The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-14
A GREAT OCCASION
WIN ba the Ds dloation OF the
National Military Park,
CHATTANOOGA LENDING EFFORT
To Mako it so--A Huudrod Thousand
Veterans from Both sIdos Expected
to ha Pre9ont-The Monuments to
bo Dedicated an tho Famous Battle
FioIds-Thn Arrangements.



CHATrANoooA, TESHn August H.
With heapproach olgoIdon brown Sop
TENDER, Veterans tho country over have
for their wRtohwOrd OhlckamNuga, then
Mecca Chattanooga Already the city,
once tho scene OF bloody fray, now
basking in tho sunlight Of prosperity,
lying ut tho foot Of Lookout mountain,
is preparing for tina hosts which Will
assemble within her gates for tho dsdl'
cation OF the great Chickamauga'ChAt'
tRnooga National Military Park, Sep
tembOr 1921. With characteristic on
erGy, ChattanooganS are lending their
efforts for the proper celebration OF tina
graRts,t national military event Of the
fading century. Every American heart
il an altar WharOon Is offered to the
Goddess OF Liberty tho incense Vi pa
Iriotsm, aud every American cIlIE0n
feels now an ownership in ths great
national park. The chief executives OF
states will bo present Wnen the dedica'
ton exercises arc declared duly in or
der aud every stOla in tho unlOn Will
DO presented officially or by citizens.
For the dedication Ohio will hays on
tho ChiCkamNuga battlefield iIlty-tiys
monuments erected Minnesota i've, IL
liuos thirty.siX, Indiana forty, Kansas
three, Massachusetts one, Michigan
eleven, Missouri three monuments and
eighteen markers, Pennsylvania sevon'
teOn, Tennessee four, Wisconsin nine,
United States regulars nine.
The government has had constructed
eight pyramldlcal shell monuments,
marking tho spots where eight brigade
commanders fell, and one private mon
ument has been erected to Lieutenant
Landrem, OF 0nio, an officer Of the stall
OF General Thomas. A programme ar
ranged hy Daniel Lamont. secretary OF
war, will DO rendered, in which Senators
sherman, Ohio; WalJhN,l. Missisiipp!,
aud Mandsrson, Nebraska, aud Cover.
nors Stone. OF MtssIssippi, aud Oates, OF
Alabama, will take part.
Lookout Mountain, the theme oil
poets, the home OF naturO's best en-
lenvors aud the scene OF tho famous
BATTLE Above thO'Ciouds," will be in
vaded again, but with the army OF peace,
and on its picturesque aud historic
heights guests will be entertained.
All railroads have reduced rates for
tho OCCASION; local transportation lines
have followed suit and the Visitor will
lind southern hospitality FREQ and un'
restrained durn. dedication week,
Chattanooga did her full duty to the
Epworth League convention Juno 20,
and BY an experience borne Of Conven.
tons and large gatherings will surpaSa
her,oli on September Is. ample &c.
Commodations, reasonable rate', fair
dealings and Iberality will bs given to
tho stranger, for nowhere on tho Amer.
lean continent ia stranger Il holter
name" than in Chattanooga. Through.
out the week the city will he In holiday
attire. Decorations, military reviews
and displays will beauty 1t to
gorgeousnc's.
The 10000 guests will enjoy tho
points Of interest which place Chat,a.
nooga as the garden spot oil tho south
without Inconvenience, aud with Ban
croft will revel inthe 'grandeit scenery
on the American continent. Missionary
Ridge, famed as II battlefield, has now
on its summit two observation towers,
severty.dvo feet high, erected bv tho
government, aud magnificent monu'
ment to tho Second infantry, Minnesota
state troops.
The magnitude OF the park dedication
has appealed to every state, aud Genor'
Gus appropriations have been made,
though some OF the monuments will
not be completed when tho gavel falls
on the dedication exercises.
1t i anticipated that President Clove.
land will accompany Secretary Lamont
and S,a!F, and that Chattanooga in '0j
will show greater courtesy and hospi.
,nity TO the chief executive than in 81