| Show NOTABLE GATHERING = f 1 = f Ii I86S o Of THE WAft VETERANS E I I S I ICopyrlf lit tail ttOBAIILY IWOM veteran will ral PtlOPAllLY I annual encampment of 1I I Cincinnati hug been favored i before by the veteran but there Is I one dlitinctlon lo remain wllh the Queen City on account of ih I paganlry of the coming week TIll n I the first national gathering of ills O A II In a time of warlike doing Veteran bearing war moment of battles fought nearly 40 yean ago mill line up on the alreetil by the tide of yiung fellow who stopped I ilaucn at Huniiago IVnn the rank of cuiler1 old squadrons gray anl grimd vvoirm ol wll pulnt to empty Sleeves brought tom IA Quail ma and rI Coney by Wardiera Hough Bidets and eiclalm 11Dya you II dot No shadow of a chance tslil for jealouty or diatribe at the meeting uf theee heruee old and new The lade are worthy of their roriiear Again and again the Up or veterans who lulled under Itmgut or followed Sherman to the Pee or rnde bold Sheridan at Cedar Ce-dar Creek and Vivo Kork will Rive vole to the proud beasts 1 Mr eon to I on the Yankee the Dine the Texas the Oregon and Mine Is I with Wheeler with Mucky with Irrill with Letal I Nothing would plagge l the fathers 01 theme heroic boy better than to be able la pan over along wllh the rifle and carbine and cullaiot that hart found younger hands In wield them the lime honored badge of Ihe U A IL Ill a natural and a noble emotion but time lost how that the hirota at mi have founded martial condition and torle I which call for lymbol all little own f The bora of llll ihouldered arm In a ul warfare of purely i loel principle I those of llll I carried the emblem of liberty lo I f shield the opprroed uf other land Whether the fruit of the victory be real or mull a new era has damned l upon America The world has learned lint human right are bruader Hun the boundaries uf any one nation The Irand Army of flat Ilepubllc wag Hie plasmatic of a peculiar Irpe of I military xiclely The nearest approach to It to I aiiioni the Confederate veterans vet-erans where local aiwclulluni have f hit C III a few yeaie developed a national oclely In both can the Inspiration I > planer from fraternal and benevolent t motives The comradeihlp turn In the lone struggle of aim proved n lit too I i i I Irons to be undert by time These nl i ntlb moi are Use people I lute best uf any un eartli Is I the veteran way 01 referrlni to former cumrudti i An army nocttly peihapa more than one will naturally result Horn tht mui lj fl ter of ao many volitntnn of the Japan II J i UliAmiiun war It as not itnerally known that the first pastria4livot military toilety of Hit civil war as formed In I the Third army oorp 1 1rdvrnl at the I front In IIIJ This iwcUty called the I Third Army Corp Union inaloots annually r annu-ally on Jay I I the anntveroary of th 16 battle I of WmiainibUfK I vITI atcond I ocltly orxanlitd durmn the war viat II I that of the Army of the Tennessee I 11 which li Hill In etlMtnte That preliminary pre-liminary mHtlnc of the TcnnMfm ttl II gen wa held In file state capital at Italelth during the IVderl orciipamy of that city In April IMS The object of the ontanliatlon were declare 10 be I to keep alive and preserve Kindly and cordial retime aniunc oitlcen uf the Army pf the Ttnnei to hold their fame and glory I to a assured l trust and to I relieve Inv famlllea of Officers who fill I In the war or might thereafter be I urlrkvn by death A member unity I deal I I Icnal by will I any relative to whom dlO bit membership thai deectnd and In default nf such action the Ideal ion In I 1 berate the father title Thl society U I confined exclusively lo olltrcr r u1 While army mal confined eiclu i I I alvely lo ulllcir may for obvious risa eon dlepliy great vitality they hart never Coal t very rail with American rtteran Grand Army men point with i tHite to the tat tlml In their I encampment I encamp-ment flat private soldier anti the general gen-eral not on jiitl term as comrades In I view of the fact Hut the interest drawing enmradef together to I almoti wholly a Mnllmenial one the member ship In this hllt baa been phennmnal ly I Ian and thi iplMI a very crltnl ie one When the unlir had the npuia lion of Iodine pnlltlral the mmnrrnhli WAS M low that It often etemtd un the point of dljtolutkm and In thn t Male 1 where politics had the upper hand Hurt was a practical dlibandmtnl of poel It 1 Btep have been I taken to form a I o rtely among Hit officer present with the army nt Santiago It will be nclti ilvt 1 Thor ure about 100 officer eligible eligi-ble la thl society On of the MttMIe of civil war ret trans commemorat the