The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-04
THE OLD SOLDIERS i III
OF THE ARMY OF WEST VIRGINIA
III Rcunlon mt Cumberland, .SInrylanl-l
Festive Day On tho Dividing Lin.-Soln.
of tho Old Heroes Who Wore Pres.
cnt-srccch of Gen. Hayes.
Spocial pl.pnleh % lAe lnl.lLLuenc4r...

Special DispGtch 10 The In,eiipencer. gS
CUMBERLAND, Mn, September 3.-Cun
berland has done hcrlcyelbcstto cntertai
tho Army Of West Virginia. The Noun
tain City is wrapped in bunting and all q
her unsightly projections are couccale,lb b
the angl, folds Of tiugs, flags, flags! Ever,
house, whether business or private, is GOT
geously dcckcd out in honor OF the NJ,
nual meeting Of thi. little band OF soldier
which the shot and shell spared and til,
demon OF famine suffered TO escape. Ii
this city, on the border OF the principa
scenes Of the great conflict nov nearly twt
decades the property OF history, the goot
people here have done their best TO dem
OnStrite the breadth OF their patriot
ism and tho intensity OF theil
-Salioral feeling. this citywhcrc Gen
cral Crook was dragged forth ut night ,
prisoner by n band OF desperate rebels
some .otwhon, were residents, the repent
ant and rcscncrated came forth and We'd
with the patriot and "original Union
men IN their efforts to show to him how
he Is honorcd even in u city where he was
formerly cSccrated. 1t Is Il remarkable
fact, however, in all Of those. cities in
which military reunions based upon these
memories have been held, the most cor.
dial welcome has been extended No bet.
ter evidence OF the good faith and repu
tation OF the vanquislie,l, coupled with Il
a sincere desire for National unity, could
be derired. Among the scores and hun.
drcds OF veterans who assembled here to.
day can be scehHla,c 20 percentage OF those
who wore tlsc gray, NIL fratcrnizins and
all obiivious OF everything, but the com
mon thought, Eve are. countrymcn."
lTHE. ATTENDANCE.
The. attendance this year is fully up to,
and in the opinion OF many, superior to
that OF fornerycars.. There appears 10 be
rampant anon; the veterans OF this so.
cicty, M impossible desire ttl,at intcnsi.
iics with years. TO be present al tllcir.an.
nually recurring reunions. Yesterday
was the first day and the. town was full.
To-day the attendance is still larger and
on tomorrow, t;ie closing day, it is cx.
pcctcd that still greater numbers will be
here. The most ample preparations have
been made for the accommodation OF all
who come, and thus iur little, ii any, con.
fusion has resulted. -, y
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
The sessions oi the Society OF the Army
OF West Virginia are held in Il large wig
VAIN erected near the central portion OF
the city. This wigwam is handsomely
decorated with flags OF all nations, bunting
and the colors OF the respective army
corps. On the platform l noticed to-day
ex.President Hayes and wife, Major Gen
eral George Crook, General /. II. Duval,
General Robert Nlilroy, cx- Governor Pier.
point General Powell, OF Illinois, Colonel
Van Eukcy, Capt. Charles Dunlap, Major
Timothy Quinn, OF New York, Rev. Z. j.
Smith, OF Cleveland, Col. Harry Harden,
Capt. John Carlin, Col. r.. Il. Fleming,
General Deral, OF Kansas City, Colonel
Enochs, 0f Ohio, General r. S. Northcott,
OF. .Clarksburg, Capt. David Hart, 'oi Penn
sylyania, Capt. j. M; Richards, General
Schoomaker, Capt, Dupont, Judge Thaycr
Melvin, Col. Vernon OF baltimore, and
many others, General Crook presided and
introduced the speakers. @ zs
Sergeant William Tuckcr,sof West Vir-
ginia. read the annual poem, after which
Col. ". II. Enochs, OF Ironton, Ohio, was
introduced. Col. Enoch's address was
largely made up OF "reminiscences OF the
war and rcscrence to the distinguished
officers oil the stand. stsi ..e7
GgS. DuvAL's BRAVERY.
Referring to Gen. I. II. Duyal he said p:
81 think the most gallant battle OF the war
was fought by Gen. Duval ut stcphcnson's
Ford, where that gallant officer with only
thirteen bundled mon. met and defeated
Gen. Ransure in command of iye thous-
and five hundred Confclerates, taking in
the engagement sixty pieces OF artillery
and two hundred prisoners" ~ '7s.;z'5
Colonel Van Bukey, Of Parkersburs,
delivered a very. briel and happy little
speech, TINT attracted. great APPLAUSE.
Thespeecil Has merely OF an anecdotalna
turn and addressed to the soldiers OF the
audience. 81 Y
Gov. +. II. Picrpoint, OF Fairmont, spoke
ior !! short time ina very happy vein. 5E
-4sFyi ls5. sagr AZ lEHNooN.. ssIL s ea.sE-
In the afternoon Gen. w. II. Powell, a
onc-cycd, badly crippled veteran OF the
late war delivered the"Annual memorial
address," 10 q slurger audience than had
yet filed the wiewum. The General is n
very fluent talker and his address, which
was quite lengthy, was listened 10 with
grea. interest. IL. - 49,
The remaining addresses were made by
Col. Bukey. Col. Gordon and others.
Tomorrow Capt. Dovener, OF Wheeling,
is billed for an address. Gen. Hayes, Col.
Lawrence and others will also speak, Gen.
w. II. Gibson, OF Ohio, will deliver the
annual address. z.
To.morrowhas also been set apart as the
time for the grand parade OF all the civic
and military organizations present. 1t is
expected that from five to eight thousand
persons will be in line. r 395z /
The next mcctin. OF the Society will be
held in Portsmouth, o., during the first
week OF September, 1885. II .it,'siir
The meeting this year has been Il great
success and it is mainly, attributable t6
Capt. BIZ. Bond, the 3. 4. 0.,passongcr
agent here. Capt, Bond has worked very
hard to bring about q large attendance
and he has succeeded. On Friday he will
take the members OF the society on an ex..
cursion through the ,battle-iieds oi the
Shenandoah, US iaras Lnray Cave. spending
Friday night and . part oi Saturday at
Winchester, Nirslnia. C,s. II. II
3l&iS Ex-PREsIDENr HAYES. Il
-.rs. q, -. - -, gfEt :. l..
\ His Speech Mt tlsaq Ecunion--Thc Battles
| 10. Fought in West virglnin.
Ex.Prcsident Hayes delivered The in!.
lowing speech before tho reunion OF the
Army Of West Virginia at Cumberland on