The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-06

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the encampment Is over.
The old soldiers are to be supplied
with fresh meat directly from refrig-
orator cars drawn upon the field. They
will be given fresh vegetables and spe-
cial bread with the best coffee and tea
which the market affords. For them It
will not he a case of hardtack, bootleg
and poor bacon
The Battle Of Gettysburg commits
sion Of the state of Pennsylvania has
a large sun Of money at Its disposal
for the entertainment Of the visiting
veterans. and the thousands Of persons
who will accompany them. Hospital
ity is to mark the days. Fifty years
| ago Pennsylvania aided in the work of
repelling the visitors from the south.
In early July next the same state will
have its arms wide open In welcome
to the men wearing the gray. Enter
tainments of various kinds will be Of
fered the visiting veterans, but 1t Is
pretty well understood that their deep
interest in revisiting the scenes where
they fought. Little Round Top. Oak
Ridge. Cemetery Hill. Culps Hill.
Rock Creek, the Stone Wall and other
places will hold them largely to the
pleasures and to the sadnesses Of per-
sopal "reminiscences. Arm In arm with
| the Union soldiers the Confederate sol
diers will retramp the battle-ground.
They will look over the field OF Pick
| ett's desperate charge. They will re-
trace the marching steps of Long
| streets corps. They will go to the
place where Meade had his headquar-
ters and to the place from which Lee
directed his southern forces in battle.
Pennsylvania is going to. make
great celebration of peace of this fif-
tieth anniversary of what probably
was the decisive battle of the war, al
though 1t was fought nearly two years
before the war ended. Other states
will help Pennsylvania In its work. and
from every section of the country,
norta, east. south and west, the vet
Grams will assemble, most of them
probably to see for the last time In
life the field upon which they were
willing to die for the sake of their re-
spective causes.
It's veterans will not be directly en-
camped in the Gettysburg park, which
is dotted with monuments to the vari-
GUS commands which took part in the
| fight and which Is laid out in approved
park fashion, with fine drives and
beautifully kept lawns. There will be
two camps, known as No. l and No. 2.
| No. 1 will cover 149 acres and No. 2
will cover A acres. The layouts of
these camps are based on the use of
conical tents, each of which will, with
ouf crowdinp accommodate aiohf nor
sons. Inasmuch as accommodations
| 5000 tents will be required to give
quarters to the visiting hosts.
| Visitors to Be Cared For.
| Every possible care is to be taken
of the visitors. The sanitary arrange
ments which have been made are said
to be the best that are possible and
| they are the result of careful study by
medical officers of the service All the
experience of the past has been drawn
upon to make 1t certain that the health
of the veterans will be conserved while
they are in camp.
| With so many thousands of old SOL
diers in attendance. and taking into
consideration the probability that the
weather will be warm, 1t is expected
that there will be sickness, but the
United States government and the
state of Pennsylvania are preparing
for a hospital service which shall be
adequate to any contingency There
will be hospital corps detachments
| present ready to render first aid to
the injured. and there will be many
field hospitals with surgeons in at
tendance, where the sick can receive
instant attendance.
1t is said that this contemplated re-
union has induced more interest
among the old soldiers of the north
and the south than any event which
has happened since the day that the
war closed. There is today at Gettys-
burg great national park, in which
is included cemetery where thou
sands of soldier dead are buried. The
United States government and the leg
| islature of Pennsylvania worked to-
| gether to make a park of the battle
field and to mark accurately every
point in 1t which has historic interest.
When one goes to the field he can tell
| just where this brigade or that bri-
gade was engaged, just where this
charge or that charge was made and
just where the desperate defenses OF
positions were maintained until the
tide of battle brought either victory or
defeat to one of the immediate com.
mands engaged.
1t was in 1896 that congress estab-
liehed a national park at Gettysburg
and gave the secretary of war author
/ itv TN mama a communication ato ounar;n
tend the opening of additional roads,
mark the boundaries, ascertain and
definitely mark the lines of battle OF.
troops engaged, to acquire lands which
were occupied by infantry, cavalry and