Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-28
SEVERE HEAT WAVE
TEST OF VETERANS
Civil War Survivors Find Con-
ditions of Torrid Phase
at Gettysburg.
BUT FEW FRUSTRATED
AND NO SERIOUS CASES
City Streets and Nearby Camps
Crowded With Visitors-Blue
and Gray Fraternity.

and Gray Fraternity.
GETTYSBURG, Pa, June 2s-Although
there were several prostrations yester-
day, the extreme heat failed to dampen
the ardor OF the old soldiers here for the
anniversary celebration next week From
shortly after sunrise until late at night
the streets of Gettysburg We're crowded
with the veterans of both north and
south. Some of them paraded, cheering
and singing in fraternizing exuberance
with former foes. while others gathered
in groups and recounted the stirring
times of fifty years ago. Those overcome
by the heat We're treated at the emer-
| gency hospital of the state department. OF
health, and all are out of danger.
Veterans are arriving on every train.
| and they are in town but a short time
| before start is made for the big camp,
| the scene of which many have not visit
| ed since the stirring days OF the Gettys-
burg campaign Despite the heat yester-
day, the maximum temperature being %
| degrees. many of them walked over the
| entire area and officials in charge said
| that the small number OF prostrations
demonstrated that the physical condition
| of the old soldiers was of the best.
Hospital Service Ample.
Elaborate preparations have been made
to protect the health of the veterans
while here. There are two large hospitals
with a capacity of 1,S00. designed only
for seriously ill persons. These are sup
plemented by three regimental hospitals.
first-aid stations located near the recrea-
tion centers of the camp. A complete am
bulance battalion of the United States
Army, with fifteen horse ambulances and
two automobile ambulances, VIII carry
the sick from the first aid stations TO the
hospitals. The provisional hospitals. be-
sides wards and diet kitchens. have a
complete operating room. and the arrange
ments include everything down to the
shower bath.
| I'VE hope the elaborate arrangements
| We have made will not be needed" said
1 Mai Huntingdon at the provisional hos
pital 1T will be largely question of
| weather. If IL is cloudy We may not be
needed at all, and as il is We do not ex-
pect any very serious cases"
Numbers Expected.
Lieut. Simon Bolivar Buckner. son OF the
ranking surviving officer of the Confed-
crate army. who is assisting Maj. Nor
moyle. in command at the camp today
made public the number of old soldiers
that each state expects to send to the
4 reunion.
Pennsylvania heads the list with 1880:
New York is second with $685. and New
Jersey third with l,9s9. Massachusetts,
4 will send 1.SG3: Virginia, l.s2a; North
Carolina 1.215: Michigan, 800: West Vir
ginia, SO: Indiana, 666. and Illinois ol3.
| Other states range from Connectfcuts 5 $50
| to 81 from Oregon and 80 from Idaho.
About 400 are expected from the District
of Columbia.
+! Pennsylvania and New York will occu-
py the entire northern section OF the
camp on both sides of Long lane. Fed
eral veterans from other states will be
| encamped between Seminary ridge and
Long lane while the wearers of the gray
| will occupy the site west of Long lane at
the base of the monument to Gen. Lee,
now in course of erection at the point
where Pickett's charge started
Saluted by Blue and Gray.
Marching over the streets of historic
Gettysburg to their annual encampment.
Pennsylvania civil war veterans We're
greeted yesterday with cheers and salutes
from old soldiers in the blue and in the
gray. The Pennsylvanians Were escorted
| to the convention hall by the entire div-
sion of the Sons of Veterans of the state
and the Marine Band Of Allentown. Along
the line of march flags We're waved and
| applause greeted every section of the long
| column.
hTe host of Pennsylvanans here
doubled by yesterdays influx. Fully 1900
are jammed eight in a room in hotels
private residences and county buildings.
Sunday school rooms and parish schools
nightly receive hundreds, who sleep on
rows of cots. The upper floors of the
courthouse are converted into biz
dormitory And the crest of the tide of
humanity has not been reached.
Gen. Huidekoper Arrives.
a notable arrival yesterday MAS Gen.
H. X Huidekoper of Philadelphia. He
was one of the Federal commanders In
the battle of Gettysburg. and map he
made years ago is considered author
! ity Of magnitude. Every eminence. every
depression of the countryside over which
the Federals and the rebels fought IS
deficted.
The general WAS accompanied by his
son. Wallis iiuidekoper OF Montana, who
/ came on the trip east to he with hts
fatl"-'. whose years ar" adNanciss. Gen.
HiG. koper was 4 member Of the conf
mission appointed to build the PennsNl-
van3 memorial monument. II has been
| completed recently by the placing in posi-
tion of bronze STATUES oi Lincoln aud
Pennsylvania generals.
Urges Memorial to Women.
Comma nder- .n-Chief Beers in address,
ing the encampment advocated the erec-
ton of a memorial TO the women of the
civil war period. He said:
We must not forget the mothers who
gave up their sons, the wives who watch
ed their husbands go to war, many OF
them never TO return; or the sweetheartS
who saw their lovers march away, and
with them their hopes for all the years
to come. This country will not have
paid even a small portion of an nndyirig
debt until a memorial that shall not
perish is erected 10 their memory.
Vanguard of Bucktails.
A mud-coated automobile chugged into
town yesterday afternoon. A chubby
man left the wheel and stood on the seat
Then he yelled. Gettysburg gasped The
shout was answered twice liz was the
old battle cry of the Pennsylvania Buck
tails. Thomas Furlong of St. Louis was
the motorist He drove his machine here.
The comrades who responded We're Smith