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$4,000. Salmon salad. macaroni and
cheese, fresh bread, butter. coffee.
That the veterans may not find 1T nee
essary to reach Gettysburg at the last
moment possible nor leave as soon as the
reunion is over. it is provided that ample
care shall be taken of all who arrive as
early as today, Sunday. and that all who
care to may linger for the entire week
and be housed and fed up until next
Sunday, a week from today.
A huge tent. which will seat as many
as Is. 900 people, has been erected i'm
mediately adjoining the camp. and In
this structure will be held the chief
exercises that will mark the days OF
the reunion. with the exception OF the
military parade and fireworks. Aside
from the great gatherings in which all
participate there may be held reunions
of lesser organizations. and the big
tent will be partitioned off especially
for these
July / is designated veterans day.
Upon that occasion special exercises
Will be held under the direction OF the
Pennsylvania commission, the COM
mander-in- chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic and the United Confeder-
ate Veterans. This day will be a time
of love feasts. The men who fought
each other to the death On this and
other battlefields will get together in
peace and fellowship and tell the
stories of a conflict which has become
mellow with time and lost it's sting.
July is designated as military day.
Upon that occasion Gen. Leonard Wood.
chief Of staff of the army, will be in
charge of the ceremonies. From the
regular service Of the army Of today
there will be designated special de-
tachments representing each arm of the
service Bodies of infantry, of cav
airy, of artillery will demonstrate be-
fore this gathering of veterans of
real war the manner in which the
army of today would deport itself
should an occasion for similar fighting
present.
July is designated as civic day. The
governor of the commonwealth of
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how THE CONFEDERATE LINES
ARE MARKED ON THE FIELD.
showing the prominent points Of the
field.
The work Of reinterring the dead began
on the 9th Of October. 1858. and was
completed on the 18th of the following
March. The number reburied was 1878.
This does not mean that even half Of the
dead were found, for the whole field was
dotted with graves. In reinterring the
made to discover the identity of the men.
and this In many cases was done, and
the relatives OF the dead soldier had his
remains taken home, the Identification
being made through articles found on his
body An entry OF each article found was
made. These things are kept and num-
bered to correspond with the number of
the gravestones Of him upon whose body
the articles were found. The following
is an example Of the record:
John Sykes-Ambrotype OF a young
girl: 90 cents; comb.
Cnknown-Pocketbo lock Of brown
hair: picture Of man supposed to be his
father.
X
The cemetery grounds were consecrated
November 10, 1884, Mr.. Edward Everett,
the noted orator. being chosen to deliver
the Grafton of the occasion. the dedica-
tory address being reserved for President
Lincoln. Mr.. Everett had spoken for
nearly two hours" says an old resident
OF Gettysburg, land the people had lis
tened attentively, but In cold, stolid
fashion, but after Mr.. Lincoln had spoken
only a few words a wave of emotion
swept over the audience and everybody
was in tears" A delegation OF fifty SOL
diers Of the Army OF the Potomac, who
were recovering from their wounds, were
present, and when Mr.. Lincoln began to
speak they pressed forward. listening in
tently to the President, and when he
reached the well known words of that
famous speech-'the world will little note
nor long remember what we say here,
but it can never forget what they did
here" great tears rolled down the
bronzed faces Of the soldiers When the
President finished there was profound
silence. broken only by the sobs OF the
women, many Of whom had been wild
owed by the battle. Then Mr.. Everett
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vania first developed the battlefield hut
in 1895 transferred the go acres compos-
ing i 10 the United States. The federal
government then converted the battlefield
into A national park. and since that time
il has been taken care OF and developed
~ a national park under the direction az
the Secretary OF War.
In this national park there are more
than 800 memorial shafts and tablets in
addition to more than thousand mark
ers. These represent an investment OF
several million dollars or roads alone
the government has built more than a
hundred miles.
