The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-09-16
WILL Be DEDICATED
An Extensive Military Park Sur
rounding Chattanooga.
VETERANS WILL BE THERE
Elaborate Preparations Made for
the Comfort Of Cuests-Many
High United States Of
fioials Are Going.

Chattanooga. Tenn, Sept. l5.-Un-
der the guiding hand OF the secretary
OF war. acting under the authority OF
congress. Chattanooga and the notable
fields surrounding it have been prepar-
ing for national event without paral-
lei. Great throngs OF veterans who
fought against each other are crowding
into the city to take equal part, under
the national enactment. in the dedlca-
tlon of the fields which their prowess
made memorable as a national military
park wherein the movements and at
tachments of each side have received
impartial attention. AS provided in
the act OF congress. Secretary Lamont
has invited the attendance. of the leg
islative department OF the government
and the members OF the supreme court,
congress and its presiding officers. the
Lieutenant general OF the army and the
admiral OF the navy. the governors OF
all the states and their STATS, and the
veterans Of the contendlng armies. All
are to be prominently represented. A
joint committee of 20 senators and 80
members OF the house will represent
congress. The members OF 26 state
committees. who have been at work
with the national committee in locat-
ing lines of the battle troops OF their
states. will attend. The Society OF the
Army OF the Cumberland. OF the Army
OF the Tennessee. the q. A. r. and the
Association OF Confederate Veterans
will be present In unusual numbers.
This official concourse is TO be in
creased by a gathering OF an army OF
visitors already known to be SO great
that 1t win tax the capacity of the
railroads centering here and in the city
to their utmost.
The secretary Of war and the nation
al committee under his direction have
made every possible arrangement the
expenditures authorized by congress
would allow 20 insure the comfort OF
the visitors. and through the large and
influential citizen committee OF the city
of Chattanooga has given Its energy
and enthusiasm to the work OF assist
ing the secretary of war. Lieutenant
General Schofle has cordially offered
every assistance which could be given
from the headquarters OF the army.
and the movement Of regular troops
from Fort Sheridan. Fort Riley. Fort
Thomas. Columbus barracks and Pen
sacola, presented an instance OF rapid
concentration OF special interest.
The park which Is to be dedicated
Is of immense Dimensions 1t extends
with its approaches from Sherman
Heights in Tennessee. six miles north
Of Chattanooga, to Glass Mil In Geor-
gia, a distance OF % miles. The broad
boulevard between the two points is
owned by the government as part Of
the park. and full jurisdiction over
this. over the Is miles square OF Chick
amauga field. and over many miles be-
sides of other approaches has been
ceded to the government by the states
Of Tennessee and Georgia.
OF the territory over which jurisdic-
tion has been ceded to the United
States for park purposes, 10 square
miles have been already purchased In
a single block on Chickamauga field.
The park and tts approaches thereof
embrace or overlooks the fields OF five
days Of general battle between the
great armies and three days OF minor
engagements, namely: Chickamauga,
Orchard Knob. Lookout Mountain and
Missionary Ridge. Browns Ferry and
wauhatchie. The plan of the park Is
to restore the fields as near as pos
slble 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 10 and from the fields. More
than 400 guns Of the batteries used on
these fields have been obtained from
The arsenals and 160 have already been
mounted upon iron gun carriages,
which are of the pattern of the carri-
ages OF the war and set up to mark the
exact position Of the batteries OF each
side in tho battle. Steel observation
towers, rising above the forest at var1-
Gus commanding positions afford views
Of the entire theater Of battle.
The Chlckamauga field is already
thickly dotted with state monuments
and tho government tablets. and wchile
not over half Of the number of each
which are 10 be erected have yei
been provided. The lines Of the three
days engagement are readily followed
The park project and the main details
of Its comprehensive plan was the con-
ception of General Boynton. now the
historian OF the national commission
HIS public suggestion to make Chicka-
mauga a national park was taken ur
by the Society Of the Army OF tbs
Cumberland. a memorial association
w,as organized and chartered. but be
fore 1t began operations ne perfected a
plan for a national commission acting
under the supervision of the secretary
OF war. He wrote a bill which is tins
present law, placed 1t In the hands oi
General Grusysnor of Ohio. who intro.
troduced II n the house of Representa-.
dives. The nasloGsal commission consist.
OF Gen. j. $. Fullerton. chairman: Gen
A p. Stewart. representing the confed'
crate side: Major FRANC C. SMITH. sec,
ond artillery secretary. and Gen. H. V
Royr.on, HISTORIAN. General Fullerton
by order ot the secretary Of war. ma.
oshrgs Of al drTangemsU:s iOr ths
dedication. The Official dedicaJlJn. un
der the auspices q congress and th'
secretary u war. will occupy the 1871
and 20.a Instant. but exercises OF 1
general character which will be attend
ed by mos: q the officials which ar
., arrive. Will occupy the whole dal
of dle 18TH and the evenings OF the 18th
10Th and 20th.