.*" c''" = ..''e. ..^ .'^!>C'. -^ V .v.^/* <^. *-..^' * • • A c^ ov" ^°-^^, .40^ ^^/^'^^•\/ "O^-'*^^'/ ^^Z^-',/ "O^-^^-/ %'^'^^- ,v v'' •^»^ ^■'-o^ •^^; %v*' • ^K: "^'-^^ 4m %.*' ■'^*^\ ^-/ -i^: %.** :«-. .^* . <> \.<-' **'% .?5; • • ' ■ -v.<^ ^^"^, j^ Xf, * • • » ^0 •i^ i* V' '^ oVJia.VN^ «> ^j 0^ . 4f -National Encampment OFiTHE SEPT. 15-20 1915 ISSUED BY AUTHORITY CHATTANOOGA ENCAMPMENT ASSOCIATION EW FROM WEST BROW LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN ■^ Offi<^i^l @loubenir Qrogram FORT\' - SE\ENTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT GRAND ARMY of the REPUBLIC CHATTANOOGA, TENN. September Fifteenth - Twentieth ISSUED B\ AUTHORITY Chattanooga Encampment Association Chatlanoogii, Tennessee MISSIONARY RIDGE TO THE VETERANS OF THE G. A. R > ■ .. .., .-*es?/^:yfc.,-i- NEWELL SANDERS T C THOMPSON ;■ H N .1 r A T T E \ GHATTANOOGA is happy in having at last attained its ambition to be the host of such honored guests as your good selves. Not with the forbidding aspect, nor in ihe torn and ragged raiment in which she met the Union Hosts in 1863. does ' she greet you today, but with a smiling countenance of joyous v\elcome and in the bright garb of one of the South's most modern cities, she now e.xtends the hand of welcome! it has been our endeavor to build upon a historic site, w ith the help ot fellow citizens from both armies, a monument to American greatness, in the lorm of a cit\ typi- fying all that is best m American life. Withal we have not been unmindtul ot the duty of preserving the memories of the momentous events in which you took part and have counted it a privilege to co-operate in the preservation of the great battlefields of this sec- tion and their conversion into beautiful military parks for the benefit of this and succeeding generations — parks impartially marked with stone and bronze, that those heroic deeds may be for all time held in reverent and sympathetic remembrance. If is an evidence of the bond of friendship which now exists between all sections of this groat Nation that you are here. Our endeavor during the coming week will be to make your visit an epochal event in your life. May the fellowship of the week be as sweet as the memories of those other days will be tender. T. C. THOMPSON, Mayor NEWELL SANDERS. Chairman JOHN A. PATTEN, Executive Director (2) ♦5 ^^ NATIONAL OFF _,RAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (lulu falls. looki:)ut mt ) 1-ALFRED B, BEERS. Commander in Chief, Bridgeport. Conn 3-AMERICUS WHEDON, Junior Vice-Commander-inCliief. Wasli., [>. C. 4-GEORGE EDWARDS LOVEJOY. Chaplain In Cliief. Lawrence. Mass. 5-HENRY J. SEELEY. Adjutant-General, Bridgeport. Conn. 6-COLA D. R STOWITS, Quartermaster-General. Buffalo. N. Y. 2-HENRY' Z. OSBORNE. Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief, Los Angeles. Cal. , -BENJAMIN F. BRYANT. IH- L. BENNETT Judge-Advocate-General. Waupaca. Wise. Assistant Adjutant General. Chicago. 111- 8-J. PAYSON BRADLEY. 12- J. HENRY HOLCOMB Inspector-General. Boston. Mass. Assistant Quartermaster-General. I'hiladelphia. Fa. 9-LEVI LONGFELLOW. 13-WlLLIAM F. DALY. National Patriotic Instructor. Minneapolis. Minn. Senior Aide-de-Canip. Washmgton. u. c. 10-HENRY L. BEACH. 14-DR- L. L. WHITAKER Chief-of-Staff. Hartford. Conn. Surgeon-General. San Antonio. Texas FORT OGLETHORPE r,',^ KENTUCKY MONUMENT INSCRIPTION '*3si tue are uniteb in life anb tijep uniteb in beatlj, let one monnment perpetnate tljeir beebsi, anb one people, forgetful of all asperities;, foreljer Ijoib in grateful renieni= branee all tlje glories of tljat terrible conflict tuljicfj ntabe all men free anb retaineb eberp star on tlje Ration's flag.