Dec. 15. To balance in the Treasury, this date, as reported Dec. 16. To Society dues paid for the years 1869-70 by 55 00 520 00 Dec. 16. To Society initiation fees paid by one hundred and twenty-five new members at the Indianapolis meeting, being five dollars each...... 625 00 1870. July 2. To six months' interest on three U. S. 5-20 bonds 101 05 Aug. 26. To repayment of postage paid in Society book sent to Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield......... 24 Sept. 21. To proceeds of sale of one U. S. 5-20 bond of '67 sold to raise funds to pay for Society book published by Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati, O., sold at 110 currency.. Nov. 20. To Society dues for the year 1868–9, paid by eighteen members at different periods since the Indianapolis meeting. (For names of said members and dates of payment, see Exhibit A filed)....... Nov. 20. To Society dues for the year 1869-70, paid by one hundred and thirty-seven members at different periods since the Indianapolis meeting. (For names of said members and dates of payment, see Exhibit B filed)...................... $1,102 50 90 00 1869. Cr. Dec. 15. By account of Col. Lyman Bridges for express charges paid by him for Society, as per Dec. 16. By counterfeit bill taken at Indianapolis meeting (see bill).... Dec. 21. By express charges paid on box of Army Society books sent to Indianapolis, as per voucher 685 00 -$5,845 84 $10 00 500 Jan. 4. By amount paid for three U. S. 5-20 bonds of '67 purchased as directed by Society, bought at Jan. 1124 currency. 6. By stationery bill of Linson & Blythe, for print- 3,367 50 9 00 Jan. 6. By postage stamps for circulars for members... 4 50 Jan. 24. By telegram to Col. Hunter Brooke in relation to "certificate of membership," as per voucher No. 4............ Jan. 26. By amount paid bill of Strobridge & Co. for making designs of certificate of membership, as per voucher No. 5.......... March 1. By bill of Linson & Blythe for printing circulars for members in relation to Society dues, and envelopes, as per voucher 6........... ..... 21 00 6 00 By postage paid on manuscript sent publishers May 3. By amount of bill of James Ferguson for mak- the same alphabetically for Society roster, July 16. By amount paid James Ferguson for making as per voucher No. 8......... July 19. By postage paid on manuscript sent to Publishing Committee of Society book................................. Sept. 22. By bill of Robert Clarke & Co. for publishing Oct. 3. By bill of Fry & McHenry for printing circu- 4 00 Oct. 3. By bill of Linson & Blythe, for envelopes, as 3 50 Oct. Oct. 3. By postage stamps purchased for circulars...... 21. By postage stamps for correspondence with 13 50 4 50 Oct. 29. By express charges paid on box of Society flags, as per voucher 12......... Nov. 19. By bill of James P. Wilton for transferring names of members from old to new roster (986 names, with rank and address), as per voucher No. 13........... Nov. 24. By balance cash in hand........... $1 25 10 00 878 58 ORATION DELIVERED BY GENERAL JOHN M. PALMER. MR. VICE PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND: When I accepted the invitation that was so kindly extended to me to address you at this reunion, I knew but little of the difficulty or the delicacy of the task I then undertook. I recognized the act of your Society as an invitation to meet comrades and brethren in patriotic duty, with whom I had shared in marches and battles, in reverses and in victories, and I realized that it implied an expectation that I would contribute something to the interest of the occasion; but I did not reflect then that the mere choice of the subject of an address, proper to an occasion like this, would be both difficult and embarrassing. The great Army of the Republic, organized to defend liberty and unity against the efforts of our dissatisfied countrymen, who sought to overthrow them, was essentially but one. It came from all parts of the Republic, from the Valley of the Mississippi, and from the slopes that look toward the rising and the setting sun; from the borders of the lakes of the North; and the States of the Gulf contributed something to the mighty host. All were animated by a common purpose― to save the Republic, or perish in the struggle. All of these millions, who clothed themselves in the uniform of the nation, and enrolled themselves under its flag, alike offered homes and loved ones, property and life-all, indeed, but liberty and |