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WASHINGTON.
Miles A. Aldrich, 100th Ohio ; John Ammon, 37th Ohio ; Ilenry Bemor, 100th Ohio; Edwin Bishop, 1st Conn. Cav .; Henry Brown, 130th Ohio; Lemuel Crockett, 47th Ohio ; Wm. W. Giles, Austin Haugh- ton, 25th Ohio; Edward Burge, 25th Ohio; Solon Lane, 123d Ohio; David Lewis, - Artillery; Wm. A. Watson, 128th Ohio.
SYLVANIA.
Matthew Davis, 25th Ohio; Zirah Green, 111th Ohio; William Gilpin ; Oscar Hendrickson, 14th Ohio; William Hallett, Jr., 25th Ohio; Edwin Peek, 25th Ohio ; Harlan Page, 25th Ohio ; Thomas Porter, 14th Ohio; Levi Palmer, 47th Ohio; Elijah Stone, 47th Ohio ; John Van Orman, 14th Ohio; Jolin Wood- mansee, 14th Ohio; John Kimball, 11tth Ohio; James Lowden, tSth Ohio; Edwin Lacy, 18th Ohio; John Lane, 18th Ohio; John McBride, 14th Ohio; James Mills, 18th Onio; Daniel Norris, 18th Ohio ; Jolin Oats, 14th Ohio; Horace Bertholf, 21st Ohio Battery ; Horace Cooper, 111th Ohio ; Staunton Chappel, 111th Ohio; Orland Comstock, 67th Ohio; Uriah Cheney, 18th Ohio; Samuel Corbin, - Battery.
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ROLL OF HONOR.
WATERVILLE.
Benjamin Rathbun, 100th Ohio ; William Gaunt, 14th Ohio; Alfred D. Isham, 67th Ohio; Orson G. Ballou, 100th Ohio ; Milo Black, 60th Ohio; William C. Hutchinson, - Artillery ; William M. Turk, 67th Ohio; Robert MeCabe, 111th Ohio; James P. HFine, 14th Ohio; William Stebbins, 67th Ohio; Cuyler Stebbins, 100th Ohio; Samuel Spade, 100th Ohio ; Ranatus Lucas, 100th Ohio; John Rocherty, 37th Ohio; David C. Cheney, 67th Ohio.
MAUMEE.
First Ward .- Alex. Osborn, 5th Infantry ; Francis 0. Borner, 14th Ohio ; John Carroll, 57th Ohio; Nelson C. Carter, 100th Ohio ; John Green, 14th Ohio ; James House, 100th Ohio; Antoine Laflour, 14th Ohio; Lo- vine Merrill, 14th Ohio ; Charles Mitchell, 14th Ohio, John McCrink, New York Battery ; John Owen, 14th Ohio ; Lewis Smith, 130th Ohio; Jackson P. Sager; 100th Ohio; Antoine Soudenet ; Granville Taylor, 67th Ohio.
Second Ward and Waynesfield Township .- Thomas N. Gilbert, 14th Ohio; Uriah Gilbert, 14th Ohio ; Lyman S. Hall, 14th Ohio; Oscar J. Neeley, 23d New York Battery; James Il. Perrin, 14th Ohio; Benj. F. Perrin, 9th Louisiana Colored ; George Peck, 185th Ohio; Robert Ireland, 21st Ohio.
Third Ward .- Lawson J. Fox, 14th Ohio; Fred. A. Wolcott, 47th Ohio.
SPRINGFIELD.
James Munyan ; William Bemis, 100th Ohio; James Abbott, 100th Ohio; Lucius Abbott, 100th Ohio; Ira Cummings, 100th Ohio ; Aaron Faught ; George Yager, 14th Ohio; Eli Birchfield, 14th Ohio ; Aaron Birchfield, 14th Ohio; Wesley Ilili, 67th Ohio; Aaron Haynes, 3d O. C .; John Hepp, 14th Ohio ; Joseph Vono, 14th Ohio; Owen Rumsey, 6th O. C .: Mason Cressey, 14th Ohio; Osgood Cressey, 3d O. C.
RICHFIELD.
