The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
They Bid Farewell to
Peaceful Field Of
Gettysburg.
NOTIFYING BANNERS
OR BLARING BANDS
Over Hot, Dusty Roads Aged
Soldiers Trudge to Stations.
At Meeting of Army Officers
Plan for Great Peace
Memorial Is Re
viVed.

Gettysburg. Pa. July 5-The great
reunion of the Blue and the Cray com
memorating the hfticth Anniversary OF
the battle Of Gettysburg. practically
came to an end to-day. although the
camp where more than $4,000 old sol =
diers were cared for during tho week
VIII not close officially until to-mor-
row
AL. day long veterans walked over
the dusty roads and streets TO the
railroad stations In the camp and the
town Of Gettysburg and stood or sat
under the rays of a morning sum- while
the trains To take them away were
being prepared.
There were no flying banners, blaring
bands or marching columns The vet
Grams came to the stations and waited
patiently for the announcer with his
big ncpaphone to tell them their trains
were mad" up Usually about twelve
coaches constituted "A train and the
railroad people faced the biggest prob
lem of the week in getting loaded
trims away.
North Cnrolininn Drops Dead.
II was the sultr!est and most uncom-
Portable day OF the week one old SOL
der in Gray from North Carolina drop
ped dead in the crowd at tho town sta
tion Of one OF the railroads, He was
II. II Hodges. OF Union Hln ~ &.
Hodgcs's death brought the total
casualties In camp to nine
Tonight the camp was practically
deserted The electric lights In the
twenty-five streets in the camp were
burning brightly. but the streets them
selves We're deserted, save for the
hurrying back ana forth of soldiers
and workmen who already have begun
the task OF dismantliuE the camp. Two
months VIII clapsc before the ground
on which the camp was pitched VIII
have been restored to its original con
n Fs-t.
over.
Tonight the army officers. after n
week OF the hardest sort of work
made merry at n dinner in the big mess
tent which they have used Jointly with
the newspaper correspondents Cen
cral liSgctt presided. and all officers
present We're felicitatcd over the won
derful success OF what has been de-
scribed as an army camp that VIII
stand q model for all the countries
OF the world for years TO come.
When the weeks program for the
celebration was tentatively laid out
some time ago, II was arranged tina,
the lnal feature OF the reunion should
be the laying OF a cornerstone OF a
great peace memorial on the battlefield
but the plan for the monument fell
through. To-day Colonel Andrew
Cowan, OF Louisville KY, who was a
captain of the First New York Bat
terry In the battle of Gettysburg. re-
vived the plan. and as "A result of a
meeting over which he presided. a
committee went TO Washington with a
View to securing the Introduction in
Congress- OF bill providing for the
erection OF peace monument and the
appropriation of sl.0000eQ0.
Plcn for Peace Monument.
In addressing the gathering. Colonel
Cowan said:
1T is hard TO control my emotions
when 1 recall this battlefield nifty years
ego. Pickctt's brave men were in full
retreat and we were holding the ground
In the Angle. Beyond. the Emmitts-
burg Road was thickly strewn with
their dead and wounded and our own
Over near Cemetery Ridge stands
to-day an equestrian statue OF Gen
eral Meade. the leader Of the Army OF
the Potomac, facing Seminary Ridge
Does he look for the peerless leader OF
The Southern Army?
General Robert L. Lees lire-like
statue, mounted on his we'll known
warhorse. Traveller" will soon be
(COntfnued on Seventh p,x,I