European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Siriday May 8r 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7schoolchildren step Back to civil War t Orange a. A an army of youngsters joined thousands of Union and Confederate a a soldiers on a freshly mowed Battlefield bringing reinforcements to those who fight to keep history alive. A Convoy of yellow busts ferried 2,000 schoolchildren to the Hayfield where soldiers fought during the 1864 wilderness Campaign about 7,000 civil War buffs gathered at the Field Friday to prepare to reenact Battles this weekend. Fourth grader Travis Jones walked off his bus with just a vague understanding of the warfare that left 50,000 dead and wounded a few Miles from his Home in Orange exactly 130 years ago. A a we be been studying about it a Travis said. A some states fought against each other. It was about slavery. Some people wanted to get away from it and some  Glenn Leboeuf dressed in a Union private a uniform explained to Travis and his schoolmates Why he and thousands of others would Don period dress and head into  a i like to read history but .1 always thought its much better to see and hear a he  the youngsters held a 133-year-old Musket that had just been loaded and fired by a Union re canc Tor and watched a cavalry charge. They eavesdropped on a a soldiers who sat around Small fires with Bedroll containing All of their possessions. A few students Lay Down inside the tents. The re enactments saturday and today were to take place on a private farm about 12 Miles away from the actual battlefields. Lebouef said he so trying to fuel the flame about our nations past get them to leave Here arid say a a a maybe id like to read a Book about Robert e. Lee instead of watching  a. The truth about the past is not As pretty As what son television the children Learned. They watched in horror As a doctor portraying a Union surgeon demonstrated a Battlefield amputation finishing by displaying a plastic Arm that ended in a bloody stump. A a a or Allan Hordof of Maywood n.j., showed civil War Era surgical tools and explained that two thirds of the wars deaths Werc caused by disease. A the War looks pretty when everyone marches in pretty uniforms rides horses and pretends to shoot each other a Hordof said. A a we re trying to get across not just the Battle but the aftermath of Battle. A bang bang Means something. There a a Price to pay when somebody gets shot a / Byal Kamen Washington Post Washington veterans affairs Secretary Jesse Brown appears caught Between his loyalties to veterans groups and the Clinton White House. Brown and the White House have been feuding Over How to react to a Bill that would Block the administrations planned cuts in the vans Hospital system. Office of management and budget director Leon e. Panetta and vice president Al Gores shop wanted Brown to come out swinging against the measure sponsored by Repi . A son Nve Montgomery d-miss., chairman of the veterans affairs committee. Swapping War stories but Brown a former director of the Washington office of the disabled american veterans walked. Veterans groups were solidly behind Montgomery. Panetta believed the Bill if approved by Thesen ate would undo the administrations Effort to shrink the executive Branch. Panetta spokesmen decline to discuss his dealings with Brown through his spokesmen Brown would say Only that he a had a number of discussions with various Adri ministration officials before and after House passage of the Montgomery Bill and that a the considers All to have been productive  the a issued a statement saying Only a any legislation that restricts our ability to adjust could damage our ability to compete with other health care providers. Flying aces from world War ii and the korean War reminisce at itary pilots arc from left Ralph Parr of new braunfels Texas the annual naval aviation symposium held Friday at the nation Joseph Foss of Phoenix Walker m. Mehurin of Newport Beach Al museum of naval aviation in Pensacola Fla. The one time Mil Calif. And Alexander Vanciu of Danville Calif. Probe of suspect cars in Mexico requested san Diego up a congressman wants president Clinton to ask Mexico to investigate reports that Tijuana police agents have been cruising in cars apparently stolen from California. Rep Duncan Hunter r-Calif., requested the probe Friday after a san Diego television station reported that Federal police agents in Tijuana have been videotaped in late Model four wheel drive vehicles with California License plates. The station also said vehicle identification numbers on other such cars outside Federal police Headquarters in Tijuana had been covered up or removed. In Nomi Washington a the Senate approved the nominations of several ambassadors and other diplomats Friday but postponed a vote on the appointments of War protesters Sam Brown and Derek Shearer to ambassador ships in Europe. President Clinton has nominated Brown to be ambassador in his Job As head of the . Delegation to the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe. Brown was an anti War organizer during the Vietnam War. He later became Colorado state treasurer and went on to become director of the Federal Agency that oversaw the peace corps. Browne a nomination was approved on a straight party line vote in the Senate foreign relations committee with the democratic majority prevailing. Republicans objected to his Lack of experience in diplomatic and military service. Shearer also a Vietnam Era protester was nominated ambassador to Finland. Some gop senators opposed his nomination because of his past socialist views which supporters say he no longer holds. Action on the Brown and Shearer nominations was postponed until this week. A ambassadorial nominations approved unanimously were Charles h. Twining for Cambodia Ryan Clark Crocker for Kuwait Edward s. Walker or Lor Egypt Peter r. Chaveas for Malawi Edmund t. Dejarnette for Angola Irvin Hicks for Ethiopia Robert Krueger for Burundi Johnny Young for Togo Melvyn Levitsky for Brazil Myles Robert Rene Frechette for Colombia and Donna Jean Hrinak for the dominican Republic. Other nominations passed Over by the Senate for a later vote include that of retired . Navy adm. William a Crowejr. To be ambassador to Britain and Northern Ireland and John p. Loiello a Public affairs consultant to be an associate director of the United states information Agency. Crowed a nomination was unanimously approved by the Senate foreign re i tons committee but one senator objected to Loiello because he had once worked for opponents of russian president Boris Yeltsin and had refused to recuse himself from All information Agency programs dealing with Russia if nominated. Young Kennedy seeks . Seat in Congress Providence r i. A Patrick Kennedy the youngest politician in his family a Long line is running for Congress. Kennedy 26, the son of sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., launched his bid for Congress before More than 2,000 supporters Friday. He has been a state representative since 1988. Patrick Kennedy is unopposed in the democratic primary for the 1st District a largely Urban area in the Eastern part of the state. The incumbent Republican Ronald k. Machtley is running for the gop nomination to Challenge democratic . Bruce Sundlun. Present for Kennedy a announcement were his father his Mother Joan Bennett Kennedy his brother Ted Kennedyjr. And cousins John of Kennedyjr. And . Rep. Joseph Kennedy ii. Kennedy moved to Rhode Island in 1987 to attend Providence College. As a 21-year-old student he ousted an incumbent in the states most expensive legislative primary Ever. He was easily reelected in 1990 and 1992