Eli Saulsbury, 100th Ohio ; Luther Saunders, 10th O. C .; Nicholas Stahl, 182d Ohio ; M. V. Tredway, 47th Ohio; Philander Wickham, 111th Ohio ; Joseph Bosilgia, 37th Ohio; Perry Bennett, 14th Ohio ; John Brint, 14th Ohio; Louis Cutehner, 130th Ohio ; James Fullerton, 14th Ohio; Dallas Gilson, 47th Ohio; Norman Gilson, 47th Ohio; Charles Holloway, 14th Ohio ; Thomas Kanavel, 14th Ohio ; Charles Kanavel. 14th Ohio; W. C. Lathrop, 14th Ohio; Joseph Man- gel, 14th Ohio; W. W. McBride, 14th Ohio; Milo Metkiff, 100th Ohio.
PROVIDENCE.
Jacob Bugh, 67th Ohio ; Daniel Ricker, 67th Ohio; Samuel Keeler, 68th Ohio; Andrew J. Clutter, 100th Ohio; John Dowyer, 68th Ohio; John Ferre, 68th Ohio; Clayton Shelby, 60th Ohio ; Samuel Hutchin- son, 102d Ohio ; Cyrus E. Riley, 55th Ohio; John A. Brown, 68th Ohio; Thomas Brown, 68th Ohio; John Martin, 60th Ohio; John J. Clark, 14th Ohio; John Mouldner, 68th Ohio; William II. Young, GSth Ohio;
John North, 68th Ohio ; Benjamin F. Cole, 68th Ohio; William Condon, 68th Ohio.
ADAMS.
W. II. Cass, Ist Ohio Artillery ; Charles Corser, Ist Art .; John MI. Edmunds, Ist Art .; Nelson Ferris, Ist. Art .; Adelbert Knapp, 14th Ohio ; Alonzo Atkins, Ist Art .; Joseph Tromley; Nor. Lockwood, Ist Art .; John Yager, 3d O. C .; Andrew Totten, 67th Ohio.
SPENCER.
James Brocken, 67th Ohio; William Bemis, 100th Ohio; John Coon, Ist Michigan ; James Carroll 14th Ohio; Robert Fairchild, 67th Ohio; John E. Hadley, Ist Mich .; John M. Houser, 14th Ohio; Benj. Iloftile, 14th Ohio; Michael Langenderfer, 189th Ohio; Eliakim Munson, 14th Ohio ; David S. Randolph, 188th Ohio; Jacob Ruda, 37th Ohio; Benjamin Sut- ton, 28th Ohio; John Schneider, 37th Ohio; Jacob Wolf, 67th Ohio.
SWANTON.
Franklin Brace, 67th Ohio; Thomas Beach, 67th Ohio; Joseph Combo, 111th Ohio; David Cheney, 67th Ohio ; Orrin Clawson, 85th Ohio ; Joseph Fuller- ton, 67th Ohio; Ab. Hartzell, 100th Ohio; John Kaley, 67th Ohio; Robert Mills, 100th Ohio ; Edmund Miller, 3d O. C .; H. E. Redding, 111th Ohio ; Joseph W. Scott, 38th Ohio ; Isaac Skinner, 111th Ohio; An- drew Weigel, 14th Ohio; John Weigel, 38th Ohio; George Wilcox, 100th Ohio.
MONCLOVA.
Edward Allen; Valentine Flann, 14th Ohio; Jas. C. House, 100th Ohio; Edward Moody, Hth Ohio ; Levi MeMullen, 14th Ohio; David Ruekle, 14th Ohio;" John Ruckle, 100th Ohio ; Philip Ruckle, 60th Ohio; Thomas Ringo, 27th Ohio; Alpheus O. Gunn, 14th Ohio; Leonard A. Gunn, 14th Ohio; J. Genson, 521 Ohio; Israel Snyder, 100th Ohio; John E. Strayer, 14th Ohio ; Leroy J. Smith, 100th Ohio ; Cyrus Sauls- bury, 100th Ohio ; Charles Tracey, 2d Ohio Battery ; Andrew Trapp, 100th Ohio; George E. Waggoner, 100th Ohio; J. T. Walker, 14th Ohio; George Yager, 14th Ohio; Jacob Bondin, 100th Ohio ; John Cramer, 100th Ohio.
