The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-19
FEDERAL AND CONFEDERATE.
VIII Meet in History's Cause Mt
Chattanooga.

Gen. John 3. Gordon, commanding the
United Confederate Veterans, has issued
a circular letter to the camps of the con-
federation. in which attention is called to
a circular issued by the Chickamauga ami
Chattanooga National Park Commission,
relative to the commissions patriotic
work.
The circular of the commission, signed
by its chairman, Gen H. v. Boynton, re-
cites that IL has, TN order TO secure the
greatest possible accuracy in its work,
embracing historical text on tablets and
monuments. landmarks designating lines
Of battle and important localities upon the
seven battlefields included in the park pro-
ject, has selected Tuesday, Wednesday.
and Thursday, Oct. 8, 10, and II, 1900 for
a general inspection of the work of the
commission"
The circular continues: CAS- the sub
stantial memorials erected on these fields
will endure for centuries, all veterans,
and the states which sent them forth, are
Interested in handing down correct MIS-
tory of the deeds of valor which were
there performed AS the history of every
regiment and battery is briefly set forth,
either upon monument erected by the gov
eminent or the states, or the tablets pre-
pared by the government, it will be seen
that every soldier in the contending armies
has personal interest in correcting posi-
Bile errors to the end that only truth may
be perpetuated in granite and bronze.
For these reasons the commission de-
sires to secure the attendance of the vari-
Gus parties in interest, namely, the Con-
gress, which will be asked to appoint
committee of examination; the Governors
IF oil int xrTl,g rh had
In the battles, through such officials as
they may select; the state monument COM
missions which have co-operated with the
National Commission in the esta bhshment
of the park; the veterans of the regimental
and battery organizations engaged on
either side, and the general and staff Off
GERS Of the various armies engaged"
In closing an earnest appeal to his Old
comrades of the CRIMES that fought meath
the Southern cross on these bloody fields,
that they lend the Endorsement and per-
sonal approval of their presence to the
patriotic work of the commission, Gen.
Gordon says:
THE rapidly vanishing ranks Of the
brave men who there won immortal re-
nown adnonish that there should be no
more delay, and that ere the silver cord
be loosed. or the golden bowl be broken.
tile remnant of those heroic survivors
should once ecamp upon those con-
ScSAabS0 o. Ddllfei ana OIlce again
align themselves along the sombre banks
of the Chickamagua, upon the cloud-cap-
ped summit OF Lookout mountain, upon
the battle-scarred slopes of Missionary
ridge, and around the rocky face of Ring
gold gap; this time not in battle array
nor in anger, but in amity; sheltered by
the white tents OF peace and facing each
other in fraternity and brotherhood, wy
ing in generous rivalry and earnest desire
to locate the exact spots where American
valor met American valor in deadly con-
f1ict, which are to be commemoreted for
all time in bronze and marble 50 that the
present and future generations can visit
these battiefields made memorial BILE by the
joint heroism of the soldiers of both sec
tons. and there gather inspiration for re-
newed devotion to and love for our COM
mon country"