Headquarters of the Society were established by the Local Committee at the Kennard House, marching from there to the Tabernacle, where the business meetings were to be held, and being assembled the President called the Society to order and announced it ready for business in the following remarks: MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE: Allow me to congratulate you on thus assembling in such large numbers, seemingly in such good health and under such favorable auspices. The day is beautiful, and the people appear to be glad to see the war veterans and heroes, and I have no doubt the local committee will have taken every means to provide for your comfort, your safety and your happiness. I am glad, I assure you, to see so many of our old comrades together to-day in this beautiful city of Cleveland.

This is our sixteenth meeting. Though eighteen years have passed since we scattered and mingled in the civil world, this is our sixteenth meeting. Eighteen years have passed since we ceased to use arms and resorted to the pen. The intention was, when we adjourned at St. Louis, to have met here on the fourth of this month.

I had to make a long trip west, and I begged the local committee to postpone the day or excuse me from attending. They postponed

the day, and I thank them for it. I hope none of you have lost anything thereby. I am grateful to be here. The 4th was the anniversary of the gallant and brave defense of the city of Corinth. I do not see why we cannot commemorate on the 17th as well as on the 4th.

The great fighting occurred on the afternoon of the 4th of October, 1862. I saw General Rosecrans in Washington. He was extremely anxious to come. He commanded that part of the Army of the Tennessee that fought in the defense of Corinth. I assure you that he feels the same pride, the same glory in your fame that you yourselves do, and he would have come had it been in any way possible for him to do so.

General Rosecrans sent this message by me personally, "I send my love to them all and my regrets that I will not be able to be with them all on the occasion of their meeting in Cleveland." General Rosecrans ought to have been here, and would have been had not his public business been so large as to render it impossible for him to come.

I have nothing more to say than that I again congratulate you on appearing in such large numbers here, in strength, health and vigor. I will now, from this time forward, endeavor to adhere strictly to the constitution and the programme which your com. mittee has placed in my hands. While we all deplore the absence of General Grant, I will say that I have just been informed by General Leggett that there is still hopes of his coming.

Now, gentlemen of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, we turn to our Constitution, and find the order of proceedings calls first for the reading of the journal of the previous meeting, in May of last year.

The Secretary began reading the record of the meeting held in St. Louis, when, on motion of General Fuller:

Resolved, That the record of the last meeting having been printed, and in that way distributed to each member, we dispense with reading them at this time.

The next order of business being the appointment of regular committees, on motion of Captain Sexton:

Resolved, That General Belknap, Captain Burns, Lieutenant Dunlap,Captain Higley and General Chetlain be appointed a committee to nominate officers of the Society.

On motion of Major Bell:

Resolved, That General Strong, Colonel Cadle, Captain Mattox, Surgeon Heighway and Colonel Lynch be appointed to select and nominate an orator for the next meeting.

On motion of Lieutenant Towne:

Resolved, That General Noyes, Colonel Everest, Colonel Fletcher, Colonel Brush, and Major Vogleson be appointed to recommend the time and place where the next meeting shall be held.

The President read the committees as above named.

The next in order of business being the reading of reports, the President called upon the Treasurer, and General Force read and presented for the consideration of the Society, the following:

TREASURER'S REPORT.

GENERAL SHERMAN,

President:

SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,
TREASURER'S OFFICE,

CINCINNATI, O., October 16, 1883.

I have the honor to report that, at the last report there was in the Permanent Fund $9.000 of four per cent. registered government bonds, payable to the order of Treasurer Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and $671 in cash.

Since then, this fund has received from Col. L. M. Dayton, Recording Secretary, $236.; from interest on bonds $540; a donation from the local committee of the reunion held in Cincinnati in April, 1881, from balance left after paying expenses of the reunion, $67.17, and from Gen. A. Hickenlooper, of Committee on Publication, proceeds of the sale of one copy of the consolidated reports, $3.75. Owing to the continued high price of bonds, together with the expectation that this fund would be called on to pay part of the expense of printing additional volumes of consolidated reports, I have made no purchase of bonds in the past year.

The fund now consists of $9,000 of bonds, and $1,518.89 cash.

The General Fund at last report held $1,419.86,

It has received since from Col. L. M. Dayton, Recording Secretary, $676, aking a total of $2,095.86.

The expenditures have been: printing six hundred copies of the report of the last reunion, $325.75; electrotyping two hundred and sixteen pages, $108; lithographing the society badge, $15; wrapping, $1.75; printing 700 copies of three maps, $75; expenses of the office of the Recording Secretary for stationery, ribbon for membership certificates, express and postage, $57.23. Total, $582.73.

There remains now in this fund, $1,513.13.

No taxes have yet been charged upon the monument marking the spot where McPherson fell, the charge of which has been transferred to and accepted by the Society. But I am informed that it has suffered greatly from the depreda tions of relic seekers, or from wanton injury.

I submit here with my book of accounts and bank book, as Treasurer, and vouchers.

On motion of General Chetlain:

M. F. FORCE,

Treasurer.

Resolved, That the report of the Treasurer, as read by him, be accepted and spread upon the records.

The President then called upon the Recording Secretary for his report, who read and presented for the consideration of the Society the following:

REPORT OF RECORDING SECRETARY.

GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN,

OFFICE OF RECORDING SECRETARY,
CINCINNATI, O., October 15, 1883.

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President Society Army Tennessee:

DEAR SIR:-AS Secretary of the Society, it is my duty to report that the proceedings of the meeting held in St. Louis were printed in the usual pamphlet form and copies sent to each member.

Since the filing of my last report, I have received from the members as follows:

which, in due course, has been passed over to the Treasurer, and his receipts therefor have been filed with the records of my office.

My books are ready for examination at any time that the Society will select an auditing committee, which I request it to do.

Respectfully submitting above for the consideration of the Society,

I am, etc.,

On motion of Major Crowell:

L. M. DAYTON, Recording Secretary.

Resolved, That the report of the Secretary be accepted and spread upon the records of the Society.

NOTE. Herewith the Secretary gives the record from his books of all money paid him by members as dues and fees from date of publishing last report to Dec. 1st, 1883.