The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-06
VETERANS LEAVE
OLD BATTLEFIELD
WITHOUT M|SHAP
Splendid Arrangements tor
Ent.aining Avoids All
Confusion
BOY SCOUTS GAIN
HIGHEST PRAISES
General Liggett Orders Out
Band in Their Honor AS
They Leave, Which Is
Some Distinction

GETTYSBURG, July 5.-Jnmes 2
Normoyle. a major OF the line of this
United States army assigned to ser.
vice in the nuartermaGter's corps. 10 =
| hefty two handed gentleman with an
extraordinary aptitude for doing
things well. Major Normoylc never
| did a finer piece of work than he
accom- plished today in entraining ana
sending on their way home nearly
| forty thousand old soldiers without
| accident. or confusion.
| At o'clock this morning the en-.
trainment began. Trains of ten to
fifteen coaches were brought into the
ampment, and stopped as near AZ
possible to the camp of the veterans
| that were to use them. BY eys-
| tematic arrangement the veterans
were ready when the trains arrived.
There was no delay whatever. Nor-
| moyle had enlisted men at every
Ipcint so as to help the old men board
| the trains and to take care OF their
belongings. Those who were i'll, or
too tired to walk. were carried.
| Boy Scouts Make Hit
The boy scouts. the kid organizA-
ton that has done here the work Of
q battalion OF infantry, and that has
been wonderful advertisement for the
whole boy scout movement, assisted
the regulars in caring for the veterans.
| When the scouts left this afte rnoon,
General Lggett ordered out the Fifth
infantry hand in their honor Cow
| errors are lucky to get that attention.
The entertainment was so perfectly
planned and executed that train
was sent on its way about every ten
minutes, Every train carried about
500. All day long they were leaving
! d N t hun
bred veterans were left in tho camp.
They win depart tomorrow,
All of the visitors had gone by thte
morning. SO there were no outsiders
to witness the skilffuiness and pre-
cision OF the army OF the present IN
handling the armies OF the past
There was no sentiment about It. but
1t was as interesting feature Of tbs
encampment as any that marked tbs
week
Worth It. n He'd Died.
IT was really only this morning that
ere realized the fortitude disrla
by the veterans in coming to the res
union of the blue with the gray. Your
correspondent noticed a weary old
fellow trudging toward his train. and
spoke to him.
"Wha-e is your homer"
Arizona. Took me four da-s 10
got here. about. and. darn the luck, Z
was fat on my back in the hospital
for three days after I got here"
did you enjoy yourself? Was Il
worth the trip?"
Mister" said the old man. 1T
would have been worth coming to Il
I had died In the hospital"
i That was the sort of feeling ex-
pressed on every hand. IA
i Well Cared For.
Not one veteran In one thousand
had grumble or accomplaint. A
few thought that the food might have
been better. Some said that they had
not had blankets enough. But. the
fact of the matter Is that Uncle Sam
left nothing undone in giving theaa
veterans good food and plenty Of II
They had. along with the VISUAL
things, pie. ice cream. fresh ekgG
milk, cafe. and enough OF such
dainties to keep them sick Il tha
medical staff had not been pretty
active. And Uncle Sam saw to AZ
that every soldier had two blankets
and comfortable cot. plenty of
covering in the mild nights OF July
in this part of the country.
Field Almost Deserted.
Looking from headquarters toward
Seminary Ridge over the great ex~
yanse OF khaki tents. and the streets
that divided State from State. WA
rather lonesome occupation toward
evening togN&y. 1t was hard to reat-s
ize that the deserted field was tho
scene only few hours previously AZ
such gathering as the old world
with its many centuries of battle Ae4
hloodshad has never produced. ann
that fifty thousand men. who NAT
tried tn Kill each other a half century
4 ago had, renewed here their youth lDs
Il splendid good feeling. ,s'ss
/ Looks pretty empty" said GenareE
lIlggett. Well nobody who to66
part in this encampment will ever foF
get 1t. To my mind 1t was by tar tn
, most remarkable celebration th4E
world ever saw" q
One wonders idly how much mo1ey
the townsmen OF Gettysburg made
cut Of the. semi-centenniai reuni01
II must have been enough to ANx
a lot OF comforts and luxuriea Neafl&
Every resident had sor,e scheno 34sa
acquiring the silver pieres OF the o34;
soldiers, and OF the visitors
Major General Daniel e. Sic1xleM
was one Of the last to leave. No 0mMs
of the veterans annoyed himself more
than General Sickies. None recefvA43
mole honor. Il,
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