The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-16
PENNSYLVANIA HEROES.
Monuments to Their Memory on
Southern Battlefelds.
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY UNITE

AT n Campfire in Honor of the Visit
ing Veterans Soldiers of the North
and South Drink From the Same Cam
team and Eat From Same Haversack.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. 16-Yester-
day was glorious day for the Penn
sylvania veterans who came here to
dedicate their monuments to the mem-
ory of their heroes in the great war,
exemplded in 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
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. Il.
Forrest camp Of Confederate veterans.
Hon. H. Clay Evans General John p.
Goblin, General Latta and other distin
guishCd visitors also occupied seats on
the platform.
Brigadier General William A. Robin
son, of Pittsbmg, president of the state
battlefield commission, presided, and
DIR. Thomas II. Robinson delivered a
fervent Invocation. At the conclusion
of the prayer Lieutenant Colonel Archi-
bald Blakeley, representing the Penn
sylvalha battlefield commission, for
mally transferred the monuments
erected by the state to the government.
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 H. " Boynton for
and on behalf Of the national commits
sion formally accepted the monuments.
AT the conclusion of General Boyn-
tons address General Robinson intro
duced Hon. II. Clay Evans, United
States commissioner of pensions.
Mr.. Evans arose amid applause and
spoke at some length. He said that
the government at the breaking out of
the warNhad made two distinct con-
tracts with the people. Ona was that
every dollar advanced for carrying for
ward the war for the Union should be
I IL, !, 1 4 $
republic. The second engagement was
that the national government would
always care for the destitute survivors
of its armies of the war and fhl 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 Clover
nor Hastings, and General James w.
Latta, Of Pittsburg, made short ad
dresses.
General John P. Goblin, commander
in-chiel Of the G. A. r., was called for.
General Goblin proposed that, instead
of speech, he would ask the vast
audience to sing America" which was
done with 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 told yarns until the wee
small hours. The PennsylN ania Vet
Grams left for their homes today, all
delighted with the hospitality they
have received from the people Of this
section,