Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-09-19
CHICKAMAUGA PARK.
DEDICATION OF THE HIS
TORIC BATTLEFIELD.
High Federal and State OHicIals Present
plan of the Famous Battlefield to
Be Accurately RestOrod-Hosts of Vet
Grams Of Both Armies at the Scene.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Sept. 49,
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 prepared for national
event without parallel. Great throngs
Of veterans who fought against each
other are crowding into the city to
take equal part, under national
enactment, in the dedication of
fields which their proves made
memorable as national military
park, wherein the movements and
the achievements of each side have re-
ceiVed impartial attention. AS pro-
vlded in the act of congress, Secretary
Lamont has invited the attendance Of
the executive department of the gov
eminent and the members of the SUI
preme court, congress and its presid.
ing officers, the lieutenant general of
the army and the admiral of the navy,
the governors of all the states with
their stats and the veterans of the
contending armies. All are to be
prominently represented. Nearly
every surviving general of the two
armies has sent notice of his intention
to attend. The governor of every
state which had troops in the action
here responded favorably to the Sec
retary's invitation. In a few cases
the governors themselves will be pre-
vented from attending but their
states will be officially repre- ented.
A joint committee of tw II Y soma
tors and thirty members of h,use
will represent congress. The MEM
bers of twenty-slx state commissions
who have been at work with the ma
tional commission in locating lines of
battle of the troops of their respective
states will attend. The Society of the
Army of the Cumberland, of the Army
of the Tennessee, the Grand Army of
the Republic and the Association of
Confederate Veterans will be present
IN unusual numbers. This official con-
course is to be increased by a gather
ing of an army of visitors, already
known to be so great that it will tax
the capacity of the railroads centering
here and the city to their utmost
The park which is to be dedicated is
VI ~ CAlOhoo
with Its approaches from Sherman
heights, in Tennessee, six miles north
of Chattanooga, to Glass Mill, in Geor-
gia, distance of twenty-five miles.
The broad boulevard between these
two points is owned in fee simple by
the government as part of the park,
and full jurisdiction over this, over
the fifteen square miles OF the Chlcka-
manga field, and over m ny miles be-
sides of other approach has been
coded to the government by the states
of Tennessee and Georgil. This CEN
trail drive runs for eight miles along
Braggs' line Of battle on the crest of
Missionary Ridge. 1t passes along the
fronts of Sherman's army, Thomas
army of the Cumberland and the army
under Hooker. 1t overlooks all the
battlefields about Chattanooga, includ-
ing Lookout mountain, and runs for
twelve miles through the center of the
fighting ground of the three days bat
tie of Chickamauga.
The plan of the park is to restore
the fields as nearly as possible to their
condition at the time of the battle, to
close all new roads and reopen and inn
prove those used in the battles, over
which the armies moved to and from
the fields
The official dedication, under the
auspices of congress and the secretary
of war, will occupy the 10th and goth
insts., but exercises of general char
acter, 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, 10th and
Goth.
The Missouri dedication will occur
on the goth at Bragg's headquarters
on Missionary ridge. The hours for
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania depend
on the closing work on their monu-
ments