| Show V MEET AT gettysburg GETT ISBURG FIFTEEN THOUSAND OLD SOLDIERS CELEBRATE OF BATTLE secretary garrison Garr and governor the orators at opening selon session confederate veterans Ve tarana rans greeting speakers with fa moua moue rebel yell gettysburg pa in the pitiless glare of a sun that sent the mercury bubbling over the hundred mark the armies of the north and the south on tuesday began the dormil formil exer ciro set to mark the semi centennial ot of gettysburg veterans to the number of the army officers estimated filed flied into the big tent set apart for the exercises sat in the haze of heat for two hours and shook the camp with their cheers when the speakers made reference to a reunited nation every evary seat sent under the canvas was as taken long before secretary of war garrison and governor tener tenor tho the or adois of the day arrived arrivi ed although the men in gray were far outnumbered by those in blue there were possibly 1000 southerners through the amphitheater and what they lacked in number they made up in lung per when governor tener finished his speech general bennett 11 II young commander ln in chief of the united confederate veterans rose slowly and bowed to him 1 I can give you something that no one else can give you he said we will now give sou ou the rebel aall 11 nine famous confederate generals and 1000 veterans of the south gave it so loudly that it was as heard far back in tho the camp toward gettysburg when general young stepped forward to deliver his address he was greeted with ith wild enthusiasm the union veterans led ed by br commander ln in chief beers giving him three lusty cheers and a tiger ho re took as his keynote the conviction of each side in the great str st urgle that it fought tor for a principle hibb it believed was the truth one of his opening was that the northern rold lers deserved more credit than the southerners for the promulgation and successful pa pal ilza liza tion of tho the present great reunion which he be characterized as the greatest movement of its kind in the world among the guests on the platform were governors mann virginia mccreary kentucky and eberhart minnesota senator penrose of penn sylvania and the following confederate generals robinson texas west Geor georgia gla thomas J shaffer louisiana A D williams Wll llama florida E bi law florida and carr forth carolina the tho invocation ws delivered by tho he or george edards lovejoy chaplain ln in chief of tho the orand at ai my iny ot of the republic was military day at the big tent but comparatively few veterans appeared to listen to tho the speech making and to hear the band play turkey in the straw old black joo joe nod and other airs |
