The evening call. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1891-1893, 1893-07-05

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dr. ~ amauga, where o
the land is cheap, c,
the whole scene Of conflict has been 81
purchased outright and is beng re- a
stored Us nearly as possible to its con- t,
aition in 1868. The positions occupied "
by the regiments, brigades and dlvls-
ions, both Union and Confederate are b
beinq marked with iron tablets fast /
ened to posts Of iron set IN concrete !
Each tablet tells in colorless langQ-
age lust what occurred at that spot. Ii !
il not desired that these memorials
shall state any facts from partisan
standpoint. The landscape beng
wooded, the lines Of the opposing
armies will be shown by tall masts at
tached to trees, with red ana Whlte
and blue and white balls at the tops
the red and white Indicating the Con
federate and the blue and white the
Union forces. Along the lines thus
laid out the States Will erect monu-
nants To their regiments. There Will
he lookouts Of iron, assembled by spiral
stairs. from which spectators can view
the entire field |
The nonpartisan spirit enlisted IN |
This work is shown by the fact that |
Kentucky has appointed commission
to locate troops from that state winch
fought On both sides at Chickamauga.
D N Will determine sites for monuments
+ II Kentucky Confederates, South
! erners generally are anxious that the
battle fields Of the laIe war shall De
h marked with suitable memorials OF
their own soldiers. AS much attention
N will be given to indicating the INES
N occupied bv Confederate forces as 10
e those Of the Union Army in every IN
IS stance. Congress OF its last session
:, appropriated $25, 900 to preserve ana
at n6ark the lines OF battle at Gettysburg,
IT and Secretary Lamont last week APP
~ nointed committee Of experts to per
q form this work Stripsof land Will DE
purchased for this purpose along the
~ lines where the troops from DIXIE
> fought. Thus will be provided material
far The education in history Of genera
q lions vet unborn.
= Three hundred and sixty Union
u REGIMENTS and batteries were engaged
az Gettysburg. These are now repre-
sented bv about three hundred an'
fftv monuments. which have cost iron
dTe feW hundred dollars up to $4O.OOO
Ing The spectacle presented by the tlel'
the j nxtraordinarv. A foreigner over
O. 1ooking its sprinkling of granite shaft
u, MIGHT mistake the ground Tor J.,
Mohammedan Cemetery,so frequent
II does the crescent appear as oeSiS
S'a carved in store, this having been III
. emblem Of General Howards EleVen'
Corps. The strips Of land along "hlc
these memorials stand have been a
ouired by corporation which repr'
N aents several states, calling ltsel1 u
4 Gettysburg Battlefield Association !. l
riohts will soon be turned over TO u
Government with the understanulI
+hat the latter shall take care OF u
on nropertv. Students of military ma
ters regard Gettysburg as an lue
etc Held of battle 1t is all open countI
~os like 4 typical European battlenel
- Snactators can view the whole OF
from tie neighboring hills.
~oTines Of Battle Marked.
oyk. With all these memorials, SET up
- states and regiments, no INES ol =
We III have hitherto been marked on
i feld There is only one Con1eoer'
monument, 80 that the observer ms
na Lgg Ask. Against whom were these = ~
4 can troops fighting? Lees line eXteno
lt tents saven miles. and the fighting OF IN
Soap davs covered twenty-five square mll
Its The trolley line will be eight M
pipes, 1n0 r, &c q loon IT Y
lshing | long, IN tile loFm Va .1,
rnn out from the town of Gettysou
.. arorna the field and back. 1t IS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS stoned particularly for the convene
of neople Who will come on plcl
AM viii cut gingerbread and plci
whi1a doing tile circuit and gazing
Id as'T 1rIr II, +ba historic ground. The tro
YOU eat connanv has purchased the Aall>.
ng In ;+s rorta ana SO there Is no del'
sults. ogoinst IT. Its track-laying operat
IS. VII are said to have done + most Sized "I
- the neighborhood OF the so-calleo
eta III th IA lev OF Death-a gulley hlleo WIN
70 u 81 powders, which was the 1ocus y!
v irTes III second davs tight. Here "neie
ity, our was Such slaughter as has seldom
1 incur i Seen in warfare. the rocks are
fail. we covered with bullet marks.
, I'M e aTn1 Tie greatest naval battle SINCE
sans time was that OF Monlie D"!
80 bas been proposed that the posi-
of the ships engaged should De ma
- With buovs ana this will douotleS
done before long The bay Is
! cemetery. Sunk in sixty teet OF
Il the Union Monitor III which
81 4 CAPTAIN Craven went down, mo. aol
IN 6as7 IND knocked cut of her potion l
81 : ssAfS' TORPEDO. A vessel OF that hln -
t /; PhilO. not sink slowly like craft I
49, made III wool. Being mass Q
p II the moment .hat the water flowed
. ~ her she went DOWN as a stone v
MI The only persons who had a ehan
70. iii escape we're her commander an
lRRIS, pllot' oeo". .:,a CO.. hut one of tn
n. Id. q. There VS. l1l1Ae A04 Iaaar
claims. oct out by means OF the Iauu.t
Bureau acida saving. Ate
~ mn NO. blot and the latter saved n
hoW % :, 1;fa While the noble Craven sans