Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-19

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, September 49,
General T. j. Morgan called the meeting Of
the Army OF the Cumberland to order to-
night, General Rosecrans being indisposed.
The meeting was opened by prayer by the
Rev. G. W. Dumbell. Major Colburn,
Chairman of the local Committee on Recep-
tion, arose and said:
Mr.. President and Comrades of the Society Of the
Army of the Cumberland:
AS Chairman of the local Committee of Re
union of the Society of the Army of the Cum
berland it devolves upon me to extend to you
a few words Of welcome back again to the
scenes now peaceful, once SO terrible. 1t needs
no eulogism for the deeds Of the Grand Army
and its proud membership. or the inspiration
and patriotic fervor which induced the sac
rifces necessary to the accomplishment of
those results which have redounded to the
great advantage of the whole country. On the
welcome.
THE MEMORIAL PLANS.
The Chickamauga memorial report, as
given by General Gist stated that meet
ing of the committee was called during the
month of February this year, and was held
in Washington. Four members Of the COM
mittee were present. After some discussion
resultion was unanimously adopted to in
vite number of Confederate soldiers who
were engaged in the battle of Chickamauga,
and who are now in Congress, together with
number of Union soldiers in Washington,
10 meet with the committee in the Military
Committee room, to devise plan to better
carry out the design of the committee of the
society to purchase and monument the
battlefield.
This conference was held and was quite
ltrgely attended. After the general plan
bad been explained, and an invitation ex-
tended to the gentlemen present who had
served in the Confederate army to unite
with a member who had been in the Fed
enl army, it was resolved that Senator A.
H Colquitt and General Henry M. Gist be
appointed committee of two, with power to
inGease the committee to six, to secure the
NECESSARY number of incorporation and q
chatter under the laws of the State Of
Gedgia to form an organization to be known
as tie Chickamauga Memorial Park Asso-
ciatbn.
BOTH BLUE AND GRAY.
The following com nittee was then organ
Henty M. Cist, E. E. Walthall, Absalom
Bair{, General Joseph E. Wheeler, General
Henry V. Boynton, with the Governor of
Georgia, ex-officio, and the Governors, ex-
officio of such States North and South as
had ttoops engaged in the battle of Chicka-
mauga on the 18th, 18th and 2Oth of Sep
tember, 1868, and which may comply with
the terms of the charter, the President and
Corresponding Secretary of the Society of
the Army Of the Cumberland, ex-oficio, the
President and Secretary of the Historical
Society of Virginia, ex-oficio, and the Sec
retary of War of the United States, ex-
officio, and their successors. to be incor-
porated under the name and style of
Chickamauga Memorial Association.
When incorporated it is proposed to add
to the membership of the association all SOL
diers of both sides who were honorably dis
charged and who desire to become members
of the association. Each member is to have
one vote either in person or by proxy. The
officers to be elected are to serve five years
or until their successors are elected, and the
affairs of theAassociation to be managed by
a Board of Directors numbering %.