The citizen., 1913-05-30

Tie Union soldiers the Confederate sol
dlers Will retramp the battle-ground.
Ihey VIII look over the field of Pick
etts desperate charge They will re.
trace the marching steps of Long
streets corps. They will go to the
place where Meade had his headouar.
ters and to the place from which Lee
directed his southern forces in battle.
pennsylvania is going to make
great celebration of peace Of this fif-
ueth anniversary of what probably
was the decisive battle of the war al
though it was fought nearly two years
before the war ended. Other states
VIII help Pennsylvania in its work. and
from every section of the country.
north, east, south and west, the vet
Grams will assemble, most of them
probably to see for the last time in
life the field upon which they were
willing to die for the sake of their re-
spective causes.
The veterans will not be directly en-
camped in the Gettysburg park. which
is dotted with monuments to the vari-
GUS commands which took part IN the
fight and which is laid out in approved
park fashion, with fine drives and
beautifully kept lawns. There will be
two camps, known as No and No. 2.
No. l will cover 149 acres and No. 2
will cover A acres. The layouts OF
thnGn 20 hoc 20
conical tents, each of which will, with
out crowding, accommodate eight per-
sons. Inasmuch as accommodation
are to be furnished for 10000 visitors
5000 tents will be required to give
quarters to the visiting hosts.
The quartermaster general in a re-
port says: 1T is assumed that the
meals will be served to the visitors
in manner similar to that used by
the regular troops when in camp for
short periods; that is, by having each
man go to the kitchen with his mess
kit to be served there and dining in his
tent or other convenient places"
Visitors to Be Cared For.
Every possible care is to be taken
Of the visitors. The sanitary arrange
ments which have been made are said
to be the best that are possible and
they are the result of careful study by
officers of the service All the
experience of the past has been drawn
upon to make it certain that the health
of the veterans will be conserved while
they are in camp
With so many thousands of old sol
ders in attendance, and taking into
consideration the probability that the
weather will be warm, it is expected
that there will be sickness, but the
United States government and the
state of Pennsylvania are preparing
for a hospital service which shall be
adequate to any contingency. There
will be hospital corps detachments
present ready to render first aid to
the injured, and there will be many
field hospitals with surgeons in at
tendance, where the sick can receive
instant attendance.
1t is said that this contemplated re-
union has induced more interest
among the old soldiers of the north
and the south than any event which
has happened since the day that the
war closed. There is today at Gettys-
burg a great national park, in which
is included a cemetery where thou
sands of soldier dead are buried. The
United States government and the leg
islature of Pennsylvania worked to-
getEer to make a park Of the battle
field and to mark accurately every
point in it which has historic interest.
When one goes to the field he can tell
lust where this brigade or that bri-
gade was engaged, just where this
charge or that charge was made and
Just where the desperate defenses OF
positions we're maintained until the
tide of battle brought either victory or
defeat to one of the immediate COM
mands engaged.
1t was in 1895 that congress estab-
lished a national park at Gettysburg
and gave the secretary of war author
ity to name a commission ito superin-
tend the opening of additional roads,
mark the boundaries, ascertain and
definitely mark the lines of battle of
troops engaged, to acquire lands which
were occupied by infantry, cavalry and
artillery, and such other adjacent
lands as the secretary of war may
deem necessary to preserve the impor-
tant Typographical features of the bat
tlefeld."
When the Union and the Confeder-
ate veterans reach Gettysburg on June
80 next they will find on the scene of
the old conflict between five and six
hundred memorials raised in commem-
Grafton of the deeds of their COM
mands on the great fields Of the Penn
sylvania battlefield. There are, more
over, 1000 markers placed to desig-
nate historic spots. There are great
towers built upon the field by the gov
ernment so that bird's-eye views can
be obtained of the entire scene of the
battle. Fine roads have been con-
structed and everywhere attention has
been paid to every detail of the least
importance in setting forth the history
of one of the greatest battles ever
known to warfare.
1t is expected that much good will
come from the reunion of the Blue and
the Gray on the battlefield of Gettys-
hurg. Time has healed many wounds.
The old soldiers have forgotten their
animosities more readily than have
the civilians. 1t is thought that this
,roo+ coming together in peace of two