The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-07-17

+, the south, If possible. than by the
men of the north, that the war was
over and went as 1t did" AS one
speaker from the south put it yes.er.,
day, they see no disrespect shown
them here, nor feel any embarrass-
ment, for 1t was theirs to demonstrate
by going up against the strong north
that the Union could not be broken,
and that no subsequent attempt will
ever be made! ." h.
The forgiving spirit of Grant and
Lincoln at the close of the war has
sown seeds of lasting peace in all
southern hearts, and gratitude
throughout all southern opinion and
policy, and, the years as they pass
will witness patriotism all the
more augmented. II possible, and fra
ternal endeavor promoted.
The state of Pennsylvania has been,
royal host to the thousands at Get
tysburg the past week. Half a mil
lion dollars was voted by her legis-
lature. Most of her regiments we're
represented in the fight fifty years
ago on these sacred grounds. Here
Webs famous Philadelphia Brigade
stood as a wall at the high water
mark" the afternoon of the third day,
and all the week her popular COVER
nor Tener has welcomed the gather
ing hosts at the mammoth ten on
Pickett's Field, his last official act
coming at 1870 a. m. today when he
stood facing the cheering thousands
and introduced the speaker standing
at his side, as "The President of the
United States"
It was a great piece of organizing
care for so vast a host Gettysburg
has grown but little since the war,
being barely now with. 4,500 people,
and one small railway. But men Of
the north and of the south, and
thousands of visitors besides, were
amply cared for, with little exertion,
if any. Some notion of the vastness
of the event, and the commissary re-
sponsibilities connected Herewith
NAL be had from the quantity of sup
plies set out daily. A special train of
cars was run into the grounds on a
siding, in which were cars OF meats
from Chicago, stove wood from
Maine, -four from Minneapolis, butter
and milk from New Jersey, Ice cream
from New York, and so on without
apparent limit Ice cream and chick
en-. three car loads of the former and
IL, 900 pounds of the latter, were fur
nished today, July 4th, only. Regu-
larly, however, on the other days the
following amounts were prepared and
set before the hungry hosts:
Bread. $4,000 pounds.
Beef, $4,000 pounds, .. .... .- .
Bacon, $4,000 pounds.
Potatoes. $4,000 pounds.
Coffee, $4,000 pounds.
Tea, 1900 pounds.
Sugar, $4,000 pounds
Hard tack, 10000 pounds.
Besides, there were pies, cookies,
rice, string beans, cheese sweet corn,
onions, salt, pepper. tomatoes, con-
densed milk, prunes. cabbage and
macaroni.
Through the courtesy of the Iowa
division, the writer was permitted to
enjoy the Inequalities of the camp
two days and three nights. in the
same tent with Dennis M. Davis and
| Of Och
Robert w. Doak and William H.
| Brown of Rose Hill, the latter Mrs.
Kents father. and a soldier at Shiloh
and with Sherman. Mr.. Doak had
been a participant in the Gettysburg
| struggle, as had also the two men
! from Oskaloosa. Another occupant of
our tent was soldier from Belle
Plaine, Iowa, a Gettysburg veteran,
minus leg, having received two
other shots and a spent ball in the
awful fight. Left for dead on the
field July first, he proceeded to
staunch his wounds by tearing his
clothing all into shreds and binding
I'D the wounds and his shattered leg,
and made a mortar of soil and water,
! for it rained during the battle, and
plastered his naked body with the
smear, lying there till the afternoon
of July 4th when he was picked up
by friendly scouts who we're looking
over the field of the dead, dying and
wounded
Coming down Pickett Field this af,
.ternoon from President Wilson's ad
dress l overlook two one-legged sol
diers, the left one minus his right
leg and the right hand one his left!
lightly bantered them with, well
it takes two of you to furnish one pair
OF legs" at which they stopped, pois'
ed themselves on their crutches, and
laughed aloud and enjoyably at the
reference, and said they had just
made each others acquaintance, and
had spoken of the singular one.leg
gedness of both. One wore the gray
and the other the blue. They had no'
met in the same way fifty years ago!
-. CHARLES A. KENT
Gettysburg Battlefield, Pa, July 4
Business Change. -.
c. D. Flory has sold an interest IN
his paint shop and business on South
J r street to A. d. Guyle, of OttumWa,