The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-07

bury the old flag, comrades had better
tear the button from the breast, than,
now, as our heads aresilvering Ger with
the frosts OF years to 60 back on the
principle for which We bled." Zap
plause.)
After q heated discussion by viva
voce vote, tho majority report was over
whelmingly adopted.
COMPLAINT OF THE Ex-PRIsoNER.
A sensation has been created by the
address Of the president of the National
Association Of Union Ex-Prisoners OF
War, E. II. Williams, Of Indiana. Re.
ierring to the treatment accorded the
ex-prisoners, he said: at would seem
that the suffering and death Of 1900
Of our comrades who are buried
around the Southern prisons should
ever be kept sacred, in memory OF
what they suffered for their country,
for by the sacrifice of such men civili-
zation survives. Around the names
OF AndsrsoRville, Florence and other
prisons will ever linger the memory
OF misery and suffering which has no
parallel in history, yet for twenty-five
years our Government his never so
much us given US vote OF thanks for
the sacrifice made" This portion OF
the Presidents address was formally
approved by tho association. Among
the reports OF committees made was
one embodying q bill to be presented at
the next session of Congress in behalf
Of the soldiers who were in prison for a
period of not less than sixty days. pro-
viding that they shall receive S2 for
every day Of their confinement from the
government.
The society known as tho Comrades
OF the Battlefield" which includes both
the blue and the gray, met and effected
national organization by the election
of the following officers: Major General,
George E. Dofton, of st. Louis; Lieuten-
ant General, Lewis W, Allen, Of Battle
Creek, Mich. Register General, Thomas
Teake, of St. Louis; Quartermaster Gem
eral, ]. r, Moore, OF Washington; Judge
Advocate, james shively, OF Anderson,
o.; Surgeon General, DR.. D. II. Briggs,
of Battle Creek, Mich. Executive Coun-
Gil, Col. L. 7. Lee, DR.. d. II. Briggs,
Eugene Payne, of Iowa; John NJ. Hen.
ness, OF Ohio; Robert S. Giberson, OF
Illinois, andS. ]. Murphy, of Illinois.
The sixteenth annual reunion OF the
United States Veteran Signal Corps
showed membership Of 512.. The mon
ment committee reported that it had
raised $1,000 by subscriptions from
those present toward erecting monu-
ment to the United States Veteran Sig.
nal Corps.
THE LADIES OF THE G. Al.
The ladies of the q. A. R. have held
very successful meeting. While the G.
AR. excludes women, and the Woman's
Relief Corps excludes men, the Ladies'
OF the G. 4. r. make both eligible, ad-
hitting soldiers mother, widow, wife,
sister or daughter and all ex-soldiers
and marines. Its popularity is attested
by its growth. This is the fifth year Of
its national organization. Its total
membership is between 1900 and 90
900, and the President states that 260
new circles have been chartered during
the past year.
The fifth national convention to-day
received the fraternal greetings OF the
G. A. r. encampment, and elected their
officers OF the coming year. National
President, Mrs. NJ. ]. Cartledge, Kan.
sas; Senior Vice, Mrs, Alice Bishop,
Massachusetts; Junior Vice, Mrs. Nettie
Sanford, Chopin, Iowa; Treasurer, Mrs.
Anna Grubb, New Jersey; Chaplain,
Mrs. Alonzo Page, Illinois.
DIR. George w. Bryant, q colored ex-
soldier from Chicago, is in the city So
liciting subscriptions for the erection OF
q monument to the colored soldiers in
Jackson Park, Chicago, before the
Worlds Fair. The monument, as de-
signed, will be lO5 feet high, and will
consist OF q granite shaft surmounted
by statue Of Captain Caitlouax, col
ofed officer who was killed at Port Hud-
son. Around the base will be eight
bronze statues Of abolition and war
heroes, including Lincoln, Lovejoy,
John Brown and others.
The following resolution was intro
duced and carried unanimously at the
Michigan reunion OF Mexican War vet
erans: "That an effort be made by the
officers to invite the surviving veterans
OF Mexico to meet the American survi-
vors OF the Mexican War at the next
general encampment at Washington,
and that Congress be asked for an ap.
preparation therefor"
DECIDED AGAINST HENDERSON,.
There was an extraordinary scene at
last nights reunion of tho Seventh
Michigan Infantry, when Mai. Robert
Fl. Hendershot, known to Graad Army
history as "The Drummer Boy Of the
Rappahannock," was called upon to
prove to the satisfaction OF the regi.
ment that he had really crossed with
the Seventh. General Alger was among
those present.
Hendershot produced letters support
ing his CHIN from Lincoln, Burnside,
Grant, Horace Greeley and others, but
on being put through vigorous cross
examination became greatly confused,
In response to call, u score OF COM
rades from Massachusetts, Maine and
other States, rose to their feet and fac.
ing Hendershot, declared that they had
not seen him on December II, 1862,
when the regiment crossed the bridge.
The scene was dramatic in the extreme,
and finally it was decided that the
Drummer Boy" title properly belonged
to John I. Spillane, a police officer Of
Detroit.