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The Omaha Bee UNDAY - PART IIVE ' AUTOMOBILES PAGES 05E TO TIN pajrt rrvE AUTOMOBILES TAGE3 ONE TO TEN VOL. XLI-XO. 15. OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1911. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Leaders of the Army of the Tennessee at Council Bluffs 4v X'!,' ? . t w P v ' A. Mr M menta tnat liave Jsecome moaumentB .xui auu ouuerms 01 inuiuies or iuoeo oingerB AriMt,-Mm.ir..rlli Ha" rvw - may-bcreatter be stricken down by death shall Nr4r'6Tficef brth: Bpclety recefres a salary. Each "plys'-iill- oi-faviefsoilal and office expense--Tb 1 66clety.-Has lavesied $7,000 In 4 per cent and $5,000 In 3 per cent United States bonds. The In come from thi& meets the expenses of each reunion, for vetch ie annually tet- apart,' but enVy'at In the minds of men. who ' helped: to. . accomplish tfiemT-' battles wlji,' b.e xe-., called and their.' thrilling stories' Ve- told by those who were in the jthtck flght; and pleasant reminiscences of' et ot the camp and march will be exchanged by those who nrtnm In thA traendv.rfrajlia .that was en- acted on the world stage In 1861. to .1865; iwnen--ruI partly41se4..;:The cost of membership Is $10 th Society of the Army, of the Tennessee meets In Council Bluffs October-10 to 11 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary ' of the organization of the army. Thl6 most Important meeting of the society will be held" here as a special expression of the knre and esteem felt by every member for its hon-" ored president, General Grenvilie M. Dodge" who" In spending the sunset period- of a long and-, hon ored life at the home he founded when he closed Jxia brilliant military career in th& prime of his life : and tnrned to achieve new honors in peaceful pur suit, not the least of which was the building of tha Union Pacific railroad. The Army of the Tennessee was the army of Grant, Sherman, Logan, McPnerson, and ': others whose names are inseparable in the association of historic events that have marked the world's progress. . It was" the army , that -Lincoln loved and . in which he realized his unfaltering hope of saving the nation. No history of it could be. written! that did not include the htstftry of the principal events of the war, Its history, only partially written, is spread upon the broad pages of forty-two large vol umes issned by the War department, which would require months to peruse. This little sketch can thus oily deal with some of the events connected with the. formation of tbe society itself and its purposes. Only a few hours after the famous conference under the apple tree at Appomattox when Grant revealed the keynote of his character in, the phrase that then brought only harsh criticism from all save the great Lincoln and those who knew and loved him most, "Let them take their horses; they will need them in tilling their tanns," the Society, ot the Army of the Tennessee was born. The event occurred on the grounds and in the state house at 1 Raleifb. N. C, on April 14, 1865. Lee's surrender marked the close of the war and Sherman's ever ' victorious army had passed its last stage and won ! its' last victory in its famous march to the sea. A i meeting of the officers was called by General Prank J P. Blair to discuss the plan of organizing a society. to be composed wholly ot the commissioned offl i cers. This first meeting was held in the court house and the plan partially matured. The second ' meeting was held at the same place on April 25. ' when a permanent organization was effected with i General John A. Rawlins president; General An , drew Hlckenlooper, corresponding secretary; Col onel L M. Dayton, recording secretary and Gen eral M. P. Force, treasurer. A constitution butKno ' by-laws was drafted and after many revisions ap proved. It was so wisely wrought that few changes or amendments have since been required. Article I declares: The object of the Society shall be to keep alive : and preserve that kindly and cordial feeling which ! has been one of the characteristics of this Army during Its career in the service, and which has ' i given it such harmony of action, and contributed, ; In no small degree, to its glorious achievements in ! our country's cause. The fame and glory of all the officers belonging to this Army, who have fallen on the field of bat , tie, or in their line of duty, shall be a sacred trust to this Society, which shall cause proper memorials , of their services to be collected and preserved, and thus transmit their names with honor to posterity. The families of all such officers who shall be In Indigent circumstances wl have a claim on. the generosity of tbe Society, and will be relieved, by he voluntary contributions of its members when-- tp - . U f Ox2 -V? ; iiihl si II i 8 1 IB? . H . 