The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-02
INTERESTING SCENE
ON CHICKAMAUGA FIELD
Incident Created Great Enthusiasm
Among the Troops.
Sixteen Thousand Men Participated
In An Exciting Sham Battle Yes
extraordinarily In Restraining
the Soldiers From Violence-John
Jacob Astor Got Lost and Was
Captured By the Enemy-Inci-
dents of the Day.

Chickamauga National Park, Ga.
June General Fred d. Grant today
took the oath as brigadier general. The
oath was administered by Judge George
A. H. Harris of Rome, Ga. an ex-
confederate, and the ceremony was wit
messed by a large concourse of people.
General Grant expressed great salts
faction that he should have the priv
ilege of assuming the obligations of his
office from so distinguished a confeder-
ate, and when the ceremony was over
a great shout went up. The first man
to shake hands with and congratulate
the distinguished officer was Major
George J.. Gillespie of this city, who
was with General Lee when he sur
rendered at AppomattoX. The scene
was one unique in the history of the
country. ana the incident created the
greatest enthusiasm, which broke into
tremendous cheers when General Grant
said: Shake hands now, not over
Bloody Chasm,' but on the soil of a
country, one in its loyalty to one flag"
The most notable feature Of the day
at the park was the sham battle be-
tween the Second and Third divisions
of the First corps. Nine regiments
composed the attacking and defending
parties, 10000 men in all, and the ma
neuvering became intensely exciting.
When columns met in the fierce en-
counter il was with great difficulty
that the enthusiastic young soldiers
We're prevented by their officers from
violence. The movements were reviewed
by Inspector General Breckenridge and
staff, who expressed the greatest adj
miration for the activity and precision
with which the orders of the command
ing officers were carried out.
During the engagement Lieutenant
Colonel John Jacob Aston who was
greatly interested in the battle, became
detached from the generals staff, was
surrounded by the enemy and was be-
ing carried off as a prisoner of war,
when an officer interfered and ordered
his release.
Colonel Grigsby was today appointed
to command the First brigade or cav
airy of the volunteer army, being the
ranking colonel in the brigade.
Twenty-Five Hotchkiss guns were re-
ceived at the ordnance department, and
will be distributed among the artillery
batteries tomorrow.
There are probably 200 soldiers in the
various regiments who are sick at di-
vision hospitals, in view of which the
Chattanooga branch of the national re-
lief committee have authorized the
statement that they are now ready TO
from the various states for the relief
and sustecance of the sick.
A. c. Post, of company c, Fifth Hi
nois. Canton, Ills. died last night, and
the remains were shipped to his family
today.
Private E. L. Thompson, of company
L, Fifth Maryland, son of Captain
of company C, of the same
regiment, was drowned this afternoon,
"a i'm in % n ma
Major Shiba, of the Japanese army,
who has been here watching the or
ganiZation of the volunteer army, left |
tC night FOR Tampa. Major Shiba will
accompany the army to Cuba.
Lieutenant Colonel Hartsuff, chief
surgeon of General Brooke's staff, and
Colonel Nicholas Sem, as
sistant surgeon general of the volunteer
army, tonighs confirmed the statement
that Mrs. Letter had bought the Chick
Park hotel property, and had
rendered ii to the government, and the I
tender had been accepted.
The first of the volunteer infantry
left Chickamauga for Tampa today. !
The regiments which left were the (
One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indi-
ana, First Ohio. First District of Co !,
lumbia and Second New York.
Tomorrow the Third Pennsylvania, !
First Illinois, Fifth Maryland and Six |
ty- ninth New York will leave.
The First Illinois cavalry arrived this |
on three trains. The COM /
mand numbers 1918 officers and men |
under Colonel E. c. Young.
There are still 5000 soldiers here I
The order to recruit all the troops TO
The standard of 1907 men will largely I
the number and with the con-
slant arrivals will keep the army near
he $4,000 mark.