourned to three o'clock p. M., to listen to the annual oration by GENERAL JOHN M. PALMER. After listening to the address, the Society, on motion, Resolved, That the thanks of the Society are tendered to MAJOR GENERAL JOHN M. PALMER for his able address. There being no further business, the Society adjourned to meet at the banquet at nine o'clock P. M. After which the Society adjourned to meet on the 15th day of November, A. D. 1871, in the city of Detroit, Michigan. JOHN W. STEELE, Recording Secretary. |