[Christopher Ruckel, of Monclova, had six sons in the Union Army during the Rebellion, of whom but two survived in August, 1865, viz : Daniel, who served in the 128th, and Henry, in the 14th Ohio Regiment. The names of the four who died were as follows : David, in the 14th Ohio; John, in 100th Ohio ; Philip, in 60th Ohio, and George, in 6th Michigan Cavalry. George was killed on the 11th, and Philip on the 17th of June, 1864. both near Petersburg, Virginia. David was shot while beside his brother Henry. The father was a native of Ireland, and had resided many years in Monclova. Few parents were permitted to make the sacrifice upon their adopted country's altar. that was allowed to him. Such a family is entitled to special recognition and lasting remembrance on the part of those who now, and in the years to come shall, enjoy the rich boon of Free Government, secured to them through such sacrifice.]
HISTORY OF TOLEDO AND LUCAS COUNTY.
OREGON.
Henry Milter, 3d O. C .; William Brown, 3d O. C .; William Sidel, 100th Ohio; Montgomery Messer, 67th Ohio; John Bunce, 67th Ohio; Captain H. G. Ford, 67th Ohio.
OTHER STATISTICS.
Soldiers and Marines.
Ilave Died.
Have Been Disabled.
Soldiers' Families.
Persons in Same.
Necessitous Families.
Persons in Same.
Tołedo-
1st Ward
213
17
10
75
231
28
47
2d Ward_
111
19
39
63
15
60
3d Ward _.
186
10
1
91
4th Ward.
198
8
11
1
31
98
2.1
87 61
Manhattan _
141
19
2
48
176
18
176
Washington
63
13
1
10
29
6
24
Sylvania. .
102
26
1
40
108
36
102
Waterville
102
16
3
44
127
129
Waynes field
133
27
15
61
185
57
178
Springfield ...
86
18
3
17
50
17
50
Richfield
70
19
2
16
72
12
55
Providence _
76
17
10
21
61
15
30
Adams
58
10
8
11
42
Spencer
58
15
1
20
55
20
56
Swanton
81
17
10
9
36
9
36
Monclova
111
24
6
30
75
30
75
Oregon
57
6
1
22
77
16
70
RECAPITULATION.
Enlistments in the County, as then reported __ 1,961
Deaths reported, 1865
293
Number reported disabled
98
Soldiers' families reported
369
Persons in same 1,476
Necessitous families
449
Persons in same
1,149
Very few persons have any just conception of the number of Union Soldiers who rest in Cemeteries provided and cared for by the National Government. The graves of these are marked, but the most of them bear the sug- gestive but sad inscription, " Unknown." A report made publie in 1887, the result of much labor and care, showed that there were then 79 National Cemeteries, of which 12 were in the Northern, and 67 in the Southern States. The principal ones at the North, with the number of inmates, were as follows: Cypress Hills, 3,786; Finn's Point, New Jersey, 2,644, un- known; Gettysburg, Penn., 1,967 known, and 1,608 unknown; Mound City, Illinois, 2,505
known, and 2,721 unknown ; Philadelphia, 1,909 ; and Wood Lawn, Elmira, New York, 3,090.
The chief depositories of the Union dead are in the South, where, in battle, in hospital or in Rebel prison-pens, the great body of loyal heroes laid down their lives for their country. The following list of National Cemeteries, with the number of their heroic dead, indicates some- thing of the price of the civil privileges now enjoyed by the American people :
Arlington, Va., 16,264, of whom 4,349 are unknown. Annapolis, MId., 2,487, of whom 201 are unknown. Beaufort, S. C., 9,141, of whom 4,493 are unkown. Chalmette, La., 12,511. of whom 5,574 are unknown. Chattanooga, Tenn., 12,962, of whom 4,963 are un- known.
Fredericksburg, Va., 15,257, of whom 12,770 are un- known.
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 11,490, of whom 2,906 are unknown.
Little Rock, Ark., 5,602, of whom 2,337 are unknown. City Point, Va., 5,122, of whom 1,447 are unknown. Marietta, Ga., 10,151, of whom 2,963 are unknown.
