The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-20

memories was the perpetuation of war
passions. He was not the only one who
failed to appreciate the mighty changes
which were to be wrought in time; or the
hallowing effects OF great trials and sor-
rows upon the tempers of people; or the
elevating, ennobling and unifying power
of our Christian civilization and free insti-
tutions. General Gordon closed an i'm
FASHIONED and eloquent peroration as fol-
lows:
Every uniform worn by the brave,
whether its color was blue or gray; every
sheet of fame from the ranks and rifles OF
both sides; every cannon that shook
Chickamauga's hills or Numbered around
the heights of Gettysburg; every whizzing
shell that tore through the Wilderness, at
Charlottesville or Shiloh; every bullet
rent flag that f1oated in victory or went
down in defeat on any field; every pa
triotic song or prayer waited heavenward
from the North or the South; every loving
and tender ministering at the dying
soldiers side; every agonizing throb in
woman's heart or burning tear on devoted
woman's cheek-aIl were contributions to
the upbuilding of loftier American man.
hood for the future defense of American
freedom"
General Gordon's thrilling close was the
signal for an outburst of applause lasting
several minutes, during which there were
calls from the spectators for Mckinley
and Morton, speeches from the visiting
Governors being next in order. These
were mingled with cries for Longstreet
and that old veteran, still erect and Wig
orous despite his 7S years, was introduced
by Vice-President Stevenson. Before he
began, however, General Gordon again
claimed the attention of the crowd. Hold
ing aloft his hand he said:
81 have here a button drenched with
blood, taken from the coat of the poet
soldier, George Lyttle, author of the we'll
known lines beginning: L am dying,
Egypt, dying who fell on this immortal
field. 1t was cut from his coat by G. G.
Lindsay, color-b bearer of the Tenth Missis-
sippi Regiment who authorizes me to pre-
sent it to any friend of that hero who will
accept and cherish it and hand it down to
posterity."
Turning to Attorney-General Harmon,
resident of Cincinnati, which was also
George Lyttle's home, General Gordon
presented it to him. Subsequently Cap
tain Silas Mofort of Cincinnati informed
General Harmon that General Lyttle's
nephew, the son of his sister, was present
on the ground and Mr.. Harmon sent the
precious relic to him. Another relative of
George Lyttle, who was a soldier also, was
found to be present.
This incident having closed, General
Longstreet made a short address, which
unfortunately was delivered in so low
tone as to be inaudible after the first few
sentences more than dozen feet away.
Cries were renewed for favorite Cover
nors, but V1ce-President Stevenson pre-
sented Northumberland Schofeld, who
said: "Our forefathers who framed the
constitution left on record the fact that by
so doing they sought to establish more
perfect union of the States. They laid
broad foundation but the union remained
imperfect. 1t was left for you to debate
for four years the questions unsettled by
the fathers, and after a terribly earnest
argument to settle them. For the first
time in the history of this continent there
now exists united, happy and harmoni-
Gus people. That perfect union has now
been established by the services which you
laid at the feet of our common country"
At this point, the heat being intense,
Governor Morton felt compelled to retire,
and his departure, accompanied by his
imposing and numerous staff was taken
by many of the audience to mean the COM
pletion of the programme. The conse-
quence was that the exercises were
abruptly and somewhat Unexpectedly
brought to close. The occasion, despite
the intense heat and the immense crowd
in attendance, passed off without single
unpleasant feature or incident, the acct
dent to Governor Upham of Wisconsin
having occurred at a place remote from
the scenes of the dedications and some
time before it began.
General Granville NJ. Dodge, president of
the Society of the Army of the Tennessee,
presided over the reunion of the survivors
of the army of that name who served in
either the Union or Confederate ranks,
which closed the proceedings of the first
day of the dedications of the Chickamauga
and Chattanooga National Park.
1t was held in the large tent in the city,
which would be an ideal place for exercises
of this kind but for the fact that it is
located alongside railroad yard and the
putting and shrieking of switch engines is
too often the only sound that can be heard
twenty feet from the platform.
The first speaker was General o. O. How
ard, the one-armed Christian soldier. He
was followed by Congressman Joseph
Wheeler of Alabama. General Willard
Warner of Chattanooga was the next
speaker. He departed from the lines
usually followed On such occasions and
discussed the question of socialism, 'Not
the socialism of Bellamy, or Keir Hardie
or Carl Marx, but the socialism OF States
and municipalities.
The Official and otherwise distinguished
visitors, who have made Chattanooga the
cynosure of the whole country for the past
few days, will soon disappear from the
city. The Wisconsin delegation started
tonight for Atlanta.
Attorney Harmon and Secre-
taries Herbert, Wilson and Smith expect
to leave in the morning for Washington
Governor Greenhalge of Massachusetts, is
expected to depart tomorrow night.
There was reunion tonight of the Con-
federate Veterans in the National Guard
armory, at which several of the more