Every foot OF the ground Is historic
There is Seminary Ridge guarded here
and there by guns and punctuated by
granite shafts; Cemetery Hin. with It's
earthworks Yet intact: CUPS HILL with
its bullet-scarred trees: Cemetery Ridge
with Its long line OF monuments; Little
Round Top. surmounted by a bronze
statue or its brave defender Gen. War
ren; Big Round Top. on the summit OF
which is an observatory afforiiug q
grand and extensive view OF all the sur
rounding country: the Devils Den with
its bullet-marked boulders: the Peach
Orchard. the Wheattield. the Whirlpool
OF Death. the Bloody Angle, every quar-
ter of the field. each telling some elo-
quent story Of heroism, blood and death,
are associated with historic interest.
which will live as long as valor stirs the
human heart.
Aside from the veterans who will be
sheltered in the city OF tents there will
be many thousands OF other visitors. The
town of Gettysburg now boasts a popu-
lation Of 1900. having grown somewhat
since its sylvan Quietude was broken by
the greatest conflict Of the civil war But
during next week the serenity OF this
town will again be greatly disturbed. for
ii will be called upon to entertain more
than a hundred thousand visitors. Great
are the preparations that have been
going forward and all is now in readi-
ness.
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an Independent water supply has been
developed for it's comfort. Maj. Nor
moyle has sunk three wells until he has
secured from each a flow of artesian
water, and the aggregate of these three
wells has been deemed sufficient to supply
this town of 10000 souls.
Even a greater task than this was that
of making provision for feeding these
veterans and for their comfort during
sleeping hours, for the old soldiers are to
be guests In every sense. of the word.
Each veteran is to be supplied with sep
arate cot with a pair of blankets and
with mess kit. Each tent is to contain
two water basins, one water bucket. two
lanterns and candles. The mess kit the
veterans will be allowed to take home as
a souvenir.
The encampment has been arranged in
companies, each state being assigned
given space in proportion to the number
of veterans that are to attend. Each COM
pany has it's headquarters tent where its
members may get together for general
intercourse. Each company also has it's
mess crew and it's particular arrange
ments for meals.
X y
The War Department is accustomed to
providing food for great numbers of
men in the field, but never since the
civil war has 1t been called upon to feed
10000 men in one group until the pres
ent time. To accomplish that task it
was not possible to detail mess crews
from the regular army. To be sure, a
corps of bakers from the bakers school
at Washington barracks has been de-
tailed to Gettysburg and expects to dem
onstrate the ease with which these highly
trained men can provide bread for even
an army so large as this. But the mess
crews generally had to be recruited on
the outside. To begin with, there was
the absolute necessity of securing 1,5OO
cooks for this short job. For each cook
there must be four helpers in preparing
and distributing the food. This meant
the recruiting Of commissary depart
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battlefield. At the point where that
charge stopped. an old stone fence along
a roadside, will be pitched the tents OF
the Confederates who are thus returning
to the scene of their magnificent heroism
of those three terrible days in the long
ago. On the same field will rest the men
they fought for those three days. OF the
representatives of both sides of the war
there will be in these tents of friendship
10000 men. Never before in the history
OF the world did a battlefield become the
scene of such reunion this.
Tonight dinner will be served to 5000
veterans who have already arrived. To-
morrow the assembled old soldiers are
expected to mount to 10000. BY Tuesday
the full quota of guests is expected to
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Pennsylvania Will have charge Of the
program for the occasion and. CO.
operating with him. will appear the
governors of many other states who
have made the pilgrimage to celebrate
this nfteth anniversary Of the great
est of American battles. Or,tory will
De unieashed and the spirit of patriot
ism which has marked the earlier
stages OF the governments develop
ment will be again famed into fame.
martial music Will echo throughout
all the hills that reverberated to the
death dealing cannon of old.
But the greatest day of them all will be
the Fourth Of July. Upon that occasion
eX-President Taft will deliver an grafton
He will deliver it in the same surround
ings that called from Abraham Lincoln
the greatest piece of oratory that the ma
ton has known In the presence OF this
assemblage OF venerable fighting men, in
troduced by the Chief Justice OF the SUI
preme Court of the United States this
man OF the south. holding his present
position as the first representative OF that
section and the party of the lost cause
since the close of the war will have pre-
sented to him an occasion worthy OF an
other address as great as that of Lincoln.
