| Show pre 1 VETERANS V TO T 0 MEET an N battlefield BATT I 1 LEF ILD reunion of blue and gray armies to be held at Gettys gettysburg bur 91 JV lily 19 1 2 3 EXPECTED TO 0 state of pennsylvania extend extends lavit invitation 2 to all soldiers Sold ler who fought in fifty year years ago alo good time assured aured all harrisburg ilu Vete of tho the civil chiv 1 war both mile and gray will again ii meet 1 after fifty years on 0 the e battlefield n a at gettysburg pa on july I 1 this time it will III bo be a reunion and past differences will III be but a mem ory dry the state of Pen pensilvania silvania on may 13 1909 created a commission to con eider sider and arrange for a proper and fitting recognition and ohmer observance vance at Getti iburg of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Getts gettysburg burg to invite the operation cooperation co of the congress con grees of the united St states fAtes and of other states and commonwealths denned the commissions duties and prerogatives and made an appropriation tor for pr ellmin ary expenses text of invitation to veteran veterans the invitation imitation Is as follows pennsylvania sl vanla by its commission formally invites the congress of the united states and her sister states and corn com mon to accept this invitation from the commonwealth upon whose whoso soil tho tile battle of gettysburg was fought to share in this important anniversary niver sary and to help make it an event worthy orthy of its hi historic storlI signify cance and an occasion cradit creditable able and impressive to our great and reunited re united nation and likewise invites the cooperation OP Cration and participation of the grand army of the republic and of the united confederate veterans state will act aai host af pf Ansy lania she providing all en ment at G gettysburg ett asburg during july 1 2 3 and 4 1913 for forty thousand honorably illa discharged charged veterans of the civil war and she and the national government together as provided by the act of congress of august ag 26 1912 by each paying 00 for the war department with the 00 total to create and maintain a great camp around the battlefield tle field camp accommodations the camp comprises some two hundred and eighty contiguous acres 6 starting about two bundled yards from the high u water ater mark monument on the battlefield and lying to the sout southwest hest 0 the town and partly upon the acer of the first days fight consists of 1000 tents regularly hold ing twelve men each but now to hold but eight veterans each veteran being supplied with a separate cot the pennsylvania commission having charge of the order of exercises during the celebration the physical control of the camp and grounds and the movements movement 3 of troops and marching bodies therein to be in charge of the secretary of war under such officers as he may detail for that purpose free transportation to and from gettysburg with each commonwealth state and territory rests absolutely the determination as ach fach deems best to w what hat veterans of the civil war ar it will lesue issue tree free transportation bennby u canlas invitation being that to such honorably discharged veterans of the civil war as corns to gettysburg for the tha above celebration either upon free transportation or at their own expense and present proper credentials proving them to be suh su h veterans she will provide food and entertainment during that period but she furnishes free transportation to no one sa save ve only to her own veterans or veterans now resident within her and to them only I 1 dire direction atun which aich la is nov pending in her general assembly national government furnishing free trAn transportation spi at all the trunk line passenger association in whose territory gettysburg Is has granted a one and three roundtrip round trip excursion rate good june 25 and returning to original starting point by july 15 a twenty day ticket good only on same rou to going and coming and costing C ants per mile but each state ama aake ke its own arrange arrangements indents with similar as associations soc lations covering the territory from that state to pennsylvania the rall railroad roada pt p re refuse fuse because of lack of room park or accommodate there any c on side aide tracks program for four days the program ni for the fo ton ir days exercises and entertAin entertainment men t Is not perfected in detail but tho th suggest suggestions fons are tire july I 1 veterans day ite do exercises under the joint direce uon tion of ala t a pennsylvania commission and th the e commander ln in chlof of the grand army ot of tho the republic and tho the united confederate veterans july 2 military da under ahn direction of tho the chief of staff of ihn tha united states army apul spul detach ments of each ann of iho the aa senico to participate as directed july 3 civic day