Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-03-06
ON K MOUNTAIN.
One Royal Visitor Takes q View Of the
GRat Battlefield of the
Civil War.

Indianapolis. Ind, March 3.-Prince
Henry of Prussia went up. Lookout
mountain, yesterday, and after view
ing the ground where the Union and
confederate armies met in conflict
and hearing afresh the story of the
battle, resumed his journey to the
north and west. Leaving Chattanooga
over the Nashville, Chattanooga 81 st.
Louis railroad, his train ran through
a corner of Alabama and then turning
to the north hurried cross the Ten
nessee with a short stop at Nashville.
through Kentucky with brief stays at
Louisville and Bowling Green and up
into Indiana to another brief halt at
indianapolis
1t was eight o'clock when the spe-
cial pulled into the depot at Chatta-
nooga, and the local reception COM
mittee, headed by Newell Sanders and
accompanied by Pension Commission
er II. Clay Evans and Gen. I'll. V. Boyn-
ton, came forward to formally greet
the prince. There was a great throng
in and about the depot, and they
broke into hearty cheers when the
prince appeared at the rear OF the a
Columbia. He wore the uniform of
admiral and saluted when he faced
the crowd. He and his party were
taken by special electric train to the
inclined railway that climbs the
rugged face of Lookout mountain.
They made the ascent in two ears,
the prince, escorted by Gen. Boynton
and Commissioner Evans, riding On
the rear platform of the first. The
morning was fairly clear when the
car began the ascent, and the SPLEEN
did panoramic view quickly came into
sight.
As the prince reached the crest of
the mountain the sun broke through
the grayish clouds, and for Il short
time the view was excellent. Mis-
sionary Ridge, Orchard Knob and Rae
coon mountain were outlined clear
and bold, and below the Tennessee
river could be traced in it's mcander-
ings for miles.
Ger. loynton, who participated in
the Chattanooga operations with
Sherman's army and is chairman of
the Chickamauga National Park assoc
citation, accompanied the prince down
along the ridge of the mountain, and
briefly related the story o fthe. cam
paign. He pointed off to the Cum
berland mountains beyond which
Rosecrsns began the movement,
traced out the feint to deceive Bragg,
brought it up to the command Of
Grant, and then graphically told of
the story of Chickamauga and the as
saults on Missionary Ridge and Look
out mountain.
Prince Henry followed the recital
with the keenest interest, and with
map before him studied out the STRAIT
egg and progress of the fight. He
asked numerous questions, and at his
direction his aide, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Won Egidy, noted down fig
ures as to the number of men en-
gagged on either side and other in
formation as to the battles and cam
paign, As Prince Henry stood at
Rock Point and looked across the val
ley of the Tennessee, he exclaimed:
"This is magnificent. There is moth
ing i'll all Europe that is finer. / have
never seen such u battlefield"
While the party was at Rock Point
a snow squall blew up, and the picture
changed in ii moment. Dark clouds
of the storm rolled in around the
peaks, the sky blackened and now
began falling. Through the storm the
recital went on, and the young prince
and the grayhaired veteran, who
talked of a day nearly forty years
gone, and the uniformed staff stand
ing about, made an impressive group.
The party was photographed at the
peak, and one of the photographers,
a local man, was sharply rebuked by
the prince. The photographer did
not like The way the prince stood, and
in rather loud one repeatedly asked
him to change. The prince changed
position several times. but finally
said:
Il have changed five times, | think.
You will take me right here, if you
care to. You have had several photo
graphs already"
Later the prince told one of the
presidents delegates that he was
very sorry he had shown any spirit,
but he was assured that he had ample
cause to be annoyed and that there
was no reason for either regret or
apology.
The prince returned to the city by
the electric line over which he had
gone to the mountain, and at The de-
pot, under guard of mounted police,
took carriage for u short drive
through the city. He returned to the
depot at ten o'clock, where the local
committee, with Newell Sanders as
spokesman, presented him with a sill
yer-bound album, the gift of the citi-
zens of the city. The outer cover Of
the album bore u finely-executed re-
lief model in silver showing the bait
tlefields. The prince in accepting it
said:
II thank You very much for this
beautiful souvenir. / shall keep il al
ways as a remembrance of my day
here with you in this interesting his
toric locality. Please express my
thanks to the citizens.
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Surrendered mt Discretion,