The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-19
MONUMENTS ARE DEDICATED
The Ceremonies at Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Park
MICHIGAN LEADS THE SERVICE
Pennsylvania's Memo, ,nls Arc Ineom.
p'etc and the Exercises Are Postponed
Speeches BY Gov. Mckinley and
others Many Visitors Present

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 1S.-Thou-
sands Of visitors reached this place
yesterday and today. The heat Is un-
! usual, even for this section and native
and strangers alike suffer from it.
The day preliminary to the formal
dedication of the Chickamauga and
tAatlanouga National park was de-
voted largely to the exercises in con-
ncction with the dedication of state
monuments erected at various points
within the park.
OWING to the absence of Secretary
Lamont the monuments We're present.
"d IN each instance to General Fuller
ton, president of the National Park
commission. Michigan led off in this
pleasing and patriotic service, the com
mission occupying for that purpose the
platform on Snodgrass Hill, on which
me general dedication exercises will
take place tomorrow.
Thc monuments and markers erected
upon the battlciiclds of Chickamauga.
Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge and
Orchard Knob were presented to Cow
cfh"r I'lch by Captain and ex-Con-
Ef"SSman &. ~. Belknap, president of
thc state park commission. The Michi-
gan organizations taking part in the
campaigns and battles were the Ninth.
Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth. Twenty
FIRST and Twcnty-secOnd regiments of
infantry; Second and Fourth cavalry;
FIRST Engineers and Mechanics; Bat
ter!cs a and ID, First light artillery.
After Governor Rich mad accented
the monuments on behalf of the state.
General Henry NJ. Dunield, of Detroit
who commanded the Ninth regiment
in the war, delivered an eloquent ora
tion.
The monuments were then turned
over to General Fullerton, and with
prayer by Rev. Washington Gardner,
secretary of state, the exercises ended.
The Ohio Dedication.
The Ohio dedication followed, under
direction of General John Beatty, presi-
dent of the board of commissioners.
This was the most elaborate. and nota-
Bile event of the day. Bishop Joice. of
the Methodist church. offered prayer.
ana addresses We're made by General
Charles II. Grosvenor. Ex-Governor
James T.. Campbell, General Aauilla
Wiley, who turned the monument over
to Governor Mckinley, and he in turn
to General Fullerton. Members and Of
ficers of the state commission also
spoke.
a distinguished gathering marked
the dedication of the Indiana monu-
ments at the camp established near
Gave Springs. Besides Governor Claude
Matthews, the occasion presented as
speakers the suldier-author. General
Lew Wallace. Colonel |. n. Walker the
newly elected grand commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic: General
j. Il. Carnahan and Judge ID. II. Nc
ConWcll, of the Ninth Indiana infantry.
kelly's field was occupied by the Wis
cons!n people. near which stands the
monument erected TO the First regi-
ment of that state. Rev. jackson T..
Webster. chaplain of the Tenth Wis
consin, opened with prayer. Addresses
were made by Governor w. II. Upham,
Ex-Governor Hoard. W. W. Watkins,
chairman of the state board, and 9TH
erS. This afternoon the Massachusetts
delegation dedicated the monuments
to the Third and Thirty-second regi-
ments of that state. Governor Green
halge made the address
AT the completion of the several
state dedication exercises the troops in
Camp Lamont, on the battlefield. under
command of Colonel Poland, gave a
dress parade, which was witnessed by
Thousands of spectators. This closed
the programme for the day in the park.
Pennsylvania Ceremony Postponed.
The Missouri and Pennsylvania COM
missions had expected to dedicate their
monuments, or some of them today, but
found that they We're incomplete. The
Pennsylvania monuments are in the
shape of bronze panels. which it is the
intention to bolt to the rocks on the
face of Lookout mountain. The Penn
Sylvania ceremony has been postponed
until Nov is, the Missouri to date
yet to he fixed
Forty members of the Second Minne-
sofa regiment, under command of Col
onel j. w. Bishop. escorted the MEM
hers of the state commission to the
field, and this afternoon Joined a re-
union of the brigade with which they
served In Brandon's division. Besides
the Second Minnesota, there We're the
Nineteenth Ohio. Colonel Kammerding:
Eighty seventh Indiana, Colonel Ham
m"nd: Thirty-fifth Ohio. Colonel II. V.
Boynton. Speeches were made by Col
onel Bishop, Ex-Governor Campbell and
others.
Army OF the Cumberland.
The quarter centennial reunion of the
Society of the Army of the Cumber-
land. meeting In conjunction with the
dedication of the ChiCkamauga and
Chattanooga National park, was held
tonight In the monster tent erected to
accommodate the several gatherings of
the week, which convenience required
should he in the city. Its ample folds
covered cOncoursc of about 10000
people, 1000 of which were on the stage.
QUICKEST DIVORCE.