Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-07-03
Deafening CIapS Of Thunder
and Flashes of Lightning
Not Unlike Booming of Can
non Of Meade and Lee,
HEAVY RAIN SENDS
Thermometer DOWN
Fifty Thousand Veterans Gath
cred in Reunion Find Slip
perry Ground Preferable to
Heat and Dust

ipy noEnlHo JOURNAL SPECIAL trAsgo wiRsi
Gettysburg. Pa, july % "a roarug
storm swept down out OF the Bluc
ridge over me plateau of Gettysburg
today bringing needed relief Co the
thousands of Veterans I'm blue and
gray who have swellarod for four
days In ana atmosphere that would
do credit 10 @ firelcss cooker which
is dangerous in city of 10000 old
and weary men For more than 20
half hour The rain came pouring down
upon the sun cracked and wind swept
cuc1mpment ground II chargcd with
violent laundering over the ground
that Pickett covered In 'G3. Us salNos
of thunder We're like the booming
gums OF Meade and Lee. but thc ther-
mometer dropped with wonderful
agility and the lightning cleared tho
air of it's burden of humidity
Loo the vanguard of the storm was
ID wind that eddied the dust In clouds
blinded the veterans and made the
thoughtful scurry for their tents to
lash them down. They showed they
had not forgotten the Old days, for
not tent was blown over So far ass
reports showed tonight and not "a
veteran was injured At the big tent
where the formal exercises were held.
the army of Workmen hurried In the
face of the storm to put up it's sides
and prepare for the unusual. For DAYS
they have watched for the coming Of
% big wind, and men have been sta
toned 20 tie it tight if the wind rose
above gentle breeze Predictions
have been made that a sudden gus,
would lift the canvas ANA the poles
high into the air and spread destruc-
tion in its path.
Tonight the veterans were really
able To- enjoy themselves for the
first time since their arrival, although
the ground was slippery the roads
% half inch deep in mud that once
was dust and the grass was wet ana
uncomfortable
Ghls was military day at the big
tent. but comparatively few veterans
appeared to listen 60 the speech maxi
ing ana TO near me D',l1a li'"I
Key IN t'e straw 0'u i'i''0N ''''
and other airs
Colonel Andrew Cowan, of Louis
Vile. Ky, acted as presiding officer OF
the day ANA he told several stories
mat. pIouEnt si',i',s ~ ~. "r' ~.
hearers Oo'one' ,o"'" ','. Wa, ~ ,''..,'1
hc'r III q ull'o'l 'a.1'iy ., N','e'' ',,,r p'','
part ln t,'o Ng''S '''i I,,,a no
'On the thifd day OF tn' ua'll'' i,'
7alu' i"P % my oit'1''' MIN
cd ON 'el'''IS l''S'.
them go "a hospital hearpN 'hu ",,'
] lelt WIN my pattetI - + uia'' ,',, tn,'
Lcr "cn' 70 one anu l"'1 I''"' 3an, ,"o
everything posS'"'e "0"'" " w
For MN ,..,
J WISH you Woui' 'y' ~ - ,, '''"
mo- Reports go "u, li'''
wounded ne saio. ~ " 'iS -
delicate condition ana ~ "i'','"
She heard ABOUT H. IL i''-'i' N'.' '''' .,.5
~ went To the d"NloI ~ '''''' ~
told him the story ana ne " pi'''''''
To do all ne could.
rwenty-three years "tV' l''''
union doctor was sitting IN nus oiII''
n Plainiicld, y. Ja forget nus han'''
when q boy walked IN
Doctor he said, ! want 20 snaNo
your hand I ann going TO school over
at Princeton and my father toId "'
when ! came up here TO looN you up
He said you saved his life.
Doctor be continued J M ln'
baby"
Colonel Cowan brought th' N'''-I
rams to their feet when he began TO
praise Major Normoyle Captain DH'-
on ana the other officers of the resu-
Ian army who conduct the DIE camp
They have earned enduring iam'
md we thank them from the bottom
F., our hearts hc said