The Washington herald., 1913-06-29
MANY VETERANS
TO START TODAY
FOR GETTYSBURG
Train Carrying Several Hun
dred Local Men VIII Leave
This Morning.
MORE GOING TOMORROW
twenty-five Boy Scouts from the Dis
trict Will Aid Red Cross
Nurses on Field.

Gray, bearing the scars of many hard
fought battle. will pass through the traiI
gates at Union Station this morning oil
their way to the semi-centennial celebra
ton Of the great battle of Gettysburg.
Some OF them will be tottering OF
STATS, others will show empty. sleeves
and practically all will have some seal
or other Disagreement to attest silently
to the days of strife fifty years ago
when brother fought against brother anc
father took up arms against son. But
despite their age and infirmaties, they
will be on hand with all the inward vigoI
and patriotism that spurred them on
ward in the perilous days fifty years ago
The train will leave over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad promptly at go
O'Clock. 1t is expected that between 5OC
and 500 veterans will attend the celebra-
ton from the District. Only a portion
of them will leave this morning. Per
haps the greater number will make the
trip on the Pennsylvania special which
leaves Union Station at 1880 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
Col. Hopkins Starts for Field.
Col. Thomas S. Hopkins, member of
the commission in charge of arrange
ments for the transportation of the local
veterans, left the city for Gettysburg
yesterday afternoon at 1:55 O'Clock. Yes
terday morning he called, accompanied by
Capt. d. B. Bull, another member Of
the commission, on the Comptroller o.
the Treasury, who decided that the vet
Grams would be compelled to advance the
money for their railroad fare, the money
TO be refunded after the celebration. On
Friday Congress appropriated 5000 &c
defray the expenses of the local veterans,
but the Comptroller decided that the lack
OF sufficient time would not permit the
Payment of the transportation expenses
directly out of the appropriated sum.
Two Boy Scout troops, consisting OF
twenty-five boys each, left for Gettys-
burg yesterday afternoon. They went Oh
the electric line to Baltimore, from which
point they proceeded to the battlefield
via the Western Maryland Railroad. The
boys are the pick of the local Boy Scouts,
and were selected because Of their special
abiiity and qualifications.
The Scouts will aid the Red Cross
nurses in the treatment of frst-aid
cases, will assist the aged veterans in
going over the battlefield and in carry
ing their baggage, and will make them
selves generally useful during the cele-
bration. 1t is expected that there will
be about 700 Boy Scouts on the field.
most of them coming from Pennsyl-
vania.
Those in Boy Scout Party.
The Boy Scouts party was headed by
Scout Commissioner Martin. Assistant
Scout Commissioner Frank c. Wood,
Field Secretary DR.. William H. Leon
ard. and Scout Masters T. r. Pirtle, of
Troop No. 10 and c. H. Killian, of
Troop No. 30 The following Scouts are
away on the trip: Dwight Terry. Claude
Ayre. Clarence E. Latham, n. D. Fran
lin, Edwin Speakman, Lawrence Prem
tice. William Becker. Allan Trail, Mar
shall De Shields, John Stockard, Frank
White. HorralI Williams, w. W. Prem
tice, Terry Allison, Ralph Coates, Chan
try W. Davis, Otto Spiess, Charles
Amazeen, Leonard A. Zerkle, William
Thomasson, Charles Starnell, Arnell
Carpenter. Clyde McCurdy, Garland
Haske, Charles Conner. Edward Duke.
Daniel Bartholomew, Hayes Jack, Fred
Reed, Devere Weldon. Leslie Downing.
William Wilson, Manuel Miller, Clar-
ence Shrout, Merle Condor, Julian
Latham, Lloyd Gosorn, Kenneth Harries,
Leslie Sheriff, Leander Syme, Fred
Fielding, J. D. Eggleston, Franklin
Schneider. Millson Goodacre. Harry Wal
ford. Fred Downey. Phillip McKenney,
Whitney Morrill,. and Howard Derrick.
The Federal Woman's Equality Asso-
citation will have a tent on the battle-
field during the celebration. The women
will distribute literature buttons. and
banners. and will secure signatures to
the petitions to be presented to the
United States Senate asking for a Fed
eral amendment enfranchising women.
Those on the committee are: DR.. Clara
Mrs. Helen R. Tindall,
Mrs. W. T. Hancock, Mrs. Charles Mer-
ton, Mrs. Anna Harmon, Miss Bertha
Yoder. Mrs. H. Thompson Smith, Mrs.
May F. Talbot, and Miss Jenkins.
The following is a list of the local
Union and Confederate veterans who are
TO make the trip to Gettysburg together
with the companies and regiments in
which they served during the war:
W. S. AXE, Co. NJ, LIST L. S. Cav, SO 1-2
srd st. NV: Lucius d. Alden, Co. F.
'3rd Mo. Vol. Inf, 500 L st. NV; George
A. Alexander, Forests Cav, 1916 North
18th Mass. Vol Inf, 2407 Sth st. NV;
Thomas G. Allen, Co. B, s3rd Pa, 1908
New Jersey Ave. NV; Isaac Anderson. |
Baylor's Co., 18th Va. Cav, Airmont, !
Va; William H Anderson, Co. !, 5th |
L. S. Cav, U. S. Soldiers Home, d. c.;
Anthony ]. Apple. Co. B. It'll Tenn. Inf, |
'05 e st. NV; Robert Armour, captain. |
9th n. Y. Vol, 2O35 H st. NV; w. S. |
Armstrong, 18th Ind, 132nd Ind, Ken
;ington, Md: Edward F. Austin, u. s. |
Engineers, I116 Park PL me-; James D.
Avery. 173S Pa. Ave. NV.
Elisha Babcock. Co. F, 4ith N Y. Vol,
33i 18th St NV; Nathan Baer, Bird Nd.
Vet. Vol Inf, Co.'S A and G, 1872 Pa.
Ave. Sc; Daniel o. Ball, Co. A, 4th U.
}. Art, Soldiers Home. d. c.; Dionysius
Ball. LIST Nd. Inf. 700 10th st. Sc: James
1. Barnes, Co. F. 9th n. Fl. Vol Inf,
Room 24s Grant Bldg, Soldiers Home;
apt. Joe Banner. Ala Regt., Brookland.
}. c.; Samuel W. Baxter, Co. /, LIST
I'd. Cav, 1903 G st. me-; Harrison H.
Bennett, Co. B, 18th Mass. Inf, Winder
Bldg; Eli A. Berry. Co. E, 18th N. Y.
nf., pattern shop. Navy Yard; Bartholo-
new Besley, CORP, Co. B, LIST N. Y.
,av., Mclean, Va, r. F. D. No. /; w.
;. Besley. regt- quart sergt., 9Th N. Y.
,ay.. Mclean, Va; NJ. II. Best, Co. A,
Ioudon's (Va.) Rangers, rs r st. NV:
Nathan Bickford. Co. F. 18th Me. Inf.
Tol, stationery division, Treasury; Louis
/. Bicks, N. S. Navy, 1897 Nicholas
I'VE. Sc; William Bierley, Battery E,
st U. S. Art, 1896 Kans. Ave. NV;
'oL B. F. Bingham, Co. H, 122nd N. Y.
FOL, 9Th Army Corps, ITO Md. Ave. ne;
/. r. Bird. Co. B, cath Mich. Qron Bri-
;ade), az F St NV. (The Pierpon0;
:. w. Bishop, Co. F, 18th Ill. Inf. 13s