The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-05-20
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Rshsarsaas Of Sroups Il two and three
men. oe battations and troops. have been
going on under different Stage managers
AZ over the place. Hours have gons by
without ones kn0w4ns H. A sweating
nttle squad o. scene shutters. each one
With half dosen stuffed dead men over
he shouhera 10 orouchinS behind the
four moving picture cameras which are
aimed on the dread scene. The impa-
dent artiiierymen ranged back Jus, out
q the focus OF tho cameras are beGin-
ming to sing "Just Before the Battle.
Mother"
do We eat before We def" asks q
solemn voice far out on the Confederate
rixht Loud shouts Of approval greet
the protest from the waiting lines You
would never know them for United
States regulars now with their bandaged
heads. f1utterins. goat-like imperials.
long, dropping mustaches, mud stained
faces and gray coats deliberately stained
by waIlowing In red clay. Their guns
range from tweoty-year-old springfieids
TO matchlocks q 1915
Are you readyr' sings out the strong
v0ecc of Commodore Biaclston. From
over the hillside, where the Federal
troops are massed an eighth Of mile
away, comes the hollow msGaphone re-
Ply OF tHe reUTcu cuteu bthtes army
expert In command Of the Union forces:
IAN ready, here. sirf" -
The small boys who have been dis
tributinE blank cartridges IN the crowns
Of their hats run for the tall timber.
Don't advance until the hrst shalt
explodes under the Union brea q works.
remember" crfes sergt.- Major Noyes
VINO IL not In costume. '"Fffty-fouY
company 80 In AZ the frst buEls for ad,
vance. One-twenty-two company 90 In
a. the second The rest 70 in at my
order" He scutties back Of the scencs
THEY'RE CLICK. CLICK,
CLICK, CLICK.
A little camera begins clicking. All Of
. sudden one realizes that Gen. Leo and
his stan arc having = frixhtfuiiy i'm.
portant discussion on the knoll not
forty feet away from the machine. Their
feid glasses sweep me horison. An aide
sees something to the south. The Gen.
erai catches the subsection, He turns
his head, carefully exposing his white
whfskcred profile 20 the camera ana
sends another aide scamper1ng 10, the
dashes In from the south He bears q
paper in his hands.
II 10 an important despatch. You
know that because tho courier has Just
| borrowed u piece OF copy paper from
you and . thick loaded pencil. with
which he has made marks like those .
baby makes when writing q letter 10
her grandma. You'd be surprised, he
| observes. to see how clear that will
come out on the screen as q 'caption."
like this:
Lee. commanding. Enemy appear
ing In force on right fank. I shali
resist until further ordera--Alex-
| ander."
He grins and dsshos In with his de-
spAtch ana II cent about his business by
commanding gesture Of Gen. Lee. II
carries him twenty feet 70 the west and
south and he sits down and fans him
self
But who Is this who comes riding out
OF dust cloud far 20 the east. from The
very front of the Federal lines Who
| hut Scou Jim Young, with his gray
blonss futtering wide MS torn under.
shirt rubbed with mud and his hat brlm
pulled down close 10 his nose
But before he arrives Pickett has
taken hts fatal order 90 charge The
news brought by the scout. thai Fed
eraI cavalry ~ coming 10 reinforce Gem
etery Ridge. II too late. One. two.
three divisions successfully charge into
the Union position. with the ragged
Confederate battle iaxs futtering In ths
| breeze
Boom-Powi Bocrni Powi boom,
Pfut--pfut-pfutl Powi
Out from tho mis-, OF yellow snoN.
against which the gray figures are sil-
houetted come tho shrlll cries uf Jim
Young. self-promoted from scout 10
corps commander.
Number four men. ian dead, Mum.
| bsr two men far"
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