New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27
THE GETTYSBURG REUNION.
THE MEETING OF OFFICERS AT GETTYs-
BURG.

GETTYSBURG, Aug. 25.-GettysDurs S .on,i,ttD
be IN a fair way of obtaining Odiun By 100 el'", , No.,
In its own interests. cohort OF spcoul , ,hn ,osa
ure1ng upon its patriotic reputation ever Si'o "''
of the war and these have sometimes enii'''u -
m, rt ~ ia hotter citizens The present ea'no'i'H
of officers nj hotel here seems to me 10 nave u'en 49,
w a gratuitous advertisement, WheIeOl tho "O' .,
,y.,.s ootd the price Of their own admission anu -
have heep cheaper form of the Rosecrahs ,t
,,,,,a White Sulphur Springs last year. "i'no'' '
IU,,,o spIpbur's success. Nobody seems 10 h"Fo - -
tho head OF il; there Is really nOthlhE III ~ ~ -,
compl,shed little for history, and VIII DC goo, -
failure in giving to Gettysburg us spiuHo' .H,a,
,.,,s that character and that advertisements "Ih'n
- nsured by paying up at the counters OF
,s,,arers or by posting circulars or by proceeding
generally IN the manner Of folks VINO Ano" Ho" 'F
ahoteL" -, ~ .oo,,t,ore
-, ,,igcI with Had been asked TO Gettysburg
a., ni,y ,rivately as a wateunSplace guest, the long,
green landscapes the pleasant sky the society OF pa
bosnjtable burgher and the association of those vlGoI
Gus "reminiscences which show that our age Is up 10 e
mettle Of antiquity should have east up the ADVANTAGES
Of the spot comparison with other resorts ana eeI
declined or accented the invitation But was told that
all the heroes Of the had promised TO come; th'V
the occasion was 10 be ustrOuS-a sort OF Field OF the
Cloth II God-and that in order as they stood the gen
erals Of the critical action Of the were TO reproduce
the fight and its maueuvers that might have one
valid relation Of great battle; had spent much time
at Gettysburg and reading of the reuuou in New-York
said to myself:
when Gllpin next doth ride again,
May DE there TO see -
Accordingly have made IN period Of intense neat
The oug fstiguiug ride the sequesered inland village
10 De- a. | feel tie dupc OF tavern dodge and the
witness of a little gathering of military deadheads
whose passes have been procured by the same system OF
boring which has been successfully applied TO the
newspapers. We have al paid contributions our eyes
have not fcascd upon great number OF disun
guished worthless; the Confederate army has scarcely
been represented all, and the Union army by local
State officers manly 10 the knowledge OF the battle
acquired should rather have gone over the field with
the Rev. Mr.. Warner, o Mr.. David Wills oc the Hon
Edward MACPHERSON, than with all This afflicted group OF
soldiers who have partly forgotten the topography Of The
fight, aud who engaged IN the battle OF business INC
with so great and rational patriotism that they have
well nigh forgotten their foonarbS on the peHous ridge
soldier Of the latter class compared notes with me yes
terday. and he said, summing up;
There too many people making speculation OF
Gettysburg. IL has already cemetery a monument
and picture. by public contribution. IL has been iuly
End faithfully written mp AuSterz and Waterloo are
not 30 gratefully cOmmcmoraed And this is enough!
On the other hand, they turned the battlefield inoa
lottery 1896 and INTO tavern with free pufs in 1862
You ought TO tell the truth about what there to see
here. ana Jet the people be upon their guard
This counsel proceed 10 follow:
Gettysburg is a snug httis village, within sight Of the
Blue Mountains, wlch are s'ill half day. drive dis
taut, and situated in a valley OF dell near by creek
Low ridges Of hills close up the town. and FORM
with tie creek and los tributaries occasional knobs and
knobs among these The celebrated battle was accden-
tally fought, and the town was alternately held by
either side during the Ou The town Itself is Penn
sylyaula German village, with an honest but rather
st,Id populatiou and little railroad, branching of
from the Northern Central runs in here
and goes farther. college ana a theo-
logical Seminary Of the Lutheran Church are the cmet
institutions Gettysburg and both Of these standing in
1,,,atl ~ tl,a Ia
ter of this uupretending redbrick village is open
plaza square Two Of the third class all
the accommodations OF the place prior to the opening OF
the Springs Hotel, and this new tavern is pleasant
walk nearly mile from town. IL Is good watering
place hotel of the second class and with board at ten
fifteen dollars week per head, would be cool and
Interesting spot to spend month ofsummer any
sort between the mountains and the for this hotel
has the advantage of neither being purely upland
Sort agricultural region, well removed from the
oOnveneuces OF cities that the NewY0k papers get here
generally twenyfOUr hours after their issue.
Gettysburg as a Spa, will not probably rival
Bedford Berkeley Springs, although its
water has stout advocates, but to become an
accredited Spa the work Of but Of several
generations. Except for the contguiy-the presence
indeed-Of the battlefield, Gettysburg a Summer re.
sort would have the preonsOns Of Lett Of Carlisle of
Ephrata and Of Bethlehem little further cities
hut of nearer importance to the great drama Of times
This is Gettysburg, snug little town hidden away in a
VALE and Overakcn by such history that no wonder Its
friendly burghe have exaggerated its consequence and
make animal demands upon attention But am
free 10 say that have made my last wild goose chase
here. The next time they sites Of tho corps
shall refuse TO be Of the surveying stakes Granted
that the water be impregnated with thia shall drink
at drug store in NewYOrk that the calumet is be
smoked on the field Of battle shall buy one Of Batch
elders charts and hasten here spirit that valuable
light is % be shed upon the records Of the fight shall
have the most implicit confidence in the shorthand
set will tn he
nuisance, that it viii hereafter advertise by other
medium than the Associated Press and not set the ex-
ample Of fetching" people two three hundred miles
uland newsy petexts which but cserns, broken
csterrs, that will hold no wafer
At the present time Gettysburg is undoubtedly the
best COMMUNICATED battlefield in the world, aud the
little old town s almost busting with trophies
minders, aud visitors ST. JEAN the correspond
Ing hamlet Of Waterloo. No grevoUs tOCates and ex.
actions patent here Waterloo where the broken
walls Of Hugoument take fees from every sght.seer
where cauecutters and buletfnder and nendicants
wait for their Englshman, and coaches royal" in col
luhOn with scIgt. Muuday, set one down at infinite
museums aud turnstcs each receiving its percentage
ull at last the Belgian Government itself appears upou
the Lion Mound and leyies tax upon the wayfarer
The difficulties OF going over the field Of Gettysburg are
hrSt the great superhees Of the battle. which. speak
truly was one Of the worst battles ever planned in point
either Of scientific attack or defense sees ~ ridges
like bent carriage whip open at both TANKS which
Lee was too blind 10 turn, and his adyersarjes
scarcely wider awake, TO choose Here ike TWO
desperate prizefghters Of what is called the 'heavv
weights the prepared armies took aud received "pun
ishmeDt" but not one remarkable movement was in.
spired in any General either side Everybody stood
up and did hIs best 1t the great battle of the war
tD pou perseverance and numbers and the least or
gained unified. and compendious fight of dimensions
IN the history OF actions Reynolds picked ground Of