Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-09-18
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how CHATTANOOGA WILL EN-.
TERTAIN AND CARE FOR
HOSTS eF. GRAND ARMY r.
OF THE REPUBLIC.
q I Thriving, Enterprising and HustiIna
City of 100000 Population and Ade-
quate Means for Handling Large
Conventions. - .,s-

Chattanooga, Tenn.-(Special.) 1.-The
people OF Chattanooga successfully en-
tertalned a crowd of more than 1O0.-
IVY 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
Elnlcampment 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.
Fhe city sof Chattanooga has pop
ulation OF more than 100000 by q cen
susl taken the first OF the year under
municipal direction. Chattanooga is
q manufacturing center. and It's ability
to handle large crowds, and to raise
money to finance large undertakings,
has already been esta blished. No diff.
Guilty was encountered, for example,
In raising the large fund to finance the
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. r. .4@.--. II
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 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.
The casualties on this field, including
dead. wounded and missing, were near
B, 900, and the percentage Of loss for
the combined armies, OF troops actual.
ly engaged, was near 49, 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 thrilling charge,
BY the Federal troops against 5obsti.
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 Chatt&.
nooga were approximately $4,000 men
Part Of the field Of Chickamauga ID
now occupied by. garrison Of United
States regular troops, this post soon
To- Be increased for brigade. Many
thousand acres form a government
reservation, the Chickamauga-C hatta,
nooga National Military Park, on.
which there are 1000. memorials and
monuments in memory Of the troops
who fought on the bloody ground,
Beautiful winding roads give access
to the points Of interest throughout,
following In as largo degree as possible
the roads Of war time. Lookout Noun.
tain and Missionary Ridge, in part, are
included In the histric ground which,
now has governmental attention.
Battlefields and enyiro nments Of
such historic interest are expected to-
attract a large crowd toe Chattanooga
during the encampment week, Septem.
her 1920, and the management .ofsthe
|encampment association Is d making
preparations to care for all veterans
and yisi tors