Colonel Dresser:-I move the adoption of the report as presented by the committee as a whole, and that a copy be engrossed and presented to our substitute member, the widow of General Grant.

Colonel Fletcher:-Without making a formal motion to amend the report, I would suggest to the Chairman of the committee, that the report be so amended as to contain the statement that General Grant was a member of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, which is omitted either in the preamble, or in the resolution.

The President:-That point is perfectly well taken. Gentlemen, if you desire it, I will read it again myself, and as I said before, the adoption of the report carried with it the whole, but we can receive now any suggestion.

Colonel Dresser:-Does not the report say that, when it says, "The first President of the Society?"

Several Members:-No-"The first Commander."

The President:-We have had so much "resoluting," etc., that I want this to be very clear.

Captain Sexton:-I call for the question on the resolution.

The President:-Shall I read it again? We have plenty of time. The desire was to have it read, and the President again read the report.

Captain Sherman:-Neither I, nor any other one, can have any adverse criticism whatever upon that report. I have only a sug gestion to make to the gentlemen constituting that committee, and that is as it seems to me, in the direction of added dignity to the report and the subject of it. It is only a very slight amendment, and yet I think one of considerable importance. It is that we strike out the words "Ulysses S.," and speak only as General Grant. There was but one Grant. We never speak of Washington as General George Washington. When we speak of " Washington," everybody knows whom we mean. So I think, in whatever we have to say of our old comrade and commander, we should speak of him as the one individual of that name who ever lived. When we say, "Whereas, General Grant "-everybody knows whom we mean. [Applause.]

The President:-You have heard Captain Sherman. Any other remarks are in order. His suggestion is that the words be simply "General Grant." Remember that these resolutions, when adopted, become your resolutions.

Captain Sexton:-Mr. President, I second the amendment. He was General Grant to us, and he will always be General Grant

to us.

Captain Tuthill:-I like the resolutions as they are. We have several General Grants, but there is only one Ulysses S. Grant, as there was only one Abraham Lincoln. [Applause.] I would suggest that the members of the Society rise in their places when they vote upon the passage of these resolutions.

The President:-It is written out "General Ulysses S. Grant,” and the adoption of the committee's report will carry the resolution as it stands there recorded. Captain Sherman's suggestion is in the form of a motion.

General Warner:-Does it read "General Ulysses S. Grant” ? The President:-Yes sir, it reads "General Ulysses S. Grant." 'And Captain Sherman moves that we omit the "Ulysses S.," so it will read "General Grant." I would like very much to have a suggestion from General Warner.

General Warner:-It seems to me now, that if I should suggest any changes in the resolutions, I would move to strike out the word "General." When we speak of Ulysses S. Grant, as our old commander, there is no other Ulysses S. Grant in the history of the world, and we know that it means our old General. Instead of striking out "Ulysses," I would strike out the word. "General;" and I would offer as an amendment, that the report of the committee be properly engrossed, and that a copy of the same be forwarded to the widow of Ulysses S. Grant.

The President:-I do not quite understand what you said, on account of the noise.

General Warner:-My point is not to strike out the words "Ulysses S.," but to leave them in, and strike out the word “General;" and also that these resolutions be properly engrossed, and a copy of them furnished to the widow, and the expense to be paid out of the treasury of the Society.

General Willard Warner:-These resolutions have been prepared with care by the most distinguished members of this Society. They are so clear, so simple, and they express so well the sentiment we wish to embody in them, that I hope there will be no amendment to them, and that we may adopt them as they come from the committee. [Applause and cries of Question!]

The President:-Gentlemen, General Raum, who is the parent of these resolutions, has made the interlineations which were suggested to the committee, and accepted by the committee. I will read them, so that we shall be absolutely certain:

WHEREAS, On July 23rd, 18S5, General Ulysses S. Grant, the first commander of the Army of the Tennessee, departed this life; and,

WHEREAS, The members of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, animated by their love of their old commander, who was a member of the Society, desire to give expression," etc. The interlineations is, "Who was a member of the Society." There is also a suggestion to amend by omitting the words "Ulysses S.," and leaving it simple "General Grant."