*' CHICKAMAUGA CREEK National Council of Administration 1913 ♦> LUFF AT POINT LOOKOUT RAINBOW FALLS SIGNAL MT VIEW ON LOOhOUT MT F. G. Sheppard Birmingham Alabama E. S. Godfrey Phoenix Arizona M Kirst Little Rock Arkansas W. H. Doane Carson City Nevada U. S. Holster Denver Colorado Virgil F. McNeil New Haven Connecticut William Forbes Wilmington Delaware Albert C. Shaffer Lakeland Florida Louis Thayer Fitzgerald Georgia and South Carolina George S. Kimery Boise Idaho Charles B Wilson Chicago Illinois Wm. H. Armstrong Indianapolis Indiana H. M Pickell Des Moines Iowa ). N. Harrison Topeka Kansas Ed. Farley Paducah Kentucky Seymour Alcorn New Orleans. . . . Louisiana and Mississippi Charles E. Moulton Orr's Island Maine Richard E. Boulden Belair Maryland Granville Fiske Ashland Massachusetts Frank R. Chase Belding Michigan Loren W. Collins Minneapolis Minnesota Frank M. Sterrett Troy Ohio G. I. Reiche Helena Montana S. K. Paulding Omaha Nebraska John R. Rand Warner New Hampshire .Alfred .Atkins Roselle Park New Jersey W. W. McDonald .Albuquerque New Me.xico George A. Price Brooklyn New ^'ork E. C. Geary Fargo North Dakota B. H. Milliken Washington District of Columbia F. M. Cline Woodward Oklahoma Thomas A. Jordon Portland Oregon William J. Patterson Pittsburg Pennsylvania B. F. Chase Washington D. C. ( Potomac) John T. Kenyon Providence Rhode Island G. W. Snow Springfield South Dakota W. J. Smith Memphis Tennessee Martin Ball weg Cedar Hill Texas J. M. Bowman Salt Lake City Utah W. H. Flint Brandon Vermont John W. Stebbins Norfolk \irgima and North Carolina J. E. Grandy Spokane Washington and Alaska J. L. Caldwell Huntington West Virginia D. G. James Richland Center Wisconsin INTRANCE NATIONAL CEMETERY DELONG POINT. MISSIONARY RIDGE DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS 1 Alabama Jos. Greenwood, Ensley. 2 .Arizona J. J. Hill. Phoenix. ;! Calif, and Nevada -Gavin M. Stormont. Pomona. 4 Colorado and Wyoming- Cyrus A. Brooks, Denver. 5 Connecticut James R. Sloane. Menden. 6 Florida W. N. Siggins, Zephyrhills. 7 'Georgia and S. C. — Geo. t. Whitman. Fitzgerald. Photos of the following were not obtainable: .Arkansas strong, Newark. Idaho \. G. Nettlclon, Nampa. Iowa Russ, New Orleans. ■ NOTE: Election of officers for Departiiienl o( Georeia und Soulli Carolinii is in serious dispute (6) 9 10 11 12 13 H -A. S. Illinois— J. H. Crowder. Bethany. Indiana Dan'l W. Comstock, Richitiond. Kansas J. N. Harrison, Topcka. Kentucky W. J. L. Hughes, Owensboro. Maine John F. Lamb, Lncrmore Falls. Maryland Chas. N. Eniirh, Baltimore. Massachusetts Thos L. .Ames, Leominster. Fowler, Little Rock. Delaware J. Rankin .Arm- J. W. Willett, Tama. Louisiana and Mississippi — E. K. SNODGRASS HOUSE, CHICKAMAUGA PARK DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS 15 Michigan — Frank R. Chase, Smyrna. 22 16 Minnesota — Chas H. Tavlor. Long Prairie. 23 17 Montana— P. W. Sheehy, Butte. 24 18 Nebraska — Jno. A. Dempster, Omaha. 25 19 New Hampshire — David R. Roys. Claremont. 26 20 New Jersey John \V. Bodine, Camden. 27 21 New York— S. C. Pierce, Rochester. 28 North Dakota — G. B. N'allandngham, \ alley Cit\ . Ohio— W. R. Warnock, Urbana. Oklahoma — L C. Coffin, Elgin. Potomac — Thos. H. McKee, Washington, D. C. Tennessee- \Vm. D. .Atchley, Sevierville. Texas — Sidney Tultle, San Antonio. Utah -Reuben Oehler, Salt Lake City. Photos of the following were not obtainable: Missouri — Arthur Dreifus. St. Louis. New Me.xico — D. M. Suther- land, .Alamogordo. Oregon S. W. Taylor, Eugene. Pennsylvania — Wm. J. Wells, Norristown, Rhode Island— Geo. H. Cheek. Pawtucket. South Dakota — Jno. L. JoUey, Vermillion. Vermont — Thomas Hannon, Soldier's Home. Va. and N. C. — Chas. H. Haber, Nat. Soldier's Home. Washington and Alaska — J. E. Stewart, E. Spokane, Wisconsin — Chas H. Henry, Eau Claire. (7) ABOVE THE CL0UD5; S!r,NAL MOUNTAIN SUNSET ROCK NIGHT SCENE CHATTANOOGA INCLINE LOOKOUT MT, M iilARY BRIDGE. CHATTANOOGA. BUILT 1864 CARRIED (R) ■lEW FROM SIGNAL POINT '^ "^ jQ fetf IBI, ^\ ^^ %. 9 W^:. .-^ t 1— l.,in ) U s l;.,„,,jns J Gen'l J. J. Reynolds : l.i ii I I-l id.njnj Vanjewtr 1 lUnili \ Knynlon. ', Cin 1 CH. Gmsvyi.u, . fi-Gen I A.O. McClurg. 7~Col. Hinry M. Cisby. S-Col. Levering. 10-Col. A. M. Johnson. Il-A. S. Ochs. I3-Hoii. H. Clav Evans. 13-Capt. H. F. Temple. 14-Col. H. B. Case. 15-R. S. Sharp. 16-MaJ. C. R. Evans. 17-Maj. G.W. Palten. IS-J. C.Welis. 