The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-04
MANY VETERANS OF THIS VICINITY TO
 VISIT GETTYSBURG

Hartford. June At the meeting of she Gettysburg Commission held yes- 'Serday at the Capitol, preliminary ar engagements were made for the trans :portat tion of the Connecticut Civil War veterans who are planning to- attend the fftieth anniversary celebration of tEIS Battle of Gettysburg, to be held on the battlefield, July If. From present indications it is probable that ,->lae Connecticut delegation will num- ssst June 16 as the date by which all iRcceptances from veterans must be re- ceived.
 It was voted by the commissioners 70 employ Major H. A. Tyler of this lcfty. of the medical staff of Connecti- cut National Guard and two members t,= Ene Hospital Corps to accompany itse delegation and hospital tent will be maintained the Connecticut street of the encampment-
 W W. Porter, passenger solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, lettended the meeting and outlined the froute that the veterans will take. On lJune 30. veterans from the various lparts Of the state will gather at New kFIaven where a special train will leave Eabout 9:35 a. m, taking the veterans i4o the, Grand Central Station in New iYork Taxicabs will take them to the special train awaiting them at the iRennsyIvania station. They will go
 
 Baggage will be limited to one suit case for each man.
 On the return trip the veterans will leave Gettysburg, July 5, at o'clock in the morning. reaching New Y9rk ,99lrh about o'clock in the afternoon The veterans will be taken to the Grand Central Station, whence they will re- turn to their homes on the regular trains
 FTbree hundred and eighty veterans of the Civil War in this state-and Of them s23 are survivors of the battle Of 6-ettysburg-have signified to the state commission their intention of attend , ing the senni-centennial anniversary Of the battle to be held next month, July I to 4 The state, has appropriated s1O.OoO to pay the expenses Of trans porta ting the veterans to Geetyspurg field and back, excepting the veterans who were not. in this battle, and Who will nay their own transportat1on- On inc field the war department will take care of the old soldiers, providing conical wall tents holding eight veter, ans and food for all. The camp Will ine laid out on the battlefield, about 9oo --ards from the high water mark iTnonument. and will be divided into .srerirnents'' of the different state del a7a+ious Each hundred or so men will be grouped together on company street, and will eat together, uslne vress kits which become theirs as Sou --enfrs after the exercises are over Tre list of veterans who have sig ,,ffied their intention of going include rnanv from this vicinity, among them the following:
 of the transportation of the Connec- ticut veterans is made up of Thomas ID Bradstreet, former comptroller. Senator John L. Purcell. Representa- lives Edward J. Carroll and J. H. Blakeman.
 First Heavy Artillery.
 Company B.
 John H. Hawkins, Sandy Hook.
 Company M.
 Charles D. Curtis, stratford.
 Second Company Light Battery. William F. Burroughs, Bridgeport Charles W. Scarrett, Bridgeport Edward A Ho1ste, Bridgeport. w M Barnum, Bridgeport Willis M Benham, Bridgeport. William R. French, Bridgeport Nelson s. Cole, Thompsonville. L. Allen Webb, Noroton Heights. Fifth Infantry Connecticut Volunteers
 Company A.
 Abram T. Peck, Bridgeport. George A. Bradley. Milford. Otis G. Lewis, Bridgeport.
 Company E.
 Atwood A Linsrey, Bridgeport. William A. Johnson, Bridgeport. John Robinson, Westport-
 Charles H. Olmstead. Westport.
 Company F. Harlan P. Rugg, Bridgeport
 Company I.
 EphraiIn D. Bristol, Botsford4
 Fourteenth Infantry. /
 Company 4. 4 Russell Glenn, Bridgeport. Francis A King. Bridgeport.
 Company c. Nathan Sloane, Milford.
 Company K Edward Gelston, Bridgeport.
 Seventeenth Regiment
 Company A. Henry North, Bridgeport. William W. Beers, Stratford. James B. Huribert, Bridgeport.
 Company c. Henry T. HawIey, Brookhe1d. John H. Benedict, Danbury. George Hale, Westport.
 Thomas McCorkel1, Danbury.
 Company D.
 Charles G. Blakeman, Stepney. S. G. Blakeman, Stepney.
 George D. Phillips Shelton. Horace Thrush. Bridgeport. J. R. Brumemade, Derby.
 George E. Underwood, Bridgeport. William Wurtz. Fairfield.
 Dennis O. Chase, Westport. Rufus Wakeman, Saugatuck.
 Company G.
 Charles A. Jennings, Georgetown.
 Company H. Norbert Bossa, New Canaan. Levi St. John Weed, New Canaan.
 Company I.
 F. A. Pinkney, Georgetown.
 Company K
 Patrick Kelly, Bridgeport.
 Twentieth Regiment.
 Company B. Joseph N. Booth, Milford. George N. Booth, Milford.
 Company H.
 Harvey L. Botsford, Stepney. Edward T. Abbott, Bridgeport.
 Tvventy-Seventh Regiment.
 Company c. Edwin B. Baldwin, Milford. Joseph R. Clark, Milford. AImone P. Clark, Milford.
 Roger S. Baldwin, Milford.
 Chm r1a nv E.