Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-01
Thousands Spend Night on
Gettysburg Battlefield with
out Shelter of Tent or Blank.
ct.
ARRANGEMENT OF ARMY
OFFICERS INADEQUATE
Crowded Trains Pour into
Camp Until Far into Night
and Quartermaster's Depart.
ment Falls Down.
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Gettysburg, PA. July Fifteen
fiohsand N"ternns 81 the war between
pc states SAT in ~ heat Of the hiR
Int on the Gettysburg battlefield to-
~ hnd Joined in the ceremonies OF
n first day uf the mi-centennipl
fehrntinu. Doctors of the regular
fny. the Pennsylvania department.
health ana the Red Cross looked
fm apprehension upon the crowd.
yt"aring that some of the old and Fee
hie men who jammel tn alsles.
climbed over seats and tried hard 20
look comfortable in temperature Of
more than tO0 degrees might coll
lapse
Col J NJ. Schoonmnkcr. chairman
~ the PENNSYLVANIA battle anniver-
sary celebration commission. presid.
I'd. Governor Tcner of Pennsylvania
welcomed the vet rams ana Secretary
War Garrison followed with the or
fnn of the day Tuvn csntc al
"sses by Judge Alfred y. Beers 81
idgrpnrt, Conn. commander-in-
ief of the q. a. r.. and General
Re't ~ Young ~ Kentucky. Ernnd
nander Of the United Confederate
rams.
I'd " Beers Of Bridgeport. Conn,
s-ander.in-c chief ~ the Grand
. ~ the Republic. addressing the
-gauts of the opposing armies Of
fyeurs ago. pointed out that the
lry of the world holds no record
'sGch q spectacle az The voluntary
-tlnR on the Gettyshurg battlefield
those armed forces vino had
ught against each other" Ho
etched the conflict "wngrd by men
y the same race. ~ the same brav-
FRY and the same endurance" ana
oppressed thanks they could meet now
s citizens Of one nation "all i'm
lbu-d with the same spirit. an meeting
hs brothers." Co assist In laying the
leornerstone of stronger ana more
l~nduring nation.
! GettyHbuTg July l--Despitc enorts
LOT the regular army to do impossible
/ 'hings. thousands Of veterans spent
the nght ON Gettysburg field with
J nothing between them ana the stars
. but their clothes and their courage
aud nothing between them and the
! hard eurth but little NOR" of the
ls1mc thing
n was not the fault of the regulars.
ANA % was not the fauit OF the veter-
ans The railroads poured thousands
into Gettysburg the best they could
lhuf train after train that was looked
lIor early cnme crawling in near mid
might aud afierWnrd They Kept conn
bng from that hour until Ions after
duy brraK nnd shortly after breakfast
'ihc rush begun aEalu.
Major Normoylc of the qunrtermas-
irt's department. who has the pulse of
The vast camp under his nugers dtd
mot go 90 bed at AN and his little force
.uf more army officers kept him com
many They provided blankets, point
-d out tents and did al they could Co
.sutisf, the veterans that everything
would be alI right this morning
This was the hrst formal t,y ~ The
,pmi-crntrunul celebration. Al
Though Bururd ana wheeler had
.skirmish ucHr Gettysburg Auy years
.ugo yesterday, it VAS on July that
lhc battle begun which forced the
l'nion troops out OF Gettysburg. cot.
i NJ Schoonmaker chairman at the
Pcnnsylyauiu Gettysburg commission,
WAS the presiding officer for toduy's
meeting in the big tent and Secretary
of War Garrison. Governor Tener aud
Communder-in-Ch Albert q. Beers
uf the a.. \. a.. and COMMANDMENT
chief General Bennett a. Young ut
the United Confederate Veterans were
listed as the principal speakers.
The oiicials of the two railroads
running into Gettysburg said that the
movement of irhius 10 the camp on
the battlefield was proceeding with tho
regularity ~ clookwork today aud
that less than dozen trains are vet
Ia arrive, when these are In an the
veterans VIII have arrived
The rush of veterans who are loay-
ing after AN experience of several
hours in cnmp is ~ great that special
trains are being made up for their
accommodation some Of these have
become ill because of the heat and
Il tnck of accommodations In the great
amp. Others are paunsylyanians
tho had been here since last week at
bending the annual enoampment Of the
lpennsy yivania department Of tho a. A.
AZ Less than 800 men are In the
nospital camp, most OF them sunerins