Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-06-23
VETERANS FROM THE ARMIES OF
MEADE AND LEE ARE GATHERING
AT GETTYSBURG FOR BIG REUNION

supper time. Twenty meals will be
served to each veteran during the
week if he is in camp that long and
the camp will come to an end after
breakfast on Sunday, July 6.
Veterans have planned to visit
historic places in and about the great
area where the battle was fought
and where skirmishes occurred that
led up to it, and to hold reunions.
The great celebration win be in full
swing on the morning Of July l, ex-
actly fifty years to the day from the
time the battle opened to the west
of the town.
The program for the four big days
S briefly as follows:
July Veterans day. Appropriate
exercises under the joint direction
of the Pennsylvania commission and
The commander in chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic and the Unit
ed Veterans.
| July Military day. Under the
direction of the chief of staff of the
United States army
July 3.-Civic day. Under the di-
rection of the governor of Pennsyl
yania, presiding and participated in
by the governors of the states. if
they so desire. Addresses and music
| July 4-National day. Patriotic ex-
lercises, orations, with fireworks in
the evening.
great tent, one of the largest in the
United States, capable of accommo-
dating about $4,000 persons This
ent is at the southern end Of the
camp, beside the Emmittsburg road,
down which Lees army went after
} the close of the three days battle.
: Except for the time the main ex.
ercises are being held, the big tent
will be given over to the veterans TO
hold such reunions as they may ar
range. The tent is so constructed
that it can be subdivided into many
sections for these reunions. For the
5 Identification of old soldiers who may
0 comrades because of the changes
/ wrought by the hand of Time, each
: veterans is expected TO wear his
e army corps, division, brigade, regi
d mental and society badges.
!, After the principal exercises OF
t. July 4, there is no schedule of events
except such as may be arranged by
t. the veterans themselves in the way
L Of reunions and short excursion!
1t about the field and to neighborinl
h places.
y The United States troops, whose
a. camp will adjoin that of the veter
If ans. will do constant police duty
s Boy scouts will act as guides. Penn
t. sylvanias state police will also b,
e on duty
The United States government ha
o erected a mammoth field hospita
n close to the camp. fully equipped
r. The state also will have its hospita
Is tents and the state commissioner 0
t. health will keep deputies in cam
k. for constant inspection work. Tn
n state fire marshal, in addition. ha
Id assigned men to the camp and step
al have been taken to prevent fires t
n entinguish them promptly should an
S, occur
10 The commissary department will b
o under the direct charge of regula
h army officers and will be one of tn
ne most complete ever organized for
I'd camp There win be nearly so
-s cooks; 1875 bakers will furnish fres
ar bread every day for the big army.
nd The greatest care has been take
mp in arranging for the twenty meal
he that will be served during the weel
/. The menu was written with due r.
or gard for the age of the men. 1t wi
iv- be quite different from the hard tao
nt and coffee and the occasional po
70 iloH VI bSdh oOup Vi oV" b~iiS
or given the soldiers in the histor
We days of fifty years ago. This part
de the camp arrangements is to be
It's the care of Major William R. Grov
'or The town of Gettysburg, which hi
ct population of a little more tina
1000. will be unable 70 care for Il
to influx of visitors and thousands
ge them will be cared for in neighbour
an towns and cities as far away as Ha
OF risburg and York. Practically evel
private house in Gettysburg viii
ra. turned into a boarding house. Mar
nd veterans who desire to attend q
ion reunion and want TO bring membe
on Of their families have been unab
will to obtain accommodations and mu
me leave them behind.