This address will be delivered in the
forenoon. At high noon there is to be the
ceremony of the laying of the corner
stone OF a great peace memorial that is
soon to be erected. The glory OF the oc-
casfon VIII die with a pyrotechnic dis
play of fireworks as evening draws on.
The greatest of reunions will have been
held.
The battlefield of Gettysburg. the scene
of this reunion, is the most deliberately
and accurately marked battle-ground i'm
the world, and contains more monuments
and memorials than all the other battle
fields of the nation combined. The posi-
ton of every body of troops of the Fed
eral army has been clearly and distinctly
outlined. and the same action is being
taken with relation to the position of
the Confederates. The state of Pennsyl-
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present Lee determined not to attempt
further battle, and retreat to Virginia
was decided upon.
Calling Gen. Imboden. he placed him in
charge OF the wagon trains carrying the
wounded-"We must return to Virginia, :
sand Gen. Lee The wounded must be
taken home" When 1 began to speak
of the fight" said Gen. Imboden. Lee
was picture of mental suffering. and
oh. too bad, too badr was all he could
say. 1t is really the saddest incident 1
recall of the war
men came the retreat. with all the at
tenuaht horrors of carrying the wounded
over rocky roads in wagons without
springs The rain poured in torrents and
the canvas-coVered wagons afforded lit
tie protection to the suffering men,
scarcely one In a hundred had received
medical attention. and many of them died
on the way. When Williamsport. Md.
was reached. about noon on the Fourth
of July, Gen Imboden was compelled to
halt, as the rains had turned the Poto-
mac into a raging flood and crossing
was impossible. The men who had died
on the way We're given decent burial
and the wounded taken from the wagons
and attended in houses The entire town
assisted IN cooking food and doing all
they could 10 make the wounded COM
Portable.
A council OF war was held I'm the Union
camp on the evening of the Fourth after
Gen. Meade had learned that Lee had
left the field. 1t was decided not to fol-
low direct The cavalry was sent out,
and they discovered the Confederates
near Wiliamsport and on the defensive.
for by this time part of the infantry had
joined the wagon train. brisk skirmtsh
occurred July between Fitzpatrick and
stuart.
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that has ever been held and most likely
the greatest that may ever be held, con-
sidering the great age of the men par
ticipating and the rapidity with which
they are passing over the bivouac In an
other world.
The word went out to states north and
south to send their veterans, irrespective
of the side upon which they fought, to
this reunion. All the states of the ma
ton have accepted, and there is not one
that will not have it's representatives at
Gettysburg during the coming week. The
stopped old men who actually fought
upon this field fifty years ago may follow
again the course they then pursued and
detail to their comrades the particular
actions in which they figured. They may
meet with men who fought upon their
own side and live over the battle. They
may make the acquaintance of men who
were fifty years ago their foes, at whom
they shot and whose lead they may even
now be carrying.
Never before in all history has SO large
an opportunity been given men who have
fought in one Of the great battles of the
worlds history to live over again the
glories of such a titanic struggle.
An example of the thoroughness with
which the entertainment Of these vet
Grams is being handled by the War De-
partment may be shown by the fact that
the bill of fare for every meal to be
served and the estimated number Of men
to be fed upon each occasion were pre-
pared a month in advance. and provision
made for living up to that prearrange-
ment. Here are. for example, some typi
cal meals. The first is for supper tonight,
and is as follows:
Estimated number of guests 900.
Beefsteak. fried onions. sliced tomatoes.
fresh bread. butter. coffee. The number
at this meal being very uncertain, the
menu is intended to cover short-order
service. and supper will be served until
$50 pm, SO that some of those apt to
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monuments which had been erected. to
the care and protection of the general
government. The battlefield is now under
the care of the United States government
by act of Congress of 1895. Already SOB
monuments have been erected by different
states. and excellent carriage roads have
been built, SO il is now possible for the
tourist to ride to every point on the field.