19-Capt. C.W. tSiese. The Twenty- Fifth Anniversary For a qiuirler ot a century after the events which made Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Kidge and Chickamauga famous for all time, these historic fields were unmarked to preserve the e.xact localities where Americans of the Blue and Grey displayed the highest type of patriotic courage. But in 1889 a meeting was held here of prominent veterans interested in the question, which resulted in plans for the preservation of these fields of heroism and dramatic story. During the meeting Gen. W. S. Rosecrans, who comanded the federal forces at Chickamauga, said : "There are many reasons for men of enterprise to cluster about Chattanooga. No place has so many thmgs to attract interest and attention. The unrivalled scenery of Lookout, Mission Ridge and the beautiful valley of the Tennessee, the historical recoUeclions, and the location of the city as a gateway between the north and the south, insures it a position of national importance and if the plan to preserve Chickamauga as a National Park succeeds it will do much to perpetuate the memory of the deeds of valor of the past in the hearts of the people. Our people are a reading people and with the co-operation of those who have seen the place, togeth- er wiih those who have read in history of acts of bravery which once were performed amid the surroundings of these grand old hills, I see no reason why the proposed plan should not succeed and one reason for my coming was that I might see the realization of this idea." Gen. Rosecrans was right. The plan succeeded. No more beautifully decorated fields of valor exist anywhere ihan those of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Chickamauga. In theChickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park, 5,562 acres in extent e.xclusive of Fort Oglethorpe's 810 acres, are : 172 State Monuments, 319 State Markers, 109 Mounted Union Guns, 96 Mounted Confederated Guns, 360 Distance and Locality Tablets, 9 Granite United States' Monuments to regular troops, 1 Landrum Bat- tery Monument, 1 Carnes Battery Monument, 3 Iron Observation Towers, and 1 Wilder's Brigade Observa- tion Tower, making a total of 1,071 Memorials on Chickamauga field. In Chattanooga and vicinity, exclusive of Chickamauga field there are 922 Memorials ot various kinds, making a grand total of 1,993, which is many more than the total for any other American or v\orld battlefield. B. F 5l«pb«Mafl SioUb A- Hurlbvn JoboAUto Ajnbro« E. Bvnuiia Ckarlo Dncn John F Hannsft lak. C R<.k.»^. jio^i^y E "g^K?: Loui. W.|n*r G.ar».S Mtmll C«i..iB^lii*l. UtSO C(rii.-i»-Chi«(, 1881 Robert B. Be«ri> inho 3 Kowfts Com .,^^i»f. 1883 Ce«.-in^hL^. I»4 W C Johotor. Juhn P S Gob.n J«ni«AS. .__ _ , Alhrrt D Sb«* Cm -.n-Chitf 18« L,. Ri«,™, til T.,„.,., Com -iB'Ck^cf. 1900 Com -«<-Cki4l. t^M -py« oXi'o rwi PAST COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC THE ENGINE "GENERAL ON EXHIBITION IN UNION DEPOT PROGRAM FORTY-SEVENTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT (18) ORCHARD KNOB PROGRAM SONS OF VETERANS Headquarters, Read House. Meeting Place, Chamber of Commerce Auditorium. Tuesday, September 16. 10:00 A. M.— Opening of Convention. 5:00 P. M.— Barbecue for Delegates at Chamberlain Field. Wednesday, September 17. 10:00 A. M.-Parade with G. A. R. 2:00 P. M.-Convemion in Session. Thursday, September 18. 10:00 A. M.— Business Session. SONS OF VETERANS AUXILIARY Headquarters, Read House. Meeting Place, Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Tuesday, September 16. 9:00 A. M.— Opening of Convention. 2:00 P. M.— Business Session. Wednesday, September 17. 9:00 A. M.-Business Session. 2:00 P. M.— Business Session. Thursday, September 18. 9:00 A. M.— Business Session. National Association Naval Veterans U. S. A., 1861 to 1865 Headquarters, Read House. Meeting Place, Masonic Temple. Tuesday, September 16. 9:30 A. M.— Business Session. Wednesday, September 17. 8:00 P. M.— Dog Watch at Masonic Temple. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNION EX-PRISONERS OF WAR Headquarters, Eastern Hotel. Meeting Place, Chancery Court Room. Tuesday, September 16. 