| Show A mm ISICIAN Writes Interest rgly to the News of the Tip to Chickamauga SCENES IN THE FAMOUS HISTORIC PARK Tl n ae IllaiRlY I 29pilheat of Iho Ha 01 I 11 toy of Chll store1601111 Climate 1 hamlnl SIIaloI Chickamauga ark Georgia May 10th 1S98 To the Editor We the last of tile regular army contingents arrived here the 29th ult aid ole now encamped on this historic a1 famous battleground now at once preserved ns a national park After 3i > Years of blissful repose being prlncl Illy I the resort of pleasure seekers and relic hunters It ham ben aroused from Us slumbers and reanimate The dead have tome to life so to speak ontl it has resumed on aspect In some respects similar to 83 with one dlstlnc thin I and even the very statues both Union and Conferedalo that maintain silent sentry over this sacred place seem to hasten a smile of approbation tit knowing this time they arc united In a just J and common cause Ml Is I life anti 1 excitement hero and presents a de delly warlike aspect Homes and wngonl by the hundreds are rushing In every direction baggagi Is Idled I up verjuhere supplies are continually coming In thousands of sol Hers ac omionle by the clank of award and and fro spur arc hurrying to and above all the trumpets clarion sound Is continually hean or the distant trains from bands playing this or that regiment In or out Lots of hug Ing backslapping anti handshaking 1 re going on ns old comriles met at p ter many car of separation Around the once quiet and Hloei y depot are booths erected containing necessaries and luxuries for the Accommodation of the soldier still I outfit of the vendor the barber leans his 1 icr glass Against n tree anti as he falls the tIIe8 or bls hahlh1 customer vilho complains or hll hair at lading on end shout Next The various camps are charmingly Fit that cit and viewed from the many points of vDntog make A pretty ptc tllre The ht 1lntn In fact 80 nra 1 Ie In tents but II tempered to w ircla evening by n pleasant breeze vhlch renders the nights delicious It Is I then an the little spark of a nelly goes Hitting by In the Purity I ot the evening nlr that we are remit dcd ot being In the sunny outh Since wo hove ben I here ten bat terlM of light artlllerj the Ninth cav nry nnl the Twenty fourth anl Twei ty ntth regiments of Infantry have left for Tampa Tla Btlll here are tie Hi Ft Second Third Sixth anl Tenth cavalries and the Second Seventh Eighth Twelfth and Sixteenth Infantry In-fantry regiments aid we are expectIng expect-Ing a largo number of volunteer from Pa it this point of malmillion Every regiment has Its squads of recruits Wiling dally There are a few for clfcn ollleers attached to the Btaff for observation The camps are continually besieged by excursion Parties who come from Chattanooga ever day and which bv the way Is situated 13 mien northwest from here After our all too brief hut leasant oujourn In Salt Lake City tl h e para disc of the West which we left with nans a pang of rtrgrtt we passed t rough I Utah Into the Colorado through the Royal Gorge but unfortunately unfor-tunately at night Sunday evening was silent In the beautiful city of mnwoo1 Sprinarn Col M 11 day we were In I uVllocot I then irosud the plains of Kansas where the eve can wonder aeross the country pparently I for hundreds of miles In every direction ftu here un II there a TItirj > une to relieve the monotony said our next loop lelghbor la 40 miles an ay where the houses are lashed to the grounl to prevent the cyclone ant levatatlng tornado from depoaltlnk You In tie next state or a cellar Is lug herein to sk refuge on such occasions occa-sions TravlIIng farther east nature lure aided fly art has amply atom for her Prejudice I Against the western portion of the State and no better dow do-w sea It exemplified than In and around the pleasing little town of Owtoml the home of John Drown a IlIooroc I who wa hung for living 60 Year hod of his time Then on to Ianos City a city of railroads smoke bridges and commerce the surrounding sur-rounding hills dotted with Palatial res dences overlooking the Missouri rivera river-a foretaste of returning civilization then nn through MIloul1 to lit Louis II city which Is I fortunate In asotslng one of the finest rallroa depots In the court ail contrasting with Its grandeur and that of the city general Iy al re still to be seen here and liters evidence of the terrible hurricane that wrought so much destruction two years since Crossing the Missouri river breathIng breath-Ing with life and Industry In every dl rection to raast St Ioul we trvroe illinois south through much wampy land and hre tile colored population seem to thrive In their miserable but picturesque > h3blt1l01l In Clllro Ill on the Ohio river occupied by Genera Grant during the civil war and hr he concentrated JOB army for his attack at-tack on VlCloburglhn crossing the Ohio river and the oouthsrn po lion of jtuekl Into Tennessee we arrive at Nhvlll Thursday morning w wro rotd willt a uniformity of good feeling the entire rout both day nnd nIght Bring 01 I Turs the primitive anvil music And nrcnwrk And the oinKing of God be v7ow you till we met IIhln Our congenial chaplain responded to the preon nf welcome with appropriate remarks on AllA table ocraln The only llInully I ie experienced was our Inadequate In-adequate supply of NAdler button to meet the deman1o 01 the fair sex anti for which thy would trade hot pins Millions And In some Vailea rllels 01 IIlp3rl and when the supply became cll1uINI they wr IIl1ng 10 take buttonA not of brass On mn broke Ila Arm writing autograph The watchword all along the line was To hell with Spain Heinember the Maine Thursday evening we arrived at Chattanooga After assi if h I ng iroug portions of Tennetesee land a narrow strip or Malama lavish with natures charm both hill and valley alike dll playing a luxurious still umbrageous gro th which ren Urs the little hamlets her Intproed cool and shady And here a glorious Panorama present It fit We discover that we are traveling long almost nt the base of and parallel null Missionary Ridge And Lookout M Iountlnhlh risen In majestic opln Inr on our right covered with trees anti folHge and nlln < along Its sum unit for Hits are to b son hotels Ilenuro resorts anti private dlIIngs with hr And there nn occasional obenDtlon tower unit BO forth Indeed Is I a grant might and one that would 1 amply ray tie i for any dlcomlort Ate might hereafter here-after experience In our nomadic career Eventually we reach Chattanooga a city strongly savoring ofhe hospitable South end vvher we remain over night and nnally coming out here as I efore mentloncl on the following don the with backward anl ft rwanl mJlroj 1 THOMAS J ni I CUr < C Band Sixteenth U S Infantry |
