Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-29
SHAFT ACCEPTED
At CHICKAMAUGA
CAPTAIN JAMES iULk SMART
SPANS FOR WAR DEPART.
MINT IN HISTORIC FIELD

IpfiIu James Iulh 0NthIlif lfp
pol entlug the war Department. ac-
ropted the monument erected on the
battlefield o. Chlckamauga hy the
women OF Alabama today attn the
following impressive and eloquent
wOrlf
Ar Chairman. Ladies' and Gentle
men
The duty assigned tO me on th.s oc
oasiDn Do very peculiar aud deli
cate one am 10 follow the dis
tInFuished speaker that have just
preceded me-. Including tho eloquent
and touching address OF the Chair
man OF tho Alabama chickamauga
Monument Committee Of the stat"
Memorial Association am also 90
represent on tine programme that
able and capable member OF the
Chlrknmauga national Commission.
tho author OF The expressive ideal In
srription on the Georgia Monument
TO the lasting memory Of all her
sons Who fought on the field Thoae
Who fought and liver and those Who
frurht and died. those who gave
much and those who gave all Geor-
Ril orecis this monument am
also represent another. aud that
other is no Jess a parsonage than the
Hon Secretary OF War. who repro
cents ihe Government OF the United
States Boz receiving these monuments
and markers ! could heartily wish
'hc duty had fallen 20 the lot OF the
Chairman OF The nation Commission
for This park. FOR in that event g.
performance would have been far
more acceptable than I can make g.
20 aiI concerned
Speaking for the honorable secre-
tarr however. FOR the National
Commission aud for the Govern
mont accept with the greatest
pride aud pleasure this beautiful
memorial composed OF Georgia mar
biz" with which the association ana
state commemorate the heorism of
her sons displayed on this field on
tho nineteenth and twentieth Of
september. 1868, the memory OF
which will outlast the monuments
themselves The corroding tooth
of time may eventually eat away
the bronze Of these monuments and
this marble. so feautiful In IT, white
ness. may crumble into dust. but the
memory OF great heroic deed will
live ~ long a. men dive and langu.
age b. understood
The fighting all over this great
fold, aud especially that along tho
crest of this heroic ridge and that
OF Snodgrass. viii never be forgot.
ten while the ridges stand
will also say for the secretary
that 1t Is hoped the State of Alabama
may soon place in the hands OF her
commission 10 be- appointed for thi.
park sufficient sum Of money "a
enable n 10 place memorials on All
the fields embraced In this great
park system. on which her sons sir
unliged their prowess. and that the
remaining states of the south may
follow the examples Of Missouri
Tennessee. Georgia. North and South
Carolina Kentucky aud Florida.
However. We may differ In oul
opinions respecting the cause foi
which the men OF the south con
tended during our great war. IN,
people OF every section of the cohn
/ try cherish profound admiration
for courage. bravery. heroism. IN
trcpidity. firmness and fidelity ever
10 the death 10 cause believed ~
and once espoused And these great
qualities we're displaying during our
conflict by the men OF both sides e
a degree that has excited the admit
ration OF the world and will forever
stamp the Confederate era as the he
roic age of our country
Thi. park, the Joint product of IN,
states and OF the Federal govern
mcnt was designed a. q perpetual
4 monument TO these high and nobls
characteristics Of the American PEG
pie " is therefore. earnestly de
sired that every state. north aud
south, whose sons illustrated theil
manhood on these fields Of immortn
reuown should manifest que appre
citation of their deeds by placing
here suitable monuments To serve ~,
object lessons 20 posterity When
this shall have been done this great
park. besides telling TO an the gen
erations thar are 10 come the stor,
OF American valor. and how great
fields are fought aud won. viii also
proclaim 10 all the world thar the.,
states once discovered discordant
htlligercut. rent with civil feuds aud
drenched IN fraternal blood ar,
nov iudissoluhly reunited under a
constitution changed indeed FROM
that which our fathers framed. and
under one flae
This monument Is accepted and
taken In charge by the government
of the United States. aud will re-
ceive the same SOLICITORS care aud
protection as will be bestowed on
those Of every other state. Having
nov In the name OF the secretary OF
war received this memorial ] mieht
perhaps with propriety pause aud
take nay seat. bur / have thought II
might be- desired and expected !
should say word for the troops OF
Alabama In this engagement and tor
the Memorial Association Of the
state
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