The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-18
Historic and Blood-S0aked Chicka-
manga Dotted with Tents and
Thronged with Visitors.
MANY HOOSIEBS ARE THERE
AND TODAY WILL DEDICATE MON
UMENTs TO FALLEN HEROES.
Parade Of Sons of Veterans mt Knox
Army of the Tennessee.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept 17.--Indi-
ana is the first of the States officially on the
battlefield of Chickamauga, and the only
one which has made provision for the shell
ter OF the men who served her on, that field.
Governor Matthews and staff. Auditor DAILY
and Treasurer Scholz represent the State.
The Chickamauga commission Is on the
ground, and the tents in which they, with
a few friends are quartered, are in the form
of a square The mess quarters are near
and well served. Near by are tents to shell
ter several hundred men, General Wilder's
Brigade has a camp of its own on one OF
the spots where it rendered timely service.
The Indiana exercises will be held to-
morrow Colonel Poland. who commands
the three battalions of regulars here, is a
veteran of Indiana. He paid. his respects
to Governor Matthews this evening. There
is already much rivalry between the repre-
sentatives of the different States in claim
ing that the troops representing them per-
formed the most valorous part in the battle
of Chickamauga. General Boynton has made
this claim for Ohio. The Indiana partici-
pants think that Indiana did it's share,
and that fact is demonstrated by General
Carnahan Several members of commands
claim to have been In the fight at places
which no Official report makes any note Of
them. -
A number Of ladies are getting their first
experience in camping on a battlefield, and
there is season to believe that they find 1t
more novel than agreeable, despite the care
full preparations made by Quar,ermaster-
general Compton and Captain Defrees, u.
S. "A.
An Associated Press dispatch says: Peo-
pie are pouring into this region tonight
almost as thick and fast as they did thir-
ty-three years ago. But they are not all
men this time, and they are not armed.
though some of the old veterans both of
the North and of the South are attired in
their old army regimentals. Many of
these old fellows have their wives and
children with them, and they have been
looking over, the battlefield where they
fought so bravely thirty-three years ago.
No one will ever know the number of people
who are here General Boynton said to-day
that the visitors were strung along from
Sherman Heights to the far end of Chick
amauga- All the hotels, inns. taverns and
camping where they camped on the night
of the 18th Of September, 1858. The pas
senger agent of the railway leading to
his road had hauled not less than dve
thousand people there to-day. This was
not nearly all who went there Many went
out on the electric car lines and then took
carriages. Chickamauga's citizens have the
town open to visitors, and ii any OF them
did at one time Zee, feel a, natrsd S,is Tor t an
erything that human ingenuity could de-
wise for the comfort of the old soldiers
has been done by the enterprising dwellers
A good many Governors came into the
city to-day, and more will follow to-mor-
row. The Ohio visitors made grand DEM
onstration upon the arrival of Governor
Mckinley. He came from Knoxville over
the Southern road and was met at the
depot by the Ohio commission with car
and the Fourteenth Regiment, O. N. G. He
was escorted to the home of Hon. H.
ing his stay here. Governor Aitgeld. of
Illinois, accompanied by Acknowledgement
Orendorff his staff and the Illinois COM
mission, came in this afternoon from Chi
cago. Governor Matthews with his staff
and Col. /. ~. Walker. commander-in-c -chief
of the G.. A. r.. arrived this morning.
in late tonight via the Cincinnati So.sth-
ern railroad and proceeded at once by spe-
cial train to their headquarters at Look
Second Battalion and the Nashville Bat
terry of the Tennessee National Guard
Governor and Mrs. Morton, with the Gov
ernor's staff, are due to arrive on spe-
cial car tomorrow.
The arrangements for the dedication of
the battlefield of Chickamauga have been
competed. To-morrow's exercises will be
confined to the dedication of the various
State monuments and the formal turning
over of them to the national. government.
The States that will dedicate their monu-
ments tomorrow are: Illinois, Ohio. Mich
igan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Mas
sachusetts and Missouri. The Society of
the Army of the Cumberland will meet in
the morning at O'Clock. Col. j. d. Nor
gan, of Illinois, will preside.
In honor OF the great historical events
which are to take place here the Chatta-
nooga Times will issue three memorial ed
itions, beginning tomorrow, that Will con-
tain over one hundred newspaper pages.
1t will contain complete history of the
exercises and one hundred Illustrations.
among the prominent people who have
contributed to this enterprise are Gems.
H. " Boynton. w. S. Rosecrans. Charles
A. Dana and other notable survivors Of the
war.