Evening star., 1913-06-15
CAPITAL WILL SEND
700 WAR VETERANS
Special Trains to Carry 6. A.
R. and U. c. V. Members to
Gettysburg Reunion.
PREPARATIONS ARE MADE
TO ACCOMMODATE 10000
Special Guard of Regular Soldiers to
Be Maintained Around Camp.
Noted Men to Speak.

| Washington will be represented at the
| fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Get
f.! tysburg, to be held on the battlefield
July 1 to 4. by 500 veterans of the Union
Army. all members of the G. 4. r.. and
200 members OF the United Confederate
Veterans.
Arrangements for the transportation of
the veterans from this city to the field
of the jubilee have not yet been COM
pleted, but an effort will be made TO
have either the Pennsylvania railroad or
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad run
special through trains by way of Balti-
| more or Hagel stown. both to and from
the field.
The Washington members of the two
veterans organizations will occupy ninety
of the regulation army tents which will
be erected on the field. The tents will be
Of the pyramiial variety. large enough
to accommodate comfortably eight men.
Each man will be provided with cot.
two blankets and mess kits, the latter
becoming his own property
Plans to Care for 10000.
The quartermaSter generals depart
ment of the army has made elaborate
and thorough preparations for accom-
modating the 10000 or more veterans who
| already in place. with bitches dug around
them. The locat ton of the tents for the
District veterans has not been deter
mined, but will be fixed upon within the
week. Capt Thomas H. Mckee, com
mander of the Department of the Poto-
mac, G. A. r., or John McElroy, editor
of the National Tribune, and promi-
nent member of the organization, will
make the trip to gettysburg before next
| Sunday. and determine just what tents
| will be occupied by the local contingent.
| An effort backed by practically every
| member of the two veterans organiZa-
| tionS to have Congress appropriate $500
| to help defray the transportation expenses
of the men who will make the journey
| has failed. and the cost of the trip will
| have to be paid by the individuals, Rep
| resentative Kirkpatrick of Iowa introduc-
| ed the bill. which was said to have had
| the approval of Speaker Clark and Rep
| resentatiVe Underwood.
| Members of the G.. X. f. are said to
| feel this especially keenly. i'll view of the
| fact that nearly every state in the Union
| has provided funds for the transportation
| of the veterans of this organization. and
are inclined to lay the blame for the fail
| ure of the bill at the door of the appro-
| priations committee.
| Leave Here in Body June 80.
| Practically the entire representation
from the District will leave here in
| body June 20. Among the moct note
| worthy figures in the District delegation
will be Gen. Ellis Spear, whom great
many people believe mainly responsible
for ultimate victory of the Union troops
at the battle of Gettysburg
| Gen. Spear, who was at one time conf
| missioner of patents, was major at the
time of the battle. in command of the
goth Maine Rediment, holding the extreme
| left of the Union position. July :. 1868,
| the Confederate troops made repeated
| heavy assaults on his troops in an effort
to break his line and gain possession OF
the TenleytoWn road, the main artery OF
| supplies for the northern army. Gen.
! Spear won a complete victory. however,
driving the Confederate troops from their
| position of advantage on a hill to the left
| of Spears position. Many military eX-
perts contend that this was the turning
| point of the battle.
! Col Myron NJ. Parker Of this city.
president of the LIST Vermont Cavalry As
| sociation and who was in command OF
| that organization at the battle. VIII be
signally honored the third day Of the
| Jubilee Representing the state of VerS
mont. he will unvel a statue to Gen
William Wells and his troops. after
which John McElKoy will deliver an ad-
dress.