New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-05
THE yOURTH 1T GETTYSBURG.
TEN rnocsAND VISITORS GONE HOME
THE REST SPEND THE DAY IN QUIET PIcNIcINd
.rn rrroRMAI. SIGHTSEEING.

THE REST SPEND THE DAY IN QUIET PIcNIcINd
AND INFORMAL SIGHTSEEING.
p,ttsbure. Penn, July CspcciaD.-Trains hiied
with tJuon ana Confederate veterans o'atc guards
men and Grand Army mens have pccn running ous
OF town all day and still hundreds OF tents in the
camps scattered over tho battlefield have occupants
hut the hotels seem less crowded because there Is
a. fact comfortable standing room within haIling
distance of the bars Probably 10000 OF the peopic
who took an active part In the reunion OF 'no iass
tbrcc DAYS have already gone. As many moro arc
expected to get of tonight and tomorrow mor'ahs'
Tho Society OF tho Army Of the Potomac has Dr'hen
up It's headquarters at tho springs Hotel ana inc ~"
regular who have been camping there are so'."s
ready to march back to baltimore and washington
The drill Of the cavalry troopers has been the adms
tlon of all visitors, and has drawn crowds nightly 10
the parade ground of the regulars. The Governments
will at once arrange for taking down three OF tho
camps here.
Tho 1st Ncw-Jersey militia regiments tents are
still up, but tho have ncarly all gone. the
Pcnnsyv anita troops went away with Governor Beaver
yesterday. The encampment of the Grand Army OK
the Republic, however, on East Cemetery Hil, VIII
be kept up until the end Of the week.
The veterans who remained on the held turned
the day into Of quiet picnic parties and OF sight
seeing Hundreds OF little groups could be found
in shaded spots all over tho battlefield and the de@
mands for all sorts OF conveyances, from pony phae-
TONS I'M to the old-fashoned NcwEngland "bsrges"
was almost as steady and urgent as on any OF the
reunion days proper. 1t takes two or tnree hau-
d.v excursions to cover with any thorouehness tho
area over which the armies fought and the crowd
a, business on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday had
Ieft many visitors no chance to drive to the more
distant uortions until to-day. There were no formal
exercises. however, and except for tho noise OK
h.nd. and the sight of so many blue COATS ana caps
The bubbub might have passed for that OK the nan
dozen tranoads OF pleasure seekers that any four'a
of July brings here. -.
An incident that passed unnoticed IN the rush Oh
tho reunion was the unycilDg of graccfui MARKER
ON tho spot where General Hancock was "ouiiuoe
Tho Second Corps Association presumably pun. Tvs
and turned It over to the Battlefield Assocau'n'
But there were no dedIcatory exercises such as "e
held at tho unwilling of each regfmental or Da.'cry
monument. Talking about Hancock. signncahs
sentence in Senator spooners speech at the
~ the Wisconsin monuments may not have gee"
noted Hancock's fame" he said 7. no man can
tarnish,y People who heard MIN wonoofou "A''"'i
that was a breach of Senatorial courtesy. ,x1n.
Colonel Parsons tho owner OF the EaIurai Drtesos
yirdnIa has been here for several days TYING , 10
Ak the exact ground which Farnsworns eayamy ,
CHARGE on Hoods division was MADE Inc coicne'
will write an article the charge cor inc Inc Nc
tury Magazine