Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-08
FINDS A GRACIOUS HOST
President Roosevelt Royalty BntsrtaiAed b,
City Of Chattanooga.
INsPECTs PARK At TOO BRISK TRo1
Goes over Historic battlefield Mt So
smart a Gait that Several Mem
bers of His Party Are
Unhorsed.

| citizens Of Chattanooga and right royalty
| they entertained him. He came to Chat
| tanooga primarily to attend the national
| convention OF the Brotherhood OF Locomo-
! tive Firemen and tomorrow he will be the
guest OF the railroad men, but today Chat
tanooga as a whole entertained him. From
early morning until late this evening he
was driven from one historic place to an
other and the details Of the battles that
have made this city famous we're explained
to him by men who were participants in
the struggles. The battlehelds Of Chicka-
mauga Missionary Ridge, Orchard Knob
and Lookout Mountain were driven over.
Tonight he attended the First Baptist
| church. of which Rev. ]. w. Brougher is
the pastor.
The presidential train arrived here
promptly at $3.50 a. m. There was a large
| crowd at the station and, notwithstand
ing the day was Sunday, the president was
! accorded a warm welcome.
A committee, composed of Governor Nc
Millin, Mayor A. w Chambliss Congress-
man John A. Moon General H. V. Boyn-
| ton, General A. P. Stewart and Captain
J. P. Smart, members OF the Chickamauga
Park commission; General A. w. Wylie
| and Captain ]. w shipp. entered the pres
ident's car and welcomed him to the city.
Trolley cars were in waiting and after the
| formal greeting was over the start for the
Chickamauga battlefield was made. At the
entrance to Chickamauga park the Seventh
United States cavalry, under command of
Colonel Baldwin, which acted as the pres
ident's escort through the park, was
drawn up The president, with General
Boynton, president of the park commits
sion, mounted horses and after the other
members Of the party had entered car
riages the drive through the park began.
Sets Too Fast n Pace.
The cavalcade was hardly under way be-
fore the president started his horse at
sharp trot and for a mile and a half led
the regiment a merry chase over the bat
tleheld. The pace was so hot that several
OF the troopers we're unhorsed and Il was
necessary to call the ambulance corps into
service.
AFTER inspecting a portion of then field
| the president stopped at the camping
grounds OF the regiment and reviewed the
regiment together with the Third bat
terry of field artillery under command of
Captain Niles. The review took place
upon the spot where thirty nine years ago,
on Sunday morning, the confederate
brigade of General Manigault Of Hind
mans division was repulsed in a desperate
brigade OF cavalry
Seventh cavalry went through their new
calisthenics drill The troopers were die
mounted and to the accompaniment OF the
band performed their evolutions The
president at first was disinclined to wit
ness drill on Sunday, but upon its be-
Ing represented to him that the me- we're
particularly anxious that he should see
the drill as this was the only oppor. unity
he would have to do so, he consented
Luncheon was served soon afterward and
then divine services, which the president
attended, were held on the park grounds.
Prayers, Cheers and Applause.
The services were conducted by Evan
gelist Porter and were OF a very impressive
nature. At their conclusion the president
made short address to the soldiers He
complimented them upon their soldierly ap-
pearance and also for the splendid drill
they had executed. He said he had epioyed
his ride with them very much. His re-
marks were frequently interrupted by
clapping and when he concluded the SOL
diers, led by Colonel Baldwin, gave him
three hearty cheers The president also
complimented the members Of Troop D OF
the state guard, under command Of Captain
a
the depot and which also accompanied him
on his visit to Lookout Mountain
At the conclusion OF the presidents re-
marks, and as he was about to depart from
the field, the soldiers called for Garry
Owen" the selection Of the strains Of which
the Seventh cavalry went into the battle
OF the Little Big Horn, where Custer and
SO many other brave men lost their lives.
Yes give us Garry Owen," said the
president. The band struck up the spirited
march and rendered il amid cheers from
the crowd.
A very pleasing incident occurred shortly
before the president resumed his inspec-
tion OF the battlefield. A delegation Of
citizens Of Georgia, headed by H. r. Harper
OF Rome, presented to him a cane cut from
the Chickamauga battlefield. It is OF hick-
ory with silver head and band suitably
inscribed.
On the head is the following: Presented
to President Roosevelt by citizens of the
Seventh congressional district of Georg a.
September Z, 1902" On the band are the
names Of six Of the generals who partici-
pated in the battle OF Chickamagua-LonR-
| street, Wheeler, Hood, Rosecrans, Thomas
and Boynton. The Seventh Georgia dist
trict was the home Of President RooseyeIts
mother and he alluded to this fact in ac
cepting the gift.
From HIS Mothers State.
The presentation speech was made BY
Hon. Moses Wright of Rome to which the
president responded as follows:
My Dear Mr.. Wright: / cannot saw how
touched ana pleased L am. / can imagine
no gitt that would have pleased me more
than TO have the young men from my
mothers state present me this cane with
the names Of six generals, three of whom
wore the blue and three of whom wore the
gray, but whose descendants and kinfoik
are equally loyal to the flag as IL now is /
have on here General Wheelers name I
served under him at Santiago. General
Hood fought In command of the southern
army one OF his sons was In nv regi-
ment and fought with great gallantry. 1
am so much oblged-I can't tell you how /
appreciate II. No gift could have been
more appropriate, given in pleasanter spirit
and exactly at the right time. l thank you
most warmly.
When he resumed his inspection of the
battlefield the president dispensed with the
| cavalry escort and entered a carriage with
General Boynton, Secretary Cortelyou and
Acting Grand Master Hannahan OF the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen, whose
convention begins here tomorrow. Snod-
grass tower, which is seventy feet high, was
soon reached and notwithstanding the warm
weather. the president walked to the top,
where a splendid view Of the battlefield was