The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-04
Up Slope of Cemetery
Ridge Con edera tie
Survivors Charge.
STONE WALL HELD
BY UNION FORCES
When Little Armies Clash, Eyes
Are Dimrned and Handclasps
Take Place of Belching Guns
and Flashing Sabres
of Fifty Years
Ago.

Gettysburg, Pa. Battlefield. July a.
"A handful of men in gray re-enacted
to-day the charge of Pickett across
the field Of Gettysburg. Up the slope
! of Cemetery Ridge. where death kept
step with them In SO, 150 veterans of
the Virginia regiments or that i'm
mortal brigade made their SLOW parade.
Under the brow of the ridge in the
Bloody Angle. where the Philadelphia
brigade stood that day. was a hand
full in blue scarcely larger, waiting
to meet the onslaught of peace. There
were no flashing sabres, no belchng
| guns. only eyes that dimmed rast and
kindly faces behind the stone wall
| that marks the Angle. AT the end,
7, In place OF wounds or prison or death
were handshakes. speeches and ming
ling cheers.
The veterans in gray marched for
| quarter of Il mile over the ground that
came up tho slope in column of fours.
trregularly. but responsive to the COM
mands OF Major w. w. Bentley, of the
Twenty fourth Virginia. Ahead OF
them marched band and we'll down
! The column was n faded Confederate
dag. its red field pierced with many
holes. and its shaft colored with the
sweat of many man who died that
1t might fly high in the last desperate
effort To pierce the Union lines. Its
timothy in the field was high and its
olowed surface was not easy for world
weary feet Up TO the very edge of the
stone wall. covered now with tangled
| vines and shaded by trees. they march
ed in the hot sun while the band play
ed Dixie" There they stood for half
an hour while their comrades in blue
pecred across at them.
The blue line formed behind the
wall. Overhead fioated faded stand
ard of the Second Army Corps. Be-
mind them were the statues of the
United States Army battery. where
General Arnistead died.
Flags Are Crossed.
AS the men in Gray formed in
long J'ue facing the wall, the Stars
and b. and the flag OF the Second
and Stripes was unfurled. and the
crowd that came to watch burst into
a cheer. Representative j. Hampton
Moore. of Pennsylvania. made a long
speech, and Major Bentley answered
/ him on behalf of the South. The vet
Grams in Gray were given medal pro-
vided by John Wannamaker. They
crowded over the stone wall, shook
hands. and the charge was over. There
was many a picturesque figure in tho
line that came up the slope. w. II.
Turpin, of the Fifty-third Virginia.
appeared in the uniform he wore on
the day OF the charge. His feet were
bound in cloth, he had an army blan
ket strapped to his back. and he calm
" smoked a long stemmed corn-cob
pipe.
Governors Day" in the big tent was
a great success. The enclosure was
crowded with thousands Of cheering
veterans. Love OF country was the
keynote of the speeches. Present was
the congressional committee of twenty
one Representatives and nine Senators.
headed by Vice President Marshall and
Speaker Champ Clark.
One practical suggestion came from
the meeting. Governor Cox, In the
course of his address. urged that the
Natiopal Soldiers Home at Johnson
City, Tenn, be turned over to the Con-
federates, for use as a home for the
veterans who fought under the South
ern flag. The audience voiced its APP
proval by tremendous applause.
Vice-President Marshall was the first
speaker In his speech he said:
This occasion wipes out the last OF
the Mason and Dixon line. AS Bob
Taylor once said. there is now no diff
ference between the North and South
except cold I.ead and hot biscuits"
1t WIS American ValOr.
Speaker Clark, in MS speech. said
that The valor displayed in the war
was not Northern valor. 1t was not
Southern valor, but. thank the AL
mighty God, 1t was American valor.
The greatest thing of all is to be an
American citizen.
Governor McCreary. OF Kentucky, fol-
lowed:
Governor Mann, of Virginia. produced
great enthusiasm by declaring: IF we
had known each other we'll in 1861
as we do now the war would have
been impossible"
Baldwin. of Connecticut; Hanna, OF
u ~e
Miller. OF Delaware; Haines of Maine.
and Ralston, of Indiana. were other
Governors who spoke.
AS result of a conference late to-
day between DIR. Dixon. of the State
Health Department and Judge Swope.
of the County License Court, all sa
loonkepers were notified TO close their
barrooms az IL o'clock each night dur
ing the remainder of the week. and
were forbidden to sell liquor to in
toxlcated men. Although many vet
Grams stayed over to hear President
Wilson speak tomorrow, the celebra-
tion practically ended tonight with
q fireworks display. Before ii began
several hundred veterans from the
South marched over to headquarters
TO pay their respects TO General Lig-
gett. They brought n band which play
ed Dixie and My Maryland" Gen
eral Liggett stood in front of his tent
and reviewed the march.
The regular army will pay its tribute
tomorrow to the men who died at
Gettysburg nifty years ago. Every OH
Ger and man in camp will stand at at
tention from noon until five minutes
after that hour tomorrow.
Thousands Going Home.
Although thousands OF veterans left
the uncertain joys Of camp life behind
and started for home their going made
little difference In the appearance OF
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