The evening world., 1913-07-03
AS They Top the Hill Hands
Are Grasped BY Former
Foes in Blue. OF. ..
BROTHERS FOREVER
Growing Incident of the Spec
tacular Reunion OH Get
tysburg Battlefield. ".-
By Lindsay Denison,
Oto9 Correspondent Of The 1vsAiAg
World.

GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD,
-lply 3.-The GROWING sentimental
outburst Of all the remarkable dem.
>.pastrations OF fraternal love and the
ourying Of all rancor between the old
Soys OF the Blue and the veterans Of
de Gray. marking the great reunion
at the battlefield. was the charge.
attempted to-day ny Pickett's brigade
against the stone wall Of Bloody
Angle" The excessive heat forced
'saehe collapse OF the demonstration In
tragic anticlimax.
On the third and last day Of the
.tcmi-eentennial celebration OF the
st1earful struggle on the, hills and
.sfislds OF Gettysburg tho brave sur.
vivors OF Pickett's Iron Brigade. bent
Ola men In dusty gray uniforms, ~.
..sembled on Seminary Ridge. where
fifty years before on this day they
4 had taken their places to await the
order that was to hurl them against
the flaming wall OF the Federal
forces across the valley. In like
: ipanper the remnants Of the Phila.
Z aelphia brigade took their positions
tfhind the stone wall Of Cemetery
Z Ridge. where ne youths they had
? stood on July 3. 1853. to hprl back
+ ne last despairing charge Of the
Confederate legione.
a. SHADE OF GLORY At EVERY
~ SHOULDER N LINE.
A bugle sounded and out Into the
s<Strong sunlight moved the pitifuiiy thir
yins Of gray. Nearly every man hobb,ei
on q crutch or supported himself with a
stout cane, but avery head of The proud
Ma "Johnny Rebs' was held high and a
Shade OF the old glory moved at every
l . Ghouher to support It. Down syom Sem.
harry Ridge came the line. It's centre
I MARKED with the oriflamme OF the flag OF
the Lost Cause. proudly borne by ar
OLD color sergeant Then the Tine wav.
cred under tho battery OF the sun and
only q few pressed on.
Behind the low stone wall ~ 'BloodS
Anyie'. the old boys In blue walled. \
siiken Stars q, 1 Stripes waving ovsi
thsir heads. The mouths ofesnnon ~
ade them were pointed At the advanc
t-..tAg line Of gray even a. they had point
mm6d on this day nifty years ago. Blu
slallows have their nests 10 thos
leak bores now. ~ Va
MI When the gray line topped the hill
HAHhsro the wall was. hardly sc0r'
ben In blue stretched across tn
4 L.. A. ~ o 81
yprmer fossnen. And tears stood In In
es Of the Northerner and southerne
tke. For these old men. close to tn
~ yetl OF eternity. could feel the nea
~ Sfssence OF the thousands who had bee
Gain there on another day. when eAc
III hsnd held a rifle. and bayonets instea
TX hand grips had stretched over tn
kAll at Bloody Angle"
- Arrangements for the reception q
- president Wilson tomorrow are con
plete. lie will arrive at II A. N. an
VII be met by Governor Tener. The
will be driven through the street
Of Gettysburg and the Emmittsbur
.r0ad to the big tent. two miles AVA!
- - that the veterans may see him. I'll
PRECEDENT will begin his address m 500
\ " - he reaches the tent Meanwhile h
49, Wh W sou o'et the S"stS"s'
.ytracks to a point near by and at noe
ne will board II and start for Phil'
delphia, where his car will be attachs
- n. train that will take him to his sun
liner home in New Hampshire.
H. One hardly knows what to believe e.
9ept what he sees with his own ey'
cln this great gathering OF the survive
NJ the battle Of fifty years ago. Here
Nan incident related by Vice-Presidei
Spfce OF the Reading Railroad. Mr. Di
1gys he saw 1t.
NErERANs SWAP UNIFORMS 70
i HOME.0OlNG.
~ Two veterans. one bound for Ne
ssoSieans and the other Tor oregon. We
All the Gettysburg station waiting &
trains which were not due to 20 o
for hours. They got to talking. and.
kkths course Of human events went ov
,kae the Eagle Hotel. the business
(which during the reunion has been su
rs 20 cause the Governor OF Penns,
& utsvania TO ask the Attorney-dener
Srh ha had anfhoritv IN cl0ga