The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-20
RATIONALE PARK DEDICATED
WORTH AND SOUTH AT THE CHICA-
 MAUG UA RATTLE FIELD.

I
 Salute of Forty-four Guns.
 Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 19.-Aftel
 an interval of thlrty-two years tho
 Blue and the Gray to-day again met
 around the crescent of Snodgrass Hill
 on the battlefield of Chickamauga. Un-
 der one flag a reunited host, devoted to
 the advancement and prosperity of one
 common country, the veteran foeman of
 a third of a century ago met to-day to
 dedicate as @ national park the ground
 made sacred by the blood of heroes who fought at their side.
 This park Is one of the most notable
 in existence and is unique in many respects. It extends from sherman
 Heights, in Tennessee, to Glass Mills, Ga, distance of twenty-two miles,
 jurisdiction over all of which, together
 with necessary approaches, the govern
 ments of these states have ceded to the | United States,
 At present the government owns be-
 tween ten and eleven square niles
 $500 acres-of which $500 are cleared of
 underbrush. Congress has authorized
 the purchase of total area of about
 sixteen square miles. It has already eX-
 pended for the purposes of the park
 S750,OOO, including the appropriation for the current year, and also $2O,OOO for the expenses of the dedication.
 Seventy-two miles of railway, more or less improved, have been built, and five observation towers erected within the park limits. Within view from them are the scenes of the battles of Chickamauga, Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, Wauhatchie, Missionary Ridge and Browns Ferry. A broad boulevard will connect the extreme points of the park, much of it having already been constructed along the crest of Missionary Ridge, Bragg's line of battle.
 From almost any point along it's length a magnificent view of the valley and far off heights is obtained. Tn it's work of marking the line of battle and positions of the troops engaged, the national commission has been assisted by the commissioners of twenty-five states, including all of the southern states.
 About 300 large historical tablets are already in place, and other tablets giv- ing locality and distance number 300. Each battery engaged is being marked by at least two guns. One hundred and fifty guns are mounted in fighting posi- tlons of batteries, and 400 guns are on the ground ready for mounting,
 Ohio has fifty-four monuments: Tlli- | nois, thirty three; Minnesota, five; Tn- | diana. thitry seven; Michigan, eleven; one; Kansas, three Mis- souri, five; Wisconsin, nine; United | States regulars, nine. Yg
 There have been authorized and com are preparing to erect these | others: New York. twenty; Pennsyl- vania, eighteen; Connecticut, two; Ten nessee, four.
 Chattanooga was early astir and dur ing all the morning the various roads to the Chickamauga field were filled with vehicles carrying spectators of the dedication ceremonies.
 It was estimated that 0,o00 visitors helped to swell the attendance upon the at the park. Yesterdays A NtAA NfScAt W WetS ilCNcI BQudlleu or af1- | in the history of the city. Among the early arrivals were General | Iohn Gibbon. the famous Indian fighter. Solonel Volkmar' of the regular army I lhd Generak Horatio King of Brook yn.
 A peit line of railroad was in opera lon tor the occasion, and by that asan. y IL was possible for the great crowd | T Vlsltors to reach the grounds Tha were held on an immense tand built near the observation towa, T n Snodgrass Hill, the centre of The q leadly opening-day conflict Ia Besides the Federal officers iro1,,d ng Secretaries Herbert and Smith eostmaster-General Wilson, Attorney general Harmon and the congressmen resent there were the following gov fnors Of states, some accompanied. bv \ helr staffs and members of the com [ llsslons rom the several states ap- olhted to act with the National com llsslon in locating monuments and 9 markers: w. c. Oates, Alabama: w { -tklnson' Georgia; J. P. Altgeld, Tlli- r ols' Claude Matthews. Indiana; E. M. loff1ll, Kansas; F. T. GreenhaIee 5 massachusetts,; J. T. Rich, Michigan.I :. A. Holcolmb, Nebraska; G. T. Werts lew Jersey; Levi P. Morton. New ork; William Mckinley, Ohio; Peter t, urney, Tennessee; Urban A. Wood a ury, vermont; w. N. Upham, Wiscon- n Tn. 1T Governors Morton and TTolcolmb ar- II wed here this morning. the former Ib lst m time to reach the field and wifi ess the exercises. Missouri. Florida b nd North Carolina were represented bv W elegations of distinguished citizens. el nd. to crown all, were the almost in, te umerable host of survivors of the bat ol e, who had come to fight it all over C gam and to rejoice in it's final issue. e I'd who represented nearly every state
 the country.
 Especially noticeable were the veterans no came from Louisville wearing their
 A. k. buttons Early arrivals on the 'ounds were entertained by a drill of attery E, Fourth Artillery, under com and of Captain Sydney Taylor, and a regimental drill under Captain bland, commanding Camp Lamont. nese evolutions exhibited to the spec tors the new tactics and field move ents suggested by the board of tactics