The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-16
THE BLUE AND GRAY
They MingIe Together
at Chattanooga.
GRAND ARMY VETERANS
DEDICATE MONUMENTS TO THE
MEMORY OF THEIR HEROISM.
ON SOUTHERN BATTLE FIELDS
GRAND ARMY VETERANS
ON SOUTHERN BATTLE FIELDS
Governor Hastings, Henry Clay Evans and
Other Orators Make Speeches to
Thousand of Old Soldiers and
Their FAMILIES.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. 15.-This
has been glorious day for the Penn
sylvania veterans, who came here to
dedicate their monuments to the mem
ory of their heroism in the great war,
exemplified in their valorous conduct on
the fields of Chickamauga, Missionary
Ridge, Orchard Knob and Lookout
Mountain. The day was as bright and
balmy as an afternoon in May, and there
was not thing to mar the perfect en-
joyment of the occasion.
The dedicdtory ceremonies occurred at
Orchard Knob, where stand had been
erected, and before O'Clock, the hour
set for the ceremonies, the reservation
about the stand was crowded with o.
soldiers, their wives and children, fully
5000 people being under the sound oi
the voices Of the speakers
On the stand sat distinguished speakers
and representatives from local posts Of
the G.. A. r., and n. b. Forrest, Camp
Of Confederate Veterans, Hon. II. Clay
Evans, General ]. Z. Goblin, General
Latta and other visitors also occupied
seats OH the platform. The Fifth Regi-
ment United States Band, from Mc-
pherson Barracks, Georgia, furnished
the music for he occasion.
Brevet Brigi1 er General William \.
Robinson, OF PittshuFg, president of the
State Battlefield Commission, presided
aud opened tae ceremonies by stating
fhe object Of the gathering. LENT.
Colonel Archihald Blakeley, of the
Seventy Eight Regiment, representing
the Pennsylvania Battlefield Commss-
sion, formally transferred the monu
ments erected by the State to the goy-
ernment
Following Col. Blakeley, Governor
Hastings spoke, delivering the monu-
u4ent to The National government. Ilu
Governors address was frequently in
tenupted by applause.
The monuments were then formally ac-
eepted on the part Of the National gov
ernment and transferred 10 the National
Park Commissioners by Hon. John
Tweed, chief clerk of the Wark Depart
ment, representing the Secretary OF
War.
General II. B. Boyton, for and on be
half of the National Park Commission,
formally accepted the monuments.
At the conclusion of General BoytOn'e
address, General Robinson introduced
Hon. f. Clay Evans, United States
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr.. Evans arose amid loud applause
and spoke at some length.
Following MIR. Evans, Col. Thomas ]
Stewart, Adjutant General to Governor
Hastings, and General James w. Latta
Of Pittsburg, made short addresses.
General John 7. Goblin, commander In
chief of the G.. a. r., called form. N.
chief Of the q. A. r., was called for
General Goblin proposed that instead OF
speech he would ask the vast audi
ence to sing America" which was
done with a vim.
Tonight the veterans enjoyed a camI
fire at the city auditorium, prepared by
the local G. A. r., and Confederate
Veterans. The blue and the gray min
gled freely and ate out of the same
haversack, drank from the same can
teen and told yarns until the wee small
hours.
The Pennsylvania veterans will leave
for their homes tomorrow, all delighted
with the hospitality they have received
from the people of this section.