The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-11
rHK TIMFS-RICHMONDc VA. SUNDAY NOVEMBER ii 1884

wcrk-part Of the Confederate nhe or
Observation-Disclosures historic Lombardy
noulars and the stunted cedar under
which Gen. Braggs conference with MS
staff took place. 80.
The other tower on tne rVau staHus
on a jutting spur running out WESTWARD
at a right angle from the race Oh the
ridge, and commanding not only view
of the valley across which. the Federal
forces came to the charge, pul lhe west
front of the ridge itself.
There has been another purchase here,
and a very pretty little park Hes at the
foot of the tower. There VIII De some
monuments placed in these PARIS anu
one In place at the point wnere her troops
came up when the ridge was. stormed.
One OF the most interesting features OF
this road, which commands ior us entire
length a view OF the valley in which
Chattanooga lies, the town, the river and
Lookout mountain, will be the accurate
descriptive tablets which are TO De placed
along It, 20 that one may NAY r re No 1ne hns
from his carriage or the saddle Oh MS
horse or bicycle as he travels 1t.
There IS one more tower not yet erect
ed. which Is to go to orchard knoo. Cen
erai Grants headquarters during the
battle OF Missionary Ridge. Nearly the
whole OF this elevation, which stands be-
tween the ridge and the town, and Is
quite a thriving suburb OF inc AFTER, nas
already in place upon It,.
All historic sports in the city OF Chat
tanocga oil be marked with handsome
bronze tablets, so that the visitor can
follow the course Of the seige; and this.
with tracts yet TO be purchased at Sher-
man Heights and on Lookout mountain.
and the necessary roads 10 reach them
marked along their course with tablets
showing the movements of the troops,
VIII, IT is conceded. make this chain OF
parks-or system Of parks, az IL IS called
like nothing else ever attempted.
Inc text Of the bill authorizing the
Chattanooga and Chickamauya National
Military Fark sIys in Section D:
The affairs OF the PARK shall, suhjeett
War, be in charge Of three commission
ers. two to be appointed from civll ire
by the Secretary Of war, and secretary
who shall be detailed by the Secretary OF
War from among the officers Of the army
best acquainted with the details of the
battles of C1ickamauga ara Chatta-
nOoga."
These commissioners are Gen. Alex.
y. stewart, late &. ). A. cQurty VIZ.
gnian who, as resident commissioner az
the Park has efficiently superintendent
the local work. Gen Joseph ;. Fullerton.
chief OF stan TO Gen. Thomas during the
Iour battles, and no" president OF the
commission. and Major Frank Z. Smith,
detailed from the regular army 10 act as
secretary 10 the commission.
The first appropriation for the Park.
tNtitNS 1--WE thousand uDildISs WAS Hldue
IN May $50; but il was some time there
after before work was actually begun.
ne pan received great impetus at a
meeting OF the Army Of the Cumber-
land IN Chattanooga I'm September, 1892
FROM It's first inception IT has been,
as one may say, under the patronage
OF That body. whose secretary. General
Boynton. veteran Of these fields. has
probably done more than any one indi-
Fidtiai toward its fuTtheranCe.
OlDHr associations. too. have GEiurg1
the great interest In IL. At the re-
union Of Federal and Confederate veter-
ans, at which was held great barbe-
cue In 1889 on the field of Chickamauga,
the South made plain her feeling and
intention III the matter; and the results
or that meeting nave been the locating
OF the positions Of South Carolina, $
troops. BY her regularly appointed State
commission last spring. and the Placing
OF the Louisiana troops Including the
famous Louisiana Tigers during the lat
ter part Of September.
Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee,
which had soldiers on both sides OF the
struggle, have commissions composed Of
both Union and Confederate veterans,
who will act together i'm locating lines
and deciding upon monuments.
The work begun I'm 1892 viii be COM
pleted in 1895. \ year from now-or. to
be more exact on the 18th and 10Th OF
September. 1888, the anniversary Of the
great battle-Chattanooga, the ambitious
young CITY OIL the new DoulHs VIII We
thronged with its thousands upon thouS-
ands of visitors from every possible
quarter Of the United States, Congress
having appropriated $4,000 for the for
nal dedication OF the great park on
these dates
This Inauguration will be under the
direction OF the Secretary Of War; and
viii be participated in by the President,
Congress, the Supreme Court, the
heads Of Executive Departments, the
Commander-iu-Chief Of the Army. the
Senior Rear Admiral Of the Navy, the
Governors Of the States and their stalls.
The park win be finished then; the
miles and miles Of drives, boulevards,
public highways leading 10 II from all
directions, ceded to the Government
and held az part of the park ITSELF VIII
then De completed: the tablets marking
historic sites will all be In place.
IT will all be very fine then; but the
mark now. with It's great camps or negro
rOad-makers. It's corps Of engineers lVihB
| I'm semi-militaTy quarters and discipline,
its gangs OF wOrkmen Of all sorts, the
| indigenous little huts with their original
neoro inhabitants turned washerW omen,
cocks and servitors for this busy World
| which has absorbed them, the monu-
tnents-completed. half up, or with only
! the foundation laid, or even standlhs
| boxed on the siding at l.yue station
ali This holds a. certain charm ana III
| tcrest which must needs vanish with the
| con,uieting of the work; since, TO the
| eager. hopeful, imaginative nina OF nau-
| Mind q thing is always more fascinating
/ I'm the doing than when done.
| 80 ALICE MACGOWAN.
GRACE MACGOWAN COOKE