The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-30
HEAT TAKES TWO Of
GATHERING HOSTS
VETERANS WHO FOUGHT AT
GETTYSBURG DIE ON FIELD
OF THEIR GLORY.
MANY ARE OVERCOME
SCORES ATTENDING: REUNION DROP
from ExHAUsTI0N-GENERAL
SICKLES RE.sxHEs THE
ENCAMPMENT.
MANY ARE OVERCOME

GETTYSBURG, PA, June 2a.--Two
deaths in the camp today married the
opening ceremonies of the great re-
union. John Fl. Reynolds, sixty-nine
years old, of Port Chester, n. Y.
member OF Lawrence Post. No. 37S,
G. A. r., died of heart disease in
the camp hospital. after he had been
overcome by the heat.
Augustus ID. Brown. of Livermore
Falls, Maine, was the other veteran
10 die on the battlefield He was
taken suddenly Ill late today. and died
just as an army surgeon reached his
side Scores of the old veterans
dropped everywhere from sheer ex-
haustion. and the ambulance were
kept busy all day hurrying them to
the field hospitals. Most of the ex-
hausted veterans are on the road to
recovery tonight.
The medical authorities tonight re-
fuse to give out the list OF veterans
overcome. Colonel Bradley, surgeon
IN chief. and the officers commanding
the field hospitals. all declare that
the patients handled by them today
we're all suffering with minor all
r1ents. and need only a rest over might
10 get well.
Among the notable arrivals in camp
today is General Daniel Sickles. who
declined hotel quarters In favor OF
tent at the Rodgers House, where he
lost his leg. General Sickles was es-
ccrted To his camp tent by cavary
detail. and was cheered Justify by
both blue and gray as he proceeded
through the center of the camp to
his quarters in the extreme southern
camp limits. General Sickles' decis-
f~ Iue haA f,1-
lowed by ether general officers Gen.
eral Felix Robertson, of Dallas, Texas,
and General A. ]. West, of Atlanta,
fer whom the Pennsylvania State
commission had reserved quarters at
the seminary, opened for the recep-
ton of the distinguished Southern
guests. fatty refused the offer and In
sisted on being shown to the regular
camp section of the Confederate
veterans
Perhaps the most striking illustra-
ton of the genuinely fraternal spirit
between the old veterans Is the TACT
that the anien veterans ON arrival
searched eagerly for a display OF the
Stars and Bars" and that the Con-
fedeEate veterans were just as re-
luctant about displaying II as the
Union men we're to see 1t displayed.
This thing isn't right until the boys
in the gray have their flag on Semi
nary Ridge: it ought to be there In
sisted several Pennsylvania and New
Workers, who arrived early.
s,1fsia hey ousht-te have II let HIS get
one up" declared Lucian w. Lyman,
Of the Eghty-third Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, and all other Union visitors to
the Confederate section voiced the
same opinion.
NO, the war Is over, its one coun-
try now: one flag; we fought for what
we thought was right. but let's all for
get 1t now"
Colonel Tilden Blodgett. OF New
York. was in the trolley accident this
morning. He had been visiting Lieu.
tenant 0. A. Dickinson, Fifth infantry.
u. s. A.
Four other men were injured In the
accident. which occurred at, Bloody
Run. near Devils Pen. on the outer
edge OF the battlefield. Among them
was John C. Fetterolf. Of Yerkes. Pa.
who was bruised about the body.
Others who suffered bruises we're al
mitted to the State hospital. and
treated by DR.. Dixon's nurses and doc
tors