The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-09-12
IENCAMPMENT
PREPARATIONS
HOW CHATTANOOGA WILL EN-
TERTAIN AND CARE FOR
HOSTS OF GRAND ARMY
OF THE REPUBLIC.
A Thriving, Enterprising and Hustlins
City of 100000 Population and AIDE
quate Means fer Handling Large
Conventions.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-(Special.)- 1.-The
people of Chattanooga successfully en-
tertained a crowd of more than 1OO,-
900 visitors on the occasion of the Re-
union of Confederate Veterans in May
This was done without seriously tax
ing the ability and hospitality of the
community. 1t Is believed here that
more people will attend the Annual
Encampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic, September 1920, than
attended the Confederate Reunion, and
arrangements are being made in con
formity with that belief.
The city of Chattanooga has a pop.
ulation of more than 100000 by a cen.
sus taken the first of the year under
municipal direction. Chattanooga is
a manufacturing center, and its ability
to handle large crowds, and to raise
money to finance large undertakings,
has already been established. No diff.
Guilty was encountered, for example,
80 ANASAAo NAAS Aol Sc luhd W Tie
Confederate Reunion undertaking, and
none has been encountered in securing
the necessary fund to entertain the
G. A. r. Encampment. Every visitor
to Chattanooga during the Confederate
Reunion found a comfortable place to
sleep, and the capacity of the city for
feeding was more than adequate to the
demand
Chattanooga of to-day has been built
since the conflict between the two
great armies drenched these historic
fields with blood and devastated this
section of the South as probably no
other section was devastated. The
combatants threw themselves upon
each other on these fields with a fury
that was not surpassed on any other
fields, and hillsides ran red with the
blood of nearly $4,000 Americans.
OF the historic scenes around Chat.
tanooga which appeal not only to those
who fought in the civil war, but to the
public generally, Chickamauga battle
field may well be placed at the front.
dead, wounded and missing, were near
$4,000, and the percentage of loss for
the combined armies, of troops actual.
ly engaged, was near 80. This high
percentage of loss is not equalled any.
where in the world for two days fight.
ing. Then, there are Lookout Noun,
tain, the scene of a thrilling charge
by the Federal troops against obsti
nate defense; Missionary Ridge
stormed by the Northern troops and
swept for a distance of nearly three
miles of all Confederate forces. Cas-
ualties in all the battles of Chatta
nooga were approximately $4,000 men
Part of the field of Chickamauga is
now occupied by garrison of United
States regular troops, this post soon
to be increased for a brigade. Many
thousand acres form a government
reservation, the Chickamauga-Ch atta
nooga National Military Park, or
which there are 1000 memorials anG
monuments in memory of the troops
who fought on the bloody ground
Beautiful winding roads give acces.
to the points of interest throughout
following in as large degree as possible
the roads of war time. Lookout Noun
tain and Missionary Ridge, in part. are
included in the historic ground which
now has government attention.
Battlefields and environments o.
such historic interest are expected t.
attract a large crowd to Chattanooga
during the encampment week, Septem
Der 1920, and the management of thu
encampment association is making
preparations to care for all veteran.
and visitors.