| Show the blue a nil the cray chattanooga tann sept 18 special alie veterans of the blue and gray are assembling at today shoulder to shoulder hand to hand hearts beating aa one to dedicate t hallowed that is still rich with the blood 0 their own colleagues eliat flowed on the daya and nights of sept and 32 years ago it is alie patriotic week and the patriotic event of the present decade and no such scenes have been enacted since that never te be forgotten dedication of the gettysburg battle field from today and forever chickamauga will be a national park thickly studded with ita monuments to the memory of the heroic dead and future generations of americana as well as untold visitors from foreign make pilgrimages hither to study tablets and sacred memorials to meditate upon the prowess of the men alio wore tha blue and the gray iu the and to appreciate abw the advantages of a united country of which chickamauga will be henceforth an object lesain it ia estimated ahat there are not less than fifty thousand visitors in chattanooga today old soldiers and their kindred who have been drawn hither from the four of the continent as by a magnet with energy alie people of chattanooga have put forth their best efforts for the proper celebration of tho great military event the decorations are magnificent the accommodations ample there will be 55 monuments to the memory of chios gallant dead AO to those of indiana 36 to those of illinois 17 to those of pennsylvania 11 to theio of michigan 9 to of wisconsin 9 to united states regulars 3 to the soldiers of kansas 4 to tennessee and 3 monuments and 18 markers to those who were from missouri the chief event on the battlefield today waa the dedication of the illinois monuments 85 organizations from that state took part in the bastio of and this afternoon 36 monuments erected by the state were dedicated and turned over to the national cam giddion mid dion the illinois monuments are of dark quincy granite two weighing nearly twelve tons on the front of the bevel is the word illinois in raised polished six inch letters the were opened at 2 at the widow glens house near the wilder brigade monument and before which a great crowd had gathered colonel 11 E hives president of the illinois commission formally opened the proceedings and after prayer and patriotic music an oration was delivered by governor john P altgeld who concluded by formerly presenting the monuments to the na dional commission appropriate ra was made on behalf of the latter body and addresses were then delivered by general smith I 1 alkina of manager E A blodgett of chicago and other members of the illinois commission commis aion tomorrow and aliday will be alie great days of this memorable event |
