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incurred much personal expense in getting the Society permanently organized as it now is, and while we have freely and willingly done this, I think it only just that all members should pay equal amounts into the treasury.

New members are coming to us yearly, and there is difficulty in explaining to them the matter of back dues, and the adoption of this resolution is only what is needed. This is the object and only object in view.

Captain Klinck withdrew his motion, and Colonel Reynolds calling the question, the resolution was adopted without division. On motion of General Dodge:

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to raise money for the benefit of the family of our late President, General John A. Rawlins, said committee to consist of one from each of the Northwestern States; that the money so raised be considered as an addition to the Rawlins fund of New York, and it be an object to increase that fund to fifty thousand dollars.

The President appointed the following gentlemen as said committee: Major-General G. M. Dodge, Brigadier-General Ben. Spooner, Colonel John Mason Loomis, Major-General C. C. Walcutt, Colonel D. C. Coleman, Major-General J. M. Thayer, · Major-General J. W. Sprague, Colonel Thomas Reynolds, and Major-General J. M. Oliver.

On motion of General Buckland:

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to draft resolutions, for the action of the Society, expressive of the feeling upon learning of the death of Colonel James Peckham, a member of the Society.

On motion of General Spooner:

The President appointed as the committee, General Buckland, Colonel Joel, and General McFall.

Resolved, That the earnest thanks of the Society are hereby tendered the Executive Committee, who have had charge of the arrangements of this reunion, and to the members of other armies and societies who were associated with them, for the energy, zeal, and intelligence with which they have devoted themselves to providing for the pleasure of the members at this meeting.

On motion of Colonel Markland:

Resolved, That the thanks of the Society are accorded to the various railway and steamboat companies that have transported

our members to this reunion at reduced rates, and also to their special representatives of the different lines centering at Louisville.

On motion of General Sprague:

Resolved, That the records of this meeting, made by the Recording Secretary, be published by the President and Recording Secretary, as usual, and that they are authorized to draw on the Treasurer for money to defray the expense thereof, and that the Corresponding Secretary forward the report, when published, to the members of the Society.

On motion of General Hickenlooper:

Resolved, That the Recording Secretary is authorized to cause six hundred copies of the certificate of membership to be printed, and the Treasurer is authorized to pay for the same out of the funds of the Society, and that members entitled to and desiring certificates be required to pay to the Recording Secretary two dollars each.

On motion of General Hickenlooper:

Resolved. That every member entitled to and desiring a copy of the combined report of the meeting at Chicago be required to pay to the Recording Secretary the sum of one dollar for the same, and thereon he issue an order upon the Corresponding Secretary for a copy of the same, he, the Corresponding Secretary, to for ward the book to the applicant.

On motion of General Rice:

Resolved, That the Secretary tender our greetings to kindred societies of other armies, and invite the attendance of their members to our meetings.

There being no further business for the Society to transact,
On motion:

Resolved, That the Society stand adjourned until six o'clock this evening, at this hall.

IN MEMORIAM.

DEATH OF JOHN A. RAWLINS.

JOHN A. RAWLINS, President of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, departed this life in the city of Washington, at twelve minutes past four o'clock on the afternoon, of September 6, 1869.

It may well be said that the universal feeling on the receipt of this intelligence was that of profound and poignant grief and regret, for he had served his country well, and possessed the esteem of all who had known him, even those beyond the links of our cherished Society. General Rawlins was born on the 13th day of February, 1831, near Galena, Illinois. His father being without fortune or a profession, General Rawlins did not enjoy the advantage of a good education, as men of note usually do, but was compelled to pass his youth, even almost into manhood, in the varied labors of a farmer. However, the mind that afterward indicated him a great man was restless under this restriction, and lost no opportunity for self-improvement. With the meagre preparation of one Winter in a common school and two terms in the Mount Morris Seminary, he entered the office of I. P. Stevens, of Galena, as a law student, in the Fall of 1857. Superior qualities of mind were the developments of every footstep of his own hewn pathway, and bright promising progress attended his industry. In the discussion of political questions prior to the war, his just appreciation of national integrity identified him with those who labored to maintain the Government, and gave him an enviable record.

In the fearful and alarming times of the latter months of 1860, and the Winter and Summer of 1861, true to his principles of patriotism, he was among the first and most persistent at his post of duty, and in raising and organizing troops to defend the national honor. In the month of September, 1861, he was called to the staff of General Grant, at Cairo, Illinois, as an Assistant Adjutant-General, ranking as a Captain of volunteers. From this time his course was a continual advancement, and he passed through the several grades of commission until, when his chief was made commander of the United States army, he was made chief of staff, ranking as Brigadier and Brevet Major-General. And when that chief was called to pre

side as the Chief Magistrate of the nation, he brought to his assistance his trusted associate during the rebellion as his war minister.

General Rawlins was the first chosen President of our Society, its act proclaiming him so being a resolution passed at the organization of the Society, at Raleigh, North Carolina, in April, 1865, in the following terms:

"Resolved, That Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins, U. S. A.. chief of staff to the Lieutenant-General, in consideration of his eminent services in connection with the Army of the Tennessee, and also for his ability for the position, be the President of this Society."

It was the motion of Major-General F. P. Blair, and adopted unanimously. Thus he was connected with both the Army of the Tennessee and our Society from their beginning to the end of his life.

His services to the country won for him a national renown, and his well-known devotion to our Society a united and universal love from us.

But he was destined to enjoy the fruits of his labor only a brief period. Disease, induced by his devotion to duty, hard services, and exposures, had secured its victim; death had grasped its shining mark, and our beloved President was dead. Indeed, gone early to his grave, but surrounded by his army associates and personal friends, his death was of that peaceful nature always granted a true christian. The burial rites were of the high honor performed by the Government, conducted by the General of the Army. He has gone from us forever, and we have lost his counsel, but we cherish his memory, for we mourn a true friend, patriot, and associate worthy of all the tribute we give.

SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, LOUISVILLE, November 18, 1869, 6 o'clock p. m.

The Society met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order by the President, who announced the object of the Society coming together at this time was to hear the annual address by General Noyes, the address of the Cavalry Corps Society by Colonel Brown, and the eulogy upon our late President, to be delivered by his associate, General Parker.

The meeting was opened by the President requesting the Rev. W N. Badger to offer prayer.

PRAYER.

Almighty and ever-living God, author and giver of every good and perfect gift, without whom nothing is strong and nothing holy, look in mercy, we pray Thee, upon us. We thank Thee for the blessings we enjoy, and for the prosperity Thou hast vouchsafed to our land. We thank Thee that Thou hast permitted so many of us to come together in this assembly. We thank Thee, oh God, for all the blessings thou hast showered upon us as individuals and as a people. Let Thy blessings rest upon all the doings of this Society, and help us to promote the happiness and welfare of the people among whom we dwell, that all our acts may meet Thy approbation, and we have everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord: Amen.

This was followed by the first in the programme.

MUSIC.

Reveille by the drum corps and piece by the band.

The President introduced General Noyes, who spoke as follows:

ADDRESS OF GENERAL NOYES.

MR. PRESIDENT AND COMRADES OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE: It is fast coming to be an acknowledged principle of action among all civilized people-especially sustained by popular sentiment in the United States-that nothing less than the necessity to preserve national integrity, national honor, or the public peace, can justify a resort to war. And, however much this principle is liable to be warped or perverted among nations whose forms of government and geographical positions make them

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