The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-09-21
DEDICATION OF BATTLE FIELDS
IL VIII BE a National Event Without
Parallel.

Parallel.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 15.-Under
the guiding hand of the secretary of
war and acting under the authority of
congress. Chattanooga and the notable
battlefields surrounding it have been
preparing for a national event without
a parallel. Great throngs of veterans
who fought against each other are now
crowding into the city to take part un-
der the national enactment in the dedi-
cation of the fields which their prowess
made memorable, as national mill
tary park wherein the movements and
the achievements of each side have re-
ceived impartial attention.
AS provided in the act of congress,
Secretary Lamont has invited the at
tendance of the legislative department
of the government and the members of
the supreme court, congress and it's
presiding officers, the lieutenant gener-
al of the army and the admiral of the
navy, the governors Of all the states
and their staffs. and the veterans of the
contending armies. All are to be prom
inently represented.
A joint committee Of 20 senator's and
so members of the house will represent
congress. The members of 26 state
committees who have been at work
with the national committee in locating
lines of battle of the troops of their
states, will attend. The Society of the
Army of the Cumberland, of the Army
of the Tennessee, the G.. A. r. and the
Association Of Confederate Veterans
will be present This official concourse
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 railroads centering here and in
the city to their utmost.
The secretary of war and the ma
tional committee under his direction
have made every possible arrangement
which the expenditures authorized by
congress would allow to insure the
comfort of visitors and throughout
the large and influential citizen COM
mittee of the city of Chattanooga, has
given it's energy and enthusiasm to the
work of assisting the secretary of war.
Lieutenant General Schofield has cor
daily added every assistance which
could be given from the headquarters
of the army, and the movement of the
regular troops from Fort Sheridan.
Fort Riley, Fort Thomas, Columbus
Barracks and Pensacola presented an
instance of rapid concentration that is
of special interest.
The park which is to be dedicated is
of immense dimensions. 1t extends
with it's approaches from Sherman
Heights in Tennessee, six miles north
of Chattanooga, to Glassmlll in Geor-
gla, a distance of % miles The broad
boulevard between the rwo 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 ced-
ed to the government by the states OF
Tennessee and Georgia. OF the terri
tory over which jurisdiction has beer
coded to the United States for parl
purposes 10 square miles have been al
ready purchased in a single block OF
the Chickamauga field. The park anC
it's approaches thereof embrace or over
look the fields of five days general be
tween the great armies, and three day.
of minor engagements, namely Chick
amauga, Orchard Knob, Lookou
Mountain and Missionary Ridge
Browns Ferry and Wauhatchie.