Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-26
FLOCK
INTO GETTYSBURG
Town to Be Taxed to Care for
Visitors to Blue and Gray
Reunion.
BIG CAMP FOR VETERANS
PRACTICALLY COMPLETED
Heavy Rain Proves Drainage System
Perfect-Official Program
of Celebration.

VEL . bJ III, I'd, June Zb.-1nat
Gettysburg has a great task before her
in feeding and housing the thousands of
visitors who will come to see the semi
centennial reunion of the Blue and
the Gray next week is manifest today.
Every train arriving carries hundreds of
persons and nearly every train is being
run in sections. kilograms by the hun
dreds are being received by the hotels,
asking for accommodations. A message
was received today from Gen. Daniel
E. Sickles, saying that he will arrive Sun
day and asking that he be furnished an
ambulance and a wheelchair. The ''com-
mand'' of the general who lost a leg in
the great battle will be obeyed.
The residents of Gettysburg are deter
mined to make the exercises comment
Grating the fifteth anniversary of the
great battle a success. Scores of pri-
vate homes will be thrown open as tenn
porary boarding houses and it is believed
every visitor will be accommodated with
out much discomfort.
Official Program Announced.
The official program of the celebration
was completed this morning and was an
nounced by Col. j.. NJ. Schoonmaker of
Pittsburgh, chairman of the battle of
Gettysburg anniversary commission. The
ceremonies as apportioned to the several
days are:
Veterans day, Tuesday. July /, to 4
pm, Col. J. NJ. Schoonmaker, chairman
of commission, presiding-Music. Meet
ing called to order by presiding officer.
Opening prayer by Rev George Edwards
Lovejoy, chaplain-in-chief. G. A. r. Ad.
dress by Iindley Garrison, Secretary of
War. Address of welcome by Gov John
X. Tener of Pennsylvania. Music: Ad-
chief, G. A. R Address by Gen. Ben
nett II. Young, commander-in-ch chief,
United Confederate Veterans. Closing
prayer by Rev. H. NJ Hamill, chaplain
Military day. Wednesday. July >. to
pm, Col Andrew Cowan. Louisville,
Ky. presiding-Music. Meeting called to
order by presiding officer. Prayer. Ad-
dress by Maj. Gen. John r. Brooke of
Pennsylvania. representative Of northern
forces in the battle. Address by SerAt.
John c. Scarborough of North Carolina.
representative of southern forces in bat
tie. Reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg
cemetery dedication speech by Barry
Buckley. Address by Gen. John C. Black.
Music.
Governors day, Thursday, July B, .
to pm, John x. Tener, Governor of
Pennsylvania, presiding-Music Meeting
Prayer. Address by Gov Tener of Penn
sylvania. Address by Gov. James B.
McCreary of Kentucky. Reunion of Phil
adelphia brigade and Pickett's division
at the Bloody Angle Fireworks display
at pm.
No set program has been arranged by
the commission for July 4. with the idea
that many of the veterans and visitors
would desire time to visit various sites
on the battlefield or rest after the three
DAYS of meetings.
The annual encampment of the Depart
ment of Pennsylvania of the Grand Army
of the Republic began here today, with
every one of the 600 posts in the state
represented.
Drainage System Works Well.
The big camp for the veterans who will
attend the celebration here next week
was visited by heavy rainstorm yester-
day afternoon, which enabled the officers
in command to make the first thorough
inspection of the trenches and drainage
system of the camp Everything was
found to be working perfectly and the
contents of every tent remained thorough
ly dry, showing that the old soldiers need
have no fear of possible bad weather
while here.
Camp Practically Complete.
plete, and little remains to be done be-
fore the arrival of the first lot Of vet
Grams for supper Sunday evening. The
regular army troops are due the last
of this week, and cavalry, artillery
and engineers will enter their camps
before Sunday, completing the organi-
zation of every branch of the service
here.
Appropriation Is Awaited.
HARRISBURG, Pa, June 26.-Erec-
ton of the tents and shipment of COM
missary and quartermasters stores to
take care Of 10000 veterans over and
above the 10000 originally provided for
in the arrangements for entertainment
Of the old soldiers who will be guests
Of the state will not be started by the
War Department until the general APP
propriation bill carrying the thirty
five-thousand-dollar appropriation is
agreed upon