The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-09
Memorial Arch

mittee on military affairs Of the house, I
a report which he called for from the
Chickamauga and Chattanooga Nation /
al Military Park commission upon Rep 1
resentatlve GrosvenOr's bill providing
for the erection OF an Arch of Nation
alHy upon the battlefield at Chattan0,-
ga
The commission expresses the opinion
site
1. Because all of the great armies Of
North and South were either engaged
there or numerously represented, name
ly: on the union eide the Army Of the
Cumberland two corps from the Army
OF the Tennessee, and two corps from
the Army Of the Potomac. while on the
Confederate side were the forces Of
Bragg made up Of his own army, Long
streets corps from the Army of North
ern Virginia, and large forces from
Nrksburg and from Joseph l.. John
gton's command In Mississippi The
present and absent rolls of these COM
mands all OF whom or their friends are
interested. are Union 1S9. 500 soldiers;
Confederate, 141 900. The total organi-
cations engaged were CSC, OF which 3is
We're Union and 33S Confederate
2 Every state in the union at the
outbreak of the war east Of the Rocky
Mountains had troops engaged i'm the
battles about Chattanooga except four
New Hampshire Vermont Rhode ISL
and and Delaware. In the mobilization
at Camp Thomas for the war with
Spain, New Hampshire and Vermont
Were represented and troops from both
sections rallied there This assembling
of troops at Chicamaugua, where fully
one-quarter of the entire army was
gathered, is deemed by the Park Com
mission to further emphasize the appro-
priateness Of the proposed location OF
Arch Of Nationality, since there were
camped side by side under the one flag
soldiers from Minnesota and South Car
olina, Vermont and Tennessee, Michi-
gan and Georgia Arkansas and New
York. Maine and Mississippi
3. The commission points out that
Chattanooga is nearer central and near
er the center Of population than any
of the great battlehelds. being midway
between Maine and Texas. between
Minnesota and Florida, between the
Lakes and the Gulf and between Kan
sas and the Atlantic.
4. The plans Of the commission which
has long been cooperating with Gener-
al Grosvenor in the matter. contem-
plate bronze tablets presenting a com
plete roster fall commands engaged
on each side down TO regiments and bat
teries, win their commanders; a ros-
ter Of the work establishing the park,
and a roster Of the Congress which au-
thorlzed the arch as its crowning work.
GENERAL GROSVENOR'S BILL.
a bill to provide for the erection of
q memorial arch at Chattanooga, Ten
nessee
Re IL enacted by rhe Senate and the
House Of Representatives Of the United
States OF America in Congress assem-
bled: That as the crowning work Of
the establishment of the Chickamauga
and Chattanooga National Military
Park which embraces seven battle
fields. upon which served three great
armies and large forces, representing
all the other main armies Of the North
and the South, the secretary OF war
is hereby authorized and directed tc
erect at Chattanooga, Tenn. under the
supervision of the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Military Park
Commission and their engineer, upor
such site az the said secretary may
deem most suitable a memorial arch
20 be known as the Arch Of Nationality
TO commemorate the heroism Of the
American soldier and the complete un-
ION which has resulted from the join
military service of all sections in the
war with Spain The several dimen-
sions of the arch shall not be less thar
those OF the Arc de TriOmphe in Paris
and its main portions shall be con
structed OF massive blocks OF granite.
Sec. 2. That the design for the arcf
shall be procured by commission con
sisting of the Secretary OF War III
Chief OF Engineers. the chairman q
the Military Committees Of the tive
houses OF congress, and the Chlcka
mauga and Chattanooga National Mil
tary Park Commission and their engi
neer. In such manner as the commiss
ion may determine. and the erection o
the arch shall proceed under the sup
ervlsion Of the Park Commission, dl
rected by the Secretary Of War,
Sec. 3. That upon The inner walls
supporting the arched ways and IN
walls of the inner chambers, amoni
other appropriate historical records
shall me AFFIXED bronze tablets witt
complete rosters of all the armies op
Grating In and about the Chickamaug
and Chattanooga National Militar.
Park designating thereon the organiza
tiOns of each state, together with ros
ter of the governors and the state com