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Show NAMES OF THE OLD SOLDIERS ARE WANTED Colonel John Nelson of the Grand Army of the Republic has Issued the following notice to the veterans "Ogden. Utah. Feb 7. lftH. "The old soldiers, both Union and Confederate, arc arranging to go to the celebration to be held at Gettysburg. Gettys-burg. July 1, L'. 3 and 4. 1912 the fiftieth fif-tieth anniversary of that battle Camps are being prepared on the battlefield b) the war department with all necessary comforts to enter tain them while there " The purpose of the celebration Is to bring together all the living sot diers of that great struggle of the north and south, with a view to cut-Mvnftng cut-Mvnftng that fraternal feeling which binds us together as one nation, and finally wipe out the last vestige of bitterness resulting from the war, and it is believed that such a celebration would do more to accomplish this than any other one thing that might be done "With this in view the states, both north and south, have made appropriations appropri-ations to pay the expenses of bringing the old soldiers together "Utah will not be lacking in this respect and will appropriate sufficient suffi-cient money to pay the railroad fare of all who will attend "Col John V N'elson and W N Pierce of Ogden have been appointed a committee to get the names of all Union and Confederate soldiers residing re-siding in northern Utah who will ar-tend. ar-tend. It is desired that all who will co will send their names to this committer, com-mitter, giving the company and regiment regi-ment and arm of service to which they belonged "It is important that this be done at an early date, so arrangement can be made soon " |