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Show VETERAN MORTALITY IN GETTYSBURG CAMP WAS BELOW NORMAL WASHINGTON. July 10. Lom of W amonji the fast dtMppcarlnf vtra.na of ch t-ivil war was leaa during- the week In which the old soldiers ware cat h red by thouaandi in camp at the recent Gettysburg Get-tysburg celebration than It would have been in their own homes, accordlns to official flfc-urea furnlahed by Secretary Garrison. Aa a rnault the aacretary of war today aent letters of commendation and appreciation to the of Avers whoae work in laying out. policing and attending attend-ing to the comfort of the old soldi era made auch a result possible. The showing la all the more remarkable, in Secretary Garrlaon'a opinion, because of the intolerably hot weather that prevailed pre-vailed during the encampment. In which from forty to fifty thousand aged man were under canvas, many of them for the first time stnoe they laid down their arma at the close of the civil strife. Mr. Garrison Garri-son compared the record with the ajrim figure resulting; from the establishment of concentration camp in the Spanteh American war, and dex-lsred the United Statee army had made long stiidee In the aclenre of camp sanitation and man roent. The officers to whom official letters of commendation were dispatched were Brig. Gen. Hunter Liggett, in charge; Ma J. J. E. Normoyle. quartermaater In charge of equipment and rations, snd Lieut. Col. A. K. Bradley of the medical corps, who looked after sanitation and the hospital. Similar letters also were Bent to E. s Msrttn. who directed the police work of the Qjstiict of Columbia boy scouts, and ' ro Mel Thn ) cji xiim tft the e!ing3Tt" ' vanla state ronatabulary, who maintained order in the camp. |