Arizona republican., 1913-06-23
Over 10000, Some Few In Thread Worn Uniforms, All Without MuSkets Again to Biyouac On Fla mOuS Battlefield.
EVERY STATE
 REPRESENTED
To Receive Them Govern
 ment and State of Penn svlvania Makes Elaborate Preparations. Over 8OO,-
 OOO Meals to bcFurnishcd.
ASSOCIATED PRESS pIsPATcH1


 hills of Gettysburg. where the armies of Meade and Lee pitched their tents fifty years ago. are flecked today with canvas. harbingers of the tented citE which will soon arise on the battle field. The army of Civil War veterans from the north and south-40,000 Of them-are coming. some few in thread worn uniforms and all without their 1nuskets to hold a jubilee reunion on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle Some of the scouts are already here. the advance guard will bivOuac on the field within q week the rank and file will follow them not more than forty eight hours later.
 Every star of the forty-eight in the American flag is expected to have here it's own quota of veterans. They will come as the guests of the national gov ernment and of their respective states and territories, which jointly will spend more than a million dollars for their entertainment and comfort. To receive them the government and the state Of PennsyIvania have made elaborate plans one detail alone provides for furnishing the veterans more than 800- 0oo meals.
 , the celebration of the battle for more 1 than four years. She has appropriated s4I5.00Q as her share of the expense Congress has appropriated $150,0 to defray the expense of the governments participation. and named a cOmmiS- sion to help carry out the plans. Ev- cry state and territory also accepted i the general invitation to participate anu nearly all of them appropriated moneJ to transport veterans and commissions The big camp is pitched on that part of the battlefield which lies southwest i of Gettysburg. On nearly 300 acres oE i contiguous ground 1000 tents and more going up under the supervision Of | the war department. The camp lies 1 partlv on the scene of the first days 1 fighting and is not far from High Wa ter Mark where Pickett's famous charge shattered against the union 1 lines.
 Five thousand tents have been erect 1 ad for the exclusive use Of the veter- ans The camp has been laid out like { a city Each street and each tent has l a number. SD 1t will be easy for any veteran to look up q former comrade or foe In the center of the camp will 1 be the headquarters of the chief quar- | termaster The veterans win be en- camped according to states
 Although each tent is designed to accommodate twelve men, it has been planned to assign only eight veterans to each. so as to make them as com ! fortabIe as possible Each veteran will ] have a separate cot. blankets and mess kit which will contain a plate, cup, knife, fork and spoon and will be come his personal property when he ,Yrr two hand basins. a water bucket. candsIo and two lanterns. With the preparation of meals the veterans will have nothing to do These will be wholesome and substantial and will be served at the ends of the company 1 streets.
 "OnIv veterans of the Civil War may be provided food. shelter and enter tainment within the great camp around 1 the battlefield" reads the announce 1 ment of the commission. "Therefore. no woman or child or any man not a. veteran will be given food. shelter or l entertainment. No veteran should bring to Gettysburg any member of his family or other person for whom he will have to obtain food and quarters
 outside the camp unless all arrange ments therefor have first been made
 Tor them before he or they come to Gettysburg
 No veteran will be permitted to bring
 a trunk into camp, his baggage being restricted to that which he can easily carry himself. The care of 1t will rest with him.
 The principal events of the celebra- ton will be held on July 1. ?, 3 and 4.
 hut in order to avoid congestion of traf- fife on the railroads and confusion at
 Gettysburg. the camp will be opened on Sunday evening, June %. the first meal
 to be served at supper time. Twenty
 meals will be served to each veteran
 during the week if he is in camp that
 long and the camp will cime to an end after breakfast on Sunday. July 6. i Veterans have planned to visit his
 toric places in and about the great area where the battle was fought and where skirmishes occurred that led up
 to it, and to hold reunions. The great ceIebra lion will be in ful1 swing on the