Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-16
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and manoeuveres OF the troops engaged
here than any other living man.

and manoeuveres OF the troops engaged
here than any other living man.
We came here with hearts full OF
thanks to General J. s. Fullerton,
whose ears, today. are silent in death.
From the organization of the commits
sioners of this National Military Park
until his tragic death. last summer. ne
was its chairman. He was the inrar-
nation of enthusiasm. He never
seemed to know or consider an obsta-
Gle. In battle this enthusiasm and
determination marked him and 6spe-
cdally as he hurried the legions OF Cor
don Granger tothe salvation OF Thomas
right when struck by that immense
corps of Longstreet on Snodgrass Hill.
Governor Hastings, on the part OF
our committee and the commission,
tender and turn over to you these
monuments. May they stand here
beautiful and grand through all coming
generations, unhurt by the hand of
man and unmarried by the toctn OF
time.
Following is the programme of the ded-
icatory exercises as carried out. Brevet
Brigad.er General VIM. A. Robinson, lieut..
col. of 18th Penn. Vol. presiding:
Prayer Rev Thomas H. Robinson, D. D..
of Pittsburg, Pa.
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Transfer of monuments to the Governor.
| Lieut.. Col. Archibald Blakeley. 18th
Penn. Vol. president state commission.
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wealth of Pennsylvania, and transfer
to the care of the national govern
merit, Governor Daniel II. Hastings.
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Acceptance on behalf of national govern
merit. Hon. John Tweedale, 18th Penn.
Cavalry. chief clerk war department..
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Address. General Henry Boynton. presi-
dent Chickamauga and Chattanooga
National Military Park Commission.
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Remarks by distinguished survivors of
the war.
Bene diction. Rev Joseph r. Gibson. d.
| D.. formerly of 18th Penn. Vols.
In accepting the monuments in be-
half of the United States. Hon. John
Tweedle. chief clerk of the war depart
ment said:
Governor Hastings. The Commission
ers Of Pennsylvania and Comrades:
The secretary of war takes the great
est interest in everything pertaining to
the late war. and he regrets exceeding
ly that he cannot be here today. Pub
lie duty demands his presence else
where. He has selected me to repre-
sent him on this occasion, not because
| am near him in an official capacity.
but because l was private soldier in
a Pennsylvania regiment which parti-
cipated in these battles. Not for any
thing l did. not for anything merito-
rious in my record, but that l might
stand here today as the representative
of the men in the ranks. the men who
toiled and suffered and died in obscur
ity, the men who made success posi-
bile. In order then that they may have
recognition in these official ceremonies.
the Chief Executive of the nation. and
the secretary of war, both gallant SOL
diers, have selected one of their num-
Der to perform this honorable service.
1t therefore becomes my duty to &C
cept for and in behalf Of the nation the
monuments erected by the state of
Pennsylvania to commemorate the
deeds of her heroic sons upon these
battlefields, and which you. sir, as the
chief executive of the state, have just
rendered to the United States of
America. And in further performance
of my duty and in accordance with the
instructions of the secretary of war. /
| now transfer them to the custody of
the commissioners of the Chickamauga-
Chattanooga National Military Park,
composed of comrades who are the
scars of the conflict, knowing full well
that they will be cared for as price
| less heritage-a heritage ofheroic deads
| performed that Government of the
people, by the people. and for the peo
pie might not perish from the earth"
The crest of the wave of the conflict
passed beyond the borders of the state
| of Pennsylvania, it broke and fell at
| Gettysburg, il left record of heroism
unequalled in the annals of war.
| Tennyson has immortalized the charge
of the Light Brigade history thrills us
| with the stories of Waterloo and Aus
| terlitz, of Marengo, Gravelotte and Sc
| dan, vivid pictures of gallantry in bat
| ties. The Light Brigade lost 36.7 per
cent at Balaklava, and the 3rd West
| phalian lost 49.4 per cent. at Marsha
| Tour. the highest record of casualties
in authentic history, until our late war
| lost 1914 per cent. the LIST Minnesota
lost $40 per cent. and on the Confeder-
ate side the Goth North Carolina lost
Ill per cent, not including the miss
| ing in action. In Fox's book "Regi-
mental losses of the Civil War" it is
stated that in the battle of the first
day Captain Tuttle's company of this
| regiment went into action with three
| officers and 81 men,-all of the officers
| and SO of the men were killed or
| wounded. In the presence of almost
| certain death American soldiers stood
and fought without fiinching.
When can their glory fade?
Oh. the wild charge they made
All the world wondered
| And what of Chickamauga? In 1890
the committee on military affairs of
| the House of Representatives, COM
posed of gallant soldiers who had seen
| service in the Union and Confederate
| armies, reported to the House a bill to
establish National Military park, at
the battlefield of Chickamauga.
In that report, after full and careful
| consideration. the committee said:
The figures show Cnickamauga to