Evening star., 1937-09-15
D. c. DELEGATION
DUE AT ANT|ETAM
Hazen Heads Capital Group.
Local Troop to Join in Bat
tie Re-enaCtment.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Md. September
15-As this city prepared to enter
tain Washingtonians at its national
Antietam commemoration this after
noon and evening, Sharpsburg, the
battlefield town. IL miles south OF
here, put on the finishing touches in
preparation for the climax of the two
week celebration on Friday, when the
Bloody Lane" phase of the battle of
Antietam will be re-ena cted.
Melvin c. Hazen, president of the
Board Of Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia, is scheduled to
head delegation from the District
arriving this afternoon
Two more veterans of the Civil War
arrived here yesterday to attend the
reunion at Sharpsburg Friday. They
are Isaiah GLADDEN., Ronceverte, w.
Va. 81, a member of the 1st Pennsyl-
vania Artillery, and Sampson Main,
90. of Richland, Mo, who fought with
Coles Cavalry. Mr.. Main. visiting the
Antietam National Cemetery yester-
day, found the grave of his war buddy
Peter Lapole.
Invite Governors.
Park w T. 10y, secretary of the
Antietam Commission. and j. Vincent
Jamison, jr., local manufacturer, left
by plane this morning for the Gov
ernors' conference at Atlantic City,
where they will second the invitation
extended to Governors by Gov. Nice
to attend the commemoration here
tomorrow and at Sharpsburg Friday.
Maj. Gen. Milton A Reckord who
will command the 1000 troops of the
29th Division in the re-enactment Fri
day, will arrive with his staff today.
Ninety State policemen from Mary
land, Delaware, West Virginia and
pennsylvania will pitch camp today
In the same park. They will direct
traffic and handle the crowds Friday.
1t was announced that the Boones-
boro-Keedysville highway. over which
President Roosevelt will pass from
route 40 to the battlefield, will be
closed to traffic for Is minutes about
ll:l5 am. Friday to give clear passage
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ID. c. Troops to Participate.
Ihe re-enactment of the Bloody
lane" phase of the battle will start
is minutes after the President begins
his return trip to Washington. 1t will
require one and one half hours for
the re-enactment. Maj. Joseph w
Byron of Hagerstown, former United
States Army officer on Gen. Persh-
lngs staff during the World War. who
has made study of the battle of
Antietam, will broadcast q running
account of the troop movements dur
Ing the re-enactment.
Battlefield officials said today that
with fair weather they expected 5000
persons Friday at Sharpsburg. Park
ing space for $4,000 cars has been
provided. No cars will be permitted
to park along the highways leading to
the battlefield.
The troops re-enacting the battle
phase will arrive tomorrow morning at
Antietam. They will be split into two
armies, with the Unions" camping
tomorrow night along the Boons-
boro-Sharpeburg Pike, the "Confed-
crates" on the Hagerstown-Sharp
burg Pike. The 12lst Engineers of
the District of Columbia will be
among the units taking part in the
battle re-enactment. Bloody lane
will appear very much as 1t did on
September II, 1852. The modern
fencing has been removed and its its
place is being erected the old-time
snake" rail fences which bordered
the lane rs years ago.