The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-18
ON The FIELD.
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house at 8 O'Clock, General James Nor
presiding in the absence Of the president,
General w. s. Rosecrans.
Ii was purely business session. Inc
work consisted OF the reports OF omcers
and committees. Tonight there VIII De
a meeting at the big tent, east OF the
custom house, when General Z. +. Man
derson Of Nebraska will deliver the
NJ. Schoneld, General q. NJ Dodge, OF
the army OF Tennessee, and others VIII
speak.
The following is a synopsis OF Governor
McKinley's speech at Snodgrass Hill,
Chickamauga BATTLEFIELD, Chattanooga, Al
dedication OF the monument today.
Governor Mckinley Expressed the thanks
OF his State To the commission Tor the
able and satisfactory performance OF It's
duties. He said that after q lucid CEN
tury they came back TO unite In the ded-
ication of the great battlefield as a ma
tional park which should forever me-
morialize the valor OF the soldiery ana
testify to the strength Of Amer can union.
In many respects the battle OF Chicka-
mauga was unlike any other battle oil the
civil war. The gateway in the mountains
was 10 be either won or lost here. While
the success OF the Union arms here was
extremely important to the Union cause,
the overthrow OF the Union arms there
and the holding Of this territory were In
dispensable to the Confederate cause. The
opposing forces were fairly matched In
the desperate struggle. The skill OF the
commanders and the courage and deter
mination Of the troops on both sides filled
one with admiration. Well might Ohio
feel a patriotic pride in the dedicatory
ceremonies. Her soldiers constituted
quite one-fifth of all those engaged on
that bloody field in the defense OF the
Union.
Governor Mckinley then called the roll
OF the regiments aud organizations which
participated In the battle, mentioning
each by its number and commander.
Speaking of Ohio's illutsrious officers
present during those two bloody days,
each in eulogistic terms, he referred 10
General Rosecrans' high soldierly quail
ties which earned for him the gratitude
OF the State for his magnificent service to
the Union cause.
The men in the Ohio organization came
form every part Of that great state. They
were soldiers, but they were citizens OF
the State and the county.
In the number OF men actually engaged,
in the magnificent valor displayed by
both armies, in the splendid gallantry
with which they repelled ana met as
sault and finally in the appalling losses
WHICH DOtn sue suutTSu, ludl BIedt Coh-
fiict had few equals in the history OF the
wars of the world. AS was said by a
distinguished Confederate soldier in his
official report, he had "never known
Federal troops to fight SO well, and
never saw Confederate soldiers fight bet
tel. ~
Closing his brilliant preorarion the
Governor said: "The war has been Syer
thirty years. There never has been any
trouble since between the men who
fought on this side or the other. The
trouble has been between the men who
fought on neither side who could get on
the one side or the other, as occasion de-
manded.
"The bitterness and results OF the war
belong to the past and its glories are the
common heritage of us ALL What was
won in that great conflict belongs just as
securely to those who lost as TO those
who triunpbed. The future is in our
common keeping, the sacred trust Of all
the people. Let US make il worthy OF the
glorious men who died for II on this side
and other fields of war