Memphis, Tenn., 13,997, of whom 8,817 are unknown. Nashville, Tenn., 16, 526, of whom 4,701 are unknown. Poplar Grove, Va., 6,199, of whom 4,001 are unknown. Richmond, Va., 6,542, of whom 5,700 are unknown. Salisbury, N. C., 12,126,of whom 12,032 are unknown. Stone River, Tenn., 5,602, of whom 288 are unknown. Vicksburg, Miss., 16,600, of whom 13,704 are unknown. Antietam, Md., 4,671, of whom 1,818 are unknown. Winchester, Va., 4,559, of whom 2,365 are unknown.
The record shows the aggregate of burials in the National Cemeteries to be abont 300,000. Two of the Cemeteries are devoted chiefly to the true and brave men who offered up their lives in loathsome prison at Andersonville. These aggregate the almost incredible number of 13,714 " unknown " graves.
The cost to the Government in the provision of these resting-places for heroic dead, is placed at 85,165,306.36. As no other Nation has ever been as just and prompt in the care of its Sol- diers in the field, so has no other ever shown the active interest in the memories of these when dead, as has the United States. Such policy is both just and wise, since it pays due respect to the men who died for their country, while it elevates the character of the Citizen Soldiery, and thus holds ont inducements for like service in future emergencies, should such arise.
6th Ward
61
9
1
19
63
18
80
5th Ward.
54
11
170
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CHIAPTER IX.
ORGANIZATIONS OF UNION SOLDIERS .- SOCIETIES OF THE ARMIES OF THE TENNESSEE AND OF THE CUMBERLAND. - UNION EX-PRISONERS OF WAR. - GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC .- LOYAL LEGION .- WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.
THE seventh re-union of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee was held at Toledo, October 15, 1873. The meeting was one of surpassing satisfaction, both to the members of the Society, here in large numbers, and to the people of Toledo, who took a deep interest in the occasion. The regular session was held in the forenoon, when the usual business was transacted, Gen. W. T. Sherman, President, in the Chair, and Gen. L. M. Dayton, Secretary. Among the distinguished Soldiers present, were President Grant, Gen. Sherman, Gen. P. H. Sheridan, Major-Gen. John A. Logan, Sec- retary of War Belknap, Gen. O. O. Howard, Gen. John Pope, Gen. G. A. Custer, Rear Ad- miral Worden and Governor E. F. Noyes.
In the evening, at Wheeler's Opera House, was held a public meeting, when the Society was welcomed to Toledo by Mayor W. W. Jones. Gen. Sherman delivered an address to the Society, in which, among other things he claimed for it priority in time, having been organized by a small group of officers in the old State Capitol, in Raleigh, N. C., April 14, 1865, only five days after the surrender of Lee in Virginia, and five days before the surrender of Johnston, in North Carolina. Brig. Gen. Wm. B. Woods of Ohio presided at the meet- ing. Gen. Frank P. Blair explained the object of the Society to be to perpetuate the friendly feelings which bound them together as com- rades in arms during the previous four years, when they were battling and marching from Cairo to Vicksburg; and from Vicksburg to North Carolina. The Society was finally com- pleted in its organization April 24, 1865. Mem- bership was extended to every officer who at any time served with credit in any of the Corps which composed the Army of the Tennessee, while any officer of the Union Armies, with like good records was admissible on a vote. The Society was pledged to acts of charity and generosity to families of dead comrades ; and
also, to cause proper memorials of the services of dead comrades to be collected and preserved, and " thus to transmit their names to poster. ity." A poem, written by Maj. C. G. Mayne, in which was fittingly mentioned the names of many Soldiers and Sailors, dead and living, was read. Gen. Logan delivered an address. A prominent feature of the occasion consisted of a solo obligato, and the Star Spangled Banner, by Miss Ida M. Bond (Mrs. Frank 1. Young), of Toledo. A second session of the Society was held October 10th, when new officers were chosen, and resolutions of condolence on the death of fellow-members adopted, and other business transacted. The officers chosen were as follows : President-Gen. W. T. Sherman ; Vice Presidents-Maj. John A. Logan, Col. A. HI. Markland, Maj. Gen. John Pope, Gen. J. M. Herdick, Col. Geo. E. Welles, Gen. John E. Smith, Lieut. John Crane, Brig. Gen. R N. Pierson, Col. Frank Lynch, Gen. S. F. IIntch- inson, Maj. I. P. Smith, Brig. Gen. John Til- son. Recording Secretary-Col. L. M. Day- ton ; Corresponding Secretary-Gen. A. HFick- enlooper; Treasurer-Maj. Gen. M. F. Force. At the close of this session, President Grant and his party were taken in carriages from the Opera House to Summit Street ; thence to Cherry ; and to the Board of Trade, where a brief stop was made and the President held a short reception, when the party returned to the Boody House. At about 3 P. M. a ladies' reception was given by the President, at which it was estimated 2,000 ladies attended. The pressure was very severe, and was made the greater by the delay incident to the quite free action of the President and Gens. Sheridan and Sherman in salnting the callers with a kiss, which operation was continued for a long time.
