Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-06-30
thousands Of Veterans Of Blue
and Gray Assemble on His
toric Battlefield for Peaceful
Reunion
TERRIFIC HEAT ONLY
UNPLEASANT INCIDENT
However, Suns Rays Are Not
So Hot as Was Bloody En-
gagement Fought There Fif-
ty Years Ago,

isY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL trtsto wntl
Gcttvsburg. Pa. June 29.-Gcttys-
lnrc stepped fifty years backward to-
AZ, into the halo Of history and
ooked again apon an army of blue
and an army Of gray meeting az her
doorstep TO join in the semi-centcn-
mini cammomoration OF the greatest
bnttle Of the war between the states
and to show the world that scars are
NOT SO deep as the feeling of Ameri-
cam brotherhood. From carly morn
inp until long after sundown, the vet-
Grams in blue ana gray trooped INTO
the little town which has slept so
peacefully among its hills since Lee
and Meade turned their legious south
ward SO long ago.
More than thirty special trains
came into the village during the day
and thousands of veterans who
uamped mp from the shenandoah
ON their last visit rode in the luxury
Of soft-becked seats IN day coaches
from Harrisburg, Baltimore and
Washington. Instead cf the roar Of
guns. the thunder Of charging cavalry
ana the vocal tributes Of the mule
drivers that greeted them in the 9TH
et days they walked or rode through
the quiet. calm Sunday Of country
town. only the flags flying from ev-
cry window the city Of tents Ia the
distance and the crowds told that
Gettysburg had come out of the us
ual into the extraordinary once more.
From the station of the two rail-.
roads that come into the village Is
good long mile t. thc tenp of Give
thousand tents where Tie veterans
are housed. Many Of them made the
trip by automobile or By carriage or
~ the friendly shelter Of "seingh
Gettysburg ear, but thousands shoul-
dered their suit cases and walked.
The sun was seorehng hot under a
elo"dless sky and many suecumbed
before they found their tents. There
was no complaining, however. and
the veterans seemed ashamed to ac-
knowledge that a thing like heat
could stop them.
ITS hot, said one old soldier to-
night, "tut it isn't as hot as It was
fifty years ago.
Although the regular army and
the Gettysburg commission Of the
state could not cope with the heat
every possible Arrangement for the
comfort of the united army had been
made. The camp of brown army tents
is under the direction Of officers Of
the regular army. The streets Of Get
nsburg are under the grim scrutiny
of the Pennsylvania constabulary and
for the care Of the sick. the army. the
state aud the Red Cross have all made
extensive preparations.
The camp itself lies on ground that
has been baked as hard as brick
and dried into dust by the winds that
sweep between the hills, but its sani-
'ation. Its water supply and its plans
for comfort ana for the feeding OF
thousands Of men, have been made
with the utmost care.
The tents fall westward with the
slope of the ground from the En-
mettsburg road to the point on Semi
nary ridge. where the immortal
charge Of Pickett started on the third
cav Of the fight. They cover the
peach orchard and wheat field,
where thousands Of men were lost
and where Pickett charged. but they
do not reach to the bloody angle
or to the base of Cemetery ridge
from whose heights Meades artillery
poured out It's mereiless rain Of grape
and canister and cut TO pieces the le-
sons of Pickett.
The formal exercises will be held
IN big tent near the Emmettsburg
road, but they will last only two hours
each day and the rest Of the time the
veterans will spend as they please.
on the skirts Of the camp ground
4 ana in the village itself, there Is the
alr Of circus day. Clustering close
4 up TO the limits Of tie camp. are the
saudg posters of the show men. tell
hg Of the marvellous feats of the
beasts that eat em alive, or Of the
8 titanic size Of the fat ladies' Tomor-
4 row. wnen the ban of Sunday is lifted
a me barker and the ticket seller will
i uy to induce the nickels from the
q pockets Of the veterans. In the vii
age itself, thousands of sight-seers
are quartered and thousands more
made the trip in every conceivable
style Of conveyance. Every barn is q
i garage and the villagers sit content
4 On their front porches and watch the
] 'owds go by Every room that is
Il available was taken days ago and the
II e'erans without credentials and the
81 civilian who had not enough fore.
1 'sht to make arrangements. are
eepng tonight in any he'd that they
'ah md in the hustle of the day
II me news that President Wilson is
.0Mng to make a speech July 4th,
eused stir today
). N. Shoemaker, chairman of the