10:00 A. M. — Opening of Convention ( Program Conlinucd on Page 2.3 ) (Ui) HOUSE CHICKAMAUGA PARK HISTORY OF THE G. A. R CHE Grand Army of the Republic was born of a desire to bind in close comradeship the survivors of that mighty army that fought to pre- serve the Union in the great war between the States in 1861 to 1865. The warm fellowship that naturally grew up between men who touched elbows on the battlefield, endured the hardships of the march, the privations of the prison, and the pangs of hunger that were so often felt, could do no less than to create a desire for the establishment of an association for the perpetuation of memories of these eventful years. The first Grand Army post was organized in Decatur, 111., in April 1866, by Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson and associates. The first post was known as Decatur Post No. 1. The second post was Springfield No. 2, ot Illinois. The first convention or Department Encampment was held in Spring- field, III., the same year, when Gen. John M. Palmer was elected Department Commander. By virtue of the authority of Commander-in-Chiet Stephenson, pro- mulgated in a general order, the first National Encampment was held in IndianapoHs, Ind., in November, 1866. at which time Gen. Stephen A. Hurl- but, of Illinois, was elected Commander-in-Chief. Since that date a National Encampment has been held each year, making the Chattanooga EncampmenI the Forty-seventh, and the first Encampment ever held in any state that officially united its fortunes with the cause of the South in the effort to estab- lish the Confederacy. Certainly a more fitting location could not have been selected. Close by Chattanooga, great battles were fought for the possession of this strategic gateway to the center of the Confederacy. Here the best American blood was poured out in abundance for causes that each felt to be right. It will be a sacred privilege for many of those who struggled here to return for the first time and again look on this historic ground. At the close of the war, a large number of young men who had toughi in each army located in this promising city. For a half century they have wrought together to build up and restore what the ravages of war had de- stroyed. Now as they are all bordering on old age, they unite in mutual en- deavor to make the Forty-seventh Encampment one of the most memorable that has ever been held. During this busy EncampmenI week all Chattanooga, regardless ol past affiliations or sympathies — whether Union or Confederate — will unite in generous and cordial southern welcome to every one who does this historic city and section honor by attending the first National Encampment of the Grand .Xrmy of th(> Republic ever held in the heart ol this great Southland. (20) CHICKAMAUGA PARK AND CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL PARK COMMISSION Reading led to right — Major J. B. Cummings. Ga. Gen'l John T. Wilder, Tcnn. Ciipt. James Polk Smartt, Tenn., (Historian). Gen'l Chas. H. Grosvenor, Ohio, (C hairnutn) Col. Ba.xter Smith, Tenn. John F. Randolph, Siipi. WAR DEPARTMENT Cljitljamaiiga anb Cljattanooga .fJational Jparfe Commission Chattanooga, Tennessee July 12, 1913. Gen. Alfred B. Beers, Commander-in-Chie(, Grand .4rmy of the Republic. Bridgeport, Conn. Dear General: The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission has heard with great satisfaction and pleasure that the Grand .Army of the Republic, composed of surviving Union N'eterans of the great Civil war of 1861-5, will meet in annual session at Chattanooga September 15-20, 1913, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the great battle of Chickamauga, in which sanguinary struggle — reflecting so much glory on .Ameri- can arms— many of them participated. As custodian of the great United States Military Park, embracing the battlefields of Chickamauga, as well as the other noted battlefields of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, all in the vicinity of the City of Chattanooga, the Commission desires to extend the most hearty welcome to the Veterans attending the contemplated meeting in September ne.xt, and cordially invites them to visit our great park, with its historic battlefields, so full of interest to them and the world, and it is assured to the visiting \ eterans, and their friends, that the Commission will do what it can to make their visit interesting and long to be remembered. Very respecifullv, (Signed) C. H. Grosvenor, Chairman of Commission. (21) VIEW IN CHtCKAHAUGA PARK New N'ork IVan- Miniuiiiciii. MjivIjik) Mohuiiumu. luua Moiminciil. Lookoul Point and Cravens House where ihe ■' Battle Above the Clouds" uas fought. VINIARD FIECO PROGRAM NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CIVIL WAR MUSICIANS Headquarters and Meeting Place, Tschopik House. Tuesday, September 16. 