The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-24
Bridgeport Heroes Who Fought. There Will Revisit Scene of
 Fierce Conflict
NAMES OF PARTY
 TO LEAVE MONDAY1
Russell Glenn Is Adjutant and. William M. BaTnum, Quarter
 master of Conn. Veterans

lIIdSl6I u UuIIIIu B5lGldIIS | Bridgeport veterans of the CivdI vvaHs 1 who fought at Gettysburg have. abouEs 1 completed their prepara ations to at=8 1 tend the 50th anniversary observances i of the battle which is to be held ouk l the field July l, 2, 3 and 4. They wills l take places of honor in this reuniona | of the Blue and Gray and properly sol
 for Bridgeport men bore a gallant parf9 | in the great battle which marked higf14 1 tide for the cause of the Confederacys5 Six Bridgeport men were kil1ed1 | there, a number were wounded, sev-i
 erai were taken prisoners and Bridget
 port pnen captured many prisoners7 l and several battle flags.
 l The Federal government has pro-
 vided quarters and rations only fort | 10000 men, but several thousand l more who took part in the battle have4 | already signified their intention o6 1 going and in order that no one maya l be disappointed the state of Pennsy1-i vania has increased her appropriatiou3
 to $4O0.OoO so that there will bel | rations and accommodations for all. Notice of this increase has beemi | sent to Captain A B. Beers of Brfdge-e 1 port, comm a chief of the Granda l Army of the Republic in the foI1owinG4 l telegram received today: Harrisburg, Pa. June 23, 1913. { l Hon. A. B. Beers, | Bridgeport, Conn. T Appropriations of Congress and o63 Pennsylvania each s150,0O0 provings adequate to entertain only 4O,0O0a
 veterans at Gettysburg reunion. Penu-5 l sylvania, therefore acting alone as hosbi | for any excess over that number, tod night introduced emergency appro@i prfation in her General Assembly suf-i | fcient therefore increasing her total 1
 appropriation to $400.oQ0 and yacoord-i 1 ingly Gassures your veterans to the number you lately estimated similar ] complete entertainment. Please so | advise them irnn ediateIy
 | LEWIS E. BEITLER,
 Secy. Penn. Gettysburg Commission. 1 Commander-in-O Chief A. B. Beers and
 his adjutant-generaB Henry J. See-t l ley. will leave Bridgeport on Thursday 1 and go to Gettysburg to attend the( 1 first encampment of the Pennsylvania5
 e. A. R. During the Gettysburg ob- | servance Commander Beers headquar-t | ters will be in the Seminary buildfngm | l on the famous Seminary Ridge. | The veterans of Bridgeport and vi-i
 cinity who go to Gettysburg will Ieawsf l Bridgeport, Monday morning at, 10l 1 o'clock. At New York they will be 3 1 taken across the city in taxicabs to the 1 Pennsylvania railroad station Wherei ] they will have lunch. They win go over the Pennsylvania railroad, ths3 l train carrying them right to their/ten nts I
 on the field which they will reach l about o'clock They win find e. hosi
 meal awaiting them. Russell Glenn of Bridgeport, O. Az i
 14th Conn, is adJutant of the Con necticut party. William Barnum, 2ndi 1 Conn. Light Battery is quartermaEt ter
 Others from Bridgeport or vfcinityi | who will go are: Charles D. Curtisii | Stratford, Go. M. 1st Conn, IT. A g
 William P. Burroughs, Edward Al l Holste, Willis M. Benhan, William R. French, of End Conn., Light Bafterys5 Otis G. Lewis, Go. A, 9th Conn., At=i son, Co. E, 9th Conn: Harlan P. Rugg Go. F., 5th Conn; Francis A. Kings1 and John Geatly, O. A. 14th Conn s3 Nathan Sloane, Milford, Go. c, 14th Conn: Edward Geltsem. Go K, 14th Conn.,: Henry North and Charles A.
 HurIburt of Bridgeport, Charles Booth and William w Beers of StratfOrds
 CO. A. 17th Conn; George Hale of
 westport, Go. c, 17th Conn; Selah Iy
 Blakeman, Huntington, Horace E.
 Thresher, George E. Underwood and
 John Brown, Bridgeport. Co., D. 17thi
 Conn; Patrick Kelly. Bridgeport, Go.
 K. 17th Conn; Edward P. Abbott
 Bridgeport, Co. H, 20th Conn.
 Gettysburg veterans who served fin
 regiments of other states but who nowi
 reside in Bridgeport and will be witht
 the Connecticut party are: John Neffs
 AIbanus l.. Krewren, Hath PennsylVa-
 nia. Marcus B. Warner, 1s4th New
 york: Theodore Rowe, 42nd New York;
 Robert Douglas, 18th Illinois cavalrysi
 Albert F. Fargo, 10th Macs; and Da-i vid T. Morgan, Southport. 5th New
 Fork.
 There will probably be a few others
 with whom the committee has not yet. got in touch and some of those named
 above may not be able to go when the
 time comes Five who would have
 been entitled to go have died since the
 arrangements for the trip were an
 nounced. Charles w. Scarritt of l2l6
 Iranistan avenue, chaplain of Elias
 Howe, Jr. post, c. A. R., and a veteran of the End Conn. Light Battery has
 returned his credentials and ticket to
 the commission. The illness of Mrs
 scarritt prevents him making the
 trip.
 The Connecticut veterans will wear a. blue badge furnished by the state
 The badge has a gilt bar at the top
 with .'Connecticut' fn white letters
 On the Blue field are crossed flags in coIors and the inscription "1S63-1913-
 5oth Anniversary of Gettysburg
 A number of Bridgeport veterans
 who were not at Gettysburg will also make the trip. Major H. A. Tyler. IT,, of Hartford, Connecticut National
 Guard Medical corps and two privates y of the corps will accompan.r the party and every precaution will be taken to
 preserve the health of the old soldiers and safeguard them during the entire
 trip.