The National tribune., 1888-07-05
GETTYSBURG.
Preparations for the Great Quarter
Centennial.
THURSDAY. JUNE %.

/
At noon to-day two companies of heavy artil-
| 1erymen, equipped as infantry, arrived from
! Fort McHenry and marched to the lawn in
| front of the Springs Hotel, where the battle
opened and where their camp is located. They
are commanded by Col. Livingstone. Later
another train brought three more heavy batter
| les, with Battery Of the Sd u. S. L. A.. from
| Washington Barracks; also, two companies of
cavalry from Fort Meyer, Virginia. The heavy
artillery is all under the command of Col. Glib
! son and the light artillery is under Maj. Turn
| bull, and the cavalry is under Maj. Carpenter.
| The guns and horses for the light artillery and
! cavalry arrived in the early evening, and the
| commands marched to camp. Asst. Adj't-Gen.
! Thomas j. Stewart and Asst Quartermaster-
| Gen. ii. G. Williams reached Gettysburg this
| evening. Headquarters will be established in
camp tomorrow, where quarters are up for
5000 men. The New Jersey National Guards
reached there during the evening and disem-
baTked at Round Top Park.
The dedication of the New Jersey mona
ments the battlefield of Gettysburg will
take place on Saturday, and scores of veterans
from South Jersey arrived in Camden last even
! ing and were entertained by the comrades of
I the several Posts of that city on their way to
the battlefield
The last Legislature of New Jersey directed
| that all surviving officers and men who were
actually present at the battle of Gettysburg
attached to New Jersey regiments or batteries
should be invited in the name of the State to
attend the dedicatory exercises upon the battle
! field, and an appropriation of $4,000 was made
for that purpose. A committee was appointed
to carry out program incident to such dedi-
cation on the anniversary of the BATTLE but
owing to the limited accommodation at Gettys-
burg the committee, consisting of Gov. K. S.
Green, AdjtGen. w. S. Stryker, Controller
d. j. Anderson, James n. Duffy, Gottfricd
Kreugor and William II. COrbin, have decided
to set aside Saturday, juno 80, as the day for
the New Jersey soldiers.
Mai.-Gen. William J. Sewell, commanding
the Second Brigade of New Jersey National
Guards, viii be on the battlefield and Col
Thomas S. Chambers, Assistant Adjutant- Gen
eral; Col. ID. b. Murphy, Inspector; Col. Frank
lin Gaunt, Surgeon; Maj. w. NJ. Palmer, Quar-
termaster; Maj. Kenneth J. Duncan, Paymas-
ter; Maj. Alexander g. Oliphant Engineer
Maj. Franklin Woolman, Judge Advocate.
| Capts. j. Edgar and Hamilton Markley, Aids
de-Camp, will join the General this evening.
The surviving Gettysburg veterans of New
Jersey number 900 to 200 and of these 500
at least come from South Jersey The 18th
/ regiment, (which includes 257 survivors, and was
recruited in the vicinity of Camden and the
lower Counties, will meet at the Federal Street
Depot, Camden. this morning under command
OF Leut.-Col. Chew, and will march to Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia, en- route to Get
tysburg Members Of Posts 5, 81 and 1922 of
Camden, will accompany them, and the return
trip will be made on Saturday night.
FRIDAY, JUNE 90.
As far as accom- modations are concerned Get
tysburg is prepared for the great Reunion of
next week. That part of the field on which
the First Corps We're specially engaged is dotted
with canvas and as you cross Willoughby Run
and swing To the left beyond Reynolds Grove
1000 tents stare you in the face. The Light
Infantry, Co. G, under Maj. Turnbul, are in
the woods to the west of the Springs Hotel.
The Heavy Artillery, Col. Gibson and Col.
/ Livingstone are on the level ground in front of
the MOTEL, and tho go tents for the 9Th n Y.
Militia are pitched just back Of this, near the
north branch of the loop.
The two companies of the Sd Cav, under
Maj. Carpenter, have the most historical loca-
ton OF any Of the United States troops They
are stationed in the western portion of Rey-
nolds Grove, just beyond the avenue which
bears that Generals name, aud but short dis
lance IRON the spot where he was killed. 1t
was across this ground that the Confederate
Gen. Archer led his troops against the Iron
Brigade, and then was hurled across to the rail
road cut where he and 800 Of them were taken
prisoners.
Gen. Sickles and the most of the New York
| contingent are expected here tomorrow, and
will establish their headquarters at the Springs
Hotel. Gov. Beaver and Gov. Rusg of Wis
consln, will also arrive tomorrow and will both
encamp in the college grounds, where tents
have been pitched and every provision made
for their comfort. The 900 tents Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic are being slowly filed bv
the members Of the Order, and the camp was
opeaed this morning by Col. Williams, Assist
/ ant Quartermaster-Gener and Col Thos j
| Stewart, Assistant Adiutant- General The bulk
Of the Pennsylvania Department will not arrive
until tomorrow evening, when the Philadel-
phia and Pittsburg delegations are due
At 10 o'clock tomorrow the Wisconsin vet
Grams will dedicate their seven monuments,
four Of which are on the first days and three
on the second and third days field Gen. Rusk
and United States Senator Spooner viii play
the important parts at these exercises.
The town was flooded to-day with the mem
bers Of the LIST n. j. National Guard, Col
Campbell, who arrived late last night and at
once took possession of their camp on the
famous WheatGeld. Gov. Green is with the
militia Of his State. There are ID memorials
belonging to this State, two of which were
dedicated several years ago, but slight addi-
tons have been made TO them, and all Of the
regiments will be represented here during the
exercises All the monuments are completed
except one, ant unfortunately this is the most
| important Of the lot. Why the memorial of
| ToEbetts N. j. Brigade will not be ready is
the fault Of the Commission Of that State
! They gave the contract to two different parties
and when the stones came only two DAYS ago
10 was IOuHd LndG Jhcy would not TT. This
threw all the calculation relative to the dedi-
catory exercises into chaos
The weather is still in a condition Of uncer.
tainty, with prospects slightly in favor of the
rain getting knocked cut. Unless it is. and
the ground be given an opportunity to dry off,
there will be but little pleasure during the
coming gathering. The grass is soaked; the
roads are thick with mud; the battlefield in
general presents dismal aud wobcgone ap-
pearance, simply dishearteuing, and the deco
rations are bedragged with mud and wet with
rain. The streets, however, are to be lighted
with electric light, aud the Grand Army of the
Republic camp is also to be given the benefit
OF this illumination.
Not the least among those who have already
arrived are the lemonade vendors, side.show
operators and badge fends They have occu-
pied every available spot along Baltimore
street. and are in frst-class condition TO break
the ears of the visitors with their eternal cIat-
ter. 1t is stated that Cardinal Gibbons will
not be in attendance during the dedication of
the monument Of the Irish Brigade, but that
two Chaplains, one of whom blessed the brigade
before it went into battle of the second day.
| will be here in his stead
There have been dedications and colebra-
tons before this on the field Of the great battle
| Of Gettysburg, but not since the day when Lin
coin made his immortal speech at the conse-
/ Grafton Of the National Cemetery on Nov. 49,
! 1861 has there been such a significant and sue
.pf tion hot