10:00 A. M.— Business Session. Parades, Concerts and Serenades Each Morning and Evening. SPECIAL MEETINGS SOCIETY ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND 41st Reunion, Meeting Place, Keystone Lodge Knights of Pythias Hall. Monday, September 15. 10:00 A. M.- Invocation. Welcome by Mayor and Maj. W. J. Colburn. Response by Col. M. H. Fitch, 1st Vice-President. Report of Officers. Genera! Business. Monday Afternoon — Visiting of Battlefields and places of interest. 8:00 P. M. Oration by Gen. Anson Mills, U. S. A., at Circuit Court Room. Tuesday, September 16. 10:00 A. M. — Business Meetmg. Report of Committees. Election of Officers. 2:30 P.M. Unfinished Business. New Business. Visiting and Greetings. LOYAL LEGION Tuesday, September 16. 2:00 P. M. Meeting of Members of the Loyal Legion of the United States at First Methodist Episcopal Church. U. S. VETERAN SIGNAL CORPS ASSOCIATION. Tuesday, September 16. 3:00 P. M. Business Meeting at Masonic Temple. Headquarters — Turchins Brigade, Circuit Court Room. Headquarters Mississippi Marine Brigade, Mezzanine Floor Y. M. C. A. Headquarters— Wilder's Brigade, Second Presbyterian Church. (For further details see Encampment Events) (£;> tJROTHERTON FIELD CHICKAMAUGA PARK G. A. R. AUXILIARY SOCIETIES WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS OFFICERS -Mrs. Geraldine E. Frisbie, National Presi- dent. San Francisco, Cal.; Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball, National Sr. Vice-President, Washington, D. C; Mrs. S. Nevada Hereford, National Jr. Vice-Presi- dent, Aberdeen. S. D.: Treasurer, Mrs. Abbie Lynch, Pittsburg, Pa.; Chaplain, Mrs. Sara L. Brown, Grand Rapids, Mich. EXECUTIVE BOARD Mrs. Clara O'Connor-Daly, Butte, Mont.; Mrs. Frederica Philpot, Dubuque, Iowa; Mrs. Amelia F. Colgan, Hampton, \ a.; Mrs. Ellen .Ackerman, Ainsworth, Neb ; Mrs. Anna Belle Roberts. Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Cora .A. Merritt, Secretary, 56 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, Cal.; Mrs. Belle C. Harris, Counselor, Emporia, Kansas; Mrs. .Adelaide E. Bissell, Inspector, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. Hartie Ford, Instituting and Installing Officer. Providence, R. 1.; Mrs. Sophia N. Strathearn, Patriotic Instructor, South Kaukauna, Wis.; Senior Aide and Chief-of- Staff, Mrs. Lizzie Belle Cross, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Kate D. Lee, Press Correspondent, Wells River, \ ermont. SONS OF VETERANS' AUXILIARY OFFICERS— Miss Frances A. Fox, National President, 66 Harris St.. Rochester, N. Y.; Mrs. Mary E. Wigg, National Secretary, 66 Harris St., Rochester, N. Y.; Miss Lenore A. Rivers, National Treasurer, Maple St., Bristol, \'t.; Mrs. Libbie Meis. Vice- Miss FHANCES A. FOX President. Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Flora. A. S Whitney, Worcester, Mass.; Mrs. Hattie Wymbs, Red Bank, N. J.; Miss Lida Oilman, Portland, Maine; Mrs. Amelia M. Martin. Chaplain, Parsons, Kansas; Miss Cora McDaniels, Inspector, Valparaiso, Ind.; Miss May E. Clothier, Patriotic Instructor, Rockford, 111.; Mrs. Annetta Lau.\man, I. fa. I. Officer, St. Louis. Mo ; Miss leiinie Thole. Press Correspoiid- ciil, Duight. 111.. Miss Margaret Patterson, Chief-ol- Siaff, Columbus, Ohio; R. M. Genthner, Judge Advocate General, Rochester, N. Y.; Miss Addie M. Wallace, Con. Stenographer. Indianapolis. Ind. LADIES OF THE G. A. R. OFFICERS- -Mrs. Ella S. Jones. National President. Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Edith B. Brown, National Sr. Vice-President. Pacific Grove, Calif.; Mrs. Mary Ross, National Jr. Vice-President, Buffalo, N. Y.; MRS. ELLA S JONES MISS JOSIE SLICKER Miss Josie Slicker, National Secretary, Jeannetle, Pa.; Mrs. Nellie R. McMillan, National Treasurer. Leaven- worth, Kansas; Mrs. Martha F. Gilmore, National Chaplain, Lynn, Mass.; Mrs. Catherine Ross, National Counsellor, Chicago, 111. COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION- Miss Marybell Ross. Chicago, 111.; Mrs. Rose E. Houghton. Seattle. Wash.; Miss. Ethel Irish, Fond du Lac. Wis.; Mrs. Carrie \. Sheriff, Inspector, Los .Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Lillian Cary, Patriotic Instructor, Dubuque, lou a NATIONAL ASSOCl.ATION OF Cl\ IL W AR MUSICIANS President E. ). Freeman, .Audohon, Iowa. CM—Cuntinued im Page 26 i^.^,4ittiii i r V-'ikm^ 9 m^ B R A C- <". f 1 ' UER PLANT ON THE OCOEE RIVER ^'^■**nTHfSiroRi,cAfc ' nmiXYGmMmcm POWER PLANT f-. THf TENNESSEE RIVER (25) WEST GATE. FORT OGLETHORPE G. A. R. Auxiliary Societies — Continued DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS MISS HELEN C AND MISS NINA A LITTLEFIELD OFFICERS President. Miss Nina A. Linlefield. 1388 Massachusetts Avenue. Cambridge, Mass.; Senior Vice- President. Mrs. May C. Kidder, 4 South Chestnut Street, Milford, N. H.; Junior Nice-President, Mrs. Lula Carhn, 814 S. Sacramento Boulevard, Chicago, 111.; Chaplain, Mrs. .Agnes C. Davis. 220 Third Ave.. it MRS AGNES C. DAVIS S. E. Minneapolis, Minn.; Treasurer, Miss .Augusta M. Snyder, Massillon. Ohio; Inspector. Mrs. Alice H. Gilleland. 1511 Gilpin Street, Denver, Colo.; Patri- otic Instructor, Mrs. Nellie D. Orchard, 38 Waller Court, New London. Conn. NATIONAL COUNCIL Miss Philippine M. Schoeman, 564 Jefferson Street, Buffalo, N. \ .; Miss Katharine R. .A. Flood. 405 Washiniilon Street, Newton. Mass.; Mrs. Lillian Inman, Pueblo. Colo.; Mrs. Mary B. Lawrence, 40 South 8th Street. Salt Lake City; Mrs. Lizzie Bell Cross, 1331 Fleming Street, Los Angeles, Calif., Secretary, Miss Helen C. Littlefield. 1388 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, Mass.; Guide, Mrs. Drusilla Ingalls Thayer, 569 .Arlington Place. Chicago III.; Assistant Guide, Mrs. Lorette Berry, 541 Com monweallh Avenue, Boston, Mass.; Guard. Miss Effie Tran, San Jose. Calif.; .Assistant Guard. Mrs. Mary W. Kress. 325 Williamson Street, Elizabeth, N. J.; Musician, Miss Ruth E. Osborn, 4614 Champlain Avenue, Chicago, III; Color Bearer No. 1, Miss Nelle E. Myers, 41 Circular Street, Tiffin, O.; Color Bearer No. 2, Miss Lillia R. Tanner, 242 Second East Street, Salt Lake City; Color Bearer No. 3, Mrs. Mary Hockreiter. 704 Humboldt Parkway. Buffalo, N. ^ .; Color Bearer No. 4, Mrs. Gertrude H. Shepherd, 321 Main Street, Northampton, Mass.; Chief-of-Staff, Mrs. Mabelle H. Gooding, I4Morrell Street, North Weymouth, Mass. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ARMY NURSES OF THE CIVIL WAR NATIONAL OFFICERS— President, Joanna Mel- ton, Salt Lake City. Utah.; Senior \'ice Pres- ident, .Alice Cary Risley. Jefferson City, Missouri; Treasurer, Salome M. Stewart, Gettysburg, Pa.; Chaplain. Rebecca L. Price, Lancaster, Pa ; Conductor, Elizabeth Chapman, East St. Louis. Smyth, Carrolton, O. APPOINTED OFFICERS— Secretary. Helen B. Cole, Sheboygan Falls, Wis,; Counselor, Clarissa F. Dye. Germantown, Pa.; Surgeon. Nancy M. Hill, M. D.; Chicago, III.; Installing Officer, Fanny T. Hazen. Cambridge. Mass.; Aide and Chief -of-Slaff. Margaret Hamilton, Wakefield, Mass.; Color Bearer, Susannah Krips, Philadelphia. Pa ; Press Correspondent, Mary O. Stevens. Peabody. Mass.; .■Auditors, Cornelia Hancock. Philadelphia. Pa. and Nannie M. Cochran, Troy, N. V.; Custodian of Brooches. Clarissa F. D\f. Germantown. Pa ; Custodian of Flag, Salome M. Stewart. Gettysburg, Pa.; Special Aides. Helen E. Smith. Worcester. Mass.. .Annie P. Erving, Newburg, N. ^'. and Mar\ F. Squires. Sheboygan, Wis. M RS JOANNA MELTON III.; Guard. Amanda B. (2r.) ACROSS TENNESSEE RIVER FROM CHATTANOOGA G. A. R. Auxiliary Societies — Continued RALPH H GRANT C l:> M M A N D E R IN CHIEF SONS OF VETERANS OFFICERS Ralph M. Grant, Commander-in-Chief, 902 Main Street, Hartford, Conn.; Charles B. Martin, Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief, 1701 Grand .4 venue. Parsons, Kans.: C. H. Hudson. Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief, 221 North Pickney St., Mad. ison, Wis.; Arthur I. Vescelius. Council-in-Chief, 89 Broad- way, Paterson, N. J., Henry p. Weiler, 15 Beacon St., Room 38, Boston, Mass., William B. Moynihan, 7 Neu "Sork Street, Rochester, N. \'.; Edwin M. Amies, Chief of Staff, Bo.x 7, Altoona, Pa.; H. H. Hammer, National Secretary, Reading, Penn.; Jas. Lewis Rake, National Treasurer, Reading, Penn.; Wni. M. Coffin, National Counselor, Cincinnati, Ohio; Rev. Cyrus Kellogg Stockwell. National Chap- lain, Sycamore, 111; Charles F. Sherman, National Patriotic Instructor. 