Arizona republican., 1913-06-22
old Soldiers
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Relation of "Reminiscences of Four
 Bloody Days.

The Republicans Transportation Fund for the soldiers of Gettysburg is acquiring beautifuI proportions Re turns early last night brought it be- yond the S791 mark The old sol diers who had circulated the list the day before were wearied by their ex- cltions but many contributions came into The Republican office or were sent bv various companies of the national guard to Adjutant General Harris who had appraised them of The Republicans movement Captain Huffman of the Tucson \. C. A. sent in $47 and Company A of Phoe- niE raised $25, other companies will lilely be heard from today.
 X letter to The Republican from Yuma stated that contributions would be gathered there and forwarded at the earliest moment. There will probably be many more subscriptions .by citizens of Phoenix. The response from the state. considering the short time allowed, has been much more general than was expected.
 The money which had been collect led before noon yesterday, including Ian from the beginning of the move ment. was deposited by the cashier of The Republican who opened an ac- count called the Gettysburg Sol dicrs' Transportation Fund"
 on Monday morning Governor Hunt with Captain Fickas and Mir. J J Camp will make the selection If Ari- zona's delegation to Gettysburg and the final details Of the journey back to the old battlefield will be ar ranged.
 They Had Met Before
 The association of MT Camp and Captain Fickas during the last three days brought out the fact that they were very near each other in the bat tie of Gettysburg The former saw q confederate battery of six guns shot to pieces and Capt Fickas was work ing in the union battery which demol- .ished it. Capt. Fickas was describing the cannonading and the result of it upon a confederate battery which was just getting ready for action. MT Camp was watching that battery. Be fore the guns were unlimbered, the storm of shell and shot burst upon it. In an instant every horse was killed and every gun had been shot from it's carriage MT. Camp said that as disastrous as the incident was he could not repress a feeling of admiration for the accuracy of the
 Yankee gunners.
 MT. Camp was member of the Tenth Georgia. He was less than twenty years of age when he joined the confederate forces at Richmond in May. '61. His regiment was com posed entirely of young men.
 A Stream of Blood
 The regiment reached Gettysburg on the night of July l, 1863, and at eleven o'clock that night went into action The hardest fighting in which he participated took place on Jury 2. Many accounts of the battle say that the blood of men flowed in guiies. Some writers scoff at it saying that there is never so much blood spilled in one place, even in the most san guinarv battles but in this case the story of the bloody stream was lit eraly true The brigade to which the Tenth Georgia was attached was hurled against a union position on an elevation at the bottom of which ran small stream. The confederate line advanced and poured such a murderous fire that union soldiers lay in ranks and their blood flowed down the rock declivity into the stream whose waters became as red as blood. The union position was