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Show IlD'ffflK' fEET AGJUH AT p STQN E WALL $ful of ConfeHerate Vet-ns Vet-ns Re-Enact Charge of Picket Up Cemetery : Ridge at Gettysburg. i Id boys in blue ; extend welcome amor's Day on Famous tttlefield; Cox of Ohio ioggests Soldiers' Home for Wearers of Gray. i CTTrSBURG BATTLEFIELD, Pa., i3, A handful of men in gray ro-W ro-W today tho chare of Pickett (i,1he field of Gettysburg. Up the (of Cemetery ridgo, where death lep with them in '63, 150 veter-sf veter-sf the Virginia regiments of that rial brigade made thoir slow pa-?, pa-?, Under the brow of tho ridgo in lloodv angle where tho Philadel-Hjrigade Philadel-Hjrigade stood that day, was a W in blue, scarcely larger, wait-to wait-to meet tho onslaught of peace, twere no flashing sabers, no guns. Bjt with shell, only eyes that led fast and kindly faces behind lions wall that marks the angle, Hie end, in place of wounds or i or death, were handshakes, lies and mingling cheers. veterans in gray marched for a t of a mile over tho ground that lil traversed during the charge. ',me np tho slope in columns of 1,-irxegular, but rcsponsivo to tho ante of Major W. W. Bentley Twenty-fourth Virginia, one of jF officers of either Pickett's or plladelphia brigade who was pres- lied Their Old Flag. fwd of them marched a band, and doivn tho column was a faded eon-ffo eon-ffo flag, its red field pierced with f holes, its cross bars dim and its .colored with the sweat of many s who died that it might fly in M de3pcrato effort to pierce the lines, Its progress was slow and i or tho timothy in tho field jM an'l Hs plowed surface was v for world-weary feet. Up to y edge of a stone wall, covered ilh tangled vines, shaded by ad peaceful as a summer lane, rchcd in the hot sun while the 'feyed "Dixie." There they or half an hour while their eom-i.bluc eom-i.bluc peered across at them, ilue lino formed behind "tho walls. Mr heads floated the standard Second army corps. Behind 'o tho statues of tho Philadelphia Philadel-phia and tho Fourth United Brmy battery where General I died in the midst of the "H the histories say, by a by it3 dying commander, Glory" Unfurled, it... gMR ,lne'1 Un in a onx lino fa- 3jMall, the Stars and Bars and the jK Hie Second corps wero crossed in IV tha Stars and Stripes was un-Jnd un-Jnd tho crowd that camo to 'fif bu't into a cheer, Itopresen-H Itopresen-H J' Hampton Mooro of Peunsyl-iRfcade Peunsyl-iRfcade a long speech, and Major answered him on behalf of tho rfK, 7 Velrans in gray wero given Provided by John Wanamaker. Kdod ,over tbo "tono wall, 3B;tl5, and the chargo wns over. 4KL,i;nIenrnany Picturesque figures rS. that camo up tho slopo. TP'n. of t,lc Fifty-third Vir-fcKPSSarefl Vir-fcKPSSarefl m tho uniform he woro Vw -of tlle charge. His feet K m cloth, he liad an army -'K' "raPPcd to his back and he jBipe. a long-stemnied corn- l3Rt'i5?r? .fiftcon regiments in K the field. Every field tuml k,!llBd, or wounded except HKK ?anA. lnel, and two-tbinis Wmt BntJf l?ors mot t,,G Efimo lEnUr? charged only about MT to tho confederate po-Philadelphia po-Philadelphia brigade l!Mi!iu?fl0ni.i3.".00 fi aml Ioat Mfroffi Recess. The inclosuro 'dBflenE? th thousands of cheer llHfr ! at"otiBm and lovo of SBm. 1' V16 Itoynoto of the 9Kbyl7i0rcBt was addod to the oc-IGV oc-IGV eom P'osenco of a congros-tlg" congros-tlg" of twenty-fivo rep. iSMtoii V.fi. " B0,Iltors, who camo QmH b iffoon from Vnshington. 5JRe4kor ClarkPrC5i(1nL Marslial1 jEjgcUcal8Ut;gCBt;on camo jrrom jLgatted on Pago Two.) IB' AND 7AHK' MEET AGAIN AT SIM ILL (Continued from Pago One.) the mooting. Governor Cox of Ohio, in tho course of his address, urged that the National Soldiers' home at Johnson City, Tonn., bo turned .over to tho confederates for use ns a homo for tho veterans who fought under tho southern flag. Tho audiohco voiced its approval of the suggestion by tremendous tremen-dous applause. 