The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-09-22
TIE MARIErrA RErNIoN.

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Meeting OF the society or The Army O
West VIrEInIa-speeches and Letters o
Regret-The Next Meeting 10 be Held n
PaFkersburg.
MARIETTA, O., Sept. 10.
EdltOn IntsllIEsneeE.
To-day opened up bright and pleasant
which contributed greatly toward making
1t cheerful and agreeable for the peoplt
who came to participate in the Reunion
exercises. The business streets OF the city
display goodly quantity OF bunting, Civ,
ing tho place q holiday appearance. II wa
not the intention Of ihe officers Of the So
ciety Of the Army Of West Virginia to
draw q large crowd OF people to the city
only the soldiers ofthe Army Of West Vir.
ginla were solicited, therefore nothing like
q big crowd was anticipated.
The procession moved over the route
laid down in the programme to the CITY
Hall, large and cotnmodious building,
which was packed 10 It's utmost capacity.
The band played John Browns Body
the audience joining in the chorus, after
which letters we're read from the President
and Mrs. Hayes, expressing their regrets
at be unable TO attend the reunion. The
members Of the Twenty-third o. ", sent
their regrets. Gen. B. +. Kelly wrote re.
gretting his inability 10 be present. When
Gen. Fearing remarked that Gen. Kelly
was the first in West Virginia to raise a
regiment, there was great and prolonged
applause. Gems. Sheridan and Powell,
and Gen Young Of the l4th corps, and
Gen. Rosecrans all sent letters OF regret in
not being able to be present. -
The letter OF Gen. ROsecrans was fall OF
patriotic sentiment, and the reading there
OF was greeted with much cheering. Gen.
George B. Mcclellan also sent his regrets.
On the platform were number oil dis
tinguished soldiers, among whom we
noticed Major General George Crook,
commander Of the Army olWest Virginia
Gen. r P. Kennedy, Gen. Bnochs,j Gen!
Il. F. Deyol, Gen. Coates, Gen. Hicken-
looper, Chaplain Grimes, Major Jewett
Palmer, Major E. @. Dawes, Ex-Governor
Dennison, Col. TFggart Fourteenth West
Virginia Infantry; Capt. Gibbs, Of Gibbs
battery; Lieut., Col, Van Fl. Buckley,
Eleventh West Virginia Infantry, and 4
number OF gentlemen who were members
Of company organized In 1881, as home
guards. They organized under a resolu.
ton THAT we, the citizens OF Marietta. Of
sixty years Of age aud upwards, form q
company for home protection" - +.
After the reading Of the letters Gen.
Coates took charge Of the meeting, when
the necessary goAnittees we're appointed.
Col. r. L. Nye, Of the 90 O. Y. T., vas
introduced aud delivered pleasant sd-
dress Of welcome. 20
Gen. Powell being absant, Gen. En- ochs
was called to respond, which he did In a
brief and pleasant manner. He spoke OF
the heroic deeds Of the army OF West Viz.
ginia Rt Clayd Mountain, Carter Farm,
opequsn, Fisherls Fiji, and other hard
fought battles. BE thought that no more
gallant deeds were performed by any
army than by the army Of West, Virginia
Ex-Governor Deunison being called
upon, spoke OF his connection, as Gov.
ernor OF Ohio in 1851, with the furnishing
Of troops for the protectionof the border
Of Ohio. He remembered sending one OF
bis staff ofReera tp Bridgeport to say to the
convention in session .St Wheeling, to re-
organize the government Of Virginia, thai
Il they would separate frop the State Of
Virginia that Ohio would iuruish troops
to protect her. '5a .-a -as. y
Gen. Hickenlooper, OF the. 9th, Ohio
Light artillery, was called for and made q
lew briet and patriotic remarks.
Gen. Crook was called for, and on com.
ing forward he said that on oecasiops Of
this kind, that he was sorry thst be had
spent so muohio bis time on the frontier,
as 1t had made him kind Of silent, and 1t
was impossible for him 10 express his feel
ings before such gathering, He was
greeted with tremendous applause r.
1nthe afternoon the Turner band, which
by tho gay is a 6rstclass one, led the
large thronR again 70 the City Hall. When
order was restored, COL n. s. Hall, Chair
man OF the Committee on Organization,
made his report, which was froma copy
Of the WHEELING, lNTEtLI0EScHR, OF
October 20, 1871, containing the constltu.
ton and bylaws Of the society, which
was adopted at Wheeling at that time.
The paper arrived in to.day's mail from
Capt. @. j. Rawlings, the former Secretary
Of the Society. The constitution and by
laws as then printed were unanimously
adopted, whereupon the Society Of the
Army Of West Virginia was declared
organized. i'Rt tlIIG y tsigi /.
The committee on the place OF next meet
ing, by Col. Geo. W. Taggart, chairman,
reported in favor OF Parkersburg, W. Va,
and on motion, Il was decided. % meet In
Parkenburg, on the 22d Of September,
1850. 6 f4li.EuHs' -
The Committee on Officers reported as
follows: Major General George Crook,
President; Colonel George W. TaGgart, oi
Parkersburg, first Vice President; General
B, F. Coates, second Yice-P PRESIDENT, Maj.
Jewett Palmer, third Vice President. :
General Enophs was nominated as Re-
cerding Secretary, but he declined; stat.
ing that he was q lawyer and could moi
write, and nominated Captain Charles B.
Smith, Of Parkersburg, who was elected,
General Kennedy was nominated as
Corresponding Secretary. He declined,
giving as bis reason that the Correspond
ing Secretary should reside at the same
place as the Recording Secretary, and be
would therefore nominate Gen. Enochs
who was elected unanimously, amid great
merriment. ~ -
Col. R. S. Nye, Col, Geo. W. TarEart and
Col. NJ. s. Hall were appointed to select ar
orator for next year.
Gen. R. P, Kennedy was then intro
duced as orator Of the day, and deliveret
one Of the most brilliant, patriotic and en-
thusiastic speeches that 1t has been oul
good fortune TO listen 10.
Many inquiries haYe been made for Gen
!. II. Duval. Your correspondent will ex
plain his detention ut home 70 his com
rades.
| West yirginians are not as plenty at thu
reunion as was expected. G. B. @.
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