3 II I II I .IJH 111 " . JC .. . 'V 4 M IBEDEBICK IA Af ff ' 1 'k Vi fi " , r- ,tf TTTTT.ATrn -"sa- y . . .. mj-ouxuh vy.jtucuix-. ill :;Kvf 111 J-T- . : Jpy iOSna HICHEH100EER -'- -Y1' ' j Id ... . Srt .'.f - . Jr.- ? . . I and $1 annual dues is required. The society started with a membership of over 3,500, but death as thinned its ranks now to lets than 400. The constitution provides that the presidents arid other executive officers shall be annually re elected until they are relieved by the final great -roll-call. It has so far had but three presidents. Upon the death of General Rawlins in 1S69 Gen eral Sherman was elected and continued at its head until his death in 1891. General Grenvllle M. Dodge, the ranking officer, was then elected, and at each succeeding annual meeting has been re-elected. This honor will again be lovingly ex tended to him at tbe brief business meeting on the . forenoon of October 11. Colonel Dayton died in 18&1 and Colonel Cornelius Cadle of Cincinnati was elected recording secretary, and be still retains, the office. When death called General Force in 1899 Major , General A. M. VanDyke was elected treasurer and' upon the death of General Hlcken looper in 1904 Major W. H. Chamberlain of Roxa bell, O., was chosen corresponding secretary. When Major VanDyke died, by provisions of , an amend ment to the constitution perpetuating the descend ants of the original officers, Smith Hlckenlooper of Cincinnati, eldest son of general Andrew Hlck enlooper, was elected treasurer. These constitute the present executive officers, who will be charged only by death. Twelve vice presidents are elected at each reunion,-"one of whom is always a woman, wife or daughter of a member, who is always selected to. respond to a toast at the annual banquet. Some illustrious names appear in this list whose owners have honored American womanhood, among them Mrs. John A. Logan. The nuclei's of the Army of the Tennessee re- celved its baptism of fire in one of the very first skirmishes of the war at Belmont, Mo., quickly fol lowed by Forts Henry and Donaldson, where its , ultimate great commander. Grant, flamed out the very incarnation ot soldierly valor before the eyes of American people, and where was laid the foun dation for the Invaluable services to tbe nation that caused General Grant, years after he had laid aside both sword and scepter of power, when caTtnly weighing and measuring its achievements, to declare: "As an army, the Army ot tbe Tennessee never sustained a single defeat during the years of the war. Every fortification which it assailed surren dered. Every force arrayed against it was either defeated, captured or destroyed. No officer was ever assigned to the command of that army who had afterwards to be relieved from it, or to be reduced to another command. Such a history is . not accident.',' As the gr,eat struggle for the nation's life spread over' the country it carried the Army of tbe Ten nessee to the east side ot .the Mississippi river, and tbe battles of Shilon, Iuka, Corinth, Port Gibson, Raymond and Champion's Hill . followed, all vic torious. Then came the selge of Vicksburg with its splendid results, followed in unbroken succes sion 'by the battles of Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain and tbe pinety days' operations around Atlanta, where from May 5 to September SO the army was constantly under fire, and where 20,000 men on both sides were killed, wounded or cap tured. "In that three months', period," said Gen- . eral Dodge yesterday, "I never called In my skirm ish lines. It was fighting every day and every night." ... Ot tbe thousands of pages of published 'records detailing tbe Atlanta campaign, its unfinished his tory still required a volume ot 200 pages, written by General Dodge and published last year, to re count its principal incidents. It would require a volume each to tell tbe stories of Kenesaw and Peacbtree Creek. The War department has used a dozen volumes to tell tbe story of tbe March to the Sea. The Army of the Tennessee gave to the nation men who measure up to the standards of ; the world's greatest soldiers, who will share, tbe hon ors Fame has laid on tbe brows ot Its Napoleons, Hannlbals and Caesars. It gave to their country and the world. