The Elk Mountain pilot., 1913-06-05

tion Of the Pennsylvania commission.
and the commander-in-chief OF the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
United Confederate Veterans.
July MILITARY Day: Under the
direction of the chief of staff of the
United States army. Special detach-
ments Of each arm Of the regular
service to participate as directed.
July 3-Civic Day: Under the d.
rection of the governor Of the COM
monwealth of Pennsylvania. presid-
Ing. and participated in by the gov
ernors Of the several states. Orations.
sermon and music.
July National Day: The chief
Justice of the United States presiding
Forenoon, Grafton by the president Of
the United States. High noon. he to
lay the cornerstone of a great peace
memorial. Evening, fireworks.
To Hold Reunion In Great Tent.
A great tent. seating between ten
sand (15.O00) veterans. will be erect
ed immediately adjoining the camp.
and therein will occur the above exer-
cises. excepting the military parade
and fireworks, and therein, save for
the hours set apart for the above ex-
ercises. the veterans may hold all
reunions they may desire, the tent
being arranged to be subdivided into
numerous separate enclosures. All
veterans of the Civil war. north and
south. are urged to wear their army.
corps. division. brigade and society
badges, as a means Of identification
to their comrades In like commands.
in the expectation that 1t will assist
in imparting information as to when
and where their different organiza-
tions meet, and in bringing together
comrades who would otherwise. by
reason Of lapse of time, fail to recog-
nize each other.
10000 Veterans Expected.
1t is expected that 10000 veterans
of the war. not all of them, however.
survivors of the Gettysburg battle. will
be found encamped upon the field
when reveille sounds on the morning
of July l. 1t will be a different re-
veille than that which the fife and
drum corps of the two great armies
sounded fifty years ago. The call to
awakening will be a call to a peaceful
celebration while the call to the awak-
ening In July. 1868. was call Of
armies to conflict and, to thousands of
men. q call to death.
For years the veterans have been
looking forward to this reunion. 1t Is
probable that there will be present
many thousands of survivors of the
battle.
Many of the states Of the Union.
north as well as south. have made ap-
preparation to send their veterans to
the Gettysburg reunion and to pay all
! other expenses. The battle Of Gettys-
burg is recognized a. the turning point
of the war between the states. 1t has
been called time and again one Of the
decisive battles of the world. Gener-
ally 1t is recognized that Gettysburg
decided the great conflict. helped in
the decision probably by the fall Of
vicksburg on the Mississippi, which
took place virtually 1t the moment
that the conflict on the Pennsylvania
field was decided in favor of the north
ern arms.
Large Sum for Entertainment.
The Battle Of Gettysburg commits
sion of the state OF Pennsylvania has
q large sum OF money at its disposal
for the entertainment Of the visiting
veterans. and the thousands of persons
who will accompany them. Hospital
ity is to mark the days. Fifty years
ago Pennsylvania aided in the work of
repellinE the visitors from the south.
In early July next the same state win
have Its arms wide open in welcome
t. the men wearing the gray. Enter
tamments of various kinds will be Of
fered the visiting veterans. but 1t is
pretty well understood that their deep
| interest in revisiting the scenes where
they fought, Little Round Top. Oak
Ridge, Cemetery Hill. Culp's Hill,
Rock Creek. the Stone Wall and other
! places will hold them largely to the
pleasures and to the sadnesses of per
sonal "reminiscences. Arm In arm with
the Union soldiers the Confederate sol
diers will retramp the battle-ground.
They will look over the field of Pick
ett's desperate charge. They will re.
trace the marching steps Of Long
streets corps. They will go to the
place where Meade had his headquar'
ters and to the place from which Lee
directed his southern forces in battle
It Is said that this contemplated re-
| union has induced more interest
among the old soldiers OF the north
and the south than any event which
has happened since the day that the
war closed. There Is today at Gettys-
| h,.~ a sweet national mark in which
is included a cemetery where thou
sands of soldier dead are buried. The
| United States government and the leg
islature Of Pennsylvania worked to
gether to make a park Of the battle