The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
4 under which Gen. Brssg,s-eonference with
his staff took place.

, under which Gen. sBr&sg's-eonference with
his staff took place.
The other tower onitheroal stands on
jutting spur running out westward at Il
right angle from the face Of the ridge and
commanding not onlyba view of the valley
across which the Federal forces came to
the charge, but the west front OF the ridge
itself. Il ST
There has been auo.herr purchase hera,
and very pretty litt.aparS lies at the foot
Of the tower. There i~ill'obe some MONT
ments placed in these parks and along the
road. Minnesota alrehdy HIS one in place
at the point where Her troops. came up
when the ridge was sserm94.
One of the most Interesting features Of
this road, which commands for its entire
length view of the Valley IN which Chat
tanooga lies, the town. The river and Look
out mountain, will be the accurate descrip-
tive tablets which are TO Splaced along it,
so that one may reau the history Of the
24th and 18th of November from his car
riage or the saddle of his horse Or bicycie
as he travels it.
There is one more tower, not yet erected,
which is to go to Orchard Knob, Gen.
Grants headquarters during the battle of
Missionary Ridge. Nearly the whole Of this
elevation, which stands between the ridge
and the town, and is quite q thriving
suburb of the latter, has been bought and
several monuments are already in place
upon it,
All historic spots in the city of Chatta-
nooga will be marked with handsome
bronze tablets, that the visitor can fol-
low the course of the siege; and his with
tracts yet to be purchased at Sherman
Heights and on Lookout mountain, and the
necessary roads to reach them, marke d
along their course with tablets showing the
movements of troops, will, it is conceded,
make this chain of parks-or system of
parks, as it is called-like nothing else ever
attempted.
The text of the bill authorizing the Chat
tanooSa and Cfickamauga national military
park says in section 5:
The affairs of the park shall, subject to
the supervision of the secretary of war. be
IN charge of three commissioners two to
be appointed from civil life by the secre-
tary OF war; and a secretary who shall be
detailed by the secretary of var from
among the officers of the army best ac-
quainted with the details of the battles of
Chickamauga and Chattanooga"
These commissioners are: Gen Alex p
Stewart, late c. S. A. courtly Virginian.
Who, as resident commissioner at the park
mas efficiently superintendent the local work
Gen. Joseph S. Fullerton, chief OF STAFF to
Gen. Thomas during the four battles and
now president of the commission and Mai
Frank T. Smith, detailed from the regular
army to act as secretary TO the commissions
The first appropriation for the park, $.JJ-
600. was made in May, 1890, but it was some
time thereafter before work was actually
begun The plan received great impetus
at meeting of the army of the Cumbar-
land in Chattanooga liz September, 1892
From its first inception it has been, as
one may say, under the patronage of tina t
body, whose secretary, Gen. Boyn:on a
veteran of these fields, has probably done
more than any one Individual toward it,,
furtherance.
Other associations, too, have evinced the
greatest interest in it, At the reunion of
federal and. confederate veterans at which
was held a great barbecue in 1889 on the