'Vieo President Marshall was the first speaker. His address was in tho nature of a Fourth of July oration. Uc said in part: "It would be in vnin lo speak of right or wrong on this occasion. This celebration could only happen in America. Amer-ica. Nowhere else in the world could mou who fought as bitter foes fifty years ago meet and clasp hands in brotherly love ns they arc doing horo today. This occasion wipes out tho last of tho Mason and Dixon line. As 'Bob' Taylor once said, there is now no difference between the north and south except cold bread and hot- biscuits. bis-cuits. Clark Makes Hit. Speaker Clark made his usual hit with tho audience. Ho commended the sentiment of Mr, Marshall, that only in America could there bo witnessed the sccno of onco bitter foes clasping hands in brotherly love fifty years after they had fought each other, and ho recalled that 'it took. England 250 years to got around to tho point of erecting a statue to its great prince, Oliver Cromwell." "The valor displayed in tho war," he declared, "was not northern valor. It was not southern vnlor, but, I thank the Almightv God, it; was Amcricau valor. The groatost thing of all is to bo an American citizen." Governor McCrcary of Koutucky followed. fol-lowed. Then came Governor Sulzcr of New York, Mann of Virginia, a war veteran, vet-eran, who produced great enthusiasm by dcclarinc: "if wo had known each other as well in JS(1 as wo do now tho war would have boon impossible;" Baldwin of Connecticut, Hanna of North Dakota, Miller of Delaware, Haines of Maine and Ealsion of Indiana. In-diana. Cox a Favorite. Governor Cox of Ohio was a favorite favor-ite and his confederate soldiers' home suggestion appeared lo strike a popular popu-lar chord. In his address ho said: "Two northern states supplied a larger number num-ber of soldiers to the Gettysburg conflict con-flict than Ohio, but the commonwealth that gave birth to Grant, Sherman and Sheridan yields to no state north or south in the measure of good will which sho contributes to this, tho most stupendous human event in all tho history his-tory of tho world. "Fifty years ago you boys from Ohio intrenched yourselves forovor in the affections of your state today your names pass into the world's creat hall of fame Yank and .Johnny. Blue with the Gray to bo revered as lonjr as timo endures. The youngor citizenship of the north and south feel as novcr before tiic honor to have sprung from the loins of a generation rc-nownod iu war, uncqualcd in peace. Burst of Eloquence. "God grant that, today is but the beginning of a nalion-widc impulse of broader brotherhood. "May wo not on this solemn occasion occa-sion indulge the hope that the hour is not distant whon we will turn over to tho confederates tho National Soldiers' Sol-diers' home at Johnson City, Tcnn., the only institution of its kind on southern soil, and there, under tho kind administration of our government, demonstrate the genuineness of this great day. "The two armies arc now near the Great Divide noariug the sunset waiting for the sun to go down. Silhouetted Sil-houetted on tho evening skies wo sec couriers arm in arm, tho blue and the gray, entering tho shadow. Let us give to them a message to Grant and Leo, Sheridan and Jackson. To their comrades beyond tho skies, a message that both armies have won their greatest great-est victory and that ono flag shelters a reunited republic." Governor Ebcrhart of Minnesota aroused a great laugh bv saying in a most serious manner, "What an indescribable in-describable pleasure must be experienced ex-perienced by Vice President Marshall, who presides over the senate, and Speaker Clark, who presides over tho house, to como here and look into the faces of so many honest men." Tic referred to New York as a place where tho streets are so narrow and tho buildings so- tall, that two railroad poles cannot mcot without forming a combination. Govornor Eborhart is n famous orator, ora-tor, and ho concluded with a patriotic appeal that brought iforth loud cheers. Must Close Early. As a result of the conference late today botweon Dr. Dixon of the stato health department and Judge. Swope of tho county licenso court, all saloonkeepers saloon-keepers were notified to close their barrooms bar-rooms at 11 o'clock each night during the romainder of tho week, and are forbidden to sell liquors to intoxicated men. Although many vctcrnns stayed over night to hear President Wilson speak tomorrow, tho celebration proper ended tonight with a fireworks display. Before Be-fore it began several hundred v'oterans from the south marched over to the headquarters to pay their respects to General Liggott. They brought a band which rejoiced in "Dixie" and "Maryland, "Mary-land, My Maryland." General Liggett stood in front of his tent and reviewed the march. The regular army will payjts tribute tomorrow to tho men who died at Gettysburg Get-tysburg (fifty years ago. Brigadier General Huntor Liggett, U. S. A., in command of the camp, toda' prepared a general order directing everybody, officor and man, to stand at attention from noon until fivo minutes after that hour tomorrow, when the big flag in front of his headquarters will bo half-masted. |
