The Keota news., 1913-06-06

IoCt, maze so by the plans which had
been carefully laid to see that perfect
sanitation was maintained. The Unit
ed States army was taught lesson
by the Spanish war, when lack of
proper sanitary precautions and unpre-
paredness in other ways cost the gov
ernment the lives OF more men than
were sacrificed to the bullets OF the
Spaniard.
The estimates of the commissary
and quartermaster authorities are
based upon an attendance Of 100000
veterans. 1t probably will cost the
government about 100000 to act in
part as host to the survivors of the
battle and other veterans who attend
the Gettysburg reunion.
Big Task to Feed Men.
The survivors OF the war from tho
north and south who will be present.
being old men, must be cared for in
way which would not have been nee
essary fifty years ago. The meeting Of
the veterans will require 400 army
ranges, one great field bakery, 10000
mess kits, 800 cooks, 500 kitchen help
ers and 13O bakers. This helping per-
sonnel will be required to be in camp
for at least seven days, and many OF
them for longer period, for the pur-
pose OF installing the field bakery, tho
field ranges and in dismantling, clean
ing, packing and storing material aft
er the encampment Is over.
Pennsylvania is going to make
great celebration of peace Of this fif-
tieth 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
will 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
proba bly, 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.
camped in the Gettysburg park, which
GUS commands which took part in tho
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. l and No. 2.
No. l will cover 149 acres and No. 2
will cover a. acres. The layouts OF
these camps are based on the use OF
conical tents, each Of which will, with.
out crowding, accommodate eight per-
sons. Inasmuch as accommodations
are to be furnished for 10000 visitors
5000 tents will be required to give
quarters to the visiting hosts.
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 ani
they are the result of careful study by
medical officers of the service. Ali
the experience Of the past has been
drawn upon to make it certain that
the health Of the veterans will be con-
served while they are in camp.
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
Legislature of Pennsylvania worked
together to make park Of the battle
field, and to mark accurately every
point in it which has historic interest.
When one goes to the fled he can tell
just 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.