St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-19

Iy years ago bearing arms OF SlauSn-
ter and destruction. Not single
incident that would indicate a feel
ing of hatred on either side has been
recorded. Yankees" and Johnny Y
Rebs'' grown gray with years have
gone over the great battlefield, to-
gether discussed the events Of thaan
awful days, drank together, anS.
even in some instances slept tegeth-
er, without stirring up anything like
an angry thought Generals who
commanded armies for the UnicA
have been guests Of the generals of
the Confederacy, and each has SOL
emnly declared that there is mo
North and no South"
1.-THE events of today have bound
us together as nothing else could
have done, and the solemn yet joy
Gus event of tomorrow will seal the
tie forever" So spoke a venerable
soldier of the North to one Of the
South at Snodgrass Hill today, and
the latter replied, with tears in his
eyes: "Comrade, you are right.
Shake hands," and they did.
OLD WOUNDS ARE HEALED.t
Chattanooga is an enterprising,
Chicago-like town, with 10000 in
habitants. Both the town and the
people have every look of prosperity.
The people did as much for the ems
tertainnent Of their Northern visit
ors as any one could wish. At early
dawn the town and surrounding
country aWoke. In less than two
hours there was a general exodus to
music, followed by regiments of
militia. There were thousands upon
thousands of battle-scarred veterans,
and there were thousands of men,
women and children who person.
ally never knew what war was.
Then there were carriages, wagons
and vehicles Of every description,
in which the people rode. The cars
were loaded to the guard rails.
Many Of the vast throng looked
over the field Of Chickamauga, sadly
remembering the awful scenes of
carnage and death they had wit
messed there thirty years ago, but
all felt a thrill Of joy to know that
old wounds had healed, and that the
hatredS Of those days were no more.
Such were the conditions that pre-
vailed at the preliminary exercises
attendant upon the dedication of the
historic battlefield as national
park, which will take place tomor-
row. Estimates as to- the size of the
multitude vary. Some Of the con-
servative say there were not over
$4,000, and others place the number
at 100000 or more.
DEDICATORY EXERCISES.
The first event of the day was the
dedication of the Michigan state monl-
ments on Snodgrass hill, a point where
there was probably more harl fighting
during the battle than at any other
point on the field. Gov. John T. Rich,
with his staff and the park commission
ers, arrived at the hill shortly after 9
o'clock. Chairman c.. e. Belknap,
president of the Michigan commission,
in brief speech, in which he told of
the work done by the commission,
cdlleQ lH0 aSSeHnDldS0 To OTuer ana
then introduced Gov. John T. Rich,
who spoke for his state Col Henry
M. Duffield, Of Detroit, responded.
When he had finished. there was music
by a military band, after which the
benediction was said
In the northeast corner Of the Kelly
field the monuments of Wisconsin were
turned over to the government at IL
O'clock. The exercises were presided
over by Col. w. w. Watkins, CHAIR
man of the state commission. After
the audience had been called to e-sler
Rev. U. E. Webster offered prayer.
Col. Watkins formally turned the mon
uments over to Gov. w. H. Upham,
who received them and then trans
ferred them to the government. Cen:
Harding made speech in response,
after which speeches were made by
Col. p. H. Bryant, ex-Gov. W.. d.
Hoard and E. W. Timne.
The veterans of Ohio took possession
Of snodgrass Hill as soon as those