On the evening of the 16th a banquet was given the'Society and its guests by the citizens of Toledo at the Boody House, S. Groff, Pro- prietor. Three tables were filled, as follows :
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At the Center Table-Gen. W. T. Sherman, Pres- ident; President Grant, Gen. John A. Logan, Gen. Belknap, Secretary of War; Admiral J. L. Worden, U. S. N .; Gen. Geo. A. Custer, Gen. Van Vleet, Gen. J. G. Ilawkins, Gen. Phil. II. Sheridan, Col. J. M. Herrick, Gen. E. W. Rice, Gen. F. S. Hutchinson, B. Ford Maro Wheeler, A. T. Austin. Geo. W. Davis.
John Cummings, Gen. Godfrey Weitzell. Dr. S. S. Howard, Lient. W. E. Osborn, Thos. J. Collins, Maj. C. H. Smith, Capt. Edward Spear. Capt. W. L. Watt. Capt. Geo. W. Merrill, Dr. J. M. Woodworth (Medi- cal Director of Army of the Cumberland), E. V. Mc- Maken, Col. A. H. Markland, Gen. Chas. C. Walcutt, Col. J. Mason Loomis, Gen. Geo. P. Este, Lt. Col. J. T. Herbert, Col. Frank Lynch, Gen. Andrew Hicken- looper, Capt. J. Barber, Gen. W. E. Strong, Gen. Daniel Weber, Gen. W. Myers, Maj. W. K. Thrall, Gen. O. E. Babcock (President Grant's Private Sec- retary), Capt. W. W. Gillingham, Col. R. Macfeeley, Col. R. M. Moore, Perry B. Truax, S. L. Phelps, Mar- shal Burton, Chas. West, Maj. Wm. Dunn, Col. J. G. Klinck, Col. Fred. D. Grant (son of the President and on Gen. Sheridan's Staff), Horatio S. Young, Wm. W. Backus. Col. J. M. Bacon, Fred. B. Shoemaker, Ed. T. Waite, Gen. O. M. Poe, Ralph Keeler. S. H. War- ing, Gen. Collinder, Dr. W. C. Jacobs, Dr. John W. Bond, Capt. C. S. Ilsey (Aide to Gen. Pope), Dr. J. R. Zearing, Capt. W. D. E. Andrus.
At Table Right of Center-Gen J. Pope, Gen. E. F. Noyes, Admiral Worden, M. R. Waite, Gen. John MeArthur, Gen. Hurlbut, Dr. E. A. Duncan, James Secor, C. A. King. Ed. C. Shaw, Calvin Barker, John Berdan, Abram W. Colton, Gen. J. W. Fuller, Dr. J. A. Brown, Chas. Hipp, Gen. F. W. Swift, Col. Louis Von Blessingh, S. Post, Gen. S. D. Atkinson, Geo. H. Hopkins, Capt. J. L. Curry, Wm. E. Parmelee, Jr., Dr. J. B. Trembley, Dr. J. M. Cooke, W. I. Kelley, Capt. J. K. Hamilton, Avery S. Hill, Clarence Mor- ris, Chas. G. Mayers, Maj. E. S. Dodd, Gen. M. F. Force, G. T. Wiles, Gen. R. P. Buckland, W. S. Williams, Geo. W. Hamblin, Gen. Geo. E. Welles, Mayor W. W. Jones, Col. G. D. Munson, M. D. Car- rington, Gen. D. W. H. Day, James W. Myers, T. J. Spencer, U. S. A .; Luther Allen, L. Evens, Capt. A. S. Skilton, S. S. Parker, W. R. Jackson, A. R. Robin- son, O. C. Forum.
