The Washington times., 1911-07-20
MANASSAS BUSTLES
IN IMPORTATION FOR
BIG PEACE JUBILEE
Taft and Mann to. Be at
\, Old Battlefield To-
H. morrow.

Manassas, Va, is-on tiptoe today
awaiting the great peace jubilee tomor-
row. More excitement is promised than
IN the fifty years since the battle of
Bull Run, a few miles away.
Plans for the reception of President
Taft, Governor Mann and other digni-
taries were completed today at meet
ing at Eastern College of the Society
OF the Blue and the Gray and Their
Sons" A large number of former
members of Federal and Confederate
armies were enrolled, and the society,
now newly organized, bids fair to reach
considerable numerical strength and to
be widely influential in the burying of
sectional feeling.
Directions to Visitors.
washingtonians going to Manassas to-
morrow have a choice Of ways and
means and routes. Lieut.. George
c. Round, chairman Of the executive
committee of the jubilee, has issued d.
rections as follows:
IF convenient to go by automobile or
carriage, aim to arrive at the Henry
hill by or 9 a. m. Those driving will
find water and hitching posts at one
side of the field.
Those going by rail should leave
Union Station at 7:3O a m. 1t is hoped
the Southern railway will run an ex-
ira train from Manassas to Wellington,
reaching there at 8 o'clock. A number
of wagons will be found there. Those
who wish 10 tramp to Henry hill, two
and one-half miles, will pass through
the center of both battlefields via the
TTo nil ThaHy N af N aY-lv
lunch at the pavilion dedicated yester-
by the Daughters Of the Confederacy.
The regular train to Wellington reaches
there about 10 g. m, leaving Washing
ton at $50.
Those who stop at Manassas will
find wagons and some automobiles at
the court house. One dollar is enough
TO pay for transportation to the battle
field at Henry hill.
"All will retreat from Henry hill to
Manassas court house in the afternoon
to witness the peace pageant and tab
leauX, and hear the address Of President
Taft
Arrival of Taft.
The President and Governor Mann are
expected to arrive about o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. A luncheon, love
feast" and a large reception in honor
of the visiting executives are among
principal GNeHlS vi luS pIOSTdIl
Both the President and governor will
deliver addresses.
Veterans of the battle will assemble
at the Henry house at a. m. tomor-
row, and at 10 will listen to addresses
of welcome delivered by Col. Edmund
Berkley, of the Eighth Virginia. SEN
ator Martin also will speak at this
hour.
Responses are due from Gen. John E.
Gilman, commander Of the Grand Army
of the Republic, and Gen. George w.
Gordan, grand commander Of the United
Confederate Veterans.
Following these speeches Col. Robert
Thompson, of New York, will present
the assembled veterans the souvenir
badges especially made for the occasion.
At noon the grand review is scheduled,
and the lines of Blue and Gray will
clasp hands across the first battlefield
where they engaged in bloody fight fifty
years ago.
At o'clock comes a luncheon and
love feast" and a: 2 the veterans will
return to Manassas, where at 3 o'clock
they will hear forty-eight fair young
daughters of Virginia sing the Man
assas national jubilee anthem.
After this the President is expected
to arrive for his address.