Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-07-01
VETERANS FIND
CAMP CROWDED
Hundreds Arrive at GettYs -
\ burg Had No Place to
Sleep Last Night.
EXERCISES OPEN TODAY
Addresses Made by Leaders
of Both Sides in Struggle
80 Years Ago.
EXERCISES OPEN TODAY

Special BIZ United Press Wire.
Gettysburg, Pa, July 1.-Hun-
dreds of veterans had no place 20
sleep last night and many laden VI IN
heavy luggage turned away and wan
dered about the camps to find soIne
place even to sit down. Late in the
evening the Pennsylvania division
obtained an extra supply of tents
and gladly took all of their com
rades possible with them. H Hun-
dreds still wandered about, how
ever, and crawled into the coffee
houses, etc, in an effort to get some
sleep.
One hundred and thirty patients
were in the field hospital todayI but
none are seriously Ill. Fatigufed af-
ter long rides was the complaint. A
fourth death was reported today.
otto l.. Stamm, of Almond, ~, y,
suocumbtng to apoplexy..
FORMAL opening exercises 4 TOOK
place today in the big tents greeted
Tor that purpose near the entrance to
the camps and were presided over
by Col. J. M. Schoonmaker.t Fol-
lowing an opening prayer by Rev.
George Lovejoy, chaplain In chief of
the e. A. R., addresses were made by
Secretary Of War Garrisonk Gov
ernor Tener, General BennettI Young,
commander-in-chief of the Y United
confederate Veterans, and EGenral
Author Heers, commander-fn-ch chief
OF the G. A. r. Rev. H. NJ tHamill,
chaplain general of the UnAited Con-
tederate Veterans made tlk ke closing
prayer.
|, The humidity is inf1ictina | It's hard
Shlps upon the old soldierX s and 800
or them have been prostrt Ited up to
noon, They were treate b at hos
pitfalls: The post Office hel re is clog
ged will mail for the h0 undreds OF
thousands OF visitors and the small
force of clerb is almost emoralized
and In stae of collap be. An in
spector is hee and is Expected to
issue call Or an emer 3gercy force
to help hante the mail-
A new troble develo bed today
when it-was found thai, A the towns
food supply As running 7sTFt Lunch
rooms on Baltimore str'eet weie en-
tireIy cleaned out this }mGning and
when noon came they alad nothing to
serve.
Reception by SURVIVORS.
The only set event & tarday was the
Joint reception by the s's rfyors of Gen.
eral Bufords cavalry and ~ southern
ers Of General Wheeler's g CHalry to the
citizens Of Gettysburg. Z vas Buford
who discovered the gray army advanc-
ing on Gettysburg on the morning Of
July 1, fifty years age, and the picket
who first saw the scouts Of Lee swing
ing up the Chambersburg pike fred the
first shot of the greatest battle of the
war. 1t was Buford who stubbornly
fought the advance of General Heth's
division Of the Third Confederate CORDS
on the July morning klntil General
Reynolds arrived and tnok command.
and Wheeler's men nd ped to make
that JOINT aHair warm ne
Relatives of General made. General
Longst. .eet! General Pi lett and Cen
era1 Hill arrived a ii " re given quar-
ters In the town. Ctlon ]. M. Schoon-
maker, chairman OF th Pennsylvania
commission, announced that thirty FIVE
governors had accepted invitations to
be present some time FIRING the week.
Brlgadler General HI hter Liggett as
sumed command OF The veterans camp,
and Major Norroyle of the quarter
masters corps, 70 has been working
pretty nearly tv aD'r-three hours each
day for the last twv weeks, gave up
the reins Of office. General Liggett ap-
pointed as his adjutant Lieutenant ST.
men Bolivar Buckner, son Of the Con-
federate general.