The National tribune., 1894-12-06

Franklin Grove, Ill.,; Indiana, Allan II.
Dcugall. Fort Wayne, Ind; Iowa, A. ID. Oil
leilc. Fort Madison, Iowa: Kansas. VIM. L.
Burgess, Wichita. Kan; Kentucky, J. U Don
nell, Louisville, Ky; Louisiana and Missis-
sippi, r. b. Baquie. l56 Berlin street. New
Orleans. La: Maine, Aug. w. McCausland,
Gardner Me-; Maryland. Geo. w. Johnson,
40 South Fremont avenue, Baltimore, Nd;
| Massachusetts. John NJ. Deane, Fall River,
Mass; Michigan, III. II. Kinds, Stanton, Mich;
| Minnesota. b. A. Mann. Winona, Mimi;
Nilsson: J. ]. !. Gideon, Springfield. Mo-; Mon
tana. Charles :. Shoemaker, Helena. Mont;
| Nebraska II. c. McArthur, Lincoln. Neb.; New
J Hampshire, Benz. K. Wheeler, Salem, N. H.;
| NV jersey. Joel Wilson, Newton, y. j.; Aew
| Mexico Winfield S. Fletcher. Santa Fe. n. NJ;
| New York. William G. Cav, Schenectady, NJ J :;
| North Dakota Frank A. Ward we'll. Penn bina n.
d.; Ohio, VIM. G. Lyon, Newark, o.; Oklahoma,
| J. ID. Munger. kingtisher Okla: Oregon, James
Jackson, Portland. Ore; Pennsylvania, JOSIAH
| ID. Hicks Altoona. Pa: Potomac. w. p. Seville,
Pension Burcsu. Washington, d. c.; Rhode
Island. George Edward Allen. Providence. X. l.;
| South Dakota, Rev. c. b. Clark, Huron, 5. ID;
| Tennessee II. c. Whitaker. New Market.
| Tenn: Texas w. w. Bo>twick, Denson. Tex.
Utah. James Donnelly. Salt Lake City, Utah
| Vermont. G. G. johnson. Springfield VT; Nir-
ginia and North Carolina, II. c. Raymond, Ma.
tional Home, ID. V. 8, Va; Washington and
Alaska, VIM S Harlan, Seattle, Wash: West
| Virginia. Il. +. Malone. Burkhnnnon, w. Va;
Wisconsin. Samuel w. Eager. Racine, Wis.
You viii at once monty lnspec; or-General
| C. V T. Pond, Lansing, Mich. of your accept
ance. from whom you will receive further in
structOns.
The Commander-in-Chief desires TO visit
every Department at the time of its Encamp.
ment, provided it is possible to arrange. aud
! TO this end requests that as soon as place and
date are definitely arranged, Department Com
mandrrs advise these Headquarters.
Let us make an effort this year to have
| prompt reports so that at the 29th Encamnment
no delinquents will be obliged to ie reported.
The COMMANDMENT Chief trusts that every
Adjutant OF Posts and every Assistant Adjutant-
| General of Departments viii read in full the
report of late Adj Gen. James J.. Mech.
Many valuable suggestions are contained
therein, aud it is the urgent desire of the
Adjutant General 10 avail himself of the ex-
perience OF past officers. To this end he sug-
gests, as animated above, that every Post
Adjuiant ard every Assistant hdiutant-
General read this report in full. The sugges-
tions will assist you materially in making out
your reports 10 these Headquarters and enable
the Adiutant- General TO make full and concise
report to the 29th National Encampment.
To Department Commanders: O. w. Weeks.
Surgeou-tieneral. Marion, o., desires the adj
dresses OF Medical Directors of Departments.
This is important. as the Surgeon-GeneIal de-
sires through the Medical Directors to reach
the Post Surgeons, and in this way secure their
cooperation in making this department OF
more Importance in the work of the Grand
Army of the Republic
The Chaplain in Chief suggests that Chap
lains of Posts he requested that in placing the
Bible on the altar ut Post meetings, the book
be opened at the 44th Psalm thereby securing
uniformity of action.
The attention of comrades is once more called
to the proceedings findings, aud sentence Of
court martial of Charles II. Chandler. o. Post
&c, Department of Massachusetts. q. A. r.. being
dishouorably discharged from the Grand Army
of the Republic, and announced in General Or
ders No z Sept % 1886 Chandler still claims
10 be a Grand Army man, aud is borrowing
money from sympathetic comrades, which, as
usual, he fails 10 return. You are once more
warned against him.
CHICRAMAUGA COMMISSION.
The Command in Chief, desiring that the
comrades may be fully advised OF the action of
the Commission having in charge the Chicka-
manga and Chattanooga National Military
Park. submits you herewith report of work up
TO Oct. ].
Foriy-two miles OF road have been COM
peted, which finished the heavy road
strnction OF the project; $3.50 acres of fores.
have been cleared OF underbrush and recent
growth of timber. so that carriages can drive
in any direction through the woods. The
driveway from Sherman flights TO CrawGsh
Springs 90 miles in length. is completed. The
last monument TO the regular troops has been
placed in position; these number nine in ALL
and have cost ST 500 each The Ohio mouu-
ments, So la number, are mostly in position;
a few OF the smaller ones have cost 81 600 and
all of the others 81 500 each, delivered and
erected upon the field. Hereafter under the
provisions of the appropriation for the Park,
all OF the foundations for State monuments
viii be built by the Engineer Of the Park.
without any expense 10 the States. The mate
rial Tor monuments, snder the regulations of
the Secretary of War, is now confined 10 granite
and bronze
At the request of the family friends of an
officer killed at Chickamauga the Secretary of
War has given permission or the erection of
a monument at the spot where he fell la this
case the design and inscription were submitted,
in the of State monuments, Tor the
approval Of the Secretary of War and the
inscription shows that the monument was
erected by the family.
Pyramidal monuments of eight inc h~shell
each monument about 10 feet high are being
erected at the spots where general officers on
each side, or those exercising that rank in the
battle, were killed or mortally wounded.
Seven of these have been completed aud fol-
lowing ones remain TO be erected.
During the past year the following State
Comm issions or representatives of them have
visited the field aud made excellent progress in
the work of location of their respective troops:
Illinois Indiana, iowa. Louisiana, Massachu-
sets. Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New
York. Ohio, Pennsylvania. Tennessee, South
Carolina. Virginia, and Wisconsin. and several
other Commissions are TO visit the field during
the month of November
Negotiations are in progress for the purchase
Of the north end of Missionary Ridge. which,
when acquired will enable the Commission, by
tablets and monuments, to illustrate every
feature of the attack Of Gen. Shcrman's army
upon that position.
The paragraph Of regulations concerning the
inscri ptions upon monuments approved by the
Secretary of War. concerning which much in
quiry is made of the Com ission, is follows
Inscriptions must be purely historical, and
must relate only TO the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga campaigns. They must also be
based upon and conform TO the official reports
of these campaigns. aud must be submitted TO
the Secretary of War. through the Park Com
missioners for his app oval before being adopted
cut into the stones.
The mounting OF batteries upon iron gun car
riages, now being cast, will begin next month
Guns have been procured from the Ordnance
office. of tie same pattern as those used by each
battery in the battle. The gun carriages will be
made an exact reproduction of the carriage in
use at the time, except that they will be of
iron instead of wood. These batteries will be
placed in the positions actually occupied by
the various batteries each side during the
battle. There will lie - such battery positions
for each army on the Chickamauga field.