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Show The United 8tates Army. At a banquet given In Boston recently recent-ly Col. John L. TIernnn of tho regular army nvo a scries of most onjoyablo reminiscences of tho Increiso of tho army and Its mobilization In tho opening open-ing years of tho civil war, from the tlmo It was composed pf only 10,000 mon, ecattered all over tho woatorn country, to tho period of Its completest organization and greatest und grandest grand-est vlctorlps. Ho dwelt on the fact of the govern-rocnt's govern-rocnt's dependence upon Its cltlzon sol-dlery, sol-dlery, from Its Inception to tho latest days of tho development ot its foreign and domestic policies, Capt. John Rcado, introduced ns a fighting sailor, spoke with warmth of the splendid vnlor of tho army and navy In tho civil wnr saying: "Thlnlc ot 20,000 mon having died In prison; think of 45,000 men killed, wouiide and lost on tho field of Gettysburg. It It something tho memory of which will never grow old. The reminiscence of those figures of tho army and navyjgo hand in hand, bringing a glory to thVlr country which has spread throughout tho great universe, and has brought a glory to this country which sho did not have before." |