Several members:- It was not seconded.

The President:-I understand there was no absolute motion, but simply a suggestion. Now I will repeat the statement that the acceptance of the report and its adoption carries with it the resolutions.

The question being upon the adoption of the committee's report, it was carried.

General Warner:-I wish to renew the motion, that the resolution be properly engrossed.

Colonel Dresser:-That was included in my original motion, just carried.

The President:-There is a motion before us that an engrossed copy, I suppose on parchment

General Warner:-I am informed that that was included in the original resolution.

The President:-The motion is that an engrossed copy of these resolutions be prepared and paid for out of our treasury, and sent to Mrs. Grant.

Captain Beem:-It seems to me appropriate, though I hardly know what shape to put it in, to say something kind or complimentary to one who did a very timely, kindly act for General Grant in his closing days. I am sure that what I would say will strike a responsive chord in the heart of every member of this Society; but I am afraid that if I were to attempt it, the chairman would sit down on me. We all know, however, Mr. Chairman, when the crushing news reached us of the fearful financial disaster which overtook our first commander, how badly we all felt. All of us knew that his sufferings were not only financial, but were physical, and that alone would have crushed almost any ordinary man. Our hearts went out in sympathy for him, his devoted wife and his exemplary family; but somehow or other we did not know how to relieve him. We all wanted to do it, but could not adopt any means of doing it, when a friend, with a master mind, grasping the situation, seized that sympathy that we gave

The President:-I do not like to interrupt you, Captain, but the motion before us is, that an engrossed copy of these resolutions be sent to Mrs. Grant.

Captain Beem:-Was not that adopted as a part of the original motion?

The President:-No sir.

Captain Beem:-Then I will leave it.

The President:-I thought you were not talking to the motion. [Laughter.] The motion before the Society is, that an engrossed copy of the resolutions be prepared and paid for by the treasurer, and sent to Mrs. Grant. [Applause.]

The motion put to vote, and was carried.

The President:-Now, gentlemen, any other business is in order.

Captain Beem:-Now I desire to continue my remarks.

The President:-What motion are you speaking to?

Captain Beem:-I wish to make a few remarks in connection with the subject which has just been before the Society.

Captain Beem took the stand and remarked as follows:

I was speaking of the master mind which, grasping the situation, seized that great amount of sympathy that the whole Nation was expending upon General Grant and his family, and organized it so that it resulted in the restoration of our old commander to his former rank, and permitted him to retire as General. This service enabled the old soldier to live, so long as he did live, in comfort, and to make some provision for his widow and family. And, by the way, I want to add right here, that no more beautiful, devoted, and excellent family was ever created than those whose loving sympathy smoothed and softened the pathway of the old soldier into the grave in which he now rests. [Applause.]

Had the service I speak of not been rendered, had death come, as it undoubtedly would long before it did, if this aid had not been extended to him, the magnificent procession witnessed in New York a few days ago, would have been a crying shame and a hollow mockery. And now I want to say, comrades of the Army of the Tennessee, that if there was any one thing which could inspire us with more love and respect for that friend, it was this timely service rendered to our old commander by the President of this Society. [Applause.]

The war gave rise to some very pretty stories, and with those that were fearful and wonderful, there were some that were exceedingly beautiful, The magnificent achievements of our first commander, the sublime heroism which brought two millions of our comrades to the front, and sent three hundred thousand of them to their graves without the expression of a single regret from one of them; the painful privations endured by the enlisted soldier in battle, siege and camp, in the hard marches by day and the sufferings of the cold, sleepless nights; that romantic story of the storming of Lookout and of the Grand March to the Sea-with all these stories, let us see that the story of a friendship, a beautiful friendship which we all know of, be chronicled; a friendship which, as we learned last night from the lips of General Sherman, was born nearly a quarter of a century ago, amid the thunders of Shiloh and the siege of Corinth-let us see that this friendship is not forgotten. It was a friendship which remained unbroken during all the jealousies and strifes of rival interests during the It was a friendship which seemed beautiful in prosperity,

war.