eadde of the traffic eienH of that era the death of Lincoln On the lull nf April 1 law a lot Alpli party of officer In 1hlladelrhla 1 arranged ar-ranged for n snealtinif of army and nary olllctri to lake action relative to the fall of their commander In chief There The-re ponie was KI hearty that It wa ite cldtil to effect a permanent orginlia Hon And Hit result wa the founding nf the Jlllltnry Order of the Ixiyal Legion of the United Htate Mrmberihlp In this body to I divided Into three rlanei 1 the nnt being olllren and eiotnrer of the United States force enggnl In the civil war Th order list developed no Army of Northern Virginia on the bat 1 tlflelri of Gettysburg in UM the iwenlynrth anniversary of thai bit lit Thl reunion ms originated and carried to so uccnful end hy the Vo tuniac Sol and wa hailed in all elections as the first formal hand ilwk nf old ant wnblis across the IlMlr boom nf tr ar n reunion of heart aa well oa 4 I I M M rirluma That thrilling knot nrh 1 allan all-an Initial to all formation uf Ion I-on Poolearris Ih the youth Veteran reunions have been popular In the mouth since thi clone of the Aar but not until wllhln a decade has there been l a movement Ir lining permanent I orranltllon The dmrtilerate mot I m-ot the Ttnntett society I is i among the oldeel amorlntloni on the noulhern ild 1 on the authority of Confederttte In a notlllon tu know the totta credit U I dun tu the Irand Army or the no IKibtl for teaching their old foe the Meetings of veteran organlutlotia At the Yorktown centennial of 1HI the Confederated were icpreatnteil by many awocUtloni of the survivors or regiment regi-ment and batteries the Federal I among other nilmllllry Societies by pint 101 tht Uraml Army After a cordial cor-dial hind ihaUeon like Held of our com ltIfrP I I rinl I war not alone checked but actually actu-ally obliterated general piperlly and In the north the long UUVRI ecrloufly I net Kcd flip fortune or th im eee who en their best years to the stfvlcl 1 It nIVent military ittoo I mota nI 1 hut the want may no or mc sol hence the trend Army and the Canted trait Veteran union will have no exact parallel In our courl future Nt t itimion the riKlmxtiiat and battery I Minn of veteran > xhioh are 1 mot iiinltltt small Imlle or members of various commandi have been or Kanizel and many here lItn Ih exist nre for M Toole Then Are stocittles t cavalrymen or the member or the signal cvrp nMirtrntu societies com pooled or member or nnny all and mol fotmeU of naval veteran The lurvhon of the navy hive been rry active ant tenacious In founding iKletlM At portent there Is I it Jatr gut association In Philadelphia me In I New York an1 1 one In she wttt 1 will hiaitourter nt Chicago Connecticut hm a front society of nary urlvr Iailfnrnla maintain nnt under the title of Novel Veteran Lotion New Orleans 10 I the headiuarter of the Naval Veteran Vet-eran AMvelatlun of the Unit and Ilits ton < > f the ICearurg Axoelallen of first hold upon the afff loni f the veteran vet-eran In the rank of the rand AIMY may bo found member of oi tror > it 11rY al cittit especially of th I 0 Legion and the army n oclaiion Hlglblllly to any one or the ml er ntltN the holder lo admKilon to the n A It under un-der Its special 1 rule The lltual of this order II I latest elaborate and Impressive especially In all that rlate 0 memorial memo-rial ami 1 funeral serves nifill Many of the aged mniber Mho are unable lo attend encampment and reuni n meeting meet-ing ny thai they with to kep their name upon the roll nf hnr until mimmoned to Join the rank the grand army above I Whether found In pride or In sentiment or In tender devotion to symbols and ctrtinonle fraught with the holiest meaning file papolon of loyalty I loy-alty to the enter and 1 to imrade Is I indeetructlblr like the p lrlotnm which wa the hail of It all Therefor In balloting IMt the trend Army or the IlepuMta Is I an institution which white It may be and has been ImltatM yet cannot be paralMM the veteran do not necetMrlly pine It upon a pedestal ai something forever IncomiMmble Other time othercu tome The loldlera of IIM faced new fill THE OLD VETERANS AND THE NEW florist proportion and ha maintained I for a number at iliol about M Hate ovmmanderlM Through Its hereditary and honorary rlaaaM 1 the Loyal Irfglim to I to be pwpeluated but In 00 IHIIM It Is I not Sky enclulve as the IraiHt 1 Army far In thl body only those who can hw an honorable war record between April IHI and April IHI far tll lble Three year after the elote of Ih war the eorvlvon or the Army ut the Cumberland Cum-berland furmetl a aucltty I with a nrul leorge It