Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-09
LION AND LAMB
Are So Friendly That Ne Need No
Soldiers
Ia West virginia-Decline Of the Military
Ardor in the State-The War
Status 0yerhauled.

It was warm in the Adjutant Generals
Office Saturday, when REsIsrER reporter
climbed the three hundred steps leading to
his domain, and sat, painting on the edge
of little table, and famed himself with
the back of law book. Librarian Butler sat
gazing pensively on portrait Of Hancock,
slowed away in a corner-the Superb's day
being over. 1t was cleaning day in the
library, and as the Librarian gszed on the
uniform Of the
HERO OF GETTYSBURG,
he inyoluntaIily brought his busting brush
up to carry sword" Librarian Butler
is Adjutant General and Acting Quarter.
master General of the State OF West Eir-
ginis besides State Librarian, and II his
tai soliloquy could have been put into
language 'twould have run something IKE
this:
Here am 1, the Adjutant General of
great State, with no troops. A general
without an army. oh Narus. Narus!
What hast thou done with my legions? y.
Mistaking the melancholy aspect for
disgust of the heat, the man Of news ven-
tured cheerful
"'Tis warm, General. amt it?'-but this
did not move him, and the reporter in
uuired of the military statue OF the State.
Some few days ago effete military circles
in the State were galvanized by the news
that a new company had been enrolled and
that the land of Wetzel had furnished
forth the material. Profound astonish-
ment was the result. 1t has long been
thought the war spirit-not the bloody
shirt kind, gentle reader, but military
ardor-had died out il West Virginia and
that nothing more martial than the gentle
shepherds pipe would ever resound
through the mountains OF our State. The
hundreds of Colonies and Majors OF this
ommunity-militiamen, who never smelt
other than
FOURTH oE JULY POWDER
-deplored the degeneracy of the times and
spoke with enthusiasm OF their younger
DAYS, the halcyon days Of the Mathews
Light Guards, when every gentleman was
a citizen soldier and when, to be able TO
say one had carried musket at the Mar
tinsburg riot or stood in the death watch
at Sir Johns Run, was greater than to
be member of Council, Yes, the war spirit
has died out. Military ferver no longer
| incites the youthful yeomanry to deeds OF
! valor in sham battles and the glory which
| hung like halo about the VI. l.. u. has
softened by time and distance to the pale
| opal of the char OScr,ro like.
Still we have our Commander'in.chlet
with his valiant staff OF seven gallant COO
! nels and our Adiutant General and Acting
| Quartermaster General and, altogether We
| put on as much style, lin reports TO the
! legislature as though twenty thousand
| valiant citizen soldiery stood ready to
| spring TO arms at the call OF the Executive.
But We have not. II His Exceilency should
perchance learn OF strike OF
THE GIRLS AT SOME FACTORY,
and call upon his troops, at best not more
| than 400 warriors would rally at the sound
| of the bugle. The First Regiment has
| gone the way of all flesh. In the shadowy
realms of the past it is still ighting-the
| tiger-at White Sulphur, but not even
| Gabriers trump could call it back TO quell
| girl riot. All, there is still the Second
| Regiment, Colonel Appleton, headquarters
at Charlestown, with eight companies en-
rolled, q total of 800 men. Let 1t not be for
gotten, for still does the dew glisten on the
! laurel wreath they won in November
1851, when they come near being called
upon to suppress riot that did not occur
among the miners OF the Third district.
! However, they were ready-brave boys
! and all honor ID the spirit OF Thermopylae,
| which enthused them. Yes, they are there,
! and there are three other detached com
! parieS besides, and now the WetHel guards
/ makes a fourth. OF truth the mellsh Is
| looking up, and wherefore then, Should
! the Adiuiant General be looking down"
/ This prompted the question put by the
! REGISTER man II news:
/ General, what news OF West Nirgi has
noble army Of patriOts? How fares the
F gallant CjiiZsn s"dlrry Ui the state"
I But the General bad no news to cOmmu-
I est, snd simply said West Virginia would
never have a respectable showing OF m iit'a
until the concentrated wisdom OF the
State, known as the legislature, should
ensc; laws to provide for the State soldiers.
| This he called 10 the attention OF the Elk
eCuliye, in his last report as follows.
4 think there can be no doubt bit that
il has been fully Demonstrated, by the ex.
J., rerCe had III our own, as we'll as in
Other States, how important !. /; that We
have organized ard well equipped volun
| teer militia force. though that force be
comparatively small, for, as compared with
raw militia it would, by its very presence,
| in most instances, have the desired effect
! of queiliGg contemplated riot and mob
violence. | hope therefore, that our LegiS-
| lature, SO soon to convene, may, in its wis.
! DOM see proper TO make such provision for
assisting our State soliiery, as will insure
| the keeping up OF d well disciplined volun.
! teer force
But the Legislature did not "see prop
err There are 30 Chipley or Mcneil TO
fire the military sou! and
THE PEACEFUL CHANGERS
| Thought grim.visa.ed war had forever
SIN % thed his wrinklcd front. AMI they
saw no necessity for the nubby citizen sol
der as long the time appeared To be near
when the hon and lamb would forever lie
peaccably side by side.