The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-07-10
Army PAYS TRIBUTE
Silence RtigE at Gettysburg While
Salute Is Fired.
Ten Thousand Hear President De-
liver Parting Address-Exodus
For Home Begins.

Gettysburg, Pa.-The regular army
paid tribute Friday to the thousands
who sleep under the hills of Gettys-
burg. Somewhere down in the heart
of the tented city bugle sang out in
silver sweet call, that wandered over
the field where Lee and Meade made
history. The big flag before the head
quarters of General Liggett, flashing
in sudden curves of red and white and
blue, glorious in the sunshine of a
perfect July day, came slowly half
way down the shaft In front of the
tent, shoulders squared, figure trim in
summer uniform of white, face toward
the flag, the general clicked heels to-
gether and stood at attention.
The guns of the Third battery burst
into salute. Every officer over the
length and breadth of the wide field,
every enlisted man turned away from
the duties of the moment and faced
the flag, heels together, heads up and
eyes alight with the sentiment of the
hour.
AS the last gun of the 48 sent the
echoes gathering about Seminary
Ridge and Round Top, there was sol
emn silence-the hush of peace Ole
veterans who did not realize, perhaps,
exactly what was going on, stood 81
lent under the spell of the universe
feeling that seemed to sweep the field
Even the clatter of pots and pans II
the mess tents was hushed, and the
yells Of cooks about to dish up the
midday meal lowered to whispers.
For five minutes the camp was quiet
Then the bugle spoke again in notes
joyous. The silken flag leaped up the
staff to its very pinnacle and the
noises that 40, 900 men can make re
sumed their sway, the regular army
tribute to the dead and to the flag of ;
reunited Nation.
That five minutes silence was prob
ably the last formal mark of the semi
centennial celebration Only few
minutes before President Wilson spok'
in the big tent to the veterans in blu
and gray and only short time after
ward thousands of those who were lief
began their preparations for depart
ure.
The President came into Gettysburl
shortly after ii o'clock from Balti
more. Through the narrow, crooke
streets of this war-tamed countr
town he motored out to camp wit
Governor Tener of Pennsylvania, an
Representative Palmer of Pennsy
} vania, by his side. On his appearance
: at the station of Gettysburg colleg
grounds came the customary 81 guns
From the station to the camp over tn
village streets and gray and dust
1 Emmitsburg roads, the President wa
, driven, while the Pennsylvania cor
stabulary, looking business-like an
} efficient in their slate gray uniforms
: guarded his automobile and kept tn
3 traffic clear.
, The President was in the tent onl
D half hour. At the conclusion of hi
0 speech he shook hands with many G
+ those on the platform and then wake
e between lines of the constabulary
q his private car waiting on a neart
siding. He stood on the rear platforl
as the train pushed slowly down t.
ward Gettysburg through the cam
3 A few minutes later he started fl
t Harrisburg and the North.
q Special trains began pushing out {
e Gettysburg early and the railroad me
were working their hardest to p,
s them out ON schedule
= Governor Mann, of Virginia, al
+ General Bennett H. Young, of Loui
g vile, KY, commander-in-chief of I'll
g United Confederate Veterans, starts
q movement to have reunion OF Il
armies of the North and South
Richmond in April, 1915, on the so
anniversary of the evacuation of Il
b capital of the Confederacy.