Souvenir of the re-union of the blue and the gray, on the battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1888 How to get there, and what is to be done during the year . front again, in-viting every soldier who fought at Gettysburg, now residing in the State, to take a trip tothe scene of that great conflict at her expense. The dedication of all the Monuments to NewJersey troops who participated in the battle will take place on June 30. Trains will leavePennsylvania Railroad depot at Jersey City on the morning of Friday, June 29, at 9 oclock,stopping at the principal stations between Jersey Cit
Souvenir of the re-union of the blue and the gray, on the battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1888 How to get there, and what is to be done during the year . front again, in-viting every soldier who fought at Gettysburg, now residing in the State, to take a trip tothe scene of that great conflict at her expense. The dedication of all the Monuments to NewJersey troops who participated in the battle will take place on June 30. Trains will leavePennsylvania Railroad depot at Jersey City on the morning of Friday, June 29, at 9 oclock,stopping at the principal stations between Jersey City and Trenton, and at Philadelphia, andrunning through to Gettysburg without change. Subsistence aud quarters in tents will befurnished at Gettysburg, by the Quartermaster-General. The New Jersey trains returningwill leave Gettysburg. Saturday evening, June 30, but soldiers will be at libertv to return onany regular tain within the limit of time expressed on their tickets. The Commission, com-posed of Robert S. Green, Governor; William S. Stryker. Adjutant-General; Edward J. An-derson, Comptroller; James N. Duffy, Newark ; Gottfried Krueger, Newark ; William Corbin, Elizabeth, thoroughly satis6ed that it would be impossible to carry out the pro-gramme incident to such a dedication as is proposed, on either July 2 or 3, the anniversaryof the battle, fixed upon a date prior to the anniversary for the dedication of the State Mon-uments, and have named a day that will be specially appropriated to the soldiers of NewJersey. The encampment will be pitched on the historic wheat field, and after a briefsojourn in the tents on the morning of June 30, the procession will form at 9 a. m., and moveto the site of the Brigade Monument on the north slope of Little Round Top, where the dedi-catory exercises will be held. The Oration will be delivered by the Governor, Hon. RobertB. Green; Colonel James N. Duffy, Chairman of the Monument Commission, will also makean address. The procession w
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