The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-05
VETERAN SIGNAL
CORPS MEN GIVE
FINAL. MESSAGES
Peace on Earth, Good Will
to Men," Is Flashed By
the Federals
GLORY TO GOD IN
THE HIGHEST" BACK
Grants Let Us Have Peace
and Lees DUTY" Are Wig
Wagged and Grand
Chorus Sung

Especial to The Richmond Virginian-)
GETTY SBuRG, PA, July 4.--The
war" Is over. and the company
streets in the great peace camp are
thinning rapidly. Less than twenty
Ave thousands OF the Atty or sixty
thousand veterans of the Blue and
Gray, who were here when the camp
was at its height remain, and they
are packing UP and thinking OF
Home Sweet Home"
1t was estimated at headquarters
this evening that thirty-five thou
sand have marched out Of camp since
yesterday when the first general
movement toward home began.
SickIes In Confederate Lines.
General Daniel f. Sickles paid
visit to The Southern camp this after
noon, ana met many men who were
In the army opposing him at Gettys-
burg fifty years ago. The aged corps
commander was received warmly py
the Confederates from Virginia They
crowded about his automobile shak-
ing his hand and cheering him. GEN
eral ]. Thompson Brown. Virginia
member of the Gettysburg celebration
commission, told General Sickles ne
was glad to see him in the Confeder-
ate lines General Sickles said ne was
glad to be there.
General Brown told General Sickles
that he commanded a company In one
Of the Confederate organizations tnat
fred on the Union lines a. the
time General Siclales lost his leg
n he peach orchard. The meeting
between the two generals was most
cordial. II could not have been more
80 had they fought side by side.
Exchange Signals OF Peace-
From an old war time signal sta
ton established on Little Round Top
this morning was wigwagged across
the battlefield TO the Confederate
batteries on Seminary Ridge: peace
on Earth, Good Will TO Men"
From a station on Seminary Ridge
at the head of the Virginia camp
was wigwagged the reply. glory To
God in the Highest"
Then from Little Round Top came
back: LET us have peace"--Grant.
The response from Seminary Ridge
was. DUTY. the sublimest word in
our language. Lee.
Veteran Signal Corps.
1t was an interesting exercise py
members Of the United States Veteran
Signal Corps association, which had
it's annual meeting and reunion this
morning on the battlefield. The wig
wag stations were established with
the permission of Secretary of War
Garrison. Lieutenant George c.
Round, of Manassas. living in the
Virginia camp, had charge OF the sta
ton on Seminary Ridge with Sergeant
Henry Loveland as his assistant The
station on Little Round Top was In
charge OF Sergeant Charles Dewitt
Marcy. OF Boston.
The association elected the follow
ing officers: President. Lieutenant
George c. Round. Manassas. Vice
president, Captain Fred d. Hills, of
Chicago: Secretary and Treasurer,
Charles Dewitt Marcy. of Boston:
Chaplain. Rev. Israel Barber. Bellaire.
Ohio.
Chorus of Union.
The signal stations closed with the
singing Of the chorus OF national
hymn written by Mrs. Mary Speed
Mercer. of Elm City, N. c., which is
as follows:
l"America," all hail to thee.
Thanks be to God who made us free.
North, South. East. West, hand
clasped in hand.
United We. Thy children, stand"
| The two stations opened and
closed with war time formalities. Gen.
eral BENJAMIN F. Fisher. OF Valley
Forge, Pa, president at the reunion.
Lieutenant Taylor Makes Reputation.
Lieutenant J. c. Taylor. of the sig
nal corps. who constructed the tele-
phone system in the camp. has made
a record for himself as a sleuth. A
colonel on the stan OF Governor
Mann. OF Virginia, lost his trunk ana
social function called for change
in uniform A general alarm was
sent out and Lieutenant Taylor found
the trunk in the big camp within an
hour.
! Then the time book -eeeks
and Kitchen men disappeared. 1t just
had to be recovered. A general alarm
was sent out by Lieutenant P. H.
/ Bagley, in charge of railroad and in
formation bureau. Lieutenant Taylor
had the missing book on Lieutenant
Bagleys desk in thirty-five minutes.