The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27
Vast BiVOuaC on the Scene of One of the Worlds
 Greatest Battles.
Stirring Events of the Sixties Re- called by the Mobilization of Troops to Conquer
 Spain.
Spain.


 within the week-and there are many who have-has been thrilled with pat fiotism. Not only have reconections of the bloody 18th and 20th of Septem- Der, 1863 been brought Vividly before him, but the glint of the sunshine, upon hundreds almost thousands, of white tents through the interstices in the foliage of the trees and the echoing notes of the bugle have thrilled him anew with martial ardor, such as he has not experienced since the day he last saw this memorable field. Here and there, dotting the open meadows and surrounded, at times, by trees that grow exactly where trees grew on the days of the battle, are the camps of the United States regulars. Adown the magnificent driveways which thread the grand park to it's innermost points, where once only trails or sur face roads had place, the galloping of the mounted orderly's horse, or the ceaseless footballs of the sentry on guard, fall upon his ear as they did in the days when first he saw this place.
 Tourists by the thousands are flock ing into Chattanooga, and Chicka- mauga is the mecca of their pilgrim age. The massing of the cavalry and light artillery there assumed such great proportions that it required a day, before the week was out, to drive about the park and see the various camps. The roadWays were thronged every day with cavalry trains coming in, followed by their numbering wagons and citizen teamsters of every race and color Galn of ages, driven by negroes as dark as night and carrying a mixed collection of the highest colored society of Ten- nesse, follow the lien of march from the depots in Chattanooga all the way to the most remote of all the camps, that of the Twenty fifth Infantry, fully fourteen miles from the city.
 The scenes at the depots in town may well be imagined. The colored population, for lack of better employ ment, turned out en masse the day be- fore the first troops arrived and has remained turned out ever since. The mobilization of these two arms of the service could not be properly accom- plished without the assistance of thirty or forty thousand Of them, according to their opinion. The scenes at Chat tanooga stations, however, differed lit tie from that witnessed at every town through which troops have passed, but at the Military Park there was enough that was unusual to interest half the population of the city from dawn un- til dark
 The tourist who has conceived a men, tai picture of the park according to descriptions that have been published about it, or who attempts to see it by following the guidebook, will be disap- pointed. It Is the largest park in the world, except one, and covers so many ;r. drive to see it all and see 1t properly Its monuments. it's beautiful drives, it's picturesque groves and it's wooded hills. it's shaded brooks of purest wat er-all these in times of peace appeal to the eye of the visitor, but at this time all interest centers in the military en- campments.
 Chickamauga Park is a succession of meadows. rolling land and wooded knolls. It is impossible to get birds c e view of it entire from any point. for which reason no panoramic photo- graphs of it have been made. The camps of the troops are in the open places, separated by acres and acres of woodland, which has been preserved in exactly the same condition, except for the ravages of time, as It was in 1863. Hence 1t is impossible to see any one great military bivouac at Chicka- mauga, notwithstanding the fact that a great army is mobilized there
 A general view of the encampment of the Twenty Infantry, the first troop to arrive, gives a correct idea of the various and numerous camps throughout the park. Colonel \. s. Burt. who is in command of the Twen- ty-ffth, has selected a picturesque spot for his command, and is at home to all visitors. l photographed him at his quarters few days ago. and at the same time made a number of pictures through his kind permission. One of them, full portrait of Corporal Dan iels of E Company, illustrates the type of colored soldier enlisted in Uncle Sam's service. That they are a very different sort of colored man from the worthless, lazy throng that exists in this part Of the South was made mani- fest immediately upon their arrival here, and, notwithstanding the fact that negro has no standing whatever in this community, they have com manded the respect and admiration of every one by their soldierly bearing Their village of tents is neat to a de- gree. There is absolutely no refuse in its streets, none in it's fragile houses. The cook tents and company messes are sweet and savory, and it is an ad- mitted fact that the colored troops live far better than the whites, although the rations issued for them are the same. They are the best cooks and de- light in providing appetizing dishes, which, even if made from ordinary ma terials are greatly relished.
 The arrival of the cavalry at the park on Thursday was the event of the campaign thus far in Chickamauga. The Sixth, comprising four troops from Fort Myer. arrived Wednesday even ing at Chattanooga and remained in the cars until morning. Then the trains were run out to the park and unloaded there. There is a little de- pot at the beginning of the main park drive, built to accommodate passen- gers who go out by train, but wholly inadequate for the handling of the vast bodies of troops that are expected there within the month. The horses of the cavalry were first unloaded Gang ways of rough blanks had been con- structed and placed at the doors of the stockcars, as far as the length of the platform would permit But four cars could be handled at time.. The horses, seemingly drilled for the work made no offer to bolt from the cars when the doors were opened, but await ed orders like soldiers, and came down the gangways with a precision and care that was remarked by all who saw them. In half an hour there were