St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-16
MEET NOWIN PEACE
VETS OF THE BLUE AND GRAY
GATHERING IN CHICKAMAU-
GAS FIELD.
THE NEW NATIONAL PARK
MARKING THE SITE OF THE
GREAT BATTLE TO BE DIED.
ICATED THIS WEEK.
VISITORS by THE THOUSANDS.
Congress and the State Govern
ments to he Represented ut
the Ceremonies.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. Is.
Under the guiding hand OF the
secretary of war, acting under the
authority of congress, Chattanooga
and the notable battlefields sur
rounding it have been prepared for
a national event without parallel.
Great throngS of veterans who
fought against each other are crowd
ing into the city to take equal part,
under national enactment, in the
dedication of fields which their
prowess made memorable, as a ma
tional military park, wherein the
movements and the achievements of
, each side have received impartial at
tention.
AS provided in the act of congress,
Secretary Lamont has invited the
attendance of the executive depart
ment of the government, the mem
bers of the supreme court, congress
and it's presiding officers, the lieu
tenant general of the army, and the
admiral of the navy, the governors
of all the states with their StaffS;
and the veterans of the contend
ing armies. All are prominently rep
resented. 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 re-
Sponded favorable to the secret tary' s
invitation. In a few cases the gov
! ernors themselves will be prevented
from attending, but their states will
be officially represented.
A joint committee of twenty SEN
ators and thirty members of the
house will represent congress-. The
members of twenty-six state COM
missions who have been at work
with the national commission in To-
| eating the lines of battle of troops OF
their respective states will attend
The Society of the Army of the
Cumberland, of the Army of the
Tennessee, the G. A. r. and the as
sociation of Confederate veterans will
be present in unusual numbers. This
concourse of people is to be increased
by a gathering of an
ARMY OF VISITORS
already known to be so great that
it will tax the capacity of the rail-
roads centering here and the city
to their utmost.
The secretary of war and the ma
| tional commission, acting under his
| direction, have made every possible
arrangement which the expenditures
! authorized by congress allow to en-
sure the comfort of visitors; and
through large and influential citi.
zen committees the city of Chattan.
ooga has given itself with every en-.
| ergy and enthusiasm to the work
OF assisting the secretary of war
Lieut.. Gen. Schofield has contributed
| every assistance which could be civ.
en- from the headquarters of the
army and the movements of regular
troops from Fort Sheridan, Fort
Riley, Fort Thomas, Columbus bar.
racks and Pensacola has presented
an instance of rapid concentration ot
special interest. The telegraphic no
tees from Washington to the ma,
| TlonaI commission that distant bat
tal1ons, batteries and suuadrons
mad been ordered to move were
scarcely received before dispatches
arrived at park headquarters from
each post that the troops were start
ing.
THE PARK
which is to be dedicated is of nm,
usual dimensions. 1t extends. wifi
lts approaches, from Sherman
helghtS, in Tennessee, six miles nortI
OF Chattanooga, to Glass Mill ir
Georgia, a distance of twentv-twf
miles. The broad boulevard be-
tween these two points is owned ir
Zee simple by the government as
part of the park, and full jurisdic
ton over this, over the fifteer
square miles of the Chickamaues
field and over many miles besides
Of old approaches has been cede6
to the government by the states OF
tennessee and Georgia. This centra
drive runs for eight miles alone
Bragg's line of battle on the cres
OF Missionary ridge. 1t passes alone
the fronts of Shermans army
Thomas' Army of the Cumberland
and the army under Hooker. 1t over
looks all the battlefields about Chat
tanooga, including Lookout noun
tain, and runs for twelve miles
through the center of the fighting
ground of the three days battle ot
Chickamauga. OF the territory owe,
which jurisdiction has been cedet
to the United States for park pur
poses, ten square miles has been al
ready purchased in a single blocl
on the Chickamauga field. The en-
tire crest about Bragg's headquar
ters on Missionary ridge; Orchard
knob, the headquarters of Grant
Thomas and Granger during th
battle of Chattanooga, a tract eigh
miles in extent; fifty acres at tn
north end of Missionary ridge, be
ing the ground assaulted by Gen
Sherman and defended by Cleburne
and tract Of five acres on anothe
portion of the ridge marking tn
left of the assault of the Army O
the Cumberland, form portions of tn
park. Congress has also authorize
the adding to the park of Hooker
and Walthall's battle ground o.
Lookout. The government alread
owns the roads to and over Lookou
mountain Hooker's field to Wau
, hatchie Oh Longstreet's field.
The park and its approaches there
lore embrace or overlook the field G