The Washington herald., 1913-06-29
CAMP REAb7
FOR VETERANS.


CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
than 5000 tents for the accommodation OF
surviving veterans. who will congregate
In q huge peace festival for four days of
the coming week, and draw closer those
bonds OF friendship and peace which
unite this country into one vast unit
The modern camp equipment, with Its
sanitary arrangements. designed for the
greatest possible amount of comfort and
health for those encamped. forms a
strong contrast to the two camps OF 1853.
when both armies were just beginning
to learn, the art OF war and were under
going hardships of the worst sort In
their crude camps. The modern tents.
with the background Of soft green af-
forded by the national reservation, dot
ted with monuments. statues. and other
memorials of the battle, looks vastly DIFF
ferent from the same ground NIFTY years
ago.
In this camp will be housed both the
veterans of the Union forces and those
of the Confederacy who took part In the
conflict, the enemies Of fifty years ago
sleeping side by eide and eating from the
same tables.
Four Sections to Program.
This great semi-cehtennial reunion viii
be the most notable gathering Of its kind
ever held, and II will also be the last
Most Of the veterans who fought In the
great war of fifty years ago are now old
and feeble. Daily they are dropping
from the ranks; they cannot remain
much longer. and for this reason those
who have had charge of the arrange
ments for the gigantic reunion and cele-
bration have spared neither trouble nor
expense to make the occasion a memoir
able one.
The program for the entertainment OF
the veterans and the thousands Of spec
tators who will be on hand TO witness the
have been divided into four
sections, one for each day. Tuesday.
July /. will be known as Veterans Day
and all surviving veterans are to be par
Elephants in a great campfire. presided
over by the commanders-in-chief Of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
United Confederate Veterans.
Wednesday will be known as Military
Day" and the exercises will be under
the chief of staff Of the United States
Army. Special detachments of each
branch of the army have been detailed
by the Secretary of War. and represent
atives of the various State national guard
troops will participate.
The exercises on Thursday. which Will
be known as Civic Day will be under
the personal supervision OF the Governor
Of Pennsylvania, the participants to De
the Governors of the various States.
their STATS and the general public.
Former President to Act.
Friday. July 4. has appropriately been
DESIGNATED as National Day." The Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court will preside
and members of the Cabinet. the Vice
President, Speaker of the House Of Rep
Justices Of the Supreme
Court. and the Congressional Committee
will be the guests of honor. President
Wilson was to have been a guest of honor
also, but the pressure of business would
not permit of his being present. Prof.
W. H Taft. former President Of the
United States. has been designated to
take his place and deliver an address in
the morning and lay the cornerstone Of
The peace monument at noon. The cere-
monies On this day will be ushered In
by a mass meeting at 10 o'clock. at
which a prayer will be offered. great
,horus and the people will sing the nA-
.ional songs and various addresses will
be made, including the reading Of the
famous Lincoln Gettysburg address. The
exercise will conclude with the laying
IF the cornerstone of the peace memorial
II noon.
Scarcely had the Legislature of the
State of Pennsylvania passed. an act.
On May Is. 1909. creating a commits
sion to provide for the proper and fit
ting recognition of the fiftieth ami
versary of the battle of Gettysburg.
han the project assumed national pro-
portions. The Federal government
took a hand in the preparation, and
Maj. James E. Normoyle. U. s. A, was
with a stan of army OFF,
'ers. to prepare plans for the encamp-
nent. To plan and superintend the
erection of a tented city that will COM
% arrange the details for the feeding
If this vast army. to supply it with
sufficient water and sanitary arrange
nents. to equip an emergency hospital
% handle the sick and injured, to see
hat proper transportation facilities
ire provided. and to figure all these
Il ings out to the minutest detail so
hat nc confusion will result, has been
IN enormous task
Equipment Is Extensive.
The major portion of the encamp-
nent mas been erected. and only a
lew of the minor details remain to be
before Tuesday. when the
amp will be thrown open. The tented
,ity has been constructed. not on the
reservation. but on contig-
ious tracts Of private land, which the
government has rented for the pur-
,ose. The camp comprises an area of
SO acres. on which stand over 5000
ents. There are eighty-seven field
hospital and infirmary tents, thirty
bakery tents, and six huge storage
ents. representing monetary value
Il almost s2so,0o0.
5000 blankets, 1900 tin wash basins,
1000 candle-burning lanterns, $4,000
andes, and 1000 galvanized iron
buckets for drinking water. This
Equipment weighs about a million and
half pounds. and its total value Is
bout $230.000
eeding of the veterans. consists of 30!
400 army ranges and outfits
or cooking. with nearly 100000 pounds
4 foodstuffs. including meats, vegetables,
,read, butter. coffee. tea, &C Eight
undred cooks. as many assistant cooks, |
nd 40 bakers will prepare the food I'M
er the supervision of a commissary and |
our assistants. detailed from the War
Department.
Mess kits to the number of $1,000 have |
cen provided for the veterans, each kit ]
including an enameled plate, a tin cup,
nife and fork. and spoon. These kits
lone cost the government s22,coo and
he veterans will be allowed to retain
hem as souvenirs of the occasion.
In addition tn the field hOsnitala in,