The Gettysburg Times from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania • Page 9

THE GETTYSBURG TIMES, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1962 PAGE NINE Sunday Is Anniversary Of Death Of John Burns, Town's Citizen Hero Of '63 Battle Sunday marks the 90th anniversary of the death of the one resident of Gettysburg who won national fame by taking up arms to defend his home town against the Confederacy John Burns. Burns was approaching 70 when the Battle of Gettysburg began. He shouldered a rifle and took part in the battle suffering leg and arm wounds as a result. When President Lincoln came here he honored the patriotic civilian bj taking him with him to patriotic services at the Presbyterian Church. Later, among many newspaper features honoring him, Jack London wrote a poem in his honor.

The Star and Sentinel of February 9, 1872, had this to say of the "Death of John L. HIS DEATH NOTICE "We this week record the death of John L. Burns, known abroad as the 'Hero of which took place on Sunday morning last, in the 78th year of bis age. Several years ago he had a stroke of paralysis at Harris- bung, which for some time disabled him and partially impaired ibis mental faculties From this attack he had measurably recovered, and for some time had been in excellent health. "On Tuesday of last week, he was taken sick at the residence of Mr.

Nathaniel Hagerman, in Mount Pleasant township, and died on Sunday morning of His remains were interred in Ever Green Cemetery on Monday 'afternoon, the 'Gettysburg Zouaves' acting as a military escort. Rev. Mr. Young of the Methodist Church, conducted the religious services. Burns, we believe, was a native of New Jersey; at he came to this county from tirat state many years ago.

In his earlier days he was intemperate but reformed, and for manj years not only abstained from the use of all kinds of- intoxicating drinks, but was noted for his hostility to the traffic in "everj form. TOO OLD FOR ARMY "With many peculiarities ant some weakness, he had essentially a strong mind, somewhat culturec by general reading in his earlier years. Patriotic in his impulses he prided himself much in hi connection with the War of 1812 and at the outbreak of the Re bellion, notwithstanding his ad vanced age, sought admittance the military service. He volun teered under fche first tfaree-mont call, in the company organize by Col. C.

H. Buehler, but wa not accepted by the mustering in officer on account of his age. "He next tried to get th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps an went to West Chester with th company organized by Hon. Ek McPherson, but was agai JOHN BURNS ejected. "Nothing daunted, he went to Washington and got into the wagon service for a time.

LIONIZED AFTERWARDS He was at home in Gettysburg 1863 and on the 1st of July as the First Corps- marched to the rear of- the Theological Seminary to the relief of Bufqrd's cavalry, then engaged with Lee's advance, Mr. Burns seized his mus- cet and joined the Iroa Brigade as it was going into action. He was disabled early jn the light, receiving a ball through-his arm, another through the calf'of the eg, besides several minor wounds rinding hdmself disabled and the First Corps in retreat, the- olc man had enough presence of mind to appreciate the danger of being for a. being in citizens' clothes. crawle some- distance from las gun anc when fee Rebs came up he deniec being hi the represented that he bad been to the country seeking help for his invalid wife and was caught betwen the two armies.

This story he repeated to a Rebel officer who came up anc the latter ordered him to be cared for. He was carried to his resi dence hi town next, day and his wounds dressed by a Rebel sur geon. When the Rebs evacuated the town, Dr. Charles Homer at tended Burns. He recovered rap idly and found himself suddenly raised to world-wide notoriety, be ing 'lionized' wherever he wen and his 'heroism' celebrated in song and story.

RECEIVED PENSION "His wife died a few years ago and he leaves no family. "Mr. Burns was in indigent cir eumstances, depending on dail labor for support. After the battl he received frequent and generou. gifts of money, which he care fully husbanded, and finally in vested in a small farm in Motin NEGRO PASTOR STARTS FIRST OF 3 TERMS BATON ROUGE, La (AP)--A Negro minister began serving Thursday the first of three jail terms he drew for disturbances growing out of antisegregation demonstrations.

The Rev. B. Elton Cox, a field secretary for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) from High Point, N.C., was convicted in State Court Wednesday night of three misdemeanors. He was sentenced to 21 months in jail and fined $5,700. His attorney announced two of the convictions will be appealed.

Police used tear gas and dogs to disperse a Dec. 15 demonstration by about 1,500 Negroes in ront of the courthouse, where 23 Negroes had been jailed for pick- ting. Johnnie Jones, Negro defense counsel, for Cox, argued the Negroes were doing nothing more ban exercising their constitutional ights to free speech, and they rad permission of authorities to lold the demonstration. Congo Hero At News Conference FORCED TO SERVE Judge Fred Blanche Jr. acq'uit- ed Cox of one peace disturbance Jiarge but convicted him on three ather counts and handed down these sentences: Impeding the administration of justice by holding a demonstration near the courthouse, 55,000 fine and a year in ail; sidewalk obstruction, $500 5 months; and failure to obey a police order to move on, $200 and 4 months.

i Under Louisiana law the latter sentence is too small to be appealed and Cox was forced to go jail although his attorney said he other two convictions would be taken to the State Supreme Court Claims Speech Censoring Makes U.S. Tough Red Foe t- q' i British'Army Mai. Dick Lawson, right, who rescued European missionaries from the No Man's Land of North Katanga in.The Congo, is shown at news conference in U.N. headquarters in Leopoldville With him are Victor Monekay, 17, left, a guide, and Nigerian Maj. Conrad Mwano, borh of whom accompanied-Lawson to Kongola where they defied spears and rifle butts to evacuate three nuns and eight priests.