At Table Left of Center-Rev. Wm. W. Williams, Gen. E. H. Doolittle, Gen. Wager Swayne, Max Wood -- hull, Mr. Wilkinson, Dr. L. H. Bodman, Gen. J. C. Lee, E. C. Bodman, Col. D. F. De Wolf, A. Sabin, Geo. Milmine, Gen. C. B. Phillips, Maj. Fahnestock, J. B. Potter, Maj. Newcomb, Col. J. C. Frankenberger, Lieut. W. II. Snell, Gen. Reuben Williams, Gen. Par- rott, E. C. Davies, Gen. W. H. Gibson, R. H. Flem- ming, Col. Dukhert, F. O. Wyman, Maj. Dillingham, Dr. A. McMillan, Col. F. A. Stevenson, Gen. L. M. Dayton, Clark Waggoner, Capt. J. B. Newton, C'apt. A. N. Campbell, Bvt. Brig. Gen. I. R. Sherwood, Maj. .I. R. Swigart, John B. Carson, Capt. P. H. Dowling, Chas. O. Brigham, Lieut. Earl W. Merry, W. D. Potter, Gen. Kimball, Lieut. James Harpell, Gen. Spooner,
Capt. James B. Luckey, Gen. W. H. H. Terrell, Gen. Bayne, Mr. Ilalford, Walter Pickens, Adjt. Gold- smith, Capt. S. Baldwin, F. W. Childs, Lient. Demott, Lieut. H. DeGraff, Ralph II. Waggoner, Surgeon D. B. Sturgeon. Capt. H. W. Bigelow.
Toasts were responded to by Gen. S. A. llurlbut, Gen. M. Bayne, Secretary W. W. Belknap, Admiral J. L. Worden, Gen. John Pope, Gen. W. E. Strong, M. R. Waite, Gen. M. F. Force, Gen. J. C. Lee, Gen. O. O. How- ard, Gen. I. R. Sherwood, Gen. P. H. Sheridan, Gov. Noyes and Gen. Logan. In response to special calls, President Grant, General Sher- man and Admiral Worden made brief remarks.
General Pope responded to the toast, " Our Soldiers." Among other acceptable things, he said :
How immeasurably the subject falls below the tribute that is due to the Private Soldier especially. The officers who played their parts honorably in the late Civil War, had each his distinct individuality ; was each well known to a greater or less number of people ; had each his own objects to serve, aside from the interests of his country-the ambition to be distinguished-the desire to be promoted-the thirst for personal success-and a thousand other motives, proper enough, perhaps, but on a lower plane than the great patriotic impulse which stirred the public heart and more or less debased the pure coin of patriotism which stamped the Private Soldier. It is true now, as it always will be true in a free country and among a free people, that in time of War, the self-denying patriot and true hero is found in the ranks- a nameless man, with no hope or wish for personal preferment-with no purpose save to save his country. He lives in the affectionate remembrance of thon- sands of his countrymen who never heard his name, and whose only knowledge of his history is the touching record of his devoted service or patriotic death. Well will it be for many of us, if the time shall ever come when our shortcomings are forgotten, and when posterity shall judge us worthy to be mus- tered into the ranks of these gallant men -- the true Heroes of the War-without fear and without reproach.
We meet on occasions like the present, not as Soldiers, but as Citizens of a common and loved country, to pay our tribute of sorrowful gratitude to the Citizens who lie buried because their lives were needed by their countrymen. We honor them he- cause they exhibited the highest qualities of Citizens -- because they stood ready to maintain in arms the principles of Civil Government which they held sa- cred in peace, and because they hastened to pay the last great sacrifice to the safety and welfare of their countrymen.
