Evening journal., 1913-07-01
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GETTYSBURG. Pa. July Amer
lean valor was honored here today.
Forty thousand survivors OF the
armies OF the North and South paid
tribute TO their dead. The greatest
reunion in the history Of the nation,
since that day when the massed army
OF conquerors passed In review in the
national capital, officially began to-
day Then it was a campact fighting
force. the flower Of Army OF North
land. that participated. Today there
are gathered here representatives not
alone Of the conquerors, but of the
conquered. The blue and the gray
are fraternizing All rancor, enmi-
ties and bitterness have been buried
for years and the theme of all of the
orlginators has been the reunited ma
ton The brown tented city that oc-
cupies large part OF the historic
battlefield was the center OF interest
today. Just fifty years ago Heth's
division. the advance guard OF Hill's
corps hove into sight with tie rising
OF the sun. coming from the direction
of Cashtown. Located by the wary
scouts Of Bufords cavalry the latter
moved out ts meet the enemy. just
on the stroke OF Q the first gun boom
ed-the beginning Of the three days
battle which developed the high wa
ter mark of the Confederacy and the
beginning Of the end Of the strug-
gle.
Buford's men gave ground slowl,
before the challenging advance OF th'
southerners until Major Reynoldi
came up with Wadworth's division
and the general engagement result
ed in which gallant Reynolds fell a
he had wished. with his face to TIL
enemy. The recollection Of Just wha
this anniversary meant stirred thes
veterans today as they have neve
been stirred before. Long before tn
midsummer sun rose across the cam
the tented city was astir. What ma
tered It that the prospects we're for
nerve racking torrid day. The herr
ism Of half a century ago was TO
honored. Tribute was to be paid
those who fought and died and the
!, surviving comrades, halting theI
(, selves on the very threshold Of &
y grave, were 10 give the Americl
!. youth OF the present generation a IL
: son IN patriotism which would
I spire devotion 10 right and love
country and flag. The picture WI
Z, one well calculated to stir the vel
! depth of patriotism. Here was
broad plain. crossed by little range
of hills. covered with glorious fires
green vegetation. Little groups
I / l.alf4l a. a.
against the horizon. across the piaiI
a sharp contrast in brown, were th
various highways along which fft
years ago the gallant armies in blu
and gray hurried Today they wer
peopled by a fighting force in tn
same colored uniforms. But instea
of death dealing muskets, carbine
and swords, the army Of today car
ried nothing more deadly tina
crutches and canes. And 1 mos
cases their movements were painful
slow.
AS they moved here and ther
across the fields, renewing old ac
quainances and pointing to eac
other just where they had stood hal
a cetnury ago the veterans shove
the effect of age and hard compaigr
ing. They we're forced to rest fire.
quently, seeking the shadow OF tn
tree or the great masses of grant
marble or bronze, which dot the bal
tlefield, the outward tribute to th
; dead who gave their lives for III
cause they deemed best.
On Ground Of First Days Fight
The ground over which the firi
days fighting took place was natul
. ally the point of interest to the vetel
! ans today They slowly hobbled owe
, the territory in little groups, blue an
, gray arm in arm, pointing out whei
each regiment or unit had been loca