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan. McJCln ley, Mcpherson, Howard, Logan, Blair. Dodge, Hazen, Force, John E. Smith, C. F. Smith. Halleck, Rawlins, Prentiss, Wallace, Porter, Hlckenlooper, Leggett. Noyes, C. C. Walcutt. General Dodge la his admirable hiatory of tbe Atlanta campaign says that the Army of the Ten nessee covered more ground in its campaigns than all of the other armies combined, and all its cam paigns were marked by some rreat struggle, battle or movemeat that challenged tbe admiration ot the world. "The record of the army." says General Dodge, "is probably the most satisfactory of any that ever existed, as it was harmonious in all its parts and bad no Jealousies, each of its units to tbe best of its ability helping tbe others. Again, it was modest. It struck blow after blow and let the world lng its praises. All its campaigns were great suc cess sad It never lost a battle." President McKlnley, himself a member of the arm and who won immortal fame at Chlcka- maugua, conquered his modesty far enough to say this. ' It is recorded that In eighteen months' ser vice the Army of tbe Tennessee captured 80,000 men, with flags and arms, Including 600 guns a grater force than was engaged on either side In tbe terrible battle of Cblckamauga. From the fields of triumph in tbe Mibsls&ippl valley it turned Its footsteps toward the eastern seaboard, brought relief to the forces at Chattanooga and Nashville, pursued that peerless campaign from Atlanta to tbe Beaboard under tbe leadership ot tbe glorious Sherman. "It is said that tbe old Army of tbe Tennessee never lost a battle and never surrendered a flag. Its corps' badges "forty rounds," of the Fifteenth corps, the fleeting arrow of the Seventeenth corps, tbe disc, from which four bullets have been cut, of the Sixteenth corp6 are all significant of the awful business of cruel war, all of them suggestive of tbe missiles of death." General Logan, In bis Memoirs, says: "The Army of tbe Tennessee was not limited in its scope; tbe tbeater of Its operations and the extent of its marches, comprehending within their bounds an area greater than Greece and Macedonia In their palmiest days, and greater than most of tbe leading kingdoms of Europe at the present day. reached from the Missouri river on tbe north nearly to tbe Gulf of Mexico on the south, and from the Red river of Louisiana to the Atlantic ocean." Tbe fiftieth anniversary of the army will note a new and wider departure from tbe rules that have previously psevalled at the annual unions. In honor of General Dodge the other executive offi cers have Invited General Dodge's old Iowa regi ment, tbe Fourth Infantry, to join 1a the meeting MAJOR GEORGE H. RICHMOND. here, also the survivors of Dodge's Second Iowa battery and the members of tbe Iowa commandery of the National Loyal legion. These organizations have also been officially Invited to attend the re union by a resolution passed in the city council last wlntew These Hawkeye organizations will ba the guests of the city. It Is expected that there will be about 100 members of the battery and th infantry and 200 of the Loyal legion will be pres ent. Tbe headquarters of tbe Fourth infantry wlU be at the Neumayer hotel, the battery at the Kiel and the legion at the Grand hotel. Tbe full responsibility tor tbe executive man agement of the reunion devolves upon the shoul ders of Major George H. Richmond ot Council Bluffs, who has had to provide for the entertain ment of all the visitors, srraage the various head quarters and! prepare the program as it will be followed. Afliost every member baa written to him asking dl ailed information about something and his tuilrUry training and precision havs steadied him well in tbe swift and accurate dis charge of all his duties. His office is on the sixth floor or tbe Baldwin block with General Dodge. Both General Dodge and Major Richmond have as- , sured that the attendance at this reunion will be larger than will probably aver again occur.