Five iron and steel observatories have
been erected. and from these one may
view the entire battlefield-now q vast
park dotted with costly marble and
bronze tributes to the men who gave their
lives to the cause of liberty.
1t was not long after the close of the
war that the men who fought In the
Union army began to consider the feast
bility of forming association. They
talked together and sent out letters to
other regiments until finally the Grand
Army Of the Republic vas formed, Mai.
B. +. Stephenson organizing the first q.
a. R. post at Decatur. H.. in 1850. Maj
Stephenson prepared the ritual of the or
ganization and became its first COM
mander-in-chief. He was born in Wayne
county, ILL.,, in 1922. He studied medicine
and when the war broke out was prac-
ticing his profession at Petersburg, Ill
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Stephenson even before the close of the
war often spoke of the men who had
borne the battle forming themselves into
a societv, bur the work of the Grand
Army % the Republic has gone far be-
yOnd his NEST sangune expectations.
Death il rapidly depicting the ranks and
1t now numbers less than 100000. Mai.
Stephenson died August 80, 1871, in his
forty ninth year.
The United Confederate Veterans Was
organized IN New Orleans, La, in 1852.
The object OF the society, which IS COM
posed Of men who fought in the Confed-
crate army. has been to unite in general
federation all associations of Confederate
veterans. The main object of. the society
is to aid veterans and their widows and
orphans and keep alive the memory OF
the men who gave their lives for the
lost cause. They also collect authentic
data for an impartial history OF the
war between the states and preserve
relics. The number of Confederate vet
Grams at present lis between 10000 and
1000
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has ever. known, will listen to an ad-
dress delivered by ex-President Taft on
the spot where President Lincoln made
MS greatest speech half century ago.
This celebration ON the nations birth
day will mark the climax of a reunion
which has lasted four days. For that re-
union the nation and the state of Penn
sylvania, working together, have called
from the ends of the world the men who
fought at Gettysburg, and with them
their fellows who participated in other
battles of the great struggle fifty years
ago. Wearers of the blue and of the
gray will meet in friendship venerable
old men. where as youngsters they fought
10 the death fifty years ago to a day
Ii was July 1, and 3. just half CEN
fury ago. that the civil war reached
"high-water mark with the desperate
charge OF Pickett's Brigade on this very
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Something to Remember.

"Now is the time to pitch in and
achieve-now. now!' said Norman
Hapgood. in a political address I'm New
York.
Remember. my friends, said Nj
Hapgood, the present is the future from
which you hoped SO much"
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ment of 1900 men for this short term of
service. But the War Department met
this emergency and all is today In read
iness at Gettysburg for the entertain
ment OF that horde Of veterans which is
arriving from all parts Of the country.
The state Of Pennsylvania and the fed
eral government, having thus provided
for the entertainment of this great num-
Der Of veterans issued invitations to all
the states Of the nation to send their
survivors Of the civil war to Gettysburg
for this final grand reunion, the greatest
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be late in arriving may get something to
eat.
The bill of fare for July is as follows:
Observation-Disclosures number OF guests.
10000 Pulled rice. fried eggs, fried ba-
con. creamed potatoes. fresh bread, hard
bread. butter, coffee.
Dinner = Estimated number of guests.
10000. Chicken fricassee. peas. corn. ice
cream, cakes, cigars. fresh bread, hard
bread. butter. coffee iced tea.
