New-York tribune., 1922-07-02
5000 Marines at Cettys.
burg Re-enact Phase of
Civil War Battle as Presi.
dent and Party Look On
White House Car
Almost i'm Wreck
Bathtubs and Elaborate
Tent Provided Visitors;
Eleven Autos in Caravan
By Boyden Sparkes

GETTYSBURG, Pa, July six
thousand marines charged up the slope
Of Cemetery Ridge this afternoon in
an effort TO reproduce for President
Harding, eyes the spectacle present
cd by Pickett's heroes fifty-nine years
ago, when the Confederate cause was
lost.
The action was historically accurate
in all but a single detail.
They were veteran Virginians and
moved silently. without those yells OF
defiance that characterize the troops
from the gulf" wrote John W. Draper,
in The Civil War IN America The
marines to-day came toward that stone
wall that marked the high water mark
of Pickett's charge with a yip-yip-
yippng, that seemed TO find ghostly
echoes in the thick smoke OF the can
nonadc that had preceded their rush.
For Mr.. and Mrs. Harding. this visit
TO Camp Harding is an incident in an
expedition that occupies most Of their
thoughts just now. They are or their
way home TO Marion by automobile, fol-
lowing for the most part the route
they took two years ago when tho edi-
tor Of "Thc Marion Star" went home
TO be congratulated and begin his front
porch campaign. It is their first re-
turn since the Inauguration.
SO that the home folks will Get the
full force Of this return and enjoy it
TO the limit. the motor caravan includes
Brigadicr General Sawyer. who, when
he left Marion was simply Doctor. Then
there is General Pershing and Briga-
dicr General Dawes, The terror OF
budget shrkers.
Autos Nearly Crash
The eleven autos carrying the Prcsi-
dortial party left the White House at
l2:40 o'clock to-day and reached Get
tysburg az 3:45, after driving the last
fifteen miles through thunderstorm
that nearly caused an accident.
when the automobiles wound through
Frederick. Nd, instead Of a single
Barbara Frictchie. there were hundreds,
all waving flags and yelling their pleas
urc at the sight OF the President and
General Porshing. A few miles fur
the on the procession Of ears was
halted by the neighbors Of the late
Admiral Schley, who presented flowers
20 the President. Mrs. Harding and
General Pcrshing.
A group Of farmhands stood near By
out Of the circle of stiilly starched
members OF the welcoming committee.
The President saw them and pushing
lis way 70 their overalled forms. said:
Il want 10 speak 10 the harvest hands.
used 20 be one myself. J know what
il u.s."
After that the cars were hurryng 70
retrieve the schedule, when abruptly
the chauffeur Of the leading car, the
Presidents, was forced TO slow up. To
keep from smashing into the rear Of
il the chauffeur Of the next car, car
rying Brigadicr General and Mrs. Saw
yer and Brigadicr General and Mrs.
Dawes. swcrvcd sharply and risked an
upset by going into a shallow ditch by
the side OF the road. The Tenders Of
the car were slightly damaged in get
ting II back on the road.
Al the Maryland Pennsylvania state
lire the party was met by Governor
William {. Sproul Senator George
Wharton Pepper had accompanied the
expedition from Washington. Nearing
the battlefield, the cars ran along Con-
foderatc Avenue. the road that
stretches along the crest Of Seminary
Ridge, which was the position held by
the Southern forces during the battle.
Marines Greet President
To-day the roadside was lined BY
companies Of marines drawn up at at
tertion. but il took second glance 20
confirm their identity. They wore no
leggings; instead trouser legs were
stuffed inside Of grey cotton socks and
every man Lad a blanket roll slung
from his shoulder. Their longitudinal
crease in their normally trim felt hats
was another bit of color in their rebel
makeup.
Passing the last OF these leather
neck actors the cars swung into Camp
Harding just rs every available field
musician in the entire Marine Corps
began to play "To the President A
generously proportioned tent had been
prepared for the Presidential party.
The marines had made IL more elabo-
rate than anything ever occupied by
the Queen Of Sheba. There were floors.
comfortable chairs and more m
portant, white porcelain bath tubs that
we're brought here from Washington
in Marine Corps airplhnes and then