The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-09
REGULAR ARMY PATS TRIBUTE TO
RESTING HEROES OF
THE WAR OF SECESSION
As Forty-Eight Guns Sound Over Get
tysburg Professional Soldiers and
Volunteer Alike Stand in Solemn
Silence to Pay Token of Respect to
Fallen Warriors.

The regular army paid tribute on
Friday, July 4, to the thousands who
sleep under the hills of Gettysburg.
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 his
tory. The big flag before the head
quarters of Gen. Liggett flashing in
sudden curves of red, white and blue,
glorious in the sunshine of 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 to-
wards the flag, the general clicked
heels together and stood at attention.
Somewhere the guns of the Third
battery burst in staccato salute.
Every officer over the length and
breadth of the wide field, every en-
listed man, turned away from the du-
ties of the moment and faced the
flag, heels alight with the sentiment
of the hour.
AS the last gun Of the forty-eight
sent the heroes gathering about
Cemeter:: Ridge and Round Top
there was solemn silence, the hush Of
I2ace. Old veterans who did not real
ize, perhops, exactly at the beginning
what was going On stood silent under
the spell of the universal feeling that
seemed to sweep the field. Even the
clatter of pots and pans in 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 more
joyous. The silken flag leaped up
the staff to it's very pinnacle and the
noises 10000 men can make resum-
ed their sway. The regular army's
tribute to the dead and to the flag of
a united nation was paid.
Only a few minutes before Presi-
dent Wilson had spoken in the big
tent to the veterans in blue and gray,
and only a short time afterwards
thousands of those who were left be-
gan their preparations for departure.
The president came into Gettys-
burg shortly before II O'Clock from
Baltimore. Through the narrow.
crooked streets of this war-famed
country town he motored out to
camp, with Gov. Tener of Pennsyl-
vania and Representative Palmer Of
Pennsylvania by his side. His ap-
pearance at the station of Gettys-
burg was the signal for cheer and
from down in the Gettysburg college
grounds came the customary twenty
one guns salute. From the station
to the camp over the village streets
and gray roads the president was
driven while the Pennsylvania consta-
bulary, looking business-like and eff
cient in their slate-like gray uni
forms. guarded his automobile and
kept the traffic clear.
At the entrance to the big tent
the president paused for moment to
let the cameras pop away as he stood
with head uncovered between a vet
eran from either army. His entrance
into the tent to the strains of Hail
to the Chief" brought the crowd,
which estimates say numbered 10,-
900, from their chairs with cheer.
The speakers platform was filled
with the staff officers of governors,
with men in Confederate gray and
few in blue, with women in gay
dresses and the president in his black
frock coat was a quiet figure.
Gov. Tener introduced him In
dozen words. AS he rose to speak
there was another cheer.