Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-20
The War Veterans Look on the
Coming Generation.
THIRD DAY OF The PARK DEDICATION
Chattanooga Contained Thousands
of Guests.
SPEECHES IN THE BIG TENT

| sfVSieA Eom u SLAu correspondent.
| LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Tenn. Sentem.
Der 0.-The members of the cabinet who
were attending the Chickamauga celeb-a-
ton left this morning for Atlanta and
washington. The congressional party is
aiso breaking up. some returning to their
hcmes, but a number will remain here to
| attend the reunions that will be held to-
| Eight ard to visit the battlefelds after the
| crowd leaves
| Sergeant-at-Arms Bright will remain until
Sunday to attend to the comfort of tho
| ofncfal visitors who linger None of the
| Washington party seem to be any the
worse FOR the trying experience of yester-
day In the heat and crowd, although the
iest OF them did not succeed in getting
| back to the hotel until midnight NOM
CIVIC AND MILITARY PARADE.
Third Day of the Chickamnuen Park
| Dedication.
| CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, September 90
| Thfs the third day Of the exercises at
| tehdant upon the dedication of the battle
| field to the nation as a park, opened with
| IL grand civic and military parade The
| visiting cabinet officers, governors and their
ste ifs and the various military organiza-
uons took part. 1t brought more people
into the city proper than have been here at
any one time since the dedicatory exercises
| began.
The thousands who have been stopping
| IN the taverns along Missionary Ridge
| Lookout mountain and other places In the
suburbs were all here today. Then thou
sands came in from the surrounding coun-
were thronged to that degree that il was
| Iext to impossible to get about The no.
| lice however, under the direction of Chief
o. Or Police Fred HIN: handled the crowd
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on the streets over which the parade
| passed, and were kept moving on the side
streets, so that there were no blockades.
1t was a few minutes past 10. O'Clock
when the parade started. A platoon of
police led, followed by mfiitary band.
Then came Vice President Stevenson and
carriages were Lieutenant General Scho-
held, Secretary of the Interior Smith, POST
master General Wilson. Secretary of the
Navy Herbert and Attorney General Har-
| mon. United States Senators, Congress-
| men, governors and stafYs park commits.
| sioners, Tennessee legislators. Mayor Ochs
| citizens committee and invited guests
Another platoon Of police came next and
then the United States troops. the Ohio
National Guard. Tennessee National Guard,
| capital City Guard of Georgia and tha
| Chattanooga school battalion
Exercises in the Tent
The formal exercises of the day were
held in the big tent near the government
building. and were presided over by Vice
President Stevenson. After music by the
band the Rev. DR.. S. T. Niceoiis Of St.
Louis offered prayer The first address
was by George w. Ochs. mayor of Chatta-
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Mayor Ochs' Speech,
Mayor Ochs said:
| Chattanooga stands today sponsor nj
the second baptism of these historic and
hallowed surroundings. baptized first into
| Immortality by the blood Of the American
soldiers shed amid the crash and roar Of
the fercest bloodiest and most desperate
battle Of modern times; baptized a second
time amid the soft, sweet anthems of peace
| by the touching tributes of a reunited ma
| tton, which is now embalming in perpetual
memory the chivalry. the sacrifice and the
| military prowess of her sons. This city
Will forever tenderly cherish a sacred
| heritage these imperishable memories as
demonstrating the genius, valor. heroism
| ard sacrifices of American soidery.
| THE city of Chattanooga took the deep
est interest il the National Park from the
very outset The country and the munici-
| pality felt 1t duty and a privilege TO aid
in the stupendous enterprise in every way,
and all possible privileges and rights wero
freely and cheerfully given.
| 1T is gratifying to note that in preserv.
ing the history of the terrible battles here
4 abouts there has been no d:scriminat ton
| Equal care has been exercised in marking
the Union and the confederate lines; ar
1
| teries OF both are indicated by historical
tablets with equal study and precision.
This park is thus the symbol of the ma
| tons second birth, the holy ground where
| amity and reconciliation have erected in
| granite and in bronze the record of a coun-
| tiy's heroes, country now indestructibly
| and fndissolubly reunited, a country proud
| alike of her sons, remembering that wheth-
| er they died for the cause that was lost or
| fell for the cause that was won, their deeds
| added new luster to American arms and
| their achievements eya1fed
| Thank God that we at Chattanooga are
| permitted to have this sacred memorial of
nations glory constantly before us, and
| gather from these testimonials new incen-
| tives to patriotism. Thank God that We
| have here in our very midst the evidence OF
| the brilliant achievements of our fellow
countrymen, perpetual proof of the lofty
| grandeur. the transcendant glories and the
| unquenchabIe patriotism Of our Union"
| When the applause following Mayor
Ochs had ceased Senator Bate of Tennes-
see delivered an eloquent grafton. He was
| heartily applauded.
| Gen. Bates Remarks
Gen. Bate spoke. in part, as follows:
i wish that could command words to
| give voice to my sincere appreciation of
| the recollecticns which this occasion brings
with them. We have assembled on tl.is
glorious battlefield for the preservation and
perpetuation of sacred memories, to ad-
| vance by lessons learned here the common
| glory of our country. I aote with mex.
pressible pleasure that the lapse of more
| than thirty years has mitigated the pas
| sions and dispossessed the minds of all the
| surviving contestants OF -h.se great bat
ties. to look back at the past with those
| moderate convictions which are due to q
| contest in which each party held princi-
pies and convictions to justify the conten.
| ton"
| He then referred to the erection of the
| confederate monument at Chicago an in
| dication that the sectional feeling was OBJ
| liberated, and then turned his attention to
| the causes which led up to the war.
| The Missouri compromise and fanaticism
| had something to do with it. The denial
| OF equal rights to equal states was the real
| cause. Whatever may have been The right
| or wrong, the south believed 1t was in The
| right, and in defense Of this belief, II ac-
| oepted battle. The south claimed and ask
| ed nothing more than equal rights, not
| orly of persons but of states. Less than
! that was subordination and not equality.
| War was the only resort. Its irreversible
| result would not be again Questioned.
| Publicsts might draw distinctions be-
| tween Just and unjust wars. but in civil
war for inalienable rights victory could