, 1881-09-23
A Crushing Reply to Schofield's
Aspersions upon the Gallant
Thomas.
Extracts from d Paper the Lattor Was
Preparing When Oycrtakcn by
Death.
Incidents Of tho Journey Of the Chicago
Delegation to ohat~
tanooga.
1aINIa,


spsetai Dispatea to 7as Cntedeo 7sshnnt-
CHATTANOOGA, Toti1,. SDpt. :.11.-Tho SOricty Of
he Army OF tho Cumberland met nt 10 Il. IT,,
4lc.,ut ottlcors, determined TO Meot ht Gtlwau.
tee, Wis. next yrnr. nntl adjourned.
Thp oIicurs for tho ensuing ycar arc rs fol-
lows: .....
President LIEUT. Gen. +. II. shor!d1n.
Trcastlrer--tiell. j. y. Fullerton.
Corresponding :3ccretary-dcn. II. NJ. Cist.
Recor!!n4 *'serptnry-S1nj. Jnhu Stool.
A ylce- President was elected for cvery State
represented by ncuhors 0r tho snclety.
i resolution wna adopted constituting COM
u,t.cu to be known Us tho Garfield Memorial
Committee. at,d instructed to report TO the nuxt
meeting plnns for tho erection Ut monument
to their intD Go.nrhlG.
Milwaukee was selected rs tho place of meet
iug On tho I'd and ssd OF September nGkt ycnr,
and tho society adlourncd. Ten. 0rosvcuor
was selected "a orntor at tho next reunion, With
Col. Jucob nlnkeslce. nj Plttsburg. as niieruate.
and Gen. Cox TO deliver tho Grafton In memory
Of Con. Garfield.
CAMERON HILL,
tho highest location In the ulty proper, over
looka tho ontiro flcfI OF stirring scenes
during tho War. on ncruss the city
Missionary 1sit1go preaenls its symmDt-
rical md ,inllulattnH lines to tho view,
showing whcro tho Army Of tho Cumberland
marched. Its soldiers for tho nonco turning 0cn-
ernIs-up. up over lines ut frctful brcnslworks,
oscr frowntng nrtlllcrs, ovar hell aytnbollxcd by
frowuIng guns md mal Rebels, ovor bright re-
beIliaus hopes and fond rcuocotions OF tho dis
astrous Held Of ChickamaugR. Away on to tho
right ia barely visible the scene Of Shcrman's
bravo struggle to flank tho 1sebcl lines whore
bravery. and loyalty, and life, and hope. and
everything doar to tito Union heart was Ut no
tratt ind not tho grand and bravo old Army Of
tho Cumberland conc to tho assistance Of
&ho5r I'm H.. hrntb t,uu
to tho left tho stnuous OUTLINE Of the Tennessee
KlTer looking like d wnxed thread Of old-fash-
loncd hemp, wnshos the foot Of tho
FAMOUS OLD LOOKOUT.
aud, making an abrupt double IN Its course,
forms sfoccnsfn Point. where during tic dark
days ot tho Investment Of liosecraus' invinclble
handful OF mon, dcath'a missiles were hurled In
bold defiance back upon victorious Rebels sta
toned upon the sides and stlsfmft Of Lookout.
OF to tho front, hut out OF sight, aro scquat-
chIo River and Valley, and TINT rug
god barrier Of hills and mountains across
which VIC were compelled TO soud wagons drnwn
By yhaf.ssaryed mules and fofscst ltheir destIna
uoa boiuE bridgeport aud Stevenson, where
we're luscious army supnlios In tho form Of sow-
belly md hardtack, which, transported to Our
bea!eged comrades at Chattanooga, might ward
oa, not "surrender." but "starvattou.' Now
meet on this historic spot tho representatives OF
tho Blue and tho Grny to exchange Ideas, to
listen to expressions Of opinion. to find QUE
what .yo,1 i,ns" thing of"wo uos." nnd
~ to'o.s ,,, s"r,n,rro, ,n;mncttan. r
~, 4oAow tuo ecrip.arai I'Iuuston'
man, know fhysolE. and KNOW
thy brother Also" Here, upon tho scenes ot
psooably tho most memorable and tue braVost
struggle of tho whole War, meet UulOn0ts and
Confetlaratos ,,pon n nlnno of csrtatn count,tv-
upon common monument Of glory on an ocoa-'
SLOT Of common grief over tho National calam-
ity. --..-
RAISING TIE: STARS AND STRIPES,
At1o n,cino. Mi tho ho1s IN tho c,tv tol1c,, md
$500 e.oo@ ~ euo uee ~ suo els5 ,o'tou n.ao
nuelacss WIS suapentod ny proclamation or tno
Mnyor, and several thousand former Federal
aud Confederate snldicra FORMED in line and
msrcha1 IN Ga"oran 1t,,, ,sser, ra.,,o, .ror. I,.
a,sas - oaoso" .4!'', Wucte .p'iuoIt waos
49,, "o4o " oeeu': NJ nooo.'s ""sssn0 ~, .uu
1on tns ~, ~ sn,or"ns nv "n torr.nS .S A' s ano
sounu tns tae veterans 1or1neut As mo
Confederate division Of tho procession reached
tho crown Of tho hill tholr band played " Dixie"
and fhnv fo1Iown1 chccrng whfrh ,zaa II,atIiv
rnsr,sa., ,.'S1 uS' r..'s M, e,s..s
.sspoaoca 10 py tho fcacfa!s' Iho aafsha1s OF
four atdus eat1ited md ruurched to the stuT and
atiag drapeI in mourning was hoIslod 10. tho
asa,y and Mni l. H. ain{Ti,utn iatts N tiss Tan