| Show I PAY TRIBUTE TO I SLEEPING HEROES I REMARKABLE S SCENE NE E ON B BATTLEFIELD BAT BAT- T. T AT AT GETTYSBURG ON ONI IND INDEPENDENCE DAY I Following Address t to tb Old Ohi by President Wilson Oli 0 01 i Glory Is 1 Half Masted by Regulars While Veterans Stand Silent I Gettysburg Pa Th The regular army paid aid ald tribute on Inder Independence day to the thousands who s weep under the kills hills of Gettysburg Somewhere down downIn In the heart of th tented city city a sang Bang out In silver sHyer sweet taH thai tbt wandered over the field v here I Lee ce and Me Meade de made h history story The big flag nag before the headquarters rs of cot f General General General Gen Gen- eral Liggett tt flashing in jn s 's sudden den curves es of red white aria ana blue glorious glor glor- ious bus In the sunshine ot perfect July Juh day came slowly half hal way down the shaft In of the the teut shoulders squared figure figure trim In summer ummer uniform uni Un- form of oC white face lace toward the flag the general clicked lu heels hedla ls together I and stood at attention Somewhere the guns suns of the Third battery burst Into Staccato salute I Every officer over onT the Che he length and breadth of that wide field every enlisted enlisted enlisted en en- listed man turn turned from the duties duties du duo du- du ties of the moment and faced the flag heels together bea heads beads Is up and ami eyes alight with the sentiment of the hour As the last gun of forty eight sent the echoes clattering about Cemetery Ridge and Round Hound Top there was solemn sol sal silence the bush hush of peace Old veterans who did dia not realize perhaps exactly what was going on stood silent under the spell of the universal feeling that seemed to sweep the field Even the clatter clatterS of pots and pans In Inthe Inthe inthe the mess tents was hushed and the yells of cooks about to dish up the midday meal lowered to whispers For five minutes the camp was quiet Then rhen the bugle spoke again in notes more joyous The silken flag leaped up the staff to to Its very pinnacle and the noises that men men can make resumed their sway the regular army's tribute to the dead and to the flag of a reunited nation That five minutes' minutes silence was probably probably probably ably the last formal mark of the semi semi- centennial celebration Only a few minutes before President Wilson spoke in the big tent to the veterans In blue and gray and only a short time afterwards thousands of those who were left began their preparations preparations preparations r for d' d departure |
