The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-30

terrible days the conflict ragged on the meadows and hillsIopes, the advantage lying first on one side and then on the other, with Hill at Wil1oughbys Run and Reynolds in NTcPherson's Grove, with Longstreet in the Wheatf1eld and the Peach Orchard, and with Slocum on Culp's Hill, until at last came Pick ett's ma gnificent charge, ending in de- feat. Immediately after the great bat tie the army of Lee retired from Penn sylvania and the tide of the Confeder- acy, although it was pressed with wig or, never again rolled as high as 1t did at Gettysburg.
 On July 1 then the Blue and the Gray will meet again on the famous battlefield-this time to cement the fought to sever Practically all of the living survivors of the three days struggle, some fifty thousand in num- Der, will be present at a great seml- centennial reunion which is to be held at Gettysburg from July 1 to July A. It will be- without doubt, the most not able gathering of It's kind, and the Iast-since the veterans of the eos are fast departing, and for this reason the government as well as the veter- ans organizatio plan to make the occasion a memorable one.
 As soon as the project of the reun- ion was launched, 1t assumed national proportions Recognizing it's import ance the government Immediately con- scented to participate, appr opriating sS50,o00 for the purpose, and practically every State in the Union has respond ed to the appeal for funds. As a re- suit the veterans of both North and South will be sent to the scene of the great battle without expense, and dur ing the week while they are quartered at Gettysburg they will be hospitably entertained at no cost to themselves. Surrounded with every possible safe guard for their health and well-being, the gallant soldier boys of fifty years ago will gather again on the historic field, and, now in friendship and broth er1y love. live over again the exper1- ences of those bitter days in July '6s, thanking God at the end that they and their fellow countryInen have been able to merge their differences of yes terday in their common hopes Of to- morrow
 The Congressional Commission is made up of an equal number Of Un- ion and Confederate veterans, with one non-veteran Congressional representa- designed chiefly in the interest of the old soldiers, but the national tnpor- tance of the occasion has come to overshadow the first plan, and 1t has finally taken the form of a great peace memorial In addition to the veter-
  z5O.Ooo visitors will come from all parts of the country to witness the ceremon- ies
 The veterans will be cared for in a mammoth camp of more than six thousand tents, where their wants will be looked after by the government It. self This immense city of a week, oc- cupying more than twenty acres, has been planned with the utmost consid- eration for the comfort of the old soldiers, for 1t Is realized that they are no longer able to withstand the rizors of rough camp life. The camp will be laid out in broad avenues, lined with wall tents and lighted at night ty tungsten lamps The arrangements are in charge of two of the most ex- perienced men in the Quartermaster's Department of the United States Army "a wise provision, since the problem of feeding the army of 50,0O0 will be large matter in itself. For this pur- pose four hundred great army cooking ranges and outfits will be installed in the camp; with a chief commtssary eighteen assistant commissaries, eight hundred cooks, eight hundred assist ant cooks and one hundred and th1r- tv bakers Nearly one and one-half million pounds of food of various kinds will be consuIned during the week. at an estimated cost of thirty cents for each ration Outside the camp a large hospital VIII De SSLdDA1SnSny NA41C AAl- side will be located eighty-Seyen field hospitals and infirmary tents with one hundred and thirty surgeons and at tendznts.
 The program for the four days cele- bration at Gettysburg has been tenta- lively arranged as follows:
 First Day, July 1, Veterans Day All surviving veterans to be partici- pants in a great campfire. presided over by the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confederate Veterans
 Second Day. July ?, Military Day Exercises to be under tf1e command of the chief of staff of the United States Army. Special attachments Of each branch of the army to be de- tailed by the Secretary of War, and represen tatives of the National Guard of the States to be chosen and invit- ed for merit.
 Third Day, July 3, Civic Day-Under the personal supervision of the gov ernor of Pennsylvania, the partici- pants to be the governors of States, >heir staffs and the general public.
 Fourth Day, July 4, National Day Che chief Justice of the Supreme Court President the cabinet. the justices of the Supreme Court, the speaker Of the blouse of Representatives and the Con -FressionaI Committee to be the guests Of honor At 10 o'clock A. M, a great .rnaes meeting will be held at the ros- tfrurn, at which prayer will be offered singing by a great chorus and the peo- ple will be rendered and an oration E eIivered by the President of the Uni he'd States. At noon, the cornerstone of great peace-memorial will be laid by the President, which act will con ciu1e the official exercises.
 The veterans who fifty years ago Kau ghk on the famous battlefield can again picture that first day of July when Bnford's cavalry came into con 2act with Heth's Confederate division lust beyond the town and step by step, were driven back even after the arrival of Reynolds and Doubleday and Howard until the entire Union | Forces had retreated through Gettys- | burg % Cemetery Hill, where they REa1ted the deFeIf1snents of the nor