The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-07-12

single person can bind them more closely and the
condition of my health admonishiHg quiet tender
thanks and Gods blessing instead OF my presence.
Mrs. GEORGE f. PICKETT Virginia.
Gen. Hooker, of Mississippi, responded to the
address of Gov. Beaver on behalf of the South
ern men present, and although his effort was
extemporaneous, it was q splendid one, which
evoked great applause.
Gov Andrew Curtin, the venerable War
Governor of Pennsylvania, was introduced by
Gen. Sickles in few appropriate remarks,
and the Governor convuised the crowd with
laughter during his very short address.
The exercises concluded with benediction,
and the people took their way toward camps
and hotels
TUESDAY, July 3.
. The weather has been all that could be re-
quired, the nights being so cool that some Of
the people who had been living in tents were
obliged to come out and warm themselves be-
fore the fires which were kept burning in front
OF the tents.
The third and last day of the Reunion ended
to-day. and the exodus begun just as Lees re-
treat did % years ago. The crowd, which was
the largest that ever filed the streets Of Gettys-
burg, with the exception of the time Of the
battle, when the hosts of Meade and Lee filed
the town, commenced to depart with the clos
ing exercises tonight. The crowd has been too
great for the village to handle. and the avariee
which has cropped out has disguised everybody
The day commenced with dress-parade BY
the eth n. Y. 5. NJ, in front of the Springs
Hotel. Throughout the morning monuments
were dedicated by regiments and batteries at
different points along the line Of battle.
majority of the sightseers wandered about aim
lessIy. Gems. Gordon and Lcngstreet every
where they went were always center OF at
traction and were kept in constant converse
ton by the Yankee soldiers, telling how, when
and where it might have been had this, that or
the other TRANSFERRED Gen. Gordon called on
II. ID. Scott, a resident Of Gettysburg, who was
the telegraph operator here p years ago, aud
the man of all others that the rebels desired TO
capture. He eyaded them, however, being
taken out of the town in q buggy. Gen. Gordon
also viewed the line occupied by his division
on Culp's Hill the second day Of the battle
after which he took the ? p. N. train for Wash
ingtOn.
Gen. Alger, of Michigan, was a conspicuous
figure in the village to-day. His recent con-
nection with the nomination for the Presi-
denCy on the Republican ticket caused him to
be closely watched by the veterans He IS a
genial, soldierly-lo0king man, and is reported
to be steadfast friend
Gems. Sharpe, Slocum, Sckles and Butter
field were constantly with the rebel leaders,
and even Gen. Fairchild was with these Illus
trious Generals a considerable portion of the
time.
Gen. Berdan, of the Sharpshooters, was made
happy to-day by the receipt of the news that
Secretary of War Endicott had issued an order
that sharpshooter should be photographed TO
furnish a model for the statue to be built TO
Berdan's Sharpshooters. This monument will
be built by subscriptions from the eight States
from which these regiments came, and will cost
$4,000 and will be of bronze, representing a
shaTpshoOteT at his deadly work. John R0ch-
ford, Regular Army soldier, was selected IS
the model, and was photographed.
The monuments dedicated today were:
The 9Th Y. Y. Cav. near Round Top Gen.
Hammond, Col. J. y. PenGeld Mai S. Il. Ryder
and Col. 4, II. White took part in the exer-
csess 1t is a large granite slab on whose base
in bas relief is the figure Of a mounted cavalry
man.
The 10th n y on Little Round Top. The
exercises were short. The principal inscription
on the monument is: From this point Gen.
Meade directed the battle of July 3.
The 9th n. Y. list Long Island Volunteers
The Rev. Thomas K. Beecher of Elmira, de-
ivered the grafton. The monument stands
on Culp's Hill, near the memorials of the other
regiments Of Shaler'5 Brigade, and is about Is
feet high, with the bronze figure of a soldier on
the die, with reversed arms and the legend
+" It is over"
The Sd n. Y Independent Battery, with
Maj Gen. w. 5. ROseCrans as orator. The posi-
ton Of the monument is near the Bloody
Angle" where the battery helped to repel
Pickett's Virginians.
Battery B, y. Y. A., the Rev. W. NJ. Beau
champ, orator.
The 18Th n. Y. Independent Battery. A
brief story of the career Of this command was
told, and the monument was consigned to the
Memorial Association for safekeeping.
In the afternoon the Regular artillery and
cavalry, the 9Th y. Y S. NJ, and the veterans
escOrting the Southern delegations marched
to the National Cemetery for the final formal
exercises. A National salute was fired, when
Gen. Robinson, President of the Society OF the
Army of the Potomac, called the meeting to
order. Rev. J. II. Twitchell, who was present
at the battle, delivered the invocation, and led
the vast thTong IN repeating the Lords Prayer.
The band then followed with medley of
Northern and Southern airs. Gen. HOratio G.
King read Geo p. Lathrops poem, which de-
scribed the valor shown upon the field of Get
tysburg.
George William Curtis, the orator of the day,
was then introduced, and delivered a most i'm
pressiye address. His voice was resonant and
strong, and the polished sentences flowed from
his lips and were listened to by the multitude
in interested silence. He Landed the heroes of
both Sides but gave great significance TO the
results of this great battle OF Gettysburg, and
said that at last this country was one and in
diyisible. He spoke at length upon the neces-
sity of preserving the purity of the balIot-EOx.
upon Tue question Oh uAIGStEiClcQ n,
he said we will be considered reCreant TO our
duty if we permit our good laws, personal
rights and just administration to be imperiled
by the ignorant, lawless idle and dangerous
overflow from other countries; that as the
occupants and guardians of our native soil, we
extend a kindly hand toward all the world,
but we must prescribe the conditions upon
which all the world shall come here. At the
close of his remarks the speaker was generously
applauded.
The Society of the Army of the Potomac held
a reception to-nightat the Springs Hotel, where
some 200 of the leaders in the great battle Off
GERS of the Regular Army and the leading
Southern visitors with their wives, daughters
and sisters were present Gen. Robinson, the
retiring President OF the Society, was master OF
ceremonies. Speeches were made by Gems.
Sickles Sloeum, Sharpe King, Hunt and
Chamberlain. Others also spoke, and the
band played Dixie" and other martial airs,
while punch flowed and everybody seemed
happy.
The visitors have been departing all day, and
each train bears away loads of tired humanity.
The service of the railroad has been taxed to
its utmost and the accommodations have been
miserable, many persons being unable to obtain
seats, cOntenting themselves by sitting upon
the arm of the bench, thus bringing discomfort
to the fortunate occupant. Trains were run
ming all night, each one loaded TO the guards.
But everybody seemed happy, aud did not APP
pear to mind the discOmiOrLs entailed by the
crowded condition of the ears.
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