El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-28


ter and sanitary arrangements, to equiv
an emergency hospital to handle the
sick and injured, to see that proper
transportation facilities are provided
and 10 figure all these things out &c
the minutest detail so that no cOnfu-
sion viii result has been an enormous
task.
The major portion Of the encampment
has been erected, only a few of the
minor details remain to be completed
before Tuesday, when the camp viii
be thrown open. The tented city has
been constructed not on the govern
ment reservation, but on contiguous
tracts Of private land, which the gov
eminent has rented for the purpose.
The camp comprises an area OF l95
acres on which stand over 5000 tents
There are 81 field hospital and lnfirm-
airy tents, so bakery tents and six huge
storage tents, representing monetary
value Of almost S26O.00O-
In the sleeping tents are $4,000 cots
$4,000 blankets. $1,000 tin wash basins,
1900 candle burning lanterns. 6u,uu1
candles and 1000 galvanized iron buck
cts fro drinking water This equipment
weighs about a million and a half
pounds and its total value is about
$3.50 600.
Plans for Feeding the Veterans.
The cOmissarF department for the
feeding Of the veterans, consists OF 80
bakeries, 400 army ranges and outfits
for cooking, with nearly LOuOuuO
pounds Of fOOdstuffs, including meats,
vegetables, bread, butter, coffee tea
etc Eight hundred cooks, as many as
sistant cooks and $50 bakers win pre-
pare the food under the supervision OF
a cOmmisary and four assistants. de-
tailed from the war department
Mess kits TO the number Of $4,000
have been provided for the veterans,
each kit including an enameled plate,
q tin cup, knife, fork and spoon These
kits alone cost the government $500
and the veterans viii be allowed to re-
tain them as souvenirs Of the coca
sion.
In addition to the field hospitals in
the camp, a general hospital has been
erected outside. Inside the camp there
viii be 100 army surgeons and com
plete ambulance corps. To SAFEGUARD
the health OF the veterans, the water
supply and sanitary arrangements have
been most carefully detailed Three ar
tesian wells have been driven, capable
Of giving a supply Of 100000 gallons
Of pure water a day. The lighting OF
the camp streets will be supplied by
500 tungsten lamps Of IS candle power,
which viii consume $4,000 worth Of
electricity during the four days.
BrOOms, rakes, spades, picks, garbage
ment have cost the government almost
$4,000.
All Free to Veterans.
Every state in the union is sending
its quote of survivors TO the reunion,
Various sums have been appropriated
by the state legislatures to detray
the expenses Of the veterans, and no
survivor will be allowed to spend
penny Of his own money to attend
the four days celebration. The fed
eral government will superintend the
transportation of baggage to the camp
and stand all expense during the cele-
bratiOR. As each. veteran comes into
camp Ne will be supplied with a map
p IL Il Hnsr
able TO go over the grounds and PICK
out the spots Of historic interest, or
more particularly the places which
have significant personal interest to
him He viii be able to go to the
exact place on which he stood during
the conflict While the field at Gettys
burg has changed to a certain extent
by fine roads, which have been built,
and the many monuments and markers
of various sorts, the old contour still
remains. Big Round Top, Little Round
Top, Cemetery Ridge, the Wheatfield,
Devils Den, Plum Run, the Chambers
burg Pike, Taneytown road and Nc
woods are there just as they
were so years ago Statues and monu-
ments mark the sites where famous
leaders Of both armies fought and died.
What reverles and memories viii be
back to those time worn veterans
The whole memorable battle can be
reconstructed by the veteran as he
passes over the field.
Few Of the commanders on either
side remain to aid in the anniversary
celebration. General Daniel Z. Sickles, I
Of New York, one Of the surviving
members Of Meade's staff will be there
in spite Of his many years What d
memory Gettysburg will hold for him. /
The present celebration will add an
other chapter to the history of Gettys- l
burg, the little village where the de- |
Gliding battle Of the civil war occurred /
the place where the beloved Abraham l
Lincoln delivered that masterpiece Of |
English oratory. his Gettysburg ad- |
lress," and the meeting ground of a /
huge peace cOnclave at which those /
lies of friendship. broken by the four /
years war and united shortly after
wards, will be further cemented.