Thorn at III head The fumberland was Thomas army and he wa a Post fitvnrU with the men rltorr man Alan ever pool with him either II an olllror or In the ranks was eligible lo memt > nhlp ilrntral 1hll Sheridan at one Urn had oommiinde1 a division In that army and wrvetl as prcildenl of the society from tilt until him death The last of the great army Societies to bt formed yet that or the Army or the ivtomac Huldkr of all ranks Ate tllglbl and the Association lm > been the ttroncwl of all In Membership partly for the reason Hut the old army was the largest I amregatlun I ot groups In one command Probably file moet itrlklng event In the history of wan uni the Joint reunion re-union of the veterans of the Army or the 1otomao and Old survivors or Iht men victory ome of the lllchrrwnd I vet I face livlled the fliand Army toy la accept the hoepliallilt of their old eap Hal Taking the Us from the Yank the Richmond oldlry organized Ix I < Camp of Confederate Vtttrani Other I = y4olTor camp sprung up und a few yn ago a strong national uiitty was affected under the personal 1 leadership of lien Oral John II Gordon of ileorgla Aui Salary Institutions or sons and daughter of valorous nlmllar to Ilia In the north hate taken rout In the mouth and but for the contrail ut color wurn and the arrangement uf the hue of heaven In the tutitltflai borne In their procee along It would W difficult to tell on which side the velerin fought who throng the clllei on each annual reunion re-union And at this date It makes no difference for the Pont of the blue and 1 Ihe sent ot the gray are now ranged side by file under one nTh n-Th object of the Confederate Veteran aoioilallon Is I Hw tarn as that of the trend Army of 1 the IlepublU namely to purpetuale the tin uf cuinradeahlp formed In the Held to found an en during memorial of American valor a dliplayed In the great Struggle and tu hk alter Illy welfare of the needy veteran vet-eran and their helpless l dependent A I nobler object never called a llmlte1 claw to unity of action In tho uuth the Naval Veteran About ten year no the National Aieoelatlon of Naval Vet I I crane wai formed tu i Kitiia ui > ierru ot former wr hive boost In existence for two or three Ktiwralloni but their irllvllle have I both cunnntd In oocailuntl leunlonf The Society IJI the War or lilt may funiej In toil At the anniversary I meeting In I UM only one of the original I Ir members was pr i > nl I Societies of Me b I an veterans have sprung up In several > tate the more Important being those or Illlnul and Calllornla Ittunlon gathering gath-ering are held annually In Ihoie states assets 1 In MltKiurl and In several large rlllee In the mlllliry associations thus fir mentioned there ties been uo at tomato to discriminate In the matter of tervlte An honuratilo discharge from the army or navy showing lervlce during the war pnnd hm bwn held asA as-a proof of merttirioue service Home jeer ago an aioHiatlon tailed the Union Un-ion Veteran Legion wui organized wllh the avowed purpose or eitabllihlnif a service merit The membership la I re I ilrlcted to veteran A to lerved continuously contin-uously for two yean or were rllnharg I ed on count of voivido receive In Iltlle TIll order has eelahllthed a national I na-tional organliatlon but the membership member-ship II I rnmptralltely 1 small owing to I the fuel that the Jrand Army hips the dancers and new problem In the vote vot-e tII a they may also create anew There has Jieen much talk recently of loyalty the flu meaning the emblem In an objective sl regardlood ot what It repnenti Should a crliU com again like Hut of nil and devotion 10 the fUg count for mot than adherence to prln cllle U will not be the nnt time In I the history or the orld when the eytabol hall possessed native povior the A tile thing lymbollied My country right or wrunc may found cynical omo card but the word wer dictated by a entl Client or the kind that make and eave nation Homing for a motto flit word Our counlry nag first lift and always 1 al-ways theie and of the century defender de-fender of the blood bought symbol mar carve out now Ideal I I of national great negum suit found an order of veterans that shall be peorless I In Its day an4 Uh rival a In its destiny Nt more than onthlrd 01 the our Tlvort of the Kderul urnlre i belong to the Hand Army uf the Itepiibllc Irob ably the lapaed meml < enhlpi would bring the roller lip lo call There are note about IM 000 on the roll Such a carter coult not have been proj b sued by flat dreamer In Sherman camp who conceited the Idea ot another Ma sonic ordtr with sinny comrdhlp as Its myillo tie Within a year after