New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-18
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again armed camp. Thirty-two years ago this
week the armies OF the North and the South
fought for Its possession. but now the gates are
| open and the white tents OF soldiers and the blue
coated militia OF the North are all around the city
with a friendly purpose. Thousands OF Northern
soldiers are coming here, but they bear no NUM-
tions of war From Southern states those who
followed the Stars and Bars to defeat are coming
to fraternze with those who carried the Stars and
Stripes to victory. Before to-morrow's sun goes
down behind Lookout Mountain there will be
thousands Of visitors to the Chickamauga battle
field Special trains have been coming in every
| hour to-day and the greatest crowds are 10
come Wednesday and Thursday. Detachments Of
troops from dozen States are already In camp
and the scenes Of war revived on holiday
basis.
BLUE AND GRAY TO FRATERNlIE
The Chickamauga National Park. with Its
monuments to be dedicated tomorrow is In honor
Of those who fell on both sides In the civil war
Never before have the veterans or North ana
| South been brought together in such brotherly
| relations Generals from opposing armies VIII
! speak from the same platform In conservation and
| dedication of n field which drank the blood OF
| their brave followers.
There be no estimate OF the crowns "hich
will pour into Chattanooga this week besineS
the Chickamauga exercises proper the presence OF
| 90 many DISTINGUISHED men will draw great excur-
| sions from far and near Among those VINO are
here now or who will be here are Vice-Prcsideh'
Stevenson. Secretaries Lamont. Herbert ana Car
isle Attorney General Harmon and Postmaster
General Wilson, General Schoneld and General
| Miles Colonel Fred D. Grant and J.. T. shermah
sons Of the Nations greatest generals
Seldom II ever has any non-poltical ana"
brought together so many politicians who nrc
powerful In their parties Even now there are
several Presidential possibilities in town. Gov
| c:nor Mckinley came from the Sons OF veterans
encampment at Knoxville. and was met by all the
ohio military organizations. including the Toledo
| Cadets and the famous l4th Regiment, and was
escorted 20 the home OF II. Clay Evans. overlook
| ing the city There also an escort OF se'erai
| hundred citizens who were anxious to see the
| champion Of protection. Ex-Governor James f.
| Campbell who is candidate for Governor this
| year and also for President on the Democratic
| side came with a carload of Ohio Republicans,
| not one Of whom will vote for him, but he Is
| personally popular with them all. AS he was
Governor when Ohio appropriated funds for her
| share in the Chickamauga dedication, he is ex-
pected to take a prominent part in the proceed
| ings Governor Claude Matthews. of Indiana. the
| farmer candidate for President. came this morn
| ing with a trainload of Hoosiers including Gen
| eral Lew Wallace and Ivan n. WalkeN the new
National Commander of the @. A. X. Vice
President Stevenson came from Cincinnati on the
| Queen and Crescent Railway AS he is the high
| est National official who will be here he will re-
| ceive great amount Of attention. He had
| noisy reception as his train came in ana was
| taken to Lookout Inn by special train
| CURIOSITY TO SEE GOVERNOR MORTON
There Is much curiosity to Governor Nor
| ton of New-York. He has never figured much
| in occasions Of this kind and his face Is not
| familiar one to Western Southern people he
| Will not arrive until Thursday morning There is
nothing for him to do but grace the occasion with
| his presence. New-York has no monuments on
| Chickamauga battlefield proper, though in and
| about Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge there
| are extensive monuments marking the positions
| of New-York regiments. There is much interest
| in Chattanooga social circles over the coming OF
| Mrs Morton. and she Will receive great CONSIDER
| alton from the local four hundred. General pan
iel f, Sic<les General Daniel Butterneld, L. e.
| Stegman Colonel Clinton Beckwith. Major {. A.
Richardson and Colonel J. A. Zabrskie. compris-
| ing the NewYork Commission came IN late Mon
| dav night and are quartered on Lookout Noun
| tain. They have spent the day riding over the
| Chickamauga held. ~ 20,
| The busiest man in Chattanooga is II. Clay
| Evans the rightfuy elected Republican Gov
| ernor of the State. He is the man most asked for
| by Northern visitors because OF his magnificent
| campaign for Governor last fall He has taken
| such an active part in the preliminaries for the
| C,hickamauga dedication that no little popularity
will accrue from his services the fact that ne
is entertaining Governor Mckinney mas caused
| rumors that Mckinley is working for the Ten
| nessee delegation and Is willing to offer some
| support to Evans for second place. Ihere is also
| gossip tonight which includes the name or Evans
| With that OF Morton Presidential ticket.
Tonight and tomorrow morning VIII witness
| the arrival of many Governors. including Altgeid
| of Illinois Werts OF New-Jersey, Woodbury. OF
| Vermont and Rich of Michigan. all accompanied
| bv their military STATS in dazzling uniforms
THE OHIO CEREMONIES.
| Tho dedication OF the monuments on Chicka-
| mauga Geld Tomorrow will occupy the day. Ohio
| with Nfty-fye monuments. will have the most
| ,rteresting ceremonies. No other State had so
MANY soldiers In the battle as Ohio. and no other
State has so many monuments The Ohio dedi-
cation exercises will occur at noon on Snodgrass
| Hill a famous point in the battle. Bishop Joyce
| OF the Methodist Episcopal Church. VIII open the
exercises with prayer; General Charles II. Grosve.
nor will give brief history OF the conception of
| the mark: ex- Governor Campbell Will make an
address and John s. Gil. secretary and Captain
| j c. McElroy. financial agent OF the ONO COM
mission will make reports detailing the work
! since II was begun three years ago. when the ap-
preparation OF $4,000 was made by the state for
| memorials to her troops After these reports
| General Aquila Wiley will make an address ana
formally turn the monuments over 10 Governor
| Mckinley, the orator of the day The Governor
will deliver his grafton, and at It's close VIII IN
turn formally transfer the monuments to Sec
| Ietary Lamont as the representative Of the Ma
| ,ionai Government Music will be furnished by
| some Of the military bands present.
| This is TO be the general type OF programme
| adopted for the exercises Of each State, the
| Others being Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana, Massa-
chusetts Wisconsin. Missouri and Michigan
| Minnesota will dedicate her monuments at
| o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Snodgrass Hill
! Indiana at Lytle Hill: Wisconsin and Michigan
on another part of the field and Massachusetts
| on Orchard Knob, in the suburbs OF Chattanooga.
where the monument OF the I'd and 33d Massachu-
setts Infantry stands.
The fact that Governor Mckinley and Secre-
tary Lamont will take part will cause concen-