Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-04
CONNECTICUT MEN !
 VISITED THE vIRcINIANs
Grsetings Exchanged at Gettyskura Reunion Everybody Well and Hap


 The Connecticut Veterans at the Gettysbure semi-centennial annlyer- sary are feeling firle-in great contrast to their first morning in the great tent ed field. There is no one sick few nave gone home, but the great hulk of them are enjeying to the limit the renewal of their strenuous youth, and when their special leaves Saturday morning.
 Connecticut did its share to ra-i washing the bloody shirt Wednesday night. The headquarters of the CoI,- necticut commission received a visit from Judge Alfred H. Beers of BridSe- port. national commander of the 6. A. R.. The commander was accom- panied by his adjutant, General SeeIey, pr. Henry B. White and Quartermastcr General Stowits They came from town by auto. The drum corps was summoned and a parade formed, Chairman Purcell of the commission acting as marshal
 With the highest ranking officer Of the O. A. R. and his staff with them, the Connecticut Vets felt pretty ehesty and they set out for visit to their Virginian friends headed by tie Bethel drug corps The Johnnies of the Old Dominion saw them coming and the procession down the long street. where the 5000 former enemies were lined
 
 cesSion. The Virginians gave Connect lcut the rebel yell and some of the Nutmeg Vets said afterward that they he'd never heard it sound so much like the real thing in fifty years.
 Adjutant General SeeIey was so much impressed that he stepped o't of the parade to get some photographs Of the spectacle. Thursday, the eve of the Fourth, there was a return visit by the Virgfnians and it is safe to assert from the giddy way these old boys have been acting, that there was no sleep in the Connecticut tents or the Virginian either for that matter.
 Provided with Every Comfort.
 The attentions of Dr. Heman A. Ty- Ter have been of great value to the delegation and there is not one of the old warriors who did not report that he is having the time of his life T am ready to die just as soon as the Lord. says the word now, after get back home" said one happy comrade as he drained his pint of coffee. T, have waited fifty years. for th.s ago today and saw Pickett form his men out of the woods wonder and at this afternoon I will be in the same position, behind the same stone wall, and l will live over every minute of that terrible time, when the hopes of the Confederacy swung at high tide and slowly receded never to surge so high again. What more could an old Vet ask for than that ?" and that is really the way they all feel. They have been provided with every com fort by Uncle Sam since the unpleas- ant first night and day and many of them have dined better than they have ii their own homes for years. some be- cenSe they have better capacities under the shadow of the Blue Ridge noun tains, others because they have bet ter food They have forgotten all about their first nights sleep on the ground and there is not a man among them today who is not hardier and huskier than when he arrived. They have tramped mile after mile in the hot sun, studied anew the inscriptions on the monuments and fought it out with many a Johnny Reb in q friendly way and they are suprerneiy happy. Many have had some very interesting personal enc ounters and there are tales by the busllel. of wonderful reunions and coincidents of the battle days just now discovered. They will have a wonderful Fourth indeed
 Governor to Visit Camp.
 None in the 66008 appreciated as much as Connecticut, the thunder storm that broke over Round Top, Wednesday afternoon. There was a ieluge of rain which some of the vets compared to the downfall that set in on the afternoon of the third days battle fifty years ago. but this would be a gloomy comparison. It meant relief from the heat and a good night sleep. Governor Baldwin and Pres ident Bradstreet visited the Connect icut camp Thursday evening and were given a reception.