46 S. Fourth Street, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.: Committee on Military .Affairs, E. R. Camp- bell, Chairman, 28 T Street N. W. Washington, D. C, Chas. K. Darling, 1 12 P. O. Building, Boston, Mass., .Arthur B. Spink. 184 Althea Street, Provi- dence, R. 1.. Samuel S. Horn, Easton, Penn., Frank L. Shepa'rd, 108 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, 111. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NAVAL VETERANS, U. S. of A., 1861-65 OFFICERS — Charles F. Dyce, Commodore Command- ing, 319 N. 52nd Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Charles H. Shepard, Fleet Captain, 109 W. 82nd Street, New \'orkCity.; W, H. Comstock, Fleet Commander and Chief-of-Staff, 315 Fo.x Street, Denver, Col.; Francis McCarten, Fleet Lieut. Commander, Box A, National Military Home, Los Angeles, Cal.; A. W. Ward, Fleet Lieut., 103 State Street, Rochester, N. "S',; .4le.x. S. McWilIiams, Fleet Chaplain, 85 Marston Avenue, Detroit, Mich.; Henry J. Brewer, M. D., Fleet Sergeon, 477 Nth Street, Brooklyn, N. V'.; Cornelius Stringham, Fleet Boatswain, 50 Merrick Road, Jamaica, N. \ .; William A. Hollman, Fleet Judge .Advocate, 65 Lafayette .Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Cyrus Sears, Fleet Historian, 423 E. Lafayette, Ave., Baltimore. Md.; Henry F. McCollum, Fleet Secretary and Paymaster, 40 Shelter St.. New Haven, Conn. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNION EX-PRISONERS OF WAR President- Capt. James D. Walker, 6022 Center Ave.. Pitlsburg, Pa. LOOKING DOWN ON MOCCASIN BEND FROM LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN (27) ENTRANCE TO GOVERNMENT PARK ON LOOKOUT MT TENNESSEE RIVER AT NIGHT (Showing old Pier OF Military Bridge at Chattanooga) "^^^^EN MILLION DOLLARS have been spent at Hales Bar in con- ■ ^ J structing a Lock and Dam. It gives nearly 100,000 horse power ^^^^ lor the industrial development of Chattanooga. Had this con- dition existed "fifty years ago" the "Cracker Line" would have been unnecessary as it makes year round navigation feasible and affords deep water for more than thirty miles through the gap between Raccoon and Signal mountains. (2h) MOCCASIN BEND AND WILLIAMS ISLAND Statistics of Chattanooga Population, including Suburbs 100,296 Capital Invested in Manufacturing $50,000,000 Annual Value of Product - $65,000,000 Number of Factory Plants 295 Number of Diversified Articles (over) . . . - 600 Horse -Power Employed 40,000 Employees of Manufacturers 15,000 Product of Lumber Companies (feet) ----- 100,000,000 Building Permits n912) $1,416,555 Invested in Wholesale Business - $5,000,000 Invested in Retail Business (over) $5,000,000 PostofRce Receipts (1912) $479,968 Bank Clearmgs (1912) $122,171,804 ELEVENTH L) S CAVALRY, COL. JAMES PARKER. (NOW BRiuADiER GENERAL) Commanding present in RANh 3 3 F r h; E R s Bank Deposits (over) - - $17,000,000 Real Estate Transfers (1912) $6,975,940 Assessed Valuation (1912) $47,462,433 Investment in Water- Power $7,000,000 Investment in River Boats ------- $450,000 Miles of Street Railway ------- 64 Percentage of White Population 80 Percentage of American-born Population - - - - 90 Miles of Paved Streets (over) 30 Miles of Sewers (over) -..---- 80 Members of Chamber of Commerce 1,000 Area of Government Property (acres) . - - - 17,600 Twelve Banks, Capital and Surplus (over) - - - - $5,000,000 (29) TENNESSEE RIVER FROM SIGNAL POINT MILITARY HISTORY OF CHATTANOOGA '-«k^-^';)t^ HE strategic importance of Chattanooga, as the natural gateway to the Souih, was recognized by each side early in the conflict, and this citN , from the fall of 1861, with the Confederate Army defending it. was the objective of the Union Army. It was first occupied by Confederate troops, commanded by Generals Floyd, Maxey and Leadbetter, in the spring of 1862. Union troops under General Mitchell shelled the city June 7th and 8th. General Bragg's .Army occupied it in .August preparing for the Kentucky campaign, again in the fall, on its return from Kentucky, and a third time in the summer of 1863, when retiring