(AP Wirephoto by radio from Leopoldville) BURKE WON'T RUN HARRISBURG (AP)--Joseph F. Burke, coresident of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, told the group's executive council Wednesday he Would not run for office at the April convention in Pittsburgh. Burke said he would return to Philadelphia to devote his time to the Sheet Metal Workers Union, of which he is a member. pleasant' township, worth about $1,800. Congress, by special act, ordered his name to be enrolled on the pension list.

He also received from the state of Pennsylvania a pension for services in the War of 1812. "Mr. Burns made a will a few weeks ago, in which he ordered .00 to be invested for support of a child of. an adopted daughter, and gave the balance of his estate to the Methodist Church of this place. The latter bequest, however, is invalidated by the Act of Assembly of 1855 which provides that no bequest to a religious society shall be valid unless made at least one month prior to death.

Mr Burns died within a month after executing this will." Glenn's Rocket Ready Saturday CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) --John H. Glenn Atlas booster is expected to be repaired by Saturday signaling a resumption of tests aimed at rocketing him into orbit about the earth on Feb. 13. Trouble developed in the Atlas fueling system Tuesday w.iile Project Mercury officials were preparing for a Thursday launching.

The effort was put off until Feb. 13, and the National Aeronautics and'Space Administration said Thursday that this is still the target date. The NASA statement said that repairs "are expected to be completed by Saturday and retesting of all systems to begin at that time." Glenn is scheduled to orbit three times around the globe. in the Atlantic Ocean 800 miles southeast of here 4 hours 50 min- dutes after launching. NASA sale no problems "developed in the "Friendship spacecraft as a result of the Atlas fuel leak.

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"But we were equipped to deal with any eventuality We had live ammunition for machine guns and submachine guns," the officer, a lieutenant, said at a news conference. "But I am still not certain whether an order to fire, which only the interior minister could give, would have come." The officer's name was not given for fear of reprisals against relatives he left behind when he fled East Germany a few days ago. HAD BLANK AMMO By G. MILTON KELLY WASHINGTON (AP)--Arthur G. Sylvester, assistant secretary of defense, testified Thursday that the censoring of military men's speeches makes the United States a tougher foe for communism.

His statement was prepared for a Senate subcommittee investigating charges that the censoring has been too drastic, often softening anti-Communist statements by military officers. Sylvester didn't mention a disputed order from Secretary of Defense Robert S. McN'amara forbidding Pentagon personnel to tell the subcommittee who censored any particular speech. Sen. Strom Thurmond, whose denunciations of censoring forced the inquiry, said President Kennedy should step in and veto McNamara's order.

"STRENGTH OF ONE" Sylvester said one reason the texts of speeches are censored in advance is. to ''insure that this country speaks not from the weakness of contradictory voices but from the strength of one." "Our review as a matter of first priority seeks to deny sensithe information to an enemy," Sylvester said "Secondly we review conflict with policy. But the reviewer must also try to protect against expressions which unwittingly might provide the unscrupulous Communist propaganda machine with material to be used against us, thus producing confusion The lieutenant, who gave his age as 21, also said that every man had blank ammunition which could be fired on order of company commanders. "We were to use blank ammunition to frighten an opponent if necessary," he said. ''But we had 160 live rounds for heavy machine guns and 30 rounds per submachine gun.

The tanks, Soviet-made T34s, carried 56 live shells and we had antitank bazookas with six rounds." The lieutenant said morale among East German troops in Berlin the day the wall went up was extremely bad. "There had been open cases of mutiny when men found out they wore not sent to Berlin to repel Western aggression as we had been told," he said. The officer said there would have been great reluctance to fire upon other Germans. "But I suppose it would have been easier to fire on American or British or French troops," he said. The officer was one of six men who recently fled from East German army or border police units to West Germany.

Wants Welf arers To Discuss Their Work PITTSBURGH (AP)--The deputy secretary of the State Department of Public Welfare, Norman V. Lourie, wants welfare workers to discuss their work more openly. "Welfare workers have been on the defensive too long," Lourie told newsmen Wednesday before addressing the National Association of Social Workers. "The only way to improve public welfare programs is to talk about them Lourie also noted that "we in Pennsylvania have never had as much as one cent fraud on public assistance. "There is less fraud on the public assistance rolls than there is in the average department store," he said.

among our allies and suspicion among the uncommitted nations." CALLED PROTECTION He termed the censoring a protection for military men who, without it, could make statements "damaging to a national policy in the making or already established." While still giving Americans "as much information as we prudently can," Sylvester said, his office in Hie past year has: 1 "Curuuied disclosure of information about intelligence-gathering activities. 2. "Kepi secure the details of missile firings in remote areas, to avoid giving intelligence agents step-by-step developments on these weapons. 3. "Where practical, prohibited close-up photography of our missiles, space vehicles and supporting facilities, to an enemy from making scientific analyses from photographs ORDER IS CITED In Wednesday's hearings a Pentagon censor cited McNamara's order as the basis for dechng to reveal who had censored testimony prepared by Lt Gen.

Arthur G. Trudeau for a House Space Committee hearing a year ago. Censor Willis D. Lavaence, No. 2 man in the Defense Department directorate for security review, said he could not ghe the information because of McXamara's order.

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