New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-22

ARTILLERY AND CAVALRY REACH THE
CAMP.
THEY SETTLE Down AMID SCENES MADE MEMOIR
ABLE ~ THE DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR
Many MEMORIES EVOKED ri

THEIR srRROvEDINGs.
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Chickamnuga GG April 21.-This has been
n busy day at Chickamauga Park and parts OF
the Picturesque reservation have been trans
formed since morning into camps resembling
those which occupied the grounds thirty-hve
,oa-s ogo The 9th Infantry held undisputed
sway ovcr the grounds until this morning. when
other troops marched and came by rail from
Chattanooga. and tonight every arm Of United
states service IS represented by tho men who
arc tenting on the old camp ground
General Brooke. accompanied by General
poynton ard several members Of General
Rrooke's staff came TO the park early In tho
day TO selec; camping places for the troops
which arrived yesterday. Some OF these were
SIN in the railroad yards. and some were on
their way 20 Chickamauga by rail- when the
commanding general arrived With view to
good water. proper drainage facilities and con
v.nlences 'or man and beast, tn" sites we're
quickly selected
When the artillery arrived the men found the
camp sro, selected ,or them. and they converted
II into veritahle camp In short order The
place selected for the artillerymen OF the LIST
and An batteries which came by rail- from
Chattanooga. is near the north end or the park
Just north ~ McFaddens Gap Road. on Sep
tcmher 20. 1863 Slocum's Louisiana Battery
crack Confederate organization. was stationed
there They part Of Adams's Brigade
and Of John {. Breckinridges division. and
within a few fee, ~ the spot where the light
batteryrncn are stationed tonight there are
tablets recording the deeds Of thos- who stood
AT Slocum's guns. while close TO the road are ex-
act reproductions II: metal Of six OF the Con
fcdcrate guns.
On the other side Of the field stand tablets
into hat ria
under Fowler Between the two. on ground
made sacred to both sides by the blood which
was split there are the guns Of younger army
recruited IN all parts OF the land. who are not
watching az their former army did for an OPP
rortunitv TO attack their countrymen. but walt
ing for orders TO attack their common enemy.
II took the men only n short time 10 establish
cor,n erect tents and arrange for the accom-
,nodation Of their horses. and then they settled
down to camp HE though II were their
natural condition and those who could do
40 wandered away to examine the tablets
markers and monuments that tell the story OF
the region.
CAVALRY COME TO CAMP.
Close upon the heels OF the artillery. appeared
four troops OF the 9th Cavalry, from Washing
ton Barracks. They came by rail- to the PARK
and rested at the station. while the camp ground
was being selected for them In the mean time
the ID cavalry. from Jefferson Barracks 81
Louis had begun its march from Chattanooga
With the troops was large wagon-tran with
camp equipments and ammunition all OF winch
formed an imposing procession There was no
music except the bugle. which was USED 10 give
the commands, but still no one on the line OF
march remained indoors while the column
passed.
No house on the route was so poor mat IL
Ind M flag IN wave or show while the men rode
by, and although there was no cheering ana no
demonstration there IVES intense interest on
the mart OF thousands inspired by the magnih-
cant hearing ~ the cavalrynen. Steadily with
perfect alignment and exact distances 'hey
moved through the streets and into the roau
which leads to the park Great CLOUDS OF aust
rose I'm the air. and hundreds OF hoofs clattereo
ON the hard road the column pressed on
rho sun shone forth In true Southern style. but
,,o,,,a,n hreezes tempered the air Beyond the
,,,v limits there were few to watch the moving
column.
crouna ~ black women and children. many OF
,beu only half-clad could be seen along the
odees Of the road. and at long intervals there
yyerc interested spectators in the front yaros'
The bugle calls woke the echoes OF LOOKOUT
Mountain and OF Missionary Ridge. ana from
,,.,r nIaces in the saddle. through the dust
,h,cb developed them like cloud. the men
',J s,a the tablets which we're recorded
,bo dds Of those who rode over the same pain
thirty five years ago. ,,.
p.,no,ds sheridan. Crittenden. Gordon, Grang-
ar Mitchell and McCook, and OF the ConfedT-
stes Bragg Longstreet, HILL Buckner ana For
rrost on monuments and markers. Near tho
north end Of the park the column matted In front