Rock Island Argus., 1895-09-16
GROUND
Soon To Be Peopled by Men
Who Fought Thereon.
OUR GREAT PARK OF BATTLEFIELD

twenty-five Miles Along Which Some Of
the Creates. Etshts of the War Took
Piace-yeterans Gathering TO Revisit the
Scenes of Terrific Struggles for and
Against Union Thirty Years ASo-An
Object Lesson in War.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 16.-The advance
guards for the Chickamauga dedication
are arriving. Already there arc 1900
strangers here. The tents for the Four
tecnth Ohio regiment, Toledo cadets and
state guards of Tennessee, near the Ma
tional cemetery, present scene that
viyidly recalls TO surviving veterans the
stirring scenes of 1853. The governors OF
the following states have notified the ma
tional commission they will be here with
their fun stats: Alabama, Colorado, Con
nccticut, Florida. Georgia, Illinois, Ind
iana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina. Texas, Vermont,
West Virginia and Wisconsin, and North
Carolina will be represented by comm.s-
sion of distinguished citizens.
Other People Who VIII he There.
The governor Of Indiana and staff and
The commission Will camp on the Chicka-
manga park and their tents have already
been erected. Nearly every surviving gen.
eral of the two armies has sent notice of
his intention to attend. \ joint commit
tee Of twenty senators and thirty members
of the house Will represent congress. The
societies of the Army Of the Cumberland
and of the Army of the Tennessee, the
Grand Army Of the Republic, and the As
soriaiiOn OF Confederate Veterans Will be
present in large numbers This official
concourse Is TO be increased by the gather
ing of an army of visitors already known
To be SO great that 1t Will tax the capacity
OF the railroads 'ccntcriny here and the
city TO their utmost capacity. ThrUngs of
veterans who fought against each other
are Cruwaing into the city to take equal
part under national enactment in the detii-
cation Of fields which their prowess made
memorable is n national military park.
Comfort Of Visitors Assured.
The secretary of war and the national
commission acting under his direction have
made every possible arrangement which
the expenditures authorized by congress $
would allow To secure the comfort Of visit
ors and through large and influential
citizens committees the city of Chntta-
nooga hns given itself with energy and en-
thusiasm 10 the work of assisting the sec
rotary of war. lieutenant General Scho-
field has cordially contributed every as
sistancc which could be given from the
headquarters Of the army, and the move
M nts OF regular troops from Fort Sheri-
dan, Fort Riley, Fort Thomas, Colum bus
barracks and Pensacola has presented an
instance of rapid concentration Of special
interest.
Headquarters for tho representatives of
the various states and secretaries have
been established. The formal dedication
of the Ohio, Michigan. Illinois, Indiana,
Minnesota and Massachusetts monuments
will occur on the 18th, 10Th and Goth. OF
the monuments on the fields Indiana has
thirty-scvcn in course of erection, Illinois
has thirty-thrcc, Wisconsin has ten, and
Michigan eleven. All of the monuments
thus far erected, except those from Indi-
ana, are granite or bronze. Those of that
state are Bedford limestone.