Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-18
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Dedieating Monuments on Chicka-
mauga's Field.
Few CONFEDERATE MEMORIALS THERE
Al Ovation to Vice President
Stevenson.
FAMOUS GENERALS PRESENT
Special From staff Correspondent.

Special From Staff Correspondent
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. Tenn, Septem-
ber 1s.-The notable guests in attendance
upon the Chickamauga ceremonies are be-
ginning to arrive in numbers The Vice
President of the United States ex-Speaker
Crisp, Senator Harris of Tennessee, Sena-
tor Hawley of Connecticut, ex-senator
Manderson of Nebraska, Senator PETER of
Kansas, Senator Palmer of Illinois and
governors galore are on the spot There
are also Gen. Absclom Baird of Washing
ton, Gen. Stanley of the Soldiers Home,
Public Printer Benedict. Col G. c. Knitfen
of Washington. Gen. Dan Sickles of New
York. Gen. Butterfield of New York. Gen.
Grosvenor Of Ohio. Gen. ]. ]. Reynolds
Gen. j. B. Gordon, Gen. Longstreet and
Representative Bowers of California.
The cabinet party are expected this even
ing. and will be handsomely entertained.
The Vice President received ovation
upon his arrival last night, four thousand
people turning out to do him honor. Col
Bright, sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, is
in charge of the official party, and will
take them to the park tomorrow to attend
the dedcatory ceremonies.
The Indiana. Ohio and Illinois people
have almost taken possession of Chicka-
mauga, 1t is their right to do. on ae-
count of the prominent part which the
troops from those states took in the bat
tie.
Indiana is encamped upon the battlefield.
Gov. Matthews tabliShing his headquar-
terS at Cave Springs, where small city
of tents has sprung up. The Indiana folks
have their own commissary-a big dining
room under canvas-and are conducting
their affair upon regular military basis.
They are somewhat disappointed because
cnly few of their monuments have been
put in place.
r;oI 4 pIa1r Of ,o1y1tS
to mark the spots where her soldiers fought
their bloodiest battles and where her prom
inent men fell in the struggle.
Illinois has plastered the entire held with
her monuments, giving the impression that
wherever there was slight pickering be-
tween the armies she was in it.
Pennsylvania has had to take back seat
in. the affair on account of the total failure
to get her monuments in place. There will
be a Pennsylvania day in November.
Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky, Missouri,
Wisconsin and Kansas are represented in
proportion to the part played by their
troops in the fight.
Confederate monuments there are practi-
cally none-that is, there are no memorials
in granite or bronze erected by the south
ern states. The government, however, has
erected some markers, which speak as eio-
quently of the fallen dead as majestic shafts
Of stone There are descriptive tablets COW
ering the greater portion of the field, telling
to the reader the story of the battle by
regiments, and showing the advance of the
confede rate troops against the enemy's bar
riers, giving the names of the Leaders, anu
presenting the number of the killed and
wounded, speaking plainly and simply OF
the Courage and devotion of the men.
1t is rather pitjful to observe the lack of
monuments upon the confederate lines,
and, where the northern visitors throng
around the graceful shafts commemorating
their fallen countrymen, the southerners
go pokng around the bushes looking for
traces of their troops in the markers put
1,1yt ho ,ark 1DniS
or course, this lack of display by the
south is not the fault CT the commission,
but is due entirely to the Indifference and
niggardliness of the southern states in pro-
v:ding memorials to their children who fell
at Chicakamauga.
Commander Anderson of the Department
of the Potomac has arrived, accompanied
by his wife and daughter. Commander An
derson stopped at Nashville on his way
dowf. and also visited the battlefield of
Murfrcesboro', at both of which places he
fought and was wounded. He will attend
The dedication ceremonies and visit his old
fort at stevenson, Ala.
The official visitors are spending today
on the mo lntain, resting from their jour-
ney and getting leady for the great day
tomorrow. NOM.