Introductory Remarks of the Acting President, General C. K. Graham.

49

FIRST SENTIMENT. .—“ The President of the United States." Response of General

FOURTH SENTIMENT. "The Army of the James." Response of Chaplain H. Clay Trumbull

53

Song and Chorus, "The Army of the James," written for the occasion by Mr. Mortimer L. Thomson, (" Doesticks.")

57

Letter from General B. F. Butler.....

58

FIFTH SENTIMENT.- -"The Army of the United States." Letter from General
Irving McDowell, U. S. A. Response of General Israel Vogdes ...........
SIXTH SENTIMENT.-"The Navy of the United States." Allusion by the President
to the absence of a representative of the Navy

59

Patriotic Song, by Captain William Candidus. .
SEVENTH SENTIMENT.. The Corps Commanders."

Gillmore

Response of General Q. A.

61

Drinking "the Health of Rear Admiral John Rodgers, U. S. N., and the sailors of the Asiatic Fleet."

64

EIGHTH SENTIMENT. "The Citizen Soldier." Response of General Charles Devens, Jr.... . . . .

64

Song, by Herr F. Remmertz, and Chorus by the Society..

The Memory of the Honored Dead." Response of

General E. W. Hinks......

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73

Letter from President Daniel Read of Missouri University.
Drinking to the Memory of General Theodore Read.
Enforcing Discipline..

75

ELEVENTH SENTIMENT.-"Army Unions." Response of General H. E. Davies, Jr. 73
Duet, "Roses and Laurels," by Herr F. Remmertz and Captain W. Candidus... 75
TWELFTH SENTIMENT.-
.-"The Press." Allusion by the President to the absence
of General J. R. Hawley. Response of Major J. H. Howell....
Telegrams from Lieut. W. H. Merriam, Herald Army Correspondent; from Depart-
ment Encampment of The Grand Army of the Republic; from General Ulysses
S. Grant, President of the United States.
Letters from Rear-Admiral Melancton Smith, U. S. N., Generals J. R. Hawley,
A. Ames, S. L. Woodford, N. M. Curtis, J. W. Turner, G. H. Gordon, A. F.
Stevens, A. E. Burnside, J. C. Abbott, Colonel T. W. Knox, and Junius Henri
Browne, Esq.

78

THIRTEENTH SENTIMENT. "The Ladies." Response of Major H. C. Lockwood 85
Remarks by Colonel John Hay-Recites "The Advance Guard.”
Reference to the late General C. G. Halpine, "Miles O'Reilly."
Lines by "Miles O'Reilly on General Q. A. Gillmore....

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SENTIMENT to the Memory of Admiral David G. Farragut, U. S. N., offered by Colonel Amos Binney....

91

SENTIMENT. The United States Cavalry."

Response of General G. A.

Custer.......

Thanks to the Orator of the Day.

Response of General S. A. Duncan..

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SENTIMENT. "The Memory of the Private Soldiers of the Army of the James SENTIMENT. "The Health of the Signal Corps and Colonel H. S. Tafft;" to the late "Major-General John A. Rawlins;" to "Captain Israel R. Sealy

Remarks of General O. L. Mann.

Song, "The Standard Bearer," by Major George W. Cooney.

Conclusion.

Letter from General J. R. Hawley accepting the Presidency of the Society...
Relating to additional copies of this Report.....

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Officers.

President:

BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH R. HAWLEY, late U. S. V. of Connecticut.

Vice-Presidents :

BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL CHARLES K. GRAHAM, late U. S. V., of New York. BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL ADELBERT AMES, late U. S. A., of Mississippi. BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL ORRIN L. MANN, late Colonel 39th Illinois Volunteers, of Illinois.

BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL GALUSHA PENNYPACKER, U. S. A.

BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL CHARLES J. PAINE, late U. S. V., of Massachusetts.

Recording Secretary:

BREVET MAJOR WILLIAM KISSELBURGH, late Assistant Adjutant-General U. S. V. of New York, (Troy Times.)

Corresponding Secretary:

* BREVET MAJOR JOHN H. HOWELL, late Captain 3d N. Y. Art., of New York, Army and Navy Club, No. 16 Fifth Avenue, New York.

Treasurer:

BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL CHARLES A. CARLETON, late Assistant AdjutantGeneral U. S. V., of New York, No. 98 Broadway, P. O. Box 4059.

Chaplain:

REV. WILLIAM HOWELL TAYLOR, late Chaplain 48th N. Y. V., of New York.

* Brevet Captain U. S. Army.

Orator:

FOR THE THIRD REUNION, TO BE HELD IN 1874,

BREVET MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS O. OSBORNE, late U. S. V., of Illinois.

Initiation Fee. ..$1.00.

Annual Dues

$2.co.

Members in arrears for dues are requested to remit the same to the Treasurer as early as practicable, in order to defray the expense of the present publication. An additional assessment of fifty cents (50 cts.), is also ordered by the Executive Com mittee, for the same purpose. In remitting, please sign your name, rank, and arm of service in full-staff position, if any, and residence.

Officers and enlisted men of the late Army of the James, who have not joined the Society, will have their names duly entered upon the books of the Recording Secretary, upon the Receipt by the Treasurer, of the Initiation Fee.

All concerned are earnestly solicited to use their influence to increase the numbers of the Society by inducing others to join.

Brevet Major-General CHARLES DEVENS, JR., late U. S. Vols.

Vice-Presidents:

Brevet Major-General ROBERT S. FOSTER, late U. S. Vols.
Brevet Major-General JOHN W. TURNER, U. S. A.
Brevet Major-General JOSEPH R. HAWLEY, late U. S. Vols.
Brevet Brigadier-General ALONZO ALDEN, late U. S. Vols.
* Brevet Major-General EDWARD W. HINKS, late U. S. Vols.

Recording Secretary:

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel GEORGE A. BRUCE, late U. S. Vols.

Corresponding Secretary:

Brevet Colonel PHINEAS A. DAVIS, late U. S. Vols.

Treasurer:

Brevet Brigadier-General CHARLES A. CARLETON, late U. S. Vols.

Chaplain:

Chaplain H. CLAY TRUMBULL, late U. S. Vols.

Orator:

For the Second Re-union, held in New York City, on the third Wednesday of July, 1871, Brevet Major-General ALFRED H. TERRY, U. S. A.

Alternate:

Brevet Major-General SAMUEL A. DUNCAN, late U. S. Vols.

*Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. Army.