The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-06-30
VETERANS FIGHT
OVER AGAIN THE
BATTLES OF OLD
,con,Inued From rage oneo

t1onunued FROM rage Onep
who "eats EN- alive" the twoheaded
COW; the elephan..ne fat woman and
the hundred and odd attractions fam
liar 10 the summer resort midway.
II was very hot Long before the
sun was visible above the Hat lands
lying TO the eastward there was a
warmth in the air that caused appre-
hensiOn i'm the breasts of the medi.
cal officers upon whose shoulders the
care of the $4,000 aged veterans rests.
There were no clouds TO temper the
torridity of the midsummer sun, but
the veterans accepted the situation
without complaint
AS matter of fact most OF them
congratulated themselves on the fact
that II was nowhere near so hot as
so years ago today, and that there
was not the necessity for haste that
there was then.
And despite the exhortations OF the
first aid" men to refrain from drink
ing any OF the fearful and wonder
full connections sold so freely every
where outside OF the camp reserva-
ton the visiting hosts simply suited
their own convenience and drank
when they were thirsty" But the
drinks were inocuous and seemed TO
do little harm.
General Bennett Young, OF Louis
Vile, commander-in-chief OF the union
confederate veterans. with his stan.
arrived today and was escorted TO
his headquarters by an impromtu pa
rade OF union and confederate vet
Grams who did their best TO show, by
their enthusiastic greeting, that they
realized just what this visit meant.
Leaders Prominent Figures.
The Commander-in-ch.er OF the
Grand Army OF the Republic, General
Alfred n. Beers, OF Bridgeport, Conn.,.
was already on the ground. and for
the remainder of the week two rank
ing officials will be the most promi-
nent figures in the celebration.
Only two hours each day are TO
be devoted TO the formal exercises
in the big tent which has been erected
just OF the Emmetsburg road. The
officials realize that because OF the
extreme age of most OF those here
II will be a hardship to lengthen the
program So for the greater part or
the time the veterans will be per-
-nitted TO come and 60 as they please
and fight the war over again." In
their own picturesque manner.
The first formal function OF the
week came this afternoon. The few
remaining survivors of Joe" Wheel
er's cavalry division. and of Buford's
union cavalrymen. gathered in the
headquarters tent. Veteran residents
of Gettysburg and the present town
officials were their guests. II was q
reception designed as a belated ac-
Acknowledgement OF courtesies extend.
ed by the towns people when the
troopers rode into the town half a
century ago.
The fact that two veterans have
died since the camp was opened
and that the heat prostrations num-
Der nearly so, has not lessened the
spirit or enthusiasm of the veterans.
1t is part OF the fortunes of war.
The dead are honored, of course.
There is no callousness In this, but
there is hardly a survivor OF the great
conflict here who does not feel that
at their present age, death Is to be
expected and that coming here, sur
rounded by the friends and comrades
Of 80 years ago, II Is robbed of much
OF its terror. The two veterans to
die were A. d. Brown, OF Lvermore
Falls, Me-, and j. II. Reynolds, OF
Port Chester, n. Y, both union vet
Grams. In both cases the intense heat
was a contributing cause. The bodies
were carefully cared for and sent
home.
OF the many Frustrated no cases
were serious and most OF those taken
to the hospitals were promptly dis
charged. DR.. Samuel G. Dixon, in
charge of the state hospital, declar-
ed today. however. that he feared the
excitement and change in personal
habits, coupled with the terrible heat
may have serious effect on many
of the veterans.
He is using his best efforts to have
the old fighters stay in the shade dur
ing the day and utilize the early hours
OF the night for their celebrating.