Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-16
CHlt'AMAUGA FIELD
Veterans Revisit Scene OF
Fierce Struggle.
TIE CUMBERLAND ARMY REUNION.

A Day Spent in Looking Over Ground
Where Hood Was Shed for the Union
Proceedings of the Society-A Roster
of the Survivors of the Army Ordered
-Sheridan's Statue-The Historic L~-
connective General" Photographed.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 16.-With General
W. S. Rosecrans as president the Society
of the Army of the Cumberland met yes
terday on the field of Chicamaugua where
twenty-nine years ago, under the same
leader, they fought in one of the bloodiest
battles of modern times. At night a pub
lie meeting was held at the First NJ. Z.
church in this city, Mayor Andrews, a
Confederate veteran, delivering the address
of welcome, which was followed by the
annual Grafton before the society by Cen
eral H. V. Boynton, who is at the head
of the move nent to make a national park
of the famous battle ground. Among
those present were Generals Rosecrans,
Wood, Baird, Carter, Morgan, Reynolds,
Wiseman and Warner.
Went Out to tn Battlefield.
At a. M. nearly all the veterans took
train for the battlefield and Park hotel,
about half stopping on the field and the
Others going on to the hotel, where the
business meeting of the society took place.
At the meeting there were about 100.
Seated on the stage were General Rose
Grams, General II. V. Boynton, General j.
S Fullerton and Colonel John w. Steel.
Business was almost entirely of a routine
nature. Reports were presented, adj
dresses made and other minor matters
given their attention. The plan of the
monument to General Sheridan was shown
to the assembled veterans. They seemed
to like the design and emphasized their
approval by agreeing to pay Sculptor
Ward, who is the artist, 81 500 on account.
Roster of the Surviving Vets.
A movement was placed on foot to have
each regimental commander of the Army
of the Cumberland secure a complete roster
of his command. These will be carefully
corrected and printed. 1t was found that
there are sc, 600 survivors of the Cum er-
land army, and the task of completing the
roster will not be a small one by any
means. On the walls of the ball room
We're placed charts giving the names OF
each body of the Army of the Cumberland
engaged in the battle of Chicamauga. The
movements made by each command were
also noted. These charts were decidedly
interesting to the veterans, and received d
great deal of attention.
Photographed the General"
After the meeting adjourned every body
went TO Une DaItlSHeiu spent Jne resi-
of the day there. During the day the old
engine General was pulled out to Chica-
maugua. There it was photographed.
Conductor Fuller, who had charge of the
train when it was captured during the
war, with Mr..and Mrs. D. J. Gracy and
few others were on board. The photo
graphing of the old engine created much
interest. During the afternoon the COM
mittee on time and place OF holding the
next meeting decided to recommend
Cleveland, q, as the next place of M. t.
ing. December, 1898, was named as the
time. =
Strolled About Lookout Nountain.
Those veterans who did not go out to the
field took in" Lookout mountain and re-
visited the scene of their victor among
the Clouds" One Of the humorous scenes
was the manufacture Of relics Small boys
beat two bullets together, readily disposed
of the result, telling the buyers that the
Siamese appearance was due to their hav-
ing met in mid air. Others inserted old
minnie balls int carefully bored holes in
small pieces of wood, the date of whose
birth was some years posterior to the war.
Everything went and nobody kicked at a
fraud