The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-11-16
PENNSYLVANIA HEROES.
Monuments to Their Memory Oh
Southern Battlehelds.
TIE BLUE AND THE GRAY UNITE

At n Campfire I'm Homo of the VISIT
ing Veterans Soldiers of the North
n south Drink From the Same Cam
teen and Eat From Same Haversack.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. 16.-Yester-
day was a glorious day for the Penn
sylvania veterans who came here to
dedicate their monuments to the mem
DRY of their heroes in the great war,
exemplihed i'm their valorous conduct on
the fields Of Chickamagua, Missionary
Ridge, Orchard Knob and Lookout
Mountain. The dedicatory ceremonies
occurred at Orchard Knob, where a
stand had been erected, and before 2
o'clock, the hour set for the ceremonies,
the government reservation about the
stand was crowded with old soldiers,
their wives and children, fully 5000
people being within sound Of the voices
of the speakers.
on the stand sat the distinguished
speakers and representatives from the
local posts of the G. A. r., and N. 3.
Forrest camp Of Confederate veterans.
Hon. II. Clay Evans, General John p.
Goblin, General Latta and other distin-
guished visitors also occupied seats on
the platform.
Brigadier General William A. Robin
son., of Pittsburg, president of the state
battlefield commission, presided, and
DR.. Thomas II. Robinson delivered a
fervent invocation. At the conclusion
of the prayer Lieutenant Colonel Archi-
bald Blakeley, representing the Penn
sylvania battlefield commission, for
mally transferred the monuments
nvaoFaI IWs III, @NoA, 20 A.
Following Colonel Blakeley, Governor
Hastings spoke, delivering the monu-
ments to the national government. The
governors address was frequently in
terrupted by applause.
The monuments were then formally
accepted on the part of the national
government and transferred to the ma
tional park commissioners by Hon.
John Tweedale, chief clerk of the war
department, representing the secretary
Of war, and General II. V. Boynton, for
and on behalf of the national commits
sion, formally accepted the monuments.
At the conclusion of General Boyn-
toms address General Robinson intro
duced Hon. H. Clay Evans, United
States commissioner Of pensions.
Mr.. Evans arose amid applause and
spoke at some length. lie said that
the government at the breaking out of
the war had made two distinct con-
tracts with the people. One was that
every dollar advanced for carrying for
ward the war for the Union should be
paid back in the good hard gold Of the
republic. The second engagement was
that the national government would
always care for the destitute survivors
Of its armies Of the war and for the
widows of those who fell in battle.
Both of these, he said, the government
is now carrying out faithfully.
Following Mr.. Evans, Colonel Thomas
j. Stewart, adjutant general to Cover
nor Hastings, and General James w.
Latta, Of Pittsburg, made short ad-
dresses.
General John p. Goblin, commander
in-chief of the G. A. r., was called for.
General Goblin proposed that, instead
Of a speech, he would ask the vast
audience to sing America" which was
done with a vim.
Last night the veterans enjoyed a
campfire at the City Auditorium, pre-
pared b" the local G. A. r. and Con-
federate Veterans. The blue and the
gray mingled freely and ate out of the
same haversack, drank from the same
canteen and old yarns until the wee
small hours. The Pennsylvania Vet
Grams left for their homes today, ali
delighted with the hospitality they
have received from the people of this
section.