Show VETERANS ON ONH H HISTORIC fl FIELD lO Gettysburg Harks Back Fifty Years and Looks Looks' Again Upon Legions of Blue and Gray Warriors Assembled in Camp CampP P G 1 Pa Tune June 29 29 Gettysburg stepped fifty years cars backward today to ay and looked again upon up up- on an nn army of blue and au an all army pf of gray gra meeting at her hel doorstep d to join in in the tC s celebration bE the c. n the states and t show the world that scars are nrc not so deep as ns the feeling of o American brotherhood From Prom early ln morning until long sundown the veterans in blue and gray trooped into the little town which has luts slept lpt so 50 peacefully among its lulls hills since I Lee Iee c and turned their legions leg southward so 50 long ago More 1010 than thirty special trains came into the time village during tho the day and nd thousands of or veterans who tramped up from the tho Shenandoah on omi their last lost visit rodo roJo In the luxury of soft backed ed edda da Jay coaches from Harrisburg Balti BaIt Baltimore Baltimore more and Washington Instead of the roar of ot guns gnus tho the thunder of or charging cavalry cava anti and tho the vocal ocal tributes of or the mulo nub drivers that greeted them in theother tho the other days das they walked or rode through the quiet calm cahn Sunday of or a country town Only tile the flags flying hying from ever every window tho the city of ot tents In lii the thc distance and the crowds told toM that Gettysburg had hall come out omit of tho the usual into nb the tho extraordinary ono once more From the station of or the time railroads railroad that lint come Into the village Is I a good long mile to the camp of or tents I where the veterans arc housed Many Inny or r them made the tho trip by bv automobile or ori i y y carriage or in tho the friendly shelter jf or a seeing Gettysburg car but hut thousands ands shouldered their suit caS cases 8 and talked The sun was scorching hot under inder a cloudless sk sky and ad many succumbed sue sue- before they the found their tents tent There here was a no complaining however and ind the thc veterans seemed ashamed to Continued on on Page PaJe 6 Column olumn 3 I I VETERANS GATHER ON HISTORIC FIElD Continued From Page lage 1 1 1 1 I acknowledge that a thing like heat i could stop themIs them Its Is hot Ilot said one old soldier to tonight tonight to- to night but it i Isn't nt as hot as it i was fifty years year's ago Gump Cilmi Well eJ Located d. d Although the regular arm army and the Gettysburg commission of oC the tile state could not cope with the heat hent ever every possible possible possible pos pos- sible arrangement for tor the he comfort of or orthe the united armies has been made Tho The camp of or brown army tents Is under the direction of or officers of or the regular arm army The Tho streets of or Gettysburg are under the tho grim scrutiny of the tho Penns Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- s sylvania constabulary and for or the care of the sick th the arm army the state ate and thoRe tho the Re Red Cross forces Corces have all aU made extensive exten exten- sive preparations The camp Isel Itself lies les on ground that has been baked a as hard as a brick and dried Into dust and Us its Is sanitation Its water supply and Us its Is plan for Cor comfort an and for for the tho feeding of oC thousands of men have been made malc with wih the utmost cre care The tents fall fal westward with wIh the slope of ot the around from trout the burg road to the point on Cemetery Rl Ridge Jc where the immortal charge charre of or Pickett ett started on the third day of the time fight t The They cover the peach orchard orchard orchard or or- chard and the tho wheatfield where thousands of men were lost and nd part of or orthe the ground over which Pickett charged charge but the they could not reach to the thc bloody angle anle or to the base base of oC Cemetery Ridge from Crom whose whoso hel heights Meades Meade's reade artillery artler ar ar- ar- ar tillery poured out Its merciless rain of oC grapnel or em canister and cut to pieces the legions of Pickett l Exercises In Tent The formal exercises will wi be held In a a. big t tent nt near the tho road but the thc they will wil last only two hours each ench ta lay day and amid tho the rest of oC the time the veterans will wi spend a ar they thoy please On tile the skirts of the camp ground and andIn andin andin in th the village Itself there is tho the air ofa of ofa ofa a circus da day Clustering close up to the limits of ot the camp are arc the tho gaudy posters of oC the showmen telling of or the marvelous feats of oC the tho beasts that cat eat em alive alve or of oC the Titanic Tomorrow when the tho ban of Sunda Sunday is la lifted the barker and the ticket seller will wl try to In Induce uco the tho nickels from Crom the pockets of or the veterans In tho the village Itself thousands of sightseers are quartered and thousands moro more made mado the ti-me trip in eVer every conceivable stYle stylo of ot conveyance er E Every barn Is a n garage er E Every room that is available was taken days das ago and tho the veterans without credentials and the civilian who had not enough foresight ht to make arrangements are sleeping tonight In an any bed that they could find In tho the hustle huste of oC tIle the da day The news that President Wilson Is coming to make rake a speech Jul July 1 1 caused a stir str toda today J J. J M. M 1 chairman of ot the Gettysburg commission toda today tele telo- do- do graphed the President Informing him that the commission would like e him to get et to Gettysburg at 11 1 o'clock 1 July Tul 1 i Tho Thio President will stay here about wl two hours Accident nt on Trolley Line The first serious accident of the cele celo- bration came toda today when two trolley cars on the Gettysburg Railway troley corn com COl- COl pany's s Jn line lino which runs runa over tho the bat bat- met mot in fn on head collision near the Devils Devis Den Demi one of or the time hh historic spots Six passengers were slightly Injured but none sl seriously John Col Col- lins a member of ef d Edgar nr Fitch post G G. G A A. R R. of oC Fich Elmira N N. N Y was waN knocked down by a n bu buggy in Gettysburg The sUr surgeons have not determined whether ho he Is 18 suffering from Crom a fractured skull but said Raid that his Injuries are arc serious There were many heat prostrations during during dur dur- ing tho the da day but most of ot tho the sufferers revived under hospital treatment Augustus D D. D Brown treatment of oe Falls Fails Me was the first veteran to die on n the Cel field He was tal taken on suddenly ill 11 lato late today and anci died Just as an army surgeon reached reache his side The heat hent probably ha hastened his death Mr Brown belon belonged to Camp Kimball G G. G A A A. R. R of or Livermore el Fan Fails Falla Kimbal |