The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-09-26
Animals Still Refuse to Drink Its
Waters.
HISTORIC OLD CHICAMAUGUA
Enormous Crows Present at the Dedica
tory Exercises on the Famous
Battle Field.

as pleasure park for the edification
and enjoyment of the American people,
for all time. 1t was the battlefield of
Chickamauga, whose ravines and
mountain sides were strewn with near
ly 10000 dead and wounded men, 32
years ago.
Thirty years have gone by since peace
was declared, but today white-haired
veterans who while in the prime OF
youth followed the lead of Grant. Sher-
man, Rosecrans, Thomas and Flight
Ing Joe" Hooker, and the boys in gray
who fought for the stars and bars under
Bragg and under Longstreet, are gath
ering around the campfire and fighting
their battles over again.
TWO OPPOSING GENERALS.
The dedication was conducted by the
men who fought that awful strife. Two
generals, with silver gray hair, who
headed thousands of men in the af-
fray on opposite sides. made the prin-
cipal speeches at the dedication. They
were Generals John M. Palmer and
John b. Gordon.
The exercises were witnessed by no
less than $4,000 people of the north and
south and at least half of them took
part In that bloody civil war.
Vice President A. e. Stevenson pre-
sided over the dedicatory exercises. He
was introduced by General John s.
Fullerton, chairman of the Chickamau-
ga and Chattanooga National Park,
and was greeted with loud applause.
Chattanooga, Sept. 18.-If one may
Judge by the events of the last 10 days
the Mason and Dixon line has been wip-
I'd Off the map. The friendly, brotherly
feeling that has been displayed here
this week and that which was shown
at Louisville last week by the boys of
gray toward the boys of blue, proves
that the bitter sectionalism that so long
divided the union, no longer exists. For
nearly fortnight now the doors of the
south have been thrown open to the
men who came here 80 odd years ago
bearing arms Of slaughter and destruc-
ton. Not single incident that would
Indicate feeling Of hatred on either
side has been recorded.
"Yanks" and Johnny Rebs" grown
gray with years have gone over the
great field together, discussed the
events Of those awful days, drank to-
gether and even In some instances slept
together without stirring up anything
like an angry thought.
At early dawn the town and sur
rounding country awoke. In less than
two hours there was a general exodus
from town to the battlefield. There
were bands of music, followed by regi-
ments OF militia. There were thous-
ands of men, women and children
Then there were carriages, wagons and
vehicles of every description in which
the people rode. Many of the vast
throng looked over the field of
Chickamauga sadly, remembering the
scenes of carnage and death that they
had witnessed there 80 years ago, but
all felt thrill of Joy to know that all
old wounds had been healed and that
the hatred OF those days was no more.
such were the conditions that prevailed
at the preliminary exercises attendant |
IN the dedication of that historic battle |
held as national park, which win take |
place tomorrow.
Inc first event today was the dedica-
ton of the Michigan state monument |
at Snodgrass Hill, the point at which
there was probably more hard fighting
during the battle than any other part |
or the field. Governor John T. Rich
with staff and members of the park
commission, arrived at the hill Mt
o'clock Chairman c. e. Belknap, pres
dent of the Michigan commission, in
I brief speech told of the work done
by the commissioners and then intro
iuced Governor Rich. who delivered
he address. Colonel Henry M. Duffleld
IF Detroit responded.
THE WISCONSIN MEMORIAL.
In the northeast corner of Kelly field
he monuments of Wisconsin were
urned over to the governor, w. II.
Jppham, who received and transfer
ed them to the government General
Henry Harding made the speech in re-
ponse, after which speeches were
made by Colonel B. F. Bryant, ex-Gov-
rnor w. d. Heard and Il. G. Timme.
OHIO VETERANS.
The veterans of Ohio took possession
II Snodgrass Hill as soon as those from
dichigan finished. General John Beat
y. president of the Ohio commission,
resided Bishop Joyce invoked the
BLESSING.
General Charles H. Grosvenor ad-
ressed the gathering and said in part:
we meet today upon this sacred | I
pot to celebrate the heroism of the
american soldier. the great results of
attic and the greater victories OF ,
eace. We do not come with words of
or with memories charged |
nth bitterness or envy. We join here
s American citizens upon one of the :
reat battlehelds of a great war, to
edicate for all time to the American
eople these monuments and this bat
efield. We do this to remind those :
the coming generations of heroic I
aces from which they are descended to 1
xhibit them the enormous cost of in I
titutions bequeathed to them, and i,
laced In their keeping. and to forever :
ppeal to those who are to come after
s to protect and forever cherish, i'm =
erishably and immutably. the results I
great war.
I'VE do not come with words of crit {
ism or bitterness, we of the north.
he achievement of which we are
roudest and well may be proudest. is
ot that we conquered in war and by C
hysical force overthrow the armies of h
lie confederacy. but that we restored 4
lie union of states; that we stood in o
lie deadly conflict, not to change our
stitutions. but to save the Union; not '
commit revolution. but to save the 4
ig as the representative of a great 4
Mon: that fought to restore the con-
tuition as the supreme law OF the
nd.
But more proudly yet do we contem-
ate the fact that these efforts were
IT unavailing. that the result aimed
has been accomplished and that
e union OF the states today is a union