The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-16

! Eventually the whole four hundred guns
| will be in position. Visitors find this one OF
| the most Imposing of the features OF the
restoration. as they come upon batteries of
| real guns at every prominent point on the
| lines. Steel observation towers. rising above
| the forests at various commanding posi-
tions, afford views Of the entire theater of
| battle
| The Chickamauga field is already dotted
| with State monuments, and while not half
| of the number of either which are 10 be
erected have yet been provided the lines. of
| the three-dayss engagement are readily fol-
| lowed Ohio, which has led has fifty-fve
monuments and fifty-three granite markers
| for minor places Minnesota has five monu-
| ments TO her two ORGANIZATIONS, and two OF
| these are the most costly OF any yet erected.
| Massachusetts has fine granite and bronze
monument on Orchard Knob, In Chatta-
| n0oga. Indiana has thirty-seven monuments
| in course of erection; Illinois. thirty-three;
Wisconsin, ten; Michigan, eleven, Missouri,
| one Confederate and four Union, and all
| these States have numerous markers. Kan
sas mas three excellent monuments to ner
one regiment. PENNSYLVANIA is working
| energetically under large appropriations,
four large memorial monuments, one of
which is to federal soldiers. New York is
preparing to erect costly and imposing me-
MORALS on the Chattanooga fields. All of
the monuments thus far erected, except
those from Indiana, are of granite and
bronze. Those of that State are of Bedford
limestone.
The park project and the main details of
its COMPREHENSIVE plan We're the conception
of the national commission. His public
suggestion TO make Chickamauga national
park was taken up by the Society of the
Army Of the Cumberland and his first
plan was to accomplish this through
joint memorial association of Union and
Confederate veterans with the idea of Sc
curing State assistance n memorial asso-
citation was organized and chartered, but
before it began operations ,, ne perdectied ied
under the supervision OF the Secretary of
War. He wrote a bill, which Is the present
law, and placed ii in the hands of General
Grosvenor of Ohio. who introduced it in
the House of Representatives. Many men,
bers. of the. House and Senate took an I'M
mediate and strong interest in the measure,
notably thirty of these who served in one
or the other armies about Chattanooga.
had been secured for it and it passed both
houses by unanimous consent. 1t provided
for the purchase of 1900 acres of the Chick
amauga field and for the equal participa-
ton of both sides in the marking OF the
lines and the erection of monuments. All
subsequent appropriations now aggregatlng
s75o,OO0. have also passed without opposi-
Secretary Proctor took great interest in
the matter and appointed the commission
under which the park is being established.
Senator Ell<ins gave the project energetic
support and through the last two years
| while the immense work has been taking
| final shape Secretary Lamont has rendered
| constant and most energetic assistance.
The national commission consists OF cl, Zen
| art, representing the Confederate side; MAJ
| g. Smith, Second Artillery, secretary, ana
General II v Boynton his,orlsn h sncretarY Yefa of
War. has charge of all arrangements for
| the dedication.
DEDICATION EXERCISES.
| The official dedication under the auspices
| of Congress and tho Secretary of War will
! occupy the 18th and 10Th insts., but exer-
cises Of general character which will be
! attended by most of the officials which are
to arrive will occupy the whole day of the
| 18th and the evenings of the 18th, 18th
| and 10Th.
| The dedications of State monuments will
| occur mainly on the 18th. Michigan. her
| Governor presiding will lead off at Snod-
| grass Hill, at 8 a. m. ONO, with an
| elaborate programme, Will follow at noon
at the same place, and Mlnneasota, at
| O'Clock. These exercises will all take place
| at the platform and amphitheater erected
| for the national dedication exercises a.
| the foot of Snodgrass Hill, the famous
| Horse Shoe ridge of General Ihomas's bat
| tie. The dedication of the Illinois monu-
ments, the Governor presiding, VIII take
| place at Little Hill the afternoon OF the
| 18th
Indiana will be xpon the field in great
| force for the dedication OF her monuments,
| the ouartermaster OF the State having
| sent six hundred tents to accommodate
the Governors party and the veterans VINO VINO
| souri, dedication will occur on the zOth at
| Braggs headquarters on Missionary
Ridge: The hours for Wisconsin ana & Tenn, IN
The night of the 18th in the tent pro-
! vided for dedication purposes at Chat,
| tanooga, the Army of the Cumberland
| will hold its reunion. The tent seats eight
thousand and the platform , tWo It thousand ana
the leading officials, both national and
| State, in attendance at Chattanooga and
SEEDING Seeding OF he Army o ha
| in a body. Gen. c. +. Manderson Will be
| the orator and there will be brief speeches
| from Lieutenant General Schofeld General
| Army of the Tennessee; Gen. Daniel Butter
| field, Gen. Horace Porter, Gen. j. h VIII
| SON Col Fred Grant and Father Sherman.
AT noon of the 10Th the Chickamauga
| field will be dedicated, the Vice President
| of the United States presiding upon the
| Invitation of Secretary Lamont The
orators will be Gen. John NJ. Palmer and
| Gen John B. Gordon, both of the United
The night of the 18th in the tent at Chat
| tanooea the veterans of Shermans and
| Bragg's armies will hold public exercises,
Society of the Army of the Tennessee,
| presiding. The chief speeches Will be by
| Gen. o. o. Howard. Gen: Joseph Wheeler:
| of Alabama, and Gen. "liiaru warmer Va
During the forenoon of the 10Th there
will be parads, and d review a IN tho "nlch GnY
ernors of States will take part. At noon
| the dedication of the Chattanooga fields
| will take place III lne tent, Tie Spcdhcio .
| being Gen. Charles II. Grosvenor, Of the
House of Representatives and Gen. VIII
| liam b. Bate, of the Senate. The night OF
| the goth the exercises in the tent will be
| conducted by the veterans OF Hooker S
and Iongstreet's forces, Gen. Il. c. Walt
| hall. of the United States Senate presiding.
Among the speakers for this occasion are
Col fewis Stegman, of the New York
Commission: Gov. w. c. Oates, of Alabama; /;
| Cen. ]. H. Williamson, of Iowa, and Gen.
Frank c. Armstrong, OF Washington, d. e.
Army of the Tennessee Reunion.
CINCINNATI, Sept. Is. - Among distin-
| euished arrivals to attend the reunion of
the Army of the Tennessee, which takes
place tomorrow and Tuesday, are Gen. o.
| n Howard Gen. Granville NJ. Dodge, Gen.
I A. Warner. Gen. Wager Swayne, Col.
Fred ID. Grant Father p. Tecumseh Sher-
man Mr. James Walker. father of the new
commander-in-chief of the G.. A. r., Gems.
David b. Henderson and William p. Hep
burn. Representatives in Congress of the
Third and Eighth Iowa districts, and many
| others. The meeting promises TO be one of
| the greatest of the series.
EX-MAYOR HOPKINS RETURNS.
| He Saws He Is Not Certain Debs Was
Correctly Reported.