before Rosecrans from Middle Tennessee. .August the 16th, 1863, Gen. Rosecrans, in command of the Army of the Cumberland, then located at the west base of the Cumberland Mountains, in Middle Tennessee, from McMinn- ville to Winchester, started on his campaign for Chattanooga, seeking to destroy Bragg's Army. He made a strong and vigorous demonstration with his left against Bragg's right to create the impression of a junction with Burnside from Knoxville for an attack from that direction, and to conceal his real design of a flank movement with his center and right to reach Bragg's rear. General Wilder shelled the city from Stringer's Ridge .August 21st, 1863. Bragg, to save his communications, evacuated Chattanooga September 7th and 8th, and retired to LaFayette, Ga., behind Pigeon Mountain. A small Union force took possession of the city on the 9th. Bragg being joined by Longstreet, then forced the crossing of the Chickamauga on the afternoon of September the 18th, and early on the 19th formed near Dalton's ford to attack Rosecran's left (Crittenden) at Lee and Gordon's inill, seeking thus to interpose his arnn between Rosecrans and Chattanooga. The battle of Chick- amauga resulted September 19th and 20th. At the close of the second day, Bragg had siezed the road to Chattanooga and held the field beyond Rosecrans' left. The right, includ- ing General Rosecrans, had been forced from the field earlier in the day, leaving General Thomas in command on the field. Chickamauga was one of the most fiercely contested battles of the series of heroic struggles for supremacy from '61 to '65. The opposing armies were very nearly evenly balanced. The Army of the Cumberland had crossed three elevated ranges of mountains and a deep, broad river into the territory of the Empire State of the South, nerved by the audacity of the movement, to heroic effort and dogged tenacity. The Army of Tennessee had been reintorced irom East Tennessee, from Mississippi and from the Army oi Northern Virginia. The rivalry ol troops, (he peril of the occasion, and confidence in their prowess won on other fields, made them ec|ual to any sacrifice. It was high tide lor ILLINOIS MONUMENT AT PRACC- S HEAD QUARTERS. MISSIONARY RIDGE m) WISCONSIN MONUMENT CHICKAMAUGA PARK brilliant and daring movements, heroic and persistent fighting and appalling immolation in each army. General Thomas, "The Rock of Chickamauga," withdrew to Rossville and to Chattanooga, occupying the intrenched lines immediately around the city, including Moc- casin Point on the north side of the river. The Army of Tennessee advanced and occupied the valley in front of Missionary Ridge, opposite the intrenched lines, and extending across the front of Lookout and Raccoon Mountains, making a complete investment on the south side of the river. General Thomas succeeded Rosecrans Oct. 19, 1863. General Grant assumed general command October 23. A short line of supplies was opened to Bridge- port by Brown's Ferry, October 28th, upon a plan devised by General Rosecrans. Gen- eral Hooker's forces arrived in Lookout valley on that date and fought the battle of Wau- hatchie. November 4th, Longstreet's corps was detached to operate against Burnside at Knoxville, and November 22nd, two brigades of Buckner's corps left to join him. General Sherman's troops crossed the Tennessee river above the city during the night of Novem- ber 23rd. On that date the Army of the Cumberland carried Orchard Knob. November 24th, Hooker's column captured the north slope of Lookout Mountain. On November 25th, Missionary Ridge, excepting Cleburne's position atTunnell Hill and the intervening line to Walthalls stand north of DeLongs. was carried by Grant's combined anriies, Bragg retreating to Dalton, Ga. In the campaign and series of engagements for Chattanooga, about one hundred and fifty thousand men of all arms in the opposing armies -were engaged. The official re- port shows that on each side at Chickamauga, the casualties embrace the enormous pro- portion of thirty-three per cent of the troops actually engaged. There were over a score of regiments in each army reporting losses of from forty to seventy per cent. GEN U. S. 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