Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-04
HANDFUL OF. BLUE AND GRAY
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shall, who presides over the Senate, ano
Speaker Clark, who presides over tn,
House, to come here and look into the
faces of so many honest men,
AS a result of conference, late to-
day, between DIR. Dixon of the state
health department and Judge Swope OF
the county license court all saloon keep,
ers were notified to close their bar rooms
at II o'clock each night during the re-
mainder of the week and were forbidden
to sell liquor to intoxicated men.
Although many veterans stayed, over
night. to hear President Wilson speak. to-
morrow, the celebration principally ended
tonight, with a fireworks display. Before
II began several hundred veterans frcm
the South marched over to headquarters
to nav their respects to Gen. Light.
They brought a band which rejoiced In
..Dixie. and Maryland, My Maryland.
Gen. Light stood in front OF his tent
and reviewed the march.
The regular army will pay its tribute
tomorrow. to the men who died at Gettys-
burg 50 years ago. Brig. Gen. Hunter
Light. U. S. A., in command OF the
camp today. prepared general order di-
recting every officer and man In camp 10
stand at attention from noon until nVe
minutes after that hour when the DIG
nag in front of his headquarters VIII DC
half masted.
GETTYSBURG, July 3.-Although thou-
sands of veterans have left the uncer-
tain Joys of camp life behind ana
started for home, their going made III
tie difference in the appearance OF the
battlefield camp, today, for thousands
of others were on hand to participate
IN the exercises Of Governors day. I'm
both sides Of Confederate avenue the
tents were alive with veterans and the
lines before the cook tents did not
seem to the cooks to have lost an inch.
although the number that has lett IS
estimated at close to ten thousand.
The veterans acted, today. like lot
of school boys whose vacation Is only
n few days away. Long before sun
rise they began parading The camp TO
the music OF 1.-THE Streets of Cairo
played on flies and drums. The pa
raiders were hard workers and the
band had powerful lungs and hands,
for they kept it up until mess call.
Many Of the men who expect To
leave. tomorrow, paid their farewell
calls, today, on those of the other
army they have come to know. Ihere
was no doubt in the minds of those
who saw that SO far as these men VINO
have gathered here are concerned. the
war has ceased to be a source OF hat
red and rancor.
One Of the events of today was ;he
charge" of the survivors of Picketts
division on the Bloody Angle held
by the remnants of the Philadelphia
brigade. Under a hot sun the men
in Gray marched across the field that
has not seen anything more warlikc
than a black snake in so years, up to
the walls that form the angle. The
senemy. in Blue was waiting with
weapons ready. and when they met
across the wall they shook hands. Aft
EDWARDS they looked over the ground
for the site for a $250.000 monument
they hope to have Congress erect
there.
Governors day called for speeches
frpm state executives, Tener of Penn
syivania, McCreary of Kentucky and
Suizer of New York. Arrivals, late
yesterday, for this event. were Gov
ernors Haines of Maine. Fletcher OF
Vermont and Felker of New Hamp-
shire.
Provision has been made on the
platforms with the generals and gov
ernors for Vice President Marshall and
the big Congressional delegation from
Washington.
At a meeting Of Confederates the
following resolutions were unanimous
ly adopted
Resolved, by the ex-Confederates
at Gettysburg assembled, that our
thanks are due, and are hereby ten
dered to the state of Pennsylvania for
initiating the movement which has
made it possible for the survivors of
the great armies which fought in this
illustrious field, so years ago. to meet
in friendship here, today, and plant
a monument of peace, monument
which shall stand as the symbol OF
American yalor, manhood and broth
erhood.
Resolved, that we thank the gov
eminent of the United States for the
munificient manner in which it has
seconded the efforts of the state OF
Pennsylvania in carrying forward this
great work of peace and fraternity
between the Blue and Gray: ane
without any self amazement whatso.
ever. we desire To re-afiirm ans
pledge, not only ourselves but all oul
brother ex-Confederates and all tn,
people OF our loved Southland to tn,
utmost loyalty to the government 0
the United States and to the flag 0
our country.
Resolved, that We take pride in tn
fact that to the armies of the con
federacy Is due the credit of demon
strating the utter impossibility of tn
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the Union Whe
we consider that 100000 men of tn
very flower OF chiyalry, as good ma
terial as was ever organized in
lighting force and directed by sue
commanders as our beloved Robert
Lee and his .ieutenants. inspired b
a sectional devotion such as has M
lsewhere been known in history faile