Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-30
SUN SMILES AS
'REB' MEETS 4YANK'
$4,000 Veterans Awake to
Perfect Day at Cettys-
burg.
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veterans camp yesterday was Cen
eral Daniel Sickles, who declined
hotel quarters in favor of a tent
pitched upon the site where he lost
> his leg during the battle. General
Sickles was escorted to his tent by a
cavalry detail and was cheered Justify
by wearers of both the blue and the
gray.
A picturesque parsonage who at
tracted much attention was General
Felix H. Robertson, of Texas, who
came to town clad in the full uni
form of confederate general. Gem
eral Robertson, who is proud of the
fact that he was at Fort Sumter
when the first gun was fired, also
declined to accept the hospitality of
the Pennsylvania commission which
had provided a comfortable room for
him in the dormitory of Pennsylva-
mia College, saying he preferred to
share the camp life with his men.
This attitude was also assumed by
General A. ]. West. of Atlanta, Ca,
who bunked with his comrades on
the battlefield
Among those registered at the
headquarters of the commission on
the campus of Pennsylvania College
are Governor Clarke, of Iowa; Gen
eral Tilletson and Colonel Heanan W.
Allen. of Vermont; Judge e. M. Glib
son, of Oakland, CAL; Z. L. Hawk.
a commissioner from Sacramento,
CAL; f. w. Castleman, of New Or
leans, and j. w Patterson.
Brings His Own Tent.
United States Senator Penrose ar
rived from Philadelphia late last
night and will remain until Thurs
day, when he will leave for Erie to
participate in the celebration Of Com
modore Perry's victory. Colonel
Charles H. Mcconnell is registered
from Chicago. He has brought from
that city a tent which will serve as
headquarters for the Iron Brigade
and Pettigrew's North Carolina
brigade. These brigades fought each
other in the first days battle and
their reunions are expected to be
peculiarly interesting for this reason,
Colonel McConnells tent is the only
one in the camp not furnished by
tho government.
The big train load of Virginia con-
thusiastic reception at the railroad
station in town. Men and women
shouted and cheered and waved
handkerchiefs as the train passed
slowly by. and the grizzled veterans
clad in their beloved uniform of gray.
hung far out of the ear windows and
cheered in return.
Heat as Only Enemy.
DR.. Samuel G. Isixon, commissioner
of health of Pennsylvania, who is in
charge of the hospital established by
the State, expressed himself last night
as apprehensive of the effect Of the
heat and excitement of camp life on
the veterans now here and those yet
to come. The ambulances were kept
busy all day, he said. and only about
one-third of those expected have ar
rived. Mostly the patients suffer
from Intestinal trouble. the doctor ex-
planned. He has instructed his as
sistants to caution the aged men
against over Indulgence in soft"
drinks which are for sale on all sides
in and around the camp.
John H. Reynolds, of Port Chester,
N. Y. Union veteran, died sudden
ly in camp last night making the
second death among the old soldiers
now here.
Governor Tener, of Pennsylvania.
motored over from Harrisburg today
and occupied his tent in the grounds
of Gettysburg College. The governor
and Mrs Tener made fifty miles from
the capital in less than two hours.
Battery B, Third Field Artillery, u.
S. A., fired the customary salute.
Battery B claims to be the lineal de-
scendant in batteries of Califf's Bat
terry, which opened the artillery fight
ing fifty years ago. There are now
four governors in camp.
The Pennsylvania executive made
a motor trip over the battlefield
shortly after his arrival, and the
other governors looked it over during
the day. Governor Tener received
formal calls of his brother governors
late today.
The suffragists do not intend to
overlook any opportunities and have
arranged for quarters near. the big
tent in the veterans camp, where the
principal exca.xs1-.x are to be held.
They expect to attack the veterans
from every side.