New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-16
G. A. R. VETERANS BACK
ON OLD BATTLEF|ElDS
$4,000 Visit Scenes of Strug-
giles in Tennessee of Fifty
Years Ago.
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN DAY"
Army of Cumberland Also Opens
Reunion at Chattanooga and
Hears Address by
General Mills.

Chattanooga, Tenn. Sept. 1.-THE for
NAL opening to-day Of the Grand Army
Of the Republics forty-seventh annual
encampment was occupied chiefly with
tours 10 nearby battlefelds. 4 drilling
rain did not deter 5000 veterans and WIS.,
itors from making pilGrimages TO Look
out Mountain, Chickamauga Park and
Missionary Ridge.
To-day was officially designated as
Lookout Mountain Day" and the yet
Grams swarmed the scenes of the struggles
Of fifty years ago between Confederate
forces under Generals Bragg and Long
street and Union troops commanded by
Generals Grant and Thomas
Guides explained the manruyres Of the
competing forces and told thrilling stories
of many sharp encounters. Although
these guides learned the facts OF their
stories from what arc considered au-
thoritativc sources. they were frequently
interrupted by veterans who participated
I'm the struggle. and who volunteered cor
rections.
Interest OF the veterans already If being
manifested in the election Of a comman-
der-in-chief to succeed General Alfred b.
Beers Among tho names prominently
mentioned in this connection are Private
Orlando Somers. Of kokomo, Ind; Colo
mel Clair Il. Adams. OF Superior Neb.
ex-Representative Washington Gardner.
Of Kalamazoo Mich, and General j. y.
Harrison OF Kansas
The first general business session OF the
national encampmcnt viii be called TO
order Thursday morning. Delegations
from Mobile. Houston. Tex, and Detroit
are seeking 10 entertain the forty-eiehth
oncampmcnt
The following departments we're report
ed present tonight: Alabama. COM
maudcr Joseph Greenwood: Arizona,
George W. Read. Phoenix; Arkansas. A.
:. Fowler. Little Rock: California and
Nevada. Gavin NJ. Stormont Pomona
cal. Colorado and Wyoming. cyrus 4
Brooks. Denver. Connecticut James r.
sloan MeriGcn: Delaware, J. Rankin
Armstrong. Newark: Florida. W. y. Sig
gins. Zephyrillis: Idaho. \. q. Ncttlcton,
Nampa: Illinois !. H. CrOwder, Bethany;
Indiana. Daniel W. Comstock. Richmond;
Iowa. J. ". Willct. Tama. Kansas. J. y.
Harrison. Topeka. Kentucky, j l..
Hughes. Greensboro. Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi. T.. Is. Russ, New Orleans; Maine
John T. Lamb. iIyermorc Falls, Mary
land. Charles y. Emlch. Baltimore: Mas
saohus,tts. Thomas J. Atues Lcomlnst'r;
Michigan. Frank Il. Case. smyrna; Min
ncsota. Charles n. Taylor Long Prairie;
Missouri. Arthur Drcifus. st Louis. Non
tana. T. " Shcchy. Dubuque; Nebraska,
John \ D,mpstcr Omaha; New Hamp-
shire. David Il. Roy. Clarcmont: New
Jersey. John W iodine, Camden. Now
Mexico. D. y. Sutherland. Alamo Gordo,
New York. :. G. Pierce, Rochester. North
Dakota. g. H. Nallanlnghain. Valley
City. ohio W. u. Warnock. Raycnna; ok
lahoma. J.. e. Conln. Elgiu: Oregon. :. ".
Taylor Eugene; Pennsylvania. William J.
Wells Norristown. Potomac. Thomas j.
Mckee. Washington; Rhode Island.
George H. Cheek. Pawtuckct, South Da-
kota. John H. jolly. Ncrmillion: Tcnncs-
see. william u. Atchicy Scvierville.
Texas. Sidney Tuttlc. san Antonio; Titan,
r. Oehlor Salt Lake city. Vermont
Thomas Harmon. Bennington, virginia
and North Carolina. Charles H. iiaber
National Soldiers Home, Washington and
Alaska. J. T. stewart. spokane. West
Virginia. John H. Milan Warrington;
Wisconsin. Charles H. Henry. Eau Claire.
\ reception. to which ell veterans were
invited. was given the visitors Tonight
The forty-nrst reunion OF the Army OF
the Cumberland also Was formally opened
to-day. To-days session Was devoted 20
routine business and tonight an address
was delivered 10y General Arson Mills,