REPORT OF TREASURER. J. S. FULLERTON, Treasurer, In account with THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. Dr. 1869. Dec. 15. To balance in the Treasury, this date, as reported at the Indianapolis meeting of the Society.. $2,667 05 Dec. 16. To Society dues for the year 1868–9, paid by eleven members of the Society at the Indi- 55 00 Dec. 16. To Society dues paid for the years 1869–70 by one hundred and four members at the Indi- 520 00 Dec. 16. To Society initiation fees paid by one hundred and twenty-five new members at the Indian- 625 00 1870. July 2. To six months' interest on three U.S. 5-20 bonds of ’67, $90 coin, sold for currency... 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 $1,102 50 Nov. 20. To Society dues for the year 1868–9, paid by eighteen members at different periods since 90 00 Nov. 20. To Society dues for the year 1869-70, paid by one hundred and thirty-seven members at 685 00 $5,845 84 Cr. 1869. charges paid by him for Society, as per $10 00 Dec. 16. By counterfeit bill taken at Indianapolis meet ing (see bill) ........ 5 00 Dec. 21. By express charges paid on box of Army Society books sent to Indianapolis, as per voucher 3 50 Dec. 21. Postage stamps for correspondence with mem bers 3 00 1870. purchased as directed by Society, bought at 3,367 50 Jan. 24. By telegram to Col. Hunter Brooke in relation to “certificate of membership,” as per voucher 50 Jan. 26. By amount paid bill of Strobridge & Co. for making designs of certificate of membership, $100 00 March 1. By bill of Linson & Blythe for printing circu lars for members in relation to Society dues, 13 50 March 3. By postage stamps for circulars....... 21 00 600 March 5. By postage stamps for circulars.. of Society Army book.......... 36 May 3. By amount of bill of James Ferguson for mak ing list of members of Society, and arranging 25 00 July 16. By amount paid James Ferguson for making copy of roster for publishers of Society book, 10 00 July 19. By postage paid on manuscript sent to Publish ing Committee of Society book.............. 30 Sept. 22. By bill of Robert Clarke & Co. for publishing Society book, as per voucher No. 9 and Ex... 1,351 35 Oct. 3. By bill of Fry & McHenry for printing circu lars for members in regard to Society dues, 4 00 Oct. 3. By bill of Linson & Blythe, for envelopes, as per voucher No. 11.......... 3 50 Oct. 3. By postage stamps purchased for circulars...... 13 50 Oct. 21. By postage stamps for correspondence with members, and for sending invitations for 4 50 Oct. 29. By express charges paid on box of Society flags, as per voucher 12 ......... $1 25 Nov. 19. By bill of James P. Wilton for transferring names of members from old to new roster 10 00 Nov. 24. By balance cash in hand........ 878 58 -$5,845 84 1870. Balance in Treasury. Nov. 24. Cash.......... Two U.S. 5-20 bonds of '67, each for $1,000. 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 purposeto 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 |