Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-22
More Than Four Hundred Civil
War Veterans Go to Jubilee
on District Specials.
COL. HOPKINS ISSUES
INSTRUCTIONS TO ALL
Delegation Will Represent Almost
as Many Military Commands as
There Are Men in Party.


civil war residing in or near Washington
have registered their names with Col.
Thomas s Hopkins, signifying their in
tention to join the fifty thousand other
soldiers of that memorable campaign and
join in a jubilee of peace and brother
hood at the fftieth anniversary of the
battle of Gettysburg, which will be held
on the field itself July / to 4. inclusive.
col Hopkins, past commander of
The department of the Potomac, G. A. r..
with memories of three days fighting
with the 18th Maine in the battle Of
gettysburg was appointed two years ago
by the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia to represent the National Cap
ita in the nationwide board of manage
lnent formed to arrange for this record
breaking reunion of the blue and the
gray unprecedented in all the worlds his
tory of war and peace.
For several years the state of Pennsyl-
vania, cooperating with the War Depart
ment, has been arranging this Celebra-
ton. The keystone state will be the host
of the army of veterans who, half a
century ago. brought the fortunes of war
To d climax and caused the world to
pause with establishment to see how
bitterly brothers could fight one against
the other.
II is not to be supposed that only the
veterans of Gettysburg will take part
in the celebration, for the invitation is
extended to every man who fought IN
the war at any time. be he OF northern
or southern blood, or served on land or
sea.
In the list of names of those who will
go To Gettysburg under the direction of
Col. Hopkins, representing Washington
and the vicinity, are men who fought
with Mosby, men vino were captured by
him. men who stocked on the then new
steam-tighting ships. cavalrymen from
New York who followed the Union flag
regulars of the United States Army and
veterans of aristocratc southern organ
izations of dashing brilliancy and heroic
courage.
As every star of the flag will be repre-
scented in the big jubilee, just will
the District of Columbia's delegation of
veterans at the anniversary represent al
most many military organizations as
there are men in the delegation.
Circular to Be Sent Veterans.
Col. Hopkins is preparing a circular let
ter TO be sent to each of the veterans
who will board the special trains from
Washington to the big camp which has
been SO carefully prepared under the di-
rection of the United States Army. Maj.
Normoyle. l.. s. A, is chief quartermas-
ter of that camp. and it is following the
careful studying of conditions that GER
tain rules for the veterans have been
made and Incorporated in the letter
which Col. Hopkins has prepared
The District of Columbia delegation
will be housed in forty-five big tents. each
capable OF holding dozen men. These
tents will be on camp streets numbered
West 18th and West 9th. The numer-
zeal planning of streets and tents will
make II an easy talk to find any veteran
Mail will be delivered as in city.
Col. Hopkins will instruct his veteran
AL Nor, av11 boo
as there is no chance for any other sort
TO be delivered at the camp or TO be
cared for Gettysburg's railroad facili-
ties. always slight, have beeen taxed to
no room for mountainous trunks or ex-
press packages.
Necessary Articles for Camp.
1t may rain during the celebration. and
the veterans who withstood the weather
of fifty years ago, will be reminded by
Col. Hopkins that a raincoat and a pair
of rubber overshoes will be prime neces
sites. An umbrella ii cake of soap and
towels should be carried by each man, ac-
cording 10 Col Hopkins; and because of
possible train delays it is advised that
every traveller to the reunion should carry
with him light lunch.
col. Hopkins said today he would
probably be in his Office in the Hibbs
delegation every day from now until
June IS when he will leave for the big
camp.
col. Hopkins and every one else con-
nected with the camp sends warning that
there Will be no accommodations for Wis
itOTS in the camp Only veterans will
be allowed to remain in camp and each
veteran will wear badge signed by the
proper authority.
II is absolutely impossible now to OBJ
tain hotel and boarding house accom-
modations in Gettysburg, according to
an official statement from the headquar-
tiers OF the camp. The town is a small
one. hotels are scarce and boa rdin z
houses have been booked up for months
in advance The persons who decide TO
run up TO Gettysburg on the off-chance
OF getting a bed and a snack to eat
while there will probably so hungry and
unsheltered.
The list of veterans who have regis
tered with Col. Hopkins up until a re-
cent hour is as follows:
List of Those Registered.
w < AXE Lucius u. Alden. George
y alexander Thomas G. Allen. James
y Allen. Isaac Anderson. William Fl.
Anderson. A. J. Apple. Capt. Ralph Ar
mour. W. II. Askew, James p. Avery.
Ed T. Austin.
w. j. Bailey Daniel - Ball. Dionysius
bail EllSHd BdDcock. James II. Barnes,
Capt Joe Banner, Samuel W. Baxter.
Herman Beichnoff. &. r. Bennett, Har-
rison y, Bennett, Richard Bennett. NJ.
H. Best. Maj George Better. Warren G.
Eickford, Louis II Bicks. Col B. r
Bingham, H. X. Bird. +. w Bishop.
John b. Blackburn. Frank Blagg j. d
Eloodgood. j. NJ Boardman. Ferd F.
BoSia. George w. Bond. Byron W Bon
uey. William :. Boyd. John F.. Bremen.
Samuel Bricker. j. II. Brooks. Nelson
J. Booker. y. NJ. Brooks B. Brown L.
: Brown. Theodore r. Brown. Wiliiam
L. Broy. Charles &. Buck Thomas w
Buckley. Archie Burgess. : W Bunyea
William r. Burgess. William Bull, James
Burk. George O. Burke. Thomas W
Burke, William c.. Burnap. William c.
BurneIl Edward Burns. John Burns, Jo-
seph Burrows. John BuslH Sergt John
II Butler.
r: NJ. Calhoun. Capt. John T. Gala
CHAN. L. F. Callan. Thomas Calver.
George Campbell of Company D. Ssth
Pennsylvania Infantry: George Campbell
OF Company ID, nth United States In
fantry: James |. Campbell, J. r. Carpen-
ter. Capt r. g. Carter. John Chase John
Catterson. Col. Oh. Chaille- Long. Oscar B
Christmond. Edward l.. Clagett Arnold
clark. B. W. Clark, Duncan G. Clark Col
Joseph II. Clifford John L. Connor AL
fred Cock. James +. Collins Jack Cook
X. II. Cook. Peter j. Cooksey Robert s.
Copeland, George E. Corson George r
Costello. Jerry Cotter. Robert L. Cowart
John {. Craven. John III. Croford H. o.
Crosby. George A. Grouse. Charles E,