Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-07

historical oration will be delivered by the
Hon. Edmund Shaw, of Altoona; address
delivering monument to care OF BattiGneld
Association, by John NJ. Dunsmore, Esq,
of Thayer, Kan; prayer by Rev: John
| Thomas, of Larned, Kan. The balance
of the programme will be announced on ar
rival at Gettysburg from Regimental head
quarters. A reunion of the regiment will
| also be held, time and place to be designated
| from same headquarters.
Rev. j. R. Doyle, of New York, formerly
an officer in the One Hundred and Eleventh,
will deliver the oration for that command,
which will be in charge of Colonel w. j.
Alexander, after which the exercises will be
combined with the One Hundred and Ninth,
this regiment having been consolidated with
the One Hundred and Eleventh in April,
1865.
On the morning of the 18th the One
Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment will
form in the square near the Mcclellan
House, and, under the command of Colonel
II. n. Warren, march to the site of the
monument on Reynolds avenue, and pro-
ceed with the dedicatory service as follows:
Music, by the veterans; prayer. by Judge
o. P. Shaver; historical address, by Colonel
Horatio N. Warren; brief remarks, by the
veterans; music, by the veterans The regi-
grove near the seminary and hold re-
union.
These are the exercises for the One Hun
dred and Fifth: Prayer. Chaplain D. s.
Steadman; hymn, regiment; poem, Captain
S. A. Craig; music, oration, Chaplain j. c.
Truesdale; music, presentation of monu-
ment, short addresses by Colonel L. B. Duff,
@. G. Sedig, Captain John Hastings, Cap
tain A. G. Thompson and Captain j. q.
Kelso. The commander of the regiment is
Colonel James Miller.
HEADQUARTERS AND REPORT.
It may be interesting to many to know
where some of the distinguished visitors
can be found. The Gettysburg Spring
Hotel will have as its guests the Governor
and staff, the Pennsylvania Commission
and number of military celebrities, in
cluding Lieutenant Colonel j. P. Nichol-
son, General Goblin, General j. P Taylor,
Colonel Bruce Rickets and Chief Marshal
General d. McM. Gregg. Also the One
Hundred and Forty-ninth Pennsylvania |
Volunteer Association, the One Hundred |
and Fiftieth Volunteers, the Seventeenth |
Pennsylvania Cavalry, and the Ninety |
second Pennsylvania Reserves. Delega- !
tions of the Pennsylvania militia will |
encamp for one week on the hotel grounds |
ernor's escort.
The report of the Battlefield Commission |
has been sent to the Governor A great |
deal of space is devoted to the controversy
which arose between General Beaver and
the Pennsylvania Reserves. and which is a
time-worn story to everyone who took the
slightest interest in the subject. Among
other things the report says:
The commissioners have devoted more than
care to the matter of inscriptions, SO |
that while securing all possible honor to the
soldiers of Pennsylvania who participated in
the memorable struggle, nothing of an
apocryphal or doubtful character should be
permitted. Besides the coat of arms of the
In bronze and the badge of the
army corps to which the command belonged,
they require the name and number of the regi-
ment or battery, brigade, division and corps, a
of the movement and action in the
battle. the number of officers and men present.
together with the losses and the date of mus
ter-in, ,re-eulistment and muster-out. In addition
to this the names of counties where recruited,
total enrolment, total losses and names of
battles in which engaged were allowed.
Their methods are thus described:
COMMISSIONERS METHODS.
In their scrutiny the commissioners care
FULLY examine the official reports of the battle,
both union and rebel not only of the partIcu-
ar commanders, but of brigade, division and
'oTps conlinanuers, anu hoI only tneIn, puC INC
'eports of all other commands which held
position upon the same part of the field or in
he same neighborhood.
In this way, in some cases involving days of
Investigation. the inscriptions are examined, so
Is to verify every fact and make them his
orically correct In doing this it is necessary
n nearly every instance to make notifications
md changes more or less important, and it is a
pleasure to say that in the large majority of
,ases already passed upon the regimental
committee has cheerfully and promptly con-
urred in the action.
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