The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Pauses at Gettysburg in
Motor Tour to Marion, o.,
for Home Coming Week.
SLEEPS IN DE LUXE TENT
Car Bearing Gems. Dawes and
Sawyer in Crash on Road
No Damage Done.

GETTYSBURG. July President Har-
ding is ercamping tonight with 5000
Marines on the historic Gettysburg
battlefield Accompanied by Mrs. Har-
ding and a few friends, he came by
automobile to-day from Washington,
arriving at the camp of the Marines
in time to witness a late afternoon
reproduction of Pickett's famous
charge. -
The President and Mrs Harding will
remain here overnight and plan to
leave tomorrow by automobile for
Marion, Ohio. where a Homecoming
celebration will be held next week.
Two days. 1t is expected. will be re-
quired to complete the trip to Marion.
Soon after arriving at Camp Harding
the Presidential party went to an obser-
walton tower ON Cemetery Ridge to
watch the maneuvers staged by the
Fifth and Sixth Regiments of Marines.
which helped bring fame to the Second
Division overseas. Carefully rehearsed,
the reenactment of the Confederate
charge was carried out with realistic
effect
Spectacle Realistic.
No effort was made by the Marines
to represent the defense of the Union
forces during the three-day battle which
was fought on the spot So years ago.
aIxy
and the maneuvers were carried on
entirely by troops representing Pickett's
men.
The campaign hats of the tanned
Marines were creased down the middle
instead Of piqued. to resemble the bat
tered headgear of the Confederate
| soldiers. None of the men wore leggins
| and many of them were dressed In
| fatigue uniform. others appearing in the
sham battle without their olive drat
shirts.
After a fifteen minute cannorade by
the Tenth Artillery, the Marines. ir
mass formation. as Picketts advance
moved slowly forward. Adding to tht
realism Of the spectacle men fell II
their tracks. while their comrade:
moved on toward what was once the
Union line. On reaching the ''higi
water mark the troops retreated ant
the maneuvers were over.
| Among those who witnessed the
spectacle with the President were Gen
| Pershing; Major-Gen. LeJeune, com
mandant of the Marine Corps; Brig.
Gen. Smedley d. Butler. in command OF
the camp; Assistant Secretary of the
| Navy Roosevelt: Speaker Gillett. Sena
tor Pepper Of Pennsylvania and Gov
Sproul of Pennsylvania and Trinkle O.
| Virginia.
One Car In Crash.
The President and Mrs. Harding ar
| uuartered at camp In a temporar,
White House of canvas and wood. Th
structure is equipped with elaborated.
fitted sleeping rooms. baths. electri
/ lights and even has a front porch.
The eighty-five mile trip from Wash
ington was made In three and a hal
hours, part of 1t In a driving rain. "A
the Presidential party approached tn
Pennsylvania State line cars In tn
front Of the procession stopped to pei
nit Gen. Lejeune and Gov. Sproul t
welcome the President to the State. A
automobile carrying Charles G. Dawes
former Budget Director; Brig. .-Ger
Sawyer, the Presidents physician: Mr.
Dawes and Mrs. Sawyer was crowde
Off the road to avoid colliding with a
automobile ahead and crashed into
fence. The machine was not damaged
, however, and none Of the occupants wa
injured.
One Of the stops made by the Pres
dent on his way to Gettysburg was
"Richhelds," Maryland, the birthplas
of the late Rear Admiral Winfield SEQ
schley Of Spanish War fame. A grou
of men, women and children had al
sembled there. including a dozen pc
spring men who said they had bee
| threshing in a nearby field. AS II
, President grasped the hand of each
remarked that any man who lived on
farm was to be envied.
The route which the President wi
follow from Gettysburg to Marion ha
: not been announced.