The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-05-30
top e the Pennsylvania commission.
ahd yhS commander-in-chief 6fs the
Srena army Of the. Rspublid and the

united confederate Veterans.
. July MILITARY Day: Under the
sdsrectlon OF he chief of staff Of the
United states army. Special detach-
OF each arm of-.tha-regular
service to participate as directed.
July 3-Civic Day: Under the d..
rection of the governor of the com.
monwealth of Pennsylvania, presid-
ing and participated In BY the gov.
eruor OF the several states. Orations,
sermon and music.
July National Day: The chief
Justice OF the United states presiding.
forenoon. Grafton by the president Of
the United States. High noon. he to
lay the cornerstone Of a great peace
memorial. Evening. fireworks.
TO Hold Reunion In. Great Tent.
= great tent, seating between ten
thousand 100000 and fifteen thou.
SAND (t5.Q00) veterans, will be erect
ed Immediately adjoining the camp,
and therein wal occur the above exer.
cises. excepting the military parade
n nrsworhst and therein, save for
thes BOUTS set apart for the above ex-
ercises, the 1eterans1 may ihold all
reunions they may. desire, the tent
being arranged to be subdivided into
numerous separate enclosures. All
veterans of the Civil war, north and
south. are urged to wear their army,
corps division. brigadeo and society
badges, as a means of identification
10 their comrades in like commands.
In the expectation that it will assist
IN rimpartine Information, assto when
and where their different organiza.
lions meet and in bringing together
comrades who would otherwise, by
reason OF lapse of time. fail to recog-
nise each other.
r. 10000 Veterans Expected.
II IL expected that 10000 veterans
ofafhe war, not all of them, however,
survivors of the Gettysburg battle, will
be found encamped upon the field
> iwhen reveille sounds on the morning
OF July l. 1t viii be a different re-
terler than that whchtt1e lffAS and
/, drum corps Of the two great armies
sounded fifty years ago. THE call to
: awakening will be a call to. a peaceful
. celebration while the call to the awak.
! ening in July, 1868, .was a call OF
armies to conflict and. to,thousahds Of
men. a call to death.
For years the, veterans have. beer
y looking forward to this reunion. 1t II
probable that there will be. -presen'
many thousands Of survivors of the
d4zoa&4e,.--p-~-~-~---. - ~ xY~<NS
RS Many OF the states tcf-the FstEAAon
# north as well as south. have made ap
,sj,pfppriatienHto. send their veterans Il
h the Gettysburg reunion and to pay al
other. expenses. The battle of IGettys
burg Is recognized as TIE thfnihg poin
Of the war between the states. 1t, ha
called time and asaM lone Of tn
decisive battles of the world. Genel
ally It isS fecegnizeds tffAtsGkftysbur
decided the great conflict, helped
. thez decision probably hys tbe efall {
~ Vicksburg on the Mississippi, whic
's topk place, virtually at the, ,porner
y that the conflict on the P~enhsylvani
= field was decided in favor Of the nortl
ern arms. t..t@ - ~
a. Large Sum for Entertainment.
,e The Battle of Gettysburg commi
,g sion Of the state of Pennsylvania hs
#. a large sum of money at its dispos'
for the entertainment OF the visitin
10 veterans, and the thousands'of person
~ who will accompany them. Hospita
10 ity is to mark the days. Fifty yea
rs ago Pennsylvania aided In the work
repelling the visitors from the sout
In early July next the ame state wi
w have it's arms wide open in WELDON
to the men wearing the gray Ente
te tainments of various kinds will be
ie fered the visiting veterans, but 1t
70 pretty well, understood,that. their dee
Ill interest in revisiting the n whe
VI they fought. Little Round Top, o.
CHI Ridge, Cemetery HILL, Cnlp's Hi
OF Rock Creek, the Stone Wall and 9th
re places will hold them largely to Il
OIL pleasures and to the sadnesses of pc
wn senaI "reminiscences. Arm IN arm WI
en- the Union soldiers the Confederate, 81
ct diers will retramp, the battle-ground
ter They will look over the field Of Pic
Dd, ett's desperate charge They will
on trace the marching steps of Lor
ct. streets, corps. sThsy,, will. e to a
,i1J place where Meade had. hia hAsdFus
Ter ters and to the place from which L
Qw directed. his southern forces In hiatt
The 1t is said that this contemplated
no union has induced more Eintere
. "a among the old sgdi@s .l6t We nor
IiaS and tha south thai ely event viii
a.lt mas. happened since tie day that t
tbs war closed There istVday1at Gett!
lneFbdrxralgrsat natidnal pafkl in viii
nal his included a cemetery wheres thu
vanm d soldier deud- ars DtHet T
ut9 r@tea States esserhnsAtadhsh me Il
:wo isiature Of Pennsylvania worked
ust gether to make a park q the bait
the field and to mark accurstely eve
ter p&nk. in IT which has HatSfii sntere
syl. y expected thats3 &d v
urgAE dome from the. FenNto a4.a
10 the 0rsy1 on ~ S d
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