Reasoning from these considerations, Gen. Pope said, " the greatest quality of a good Sol- dier, is that he is a good Citizen." It has been
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deemed proper here to make record of the character of the Citizen-Soldier, so ably and justly declared by oneof the most prominent officers of the Union Army, himself a Soldier by profession, and in position to speak candidly of the comparative claims of officers and pri- vates to the grateful consideration of their countrymen. General Pope's estimate in that regard, is greatly emphasized and strengthened by the strong endorsement so promptly given it by President Grant-another officer even more fully qualified to speak intelligently. When General Pope had closed his remarks, President Grant took him by the hand, saying, " General Pope, that's the best speech I ever heard." Such recognition of the real claims of the Private Soldier to the country's considera- tion is specially just, in view of the tendency to pile honors upon Army officers by promo- tions and building monuments to them, while the Rank and File are passed with little or no recognition.
Toasts to the memories of Generals J. B. Me- Pherson and George H. Thomas, were received in silence.
Mr. Waite responded to the sentiment-The Geneva Arbitration.
Peace hath her victories No less renowned than War.
The speaker had just returned from the Ar- bitration at Geneva of what were known as the " Alabama Claims " of the United States against Great Britain, for damages sustained by Amer- ican commerce through the action of C'onfed- erate War Vessels, and chiefly of the War Steamer Alabama, for which depredations the British Government had made itself responsi- ble. At that adjudication that gentleman had acted as the leading Counsel for the United States, In the course of his response to the toast, Mr. Waite said :
Peace achieved her grandest triumph at Geneva. On the one side of that great arbitration was a Nation of Soldiers-then, it is true, plain citizens, but their past history had given them an inalienable right, a record such as a brave Soldier only can have. It was a Nation young, active, determined. On the other side, was a Nation powerful in all that wealth, credit, prestige and complete organization could make it. Pride was cqnał on both sides. Ours was the pride of youth-theirs that of old age, well preserved, and commanding everywhere the highest respect. They were English-we American. We sprang from their stoek and spoke their language. We had just passed
through the hardest struggle for life, against internal foes, that the world had ever seen. War had achieved its proudest victory. We had saved ourselves from ourselves, and compelled all at home and all abroad to acknowledge us a Nation. In our struggle we thought we had complaint against them. If our com- plaint was just, we had cause for War. Peace, in her good time, instigated and concluded a treaty between us and them, by which the rights of each were to be determined-our wrongs, if any, vindicated, due reparation made, and War averted. * * The trial proceeded. The testimony was heard, the case con- sidered, justice done, the condemnation money paid, and the Victory of Peace is complete. Truly, if War ever could usurp the province of Peace in the coun- cils of the Nation, it might have done it in this case. It did not, and it did not because in these days of ad- vanced civilization good warriors are good citizens. Both Peace and War have therefore the right to be proud of this victory. But there is more: This vic- tory reaches beyond the two Nations immediately interested in its result. We, on the one side, accused them of wrong. They submitted to a trial on such accusation. No two Nations ever before had done the same thing. The example thus set, is one the world must heed. A long step has been taken in the direction of universal peace. We surely have the right to hope the end of this victory is not yet.
The party broke up about 2 o'clock A. M. The Society by resolution made expression of high appreciation of the exceptional success which attended its entire session, and of thanks to the people of Toledo for the judicious and liberal provision for the convenience and pleas- ure of their guests. On the other hand, the citizens were highly delighted with the privi- lege of entertaining so distinguished and worthy a company of visitors.
In this connection it is proper to state, that the people of Toledo were largely indebted for such privilege to General Ralph P. Buckland of Fremont, on whose motion and strong pledge of Toledo hospitality at its preceding session, the Society voted to meet in this City.
The Twelfth Re-union of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland was hekl at Toledo, September 22 and 23, 1880. For the occasion the people of Toledo had made liberal and judicious preparation. On the first named day, at 10 A. M., a procession was formed, which marched from the Boody House along Madison to Seventeenth street ; thence to Monroe, and the Saengerfest Building on that street. Here the first session of the Society was opened by Captain D. R. Austin, Chairman of the Toledo
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