Evening star., 1898-02-23
TAKES DEFINITE SHAPE.
movement to Establish q Grand Nm
tfOnal Memorial Park,

Ihe movement to preserve the battleields
or Fredericksburg, Chancellorsvill,, the
wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House
IN the form of grand national memorial
park took active shape yesterday, when a
meeting of prominent ex-union and ex-
confederate soldiers was held al Fredericks-
nurg to form permanent association Under
the terms Of charter recently granted by
the general assembly of Virginia.
The meeting was held in the corporation
court house and was largely attended.
among those present and taking an active
part IN the proceedings were: Ex-Goy
BEAVER OF Pennsylvania, Gen. Horatio c.
king OF New York, secretary of the Society
OF OF the Army of the Potomac; NJ George D.
of the Shiloh Park commission and cores
pondlns secretary of the Society of the
army or tennessee; Gen. j.. A. Carman of
new Jersey, OF the Antistam battlefield
OF the Cnickamauga Park commission and
secretary of the Army of the Cumberland:
Gen James Longstreet of Georgia, Col. Ce-
'., oi LAY OF the department. of Justice, Cor
Pora James Tanner, Representatives Rixey
Zones and Lamb Maj. II. l.. Biscoe of
washington. Gen. Edgar Allan Of Virginia
Zen q. D. Bates of Connecticut Col j. w
Fairfax of Virginia, Col w Wallace Brown
OF Pennsylvania, Gen. j. d. Brady and
Capt. B. c. Cook of Virginia and Col H
ID. Norton of Massachusetts.
, ! ne meatins was called 10 order by ex-
representative James d. Sene- formerly of
virginia and later United States Judge of
wyoming. After prayer hy Rev. DR. DUN
away, Judge Sencr made brief address re-
cltlns the history of the movement from its
nrst inception at the encanpment of tie
Grand Army Of the Republic in Minne-
aapolis The proposition has received the
nearly support of the q. A. r., as well as
OF eX-confederates throughout the south
Gen. Horatio c. King OF New York was
nominated by Mr.. Fitzhugh and unani-
mously elected to the position of permanent
chairman Col. w. H. Taylor of Norfolk,
VINO was adJutant general under Gen. Rob-
eft +. Lee, was chosen vice president: Mr.
James r. Corbin OF Frede, cksburg, secra-
tary. and h. T. CrismoEd. treasurer
A series of resolutions was presented by
Ex-Governor Beaver OF Pennsylvania chair
man of the committee on resolutions The
resolutions are to the effect that the associ-
ation was chartered February II, 1896, the
anniversary OF the birthday of Abraham
Lincoln, and was organized at Fredericks-
burg February -. 1893, the anniversary of
the birthday Of Washington. Its purpose is
stated to be the preservation Of the battle
nelds before mentioned, and their dedica-
tion as a national memorial park Author
ity was lodged in the. hands of an executive
committee to take all proper steps to place
before Congress the importance and desir-
ability OF this great work, and to urge on
Congress the mead CT prompt action. They
further recite that the association made up
OF incorporators from thirty-eight states
oho tiiC biSlIlSl VI SOiuHDla, VIII 1Oln
heartily in the undertaking, and that the
executive committee is directed to bring
the matter to the attention of the govern
ors and legislatures of every state in thu,
urfon which had soldiers engaged in thu
battles, and to urge upon them the i'm
pcrtance of marking, by appropriate mem
orials, the places occupied by their respec-
tive troops.
At the conclusion of the business meeting
an elaborate banquet was served at the
Exchange Hotel. Judge Sener acted as
POSTMASTER, and toasts were responded to
as follows:
George Washington" Col James Tan
ner of New York: Abraham Lincoln" ex-
State Senator William A Little of Fred
ericksburg; Our gallant dead" Gen. Ed
gar Allan of Virginia; THE President of
the United States" Col. H. d. Norton of
Connecticut; Army of the Potomac" Col.
w. w. Brown of Pennsylvania: ARMY of
Northern Virginia." Gen. H. v. Boynton of
Washington; Congress" Representative
John Lamb Of Virginia; Gen Sedgwick,"
Gen. G. d. Bates of Connecticut.
Later in the day Gen. King announced
the appointment of the following executive
committee: Judge James b. Sener w. A.
Little, jr., NJ. B. Rowe, H. F. Crismond.
Gen. James A. Beaver, Maj. T. E. Morris,
Col: f. d. Cole, Capt. T. McCracken, Capt
5. j. Quinn, j. S. Potter, st. George R. Fftz-
hugh and Col. James d. Brady The exec
uttve committee held meeting and desis-
mated Representative Amos j. Cummings
of New York to present the bill in the
House, and Senator w. ]. Sewell of New
Jersey in the Senate.