The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-07-04
Remnant of Valiant Brigade
March Once Again to the
Stone Wall on Gene
terry Hill
OLD FOEMEN WAIT
IN BLOODY ANGLE
Blue Meets Gray on Hal
lowed Ground Where Tide
of Battle Turned

GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD. Pa
July "a handful of men in uniform
re-enacted today the charge of Pickett
Across the field of Gettysburg. UP the
slope of Cemetery ridge where death
kept step with them In 6s. $50 veterans
of the Virginia regiments Of that i'm
mortal brigade made their slow parade
Under the brow Of the ridge OF the
bloody angle where the Philadeiphia
brigade stood that. day. was a handful
in blue. scarcely larger waiting to meet
the onslaught of peace. There were no
flashing sabers. no guns roaring WITH
shell, only eyes. that dfmmed fast and
kindly faces behind the stone wall that
marks the angle Atsti1e end. in place
Of wounds or. prison or death. were
handshakes, speeches and nling gins
cheers.
sERRIED RANK ADVANCES
The veterans IN gray marched foi
quarter of mile over the groune
that they traversedi during ii, 9. charge
They came up the slope in celumn 8 81
fours. irregular. but responsive t0-staaf
commands OF Major w ". Bentley 81
the Tsw enty-fourth Virginia; one sof tn
few oficers. of either Pickett s or sths
Philadelphia brigades who was presen6
Ahead of them marched a band and
veH down The column was fades
! epnfedsrate dag its red field pierced
sVitil many holes. It's cross bars dir
I and fts shaft coiored with the sssess
sof man N an sli ed tiaa i ll,igi.i
~ high u he last dssp al ! an orr s Il
pierce the union lines.
It's progress was slow and painful
for the timothy in the field was hf4i
and its plowed surface was not eass
for world weary feet Up to the very
edge OF the stone wall, covered nov
with tangled vines, shaded by tree:
and peaceful as summer lane. the,
marched in the hot sun. while the band
played Dixie" There they stood fol
half an hour while. their comrades n
blue peered across at them.
The blue line formed behind the
walls. Over their heads foated fadee
standard of the Second army corps
Behind them were the statues OF the
Philadelphia brigade and the Fourth
United States army battery. where
General Arrnistead died In the midst oi
the guns. Killed. the histories say. bv ?
shot fired by its dying commander
Lieutenant Cushing
GREAT TIIRONG CHEERS
As the men in gray formed in Ions
line facing the wall, the stars and bar,
and the flag Of the Second corps were
crossed in amity;; tho stars and stripes
was unfurled and the crowd that came
to watch burst into cheer.
Representative !. Hampton Moore al
Pennsylvania made a long speech and
Major Bentley answered him on behalt
of the south. The veterans in gray
were given medal presented by John
Wanamsker. They crowded over. the
stone wall, shook hands and the charge
was over. There was many a picture.
esque figure in the line that came ur
the slope
w. H.. Turpin OF the Fffty-third vir.
ginia appeared in the Uniform he wore
on the Gay of the charge. His feet were
bound in cloth, he had an army hlanket
strapped to his back and he calml,
smoked a long stemmed corncob pine. +
RECOLLECTION rs MELANCHOLY
There were IS regiments in Pickett.
division that day in '6s and the his.
tories say that 5000 men charged acros,
the field. Every field officer was killed
or wounded except one lieutenant col.
onel. and two-thirds of the line officer.
met the same fate. OF the 5000 who
charged only about 1000 returned Il
the confederate position The Philadel.
phia brigade numbered about 1.200 mer
and lost 453 in killed and wounded.
Arrangements were perfected toda,
for the reception Of President Wilson
tomorrow. He viii arrive In the towr
of Gettysburg at II a. M, and in orde,
that the veterans may see him his
automobile will be driven through tho
streets Of Gettysburg and out the EN-
mettsburg road to the big tent, a dis
tancc OF more than two miles
Justice Henry A. Melvin of the Cali
fornia supreme court and Judge Lennon
of the United States court in California
arrived in camp today as the guests OF
Governor Tener OF Pennsylvania Botr
desired to sleep on the battlefield. and
tent was provided for them in the
veterans camp, in which they will sleer
tonight. They will take breakfast with
the veterans.
Governors day" in the big tent was
a great success. Interest was added tc
the occasion by the presence OF con
gressional committee of Fl represepta
tives and nine senator's who came hers
this afternoon from Washington. head
ed by Vice President Marshall snd
Speaker Clark. The speakers included
Governors McCreary of Kentucky. Sui.
ger of New York. Mann of Virginia
Baldwin OF Connecticut, Hanna Of NORTH
Dakota, Miller Of Delaware. Haines OF
Maine, Ralston of Indiana. Cox OF Obif