The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
THE GREAT REUNION.
PREPARATIONS WELL N HAND,

An the Prospects Indicate that 1t viii DO the
Biggest AFFAIR Of the Kind Wheeling ever
saw-The Attendance only Limited
by the Transportation.
The various committees having in charge
the details Of the arrangements for the
coming big reunion Of the G, A, R, and
old soldiers, to be held ON the State Fair
Grounds on the twenty,secoud and TWEEN,
ty-third inst, held q joint meeting last
evening at the Chamber Of Commerce,
The attendance was full, the ladies Of the
Relief Corps being well represented. Mr.,
O. H, 0dbert presided, and Secretary Dob
bins was at his desk, The reports were
all satisfactory, and the communication
received by the Committee Of Arrange
ments, which were read to the meeting
were simply surprising, Assurances Of
the presence Of several posts Of the G. A.
r. and other large delegations were Of
hand, One or two OF them will bring
their post guns, and all will be accom-
panied by bands, WellsbuTR, New Gum
heElsnd, East Liverpool, Portsmouth, o.,
Psrkersburg, Marietta, Washington, Pa.
Toronto, o., Pittsburgh, aud all the nearer
towns OF West Virginia and Eastern Ohio
and the adjoining counties OF Pennsylvania
will send all their old soldiers and many
citizens,
The following was read from Wells
burg paper;
Plerpoint Post has chartered the steamer
Abner 0'NeAl, and engaged the Gas City
band to accompany them and will attend
the Trl- State Reuion at Wheeling on Sep
TENDER the 2Sd next, in grand style, TAX
ing with them their small cannon aud
Post flags, which are certain to attract at
tention, The general public are invited
10 accompany the Post, Fare for the
round trip has been placed at 80 cents q
passenger. Boat will leave the wharf a.
Ia a. NJ, and returning will leave when
the days exercises are over.
FROM NEAR AND FAR.
A letter from Portsmouth assured the
committee that the attendance from there
would be lGrge, and Capt ORrlln wrote that
he had occurred free transportation for the
tents purchased there by a Wheeling syn
dictate. The four tents oil ordinary size
will be used on this occasion. The tent
with q capacity for 10000 people will not
DO put up till the reunion OF the Army OF
West Virginia In this city In 1887, on
which occasion Gen. Sherman, Gen. Sher-
idan, Gen. Crooks and other general otll-
GERS have promised positively to be pres
ont.
Lieut. Graham, OF Fort Wayne, Ind,
writes that he will be here OF the reunion
this month to meet his old comrades Of
the Forty.third Ohio. James N. Miller,
Of Sac City, Iowa, promises 10 DO present
to greet his old comrades OF %. A Of the
Twelfth Virginia. East Liverpool has se-
cured special train on the 0. & P. road.
An inquiry for information from Roane
county was accompanied by the Informs.
ton that that section will DO well repre-
Sented.
The B. & o. and O. & P. roads will both
run special trains from Pittsburgh.
The Committee on Grounds reported
that the leases OF privileges to lunch
stands and the like on the grounds would
prove very remunerative. Capt, William
Prince has agreed II the stage Of the water
permits to swing pontoon bridge from
the wharf to the Island, for crossing which
no charge will be made to the old sOldiera
The ladies interested In the cause are
10 meet Wednesday evening at the Cham.
Der Of Commerce to take steps to cooper
ate with the dinner committee. Joseph
Speidel 4 20. not only donate all the
coffee needed for the soldiers dinner, but
will make the cotlee on the grounds free
Of charge.
Oscar Wright, the Moundsville florist,
presented to the committee Of Battery D
his entire display oil egergeens OF the late
State Fair 10 decorate their headquarters
on Market street.
All the Indications point to a crowd OF
from 25,000 to SO, 900 people in the city on
the occasion OF the reunion; and the city
will be decorated as she never was deco.
rated before in her history.
TpE sRoeRAAAsa
Mr.. Q. L. Irwin, Of the committee on
programme, reported the following ex-
ercises, which were adopted:
September %, in the forenoon, reception
Of visitors and delegations.
Afternoon, reunions oiregimental, com.
pany and other organizations and ex.
prisoners Of war.
Evening, camp fire on the State Fair
Grounds.
September 81, forenoon; Parsde. The
Ohio soldiers will form OH Sixteenth street,
right resting on Ohspllne, the Pennsylva.
MIA Roldiers on Fifteenth, right resting on
Uhapline, and the West Virginia soldiers
on Fourteenth, right resting on Chapline.
In forming 9. A. r, pests will take prece.
denCe according to the date Of organizes
ton. The route Of march will be down
Sixteenth to Main, on Main to Twenty.
fourth, on Twenty.fourth and Chapltne to
Twentieth, by way OF Twentieth and
Market to Sixteenth, on Sixteenth to
Jacob, to kourteenth, TO Market, up Market
10 Seventh, to Main, down Main to
Twelfth, and to the wharf, where the pom.
toon bridge will be crossed.
In the afternoon, after the big soldiers
big dinner, a general mass and exerience
meeting will be held. The public aud all
ex.prisonersoi war are especially request.
ed to take part in all the exercises.