The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-05-31
WE FEEL GLAD.
The Chicago Monument Decoration
Day Passed off Nicely.

Day Passed off Nicely.
Yesterday the Confederate Mon
ument was unveiled at Chicago and
the ceremony was participated in
by both blue and gray, and we clip
part OF the proceedings which
strikes us as being quite impressive
and interesting reading;
"Then came the beautiful and i'm
pressive ceremony of "consecrating
the guns. At each corner of the
monument stood a field piece pres
ented to the association by the
United States government The
ceremony is known as monument
ing the guns, and consists in max
ing the ordnance part of the mon
ument to the dead. The monu-
menting corps consisted of the fol-
lowing: For cannon No, |, Col. r.
H. Stewart and Miss Lucy Lee Hill;
for cannon No. 2, Col. Samuel j.
Sullivan and Mrs Albert Akers; for
cannon No. 3, Lieut.. Col. George |
Forester and Miss Laura L. Mitch
ell for cannon No. 4, Lieut., Col. |
John w. Wine and Miss Belle Arm
strong; spiking party, Lieut.. Col.
r, Lee France and Comrade Theo-
dore Noel. This party formed in a
procession, and the gentlemen es-
corting the ladies, passed through |
the lines of the veterans to the first
gun and when they stood beside
Gen. Underwood gave the command;
"Consecrate the guns, Col,
Stewart advanced to the piece and
with him went Lieut.. Col, France
carrying a triangular bolt Of steel,
and Mr.. Noel, who bore a heavy |
hammer. COL Stewart spoke the
first words of the ceremony; "This
gun, having fired its last shot on
the field of battle, will now be 81
fenced forever"
Lieut.. Col. France placed the
spike in the vent of the gun
"Spike the gun" commanded
Gen, Underwood, Down came Mr..
Noels sledge on the head Of the
spike, driving it home and render
ing that cannon forever harmless,
Col, Stewart then escorted Miss
Lucy Lee Hill to the pedestal be-
side the spiked cannon, and Miss
Hill said: This cannon, with its
glorious record on field Of battle,
having been silenced forever. ] do !
consecratd to the memory Of the
yalorous soldiery we now monument
as a military decoration for their
bravery and honor unto death"
The ceremony was repeated at
the other guns by the other mem
bers of the consecrating party,
with Slight changes in the phrase
ology Of the recommendation,
Fayette Hewett chief Of stafl,
then assisted Mrs. Katie Cabell
Currie to the central pedestal,
whence the lady delivered the final
words Of conservation, saying
"These four cannons, being guns
captured from the union forces in
the battles of Murfreesboro and
Chickainauga and afterward mann
ed by the confederates and fought
on the southern side In the battles
Of Missionary Ridge, Resca, Dalton,
Kennesaw Moutain, Peachtree
Creek, Atlanta and Franklin, we're
finally recaptured by the Federals
in the battle Of Nashville and sub
sequent engagements. They con-
stitute a field battery Of light ar
tlllery Of distinguished battle rec
ord and II Is here permanently
parked, never to belch forth deadly
missiles Of horrible splendor Of war.
All hail the silenced guns we con-
secrate which with the shot and
shell piled in monumental decora-
tion on this burial plot are hence.
forth dedicated as a military tribute
to valor, fortitude and death"
Decorate the monument, " com
manded Gen. Underwood, and then
Miss Catherine Stewart, Miss Ma.
rlon Sullivan and Mrs. II. r. Walker
dressed In white and escorted by
three staif officers bearing floral
decorations approached the inscrip.
tlon face of the monument and In
turn placed white cross and lau.
rel wreatbs on eases at the center
and corners of the base, dedicating
them to the chlyalrous bravery Of
the dead there buried and kneeled
upon the lower steps with their
arms folded on their bosoms while
the Arion Oetette ehanted "As God
Wills. Amen