Evening star., 1938-07-03
Gettysburg
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United Spanish veterans learned that
the only ism is 'Americanism,' AL
fred j. Kennedy, commander in chief
of the U. S. w. ", said. You taught
U.s." he added, by war and example
what it meant to love and respect our
country and the noble nag which
flies over it,"
Gen. Claypool cried during the re-
view Of the parade and asked to be
taken back to his tent. but DR.. Mennet
announced that he intended to sing
Camping on the Old Tent Ground"
at the night ceremony He made good
on his promise. AS Gen. Claypool left
the reviewing stand, Senator Guffey,
Democrat, Of Pennsylvania came up to
him and said:
"Good-by. general. I'm Joe Guffey
of Pennsylvania. I'll tell the Clay
pools of Western Pennsylvania what
a great fellow you are" Gen. Clay
pool. who lives in st. Louis, thanked
the Senator and departed.
As they went to bed tonight in their
little tents in the fields by Mummas-
burg road. the veterans were excited
at the thought that the President is
coming here for their benefit. His
train gets in from Hyde Park at S
pm. He will be met at the station by
Gov. Earle and State Senator John S.
Rice, chairman OF the Pennsylvania
commission in charge of the 18TH
anniversary celebration, and by the
I'd squadron of the Sd Cavalry from
Fort Myer. s..
Guns manned by q battery from
the lst Battalion, 9Th Field Artillery.
Fort Hoyle, Nd. will fire a salute to
the President at the memorial, whose
light will burn supposedly forever, fed
by natural gas piped from a well deep
IN the hills below. His escort Of honor
at the peace memorial will be the Sd
Battalion. 18th Infantry, Fort Howard.
Md.
Device to Turn on Flame.
Two of the aging men who fought
mere three-quarters of a century ago,
one IN the blue Of the North and the
other in the gray of the South, will
unveil the monument to peace eter.
nal,' 40-foot shaft OF Alabama lime
stone.
Then, as hood of bronze is lifted
from the tip of the tower at twilight.
an electrical device will turn on 4
3-foot gas fame to burn as a symbol
OF the friendship that succeeded the
War Between the States.
Shining from the top of Oak Ridge
second highest elevation on the roll
ing battlefield. the light will be vis,-
BILE for 20 miles.
The beacon was erected at q cost
OF 100000 contributed by seven
States-Pennsylvania. Virginia. New
York. Tennessee, Wisconsin, Indiana
and Illinois.
On the sides of the monument are
these inscriptions:
With firmness in the right as God
gives us to see the right"
An enduring light to guide us IN
unity and fellowship"
Sound System Installed.
Up and down the wooded hill. where
one Union regiment lost 232 of its
275 men in one of the bloodiest skir-
mishes Of the battle, a mobile sound
system will carry the words of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and other speakers.
After his talk, the President. If he
has time, may be driven to the Civil
War veterans camp. However, he Is
not expected to tarry long here.
The hum Of airplanes, the flash ol
magnesium fiare-bombs, the rapid
fire of anti-aircraft machine gun.
and the reverberating bombs of 3-inch
anti-aircraft field pieces will resound
about Gettysburg after the President
leaves.
The spectacular attack has. in
reality. no military significance. II
is purely show, but it promises to be
delectable spectacle It begins al
7:20 pm. Eastern standard time. wher
out of the south the flying fortresse.
will zoom about the town at l2,00l
feet. At $50 pm they will make
second attack. dropping flares from
5000 feet. Soon thereafter the at.
tack planes, flying at 1000 feet, viii
shoot across the town in columns oi
one, supposedly "straflng" the town.
Meanwhile. down on the ground
the 800-million candlepower anti.
aircraft searchlights brought here BY
the Coast Artillery from Fort Totten
N. Y, and Fort Monroe. Va. will ain
their beams at the sky to pick out thu