The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-13
oH1cKAMAuGA PARK DEDICATION
Program of the Ceremonies to be Observed
on the Several Days.

Program OF the Ceremonies to be observed
on the Several Days.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 12,-The
following is a synopsis of the program
of the exercises in connection with the
dedication of the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National park
On the morning of Thursday, Septem-
Der 10, battery and battalion drills will
be executed by United States regulars,
about 1000 in number on the battlefield
of Chickamauga. The national salute
will be fired from Snodgrass Hill, Chick
amauga park, at ~ o'clock. The exer-
cises will be opened by General j. S.
ga park commission. Vice President
Stevenson will preside, and prayer win
be offered by Bishop Taylor of Tennes-
see. Addresses will be made by General
John Palmer of Illinois and ]. B. Gordon
of Georgia. "Auld Lang Syne" will be
sung by the audience, and speeches
will follow by visiting governors of
states.
AT Chattanooga at night, in large
tent erected for the purpose, there will
be a meeting of the survivors of both
the Union and the Confederate armies
of the Tennessee. General Granville M.
Dodge of Iowa will preside. Addresses
will follow by General o. o. Howard. U.
S. A, Army of the Tennessee; General
Joseph Wheeler of Alabama for the Con-
federate Army of the Tennessee; Cen
eral Warner of Chattanooga, Federal;
General Frank c. Armstrong of Wash
ington, Confederate, closing with brief
remarks by Colonel Frederick D. Grant
and the Rev Father Thomas Sherman,
son of General w. T. Sherman.
| On Friday, September 20, the exercises
| begin at Chattanooga by parade of
regulars, visiting state guards and the
public school brigade. In this parade
the visiting governors and staffs and
the congressional committee will parti-
cipate. Twenty-Five governors have
stated that they will be present. A
Injecting in the tent will be presided over
lby Vice President Stevenson and the
following program be followed:
| Prayer by the Rev. DR.. Samuel T. Mic
! oils of st. Louis.
| Address by George w. Ochs, mayor of
Chattanooga.
Grafton by General w. B. Bate, sena.
tor from Tennessee.
Grafton by General Charles Grosvenor
of Ohio.
At night in the tent there will be a
joint meeting of the survivors of the
Army of Northern Virginia and that
portion of the Army of the Potomac
which fought at Chattanooga, presided
lover by General Walthall of Mississippi
lOrations will be delivered by Colonel w
lC Gates, governor of Alabama; Colone
Lewis S.Stegman of New York and Gen.
eral ]. A. Williamson of Iowa.
On Wednesday, September is, the ded
Itcation of the state monuments in Chick
amauga park will take place. the COVER
nors of Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, In.
diana, Massachusetts, and Missouri de
livering addresses. In the evening there
will be meeting, in the tent at Chat
tanooga, of the Society of the Army o.
1.-THE Cumberland, presided over by Gen
leral ]. D. Morgan. George w. Ochs
imayor of Chattanooga, will deliver al
address Of welcome, responded to by
General H. V. Boynton of the Society o
the Army of the Cumberland Senator
Manderson of Nebraska will deliver thu
annual address, and other addresse
will be delivered by Lieutenant Genera
Schofeld U. S. A, General G. M. Dodg'
of Iowa, General Horace Porter of New
York and General James H, Wilson o
Delaware.
Preparations are making here for tn
entertainment of $4,000 visitors. All tn
streets and houses in the city are bein,
decorated with bunting and prIvat
houses are being opened for the enter
tainment of visitors. One thousan,
Ohio soldiers are to go into camp her
Monday morning and there will be 80
Tennessee troops and 1000 Georgi
troops in attendance. More than 500
uniformed soldiers will participate il
the exercises.