Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-06-12
CIVIL WAR VETERANS TO meet
ON GETTYSBURG battlefield
Huge Reunion Of Blue and Gray to Be Held July On
Fiftieth Anniversary Of Conflct-40,00 Are
Expected to Be Entertained by the
State of Pennsylvania.


suggestions are:
July Veterans Day: Appropri-
ate exercises under the joint direc-
ton of the Pennsylvania commission,
and the commanders-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
United Confederate Veterans.
July military Day: Under the
direction of the chief of staff OF the
United States army. Special detach-
ments of each arm OF the regular |
service to participate as directed
July 3-Civic Day: Under the d.
rection Of the governor of the com
monwealth of Pennsylvania. pres:d- !
ing. and participated in by the COVER |
nors of the several states Orations. !
sermon and music.
July National Day: The chief |
Justice OF the United States presid
ing. Forenoon. Grafton by the pres-
dent of the United States. High
noon. he to lay the cornerstone OF a
great peace memorial. Evening, fire
works
10000 V-terans Expected.
1t is expected that 10000 veterans
OF the war, not all Of them, however.
survivors Of the Gettysburg battle. will
be found encamped upon the field
when reveille sounds on the morning
of July l. 1t will be a different re-
veille than that which the fife and
drum corps of the two great armies
sounded fifty years ago. The call to
awakening will be call to a peaceful
celebration while the call to the awak-
ening in July. 1863. was a call of
armies to conflict and. to thousands of
men. a call to death.
: For years the veterans have been
Z looking forward to this reunion. II is
probable that there will be present
, many thousands of survivors of the
1 battle
Many of the states of the Union.
$ north as well as south. have made APP
h preparations to send their veterans to
+ the Gettysburg reunion and to pay all
. other expenses. The battle OF Gettys-
!. burg is recognized as the turning point
:. of the war between the states. II has
been called time and again one of the
decisive battles of the world Gener-
ally il is recognized that Gettysburg
decided the great conflict. helped in
= the decision probably by the fall OF
lthcDulE On Nut hlSSiSSlDpls NhlNh
J, took place virtually at the moment
= that the conflict on the Pennsylvania
= field was decided in favor OF the north
ern armies.
= Large Sum for Entertainment.
. The Battle of Gettysburg commits
-, sion of the state of Pennsylvania ha,
- large sum of money at its dispose
>, for the entertainment of the visiting
y, veterans. and the thousands of persons
y, who will accompany them. Hospital
!, ity is to mark the days. Fifty year
l.. ago Pennsylvania aided in the work o
= repelling the visitors from the south
In early July next the same state vii
l. have its arms wide open in welcom
to the men wearing the gray. Enter
J.. tainments of various kinds will be Of
- fered the visiting veterans, but ii
-, pretty well understood that their dee
10 interest in revisiting the scenes wher
~, they fought. Little Round Top. Ga
=. Ridge. Cemetery Hill. Culp's Hi
=. Rock Greek, the Stone Wall and othe
N places will hold them largely to tn
- pleasures and to the sadnesses of pc
sonal "reminiscences. Arm in arm wit
~ the Union soldiers the Confederate SO
=, diers will retramp the battle-ground
They will look over the field OF Pic
- etts desperate charge They will r
trace the marching steps of Lon
lis streets corps They will go to II
place where Meade had his headQua
tiers and to the place from which Il
-en directed his southern forces in batl
ou- II is said that this contemplated T
ct union has induced more intere
MP among the old soldiers of the nor
eN and the south than any event whi'
lde has happened since the day that Il
for war closed There is today at Getty
eN- burg a great national park. in Whit
al! is included cemetery where tho
ent sands Of soldier dead are buried. T.
MO United States government and the le
All islature Of Pennsylvania worked
and cether to make park Of the bait
my. field and to mark accurately eve
ct" point in il which has historic intere
ion Ii is expected that r,uch good W
IDS come from the reunion OF the Blue a
sis: the Gray on the battlefield of Gett.
hen burg Time has healed many woun
liza The old soldiers have forgotten tn
her animosities more readily than ha
b. the civilians II is thought that 4
cog great coming together in peace of {
once conflicting hosts will mark
passing of the last trace of the bitt
ex- ness of the war between the states
Yet this great Union.
Tho haort Of a cOouette ia like