The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-07-05


during the reunion shall be in the fol-
lowing order:
The first day will be known as Vet
Grams day.
All surviving soldiers of the civil
war. north and south, are requested to
take part as invited guests under the
direction Of the commanders in chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic and
of the United Confederate Veterans,
but the United States flag alone will
appear in line.
The second day will be known as
Military day. and lie under the COM
mand of the chief of staff of the Unit
ed States army. Special d~etachments
of epch branch of the army, to be de-
tall by the secretary of wal and rep
rese tatives of the national guard of
the states will take part. Each com
mand is to have a military band, and
the evolutions of the day will be de-
termined by the commission ia con
sultation with the army officers in
command.
The third day will be known as Civic
day and will be under the personal SUI
peryision of the governor of Pennsyl-
yania. The participants will be the
governors of the various states, their
stats and the general public. A great
chorus of voices from the leading Choir
al societies of the country, supported
by the military bands. will furnish
the music. Exercises will be held
morning. afternoon and evening. APP
propriate orations will be delivered at
the earlier services and a sermon in
the evening.
National Day.
The fourth day will be known as Ma
tional day. The chief justice OF the
supreme court will preside, and the
president. vice president, the cabinet.
the justices of the supreme court, the
speaker of the house of representa-
tives and the congressional committee
will be the guests of honor.
At 10 O'Clock q. IN. a great mass
meeting has been arranged for. at
which prayer will be offered, singing
by the chorus and the people, and an
Grafton by the president Of the United
States. At noon the corner stone of
the peace memorial will be laid by the
president with appropriate exercises.
Gettysburg In '63 and Today.
In '63 the Gettysburg battlefield was
far different from what ii Is today. 1t
was then a country settlement with
| poor roads and many hills, with a
| church here and there. and now and
| then a house or a country store or tav-
ern. Today Gettysburg is one of the
finest of national parks, with govern
ment built roads dotted everywhere
and hundreds of monuments and stat
ues on the sites where fought and
died the flower of the armies of the
~contending states. The population of
the town is only 5000.
In the park are some 500 memorial
shafts in addition to more than 1000
bronze markers, the latter showing the
| position of the fighting units of the
| battle of Gettysburg.
Strolling over the familiar grounds
the time marked veteran again will see
where Pickett made his memorable
charge, where Reynolds went to his
death in the northeast corner OF Me-
Pherson's woods. the Devils den ex-
actly as ii was at the time of the bat
tie, the natural Notifications that is an
outlying bastion of both Little and Big
Round Tops: where Hancock fought.
where Longstreet and his Confederates
made their last stands. the headquar-
ters of Lee on the Chambersburg pike
and those Of Meade on the Taneytown
road, the spot where Lincoln made his
immortal speech. the house where Jen-
ME Wade was killed and so on. every
feature of the historic struggle being
clearly indicated in bronze or marble.