The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-18
AT CHICKAMAUGA PARK.
THE EXERCISES or LARGER NAG
NIIUDE THAN ENPECTED.
Battle Above the Clouds =" Being Fought
over Again-Go yernors and Other
Important Men who VIII Attend.

~tN''N"o ho" dIt lNdl the ttltDidiivh ~
ginning here tomorrow will be Of larger
magnitude than was at first anticipated.
Twenty-Five Governors will be in attend
ance with their STATS, and Will take part
in the dedication Of the various State
monuments Wednesday and Thursday, as
well as army reunions. which are on the
! programme.
General Schofeld Will arrive Wednesday
from Cincinnati and address the army Of
Cumbreland's reunion Wednesday even
/ ing.
Tho actual dedication Of Chickamauga
Park Is 10 occur Thursday. The centre OF
attraction will be upon Snodgrass L.A.
| where the heaviest fighting Of the celo-
bratcd battle took place
/ Nice-President Stevenson will preside
in the absence Of Secretary Lamont The
/ principal orators will be General John NJ
/ Palmer, Of Illinois. and General John B.
/ Gordon. OF Georgia. Blue and gray will be
/ well represented, in bOtn numbers pres
ent and prominence of speakers There
are about one thousand United States
/ troops cncamped on the historic ground.
and their snowy tents are a vivid re-
minder Of the scene of thirty-two years
ago.
The exercises OF Friday VIII be held
principally i'm the city of Chattanooga.
Lookout Mountain IS swarming with
visitors. and the battle above the clouds"
is being fought over and over again.
The city is beautifully decorated and
the citizens are dong their utmost 70
maintain their record for hospitality
During to-day and tonight arrivals
were very heavy. as all those who are
attending the Sons of Veterans encamp-
m ut r-fn an fHaf
tanOoga.
THOSE WHO WILL ATTEND.
To-Day has been the busiest since the
opening Of the National Park Commission
headquarters IN this city. Generals Ful.
lerton and Boynton and Private Secretary
Rowland were hard at work at . o'clock
this morning. Major +. c. Smith the
army member OF the board came i'm last
night The entire New York delegation.
headed by Governor Morton, and the
Ohio Commission have arrived. while
most of the official parties from the
Northwest States viii come in by to-
night
Ex-Governor j. +. Campbell. Of Ohio;
General William d. Whipple. late United
states army; Governor Wcrts, New Jer-
sey; General j. .. Morgan, Of Illinois
ana perhaps a score OF the generals en-
gagged at Chickamauga. are already on
the ground The list of States which Will
be represented by their executives and
their staffs. as revised 10 date, is as fol-
lows: Alabama. Colorado, Connecticut. /
Georgia, Illinois North Carolina, South /
Carolina, Mississippi Massachusetts. New
York New Jersey. Rhode Island. Mchi- !
gan, Ohio, Vermont. Nebraska, Mime /
sofa. Montana, Tennessee, and Wiscon- /
sin.
THE ARMY OF TFNSr ssET.
CINCINNATI, o., Sept 17.-There was I
an increased attendance at the second /
days business meeting Of the Society OF T
the Arnc Of Tennessee over yesterdays +
session. When President Dodge called .
for the reports OF the committees. Colonel /
Grant chairman OF the Committee ON /
Oratory. stated that General o. O. How
ard had been cleeed to deliver an add
dress at the next reunion. and Colonel
August Jacobson. alternate. st. Louis
was chosen as the place for the twenty /
eighth annual meeting. and the officers OF
last year were reelected. with Inc
exception of the twelve vice
presidents, who are 10 be succeeded by
Colonel Nelson Cole. Of ST. Louis, Captain
a. c. Kemper Of Cincinnati. Capt Joseph
Dickerson OF Washington. Capt f.. B.
Hamilton Of Illinois. Colonel " r. Shaw
a.
souri,. Captain ). :. Frowe of Illinois,
Colonel Milo Smith Of Iowa. Colonel f.
W Barnes OF Missouri, Captain Louis
Kelly of Ohio. and o. o. Howard, United
States army
GRANT MONUMENT.
The Grant Monument Committee. Judge
TuthiI. chairman. reported as follows:
.esolved That II is the desire and
judgment of this society that the General
Government should erect a suitable statue
TO the memory Of General L. :. Grant. 10
his great service TO his
as a soldier and commander, and [
the president OF this society shall desig-
nate a committee of nine TO call the at
tention Of ongrcss TO this matter and
the president Of this society shall be the
chairman
The resolution was adopted. and Presi-
ient Dodge stated ne would announce the
committee later. but probably not before
he battle-helds reunion at Chattanooga.
The final adjournment of the business
session Of the reunion was voted shortly
after noon The society Will leave
lere for Chickamauga AT 7:5o \. NJ. We'd
lesday. where they will be the guests OF
he Army or the Cumberland.
MEMPHIS. TENN, Sept H.-Company !
Confederate Veterans. the only Con-
J
.fternoon 20 attend the ceremony at
1hickamauga. The company is fifty ,
trong. and is a member of the State :
iuard The members carry the old /
ime muzlc-loading rifles and drill Har- v
lees tactics. They carry United $
states flag when on the march. Half OF !
hem were in the fight at Chickamauga. . J
THE stcRtrAnIFs Go. ;
WASHINGTON. Sept. T.-Secretary =
Ioke Smith. Secretary Herbert, Attor-
ey-General Harmon. and Postmaster a
oncral Wilson left Washington over the 5
outhcrn railroad tonight TO attend the u
ediCaton Of the Chickamauga Park az !,
chattanooga.
THr GREAT CROWD. =
CHATTANOOGA. TIME. Sept 1.-THE .
,orth East. West. and. to a lesser ex- 4
mt the South have swept down upon
MS city with mighty sulde1acss and i
might. 10y he glare OF the electric lights. II
ne shouts seem a sea of sursing. restless II
c,
Mexico. alone of foreign countries has o
,ntributed a delegate I'm the person of
j. Lewis Buford. United States Consul at NJ
lufez, anl 4 member Of he h.inois Com II
ission Three times during he day the {
)ecial trains followed one another so rt
ose that there was anxiety, lest there VI
e a congestion of the thousands Of Tired
nd hungry rayellcrs who crowded the M
apots OF
Perfect satisfaction, however. IS felt ~
Y the visitors over the preparations
ade for their accommodations. as well
; might ~ Few fowps NJ 40 DnD souIs