The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-11
PRESIDENT TAFT VIEWS SCENE OF FAMOUS BATTLE Spends the Day Travelling Through the State of
 Tennessee UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH HEARS HIM Reprieves Negro Woman Under Death Penalty-Defends Appoint
 ments To Supreme
 Court Bench
 

Chattanooga. November 10.-After day spent in travelling through Ten nessee, President Taft, late this after noon. was driven 35 miles over the battlefield of Chickamauga.
 For more than two hours the Presi- dent motored over the hills and through the wales where General Bragg, at the head of the Confederate army, ano General Rosecrans on the Union side fought AS years ago with total loss of more than 95,000 men.
 With the President rode former Con- gressman Grosvenor of Ohio, who was lieutenant colonel of the Eighteenth Ohio regiment and who now is mem bero of the Chickamauga national park commission, and United States Senatol Frazier of Tennessee.
 Immediately behind him rode many men who fought on one side or the other in the battle.
 The President was whirled by scores Of monuments that bore testimony to the valor of thousands who fought al Chickamauga and paused more thar once to read the inscriptions on shafts  of stone and granite.
 On the summit of I<elly's hill, ont of the hotly contested battle spots, MT Grosvenor explained the way in whicf his regiment and those with him de tended that point. Ever since thai battle,' said MT. Grosvenor, we've been trying to convince the rebels that we won"
 You had pretty hot time of it didn't you?" said the President.
 While Mr. Taft was looking dowr through the shrubbery on the slope oi Xelly's hill, where the Confederate troops charged in vain, his secretary Mir Hilles, was also looking for spot not far away where his father, Cap tain Hilles. of the Fifteenth Ohio fel wounded in the same battle. MT. Hilles did not succeed in locat ling the proper place and he carrie' back to.chattanooga tonight red ros which he had taken with him to plac on the hillside spot where his fathe fell.
 Stay Is Ended MT. Tafts second day in Tennessee came to an end here. He began his triI across the state at Nashville early to- day, addressed the students at the Uni versfty of the South at Sewanee a few hours later and wound up the journey with an address in the auditorium here
 Twice the President declared that his visit to Tennessee was not political' and to the students of Chattanooga univer- sity he defended his appointments to the United States supreme court.
 Ut has been my pleasure and prlvil- ege while here,' said MT. Taft. ito ap- point from the states of Tennessee, Louis jana and Georgia men to the United States supreme court, the highest judicial of- flee in the land. Two of these were Con- federate soldiers, and 1 believe demo- crats. However, I did not appoint them because they were ex-Confederates, but because they were good men and brainy lawyers"
 On his way back to Chattanooga from Chckamauga park the President stopped at Rossville, Ga
 q am glad, said he, "to learn that Rossvlle employees over 200o men. l was greatly surprised when l was in Georgia during the campaign that 51 counties and three congressional districts were carried for the republican ticket That indicates that Georgia is not past redemption. ain here to congratulate you. l am not here on political errand."
 While the thousands watched the Pres ident as he passed along the line mappeu out for his trip about the city, pick pockets were busy among the crowd.
 From accounts sent in to police head quarters at least $500 in money and ne- gotiable papers were stolen. The heav- jest loser, J. s. Mason, an employe of the Postal Telegraph company, was re- lieved of $34i in cash and 1866 in notes.
 It is thought by the local police and detectives that the thefts were committed by squad of pick pockets who are fol- lowing the President on his tour.