Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-06-26
The Great Gettysburg Reunion.

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, Forty thousand veterans of the Wa
between the North ard South will be en-.
camped next week or the field at Get
tysburg, the scene Il The greatest battle
of the Civil War. The survivors of the
armies that opposed each other will meet
again as friends and comrades, not as
foes, on the fift;eth anniversary OF thai
mighty engagement.
The reunion will lastfrom July | to July
4, inclusive, the first day to be known as
Veterans Day, the second as Military
Day, the third as Civic Fay and the
fourth and last as National Day. Under
the direction OF officers of the regular ar
my the great camp is now about ready
for the reception of the $1,000 old SOL
diers, many of whom will view the his
toric. battlefield for the last time.
The camp, four tented villages on the
outskirts of the great battlefield, will be
ready for the veterans Sunday morning,
the camp TO continue open until July 3.
Under the regulations adopted, food,
shelter and entertainment within the tent
ed villages about the battlefield will be
given to bona fide veterans only. Those
veterans who are to be accompanied by
members of their families have been in
structed to provide in advance for the
housing and boarding of those relatives.
A great tent, seating between lO,OOO
and Is, 900 veterans, will be erected i'm
mediately adjoining the camp, and therein
will occur all the exercises, except the
great military parade and fireworks, and
therein, save for the hours set apart for
the exercises, the veterans may hold re-
unions, the tent being arranged to be sub
divided into numerous separate inclos-
ures. All veterans OF the Civil War,
North and South, are urged to wear their
army, corps, division, brigade and soci-
ETY. badges as means of Identification to
their comrades in like commands, in the
expectation that il will assist in imparting
information as to whom and where their
different organizationsmeet and in bring
ing together comrades who would other
wise, by reason OF lapse of time, fail TO
recognize each other.
OF the four camps, one will contain
$500 tents, another | 300 tents, third
about | 900 tents and fourth about 400
tents. Each tent will accommodate l2vet-
Grams, and each will be so fitted out as to
provide maximum OF comfort for its in
mates. Each camp will be village OF
straight streets. The veterans will be
grouped by States.
There will be 400 army cooking ranges
and outfits, one chief commissary, four
assistant commiSsaries, ten commiSSary
sergeants, four commissary clerks, 800
cooks, 500 assistant cooks and 100 bakers.
There will be used nearly one and a-half
million pounds of food OF various kinds,
consisting OF meats, cereals, vegetables
and bread, coffee and tea. More than
10000 mess kits have been provided for
Individual use OF the veterans.
There will be established one great
general hospital outside OF the camp.
Within will be located 81 field hospital
and infirmary tents, with 100 army sur
geons and nurses. A full ambulance
corps will be on duty and every atten-
ton paid TO those who may require aid.
A report that the official undertaken has
arranged for supply of 500 coffins caused
many of the veterans to be bit anxious.
They had no idea that so many fatalities
were expected.
Within the camp limits will be tenn
porary railroad station, an express office,
telegraph and telephone station, news
paper and stationery store, poStoffice,
and store where supplies OF tobacco,
pipes, ETC., may be obtained. In fact, it
will be model city Of conveniences for
one week.
The camp, town and surroundings will
be policed by the State OF Pennsylvania
conStabulary.
A good many Confederate veterans
from this county will attend the reunion,
and few who were on the Union side
will also go. Governor Hatfield has
issued statement saying that the rail-
roads have refused 10 grant any material |
reduction in rates, and the money appro-
priated by the Legislature will not be |
sufficient TO pay the fares OF all the vet
Grams from West Virginia who have ap-
piled for transportation. II is estimated |
that about 100 veterans from Jefferson
county will attend the reunion. The fare
for the round trip from Shepherdstownt TO
Gettysburg is $2.75. Some persons from
this neighborhood will 60 in automobiles.
1t is reported, however, that automobiles
will not be allowed nearer than two miles
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