under tho the direction of tho tile governor of tile commonwealth monue mon wealth nith of Penn ityl valli IA greald ing and participated in by the gov erners of tho the several states sermon and music july 4 Nat national Jonal day tho the chief justice of tho the united states presiding lo forenoon oration by tho the president of the united states high noon ho he tc e lay tho the cornerstone of a great peace mo memorial morial evening fireworks to hold reunion in great tant tont A great tent seating between ton thousand and fifteen thousand vote veterans tans will bo be erected immediately adjoining the camp and an d therein will occur the above exercises excepting tho the military parade parada and fireworks and thoi thu oln inin savo save for the hours set act apart for the above ox the veterans ma hold all rp unions thoy they may desire tho the tent being arranged to be subdivided into numerous separate enclosures all veterans of tho the civil wei ww north and south are urged to wear their army corps division brigade rind and noddy badges as a means of identification to their comrades in like commands I 1 in tho the expectation that it will assist in imparting information as to when whon and where their different orp ot bandza alza eions meet and in bringing together comrades who would mould otherwise by reason of lapse of time fall to reco nizo nize each other veterans expected it Is its expected that veterans of tho the war nar not all of them hoo however vcr survivors of tho the gettysburg battle will bo be found encamped upon tho tile held field when reveille sounds en on tact no morning of july 1 it will be P different reveille than that which tho afo and drum corps of the two great sounded fifty years ago tin call cal to awakening will be a call to a peaceful celebration while the call to the awak ening in july was ra call cell of armlee lo 10 conflict and to thousands thou Chou sunds ol 01 men a call to death bor for years ahn veterans havo have been looking forward to thib reunion it li Is probable that there thera will bo be present many thousands of survivors su alvora of the battle many of the states of the union north as well as south havo have made ai ap to send their veterans to the gettysburg reunion and to pay pallall all other expenses the battle of 6 gettys burg Is to recognized as the turning n g point of the war ar between tho states it has been called time and again 0 one ne of the decisive battles of the world generally it Is recognized that gettysburg decided the great conflict helped in the decision probably by aba fall of vicksburg on the mississippi I 1 which took place virtually at the moment that the conflict on the pennsylvania field was as decided in favor of the northern arms large sum for entertainment the battle of gett gettysburg asburg commission of the state of pennsylvania has a large sum of money at its disposal tor for the ente xin ment of tho the visiting veterans and the thousands of persons who will accompany them hospitality Is to mark the days fifty years ago pennsylvania aided la the work of repelling he the visitors from tho the south in early july next the same state wll have its arms wide open in welcome to the men wearing the gray entertainments tain ments of various kinds will be of the visiting veterans but it Is pretty well understood that their deep interest in revisiting tho the scenes dhera chev fought little round top oak Os k ridge cemetery hill rock creek the stone wall and othur places will hold them largely to th tin censures and to the sad nesses 0 per bonal arm in arm with iho union soldiers the confederate sol cleri will the battleground they will look over the field of pick etts de desperate sperato charge they w will retrace the marching steps of long streets corps they will go to the place where meade had his headquarters and to the place from walh h lo 10 aio directed his southern forces la in atta Datt 13 it Is said that this contemplated reunion has induced more interest among the old soldiers of the north and the south than any event abi which ch has happened since the dry that tho the var closed there Is today at gettysburg a great national park in which Is included a cemetery where thousands of dead are burled the united states government and the legislature of pennsylvania worked together to make a park of tho the battlefield and to mark wark accurately every point in it has historic interest it Is expected that much good will come from the re reunion union of the blue and the gray on the battlefield of gettysburg time has healed many wounds the old soldiers have tori forgotten gotten their manre readily than havo have the civilians it Is thought that this cicat ax cat coming together in peace of two once conflicting hosts will mark the passing of the last trace of the bitto bitterness r of tho war between the states of this wis great union |
