The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-09-19
A GENERATION AFTER
No Cannon Balls Are Ploughing Up
Chickamaugs's Fields To-Day.
ALL IS PEACE AND LOVE
Thousands OF Veterans Revisltlng
the Scenes OF Awful Carnage
Formal Dedication of the
State Monuments.

since the bloody battle that occurred
here 80 years ago have there been so
many people in this region. Estimates
of the size Of the multitude vary from
$4,000 to 100000. At daylight people be-
gan to move towards Chickamauga,
and from that time until the afternoon
the trains and electric cars reminded
one of those leading to the Worlds
Fair at Chicago. The crowds were we'll
handled. Secretary OF the Interior
Hoke Smith, Secretary Of the Navy
Herbert, Attorney General Harmon and
Postmaster General Wilson will arrive
tonight via the Southern railway at
O'Clock.
The first event to-day was the dedica-
tion of the Michigan state monument
at Snodgrass Hill. the point at which
there was probably more hard fighting
during the battle than at any part of
the field. Governor John T. Rich. with
his stan and members Of the park COM
mission, arrived at the hill at o'clock.
Chairman C. E. Belknap. president OF
the Michigan commission. In brief
| speech, told of the work done by the
| commission. and then introduced Gov
ernor Rich. who delivered an address.
Col Henry M. Duffieh Of Detroit. re-
sponded.
In the northeast corner OF Kelly field
the monuments of Wisconsin were
turned over to the government at II
O'Clock. Col. w. w. Watkins. chair
man of the state commission. formally
turned the monuments over to Gov. w.
H. Uppham, who received and trans
ferred them to the government. Gen.
Henry Hardin made a speech in re-
sponse. after which speeches were
made to Col. B. F. Bryant. ex-Gov. w.
d. Heard and Z. G.. Timme.
The veterans of Ohio took possession
of Snodgrass Hill as soon as those from
Michigan finished. Gen. John Beatty,
president of the Ohio commission, pre-
sided. Bishop Joyce invoked blessing.
Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor addressed
the gathering as follows: I'VE meet
to-day upon this sacred spot to cele-
brate the heroism of the American SOL
dier, the great results Of battles and
the greater victories Of peace. We do
not come with words of elimination or
with memories charged with bitterness
or envy. We Join here as American
citizens upon one of the great battle
fields Of a great war to dedicate for all
time to the American people these
monuments and this battle field. We
do this to remind those Of coming gen.
erations Of the heroic race from which
they descended: to exhibit to them the
enormous cost Of the institutions be-
queathed to them and placed In their
keeping; and to forever appeal to those
who are to come after US, that they
guard, protect. and forever cherish.
imperishably and immutably. the re-
suits of the great war. We do not
come with words Of criticism or bitter
ness-we of the North. The achieve
ment of which we are proudest. and
well may be proudest. is not that we
conquered in war and by physical force
overthrow the armies of the confeder-
acy; but that we restored the union of
the states. or, In more fitting terms,
that we prevented the overthrow of the
union of the states; that we stood In
the deadly conflict. not to change our
institutions. but to save the Union; not
to commit revolution, but to save the
flag as the representative of a great
Union: that we fought to restore the
constitution as the supreme law Of the
land. But more proudly yet do we con.
templte the fact that these efforts were
not unavailing: that the result aimed al
has been accomplished, and that the
union OF the states to-day Is a union
Of hearts and q union Of hands. and a
union Of states none can sever. Is
there anything greater, anything more
charming to the heart of an American
patriot than the love Of the American
people for this union. this constitution
and this power? It is our protection
against enemies abroad; II is our assur.
ance against disturbance within: Il
Is the beacon light to other nations
and the sheet anchor to ours. It II
the doctrine Of the American home
the American freside. the American
institutions. the American union and
the American flag. And we will pro.
tect 1t at home and we will vindicats
1t abroad"
Short addresses were made by ex.
Governor Campbell. governor at the
time the commission was created. j
s. Gill and j. S. McElroy. Genera
Acpuilla Wiley made a short address.
formally turning the monuments ovel
to Governor Mckinley, who In turr
received them and transferred them tc
the national government. Addresse.
were also made by Andrew Jackson
Col. James Watson and Frederick Wen
dell. The Illinois monuments were
dedicated on the site where the Widow
Glenn's house stood during the battle
l. is a few hundred yards south OF tbs
famous Bloody Pond" The widows
house was burned during the fight
but Bloody Pond" Is still there. II
was so named because its waters
colored with human blood after tho
battle, and people living in that vicin'
ity say that since that terrible day
animals have refused TO drink the wat
er, II was O'Clock when Governor
Altgeld and party arrived. Severa
thousands OF people. principally OF Hi
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