Supper Estimated number of guests,
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committee to act in conjunction with the
Pennsylvania body. The state appropriate
ed $4,000 to be expended upon the cele-
bratton and the federal government pro-
vided q similar amount. This 100000 has
been spent In building the city of tents
and providing sustenance for the men
who are to dwell within it during the
week that begins with the serving of din
ner tonight
As an indication Of the elaborate prepa-
rations that have been made in laying
out this city may be cited the fact that
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Union forces over the repulse OF Lees
movements Of the day before, II was tenn
pered with overwhelming sorrow at the
prdce In human blood paid for the victory
The heavens were weeping in torrents. as
z trying to wash away the evidence OF
ne dreadful carnage Of the three days
nrtfe and as IL protesting against the
snewa of the battle which proved to be
ne most destructive Of the whole war
On the one side was the Army Of the
Potomac, unconscious at that time of the
Extent of its victory. and on the other
ne 1egions Of northern Virginia, some
THAT disnayed at the failure of the pre-
nous day. but yet unconquered. For the
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THE Retreat of Lee-Great
! Work of Clearing the
Battleheld-Consecration of
the National Cemetery, At
tended by Lincoln-Numbers
Engaged in the Battle-Or-
ganization of the Grand Army
Of the Republic and the Con-
federate Veterans.
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July FOURTH to Be
Climax of the Four-Day
Celebration-Over 10000 Sur
vivors of Civil War Will Hear
ex-President Taft Where Lin
coin Delivered an Address
Fifty Years Ago-Veterans
Will Occupy Tents in City
Which Will Spring Up in a
Night-Federal Government
and State of Pennsylvania as
Hosts-Years of Preparation
for the Event.
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L was the Fourth
of July-the natal
day OF the great
nation W h / C h the
civil war, then at
! I s h e 1 g hit, had
threatened 10 split
asunder. The ter
rifle conflict at Get
tysburg was over.
and W h lie there
was re joicin g
I h T o u . n out the
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conflict. The SOL was drenched with
blood, and the little streams ran red with
the blood of the wounded and slain. The
Emmittsburg road was impossible for
days, owing to the dead bodies of men
and horses covering the roadway. The
ground over which Picketts men had so
gallantly charged was now a field of
dead, and the ground covered by the LIST
Minnesota Regiment in its remarkable
fight was covered with a silent host of
broken. battered human forms. Down in
the Wheat Field they found Confederate
and Union soldier side by side-the
Union man holding his canteen close to
the mouth of the Confederate. 1t seemed
that his last act must have been giving
the southerner soma water-a silent eX-
ample of that old saying, Death makes
all men brothers" In the Peach Orchard
they found fair-haired drummer boy
with his battered drum by his side. Death
had come swiftly, and the boy seemed
like one asleep.
The work of burying 5000 dead and re-
moving 10000 wounded to comfortable
quarters was a herculean task, for the
Confederate as well as the Union dead
had to be inferred. as the former had
about all they could do to look after
their wounded The Confederate prison
ers were pressed into service to bury
their fallen comrades. This they did
cheerfully. digging long trenches and
placing the men side by side. Many
times we have made the Yankees do the
same thing for u.s. they said as they
covered the boys from the southland with
the cold earth Of the north.
Whenever it was possible the graves
were marked, but the earth was soggy.
and the rains which followed washed
many Of the marks away and even open
ed up the shallow graves. Gov Curtin.
the executive of Pennsylvania, came upon
the scene one day and was so struck by
the sorrow of several relatives OF a dead
soldier over the manner in which the
exigencies OF war had compelled the
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y the Fourth of
July. at Gettys-
burg, the greatest
b a [ [ / e Fl e Id in
A m e ri c a, 40. 900
surviving veterans
of the civil war,
s o me from the
north and some
from the south,
assembled in the
greatest reunion
that the nation
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When the 14th Illinois Infantry was
organized DR.. Stephenson was elected
surgeon, and he served with the regiment
in its arduous campaign until June "a,
1884 when It was mustered out. Mai.
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be present. and the hospitality of the
federal government and the state of
Pennsylvania will be extended to 10000
old men who have lived for half a CEN
fury beyond the days of their valorous
deeds at arms.
In preparation for which city of tents
has sprung up in the night, as it were,
on the sod that was once drenched by so
much good American blood. This city of
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For months after the battle the field Of
Gettysburg bore marks OF the terrible
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Copyright. 1913. by W. 4. Du puy)