The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-16
WITHOUT A PARALLEL.
The Most Notable Event Since the
Late War,

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 10
Under the guiding hand of the secre-
tary of war, acting under the author
ity of Congress, Chattanooga and the
notable battlefields surrounding it have
been preparing for a national event
without parallel. Great throngs of vet
Grams who fought against each other
are crowding into the city to take equal
part, under national enactment, in the
decoration of. the fields which their
prowess made memorable, as a ma
tional military park wherein the move
ments and achievements of each side
have received impartial attention.
Comfort Assured.
The secretary of war and the ma
tional committee under his direction
have made every possible arrangement
which the expenditures authorized by
Congress would allow to insure the
comfort of visitors.
OF the territory over which jurisdic-
ton has been coded to the United
States for park purposes, ten equare
miles have been already purchased in a
single block on the Chickamauga field
The entire crest about Bragg's head
quarters on Missionary Ridge; Or
chard Knob, the headquarters of
Grant, Thomas and Granger during
the battle of Chattanooga, a tract
eight acres in extent; fifty acres at the
north end of Missionary Ridge being
the ground assaulted by General Sher-,
man and defended by Cleburne; and
tract of five acres on another portion
of the ridge, marking the left of the
assault of the army of the Cumber-
land, form portions of the park. Con-
gress has also authorized the addition
to the park of Hooker's and Walthalrs
battle ground on Lookout The gov
eminent owns the roads to and over
Lookout mountain, through Hooker's
field to Wauhatchie, on Longstreets
field.
The plan OF the park is to restore
the fields as near as possible to their
condition at the time of the battle, to
close all new roads, and reopen and
improve those used in the battles. and
over which the armies moved to and
from the fields.
Lines of Battle.
The lines of battle have all been as
certained, and a vast amount of work
toward permanently smarking them
has been done. This is Accomplished
by historical and guide tablets, which
point the way to and explain the
movements upon every portion of the
lines. These tablets show the organi-
cation OF armies, corps, divisions and
brigades, with the names of their re-
spective commanders and their stats
of the field. and the commanders of ali
regiments and batteries. Full his
torical text on each tablet sets forth
the details of movement at each point,
me ChlcamauSa field is already thickIy
dotted with state monuments and the.
government tablets, and while not over
half of the number OF each which are tn
be erected have yet been provided the
lines of three days engagement are read
lily followed. Ohio has tlfty-five monu-
mcnts and fifty-three granite markers
for minor positions in place. Minnesota
has five monuments to her organizations
and two of these are the most costly OF
any yet erected. Massachusetts has a
fine granite and bronze monument on
Orchard Knob. All of these monuments
thus far erected except those from In
diana, are of granite and bronze. Those
Of that state are of Bedford limestone.
The Park Project.
The park project and the main details