Evening journal., 1913-07-01
VETS OF NORTH AND SOUTH (
TODAYON BLOOD
STAINED GETTYSBURG FIELD
II, 900 Survivors of the Civil War, Forgetting All
Bitterness of so Years Ago, Mix Tears With Pa
friotc Joy at Biggest ReuniOnin History of Nation
CONQUERED AND C0NQUEROR
RECALL "THE FIRST DAY FIGHT''

. cd. And as the old warriors passed
, and repassed the places that meant
so much to them, occasionally thera
came a catch In the voice, a tear dim~
med the eye. II was plain that II
meant much to these men. Here was
where they had fought Here was
where they had seen their tent mate
a father, brother, a neighbor crum<
pie up and fall lifeless while hia
blood dyed the SOIL Then they had
no time to mourn.
They had no time even to care for
the stricken. Their duty was ahead.
and they answered the call But to-
| day they lived II all over again and
prayers and tears were mingled.
These men we're not ashamed to show
their emotions. They made no at
tempt TO hide their tears. They had
earned their right to shed them a half
century ago and II was plain that
they deemed It only meet that they
should remember the boys who had
drunk from the same canteen," but
whom the fortunes of war had
Iclaimed.
The spot where the gallant Rey~
nolds fell directing his army was ths
mecca for many wearers of the blue
land the gray He was the first OF
the ranking officers TO fall and the
monument that marks the spot was
fragrant with perfume Of many
flowers placed thereon by survivors
of his own army and men from HiIl's
corps who opposed him.
But the tears shed today were not
tears of regret. The spirits Of the
veterans we're of the highest. The
! dead had given their lives in the per-
formance Of their duty and their
sacrifice had not been In vain. Thai
was the spirit of the entire encamp-
! ment Not man who wore the gray
I who would today have changed the
> outcome Of the struggle II he had the
r Ipower.
e Tears Go with Stories.
? The providential outcome was on
: every lip and cheers for the re.
: united nation came from group after
= group as they listened TO impromptg
4 orations by noted members OF thei
lr own Immediate parties.
a. For II was day Of speech maxim
le and story telling There we're to b
In formal exercises late IN the afternoo
s. in the big tent erected for that phi
a. pose. but the real speeches toda
Of weer heard In nearly every section 9
Is the open ground The battlefield PROV
y ed an inspiration for those who we're
a overcome by their feelings and sought
: opportunity to be heard Impromptu
= company, regimental. brigade and
: corps reunions we're the order of the
day and one merged into the other so
4 easily that patriot talks came with
: out effort
4 A remarkable feature of the entirs
q day was the manner in which the
Q North and the South representatives
4 united. A knot Of blue clad veterans
8 would gather around a column OF
granite topped with a bronze figure.
2 At first their talk would be in low
7 almost whispered tones.
Here is where we stood-waiting,"
that was about the way most OF
Q the stories began. Then would come
: the recital OF the half hour In tho
b wheat fields, OF the cruel raking OF
{ the standing forces by shrapnel from
4 the distant hills. Of the heroism Of
: Tom. OF Jim. OF Ed. And finally when
+ the narrator reached the point where
Q the orders 70 advance finally came
e he would find himself the center or
i group lnat sometimes fcdCHeu IdF
Q into the hundreds. And there would
e always be a gray clad figure TO pick
up the story where the wearer Of the
blue dropped It, to tell OF how the
L charge was received. of the bayonet
: thrusts that followed when the two
: opposing forces met I'm the final des-
r perate hand-to-hand encounter: how
d the sharpshooters picked off the
e color bearers and the officers: how
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