the close of the war the northern and West trn atatei were honeycombed with brotherhood legion and union eitih limited by the disbanded volunteer All nt them gave war before the Order oft of-t faith which cam unheralded ex cept by word of mouth among new convert con-vert At the end of Ave year Hi or anltntlnn Was natlonil but itrumled on fur ten year with a inemberihlp reckoned in ten nf tin uand Then the Visives burst forth And in thlodecalle between 1ISO and ISM the roster willed from to 000 to nearly quarter of a million mil-lion Lone by death In sparsely settled set-tled diptritts account for the decrease In the tail decade but that number to I still Ihollomnlll than It Is I remember M I that u costs moral lo belong In the trend Army especially to maintain Active comradeihlp wllh all that that relation I Involves monOl L IL1ICn Davarias Mad King It wan reported recently In the din pnldiei that Use mad Most Otto of Its varla air hearing him end al Poor etenrlM n rvyalntatle of flat youth Herman Her-man monarchy The mint of Inannlty has been running through the house of WIIIlohooh tr many years and hAl been a blight on the fair name uf Ila varla King Otto has been hopelessly Inn fine the summer nf UM and his aged uncle Trine Lot troold Is I the regent nf the kingdom Yet the royal till U I veil til t In the Initiated plee l uf clay 1 who te I approached by big numerous lackey i I do it P I It ore I 40 if i 171 i f 4 W V 7 4 I 1 12 a nd iervant with I t all outward signs of tif homait for he I king 1 It will be lurprlilng to most American Ameri-can reader to learn that th prticnt king was a demented rrnon when be succeeded his brother Klna Iudlg II whu alto 1 had been declared Iniane two year before his death Thl ludwlg was formally drpcicO three day before his end which he I ought hlmelf dragging drag-ging wllh him to Use depth or the Itarnlltr lake film hlda and true trial IIrOuddon In passing It may be stated that a cousin or lime two king Urnpresm iilubelh of Austria has been for year bar tell iiruK on account or her eocentrl Charily has II that alit betame satisfied on account of the tiagle death uf her on Archduke Ilu dolr Ih IH and charily may prevail In tills cane The royal 1 house of Wltteliliai ti I one of the Oldest of Ihe noble famlllea ot Cure the first of the name Oh record being tlargrav Iultpold who died In Augul HI more than 1000 year ago The Hamburg 1 of Austria antedate this redoubtable I Margrave by only I eight Years I IVillte history always has come excuse for the erratic conduct of our great of Ihd earth Thus In Hie cast of King Ottos prcOeceiior on the Bavarian throne II Is I mid thai he vists a man of romantic nature an artlil with very fantaillo Idea of his personal dignity ai a king and ralher capricious opln Inn concerning political questions Courllera lay that his Inianlty vlas caused by the rupture of him enrage ont to Prince Pophle of Itavaili who afterward become the Duchess or Alenron and perished In the holocaust In a charity basyst In Parts last year I Plain truth Is I thai Die father of both brother Mailmllun II wa Orleans I and that the taint probably long ext tint ex-t Inbas Utent form In the house or Wlllelabach on account of Intermar I rtagei dcicended lo Otto and lujwlg I from him Thl Mailmllltn a Dart uf Ludnlg I wa treated by his father In a manner so severe that the young prince at one lime ewaped fromMunlch bought a residence In the Unity or I Hamburg and there led a life of absolute abso-lute abandon When lUHmlllan sts i turned life rein In III upon the abdication abdi-cation of film starts parent he itlll continued con-tinued what In this country would vul i Early be tailed life pren periodically periodical-ly Its finally developed file Idea that uoth his eon Ludwig III born In HIS end the preienl Otto bam In llll amid the thunder of the great revolution hid Inherited from him that taint which would ultimately call down upon them the curie of mental death The court physicians aa well AN eminent emi-nent medlial ctlibrllle ml 11 In by the ivurt clique ought In vain to dlnuade Miulmlllan from this horrible Men 1 The course of event haihown that limit mlllan II 1 In 1 Ih Inner consciousness of his guilt and hame wait correct It wa probably this awful vindication vindica-tion of Orthodox Moulo Uw I that caused Ma > lmllliu Harden In hit Kukunft ar Hilt la ay about flat lime when King Olio father ascended the thront The royalists In the land inlggrrel Into I their beard rubbed their hand In glee I and mildewed to each other grlnnlngly Now vack have what we want Now can its In times of yore n maniac I wr the I crown 11 |
