The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-05-29
The Cfioka1lailijg}jal. Monument.
Complete Success Of The dwelling
Ceremonies.

ladies, in the name Of your fathers
comrades, and in the. name of our dear
mother, the State%of South Carolina
I bid you unveil TO cur view the mon
ument she has erected to the valer of
her sons at Chickamauga. - ,s5zs.a.s5.
Such were the proud words OF Bish-a
op ElhsouC:apers today when he di-,
rected the young ladies' representing
the various commands that made this
an illnsFrsoas Battlefield, to display
the Stases monument TO the world.
It has been a glorious day and. Al
though South Casolina may have been
a title sloWsin doing the right thing,
right grandlg has she done i5s. when
once undessaken. And Mhat a glorious
country thisis aftersaik The eunparal-
leled valor ofs The american soldier
was todav.again sconsecrated and this
time the South Carolina soldier was
honored. TWas d noble Stribute.Se the
gallantry Of she heroes of Sbe Palmetto
State. At 5ast a. mepumenthas gone
up on the battlefield that shows the
endurance and heroism Of Carolina's
sons. 1t: vas q battlefield that gave a
staggering record to the world, and.
vet here, under the shadow Of the
Stars and Stripes, the: gallant: soldier
of the Lost Cause unveiled Cardinals
monument. The Confederate soldiers,
the mea who helped to make this bat
tlefeld so famous, marched. behind
their sons who. wore the Unions blue
their fathers once fought, and a few
moments afterwards the boys. in blue
stretched out IN line and safuted the
gallant sires as they passed by in re-
view. In that youthful line there
foated The Stars and Stripes, and the
marching Veterans bore the Stars aad.,
Bars that a generation ago led the
men of the sixties on to victory, and
today sons of these soldiers would have
made record such as that of Ker-
shaw's men under the veryShag they.
oncesf6ughg &ndStoday tie lesson was
impressed that the-men of the two ar
mics were patriots and Americans.
Here on the very hillsidsoEer which
back to thef s>zsz9lass ridge has been
erected South Carolina's monument
to her gallant soldiers who died and
fought so bravely.
Much might be said ofotheg erections
of such monuments But what need Of
that now, except tospggest how gratia
fving It musfhave been to the old SOL
diersto shaEeswitaessed 5hesrscognitioae
of theft Services and to see monu-
ment mark the resting place of their
fallen brothers. The scene and the
occasion we're both glorious, and the
speeches that portrayed the battle
scenes, the daring charges, the Teek-
less assssadlfs, SthriI@ea tie hearts of
old and young alike. What hap
DIV conception it was to have a regi-
ment of eight companies of the soldiery
Of South Carolina in line. What pic
ture it made. What a lesson it taught
to one and All @ddShd# M eaphaslzea
the exisNn@ oaag Esa EEeus2 ts1d
country.
The speeches were all good, and the
sentiments Of Gen. Henry Y. Boynton
in acegpEin We're hear
ty, and his speech ought to be read.
It shows usthats.e even nosExzSheferemSbe
men who Wasa aSesrgonesIo
their
their He sapoS 3
Soul sssiinss has only. oas ssg fms 1
mon1ne seriessos markers toa
perpeslae the eir5es other fallen
and IvSng Heroes Of :, ,Chickamau
but nSna hank Heaven mark brayeHl
or truEr sol ldierss len demo feeaa
alike adai Ara TIE
speciap train pulling out from Ly5iie
StatioB gas little. band of Veterans is
movins IS Memphis, some no aodbt
are saying Thank God, another
duty t9sonr beloved comrades has been
nobly saones''
But pf6hg ceremonies Of the unveil-
ing. The dstails were all finely ar
ranged Gen. Walker, who. came out
here for that purpose, and the Caro-
linians1a Chattanooga gave their as
sistanee Sand SO did the citizens of
Chattanooga and Gen. Boynton, who is
in chaggeSof the park -
A wreck On the Southern Railway
this sideef atlanta necessarily delayed
the arrival OF Shes Eeserans' train and
to have:g9ae With the proceedings
withoutS fhem Wo1ld have been Ike /
50 Hamlet with the Prince of Denmark
omitted. It was decided to wait .on
the veterans ranssssaaiin1s5sasn train, and # was long
anu 9GSOlOuS~ wall. 1u0..pIOS1dul1US
was to have begun at 10-o'clock, but
it was some time after 2 O'Clock before
the train arrived. The start was made
for Chekamanga The military train,
started out and soon afterwards went
the Veterans special. It did not take
long before the column was formed.
Atssthe. head marched the brave young
men, sons of Confederate soldiers, un-
der the command of Col. Willie Jones.
Immediately following came a band of
Confederate Veterans with banners
floating. Tattefed and torn flags float
ed again on the battlefield. The flag
of the 7th regiment was carried by
James A. Taylor, of Graniteyille, !
that of the, 10th by So. Emanuel and 4
that of the 245h by Alfred Holmes
Then caBae the carriages with distin--
guished guests, speakers, sponsors,
G Governor's staff and guests.
The order of procession vas as fol
lows: q 6
Band q
South Carolina provisional regiment
7r5or ooyo ron6 Of (io1 IT;1;a Jo,aC